Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1881, Page 4

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I. nd eveniny viades Hall, A. Deure ve vek, Visiting Pot the Eminent Comey Ish, ait w umender, 3. TIFFANY, Recorder. iy order ASHLAR LODG lar Communicaus GUURGAS CIAL Conetave will the Asyinin, Ew. Gi SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1881, AN old building, four stories hig? suddenly yesterday. The greater part of the house was oecupicd by army ofticers and fashionable stores. Twenty persons were killed and thirty persons were seriously in- jured. Mk. Ditron, the Irish Nationalist leader, says that he is unabie to undergo the e: tion of appearing in his place in Parliament. itis probable that Mr. Dillon, if he were able, world not care to take his seat ia an assembly from which he expects little of good for Ireland,’ 3 —_——— Tne Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung says that the ratification of the appointnent of the Rev. Dr. Koruin as Roman. Catholic Bishop of Trevis by the Gerinan Government. indi- evates that Bisn ‘k has zone ali the way to ~~ Canossa, ‘The Liheral German paper: with the Augsburg journal. Bismarck been traveling 3 ne time, much to the gratification of the German Ul- tramontan Tuenu is another dynginite seare in Liver- pool Yesterday morning five rifles were placed among some bales of cotton un the Nelson dock at that cit The man who placed them there escaped after a struggle with the watchman. ‘Ten tu one that Crowe and Rossa wili claim: credit. for the plaving of the rifles, though wi y were to do to the power of I they were tv do to the cause of Ireland it is dificult to imagi: Lis Gorpon Nor borough, diced : is succeeded by his son, Viscuunt Campden, who is now about 3: ars of age. Gainsborough was it- Roman Catholic, the‘ father of Lady Blanche Murphy, who died some mounths agu in New Hampshire, and who was well known as a contributor to American periodical titeratur Another daughter is the wife of Mr. Bellingham, an Uttramontane irish member of Parliament. Tux intense heat which prevailed at Peters- . burg, V: about a w is succeeded yesterday after- noon by a terrific storm, ompianied by it heavy rainfall aud thunder and Jightuing. ‘The wind, it is calculated, blew at the rate of sixty miles au hour. Several | ings were unroofed. The stand at the A s demolished, and fene “ — neys, trees, ete., were, strewn in every very severely. , of the Chieago that there are not Present - DELAN Board of Edueation, say all the pupils whe seek admi at, Tribe , situated | du the most frequented part of Vienna, fell | and the surrounding country for re build- i ehim- diree- tion. The grain crop and orchards sutlered. enough schools in the city -to accommodate Yet at the meeting of the Board of Education last ‘Shursday it was decided that the new Central Vark School, in the extreme western part of the city, should not be opened in September atthe same time that: the other schouls are 4 opened. This would seem to indivate Unt the Board of Education acted unwisely in ezecting the building in question. From’ the remarks’ of President Delaney to a reporter, it seems that the School Loard is also in favor of the erection of 2 Digh School in some part- of the South the Side at an éxpense of about $15,000, and this while Mr. Delaney admits that there is not sufficient accommodation for the pr pupils. Evidently President Delaney the School Board do not sufficiently cistte the educational situation or the wishes of the-people of Chivaxo. eee Irisstated that Leo Hartmann, the noto- rious Russian Nihilist, left Mamilton, Ont., in the early part of last weck for. this city, where he is supposed to be domiciled for the 1 rested here and turned over tu the Russian authorities. For this reason he has traveled unde 5 of the str beiter Zeitung, the Socialist organ’ in, this city, says Hartuiann is not in Chi aud that he will not come here, It is 8 any fear of Hart- amann is mann’s arre: Ix the British House of Commons Friday night Mr. Ritchic, Tory member for one of the London boroughs, moved that the Queen be requested to withhold her approval trom any commercial treaty with France whieh hall substitute speeitie for ad calurcm. du- to the prejudice of English manufactur- Mr. Ritchie held that free trade had not resulted in advantage to Engla mid that the doctrine of free trade had made no droad. Sir Charles Dilke replied He said that the Govern- ment, of which he is a member, would not. xpprove of any treaty prejudicial to the interests of Britain, and pointed out that the ter part of the imports from France were articles of food, and that Eu- «would not tolerate the imposition of ies ow such articles. Ie quoted statisties to show that the trade of England was pros- perous. But then statisties may be used to prove anything, ‘Tie committee appuinted by the Huuse of Lords to formulate the rersuns of that body for amending the lrish Land bili so that no valuable feature remains has published its report, which, in short, is that the bill inter- feres with the so-called vested rights of the Janded proprietors, ete. The Pull Mall Ga- ctte, the recognized organ of the moderate livals, of which John Morley, its chief editor, and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain are the leaders, declares the crisis brought about by the Lords as serious, even dangerous, and warns the Peers against previpitating a con- flict with the people, as it will probably have # more serious consequence than they imagine. It advises the moderate Tories tu organize demonstrations in favor of the passage of the Land Dill us it passed the Commons, aud makes threat that if the Lords do not yield a popular agitation whieh will demand the abolition of the House of Lords will be inaugurated. The hereditary de scendants of hereditary fools are apparently oblivious to the consequences. THE new Board of Trade Building may be said to bea fixed fact of the fnture, the plot having formallypassed into the possession ofthe Board. There is, however, consider- able difference of opinion in regard to the method of organizing for the work of putting up the building. It-has been proposed that the Board shall undertake it, and issue bonds for the money required. To this it is objected that the charter prohibits ure Board from holding more than 0,000, and that the Board cannot, therere, undertake the work. Those who take this view of the case seem to be in favor of the Board leasing the real estat2 tox building corporation to he composed substantially of Board of Trade men, though, of course, there would be no formal exclusion of other parties. The plan, so far as has been elaborated, is that — subscription-books should be opened on *Change, giving each member the opportunity to subscribe (say) 100 or Jess. ‘This would probably provide nearly half the required capital stokk of 4,030; the Board could takeabout $100,000, the remainder could then be offered to » Most if not all of it would he members of the Board. especially if it were provided that such steek should be aecented when tendered .on deposit under calls for margins, ete. itis understood that the committee of five to whom the subject was referred by the Directors stands divided in regard to the recommendation ofa plan for organization. The matter will probably be acted upon by the Directors at the muvting of Tuesday next. THE CANAL FUMPING-WORKS, The impatience of the people of Joliet and other river towns atthe delay in getting the promised pumps at Bridgeport into opera- tion is unreasonable, and the threat to turn in the waters of the Desplaines in order to change the current in the direction of the Take was at once’ unwarranted and impracti- le. The contract for building the pumps was let on Friday, and the work will un- doubtedly be pushed forward with all possi- Die expedition. .At the same time it will not be feasible to begin pumping operations un- til after the eluse of canal navigation. It is necessary.to construct a new Jock at Bridge- port, wt the entrance of the canal, and to do thig the water must be drewn from the canal lift aul x coffer-dam built east of the s Which will enable the 1 of water tov be initde. would) interfere with — the of the canal, and the Board of Com- ioners would certainly refuse their The pumpmg-works the time that the arrange ade for their use. Moreover, ing wong the line of the canal musty from the ing the winter, when a umount of water tows under the thick ive, and the new pumps will be completed and running betore that tine, Ii is not unlikely that the dissatisfaction of rown out of the impression Ghat: Mayer “Harrison is op- posed to the pumping-work: nd does not believe in their capacity to do the service de- It is true that the Mayor bi curious and stubburn opposition forzlong time, but the matter has since passed beyond his jurisdiction, and he will hardly try to pla iy obsttele in the way of arapid completion of the work. But his it of ca: unreflecting talk is con- antly contributing to the impression we have pointed ont. Only the other day he said to wreporter of Tue ‘Tranent: that “ tte work was being prusveuted against the pro- test of a very large number of our best, and most skilled citi who pronounced the work a Tumbuz.” But Mr. Harrison mentions ny names of these wise ci if there is any appalling number of and skilled citizens’? protesting against the erection of these pumps the public would hear from them, and certainly Mr. Harrison ought todo them the justice to make their protests knowu in a more definit w: ‘The Mayor added on his own account that “he? was “doing this work solely for the benelit of the rural distriets.” The fact is, that the eity i$ doing the work and pa: it out of the s, aS Was agreed with the Legislature, and there is reason to hope that the city will share the expected benefits along with the country. In point of fact, there is warrant for. the. belief that work to be done by the new navigation nents can be the people livi and river are not troubled s at a cost of some & will accomplish as. much in the way of Keeping the canal and river pure as eoukd be done by an expenditure of elght or ten millions in the widening and deepening ofthe canal If the pumps be run at their masini capacity—v0,000 cubic - feet per minute—they will throw into the cinalmore than three times as much water as now F tluws into it, and this contribution’ will in- crease the flow as much deepening and widentng of the canal would accomplish after the expenditure of a vast sum of money. The piumping-works ‘will cost less than would the strip of new ground-on which to throw the material to be exe ted fran the enlarged ditch, and not half as much as uicrely to remove the present thirty-four miles of dirt taken out of the cu i room tor the new exer Tho cost of constructing the pumps and running them fora year will not be as large as would be the annual interest alone on the cust of en- larging the canal. ‘The Mayor should awai an actual test of the pumps, now fully deter- mined upon, before indulging in any more ingstile criticisms, especially if he is a cand " for Gov punips nor. THE HALF-HOLIDAY MOVEMENT. ‘The movement inaugurated by some of the wholesale merchants in this ¢ by clusing their warehouses after 1 o'clock Saturdays ving their employés « half-holida way commendable. The American tendency, outsidé the eight-hour’ leagues, which are made up for the most part from nen of foreign birth, isto work too many hours. There is nv true economy in such a system. . No more business is transacted in the bulk than would be done by condensing the hours, and the wear and fear upon the: engaged in it is vastly increased. 'Thd’ busi- ness-en of a bustling American city bolt amearly bre tstand make a rush to get down by 7:30 or S o'elovk, and remain cooped up in a stuffy office or an ill-ventilated store till after 6 o'clock in the evening. ‘The hours of the employés are frequently longer still, and the sallow complexion, haggard looks, and dragged: out appearance so common among the. bouk- keepers, clerks, and shopkeepers of this country are the marks of too close and con- stant confinement. The bulk of the whole- sale business in the great City of London is transacted between the hours of 10 and o'clock, and the Saturday half-holiday is the rule. Nothing is lost by sueh an arrangement when it has the genbral assent and codpera- tion of the business community, for the ap- parent loss of time is moreghan oifset by the prompt and active attention to business dur- ing the recognized hours. * We venture to.say that the segs inter- ests would gain rather than lose by réason of ahalf-holiday once in 2 week in which the commercial ‘associations, the banks, the wholesale houses, and all large busingss en- terprises,. where the practice is feasible, should unjte. The Board of Trade, we be- lieve, finishes up its Saturday business in the forenoon. lf the system were once fairly established there would be no inconvenience in exchanges; nobody would try to do business on that afternoon, and.everything could be and would be settled up as clean by Lo’clock as it is now at G o'clock. This halt- le houses would be a family day, and women and children would. enjoy it as well asthe men. All would be benefited by it, A minister of the Gospel’ recently, commending the proposed depart- ure in a sermon, pointed out that among the Americans Sunday is not a popular holiday in the same sense that the day is passed on the Continent of Europe, nor even in. En- sland. 1t is devoted in large part to relig- fous exere’ and apything in the nat- ure of amusement “is pursued under a certain constraint by most people. The freedom of a. Saturday after- noon would afford an opportunity for healthful reereation. 1t would literally be spare-time and play-time. The pater faimil- jas could then offer no reasonable excuse for refusing to take his children to the pi ‘The people tiving in the suburbs would have an opportunity for visiting the mathi¢es at the theatres and concert-halls who are not able to attend in the-evening. The prices for all kinds of ‘amuSements on Saturday afternoon would soon be placed upon a popular level in order to secure the attend- ance of acrowd. The relaxation thus pro- cured, no matter. what form it might take, would make everybody more buoyant during the working hours of the week, and life would be the longer and happier without loss to anybody. Every wholesale employer will be a philanthropist who encourages this & Se movement, ———_——— WILL THE POPE LEAVE ROME? Rumors continue to increase that Pop&Leo XIU. seriously contemplates leaving Rome and taking up his residence in the snug IttIe Island of Malta, Ile is now a self-incarcer- ated “prisoner” in the magnificent Vatican, and more closely immured than ‘ever since the violent demonstrations that were made by the Roinan populace upon the 0 .casion of the recent midnight removal of ue remains of Pius IX. to their final resting-place. ‘Thus shut out from the world, ignorant by personal observation of what is going on around him, trusting to his Cardinals for knowledge from the outside, his existence becoming more and more a matter of inditier- ence to the temporal pow and brooding over his own diseased and solitary fancies, it is little wonder that he has become gloomy. and dis: ed and longs fora change. ‘The Diritty, of Rome, the Italian Ministerial organ, confirms the statement that such a jnovement is probable, though it may not be Lumediate, since its fulfillment depends upon circumstances. The recent circular from the 'Y of State to the Nuncios fore- $0, as welll a: ent circular f£ the London Times ‘sina letter to that paper: no be nodoubt that the Pope is set preoccupied on the subject, and that this tion bus greatly increased since tho faver of the abolition of the Papal Whether he will eventually leave Kome or when are questions he hus not decided, but. those who should Know assert that be has distinctly made up bis mind not. to tolerate tho slightest infringement of his dignity. Stould any such thing happen, it will determine bis de- barture at one Where there i necting: yuarant so much smoke there is likely some five. It is not-conceivable that the menace of his departure is made with the idea that it will secure the Papacy any holt upon. temporal power again, for that time has passed forever, und none know it better than the Pope and the Papal Con 5 ‘The people of aly would never ‘consent to it, and the Republican instinets of the whole ci el world would oppose y restoration of clerical political rule over fhe protesting Roman Capi And yet itis this véry point which lies at the core of the proposed removal of the head of the Church to Malta, and it is worth con- sidering. ‘The Romish Church was at the hight of its power when it had the control of the temporal power in the “States of the Chureh,” with its Capital in Rouie. Its gov- ernment was it pious political despotism, and the citizens were kept in subjection io the Pope’s political rule only by the force of French bayonets. Theyuvere stripped of every political right. They had no. participation in the Governt and no municipal or State representation. The Vatican was. the fountain-head of all : Political action, and ils decrees were®im-* 200,000, | plicitly enforced by foreign soldiers of the States of the Church: .As primary. education was controlled.by the Con- clave, there were no free schools or secular education. As opinion and knowledge were dominated by the Conclave, it eensorized the newspapers and prescribed what books should be read. ‘Lhe peonie were ‘unde complete a paternal system of tutelage as the orphans in an asylum. ¥ ‘This species of clerical despotism contin; ued until Mazzini in revolution, and deposed the Pope as a politieal King, French cannonand swords reinstated him, and kept | him upon his temporal throne until’ the ex® sencies of the war with Germany necessi- tated the withdrawal of the French troops. When Victor Emmanuel marched upon Rome, upon the earnest invitation of its citizens, the people ce masse rose up and received him with tes of joy. ‘Lhe temporal power of the Papacy was forever dissolved and Rome became an integral part-and the Capi- tal of the Kingdom of Italy. Sines that time Rome has been,a self-governed ihunici- pulity, governed by its people like other Ltal- ian cities. Lt hag doubled its population and quadrupled its wealth, and it has recognized the presence and position of the Pope by vot- ing hina half-million dollars ay ‘or his support,.which the late Pope and his present: sttecessor have somewhat ungraciously re- fused to ept. ‘Lhe Pope and his Cardinals, the Irish and Polish Bishops, and the Ultramontanes of France and Spain would now reverse this nolicy, make Rome a clerico-p centre again, regardless ot the rights and wishes of the people, and-restore the temporal puwer of the Church, ‘They want conirol of the gov- erning authority, a standing army, ear- nal weapons of cannon and gunpowder, and Ministers at the foreign Courts... This is what they demand, and it is beeause they not only feel that the people of Italy will never grant it, but that the democratic sentiment of the world will oppose it, that they are talk- ing of the removal of the Papacy to the Island of Malta. Such being the case, and the con- test being a hopeless one, if the VPapacy-can- not remain in Rome inthe midst vf a free people, governing themselves, if would be the part ot wisdom for it to remove to Malta, where, under.the Shadow of a neutral Prot- estant Power, it can enjoy its spiritual rights and privileges. without coming in contact with the civil rights of the Roman people, or being in any danger of collision with the temporal power of the Italian nation, or of exposure to the temptation of wishing to usurp it, THE PERILS OF THE IRISH LAND BILL. ‘The Irish Land bill, upon which the British Parliament has labored for a whole session, is now imperiled by the inability of the two ILouses by asree. ‘There Is a solid majority in the Commons of 120 for the bill, while there is about the same majority in the Lorus for certain amendments which in the judg- nent of the Commons are destructive of tho objects of the bill, and therefore inadinissi- ble. One of these amenduignts will explain the animus of the whole. Under the Land bill of 1870, intended to protect the tenants, it was provided: that notning therein should prevent the tenants by contract waiving any of the conditions of the Jaw. Thereupon all the benefits of the Jaw were defeated by the landlords includ- ingin ali the J SQ contract waiving all that the law provided for the protection of the tenants, and the tenants were coereed into signing suct{leases. ‘The Lords have now attached to this bill a provision that in cases where the rental is over £100 ($500) the right of the parties to make their own terms shall not be interfered with, This is the repetition of the clause which destroyed atl the eflicacy of the act of 1370, except that it is limited to leases where the rental exceeds £100, which would cover most farms containing over fifty or sixty acres, If this be adopted, then the landlords have merely to consolidate the small farms; they have only to lease together ms now renting separately for £69 and £40, or £70 and £35, or any number of small tracts mak- ing an aggregate of £100, and thus release them all froin the protective operations of the act. Such an amendment would perpetuate the abuses of the present condition ot things, and add to the barbarities of the rack-rent system the expulsion of one-half the oc- cupants of the land by the consolidation of small farms into larger ones. ‘This would probably throw a million or more of people now subsisting on small holdings from the Tand to the roadside, and thence to the alms- house, unless they should perish from starvation, or be hauled away by the authori- ties and placed on the emigrant ship. Gladstone refuses to accept this tri amendinent, and several others of a like treacherous and-injurious character, and tho two Houses are brought to adeadlock, whieh can only be broken by the surrender of the Lords or the abandonment of the bill py the Ministry. Had the feudal Lords rejected the bill out- right the Government might dissolve Par- liainent on the general issue. of the refusal of tha Upper Jouse to carry out the will of the cobntry. But the Lords have dextrously evaded that issue; they have passed the Dill, and only claimed a few amendments, which, however inconsistent with the purpose of the bill, are within, in public estimation, their just and proper legal rights. - The issue presented by a disagreement on a few amendinents would be tuo narrow on which to arouse public indignation in En- sland, dnd the struggle would probably dritt into other which have arisen during the present session. For instance, the retal- iatory tariff issue—whereby «portion of the british manufacturers and all the landlor have become advyvcates of protection—has Irendy produced great excitement in certain districts hitherto largely Liberal. The pres- ent Ministry has also abandoned Afghan- istan, and yielded the ‘Transvaal to the Buers, after defeat, and on all these questions may encounter defections which might at a new selection reduce its majority in the Commons. In the ease of the Reform Dill in 182, when the Lords rejected the bill, though it had amajority of 150 in the Commons, fur- mM Was postponed until the next session, when a new bill was introduced, passed, and by an immense vote sent to the Lords. ‘That body again refusing to accept the reform, resort was had to coercive meas- ures, ‘The King authorized the Ministry to create 2 sufticient number of new life Peers to overcome the Lory inajority and pass the Dill in the Lords, but the latter HouseMlid not wait for the exceution of this authority, but enough absented themselves to allow the Reform bill to beeome a law. In this case Mr. Gladstone can postpone any action until the next session, witen he can propose a new bill and pags it, and then, if needed, resort to coercive measures xeainsi the Lords. But the London Times 5 that there is no necessity for this delay, | but that Mr. Gladstone can conipel the Op- } vosition tu take action. The statement of 4 that piver is as follows: ° The Times this wnorning. in editorially com- menting on the refusal of the House of Lerds to recede from its rmendinents to the Land bill, | regurds the settlement of the questions at iszug | as likely to follow 2 formsl conterence of tho party leaders, notwithstunding the deiiant atti- tude of Lord Salisbury. The writer deciares that the: Ministry, supported as it is by a com- { pact majority in the House of Commons, cannes | @ expected to yield; that in the event of the | House being unable 'to give effect to its j the Ministry would have to resign: Selisbury would be summoned to undertake the Govern- ment, and, even if able to form a Ministry, be Is “things in-London how much better they are ‘he House of Commons. It is suggested that ‘ena bolder man than Salisbury might shrink ‘om such an undertaking. Lord Salisbury is the very man to take this responsibility, provided he can command a following in his.own' party, ‘Lhe fact is, the ‘Tories are now in a helpless minority in the Commons, and have nothing to lose even if defeated, but incase of a new eleetion have, as we havd stated, many chances to make gins. .The question of what will be done will be decided on Monday, and if the Lords are perisient, and force a new election for Parliament, there wil be a fost lively time in England this fall. A, QUESTION OF WATEESUEELY IN LON- ON. 2 The Grand Junction. Water-Works Com- muy of London has been summoned before one of the Courts of that city to answer the complaint of some of its customers that it has failed to supply them with a sufficiency of water. ‘The cause of complaint was thus stated by a Mr. Mull, 2 poulterer of Swallow place; Hanover Square: Lust February he requested the Company to lay on water to premises which he had built; id he pad 10 snillings to their survoyor for e3 s the works. ‘He seems also to bave paid ites fora half-auurter. At first the y turned on. But the supply ut and unsatisfactory. Matters eas the inner" xdvanced. me only. irregularly during June, and in the fieree bent of July, when a plentiful supply was a requisit of health, it completely stopped for. days at x time. This raises the practical question whether , there is an obligation upon the water com- panies, which are paid for the service to fur- nish a constant supply, that can be enforced. The London Times says the Water-Works act of I8{7 makes it un offense to neglect to furnish an owner or occupier witha supply, and’ that a later uct, of 1871, stipulates for “aconstant supply. of pure and wholesome water, suficient for the domestic purposes of the inhabitants, constantly laid on at such 4 pressure as will make such water reach the top story of the highest houses.” ‘The iauner of supplying houses in Lon- don is different from that in use in this coun- ‘There each building is supplied with a tank or cistern, agd this is filled once daily by the water company, and thé occupants draw what they use from this tank or ci The institution of ‘this suit has given ¢ Lo x full discussion of the water question by the papers of London. Tnis discussion not only includes the quantity of the supply, but also the quality of the water. ‘Lhe Limes publishes and indorses the fol- lowing oficial report on the manner of sup- ply in dwellings: : Sut: May not the cause of the alleged mor- tality from diarrhea, referred to by your corre- spondents, Mr. Baldwin Lutham and Mr. Russel Aitkin, bo attrivuted to the increas#in the tem- perature, and the general bad condition of the drinking water which ensue under the circum- stunees described by me in my official Feport of the examination mude of the water supplied by tho metropolitan water companies during the ie of June tast? On this subject 1 report as ollows: “Much of the water delivered for domestic purposes is constantly deterivrated after leav- ing the companies’ mains by the dirty state of the cisterns on the premises of the consumers. Many of tho cisterns, tanks, and butts for con- taining water, especially in small tecrement- houses in the metropolis, are in a disgust- ing and. filthy ‘condition, numbers being without lids, and full of rauk vegetable xrowth, girbage, aud other impurities; and, be- Ing exposed to the immediate eifect of the sun's rays, the temperature of the water is raised to such in extent ax to make the water not only quite unit fur potable purposes, but to render it dangerous to health, On closer examination more or less organic deposit is apparent, sud under the microseope the water ts tound to abound in infusorial life. The purest water in the world would be poisoned by suck a diserace- furs; of storage, All cisterns should be overed snd be freauently cleaned out, und cv¢ry cure should be taken to prevent the vontamiuauon of the domestic supply after de- livery. Now, as heretofore, it appears to be the rule “in builaing 2 certain class of houses to place the clstern over the water-closet with an untrapped “waste-pipe communicating with the drains. “These cisterns are often left open, and_ regularly receive the drippings from the roofs and gutters; they are. moreover, in close proxiuity to the dust-bins and other filthy de- posits, in the better class of houses and in many public buildings the cleansing of cisterns and tanks is frequently neglected for months, and, in some cases, yetrs are permitted to pass without any examination or cleansing taking pluce., ‘The only remedy for this state of atfuirs will be found in the establishment of the con- stant supply system, and the cousequent total abolition of these unit receptacles, ‘The water compunies gre being urged toextend the con- stant supply in their respective districts with the lenst possible delay; meanwhile, and until the system of constant sipply is completed, the owners and occupiers of houses should be con- sidered responsible for the consequences in per- mitting such a condition of things to exist.” Fpask Rorros, Lieutenant-Colonel, Wafer Examiner, Metropolis Water Act, 151. Those who enjoy the luxury of pure water from Lake Michigan can find in this state of off in this respect than are the inhabitants of the greatest and wealthiest city in the world. \ THE THOMAS CONCERTS, * Thomas is divine!” exclaimed a beauti- ful woman as she inelined her head grace- fully to catch the expiring tones of the last notes of Schumann's “Triiumerei.”? At the moment when the. beautiful woman was straining every nerve to sefae_the finest tone of the tinest “tiddle” fn the entire orchestra, looking for all the world like Juno striving to detevt one of Jupiter's infidelities, #oco- motive rattled past the Exposition Building, and in one horrid blast discharged enough steam to haul a hundred cars forfy miles an hour up a sharp grade. The first yiolin con- tinued to saw the strings of his instrument, and all the other violins followed suit, and the divine Thomas -made gentle motions in the thunderous air with his baton, and the orchestra looked like amany-armed ghost trying in vain to speak. Atisa queer coincidence that. the locomo- lives invariably make their appearance on the scene of the ‘Chomus concerts -in the midst of the performance of the lowest, softest numbers in the program. The “‘Triu- merei” and Mendelssohn's “Spring Song” seem to have the effect of a signal to two tocomofiv& to mect immediately opposit Mr. Thomas and there conipare notes. he dirst locomotive whistles as a bird = might, at the mating season, to its love. i@ second locomotive responds plaintively. Then the first Joco- motive tings its bell; and the second loco- its bell. ‘Chen the first loco- motive becomes suddenly conscious of an ex- cess of steam, opens its valves and “lets off” about a tlvusand pounds, and the second » grown hot and uncomfortable, about a thousand pounds of its steam. Then the first locomotive starts sud- denly, and jerks its forty cars with the effect of an ill-regulated thander-clap. ‘The second locomotive does likewise. ‘Then both loco- inotives become awure of the fact that they Started the wrong way, and stop with forty more jerks apiece. Then they whistle, and ring the bells, and wheeze, and puff, and | blow like porpoises in distress, and move off. | Meantime the soft number has been per- formed to the end, and, 3: falls upon the outer world, the musici: re observed to be industriously occupied in tuuing their instruments. But the billing and ecomg locomotives out- side the Exposition Mall ares harmless bless- ing a5 compared to the billing and cooing young luvers insidv.* In the inidstof the per- formance ef some number* aly buy with a. puget and the suspicion of a soft down ish expression furiively at the pale i blue-eyed girl at his side, says, in an audible i Whisper: “What are you thinking of dar 327 “Of the musi 7 responds ‘Tae vor Versation procveds in a monotone, inter- rupted by. giggling and simpering, and ac- of Saint-Sagns, a nose j ‘ofan would be.compelled to dissolve Pariiament in the hope of overthrowing the Liberal majority companied by laughter in the neighborhood of the lovers, until an ofd man, who couldn’t gled Banner’? in a parlor, detects the lovers by the aid of iis eye-glasses, and growls at them out of mere jealousy. Schubert’s ser- enado is usually “illustrated, in the softer parts, by a couple of Jate idiots marehing up the main aisle in search of conspicuous seats, staring through eye-glasses right and Jeft, and finally crowding past halfa dozen per- sons next to tho front row. itis with evident pleasure that Mr. Thomas approaches a number in which, with his baton, he may invoke tie thunders of the brass instruments and the drums. By their aid he knows that he may take a sweet re- veugze upon the hissing and howling locomo- tives on the ontside, and the whisperers, the simperers, and the gabblers in the au- dience. Ina Wagner grand march, or in some of the selections from Lohengrin, the director Is master of the situation. In the loud clamor of the magnificent chords of music the noise of the hissing steam is drowned, and the’soft nothings of the cooing lovers are lost as the babble of the summer is overwhelmed by the roaring of the tornado, or the rushing, mighty force of the cataract. ‘The opportunities for flirtation are far too great at the Thomus concerts. b only do the intermissious afford occasion for danger- ous promenades, during which entangling ailiances nay be formed, but in the vast halt there are numerous retired nooks and corners, out-of-the-way places, suitable to indulgence in soft dalliance of a character to quite appall prudent mothers and jealous husbands. Above, all the walk under the intoxicating influence of the moonlight south of the hall is calculated to de stroy the Inst vestige -of those Puri- tanical ideas which have _ hitherto exerted so potential an influence upon the ckaracter of the inhabitants of Chicago. Men of 40, 50, and 60 years of age, men with short-cropped white hair, men with bald heads, men with wigs and colored mus- taches,—evidently bachelors, or grass-widow- ers, or deserted husbands,—may be seen nightly in this moonlight walk assuming the airs and, as near as gout and other infirmi- ties will permit, the agile gait of young “ fellows,” uttering silly nothings to women who are plainly neither their wives, sisters, nor mothers. A society should be formed for the prevention of gruelty to these super- annuated old beaux. ‘Chere is no objection to their listening to the music,—if they can hear it,—but they should be required to re- main in their seats during the intermissions. They should not be subjected to the double fascination of the imoon’s rays and the beguiling voice of woman. Young ‘girls should know that it is dangerous to make an old man’s heart tremble and flutter like a wounded pigeon, They should reflect that there is sucha disease as apoplexy, and that it at- tacks old men, Cutting the hair short doesn’t prevent it; wearing a wig doesn’t prevent it; coloring the mustache doesn’t prevent it. It is wicked to flirt with one of these ancient Lotharios, because there is no fool like an old fool, and the old fool may die in the act. But the Thomas concerts are splendid never- theless. Dr. Brackseny, the Bourbon Governor of Kentucky, who has gained an unenviable reputation through the proposition he made during the War to introduce pestilence among the people of the North, nas ex- pressed himself in a characteristically otfen- sive manner about the President’s condition. Me is reported as saying that “Garfield will undoubtedly die,” and deelaring as his opinion “that they got his name signed for the purpose of calling Congress together in case of his death.” Thereis a certain cal- lousness and brutality about Biackburn’s dictum in the case which naturally excites resentment, and his charge that there wasa sinister desizn in securing the -President’s signature only suggests that some such scheme would occur to ‘* Small-Pox ” Black- burn himself in asimilar case. At the same time, this Dr. Blackburn has the reputation perienced and skillful physician ; and, if the wish was not father to the thought in the confident prediction of the President's death, his opinion is worthy of some con- sideration. There is no doubt that the Presi- dent is stillina very grave, if not critical, condinon. The dispatches from Washing- ton, if carefully scanned, reveal this ract every day. The attending physicians are reported as hopeful, but the statements in their bulletins are by no means encourag- ing. ‘The fact is chronicled from day to day that the President’s pulse is high and irreg- ular. The fever continues to return. It is attributed by the doctors to occasional reten- tion of some of the pus. But it begins to Jook as though some such obstacle is bound to recur every two or three days, and the fever continues to stare the physicians in the face. Yesterday the President entered upon the sixth week of his confinement to bed, and there was another set-back in the morn- ing. The danger of chronic debility, result- ing from the inroad of fever, the worry of Jong confinement, and the effects of the hot weather, is always preset. The people of this country must continue to feel serious apprehension every day and every hour until the President shall be actually convalescent and give signs of growing strength. Oss of the rising nen iu England is young Lord Rosebery, the Scotch husband of Miss Rothschild, who enters Mr. Glndstone’s Admin- stration as an Under-Secretary in the Home De- partment. He is avery taleated young man, and it is said that the Premier owes much of tho suecess which attended his Midlothian expedi- tion to him. Lord Rosebery paid all the ex- venses of thut remarkable tour, and when Mr. Gladstone was called to power he olfered his triend a scat in bis Government, but the chival- rous nobleman dcclined it then, because he thourht people might miscoustrue bis motives in helping Mr, Gladstone to oltice. “Just nos,” sys in English paper, “with the disaffection of the Duke of a ind the Murquis of Lans- downe, the Goverment fiat that they. want a ; ! ! they are allowed the Governor. They offer 3. House, and on that ground Lord Rosebery has | warrior to defend thelr policy in the Upper consented to serve. “His post is an arduous and thankless ene, aud he bus: fur a chief the not- always ngreenblo Sir William Iarcourt, but as he hus n hich sense of duty and fealty’ to his party, ag well «3 Daramaount: abilities, itis more than likely that he will acquit himself with great credit. Lord. ite ery is n possible Premier. He is rich, tale uential, and handsome. i 3 With amiable qualitics and she understands politics as well en descriped in* Endymion,’ indced her awn portralt tleures in that book. and with all these attriutes in her husbana’s lavor can any one doubt that the young Lord: will not catty all betore him when the time come; : Tur pateuts on the MeKay sole sewing- inachine bave at lust expired. These are the innchines for sew a the Scles of shoes, and are among the most notable of Inbor-saving in- ven! 3. Aood operator can sew with them as many as 40) pairs of echoes ina day. They ure in use by all the larg shee-manufacturing ¢s- tablishments in the country, and are said to have realized for the ownera of the ‘patents about 210,049,000 in this country, while they have ulso derived a lurve income from other coun- tries. Now that the patents have expired, any one is free to manufseture and use them. The muchives'have been held at about $250 each, but itis suid they can be protitably made and sold or about $173. It is expected that the cost of shoes will new become considerably-eheapencd. ean “Craurs in the stomach” of the strok oar and other untoward circumstances dire as signed ns the cause of the ‘defeat of the Cornell erew ut Viennn; but there would. seem to have been at least half a dozen other reszons why they did not win. Not the least important of these was a luck of muscle. It is not quite clear. elther, that they had staying powers. or that their stroke was good, or that they knew how to steer. hear a brass band playing the “Star-Span- | their shell without tipping over. H i ! Beyond this it isnot positive that they bad any aquatic ac. complishnents whatever. On the. Henley course in England they actually tan. into. the. bank. The fiasco was tho mora, ludierous as they had moved heaven and earth and convulsed-the sporting circles of two contie bring up an fgnominious rear when thoy did succeed in getting a special suspension of the rules In their favor. The Cornett boys woule better have staid at home. Their expedition bas brought ,no glory to tkeir country, {or to their college, ‘or to themseives, lt was a rash) veuture. Their powers had bcen insullicientiy yo bad raced ugainst no strong crews, ond had merely deluded themseives by ruwing against time, whieh is mast accommodating opponent, and making allowances for * cramps” dnd other accidents not indulzed iua rezular rice. The Coruell boys shoutd hastea home. They may’ still find in their native State marine craft that they can defeat. As the Austrian crew with only ten days’ training and Little previous exe perience deteaced them in remarkably slow time, it is pretty well established that no ‘victimg, for their prowess can be found in Europe, <r a ‘Tue Assistant Postmaster of Montreal cons deinns political patronaye because in his thirty. three years’ experience it has injured tne serv. ive. He backs up his views by the following testimony: Since January, 1503, thirty-five ems, ployés,.as clerks, carriexs, and collectors in thig ollie, have been removed or arrested for robe bery, intemperauce, or utter unfitness for duty; and could the standard for qualifications for tha service be the same as is required for large private estublishments, a number of othe; employés would have since been removed for incompetency and other causes. Of thesa thirty-five nine wore drunkards. Most of them were notoriously known as such beford the reputation of some of these was such that! no private establishment, not even those who recomutended them, would have employed them ina position of confidence. Ten were utterly unfit for duty, boing wanting in judgment and. too seriously engaged in the greut questions of the time to upply their minds to the business of the office: one was afilicted with epilepsy, and during his fits while on duty as 2 letter-carrier | correspondence intrusted to him for delivery: was left atthe mercy of the public; one whot never bad learned the letters of the alphabet, managed to make his way into the office as 3? of the authorities had, of course, been grossly of the incompetents was of short duration, tha} drunkards staying long enough to cause much! trouble and expense, and the dishonest come! and removed. a JIanvey’s Laxe, a popular summer-resort of Peunsytvania, was a day or two ago almos tho scene of a travedy. In the forenoon several young ladies arrayed themselves in bathing: costumes, and, with an escort, repaired to @ secluded part of the lake totake a bath and a swim. In one boat was 2 Mr. Williams and q Miss Reyenthaler, of Philadelphia. The young indy, on reaching a certain point, jumped from the boat, but, becoming entangled in her tathe ing costume, sank beneath the water. Coming” to the surface she called’sfor help. Her escort,! Williams, plunged into the water, and his etforts’ soon exhausted him. in the meantime the alarm had reached the ears of others, and severat young men rushed to the rescue. A son of Dre Beck was the first to reach the struggling par-* ties, Then George Rhodes came, and, diving ta the vottom, seized Miss Reyeuthaler. Willian: Rhodes and’ Charles Long secured the boat which Williams bad jumped out of, and with a Yew powerful strokes brought it alongside of the struggling people. George Long seized the young lady by‘ the hair and she was lifted into, the boat. Efforts at resuscitation proved suc- cessful, although at first it was thou; extinct. A CORRESPONDENT of the St. Paul Pioneers, Press at Fort Yates while riding with Father Stephan through the Indian camp had his atten-.. tion called to a large tepee, from a short pote hair was discovered to be,of unusual length, fine and silky, and of auburn color. There was just enough breeze to occasionally blow aside the undetached ends ot the hair, which at once. revealed in the bright sunlight the fact that {¢ must havo originally belonged to the head of some delicate wife, mother, or daughter. In. this tepce was being held a council of chiefs, a dozen cr more forming a circle on the inside. When the presence of the reporter became. known the ‘talk ’ ceased, and one or two of the braves stepped outside and shook bands with aod grunted ‘How! to the two ladies on the back sent. Chief Gall, among the number, would not shake hands until the ludies had removed their gloves, and, reference being mode to the scalp, it wus announced that Chief Running-Antelope was possessed df a buckskin shirt, the lining of which consisted of the scalps of white men and women that had been massacred.” $a Speantya of the overwhelining rejection, of the coercive temperance Inw of North Cam olina, the New York Post remarks: ; Few political occurrences of recent years have been on the whole s¢ ‘ular ts the prohibition, canvass S ‘olla woich ended | iu ‘Thursday on. ‘That a Southern State, and one Jargely interested in the cultivation of the vine and manufacture of svirituous liquors, ang aboye all governed by a Democratic legis- lative majority, should suomit to the people a coercive temperance law of such stringency, was surprising, to begin with. But that when this had been necomplished, and the leading Democrnts bad either been constrained to sup- port the measure, or, like Gov. Vance, to ob serve neutrality; when the clergy had taken up the cause of prohibition, and manitestiy the best elements of society were outspoken oa the same side, the resuit at tho polis should bean overwhelming defeat of the meusure, is at fret sight incomprehensible. ‘The adverse majority amounted to upwards of 110,000, and {a scarcely more than one county did the friends of pro-> hibition prevell. Seldom bas 2 Legisiature either so mistagen or s0 misrepresented public sentiment, and such was the temporary obliter- ution of party Hnes that tew were prepared for. so decisive 2 Vote on one side or tho other. :. . —— na é Ex-Senator Bruce (colored), of Missis-. sippi, tulking of the politics uf thut State the other duy, said: “Mississippl is Republican: under « fair count by 28,000 majority, But of course since 1875 we have been unuble to get our votes cointed, and the Bourbons have bad con-' troiof the State, Weare sceking this ycar to’ guthor together the odds and ends of political factions and parties to ascertain if we cannot by a united effort obtain our rights and give the. death-blow to Bourbon organization and vio-? lence, The Greenback party, which is really 3 Hepublican organization under another name, y is willing to unite «with thi in the formation of a -ticket. The Inde-’ it Demoerats, who left the Ruurbon party. ire also willlog for -coulition, provided very strong mun in Col. Ben Kinz, and, as there are seven places on the ticket, [think the di- vision can be made satisfactorily to all three! parties.” — Dcrinc the year from the ith of August, 1880, to the 7th Inst., sixty-four feet were added to the hizht of the Washington monument, and’ there fs now encugh cut stone on the ground fot thirty, more fect. Col. Cascy, the engineer ia! charge, says that the rapiditawith. which the work can be prosecuted depends entirely upon’ the rapidity with which the martle can be quarried and delivered. A : oo Tins Cinciunati Commercial’s one-cent: subscriptions for the beneBt af the who pped the felow who expressed the hope that | ariield would dic now ameunts toa total of’ $551, being $520 moro than the fine and costs. ‘Che number of contrizutors to the fund is al- sveady 55,400, and the back townships ret to hear from. Trene arrived in New York on Thursday { | duu, G1; the S: the following Immigrantz nd, from” Hamburg, brought GH; the Greece, from Lon-: vitzerland, from Antwerp, 393; the the Assyria, making the tuta! nomber for State of Georg from Barrow, 23, the day 1,304, ‘Tre plans filed with the NewYork Bu reau of Buildings for the construcsis during the second quarter of the 4 Co). Among the new struct-" nnixted are eight plices of umuse-‘ ment, at n curt of $415,000. eee Mr: Watter Brows, a prominent Demo They did have tho skill to sitin | fresh for bim, and anxiously inautring how bin crat of Munsfleld, O., bas written a letter de! cluring that Bookwalter'’s Democracy 13 too’ nents to obtain admission -to the race, ouly to their appointment; thirteen were dishonest; ~ activity; two were mad for politics, and were. | letter-carriér. In all these cases the contdenca’ ° ubused. The official existence of the great Part) mitted many depredations before being detecteti ght life was ——e ueur the top of which dangled scalp. “The * and with really no evil designs upon the cut” Republican