Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1881, Page 4

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' nip CHTIOAGH TRIBUNE has estabiished branch ofticon for the receipt of subscriptions uud advertt ments as follaws: . NEW YORK—itoom 2 Tribune Bulldiog. FADDES, Manager. GLAEGOW, Scotlind—Allan's American Nows Agencr, 81 Rentield-st. LONDON, Eng—~American Exchange, 41 Strund. » AMENIY F, G1LL1g, Agent. W ASMINGLON. Fonley's Thentre. Unndolph street, between Clark and La ¥alto, En- Faxemunt of the Comley-flarton Company, “Olt« vette " nt8 p, m. Eiks' Benetitby Volunteors at 4 p.an. MeVieker! Madtson stract, betwes Fngngement of Do Hoaupln pony. “Aldet ‘Thentres Stote and Desrborn, Froncl Upers Come @rnnd Opern-House, 107X stroet, opposit new Court-House, Engnges ment of Fredorick Pauldin, nivatl, the Silent Man " at§ p. m. Elks’ Bouefit at2 p, m. by Voluntoers, Hnveriy's Theatre. TeArborn streot, corner of Morros. fotr.” “Widow Me- Oiympic Theatre. rlark street. betwoen Lake und Randolph. Ene gagoment of Iydo & Debmaa's Comedy Company. *Stuldoon's Picnlc.” Academy of Musle, Tialetod street, near Madison, WestSide, Varlety eutertalnment. % Farwell Hall. Mndison streot, betwoen Clark and La Ealle. Con- cert by tho Mendoissobu Quintet Club. THURSDAY, MARCIL 81, 1881 A MORNING contemporary nceepts with entive eredit the absurd report of its London correspondent to the effect that Russin Is preparing for o war with Gennany, and that the Crown Prince of Germany was grossly insulted upon his arrival In St. Petersburg to attend the fuueral ceremonies of the late Czar. Theso nonsensieal yarns are ostentn- tlously Introduced with the announcement that they come from a correspondent who hes his headquarters in London. The nb- surdity of the-stuff which he cables would: indicate that he hus his kindguarters in Lon- don and his headquarters somewhere else. That the Czar of Russin woull use such an oceasion as-the funeral of his father to insult the Crown Prince is nbsurd enough of itself, but not halt so ridiculous as the stary that TRussla i3 preparing for war with Germany, ‘The unusually friendly dispateh which the Crar sent to Emperor Willlam in reply to his condolements Is dufticient of Itself Yo squelch stch a booby story. If this were not enough, the internal complieations In Russin would forbid such o ragh step. And 1f this were not enough, does any man in hls sober senses believe that Russia Is provoking a war with Germany while the Eastern questfon re- malns In its present threntening situation ‘T1tE Mayor of Chileago, acting ns Chairman of the Democratle Campalgn Committee, issued the following proclnmation on election- day, Nov. 2, 1880, and it wus conspicuounsly posted nt each of the polis in the cit; Workingmen! stay Inline. Do not leave the ranks, fearing that “your vote will not be re- coived, Your votes will be recelved if 1t takey all night!, Canzen 1 HARRISON, The statutes of 1llinols, on the other hand, which Mr, Harrison has sworn to exceute Iaithtally, provide a3 follows: ‘The polls shall Le opened at tho hour of 8 o'elock iu the morning, and contintted open un- LLT o'clock n the afternoon of the samoe day, &t which time the polls shall be closed., Su Mr. larrisou advised the workingmen to disregnrd the law which Mayor Harrison had sworn to observe, If thers had been long lines of men walting to vote at 7 o’clock on clectfon-day nt each of the polls In this city, and the judges had shut down the win- dows, as they were required by law to do, how would it have been possible for that day to end without riot and bloodshed? It there hadbeen the Jeast pretext fur violence and tu- multit would have ensued. There were men ready to Ineite it at the instigation of the Democratle Committee. "The whole ety might have been thrown in an uproar, the election invalidated, nud the reputation of Chicago for good order and patriotism been destroyed by the hmprudence of a foollsh partisan. A wmun who was capable of look- ing forward to such o statq of affairs and actually fnviting it while occupying the of- fice of Mayor of u great ity Is unworthy the confidence of any comnnunity, and hus proven himself unfit to hold an oftice which requires for the proper discharge of its duties sound diseretion and ealm judgnent. . mmer— Haarsan 1L Boye the well-known wrlter, contributes a short paper to the Critle upon Russlan Nibllisim, fn the course of Which he gives the substance of an Inter- view between himself and a prominent Nibtlist, The following statement made by the lutter to Mr. Boyesen formulates thoulms for which the Nihilists are working In u very coneise and strulghtforward manners Whant the great bod{ul tho Itusslun peopla wauts, 4 constitntionnl govermment, We huve purgrown our swaddling clothes;: and tho patrls Arctal despotivun, whicth unswered well enonugh otz us tho muajority of tho natfon lived ju slutle burbarism, becotnes odioud and impossl- ble us soun us Europoan thouybt jovades the rountry and we gain tho self-respect which s the {nevituble concomitant sof culture. The Freat urgument which the Govermnent uses [y hat we ure uot yet rl)w tor even i limited self- fovernuieat. Hut if we were gomd enough to ied our biood In order 1o bestow the blessings of constitutivnaul government Upon uur Slvoule bretbren fn Hulgaria, Roumela,. aud Sorbia, why, the conclusion lics near that we have s bt to expect that tur ourselves which we bave tho power: 10 bestow upon others, ‘Therofure our own radicuily corrupt despotism secmed tenfold hateful to the Wusslun peoply ufter they returncd grom thuir victorics south ©of the Bulksnd; und when the Caar, wfter bavisg uppesled to onr patriotiom and love of our kindred, disuppointed our legitinate expectationy uud uitempted to furco us buck [nto the old treadmlll, It wus inpy- Jtabio that the Nibilists, who formerly hud been au (nsigullicant purty, should riso 10 Lecomy o dunigerous pawer in tho State, It 18 utmistuke 10 BUPLOSY LAt tho mrest body of thoss who now cull themnselves Nibilists wish to make a tabula raas uf the pust, wid o start 1 radicully new or- der ot saclety, There ure bulf u dozen different sects within tho varty, und all that unites thom 1% iolr commnon bats of despotlsm. Lot the Caur gravt reprevcntutive yovernment, with o Purllamont nd respousivio Minfsters, snd above all et bit slolish the shutefully cruel and bur- Lary secret police, uud within @ year Nihiiism would slgk Lack 1uto its formur lualgoificuuce. ‘I'he dispateh from St Petersburk printed in our lust Issue to the effect thata Councll of the Ministers has beon convened regard- ing repreaentution of the peoply, sliows that the Nihilstie demand, 08 formulated nbove, 13 beglnning to have influence, THE ALLEGED CABINET ORIBIS. The rumors of the proposed or threatoned withdrawnl of Messrs, James and MaeVengh from President Garfleld’s Cabinet, whatever Dasts thoy tiny have, suggest, In connectlon with other clrenmstancos, that both the ox- treme factlons of the Ttepnblican party—the “Stalwarts™ and the * Libernls"—aro very hard 1o please. Gen, Garfield prounbly ex- veeted this, but he nevertheless undertook to satlsfy both to the extent he could with- out surrendering ‘himself Into the hands of uny clique or departing from the cohservas tive polley which he proposed to adopt, Mr. James has been known in polities ns n "Conkllng man,” Mr. MacVearh has been cqually well known as an anti-machine man, opposed to the “Boss* system, and Inclined to nssert hisindependenceof caucus dietation upotievery possiblo oecaslon. If both these gentlemen, for themselves and presumably for the elements which they represent n the Republican party, show simultaneous signs of unrest and. discontent at the very begin- ning of the Administration, the clreumstanco 13 rather complimentary to the President than otherwise. Such a situation would seem to wawant the tuforence that Gen, Gar- flekd 1s runmng his own Administration, whicl Is precisely what was®expeeted from him by the people. Tt would seem to-indi- eate that, white the President desires to give proper recognition to the factions that have sprung npin the Republican party, and wants to avail himself of the services of the best men these factlons ean offer, he Intends at the snme time to hold himself tndependent of the dictation of any clique, and does not rezard any individual to be indispensable to the proper administration of publle affuirs, ‘I'he wore strougly Gen. Garfield Intrenches lifmself behind this position the greater will be the extent of popular respeet and conti- dence In his eharacter and abliity, The dissatisinetion aceredited to Post- master-General James ‘undoubtedly arises from Mr. Conkling’s unreasonable and fmn- pertinent resentment at the appolntment ot Judge Robertson ns Collector of New York. 1 Mr. James would Justify his taking sldes with Mr. Conkling agalust thie President In this matter, it must be on the theory that he was called to the Cabinet as the speelal rep- resentative of Mr. Conkling. ‘This theory Is not strictly correct. I'rimarily Mr. James was appointed Postmnster-General because he was belleved to be the most experienced and expert man avallable for themanagement of the postal service, Ile was not designated by Mr, Conklinz, who was determined, if nossible, to seeure the ‘Treasury Department for New York, and to sppoint to that posl- tion his partleular friend, Mr. Morton. If Mr. Jumes hmaglues that he sits in the Cablnet merely ns n factotum for Mr. Conkling, and to that end negleets the business to which he was appolnted, any threat of resignation on his part will not strike the publie nsn very serious menace, But, even if Mr, James be permitted to mnke Air. Conkling's grlevance hisown, his resent- ment Isquite as unreasonablo ns Conkling's. As ugainst the single appointiment ot Robert- soi to supply the place of another antl-Conk- ling man the fullowing may be reealled as somo of the appolutmentsbn the Conkling side: Col. James, Postmastor-Gonoral. Mr. Morton, Miiister to Franee. r, rearson, Postmaster of New York, Mr. Tenny, District-Attorney of Brooklyn. Gen, Woodford, District-Attorney of the Southorn District of New York. Mr. Payn, Marsbal of tho Southern District of New York, 3 Mr. Mcllougal, Marshalof the Northern Dis- trict of Ncw'{"‘nrk 3r. Tyler, Collcctor of Buffalo. Mr. Crale, Postmaster at Albany. ‘The alleged disaffection of Attorney-Gen- ernl MacVeagh scoms to b due entlrely to the nomination of Mr. William E. Chnndler s Sollcitor-General In the Departinent of Justice, That the filling of this oflice apper- taiug to the Preshlent and not to the Attor- ney-General follows from the fact that it Is among those positions which require Execu- tive nomination and confirmation by the Sen- ate. In selecting Mr. Chandler, therefore, tho President merely exercised his right, and thereln gave no Just cause of complaint to Mr. MacVenagh, ~ Nor does thero seem to be any other reason why Mr, MaeVeagh should objfect to Mr, Chandler. It!s not at all likely that the two men have ever been' brought in contact In such & way ns to make their per- sonal relutions nupleasant. Mr, Chandler Is certainly o good lnwyer and & man of great actlvity, energy, and courage, If the Attor- ney-General is disposed to regard Chandler’s appolntment with disfavor beeause ho be- lieves that Chandler will prosecute vig- orously the Southern assanlts upon the Natlonal Election laws and other United States statutes, then Mr, MacVengh is not In sympathy with the President In such mat- ters, for Gen, Uarfield I3 pledged to executo the lnws. And therc Is u very general cone viction in the RRepubllcan party that the sanc- tity of the ballot and the dignity of the Unlted States Government should recelve ereater protection In tho future thau in the past. Whatever may be tho result of these ru- mored Cabinet dissensions, thelrpresent con- dition furnishes very gratifying evidence that President Garfield Isnot to be controlled by extremists. In taking this attitude ho represents the grent mass of the Republican party, and gives tho country an additionnl assurance of & fair and conservative Admin- Istration. ‘WHAT DOES IT MEAN! In the course of his speech at the Farwell all wmeetlng, Mr. N. K. Falrbauk, who usually knows what ho {3 talking about, made the followlng significant statement: Tho rendering establishments and stink face torles are under the control of tho sanitury do- purtment of tha city, and it is to the Interest of the owners to huve s lux adminlstration of thut department, though such a policy would be dircetly ngainst tho intercsia of overy cliizen who wants tho sanitury condltion of tho city to bu good. These people must have an under. standlng with Mayor Harrison or thoy would not espouse his cause, \VI:‘{ Becauso thoy ean Landle nlm better than Clark. Do Wolf bassup- predscd tho stinks, but he was about resizutng, The puckors and fertilizer mon want limmunity, Who I8 to be put in De Walt's place? Tuoy woall not suppurt llarrison unless thoy had uin understanding with ki, 1t the renderers und stink-fuctories of this clty are glving Carter Hurrlson thelr united support, as is reported, it must be upon the busls of some understanding of * Jet-up," for there are more Republicans than Democrats wnong the owners of these establishments. 1t there is any undérstanding whereby such support has been pledged to Jarrison, it can only bo that, in the event of his eleetion, the rendering und fertilizing establishuents which cause the horrible stenches shall be let alone in thelr infernal work of polsoning thealr wo breathe. 1t ls known by sad ex- perlence that to let these stink-fuctorles nlone means u sickening and all-pervading steuch which renders the South and West Divisions almost uninhabitable in the summer and autumn wonths, Has Carter Harrlson any understunding or glven uuy promise that the prosecutions ugalnst the stink-factorles shall be nbated und that they shall, ke the bawdy- houses and gambling-lells, bs permitted to run wide open I they support him for so- clection ? Ilas he given tHose Interested fn the stench-busluess to understand that they will fure better under him than they will under Clark? It s well kuown that Dr, De Wolf waged THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCH 31, an effective war against tho stenclies as long ashe had firn backing, It i3 equally well knowi that the encouragement and support e has recelved from tho Mayor during the past few months have been so weak aud negativo that he conteniplates retiring, 1t s o warrantable Inference that, In enso Har- rlson Le redlected and Dr. De Wolf rotire, some man will be appolnted Ilealth Officer who will bo more pliable than De Wolf lins been to tho poliey of iudliferenco which Harrison hing ndopted in the case of cortaln wmoral pestilences, After that, tho deluge,— o deluge of horrible, nauseating stench, fendering tho ntmosphero sickening to brenthe, If tho people of Chicago were thoroughly Informed and honestly convinced that the packing and rendoring {nterests of Chi- engo nre supporting Harrison beeauss it 1s’ Delioved ho wil cease to compel them to consume or sup- press the stenches generated In their factorles, he wonld be the worst beaten man who ever ran for ofilco in this community, ‘The reshdentsof the South Division would rise upen masseagninst him. The peoplo of the West Division, with reminiscences of what nsouth wind fornterly brought them on n hot swmmer's night when they could uot close thelr windows, would join the South- Shdera In thelr indlgnant protest. Let us have the facts about it. If thero are Repub- Hean puckers and renderers who have not be- come parties to the alleged stink-contract let them disown It aud join heartlly in the effort to elect the vastly better candidate, Clark. Let the friends of gentlemen fu the packing nnd rendering bushiess known to bs Repub- licans make vigilant Inguiries, and, If they discover a stink-lmmunlty compact with larcison, let it be denounced and the true reason oxposed. Harrlson has alrendy inilicted upon this community suflicient morul stench by his toleration of the gamblers, pimps, and pros- titutes without restoring the physical stench which was one of Chiengo's greatest curges, ‘A MANLY BPEECH. No mnn who heard the short speech inade by Mr. Clark, the eandidate for Mayor, at the Farwelt Hall meeting on ‘Tuesday night could fall to be impressed with the manly Inde- pendence of what he said and with the ster- ling frankness with which hostated his views and purposes regarding the duttes and obliga- tlons of the Mayor of Chicago. We are sure that to man ean read that speech without recognizing In 1t the straightforward, clear- headed judgment of the honest business man, secustomed in all his deallngs to treat all persons with candorand truth, Contrasted with the stuff ordinarily evaporated by Mayoralty candidates, cspeclally of late years by those sceking redlection, Mr, Clark’s frankness and sincerity s ns refreshing as it is ereditable to his heatt and his heart. For instance, speaking of his caudidacy for the oftice ot Mayor, he sald: It 1 rightly nppreciato the dutles of that office, they require wo unblased Judgment and the u divided carg of the une who would properly dia- clinrge them. Any man who cntered upon those dutics loaded with promlses that ho busto fule 2l and with pledges to redeem could hordly hope to mnke an adminiatration such ua you ex- peet and sueh as this city needs. Helleving this to be u fact, when 1 nceepted this nomiuntion L took oceaslon to say that, If elected, Ishould go into the oltice unpladged to noy mun or set of men on any subject; that [ would be free to dis- charge its dutics, and that my sola alin shouly bo to 6o diseharge them as ta best promote tho welfare, tho “’uod order, and tha penco of this community. What I sald thon I repoat now, and 1 sholl adbiere to it to the end, If 1 nin nat olect- ed to the olfico wpon theso terms L do not care to bo clucted at all, The general publie, who are not interested In the clnlms and hopes of Incumbents or ex- peetants’of the sinll oflices In the glft of the City Government, will appreciatothe pecullar qualification and fitness of the man who per- emptorily refuses to pledge himself to any person or elique of personsas to how he will perform his dutles, further than the general nssurance that his solo aim as Mayor shall be to perform hls duty so as to promote the wel- fare, the good order, and the peaco of the community, If he cannot boelected on these terms he frankly declnres that he does not wish to be elected at all.* Compare this language with that of the present Mayor, who declares that gambling and prostitution eaunot be suppressed, and therefors argues the wisdom of his contract with the gamblers that the number of the open houses of that kind shall be limited, and that they shall be undisturbed by tho police so Jong as they yield alleglnnee to the only administration in this orany other city that grants to them and thelr horrible traflic the protection of publie anthorlty. Not only is there n distinct pledge of practical hnmunity from arrest, or disturbance, or punishment by the pollee, bt the good faith with which that pledge has been kept by the clty authoritles during tho term of the presont Mayor 1s held up to the entire criminal class of our population as o reason why that Mayor shall be continued inoftice, Mr, Clark lins no such pledge or any other pledge with uny evil clnss of the population, and none other than the general one made to all elasses that he will perform his duty so ng “to prowmoto the welfare, the good order, and the peace of this community.” Unless, Mr, Clark sald, he could be clected without such a pledge a3 that given by the present Mayor to tho gmnblers, he preferred not to be elected at nll, Mr. Clark further, and with equal manii- ness, declared: ‘The most atrenuous cfforts havo boen made by probably disluterosted parties to wet me 10 muke promises as to what my courso would be In regrd to Stute luws which pass beyond our city ordinances, also in rexard to the appoints ment of curtain ronom to oftice, and In regurd tu certaln publlo linprovements, and othor mnt- terd of thls nature, My roply to alt bus boon thut 1 must be left freo'to muct these questions a8 thoy como up, with ull the compiications thut surruind thomw, subjoct ouly to my oath of oftice and us my bust Judiment should show for tho weiluro of this people, Compare this language—tho language of o man of buslness—with tha disgusting platitudes of another candidate, who has al- ready abdleated all authorty, and, {n disre- gurd of law and oath, hus promised or farmed out every office in his gift and every privilege to violate tho laws of public de- cency. On this latter polnt, while disclalin- Ing to speak ns a candidate, Mr, Clark sald; Hut whilo [ witl mmake no plodges ot any kind as a candidate, 1 may with entire propriety on some of thess subjccts express my conviciions as a citizen. [ bellove, for instance, that i1t would be for tho interest of the saleonkeepers of this city asu ciass it tho miserablo dives and mnn-traps that tiourish In our midst and brig disgrnce and sbawme to overy man enguged in thut business should bo rooted out sud de- stroyed. : And, continuing, ho further, with great force, indicative of his strong sense of pub- lle right and public Justice, emphutically de- clared; 1 bellove that thereare & dozen other questions of woru vital import, such us the puving sud clUIlI%fll our stroets, tho building of our suw- ere and bridyus, the cars of the publlo xchools, and other auustions of that hmture, not one of whlch, 50 fur as 1 know, has rul been raléod in thiwcanvass. | buliove it in within the power uf thls City Government to got rid of tho thivves d thugs that lofost our mceul und that the unuxnun.fiuum through whose wide-open doore our youth ud Loys arv lured to thoir dlagrace should be driven out of thils commuulty, Aud | beliuve that tho wholy power und force of this Uovernunent should be exorolsed ou the side of law and order, und for the protection not only of our own cltlsens, but of tha stranger thut muy Lo within our gales. We are sure that our readers will recosnize in thls language something higher sad better than the mere rantiug of the professional uilicesceker und the demagog. [t 18 the languuge of & sincere, honest man, worthy to be the Mayor of a great city, and who has viore elevated fdeas of the dutles of the Chiet tlon of the youth of lnth sexes, and of the open gainbling holls, or traps, where boys and menof our own ¢iy, and strangers are en- tlced, and plundered, aud robbed. THE SENATE IN SMALL BUSINESS. ‘There ure soventy-odd Sorintors In Wash- Inglon, nssembled for deliberation, ‘They are venerable men, ranging In yenrs from b5 to 80, Tho youngest aud frisklest of tha lot may safoly elitm the first figures, ‘Lhoy have portly, digoltied, and mnjestic gaits, Thoy appenr to be “remote, alone, un- friended, solitary, slow.” They wear gold spectacles or oyeglasses, and thoy ecarry massive gold-headed cones (to distinguish them from the Commoners, who carry all sorts of stleks), Most of them are bald- headed, and some have & few tufta of hair, cnarefully Lrushed up from behind towards theirenrs, When they ara all congregated together they resemble the front rows of a theatro pnrquet in ballet-thme. They aro the Amerlean Grand Selgnors, Uncle Sam's llouso of Lords, Thero I8 n keneral im- presston abrond, whlch, to eay truth, they themselves share, that they monopolize all the higher tenches of wisdom of the country, not tospeak of Itsdignity and Importance. They nro venernble men, full of age and experl- ence, In whom the fives of youth smolder under tho nshes of dead years, Stald, slow, passiontess, Judlicinl, and oracular. Their minds are supposed to be occupled with the grave nifairs of State, wilh groat responst- Dbillties of the present, with monmentous ques- tlons that nffeet the futute destiny of tho country, and with vital Issues In our domes- tic and foreign relations, ‘These nenrly elghty S8olons and Nestors of the Republle have been in Washington o month since Congress adjourned, and what have they been doing? Wefind them divided into two companles of equal strongth, forty less one or two on ench slde, berating ench other lke n pack of shrews, disputing and quarreling, threatening * tests of physieal en- durance,” these old snges of shranken mus- elo and pithiess bones hurling tho most dia- bolleal mennces at each other’s smooth and well-olled eranfums, and smiting the air with nerveless blows from tremulous fists and wabbling arms, Fromthe zeal anden- thusiasm with which these old gentlsinen saw tho air and braudish harmless canes at each other, as thoy fight over their youthful battles, rousing themselves up at the scent of strife as old horses, turned out to grass, feel slugglsh reminders of the old thrills atsound of trumpet, one woukl suppose that they were in the midst of a crisis upon which hung the safety of the Natlon, or the Issue of secession, or sometremendous politieal ques- tlon threatening to dynnmite the life out of the Nation, Nothing of this momentous sort, however, oceuples the altention of the venernblo sages. - Thorow between the two sides, when serutinlzed, Is simply this: One half of them demand that their henchmen and satellites, the doorkeepers, the clerks of counnittees, tho servants wio walt upon them, do their ehdres, bring In cardsto them, shafl, after the exccutive sesslon has ex- plred, continue “to draw the full salarles of their offices untll next winter, meanwhile performing no servlee, ofticint or otherwise, and doing no harder work than sinoking, drinking cocktalls, playlng poker, and swng- gering ubout, for which arduous dutles they nro to be allowed full pay from the Treasury for seven months. The other sid¢, with cqually vociferous garrulity amd clamor, and with equnlly dinbolleal menaces, demand that these ratainers shall be ousted and thelr own personal satgllites and bummers shall be put into theirplaces and nllowed such salartes for doing nothing from now untll next winter. 'Fhere Is no proposition on cither side to strlke out the pay for the seven months’ idlo thne. There 14 no suggestion on the part of the Republican old gentlemen that their retalners shall not draw pay unull thoy begin work; nor do the Demoeratic old gentlomen suggest that the offices shall bo vacated until there ls somothing to do. DBoth eamps are demanding that tholr henchmen shall have the offices and thnt they shall have salarles for dolng nothing, and over this question thoy are Inshing them- sclves day after day into n rldienlous fury, threatening trinls of physieal endurance, procrastinnting the session, and compelling newspapers to pay enormously for the re- ports of thelr senseless and disgracotnl squabble. In view of tho situntion it Is o thousand pitles that tho Presldent has not the prerogative of proroguing the Senate, shut- thug up the doors, nndordering the Seuatoriul henchmen to go and earn thelr living like other people untll winter comes, when thero is something to do. The gabble of theso old gentlemen s becoming tiresome, and not even senility Is a suflicient excuse for it, Tug recont political complication In I'ortu- gal was o tempest in o teapot, though it has upset o Cabinet. The eauso of the rum- pus was tho desire of England that the Portu- guese Government should sanction o treaty, known ns the Delagon Treaty, In reference to o rallway and facilities of tiuuslt between Delngosa Bay and the ‘Transvaal. The Alnrm- Ists In Portugal started the hue and ery that England wanted to gobble up the little strip of territory belonging to Portugal In South Africa. Some very fuuny meetings were held, one of them fn & poultry-yard In a raln- storm, of which the Lisbon correspondent ot the London Timnes sends a very conilcal nc- count. At last tho people wero worked up to such o piteh of frenzy that they threatened a revelution, and netunlly succeeded In over- throwing the Ministry, ‘The ridlonlousness of the whole affair Is Iutensified by tho stute- ment that tho little Portuguese strip Is so desolate that no one would take it as a gift. Tho London P'mncs ealls 1t * the favorit home of the gadfly, with its pleasnnt, satubrious Capltal and single town, deseribed by n trav- elor as o mass of grass huts, reed fences, rusty cannon, sand dunes, narrow streets, flat-roofed houses, coconnut trees, und stench.! Is a RusslansGerman War In Sight? Now that the young Czarowltz has becomo tho Czar of All the ltusslas, it must not’ be sup- posed that bo will finmediutely rush into n war with Germany, It 1s undoubtedly true that he does not entertain the fricndilest feollng tuward tha fatherlandiof Nismarck, und that thoferinan cloment 1n Iussin cunnot tionst of his sym- pathles, Dut It s u ditorent thine as Caurowitz, 1o opposo within tho Inner cireles of intimato friends tho paternal policy, tban as Czar, to stund up undor the crushing burden of rospons slble power. It lsa well-known fact that fora conslderablo time bufore tho ussasination of tho 14t Cenr the relations botwoen Oermany and Hussls weronot of & very pleasant charsoter. For muny months the possivility of a bLreach batween these two Powers hias boen dis ed ln the press and In private, Durl the lust two years the [fortifications on tho northoastern Prusslan frontler have been doubled in strengt. Ilat ati 0f those juots, In- cluding tho bitter feeltors of theCzaring ngalnst the bouse of Hohensliern, arenat sufticlont proaf thut 8 war begween Gorwgny und Russia I8 hn- minout. Tho truth {8, ltussia [s not ready, not prepared, for » war with Uermany, and will not be for peveral yoars o cowe. Thore are wpuy woll- founded reavons for this assortlon, The Russiun Government in il of its organ- 1zutions and branches has been Uermanized to such un extent that it would not ba safe to-duy 14 provuke that naton whoso sond und descond- unts hold nearly all tho highost ofiices In ftus- slu's civil und mllitary sorvice. Russta’s best Uenerals and oflicera of the goueral staf, such o4 Kaufmann, Todluben, ete., ars Gormans; the highest clvil olicers sre Germans; Rus- Exseutive of this clty than that of o rautlng | siun ludustrics and lusslsy cowmerco arv tho Russlnn rallronds aro .chletly buiit by and nro operated undder the control of Uermuns; the Profeasorm of her universities sud volytechnle schoold neo (ermans,—in ope word, Itugaln's marrow and lifo sticks In Germnn bones and badies. 1t a war should tirenk out between these Livo poo- plea licfore this statn of affalrs (s changed, HRus- sla_would bo in n Very porilous positton indeed, Tho prosent Caar s woll aware of this, Hus- aln's wunkest spot in onso of & war with the Ger« mans; nnd #o were hia predecessors. Fver sineo tho heginning of tho unplensantncas oxlsting botweon Germady and Mussia, for which Bismarck and Gortschakoff nro responsl ble, Alexander 1L and hig GQovernment made tremondoun efforts to supplnnt tho German clo- ment In the Rtusainn service by the nationnl ole- ment, and Alexander 101 will undoubtediy contintta to do 8oz but for many rensonsnogreat results have so far been nehloved, Tho Nusatan Government resorta to a very Ingenlous method to free ftaclf from tho influences of all oivil and military oflicers who are reputed to en- tertnin sympnthlés with Germany: they are simply promoted in mnk and~ponsioned. Thus thoy nro barred from tho oxceution of ofticinl dutles. Col. Drozdow, of tho Corps of Gon- durmes, woll known in erlin circles, was dis- posed of fn this manner. Ho reccived bis com= misston #A n Goneral and was nt the samo time vlnced on the retired list. In the samo manner many other German-Rusalang have beon dia- posed of and their places Blted from tho natlon- nl ranks, or by French-Rusalans. So tho Gove ernor of Archangel, n Gormau, hns been re- moved, aud finron Cognarl, who 18 of Frouch du- seont and n Germati-bntery hns been assikned to his plnce. Thesuarounly a fow isolatod casen, but imavy more might be mentioned. Novortho- less, It will take tnavy yonrs Lufore tho Russian service will bo reurganized to such an oxtent as to deprive the Gormun element of (ts Influence and position in Russinn atfalvs of State. 1leslucs this, Russin must firet recuperato from her financlal distress, chlefly caused by tho late war with Turkey and her military explolts in Asin, Russin must complote her military ro- organizations, hor lines of communication, and, abovoe nll, sho must porfect hor rallway 8 ystem, aspeelally towards the (lerman frontlor, which Is of paramount necessity In n strateglo point of view, beforo she cnn think of decluring war agalnst Cormuny. It i8 truo that tho Hussian army ox- ceods the Qormun army In times of peace, but that vast army I8 distributed nl overastill vaster Empire, With her present raflrond communications towards the Germnan frontler, it would take Hussla two montha at lenst to concentrato an army somewhat respeet- avle in numbers on her westorn borders, where- a8 Germnny and Austria (tho natursl ally of Gerweny fn cnseof warof the latter with Rus. sin) can within four days assemblo sucheforces on thelr Hussinu frontiers as would enable thom to “earry tho war Into Africa,” and destroy the encmy’s corps plecemenl na they arrived. Allbough not a centof revenue Ia to bo de- tlved from it, the German Government has con- structed n rallway runniog along tho full lengthof fts Russlan frontier, connccting all the chicf eitles and fortresses with each other, 80 thut troops cau Le thrown from one polnt to another wherever they nro needed with proupt- ness and disputch. The Daltie provinces of Russia are populuted chletly by Germaus, and among them exists a powerful clement which is deslrous to roturn to the foldsof a united Ger- many. But aithough a war Letweon Germauy and Russin cannot be reckoned nmong even tho prohabllitics of the neur future, it cannot be do- nied that tho uncerininty relative to tho personal views and Intentlons of the new Czarand tho future politieal developments iu the Hussinn Fmpliro will bave o marked Intlueneo bence- forth, not alone upon the existing political status between thoso twa natlons, but also upon tho political afalrs of Lurope. Although com- pliments and asdurances of peace are oponly pussed around, thora will be noend of sunrling and gonshing of teeth under cover. As Moltke suya in his last lottor to Mr. Gubaroff, “ Gormany has nat tho lenst causo ar desire for warllko ad- ventures.,” So Ruesia will think twico bofore sho provekes a war which would bring bor no glory, butsimply a chance for rovongo to France. ———— WE invite the comparison of Carter Har- rison’s onth of oflice, his dutles as dofined by the law mnd tho statutes. relating to gambling and prostitution, with his remurkablo utterances at tho Pulmer Ifouse Convention: Harrlrows Outhof Ofice. | Harruon's, Paliner Houss 1'da solomuty awenr| . Speect. that | witl dischurge the| 'There uro fourtoen dutfea of the olileg of|gninbling-houscs in tho Mayor to tho best of my Ult& of Cbleago. [would nhl{lly. to Gud that 1could stop [Hurriton's Dutles, ffllllb"u! in this cltyl ‘The Mayor shall take|l would to God it could care that tholaws andfbo stopped! - Would ordinances are [faith-|that no mun should carn Tully executod,—Reptsed|hla bread except by the Statutes. awcatof his face, Hut it cannot be done. . . . Waonld to God I could stop prostitution! If my ward or my act could drlve froin this .. city overy prostitute, that word would ba kiven to-morrow, and that act would com- whero they will do the : least bharm, Tho statute in relation to gaming-houses is as follows: ‘Whoover keeps a common gamiog-house . . . shall, upon conviction, for tho first oifenso be fined not lcss than 3100, and - for tho second offenso be fined not less' than $500 and bo cone fined in the County Jall nut lessthnn six months, and for tho third vifeuse be Hned not lesa than §£5600 and ba, {mprisoned in tho Ponitentlary not luss than two years nor moro than flve yenrs, The ordinnnco jn relation to gaming-houses is 04 followa: ’ If any person or persons shall keep a disorder- 1y or gining-house such person or persons shall, forench and ovory olfense, forfoit and pay a onaity of &3, and nlso the furthor pena ({ nt g:'i for ¢very forty-clght hours duriug which such person or persons shall continue to keep the same nfter tho flrst conviction, Tho Stato luw {n relation to houses, of prosti- tution is ns follows: Whoever kecps or maintains 4 housoof - famo . . . sholl be flued not exceoding 200, « o o Tt ghull bo unlawful for tho vorporate authorlties of any clty, town, or villnge In this Btale to grunt o liconse to any person, maio or fetnnlo, to keep what 18 knows us n houso of fils fumo or prostitution, Tho ordinauco relating to houscs of fil-fame 18 us follows: ; Any person who shall bo gullty of xeeping or mointaining any disordaerly houso, or house of fll-fumo, shull, an convietlun, be fined in o sum not excocding 8100, nnd tho further sum of $100 for overy twonty-four hours the suid house shall bo contiued nfter tho tirst conviotion. Theso nro tho laws and ordinances which Car- tor Harrison hus sworn to sco “shull be falth- fully executad.”” Hus bodonoso? Has he tricd to oxeoute thom faithfully, or othorwise? On tho contrary, ho hos glven thom freo reln, and bus Indireotly put thom uuder the protection and putronage of the police; and he says pube licly that thoy aro flourishing with bls knowledge and consent. Yot this man desirea again to take the onth of oflico which le has already violated and trampled under foot, ——— Mu, HAnRigoN excybed himscl? for mak- ing an unusually long specch to the Demoeratic City Convention Baturday by saying that it was tho only luxury ot the kind o intended to in- dulge in beforo tho clectlon, He promised 3¢ tho Whoys would listen to him patiently that timo not to Inlliet auy more specchics upon them until after tho clestion, Then ho suld, with & swolllug sense of his own importance and his fidelity to tho vity's Intercatas 1 do not intend, from the thne I go out of this Copvention, 1o go around electicneering. 1f 1 am not sustuined beeauso of my racord, then wia Lwilling tostop out und go tomy private ultairs, Tho uu‘y i8 to e attendod to frow thls timo forth uatil tuo day of eloution, and I will bo found §n my otfice attunding to the interosts of this city, Tho next dny was Sunday, and Mr. Hnrrison mado 1o spocohes. Lo wus 68 brave ns an old topor who has tukon the pledge on tho first day of uls cold-wator dict. But Monday camo, aud the Stayor bewsn to toul restidss, Thoro was o craviog In bls mind for the wmusla of bis own volve. Tho Councll meeting at night relfoved him and divarted his mind, but stifl he foit the cawpaien wus luggiug and could not go on uu- less ho Jumped into gho gaplug arovs, Tucsduy noritng found biveiling and huggard, There 'wus a singlog in big oars, ahd his own oratory bud not cuused 1t ' Tho atillucss was opprossive, It iade bl wrojthed and dosperate. By night ho was in a congltion borderiog on frenzy, He could bold out (o lungor, but, throwlog all bis resclutions to thy wind, he suddualy cume to the surface awaln Jn the Thirtovnth Ward tn vno ot the longest efforts of his life. Exclusive of Buns duy nud coutiting business bours, aud the Coun- cit meotlng(whlch be ran swsy from bos foro the Appropriation ulll was half fin- tated or gecussed), Alr, Hurrison's pledgu hetd 1881—TWELVE PAGES, npologist for ahaeless dens for the corrups {In tho hands of UGormauss oo for oxnetly thirty-six hours. Thora néver wad nman In publlo tifo in this ety o fond of latening to himnsolf talk, Narciasus was onnm- orud of his own sbhndow, but it romained for Carter [larrison to fall fn love with the harmony of his vwn speoch. [1ls resolution to abstaln {rom opening his mouth was a wiscone, Hois 2 most Indincrcet apoakor, beeauso he does not know when he bogins whoro ho Ia coming out, or whithor ho may not steay In tho intorval. lo wotld havo been 2,000 votes hotter off If he had nat defended tho gamblers and tho pips at the Palmer tlousa Conventlon; and ho losca votos in proportion for every speoch he wnnkes fn tho ward-montings oxplulning his refusal to enforee tho ordinnnees, The Ropubilonns will hnve no spenkor In tho field who will advoente the causo of Juhu M, Cinrk so powerfully as Curter H, Harrison, ————— A FEW days ago o enblegram tnformed the country that the ltussian Nibiilst Roussakotf, who L eaid to be ona of tho nesasins of Czar Aloxane der, wns eing subjceted to n “scientiflc tort- uro" (elootricity) by tho 8t. Petersburg police nuthorities. Tho truth of this atatomont has boen doubted by many. But now comes the Rus- sian rofugeo, Mr. Bobowitach, a man who for« merly ocoupied a high sccial and political posie tion In Russin, and writes in his paper, the New York Valka-Zeitung, as follows: During tho Inst few yenrs there hns not been o prominent politioal eriminal arrested in Russin wha was not subjected to torture by Patruskn's im“ Lzar's) bangmon, Karakosoff, who was the irst to nttompt tho Crar's iife, was fed on over- snited foud without recelving u drop ot water, When nenrely cruzed by thirst, he was placed, bound hand and fuot, boforu & tnrgo bnstn full of clear water nnd uxumined. Ho divulged noth- !nr. Thon the Czar's own physician, Dr. Zdeknuor {n German), was consulted, and ho was the firdt to intreduce, necording to ull sclontifio rules, galvanlu torture, ‘Tunt bebind tho Iron curtains of Hussian prisons many untold horrors are porpotrated cau bardly be doubted under the clreumstanoes, ——— ‘Tt nuthors of the twenty-district plan of Cougressfonal upportlomnent for Ilinols will do well to rend tho following cditorlal statement {n tho Galesburg (Knox County) Reglater: Our Beuntors and Hepresentatives in tho State Leylsinturo will please not forgat that thoir con- Ftitucuts are ns much Interestod 1n the Cougres- sional Apportionment bill ns nre the Senutors and tepresontatives in Congrress. It thoy desire to please the mon thoy represent thoy will do all thoy can to plage Knox County (n u Congres- Slonal Wistrict that will do its level best nll the thne to bo represented in Congress by n Repub- lienn., The fuct thnt tho work of apportioning thoe State (8 heing done sacrotly ought to attract their attention and awaken suaplielons that indi- vidual intereats, Instend of the welfure of the party, are exorelsing toomuch influcace In shap- g tho Lill, 1f any ovidenco were needod of the want of harmony in tho Ninth District, to which Tug ‘I'ntnusk referred yesterday, tho nbove parn- graph would furnlsh 1. Yet tho Twenty-Dis- trict LIl ntetually contemplates the leaving of thut district #s it 18 now, It would be cortainly dovoured by local dissensions, and return o Democratic Congressman half the time, ————— ‘Tug fire-service In Tarls appears {o bo lamentably doficlont, At the recont burning of tho woll-known drapers-shop, tho Magnsiu du Printemps, the correspondent of the London Q'imes snys: *When the first band-pumpy nre rived the fire had buen raging for an hour, and its violence was so grost that the pumps were 1ot only unuble to arrest it, but were scarcely aulllclent to preservo tho nolghboring houses, ‘While the fth story was burning tho pumps could searcely reach tho sccond, and o fecble was tho jet of water that for some thmo tho flve- men gavo up the attempt. It iwas not untll two hotirs and a quarter aftor the fire broke out that thostemn-pumpsarrived,” and it wis noarly threo houra bofore tkese could be used, and oven thon thoy had to pump the watoera distance of 500 yards, and, thisdistance absorbing tho greater wpart of tho steum powoer, the strenm of water wad not strong enough to reach tho third story. ‘There ure gowe fashlons of tho usoful sort evi- dently which Parls might follow, and one of these is how to put out fires, —————— Tug Olly-mnrgarine Manufacturing Com- pany of New York City have tho effrontery to openly dofend their adulteruting tratlie, snying: In loss than four years this Industry has growu to Btich importaiice that it employs “at jts actory soveral huudred moi, and puys its em- Ployés moro than $160.000 8 your.. 1L bdds 16 the vuluo of cattle killod in New York about $10,00 n week, without aifectug tho cost of meat to thoe consumer, It employs soveral barrol tuc- tories In muking its burrels and kegs. Its products are becoming an importunt item In tho exports of the eountry. ln nfllmnum Comupany aids waterially tho Lusincss aud lnbor interests of tho city. Ithas supplicd tho inboring clusses with 4 wholesvmo and necessary urtiolo of food at a price within thoir renchs: but this is nothing in tho cyes of these wnoso sclflsh interests It lins damaged. This {8 un opon confesslon that thoy are {m- posing this fraud compound upon tho laboring olasses, who purchaso tho stuif under tho dolu- slon that it Is buttor,~" nico, freah cow butter.” 1t they sold it for what it is, tholr sules would bo smallor and thofe profits ditto. ——————— RGAMDETTA I3, according to latest French papers, vory much lusulted, and cousequent- ly Irritated. The causo 18 thus explained: The cafo chuntants In the City ot Avignon aro doing a splendid businces because a songatress delights thoir frequenters with tho moat plqunnt populnr tiugle-tangle ditties, and her nnno 14 Mlle. Gnmbotta, Tho Prefect of tho Dopart- ment hus been fostructed by Gambetta to re- quest tho ludy not to sing In publio auy more, or, if sho persists in dulng 8o, to induce her to assumo another name out of respeet for the President of tho Fronon Chambers, But the young lndy prealsts in warbling her sweot chaugons, and bassuggested that his Guubettn- ship chango his own namo in caso ho should bo asbumed of it. The Gaulofs oven usserts that the varloty sungstress (s ancar rolutlon of tho Presi- deut, tholr krandfathers having boen brothers. ————— AcconbiNa to the Paris Soir of o Into date, a Froneh invontor hus constructed n mna- chine by which lace can be mnde in overy ro- speor similar to hand-made lnce. For years cugineers and inventors bave beon at work trying to solve this problomn, Itissald that tho machine In question works and makes luce' In preolsely tho sume manner ns hand-mado lace is produced, Tho Soir furthormore states thnt an American firm hns nircady offered five mill- lun franes for tho patent right fn tho United Statea, and o similar sum for tho sume right in Uroat Dritain. Tho particulars in reforence to this mvention—which, 1f true, will undoubtedly produce a such an Industrial revolution as Jue- quard’s loom did in moechauical weaving ut tho tine of its Inyention—are Jooked for by ull dircatly interestod with tha grontest intorest. ——e————— ' Springfleld (Mass,) Republican gags at tho plan uf upportionment which would glve tho Republicans of Idnols fourtven Congresss mon and the Democrats slx, **on a popular vote standing 18,032 to 277,635, the Republican mu- Jority Lelug only 0 per ceat i a vote of 621,000, Lut tho Nepublican has nothlng to suy of tho Massachuscits apportionmont, which gives the Damocrata but onc momber of Congresa for 11, 100 votes and tho Ropublicans ten for 165,205, nor 18 1t nupareatly disturbod by the Democrativ ap- pordonment in Lot.fslana, South Carollua, ana Migalsslpp!, by which tho Republicans are al- lowed ouo mombor in tho throo States, though tho negroes aro iu a mujority in oach of thewm, — ‘T chiet ohargo agninst Mr, John M. Clark wmade by Isrrison’s blowers ang strikers 1, that bo §8 not connnon cnourb in bis perdonal deportment, not hull-follow well mot with lamp- poat loafers, It I8 probably truo that whed he e — tha lotters, mich 1098 rend tho money asked for, The purposa of this Ietter is to beg'that | mny be retieved from tho obargee of i lncic of conrtos Ay [ ot answerlug tho hindreds and thonsund s of totters thut reneh mo, and to atato that I ho mattor of looal Auering, thoro 18 enough nt ny own doors, in those twn great clitics, to oxe haust atl Lean givo fu that direction, ———— Ty Democrats, says the New York Trilnne, havo heen Iaboring under tho delusion that thoy hnd tho trap set to catch tho cvon n-comlug ur a-golng. 10 nn extra session hnd been cdllod they expected to kick up onough misehiet to ijiro tho Hepublicnns in tho full leetions. Now that nono will assemble thoy In- tend to go hefore the peoplo nod clafm that the veto of the Hofunting blll has lost the Goveras ment several milllond {n Intercat, It's & nice program, and If tho people were in a mood to be humbugged tho Demoernts ight derive rome advitnge fronf it. But thoy are not In that tnood. ———— ‘Tirs: 1on, Lovi I, Morton will not leave far Paris untll nbont July 1. Ie will take, ns his Secretnry of Legntlon, Mr, Pomieroy, who meots a professionul buwmer o the streot he docs not slap tho follow on tho back or come up beblnd hun and koock nls bat down over biw oyes, or llnk arma with him aad Invite bim futo u saloon to drink, and then promlise hiwm an oflice for his * futlooens " at the elvction. liut for all that, evorybody who Is acqualuted with John Clark 18 ploused with his plain, unuifected munnor, and tho total absonce of swogger and demagogism about him. it —= 1r you du your duty the people will glect ue,—not becuuss 1 win i Domoerat, but becuusy thoy would ruthor jot woll onough alone. * Let wull euough alone,' was the shibboluth that enrs rivd Gurlield nto the White Huuse, und it will curry ibls Adwinistration buck into ol Would thut wo could buvae 1illy fiulpp with but the law forbids.—Cuarter Harrlwunat the Hul er Huuse mecting, ‘Lot well cnough alono” viected Garfluld; but **Let bad enough alono” will defeat Har- rison, Tur Atlanta (Uw) Blethgdlet Advoente vrintsa lettor from Mr., eorko 1. Benvy, In which ho suys: 3 Qoud peo%lu from all over the Soutlh ure Jm« portumig that 1 ehatl remova debts on churches und pursonaces, and that 1 sball reliove ludividu. als lnnumerably, refercing me to your Bishops, lending winlsters, to Judyes, Benutors, wewmbure hud had experlence in this capacity. Flois the soti<lu-law of Mr, Edwin Cowles, of Cleveland, andisa resident of New Jersey. It 18 under- stood that Minlstor Noyes will sall for hume rs soon n8 Morton reaches Pacls. . e — C Tury are having n sumewhat stinllar May- oralty contest fa Olneinnatl, Jacob, whu i3 ruuning for retlection, Is charged with nbout tho samo dorellotions of official duty as Is Har- rison, aud ns n consequence thore I8 an fmmense Loltof ltepublicans, honded by the Uazelle, and it Is thought that Willinw Means, n respeatable law-and-order Demoerat, will bo elected, e ——— . DiAcoy Ricuanp Sstrri, editor of tho Cluelnnatl Gazette, s supporting Willlam Means, tho law-and-order Democratic candidate for Mayor of Cinctunutl, © The other pavers call the truly good Deacon Dixsmythe, and poke fun at him; but ho tells the reufers to walt untit eloe- tion night,and thoy will spell hid name correctly thoreafter. i —e. “TARE thelr money with one hand; hold n Domocratic tivket in tho other; ery * Keno'und you have ‘en.’ Such 18 tho udvice of his Honor tho Mayor to his political fullowers. Nice mon - thoy must be to need such ndvicel Those who o not Lelleve In sollefting bribes will vote ror tho othor man. A8 CrAImMAN of the Democratie Central Committee last fall Carter I, Harrison, Muyor of Chiengo, cireulnted thousands of coples of tho forged Morey-Chinese letter, which wus well kuown at tho thuo to bo a transparent fraud, A gelf-respecting man would not bave done that thing. ———————— A Bostox renl estate owner Informed the Assessor thut n certaln plece of property owned by hint, which hnd been nssessed at $45,000 through tho error uf the clork, ought to be na- segsed at somo $60,000 more. The error was cor- reoted with alaority, ——— Prixce CiranLes, the only surviving broth erof the Qerman Emperor, has gone to o sprivg residence in Italy. 1lis Highness, who I8 now &) yeurs old, bas tho advantayge of bis Lrother In point of age, but not In that of health and strength, PERSONALS. “* Wheeter and I are out.”—R, B. Huyces. HIt seems that [ wasn't elected resident, aftor ull."—Roscoc Conkitng, Ong of the most noted men in Poland (»cd the othor day, but wo shall lie wuable to give his name until-the rush of spring advertisina lsover. The Itev. E.E. Halo has sued Munro, a New York publisher, for printing nnd selling Tho Man Without n Country.” Mr. Munro ap- ‘pears to Lo theinan witbout a copyright. “Wo know of nothing more uninteresting than tho average Congressfonnl debate,” snys tho Now York 2'ribune;from which it would - secm that tho Detroit papers do not circulate in New York, N Rthode Island holds Its annunl election for Btate oflicers in n week or two, and already thera are four tiekets in tho Neld. AS tho eundi- dates wlil all voto for thomsolves, the scatter- 1ng votes will undoubtedly docido tho result, ‘Fhe Ducliess Fernun-Nunez, of Madrid, Is anoted Spanish beauty who bkas an income of ¥000,000 a your, $100,000 of which she will here- after givo annuglly to deserving girls, Miss Anthony and Gail l{amilton hinve our cougratu- latfons, According to Prof. Swing, *the comling man will be temperate, chasto, merclful, Just, wonerous, charltablo, largu-henrted, sweet- tewpered, Christlan; a goud neighbor and a fulthful cltizen.” Itls evidont that profeasional basg-ball is doomed, Ole Larsen Solum dled In Minnesoti the other dny, nged 110 years. Curiously enough, ho had beon unable to read without glusses for forty years, did not rplit half 1 cord of wood the duy before hils death, and In other ways oted entirely unliko the avornge contonarina. An alto singer in Minneapolis has sued o former admiror for §5,000 for breach of promlse. It tho young mun has §6,000, this 18 cheap. Any one who wouldn’t give that amount rathor than bo obliged to liston to the warblings of the average alto Alnger for tho rost of his lifo hos 10 eur for music, 1 know n spot, Whore sho [ lovo oft sponds her lonoly hours, Alt sprugled over with forget-inc-uat And othior lowerss Seo! this and that Upon my brow, all bumpsg that have Loon made Of Iato: the frequent and fercclous gnat Intests tho shade, An exchange says that * Mrs, Browning's ¢ Lady Qeralding's Courtship,’ a poom of great length In o poculiarly difticult motre, wus coms pleted in twelvo hours, while tho priuter was waiting to put it Into typo.”” Thero I8 nothing oxtraordinary about this. A Chicago-cditor re- contly throw awuy # poem of groat longth and peculiarly diMoult motro lu less than u minute, while tho author was waiting for tho olovator to tako him down-gtairs, Itisgratifying to learn, by meansofnspeelal dispatch from Clncinnuti, thut the. birthday of Maud B,, which occurred last Monday, was “cel- obrated by.a number of local celobrities "'; and tho furthior {uformation that *the maro lain splondid condition, barring a small splint on one of hor legs" will rellove tho minds of a great many peoplo who feared that it might bo on her car or ribs, Tho averngoe oountry correspondont 13 vory valuable—whon usleop. ‘The Czar of Russia 1s in a pretty tight place. The editor of tho ‘collego papor aof the Onfo Wesleyan Unlversity says that ‘*As bo- tweon tho ovils, reprosented on tho ona hand by the corruption and tyruuuy of Rusala'a logit- fisate Governwment, and, on the other, by the Nihltists, wo will chovso tho latter)” Aleok should romember that when o third-basoman heglus Huunting double-londod remarks of this charactor in the publio faco it means bustneas, Tho thought that porhups the Irmporlal subsorip- tion to the Wesloyan University paper bas been orutally ollowed to oxpire,and that the Czar will not discover hls poril until too late, ls, in- deed, harrowing, A Nearly twenty-fivo years ngo a citizen of Bratiloboro, Vt., was surprised one duy at tiyd- ing the Ogure of an augel molded In snow stand- ug on uno of the structa, It was discoverod that n Brattleboro youth, Larkin G, Meude, bad dono tho work, and he was hulped to pursuo his arsis tlostudies. To-day, at his studio, fn Rome, this Amerlcan soulptor 1a making for Brattlsboro & arble copy of tho wnow unwel which trst ‘brought hlm Into notlce.~New York Tribune. Nearly twenty-five yeurs ugo s cltizon of Cbi- ongo was surpriscd ouo day at Onding himself slugged bebind the ear with o snow-ball, 1t was discovered thut a Chicuko youth had dono the work, To-day, In hig studio ut the Jollot Peni- tentiary, this Chicago Loy 18 waking shocs, In slienco and hush ot a dream, With nover o sound ti b hoard, But a touch of lips In the gleat OFf the fire, aud nover s word; Tho echo will evor ropeat, Brouking tho sllonco In twaln, “Btolen kisses are alwuys swoot, Aud love {8 nover tu vain Whon hoarts and 1ips have growa cold, And love lives but for so bour; Whon life's romanco has Leen told, Aud kissca bavo lost their powery Thoun suall soft mwemory fuot, No more » droum to euckalng Yet swlen kivses aro slwoyeuwoes, Aud lovo Is never {u vald, of Congress, st Now, b cunuot oven suswer < —Charles brancls ddams. ¥