Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1881, Page 9

a TH CHICAGG For your own or your Boys’ Fall Clothing and Underwear? as our Fall Stock BUT P That we clo the Fine Trade of the West, consequent! garments money will produce, and the magnitude of our sales enab! even same as lower graces elsewhere. GARNETS, TY TEXTURE, WORK) sR OGHILI P, STYLE, AND FEE, PAUL Our reputation too valuable to sacrifice by misrepresentation. ARTMENT, AS USUAL, UNPARALLELE! is now complete. ASE DISTINCT ih ( UNDERSTAND y are warranted in making the best es us to price correctly,. MD A SPE e Nioney refundable. AGO. Fine Clothing and Furnishings, 84 and 86 State-st. . N B.---Non-residents send your address for our Chart of Fashions, seli-measurement instructions, and price-list. Goods on approval. - > > M. H. EB. Third Discourse on Happen- ings in the American Metropolis, A. P. Stewart’s Mania for Trans- forming Churches into Theatres. Harrigan and Hart, Jenny Lee, “Michael Strogoff,” and John Sietson. The Earl of Dunraven and His Lug- gage—A Three Hundred Pounds Esthete. i4n Investigation of the Dog-Pound— Wie Dog-Catching, and How to Ke- cover a Lost Pet. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. New York, Sept. 1.—Monday night Har tigan and Hart opened theiz new theatre on Broaaway, opposit the New York Hotel. “he late A. T. Stewart had a mania tor buy- ing up churches and turning them into sta- bles or theatres, and the church turned into errigan’s Theatre wasoneof them. It had never been a success for long, and was a ter- ror to its tenants. Daly, when burned out in Twenty-fourth street, took it for a seasun, and Nobert Heller of pleasant memory did a good business there for a season, but there ‘were reasons why it was not a jolly place— there was a graveyard at the k and under the house, so thet the property-man nceding Yorick’s skull had no need to bother until the fourth wet of “Hamlet,” wher he ran down cellar and chucked one up, together ‘with all the bones needed for the First Grave- digger. Lremember when Meller had it,.in a trick one night, where he made a collection from the audience of watches and rings, and, stumbling as he ascended the steps, threw alot of bogus things upon the stage, and passed the original lot through a tunnel to his sister Maidee, who stood on asort of bridge underneath.” I was watehing the op- eration with much interest, when she cried out, “Oh horror! there goes a ring!” Down in the black darkness it seemed impossible to recover it, but the bold girl plunged. oif the stage, and groped about, and I flew to Robert -to tell him the mishap, that he might enlarge the trick, and not ce 100 soon to the chafing dish where the ring tied to a dove's neck should be waiting him. When I got back below Haidee had two skulls, a scapula, a clavicle, and a handful of ribs, besides the ring. Now over this vast collection of old Knick- erbockers Harrigan and Hart have raised a Jovely theatre. Itison the Moorish-Exyp- tiau-New'York-esthetic-composit style. Grif- fiers and stained glass, brass, bronze, and the Jatest kinks in dados and friezes glorify the the place; it is dark and rich andin excellent taste throughout. ‘The Madison Square ‘Theatre is 2 dream of Juxury in). the latest graze. - An embroidered curtain, costing $4,000, hangs there; artistic. needlework decorates the proscenium. Larrigan’s place is just as handsome, just as effective, but in- Stead of embroidery it is paint. - The scenic artist, Mr. Witbam, has reproduced the rich Yelvets and plushes, the tapesiry.aud applique embroideries, in’ paint; he bas . painted Medieval designs upon ‘his curtain and fly borders, till itis hard_to say which is the nest, ihe Madison Square or Harrigan’s, only one. cost hundreds where the other cost thousands. ‘The play with which tha gorgeous new house ovened is a new de- parture in die way of characters, but strictly adheres-in incident to the old standby, the Mulligan Family, whose “Guards,” and Picnic,” and * Canddidate” have built the new theatre _ Mr. Harrigan writes his own pieces, and if he would. only give us less Harrigan and put more Hart his work ‘The Major” would be a great success. ‘Tony Hart. is equally as good an actor—but he has not the opportunity: Marrigan kindly extends to him- self, TH “50. ‘The next theatr event of the week was the retniree of Miss Jenny Lee as Jo in “Bleak House.” Lt is twelve years since the lady played Carline in “The Black Crook.” In that time she has made a study of the wretched street-boy of London, married an actor named Sennett, and played Jo con- tinuously for all those intervening years. This husband put together her play from fragments of “Bleak House’? and pieces of his inner consciousness. The re- sult is something truly awful. The author plays Bucket, and the verdict of the house “hang him in a well.” The play is elumsy, uninteresting, and dreary beyond description. ‘The haggard, dying, homeless street waif loiterson with iis broom, and wanders off. A. man comes and goes on the seene, but when he is on Jenny Lee shows what an actress she is. Ladies wept and men blew deir noses (synonymous opera- tions). The houses are not good. Ameri- cans will not sit outa vile play. interpreted by ani le company, for the sake of a few minutes’ good ter acting. “Jo”? isa mere sketch, and it is a wonder the pt _had that part incorporated in a it piece, She will have to if she stays GL. ¢. a. Dickens, for stage purposes, should be taken liveities with. Adhering to the action of his noveis ruins all the plays made out of them. The marvelous description he gave of each character as it stepped upon the scenes enables an = actor to present a -strongly-marked personage in appearance and mannerism, but the dialog becomes monotonous on the stage, and the action is never sufficiently clear to be inter- esting. ‘Che papers announce the arrival from En- gland this week of Samuel Morley, the oriyi- lof Chadband. He ought to go in and give the Snagsby in “Jo”? afew lessons in the departuient that attracted the sharp cyes ot Dickens and created those peculiar char- acters in his nov “ MICHAEL STROGOFF.” After lots of ti and hard feeling, and work, one ot the ‘Strogoif * series has been produced. Stetson, the Bostonian manager, opened his recunstructed “ Booth’s” with the Colville version Wednesday night. ‘The lobby and vestibule have undergone many beautifying changes: the stage has been re- stored to its original proportions; ide it is about the same; a’charming copy of the Comedie Humane was executed on the pro- seenium above the curtain; this has been re- moved, and an arrangement of red puffs in- tersected with bands of gray and hung with luge golden tassels substituted, with bad effect. Boucicault is famous for taking in the- atres; he obtains a bixone and builds a little one inside it; this he did- with the Winter Garden, and this he did with Looth’s. This theatre was originally splendid with rich Moorish frescoes, but Boucicault went to work and gilded 2nd whitewashed out all the decorations, set his stage-opening in a solid frame of gold, and de the house ever so much smaller and the stage ever sv much bigger. In comes Stetson, who believes in hangings and nickel-plate in place of gilding, and wants as much room in front as possible, so the stuge is set back to its inal dimen- sions, and they were insuflicient for the crowd in “Strogaul 5 ‘ ‘The play itself is a rainbow hash of impos- sibilities, horses, and ballet. ‘fhe horses threatened to kick the leader of the orchestra in the head, and the ballet was very poor. A. variety -of accidents occurred in ever act, that wheu remedied will take all the amuse- ment out of the piece. One actfis intended to end with the spirit- ed departure of a big wagon and the only horse of an innkeeper. After. a spirited de- clamatory spurt the villain few up the stace, ® «jumped upon the wagon-seat; there was an onrinous cracking and all the harness came to pieces; the horse quietly walked away, and. the escaping villain sprang out of the vehicle and escaped on foot behind the horse—leav- ing the cliinax ag flat as the dialog, _ the ending of another act was the lower- ing of the curtain on 2 terrible field of battle, in which painted horses and cannon, and real soldiers and real cannon, were juinbled in great confusion and little effect. The front of the stage was strewn thick with sup- ernumerary corpses—down came the cur- tain, and e half dozen very dead men had to return to momentary consciousness and drag in their legs and heads which stuck out from under it in very funny fashion. Stetson stormed at_every mishap, and the English language suffered worse than usual. die is the gentleman who wanted -a trov- ical snow-scene for his theatre, When the * Passion Play” was talked of he intended to produce it in Boston, and made arrange- ments for it. “There are twelve apostles,” said his stage manager. "Twelve apostles?” retorted Stetson. “What would twelve apostles look like on my big stage? PM have forty. None too ¥, my boy P? ow,” sitid he the other day to ame- nic, “do you think Dm as rich as Crea- te, that you chuck this trapistry round like shavings 2? Stetson is ‘a great acquisition to us, and Boston must be dull without him. .The Kiralfys were in tront to sce their rivals’ production of ‘“ Strogolf,” and saw so n ins that at the eleventh hour they ertise that their opening, which was for tonight, will not take place till Saturday. Rumer says the postponement is to procure live horses,—they have a lot of stwfed eh ones to pile around the staze in the battic scene; but if they don’t carry themselves more decently than Colville’s the less circus the Kiralfys get in the better. A NOBLE EARL AND IIs LUGGAGE. We have had a spasm of duty in the Custom-Ilouse this week. Rich ladies come on every steamer loaded with dutiable goods which tkey have no difflenity in getting through, but some poor milliner, like Mme. Ralley’s or Miss Dennin, with a few yards of lace or a box of gloves, makes a great disturbance. On the Sythia was the Earl of Dunraven, one of the finest Englishmen that ever visited the country. He was desirous of getting aboard the 6 o’clock train for Mont- real. He assured the Custom-Louse neople he had nothing smuggled to get out of the place, and begged them to pass his bag- gage. No; they went through every portmanteau and box and bag (like a true Britisher_he carries his wardrobe and appurtenances in numberless small pack- ages). Time wore on; most ali the passen- wers got away, and still the Earl was de- tained. Finally, as the last article and the biggest was chalked to pass, Dunraven grab- bed it; the coachman had several valises; the valet was racing up the dock with a vari- ety of hat-boxes and leather bags, and be- hind, -bringing up the rear, was the noble Earl, struggling with a sole-leather trunk, the thermometer in the %s, and the caloric inside the amateur Jbaggage-smasher up to ‘The same steamer brought over some of the people for the forthcoming extravaganza of * Paiience”’—notably a Miss Roche, who plays the esthetic Lady Jane. She weighs in the neighborhood of 300 pounds, and has a-‘voice of power in proportion. Imagine this big lump of a woman sitting by the mar- gin of a lake, in the sad moonlight, accom- panying herself on 2 violincello, and singing words 2s funny as these: Silvered fs the rainbow, Spreading is the parting straight, Mottled the complexion fair, Halting is the youthful gait. ~~ Hollow is the laughter free, Spectacied the limped eye, Little will be left of me In the coming bye and bye? Fading {s the taper waist, Shapeless grows the shapely limb, And ulthough securely laced : Spreading is the figure trim, Stouter than I uged to be, Sull more corpulent grow I ‘There will be too much for me In the coming bye und bye! The music of * Patience” is very charming and the libretto very: funny. We know through the much lamented * P-n-f-r? and the “Pirates” what Gilbert and Sullivan can do, and so we long fc tie isth of September and its promised production. For there never was a season where so. many failures have taken place and so little that is interesting is prom- ised. Joseph Jefferson inthe worn- out old ‘Rivals? atthe Union Square and that fossil remains of the sandstone period, Miss. Genevieve Ward, to_ follow. Abouta foot of wall is visible on Wallack’s building plot. We have the Tanlons aud Daly from next week, and pray they may not be of the same lotas the others. aA DOG'S LIFE. Itsamost unfortunate thing to lead 2 dog’s life just now in New York. Sinee the inauguration of the pound and the invention of. the drowning cage, the canine existence isnot 2 happy. one. If the poor animal shows his nose outside the door, even though ithas amuzzle on it, he is snatched up by the appcinted dog-cateher or gobbled by some vagrant boy. The regular dog-eatcher has an under- standing with some dog-fancier’s establis| ment, and a fine animal is promptly sold; but the orant gamin, satisfied with the three shillings given by the city, trots oif with your $100 skye or terrier to the pound. at the foot of Sixteenth strect and East River. This being the situation, the aun ouncement that a peripatetic ball of white floss called “Sloppy”? has. run away caused me to grab the $3 redemption fee and tly to the dog- pens this week. A. long, low, yellow building on the wa- ter’s edge is announced for blocks away as the pound. Borne on the breeze came little sharp barks. unearthly howls, dispairing yells, impatient whines, and “deep-mouthed bayings.” ‘The terrible uproar became deaf- ening as I pushed open thé oflice door and entered, ake ‘Then giving a full description. of the lost treasure, and enlisting the sympathy of tlie most si e-looking man out of jail, [was ushered into the hall of reception. Good merey, What a sight! and the rush of. the early season is over; there are now only oc- easional animals, yet there were more than 250. dogs gathered in twenty-four hours, which they drown every other day if un- elaimed.. ‘The big bass voices J had heard blocks away were tied up in kennels, but in three large pens the little dogs were thrown to blend their voices in continual uproar, The hydrophobic Spitz, the rat-lunting terrier, the slender greyhound, the long-haired spaniel, the cock-nosed pug, poor little poodles, and trembling little Skyes leaped and barked. as I looked over. “Sloppy” was a. French ‘There were cight poodles in the crowd; one by one they were lifted up for inspection, and every one of ’em just said, as plain as print, “Ob, take me out! Oh, take ane out!” . ‘Tney were travel-stained, and matted, and ragged, and torn, “Sloppy” had been gone forty-eight hours—jong enough to have turned from the beautiful snow into the veriest vagrant of the party; but “Sloppy” couidn’t have worn his feathery tail to the bare bone in so short atime. So, though the resemblance in many a dirty, sad face was very great, the tail told the story, and tumed reluctantly to Ep. At the door stood such a. wretclied German woman seekme a___litile yellow mongrel dog. I watched her carcer. She carefully inspected the first pen with no better result than [had had, but at the sec- ond she gave a cry of delight that was an- swered by the worst-looking ash-barre! bone- hunter Lever saw; but it was her Fritz. A bit of hempen rope hung to his neck by which the dog man flung him over, when he was caught by the woman ina fond embrace, and we departed to the outer oftice, Here $3 in nickels and coppers and stray 10-cent Pieces was counted out, and the lost animal Went home. Wandering up the block a halt dozen wen of the dog-catching breed ques- tioned ine about my Toss. “tt won’t uever be took to no pound,” was the encouraging remark of one awful speciinen. “How much would you stand to get him ?”. asked. another. - The sum was stated. “Give me er number; that'll fetch it,” said he. Whether jt) would or not, the ad- dress was given and hope was dulged in. Before 6 o'clock fuurteen white poodles in excellent preservation had been offered at the basement door, and at that stage & man arrived with two—one a nice linle beast with a knowing face, but no need of looking at the other; the air was full of struggling legs and fierce, joyful barks. “Sloppy”? was restored to a large circle of Skyes and terriers who soothe my declining years and worry the stranger within wy gates. Mit FL VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. We iy Not Lost. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. CiicaGo, Il, Sept. %—In a recent issue of your paper it was stated that I bad disappeared in the wilas of Plorida, and that my friends were fearful that 1 was g total loss to them and the public. [have just returned, end wish to say that [have not been lost, 2m not lost, and do not propose to be lost, Raving a decided objec- tion to being disposed é in such a summary manner, My trip wae@ success, and in every vay pleasant, henlt#7@@ad instructive. Tt bas given me a hizh opinigayt the advantages of- fered by Florida for the” investment of capital and for settlement, and also many facts and statistics of value to any oue interested ia that direction. Yours respectfully, G. A. MARINER, Proper Decorum. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Crc.co, Sept. 3.~The Chicago organ of tho star-route ring is very anxious that Geu. Arthur should assume the office of President. This morning it presents the opinion of Judge J. M. Wilson, of Washington, an attorney of the star- route, thieves, to the effect that Gen. Arthur’ should at once assume the functions of the of- ev of President with proper decorum. Dees this not show that it is these star-routo whose crookedness the Garfield Cabinet sing and will punish, who are foremost incullingon Gen. Arthur to ‘assume te fuac- tions of the office of President? Judge Wilson's. sugyestion about “ proper de- corum" ig a stinging Tebuke to tho impetuous Stalwarts who, wken it seemed President Gar- field could live’ but a few days, rushed to the side of Gen. Arthur with the intention of paving him tke the oath of oftice in New York the moment President Garticld stould die, one of whom was our Senator, John A. Lovau, who left Chicago precipitately for New York about two Weeks since, when it was thought President Garfield was about dying. mae A Nice Ptum. ‘To the Editor of ‘The Chicago Tribune. Crurcaco, Sept.3.—Tu show the animus and mear spirit which imbues the attacheds of the Daily News,which;inspired the contemptible tlings and slanders which cbaracterized that paper before the attempted azsasinution of President Garfield, and which have been continuedina rtmanner since, I wish to give you a fact ich Fou are at liderty to use in any way you thiok best. . About three weeks after the attempt on the life of the President,your correspondent chanced. to meet one of the reporters of the Daily News within a couple of hours after his return from Washington, where he- bad been during the excitement attendant upon Guiteau’s murderous assault; the President lingered between life and’ deatn and ull goud citizens were waiting withbreba ess anx- iciy for. the faintest tidings biding them hope, and while expressions of sympathy were pour- ing in from not only all parts of our own coun- try but from all parts of the elvilized world, alike from friend and foe. The conversation natucally turned upon the condition of the pa- tient. ‘Tho reporter made light of the whole matter, declar:ng that President Garticla was not ns badly hurt as if he bad been shot in the hand, that the Administrutioa had been using the Occurrence to excite sympathy, and that they bad played it upon the country for alt it was worth. ‘ie seems that the ill-reclng which occeasion- ally crops out through that shect is carried into private life, and, whatever their motive, the re- forters and editors spare no opportunity to Slander and abuse the noble martyr, whose only crime ig that he wus nominated and elected in spite of thoir opposition. This same reporter occupies a prominent place in the Chicago Pust-Otlice and draws # salary trow this same Adqinistration which. me misrep- resents. 7, HE Ve ‘Piseased Moats and Poultry. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tritune. Crrcaco, Sept..3.—Is thore a law in Chicago against the sale of spofled meats and poultry? Twice have we been imposed upon in this way. Prevented by illness from attending to our own marketing, we were obliged to send our little 14-year-old maid, giving her minute directions. One dealer. sent ‘us a Spring (7) cbicken, which appeared fair at first glauce.- The cook oroiled a second joint to tempt our capricious appetite. One taste was suilicient to stcken us of spring (2) chicken for awhile. On examining the un- cooked remainder we were disgusted to find it covered with a slimy substance resemoting,the white of an egg, and.the flesh was so unsound a3 w strip readily from tho bone with one effort of even our not over-strong fingers. We gent a note to the owner of the meat- market stating facts and asking bisa to send us a good chicken, at the same time kindly offering to retura the bad ehicken’s remains. He saw tit to reply coarsely to the littie girl, as well a3 refuse the request. We told btm “ the sale of sick chickens is not lawful and may prove a profitic subject for # newspaper article.” The man laughed and suid he * would tike to see it in the newspaper,” so we feel that to disuppoint “him would be a pity. But this is not the only instance of the kind. The very next day another dezler in response to our order for a“ piece of good corned beef without bone or gristle" sent a cut that, like the chicken, was fairfo the eye, but which, as soon ag it began to boil, sent forth 2 stench that was the menus of tanding it in the swill-barrel. We are strangers in the neighborhood, and therefore not* regular” customers xt either of these markets, yet it seems tous the owners would find it to their interest to deal fairly by: those who pay ready cash and whom, for aught they know to the contrary, might briny protit- able trade. if the sale of tainted meats and poultry is or isnot winked at by Chicazo law we think the Board of Health ought to look above as well us below ground for pestilence-breeding muisances.- Bad sewerave is enough without the additional terror of a-death’s-bead cringing at us from nt chicken, a soup-bone, or a roast of meat. F. EA. STALL ALDEN. The Shorthand-tWriters? Convention. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Caicaco, Sept. 3—Your report eurtly sums ‘up the results of the recent eathering in the re- mark that-it “adjourned after biving talked two days, and done nothing but organize for possible usefulness hereafter I would respectfutly ask, ‘What more.was it intended todo? Waat otherwise wus expected of it?” Not being in the habit of anticipating miracles, I, for one, am well satisfied that it ac- complished its first object—to bring together in friendly union so many representatives from States so far away as Cutifornis, and Washing- ton, Canada and Japan; and to engage them In the work of organizing & corporate or federated body for the advaucement of the art of stenoz- raphy and tho promotion of the welfure of those who practice tt. This measure is forced upon such for their own protection, and also for the protection of the public. First—It. guarantees to the public the efliciency. of its members; and this is no small advantage. No one can now become & member unless he bas either practived for three years as a professional stenographer or—and this clause expressly pro- vides for the encouragement or young men—i3s able, to the satistuction of the Executive Coun- ell, to write at the rate of 150 words per minute. LT trust that, for the sake both of employers und members, this standard will be rigidly main- tained. Tho. onc will thus possess x certificate of competency in the mere fuct that be or she isa member of the organization, and the otber foel sure that in engnging x member he is se- curing n competent assistant. The self-ssser- tion of Incompetent steuographers has brought: discredit fu the pust on tho profession—for the skillful exercise of tho “winged pen” is atruo profession—and hus also very seriously lowcred the salaries pxid to really skilied ones. Callow youths, fresh-tledged f1 “business colleze3”* Sable’ to write” sixty or seventy | words a minute when considerately — dictated Dy an inculgent teacher, and not too unfamifiee to their pens—sou stull find in our streets by tho score, applying for posts with legal and com- mercial firins, and utterly demoral wheo brougbt-fuce to fuce with the task of faithfully recording the eluquence of an employer who gubbles avway at the rate of four words # second aletter or Speech bristling with fexal or com mercial technicalities; and, though thelr serv- ices are very promptly dispensed with, the low rate at which they estimate them bas a very prejudicial eect on the average employer's mind, for the fact that “a stenographer bas olfered to work for S10 a week indisposes Bim to pay 33 to a competent mau. He is izacrant of thedatens¢ brain and manual Iabor necesaary to acquire the’ speed necessary to take his diction and transcribe it accurately: and so his “conn- dential stenographer” enters bis office, possitly because nothing better offers itself ut the mo- ment, at the wage of a junior entry clerk. ‘But on this point it was awnazing to hear the diversity of opinion at the convention recard- ing the dezreu of speed requisit for such work. Ose delegate thought commercial amanue work ts generally dictated at an average speed of forty words n minute; another, 10) to 132. afactlearned iu the course of twenty yeu experience with authors, editors, pbysicitas politicians, and magnates in trade, I am inclined to place it at a considerably hizher average. At present I am favored with the excellent practice atforded by: one who, with the energy which ebaracterizes bis movements, not unfrequently speaks 250, and reminds one of the Perkins steam-gun. But, in consequence of the muny ace-seckers, the salary I recelve for dome ‘rom 12,000 words a day upwards and’ holding position requiring integrity and reticence, my emplosers do not see their way to advance | be- youd that which they pay their bricklavara. who —lucky fellows !—get overtime pay, which I da not. If this ussociation will su raise-tho status of stenogrupbers us te enable them to‘command better wages I, for one, not regret it. As remunis the employ Lately, when sud- denly incapacitated by pcn-paralysis, such & youth as I have referred to was telegraphed for in bot haste to travel 50 miles hence to uct 2 my substitute at ao important trial... Alaa! bin skit was less than his avsurance, and as the counsel warmed to tho fray his courage .de- serted him, and be laid down bis pen, observing: ‘that tho orator * was talking 200 words a minute. and nuither ho nor any ving myn could take him verbatim.” This was a tremendous disup- pointwent to his chagriued employers, und ont which would burdiy happen to u duly certity member ct the International Associution. = as an organization, we ufidertake individually and collectively.to encourage and extend we study of onvof tha most useful arts of modern, days, which, the more thoroughly it is known ‘and practiced, will be the mare In repute and the vetter repay its conscientious study. , When students are . fairly competent— and not till then—the association will welcome them as fellaw-luborers ia ita wide field; and by means of its widespread afliiation be nble to atford valuable advice und ngsistance to members establishing. themselves in new localities, and introduce them to their fellows. Personally Lam very satisfied with the wor! of the conveution, and set so0d ground for bop! that In the future’ it will become one of the must useful associations in-this country, if it be but judiciously manyed and kept up to the mark. It interferes with uo existeng body, but strikes out anew puth for itself; and, whilst protective und conservative in Its character, it aims to foster talent and exalt the standurdof eiliciency. {trust soon to see arrayed in its ranks such gentlemen as, under a misapprehension of ita object, have hitherto stood aloof from It in its inception, but who will be willing to codperite with it in its efforts to obtain a fair day's pay for n fair day’s work, and to afford a fair duy’a work, well done, for a falr day’s pay. He= spectfully you: Piquer. ns A London Marriage—The Hogg Family. New York Times, Prominent among many. brilliznt marriages the fruition of the London season was that of the Hon. Mr. de Saumarez, the descendunt of & renowned Jersey-sprung Admiral, to the drugh= terof Sir sames McGurel-Hogz, Chairman of the Metropolitan Bount’ of Works, a position which bus much in common. with the xreat ottice ‘of Prefect of the Seine, und whose nolder deals wth sums moncy greater than are disposed of by any public oficial except the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ‘The history of this yentiemun’s family is wortby of a passing notice. One familiar with tho career of the two nvtorious Marquises of Hert~ ford, Lord Steyne and Lord: Steyne’s son, thought the fatter—so welt known In Paris in Second Etupire dnys—was, if possible, the . ontemptible, Inasmuch as be was never todo anything for auy one, whereas bis futher was not always unmindful of tne cleunis of those on bis estates, and was’ willing to push on their deserving sous, He fostanced the late Right Hon. Sir Jumes Weir Flog, who, it appearcd, bad been enabled by Lord Hertford to go to India, where he rose to caulneuce ut tae Calcutta Sur, and returning to England’ with 2 lurge fortune, ob:ained n seat in Parliament and became Chairman of the Kast India tompany. Sir Juines was, in truth, the last of the nubobs, and exactly filled tho memorable description of them by Macauluy, He bad a fittirar belpinate. and ‘they resolved to “be at the top of the tree. They tuok w. spleadid house in Grosvenor square, and their balls were the talk of tao town, and tho prestize of their entertainments increased when tbey re-. moved to the fine house ‘in Carleton Gardens Vacated by Lord Palmerston when ne changed to Cambridge House. The elkiest son entered the Life Guards, ana married the daughter of a wealthy Peer. He subsequently developed the remarkable business uptitude which bas caused him to be elected about x dozen times to his vet responsiblevilice, One daughter married a mill fouuire, Sir ley ANujoribanks, about to be created a Peer, and she is mother of a son inar- ried toa Duke's daughter, and of a daughter who is Countess of Aberdéen. Another duuxb- ter married a strange “old huoks” named MeGurel, who lett about 4 milfion and a balf of dollars to bls wife's eldest brother. ‘The late Sic James himself left w milion and a balf of dul- lars. His several younyer sons fil tucralive oltices in India: It would be hard to finda family record of more remarkable, prds a Chinese Printers In True! Eeno Gazette. : The Truckee (Nev.) Lumber Company bas a prioting office of its own in a fittle rom ott from the box factory; but instead of printings newspapers, or letter-heags, or weddinz-cards, it prints boards, and 23 zun by two Chinese preas- men, one who recds the pine slabs, and the other who piles them in herpsufter they tutabie out of the press. The buards are inid ona table so ay to press agalust 2 little foot worked by n spripz, ‘The foot hits them a kick that sends trem fur- ward far enough to cateh between two revolving cylinders, to the upper end of which a zine plata {3 fustened, upon which 1s cut the desizn to be printed. ‘The lower cylinder is made exceeding- ly elastic by resting on rubber springs an inch thick. The well is on top, and gives out a Nb eral tow of Ink, which is distributed by-two rallera that stris the plate at ‘every revolufon. 2 eee, of . vot