Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 1, 1881, Page 9

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Sr. Louts, Mo., Sent. 28.—There aro some good features about this town, Among tho number T notice considorable candor ay to expressions of opinion regarding tho relative merita of tha Clty of Chicago and the ‘Yown of 8t Louls, So far brs this candor gone that a club of sixty prominont men bus been formed, undor the uamo of the Coinmerclal whose regular mecting will bo held in October ativhich atull and freo discussion will take place aa td bow tho Interests of tho town can best bo promoted. It will be acknowledged that the town fe fur behind othor places, especially Chicago; the ‘cause of this falling be- hind will oo given, aud the romo- dy for. tho defect Le prescribed. Tho main argument will bo that tho counties sure roundtog the town nro tov sparscly settled, It will bo shown that Cook County, Lilnols, has much more pupulition than tho gross aggre- gate of a large nutnber of tho countica gn viroaing St. Louls, An effort will be made to advance tho: interests of | the Missourl Immigration Society, and bring in ime ‘migrants to fill up surrounding country. When this |e done, so confess inany of the best mon of the club, St. Louls will jake ber propor atation amid the galaxy of mete ropolitan cities, and not befre. * Vhese nro honest and frank expressions, and the remody pornaps inay bo the ono advanced. Tho chief query, though, will: be, How can tha [feehe bé appilad? ‘Tne unswor is, Have a fow lirst-closs foxy funvrala, and import somo enter prise into the lazy old town, Jay. THROUGH THE MIST. For The Chicago Tribune. Through tho mist the sounds come clearest, ‘Through the alr, weighed down with rato, lean hear with strange distinctness * Myclad voices of tho pliin; Ringing bells and strains of music; Childish luughter, loud ana sweot; ‘Toilors cnliipg to ened other, And the tread of Uistant fect, Sounds of tifo that uover rench mo ' When tho sun ts shining eluar, Been to tlyon apiltsply ons. ‘Torough tho guostly atmosphore. ‘Tprough the mist the sounds come clearest. ‘Ybrough the hours, woighod down with pain, Lean beur, with welrd digtinatness, Crowdlug volves of the bral. Mlent bolle ring out the'changes ‘Thut [used to tind eo sweet; Then como back the talk and laughter— ‘Yoon come buck the distunt reat. Bounds of life otornal reach ino , With a depth [ nover bear In my Joyous heart's best wonther, Whon its skies uro calm and vlenr. JuLia H, THAYER, ' : —— ‘Tho Piysic of Our Grandfathers. Hl . Virginta (Ner,) Bnterprise, » W, A. Perlite, driest of this eltys surious old book, gutiltsbod tn London In ¥ fa entitled, ‘Tho Export Dootor's Dispensatory: or, Tho Wholo Art of Physick Mestored to Prace lice,” with the following sub-titio: * The Apothes caries Shop. anid Chyrurgions Clovot Ononed; wherelu all safe und honest pricticos ure ni tufned and dangerous mistakes discoverod; what out of subticty to tholr own protits thoy havo ondenvorod to roservo to thomsclves, now at last impartiully divulged and mado common. ‘Togother with a atrict aurvey of tho disponuato- ries of the must renowned cotleges of the world, swhicttbeing corrostod, nro hero opltomized und gue into an eusiorand useful mothed of prac ea. / - Following aro somo tow of tho moro agreo- abla ete the mauy agreoabla remedies with which our forofuthors wero dosed; “Tho fut of acat,a‘plasterof mushed frogs, brain of bare roasted, fat: of efrponts, tho fut of men, foxos, Vipers, and dogs, oil of vipers, greago of 2 jnummy, ashes of n wan's skull, ushes of qlass, of enrth-worms, of an asa’ fiver, hodge-hog, scorplat's blood, chueso mites, wood lico, bectlea, warts olf a hurso’s hoof, pike jaws, crawlish, tha stoppings of a snail's shell in winter, ornb's eyes, King-lshors, stones from an ox gall; vl of & moat in wine, turtle-dove youst- ed, with its bully Olled with cinnamon; man's skull. powdurod aud stowed in the milk of a spides’s web, * capcolully if full of plisor bake-houses"; clota of blood *dryed"; halro of borgos and men burnt. Durnt spudge; sout scraped from the mouth at an oven or off 4 brusse pot; oyle of froya. Tho “oyla” of froga is recoumonded to those who aro troublod with sleeplesnoss. It is auld to operato-*by sonding mild vapors up ta tho head, to touiper tho bey and sburp fumos that are in the brain,” ‘oall know.(who bavo ever bandied frogs) that thoy aro coul: to tho toyoh, a ‘or taking away scarsararecommeéudad “Fate and marrowss of inom, asses, harts, and the fat Of the fish ‘Thymailus.’ For wounds "Crawfish, mummy, aud crab’ eyes" aro revommonded; also “earth-wor! and hare's hate burned.” . “Extractors” fur “drawing out splluters and otber things fastened { wounds,” wo ure tld there Is nutuing tke “land eunios beatap with thoir abolls, the head of w Nzard powdered, or a Sor loauns. prupared as ite lunys ara molsteucd has na i wine.” pondsione “draws forth Iron Awe. ; emetlo “the shavings of drank in wit are recom= mn Pak * SMany things hoartily recommonded for vari- ous diseases aro unmentionablo to curs polite, a Oscar Wildo Morrified. Hoston Transcript. aro eat assured that tho thriliing Inoldont mare Wit RF L001 ‘the utter (un oye-witness describes tha sono 88 an wlmogt exact reproduction of a Du Maucicr cartoon), uremark of bls that “a man Of truco gonlus creates quo original thing, and only ono, during his life,” called. fort the Woe expeoted reply from an Amorican lady,to whom the poet’s upothegin was apparently pdarwsseult I do not agrco with you at alt, Mr. Wilde,” The horror aud disinay that woro’ duplotod on Saeed ieee Of suse euldaiee wore 10s dee wutrée = cuidarice were jer Uctously fodiorous for words to desuribe, ¢,,No matter how severe your cough may be— FRE pa ‘6 Cough Syrup will cure it. Sh contsa : TITHE CHICAGG TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER |, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGRS 9 LITER: The Amenities of Home-Life as Practiced Among Americans. URE. An Americanized Version of the English Law of Part- nership. A Now Form of Nervous Disease— A Novel in Verse—Spec- taoles, 2 Spain and the Spaniards—Ideal- ity in the Physical Sciences. Magazines—Books Recelved—Lit- erary, Art, and Scionce : Notes. LITERATURE. AMENITIES OF TIOME. The last issted of Appletows series of “Tome Books’ Ig on tho broad subject of the amentties of home-life, By this tern, which fs used rather vaguely, the anthor re- fers to the necessity for good manners at home, in order to make home-ife truly at- tractive, and points out the methods by whieh they can best be cultivated and dovel- oped, ‘Pho difteulttes In the way are chietly (luc to the inck of reverence on the part of the Amerlenn youth fur those lo whom they ate bound hy tles of affection and of rela- tionship, ‘Tho child witnesses the defiance of the mother by the nurse, “He sees that her orders ure not obeyed—that she 1s power. Jess to enfores thom, ‘He hears the nurse speak to her tn toud, arrogant, defiant tones, He often sees hls mother before © powerful and stronzelderly nurse paralyzed with fear.” ‘To all of which we note au exception go far ‘as tho remark is intended to bo of general application. A mothor may submlt to bo tyraauized ovor and bullled by a nurse, but if she does its hor.own fault, And It Is not acharacterlstte of American mothers to sulb- mit to Insults from servants and to stind so “paralyzedwith fear” that they are unable to polit to the front door. Sv far as that spectacle fs supposed to be of such constant recurrence us to instil irreverence Into the mitnds of Amerlean youth as a national eliar- acteristic, the citation Ig absurd, That our children and youth are lacking In reverence for thelr elders Is unfortunately true, but to say that a child refuses to obey its mother, and reusons that “Sarah does not obey, why shoyld he? and therefore grows up into a disobedient boy and inan, Is straining « point, to say the least. Another instanes of faulty generalization is tound in the following paragraph: “ Noth- ing isso rare as to suo nyoung simericun geutionuin in attendance upon his mother. ven his manner of speaking to her Is harsh and impolite. He goes to her for money, If his father docs not give It to him, but he is very Indifferent a3 to his manner of asking forit; he is full of reproaches if she dovs not give it to‘ him.” » Js this true of Amori- can gentlemen? Not so. ‘The writer has borrowed, asa type ot the Amerlean gentle minn, the brainless noodles, sclons of n stud dy atlstocracy, whose only claim to a posi- tion in society is their suddenly-acquired weulth, and” whom the wither has seer upon the hotel-plizzns at soma fashionable watoring-placo In sununer. Antdea of the author's plan in this volume will be found succinctly stated atthe close of the first chupter. “We can berin”? shoe says, for itis pretty ovident thatn lady has writtun’ the buok, “with a young lotue, young mother; and from experience, and from the memory of mistakes, we can try to teach uw better code, feelin sttre that, when inothers nppreciate how far-renching are the ainenities of home, thoy will try to innke the nursery the infant school, as the parlor and dining-room should be the college and unl: versity, of a new and fimprovat: system of national manners.” This 1s all most true, Americans Hye ina hurry, and are very apt todle under tho influence of the same fecl- ing. ‘They plead lack of time, not ignorance, as tha. excuse for n neglect of little things so conducive to _ domustic happiness and so essential as proofs of good breeding, ‘This is all wrong, and there can be no more dinportant study in exch home cirele than finding v solution for the problent how most expeditionsly and radically to re- form the prevalent tendency to make home- life entirely subordinate to tho business career and the manners of the street take the tabs of whut should be the amenities of the hone, ‘Tho titles of the chapters in this work glye a goud iden of its contents: “Education and Manners of Girls’; gpect for the Rights of Others”; “Tho Model Girl’; Lhe Manners of Young Mon?) Consideration for Ench Other; “The ‘Tyrant of Hone; “The First Ei gagement”; A Profession for Our Sous”; “ Professions for Our Woon”: “Phy Lntlue ence of Aged People”; “The Capabilities of Tlome Kduention,” ete,, ete. Een in New York by D. Appleton & TUE LAW OF PARTNERSIIP, Ms. Ewoll has propared a new cilition of “ Lindley on Partnership,” an English work of recognized authority among Ameriean practiuonors, It !s not exactly a new work, another Ainerican edition being In existence, but it Is ‘tho newest, and therfore, ccterts paribua, is the best. Itis the misfortune of daw, not that Its principles ever change, for eminent authorliies vouch for the linpossl- bility of any such occurrence. Its prinel- ples ure finmutable, but thetr application variable, and tho latest application controls the others, Profound works which were stundards in thelr day are superseded by mogo recent volumes containing the law as construed in the nineteenth century, So that the hacknoyed saying about thers bola no end to the making of books will always be HMeralty truy in regard to law books, sind the Inst will be the most valuable. ‘Chat may bo discour aging for younger mombers of the profession, but law Mistitutes and flaw Ubrarles are plen- tiful.. Oue large office Dullalng fu New York has alow brary for the exclusive use of huwyers rooming ino the building, This is wandering 4 little from Prof, Ewell's edition of * Lindley on Partnership,” but the thought was suggustetl by tho feeling that this Intest work Would supersede tho older ones. Prot, Ewell ls weil known ayo writer of legal text-books, In this work he presents In hls Notes the substance of the Ameriean law of partuorship on gach point as it is brought up natish author, ‘Those “notes by tha citation of eases, and’ each casa cited has been verltied, thug giving aqdltionat authority to the note.’ The work itself Is not only a trentiso on the law of partnership but also on tha nw of companies, and portions of [t word not upplicable In this country. Law: yors will find in these volumes the latest law onthe subject of which 1t treats, and it Is commended to the Bar as an finportant and authoritative contribution to Its braries on weublect of growing jnngnituda as a branch uf Jutisprndenee in this country. ‘The two yolumes are published In Chicago by Cal- lnghun & Co, — *» NERVOUS DISEASE, Dr. Searle, a homeopathis physician of New York City, bas published Siva little vol- ume of 188 pages a description of what he considers a new form of nervous disease, It Is in effect, however, only ur umplitica- tlon of nchaptor Ina recent Iittle work on nervous diseases by Dr. 8, Welf Mitchell, In which bo described tha sume syniptome une der the designation of “Some Disorders of Sleep.” Werdo not mean to sifor that Dr, Searle has plagiarized Dr, ‘Mitchell's ob- servations: and Ideas; Indeed, Jt fs highly probable that he was altogether unaware of them, as Dr, Mitchell’s work has only ap- peared within the last few. months. By while we cannot, therefore, discredit hi y are originality in hts observations, we may doubt Is diseovery of a new disease, and adinire rather the cinution of such more experienced and compelont cllnfeists ay Dr. Mitelell and others who haye observed tho sae ple- nomena, and who prefer to describe ther merely as symptoms of othor more gcneral comblitons. Tho rather non-commilttal note of Prof, Chareot, even If his name. could carry welglt cou iW to establish the dis- case ng adistinet, elinteat gpecles, 13 hotse worded ng to do this. ‘Lhe symptoms of the so-entied new disease consist ii it sort of ¢ Hosive sensation of shock, oveurring usually nsivep and awakening the patlent, but oe castonnlly alse oveurring in the wakin state, and tollowed by or nayociuted with other nervous symptoms sitel as vertigo, ‘They Wave been natleed before, and have qqtte close relations with somo of the phe- Homens of epllepsy, ut linve nob always been nysociated with that disuase, The essay on coca, with wilelt the author coneludes the volume, is elated by hin, not over modestly, to be tha “most complete ad aeeurate aceaunt of that plint yet pre- sented ta the publle,”” If the author meatus the medical or selentiic public he is very far from vorrect.in his eluiins. | Published In New York by Fords, Howard & Hulburt, z GERALUINES One must be very foud of anupestic mens- ures to appreelate and enjoy the monotonous melody uf “Geraldine? ‘Che Virgilian Quatrupedante putrem sonitu aud the familiar English "Lwas the night ocfore Christmas, are differing samples of the sume casy, gale loping style In whieh the snonymons author of “Geraldine” has written his novel tn verse. ‘The story {3 not expecially impres- sive, and the jingle of the four annpests rhyniing fn continuous couplets becomes tatous, Ibis in the sume metre as “ Lucille” —wwhieh, thls weiter elating, was written aft- er “Geraldine” had been composed—but there isn good-dea! more of ft. ‘Che region desertbet 1g the St. Lawrence, und the geene Quebec as mueh as any. one place, Pereival Trent and Maj, Mellon ure the alternnting heroes and Isabel Lee wid Geraldine Hope the heroines, .We are told that the writeriy ta well-known American poet,” whieh Is deeldedly vague, ty there are: an untinited number of claimants to Uhiat title, Love, passion; nnd retribution nre the themes of the story, Dr. Molland’s “Katrina”? is of grenter merit asa rhymed story, while “ Geraldine” can justly elaim to eourately rhyined and cleverly construct- ‘Fhe following extract gives an idea of the poem: A If che hills of the East haye a charm to restore Halmy peace to tho troubled of soul, the wile ints or the ‘West aro ag richly endowed. He regains ‘The sweet quict of being who goos to them taint With Jong. eeeteliie for victory; duubt and com- piaiut Becomo rest and refolcing: tho rigors that goaded Hint on melt away In tho sunilaitte 60 toudedd With burdens of glory it glows like tho blazing OF tropieal beat; and cyes Woury with gazing. Tho roll nae the sweep of thoir reaches are ran ‘As the ocuan unbounded: the billows of land Flont away to borlzong far lnpplng-tho sky"; ‘And the magleal breezes blow ardently by, As !f benring rich nrizosies over the sca ‘To como haven of hope, If jnfinitude bo Evor latd before mortals for dtm cumprehond- ing. It hides'in tho plains and thole ronoes unond- ng. Or this ones ‘Tho next morning the bight Of historic Cane Dinmond tirat grected his sight, And nboye tho gfay walls of the citadel hang Tho tricolor of Britain. A battle-ship swung Ibyite anchor, asleup ta the harbor bulow, Tho bright roofs uf tho city took duzzle and low Fromitho.sun but just rison, Without haze, or Ofna cloud, the sky shone upon silent Quebec. ‘There are 82t pages of this same thing, and the Inst four lines read like this: MAURIED. Last ovening atl ‘ht, at the Church of All Souls, In this city, by Bishop Delancey Canolics And the rector the Reverend Doctor Pardee, Major Archibald Mollon and Isabel Leo. Published {n Boston by James 8, Osgood & Co, = SPECTACLES. * “Spectacles and How to Ohoose Them” {s the title of n little book by Dr. Vilas, « prom- inent homeopathle physician of this city, and is published by Duncan Brothers, tha homeo- pathic’ publishers. It fs not very much marked.with the pecultaritles of the school of incdicine to which -its author belongs, as the opthalmological specialty hardly ndmits of the special distinctions of homeopathy, or of tho npplication of the Iaw of slmilars in, say, the fitting of glasses, ‘Tho advice and information which {¢ glives, so far nsit goes, {is genurally good; and not too technically stated aso rule to bo understood by the average reader. It may therefore be useful, not to the medical men, who ought not to need Its Information, but to the gener. al public or that part of it whose eyesight hus need of special attention, Ina few polnts, however, its advice ts somewhat crro- neous, such ns that where the author ad- yises atropinization of only one oye ata thing, u practice that .sometiines catses un- plyagant symptoms, ‘Che information con- talned fs by no means complete, us some fin- poriaay vctilar dofects that might well have een noticed receive ho mention ut all, It ts a compilation that migh? ensily bo made from the text-books and elsewhere, and tho numcrous Llustrations have the tppearance of having been taken from -tha catalog of sone extensive dealor. In opticians’ goods, like Meyrowltz or Janes W. Queen & Co., and the text written to suit then. -Nevertho- less, the work is well cnotgh in its way; it is not Jikely to do much harm, and mity be useful to some of Its readers, Lt will. doubt- less repay its author, ko metry. other popular medieal works in the advertisement it will give hlim and tho practice it will bring. SPAIN AND TIE SPANTAItDS. Edmunds de Aniceis is a charming writer. Except that he does not visit strange coun- tries he might ve called the Marco Polo of the nineteenth century, Helsatraveler who sees everything about hiin on his travels, and in narrating the many little ineklents ocenr- ring in his dally life of slght-seelng imparts to then peculiar Interest by lis ensy, grace- fulatylo, Ilis deserlptive passages ara po etlo; his command ot ‘language marvelous. Wiis “Spain” fs a series of bright vienets of the chief citles of the country, beginning (With Barcelona and ending with Valencia, ‘Adiong the many superb wood-pictures in the volunie, the duscription of a bull-tght—a thomne not new—is the most graphic and enter- tall. Spain is not an over-traveled land, yet it ts one whose history and whose peuple possess pectillar interest for the tourist, tts politics avo fearfully intxed. An Intelligent Binntard gave De Aiicls tho names of over thirty different parties in the State! ‘Travel is not always plonsant or comfortable. Its discomforts are obviated and [ts rough paths smoothed down for us when we journey with this. entertaluing writer, while no points of Interest nre neglected by lis ob serving imlnd, ‘Thora are many travelers. but very few whe cnn wo tall the story of their wanderings that the reader, In linagina- tlou, gous over the route with thom without weurlness ant only sorry when the tour is ended, . Aublished in New York by @, P, Putnam’s 4 IDEALITY IN THE PITYSICAL SCI- EN Prof, Benjamin Pierce, late of Harvard University, was p great astronomer and no mean philosopher. In the winter of 1877-78 he delivered a short course of lectures be- fore the Lowell Institute in Boston on “ Ideality iu the Physical Sciences.” Tho subject of the first lecture was “ fdeallty in Selence ”; that ot the sucond, “Cosmogony”; that of the third, “ From Nebula to Star; that of the fourth, * Planet, Comet, and Me- teor’?; that of the fifth, * The Cooling of the Earth and the Sun’; thatof the sixth, ‘ Po- tentiallty,” ‘These lectures have now been published by Little, Brown &Co,, of Boston, It js the design of Prof, Pierce to trace tho relations of human thought to the economy of the universe and to show how every con- ception of tha human mind In its sclentitic Inquirtes {s fount to precede a currespond- ing discovery * of physical fact, He Infers the planning of # divine mind as the preced- Ing cause of the whole cosmos, Io revog- uizes the cosiogony of Moses, whether fu. splred or uninspired, a8 a singular develup- iient of philosophical thought, by which the human mind {sy logieally carried back to a personal God as the inaker of the world, He eae ee et doely cata nterpre etrol fr Witla! and” Athélatlc aud ‘Pauthelstie sefones hu regards as leaving tho problem of the universe utlerly unsolved. ie deems not unreasonable the conclusion of Sir Wiliam ‘Thomson that in the ongotng of Nature thera Is a practteat Joss of energy whieh is dissipated by work, the final result of which will be end of the inaterial cosmos. But he refuses to belleve that avy jman soul will ever cease to be. The spiritual Individual,’ he says, “Is everything, ‘Phe rtetion of any soul would bo an irre: paradty loss; nothing can be conceived more utterly at variance with the harmony of 7 Tt fa an absolute tnpossibility; creation, and we may holt Tt, not Irreverentiy, to be i Ihnitation even of Atmighty WHL?” Body of sone kind he holds to bo necessary as 1 inedhim of cammunteation between mind and nind and as 8 protection of the nite spirit. fi Is lecture on © Potentinlity? the Trofessor advances muny awakentne thoughts which tend to strengthen religions faith, If they do sometines transeend the creeds of the Church. We comment these lectures to thoughtful readers as instructive both in a selentitic and religious Rola of view. WwW. Bs MAGAZINES. ‘The October number of tho Popular Solenee Monthly, among others, has articles on the following tople: “ Physteal Kituen- tlon,” by Felix £. Oswald, SLD." Remedial Education” (continued); “lhe Practical Business of Life-Insurance,” by ‘Lheodore Welle; “How the Earth Is Weighed,’ by Dr. Otto Walterhdfer (illustrated); "The Development of Political Institutions,’ by Herbert Spencer—" X. The Militant Type of Suctety?; Ihe Cultivatlon of Medica Selene,” by Sir James Paget; *Inerense and Movement of the Colored Poputation,” by J. Stuh) Patterson— 31, Movement’; “ About Comets,” hy Agron Nichols Skinner (tne trated); “Lhe Connection of* the soleienl Selences with Medicine,” by Prof, SIL Tuxloys “ Progress in the Manufacture of Steel? by A. K. ILuntingtons “ Forest- Culture In Ajping Ravines,” by MJ. Cleves “Cattle-Ralsing tn South America,” by af Coty. ‘The October Wide Awake is notable for the iniuzuration of a Reading Union for the young folks, giving a rently course for the month of sixteen pages, ‘This will be a rege ilar feature of the wagazine, After tha au- tuinn frontispiece and puem, the magazine opens with an article “Iwo Bears,” by aAunindi DB. Harris, giving, by Uie way, some Interesting reminiscences of Theodore Par- ker. ‘This is followed by one of Mrs, Lizzie W. Champney’s ° storles—seini-historical, of course, entitled A Forcien frabasser Edward Evorett Une, in fils ‘Tenth ‘Talk, tells how to play “a newspaper game,” and a good deal aboitt Mlustrating stamp cottee- tions. “Boys? B.C.) he Md. Sutford, t3 0 graphic story of street Hfe in ancient Egypt. “Isane Lennon,” by dames Clement aAimn- brose, under the thin disgalso of a name, Is 0 dramatic nccount of the boyhoot of Abra- ham Lincoln, the Incidants gathered from conversations with ald neighbors of the tucky Jad, | Part IL of “King Philip's Tend,” by Arlo Bates, generous installinents: of “Sharon? “ Taving His Own Way.” and “Polly Culogne,” together with inany field and waysite poems, music, aud puzzles, inuke up tho number. ‘The original articles in the October mum- ber of the cimerlean Naturalist are: “On the Development of the Stomata of ‘I'rades- eantin and Indian Corn,” by Douglass H. Campbell; “An Attempt to Reconcile the Ditferences Between Authorities In Refer- ence to the Maya Calendar and Certain Dates; also, to Detorimine the Age of the Manuscript ; Trosno,”” by Cyrus ‘Thomas; “The Siphonophores (11. Physophoridie— Anhaals Closely Related to Againa),’” by ¥. Waiter Fewkes; ‘The Loess in Centra! Jowa,” by K. Ellsworth Cail; “ Notes on the Early Lurval Stages of the Fiddler Crab, and ‘of Alphions,” by A. S. Packard dry *R ‘son—A Psychological Disthuction,” Jey Barnes, 7 LITERARY NOTES, ‘Volume II. of the American Actor Series isby Wiillam Winter, It is on the Jefter- Bons. Julian Hawthorne will write the chief tale for tho Christwas number of the St. James Magazine. ‘Lhe New York Figaro is a new German paper, of weelcly issue, devoted to the dram: iusie, art, and. Hieratize. i D Dr, Ethé’s great work on the “Tlistory of Persia,” which will occupy foneteen vol- ‘umes, 1s now In the press in Germany, Mr. Alexander U. Stophens.ta writing a book about the Rebelilony in.whigh he sets right Mr. Jefferson Davis in some important respects. Tho sceret correspondence of Napoloon ILL. with Mine. Cornu, the foster-sister of AL Ernest Renan, will be published by tho Jutter:in 1835. Those who aro admirers of Kate Greenn- way’s fancies will be glad to hear that her new fllustrated book forChristinas, “ Mother Goose,” is to be published at the closu of this mouth, v' Anew story by Mr. E. P. Roe ts nearly ponds Tt is called “Without a Home,” and issuld te uve something to say of low life in New York, ‘Tho first edition will consist of 20,000 copies. Mr. L..0. Stoddard has written a. serial story, Which will begin in Harper's Young Pcopte for Oct, 4. [tis called “The ‘Talk- ing Leaves,” and deseribes Indian life in Arizone and Mexico, ; ‘The Osxoods have in press.a life of Ralph Waldo Emerson, being a critical and analyt- Je survey of luis Iterary Iife, with quota: tlons and copious oxtracts from his writings. ‘The essayist is George Wills Cooke, Dr. W. 1. Russell is now engaged In writ- Ing an account of his recent visit to America in ‘company swith. the Duke of Sutherland and others. ‘I'ho title he fag chosen is * ifea- perothan: Notes from the Western World.” Mme. Ednond Adam has paid 10,000 franes: for the last volume o! Jules Valles, which sho will print tn the Notivells Revue, is called * filneure and, It Is sald, deals al- mast undisguisedly with several noted. peo- ple. ‘The “fall announcement” number of the Publishers’ Weekly, Sept 17, contains ninety pages of publishurs’ announcements, Old publishers say that it 1s tho longest list they have over known ut this scagon of the your, Atimely memorial volume of President Gartleld will be published. by Houghtor Milltin& Co. next week. Its title Is Gu fuld’s Words: Suggestive Passages from tho Public and Private Writings of James, A. Garfield.” ‘Tho volume will—* Little Clas .sle” size—be oxquisitly printed and bound, and enriched with an admirable portralt an amemotlt, ‘The selections will contain all the notable passiges in President Garticld’s apecches, orations, magazine articles, and tet- tor The complter Is Mr, William Ralston lel. ‘Tho Jewlsh World annaunces that an fn- toresting discovery of mantseripts belong: ing formerly to the Sendolssolin family has just been made atan antiquary’s In Berlin. The “tind # consists of two thick volumes, ‘The tirst is an ‘Excerpt book” of Mosvs Mendelasohn, containing among other things notes and studies having referency to his work on Rousseau, and sketches or coples of two lotters addressed to Lessing, ‘Tie sec- ond of the manuscript voluines Is headed *Kolloktaneenbuch tir das Jahn, 178, von Mendelssohn,” eldest son of the philosopher and Nttérateur. ‘The book, notwithstanding the auperscr{ptlon, belorugest to Mendelssohn i 5 Amself, and contains in his own handwrit- {og philological notes.and brief sketches us well as coplus of a number of letters. BOOKS RECEIVED, Tue Brinat Eve. By Mrs. B, D. worth, Vhiladolpola: ‘t. B. Paterson Enouwh History ror Youna Fours. By 8, I Gurdinor, New Yorks. Honry iolt & Co, Prico $1, Tue Hony Binee: Auruonizen Veusion anb ComMEntanty, Hulted by F. 0, Cook, New Testament: Romans To Par.eMon, New York: Charles Serliaor’s Bong, | Price $1, AMERICAN Decisions, Volume 23, A. U. Banoroft & mn MALcuy's Rranrs oF THe Psopiy Unven THe Laws ov tHe State. Bixth edition, Peoria, Wilttatn Halley Yuu ILuerkaTen Uinrupay Book oy AMEWIOAN Powts. Edited by Alinina L. Bay- wi ton; Jurmvs It. Osgood & Co, CIRAT! fy Ernest Gitmore, Now Hs Nadonul ‘Vemperancg & Publication jouso, Tus Revisky STATUTES OF THE BraTe oF Iuttroig—1s81, Coiwplled and edited by Harve, i iturd. Chicago: Sega News Company, y ART. . ——.- AMERICAN ART REVIEW. The September number of this art period- teal will ‘attract especial attention by the subject of its iret article, Mr. Johu Durand Freeman. Sau Francisco; A, 1. beains nserles of articles on “John Tren bull’? whieh are to pe amply illustrated by fac slile reproductions of the sketches by this ardst for his principal palntings, Col. 'Trumbull’s method seems suthquated now, but lie is entitled to distinction as the artist of the Aineriean Revolution, Ife hiine seifthus wrote Int; “The greatest mo- tive Dhad or have for engaging In or con- tiulng my pursalt of painting has been the wishof commemorating the great events of our country's revolution.” Ils represetitas tive, works are, tho "Batt: of Bunker dL” the “Death of Montmomery,” the “Surtie | from Gibraltar,’ tie “Surrender of Cornwallig? and the “ Dee- aration of Independence? Added to these are a series of intulature partratis, a few portraits of the glze of ilfe, and two full. Ieagth portralta of Washington’ and “Alexander Hamilton? Koeliler hag lily twenty-sixth articte The W American E! on Yorks of subject this thne being “ George and the illustration entitled “AY Near Rome,” from a piinting by J. If. Dantels, Another etehing in, this number ts ented “On the Housatonic? The reauatning arti- cles In this number “ Correggio. by Mra. Van Rensselaer; "Jean Louls Hamon, by Charlotte Adams, and) an article by the ay iba on" New Etehings,’by Kraseman Van alten. ART NOTES, St. Louls Is to bo favored with a monthiy: Hlustrated magazine entitled Artand Muse, A statue to tho memory of Admiral Coligny isto be erected In Paris by contributions to be solicited from the Protestants of France, In the Cathedral of Ulm a freseo covering an entire wall has been newly discovered, It fun representation of the “Last Judgment.” Baron Adolph de Rothschild tas be- ateathed to the Louvre hls collection of works of art, together with « sumot $1,000,- 000 fur their maintenance, The monument to. Byron at Missolonght will be nnvelled early in Semember, Toems in honor of the poet are expected from Kaz uals nid Achilles Parasehos, A competition 1s to be held shorily of de. signs for the reconstrietion and eniargentent of the Sorbonne, “The expense ds esthunted nt amore than 22,009,000 francs, 22 Harry Fenn, well known from his ilustra- tions of ‘the publications “Picturesque America” and Meturesque Europe,” re- turned Inst week to America after ine years? absence abroad, A level sighted from the top of the Wash tngton montunent now overlops all the hills sitrounding the city exeept some back of Georgetown. ‘The line strikes the dome of the Capltol about ten feet above the polnt where it springs from the colonnate, Tho Antwerp Musewin has recent! to its collection another picture by Ruben a Venus—bought from an Antwerp famlly for 100,000 fraues; also patutings by Teniers, Brouwer, and Weentx, and 1 fing portrait of the Duteh setiool, by n master unknown, A valuable fresco has recently been dis- covered in the cloisters of the Cathedral of ‘pith on the occasion of the removal ot an oll-palnting that had hung npon the walls. Connoissetirs think It must date from the fourteenth century, It 1s in good preserva. tion, consists of to compartments, and rep- resents varlous Bibileal subjects, ‘The French Government has given com- iulsslons to several engravors for reproduc. tlons of works of art recently exhinited In the Scion. Among them M. L, Flameng is to enerave, for 12,000 francs, M. Cormon’s huge pleture called “ Cain? which we no- ticed in May last. He is to have 10,000 franes for u plate after the portraitof Marshal de Tureune, the life-size equestrinn figure whl wags in the lest Royal Academy hibition, M, Flameng fils, whose “ Prise de Ja Bastille? was tn the Saton, has soll thut pleture to the Government, fo! and has been ordered to paint moulins’ for the town of Gulse, the price to be 12,000 frances. M, JInquette has 15,000 francs for inarine pictures Intended for the Hotel do Ville at Dioppe. M. Clésinger has recelved 13,000 trancs for the models of two squestrian statues representing Marceau and ‘Kidber, nilded nter ex- SCIENCE. MANAGEMENT OF SICK CHILDREN. ‘Tho vielssitudes necessarily Incident to an outdoor and primitive mode of life are never the first causes of any disense, though they may sometlines betray its presence, Bron- cliltis, nowadays perliaps the most frequent of nil infantile diseases, makes no exception to this rule; a draft of cold alr may reveat the latent progress of the disorder, but its cause Is long confinement Inn vitiated and overheated atmosphere, and its proper rem- edy ventiJation and a mild, phlegm-loosenmny. (stecharine) diet, warm sweet milk, sweet ontment!-porridge, or honey-water, Select an airy bedroom and do not be afraid ta open the windows; among the children of the In- dinn tribes who brave in open tents the ter- rible wluters of tho Iludson Bay territory, bronchitis, croup, and diphtheria are wholly Unk no} and what we eall “taking cold” might often be tore correctly described 1s taking hot; glowing stoves, and even open fires, ina night-nursery, greatly axeravate the ‘pernicious effects of an impure ate mosphere, ‘Tho tirst paroxysin of croup can be promptly relleved by very simple reme- tiless fresh alr and a rapid forward-and-back- ward movement of the arms, combined in Urgent eases with the application of a tlush- brush (or vlece of tlannel) to the neck and tho upper part of the chest. Paregoric and poppy-syrup stop the cough by letharaizing the Irritability, and this preventing the «dis- ehhrge of tha phiegin til its accumulation produces a second and far wore dangerous paroxysin, ‘These second attacks of croup qafter'tho administration of batliatives) are snerally the fatal ones. When tho child is nvalescing, let him beware of athniuiatlng food and overheated rooms, Do not sive uperient medicines; costivencss, ns an nftor- elfeet of pleusitic alfections, will soon yleld to fresh alr and a vegetable diot.—Popular Science Afontily. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. ‘Mr, G. Brawn Goude has been appointed, by Prof, Baird, Curator of the National Mu- suem, Washington. ' Claude do Joutfroy is to have a statna erected to his memory as the Inventor of ateum vessels about 1751, M. de Lessops, at Its lust sitting, brought before tha Académie dus Selonces a report fn favor of Jouitroy's elatin, ‘Chis was adopted, snd the Freneh Govermnent have resolved te grant a stib- yention for erecting a statue In Franche Comté, It shoukl bs remembered tut Da- yid Ramseye patented in England an engine for propelling ships by stein Ju 1618 aud In ‘Tho Government of Crete has, in accord- ance with a resolution of the General As- sumbly, offered a prize of 40,000 groschien for tho best history ot tha Is! In modern Greek, ‘To us sum the Governor-General, Johann Photiadis Pasha, a man of high cult- ure, offers to add 10,000 groschen, ‘The sub- ject of tho composition consists of two parts, the first of which is the history sof Crete from the earilest tines up to the acquisition of the Island by the Venetlans in the thir; teentheuntury; the secon ts the history of the island tinder the dominion of the Vene- flaws and the ‘Turks, ‘The history iust be based ona thorough study of original au thoritles, Manuscripts for tho first part are t by sent fu to the Governor between tha ist and 13th o! Aust, 1383, ‘Che prize for the best work Is 30,000 groschens Manuscripts for thy second part aro to be sent in between the Ist the 18th of August, 1854, ‘Tho suc. cessful work Is to reculye @ prize of 30,000 groschen, ————— Wrealdont Gartield’s Documents, New York ‘tribune, Fow pubiio men have left bobind thom such rich and coplous imateriuls for the biographers as President Garileld. ‘the work of his study ‘was carried on with grout industry aod with ap Intetltgunt systein. He kopt all linportaut tot- tera written to him, and bud coples nado of his replies, Suny of bls speeches In Congress wore reprinted in phamphicts, and all not thus put in form for preservauon were out from tha col- unins of the Conyreasionat dl and pa scrap-books alo with tho newspapur reports of tla addresses nipon the stump. te had copies hot wil the orders other = f{mportent willitary ‘papers written by bin when be wae in the arDy. and was able to show fram a manifold pea ho only order of Gen, ltosocrans duriug the battle of Chickamauga. which bo did not write us Ubief oF Scatf, was the one from which the indefinite nuss of Its wording upened tha fatal gup in Wo Unica Moos. That was written PY Rosecrans Limeolf, and wae gont of without boing shown tobim. During a large part at bis publio caroor be kept diaries describ! bis studios, reading. work, ans the peoplo ho mot, but In Iater yours ‘Bis duties caused these completo politienl history of tho country since 1801, {f no other material could be had, and may xome day serve agit rieh inine for a vlographer who desires to go Kelow the fncts of his career tostndy the growth of hia strony, original mind and tha workings of hia inner nature, VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Andrew Johnson. To the Failor of ‘The Chieago Tribune, TeAGO, Sept. .—Was ex-President Johnzon elected to the United States Senate after nls term expired na Peesidont? Scnunner. Ufo was etected to the United States Senate tiret In 1857, and served untit 180), when the Leg fslature of Tennessee Voted tho State out of tho Union. In "62 President Lincoln appointed him Military Governor of Tennessee, In 184 he was olected Vice-Fresident of tho United States, In 1HG, on tho death of President Lincoln, Mr. Jobnson became President, aud eerved until tho explication of bis term, 1869. In 180 he was de- fented tor the United StatesSonate, In danuary, 187, hu was elected to (ho United Htiates Senate, and on July 31 of tho samo year he died.} » German Emperor. To the Bdltor of The Chicago Tribune, Circano, Sept. ).—Yuu are right, i spite of +the opposition of aGernian. Emperor Willian, a8, the hend uf tho Gorman Governinent, has shown an indifference towards our dead Iresident which Is atleast remarkable, But should ft be Rsurpriso to us? The Individual who, in the revolution of '48 could order the soldiers tosboot Into the people, for which berofe act he carned Kartitshouprius,” cannot sympathize withour people's Prosident. What an tdeal ‘Tho Din peror of the whole Germany, a deseondint of Ku many Kings. ncecpting Guriiell, tho cunale bout driver as one of bis Crowd! Wouldn't that i uus forthe Prussian dynasty? Wiitinm (idn't forget to send bi ondolence ta the faulty of tho Caar after his nssurination, nor would he to the sinallest Prince of the Wulversa an like occasions, Dynasty versus Republic, Nespeetfully, dosnr KAnN, Hominick Street, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Citicago, Sept. 1.—Thuraiday evening, at n meeting of tho Clry Counceti, a petition was ine troduced requesting the Counc)! to grant ta tho Chlengo, Milwaukee & St. Pant Railroad the right to lny tracks upon Dominick street, rin ning north to ite terminus, o distance of some thence northwest, crosting tho Avo bl south of Fullerton avenue, toDeering’s harvest ing-works in Lake View. ‘This petiuon was ine troduced by Ald. A. Meyer, of the Fifteenth Ward, He requested that ft should be referred to the Committees on Streets and Alleys, North Division, of which he Js a member, had re= quosted an Aldermog to nave It referred to the Committee on Rullroads, where it property bes fonsa, but h his notice, On the east side of Dominick street the lots are all built Upons also, upon the short strects—A, H, aud Ceand Webster avenue, from Bouiilek Lio Utybourn avenue. On the west site of treet bow diferent. allthis is owned threo individunis—one owning sone 0 fect, and uot dinproved, and buying a depth of 20 feet to tho North Eranch, boing a sulll+ clent depth for thor tricks, So we hive tha Serine of several parties joining hands with tho great railraad corporation virtually to con- eeate thin Dominick street. ‘That tho uttendon of the Pity: Counell may be catled to seriously consiter this proposed ordinance Is the curnest wish of the writer, JAMes D. Ses. Corner of A and Dominick ateents, 25 The Floating Hospital. CHICAUO, Sept. 12,.-~7'o the Subveribere to Floate ing Hospital; The Floating Hospital Associn tion, in closing the season of 189, deem it Ine cumbent updn thom that a short statement of its operations should be presented to these who have so generously contriiuted to ite support. ‘Through tho Courtesy of the Lincoln Park Cum mission, the pler at the foot of Nurth avenue has been fitted up and used as a hospital pler; «apace nearly 400 feet In lenuth by thirty feet in width bus been covered by canvas awnings. ‘This plor is ao situnted, far removed from any Awellins or other deleterious surrounding, that itis bulleved dt affords 13 good 4 resaitin tho matter of fresh ir us It ts possible to obtatt, Tho season apened on Mon July 1, and vlosad on Frilay, Sept. a period of elght weeks. Twelve thousand hundred und eighteen. wotnett children wero — reecived at the ‘hovpitat during that time, about one-half of whom wera convoyed thither by bout. They were furniaterl medical attendance when tho emergency re- quired, Mik was freely distributed, hammocks were provided, while Suptrintondent and Matron looked after the well-being of all. Tho totut cost for the season was SiITLGY, a litte overs cents forench persol. The Executive Cominit- tee feel sntisticd that overs year Is bringing uo inerense of uscfulness, and tbat they are more and more reaching that clnas of the sick poor ‘whom It [s thelr curnest destro to benelit. Taank- ing you allfor yoursupport in this youd work, we continuo to rely Bpan your ald in the future, FP. H, Wixetox, Presitent, . RTOCKTON, Vice-President. Groonar Srcevars, Treasurer. UTTER, Secret TON, ary BY eat Becretary. Political Suggestions, To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune. Cuicago, Sept. 28—The altuation is extror- dinury. Any one whe Imaging Unt the Detmo- cratic party wil uot tuke advantage of their un expected majority In the Sunnie can burdly hav taken the truble to put himself in’ thelr place. Tho Republicans had a bare majority by the ox eralso on the part of the Vice-President of his gouditionul prerogatiy of voting. ‘Chat majori- ty of one has been chaned toa temporary inl- nority of thre thru no fault or procurement of any Democrat. The presiting ollicer has been removed from the Senute by tho act of a beust fin tho form of man, Two more votos ar- lost thru tho unspeaknble folly of 8 grout Kopublic- an leader, Still another ts lost by the natural deth of aSonutur. What party ins this country over known thut wud not hoy telt itself justified intaking advantage of a situation favoratt to Itsetf and thus produced. The eg presidiay: a oltleer of tha -Senutoe wil riainly u Democrat, and he wil ve tho heir ape varent. Then thor wil be but "one fifo in tho way of © constitutional transfer of tho Government to the Democratic purty, It cannot escape the notice of auy thotful per- bun that a sing! bullet might bo the means of muking this trinsfor, Now that it is know ihat ther was a Hopwhilvau vile ent tu make the disnifeetton, of m smat faction in his own party tho excuse for tssasination, what tuust we think of tho posibility that sai Tiurbon may persuade himeclf thut he 4 sent of the Lord to put one of Ile falth into the Walte Hons? ft the light of what ins taken place, this crime ié concelvabl to say tho lenat, if it. sud he. accomplisht the Democrats wud thereby) becom tho ininority party in tho Senate until the yacanoy oud be Nl” The Io- publican thirty-cight wil elect tha new prosid- ing ollicer and the heir apparent aunlust tho Democratic thirty-seven. ‘Then another buitet might restore the Republledos to power, but feuv “them agin ia a tomporary tlnority in tho Senate, the Democratic yacaney being pre- eurmubly fd, How ‘far it wud be possibl. to cary such 1 fraatly: game of dewiw we need nt enquire: ut we muy welnsk what lesson Is taut by the sibilities, Certainly muthod of succeston tuthe g vontoniplution of these it ia that our prose! Presideney In cave wn unexpected sacaucy ta Trout with much diiger. Son change shud bo imitde with as littl delay as poasibl «What that olntnye shud bo ts 0 question that needs careful -consideration, “ho numblest vitizen may augiest, and the writer wil procood to oxoreisy the priv flega: (Ll) Abolish tho ofice of Views President; @) Continue the Electoral College in alice until the new President shal hav taken bis seat and selected niu Cabinet, with power to choos a secon thing If neccessary; Confer upon the Keeretary of State, and ‘other members of tho Cabinet {o a specihed order, the power of exer= claing Presitentiat functions fompararily In ense of the deth or dlaability of the President; (4 Provide by law for an vlevtion of a successor at tho orliost tine practicabl, in cuso of tho dutt of tho President. é GC.) B ‘The County Commissioners Grab. ‘To the Editor of The Chicaga Tribune, Cnicaay, Sept. 0,—They robbed the Treusury of Cook County, and usud tho monvy to. pay thelr uxpenses In attending tuo funeral of tho Treaident of tho United States! Btealing to du- fray tho cost of an oxpression of frlef at tho Nation's loss; abstracting tho mouvy of tax- payors and cpending ft in hovorof tho grout dend! What w travesty of grief! What a re- proach upon the quulity of honor! But the ‘olght Commissionera were not content with voting away the pevplo's monoy to pay their own expenses incroly; they mvited ton othor olticiuls of various grades to weep for the Preal- dout and boner his memory at tho expense of the county! ‘Ybis 1s the spolls syutor in Ite moat disgusttig aspect, Itexblbits a lot of epollsmen inthe act of solzing an opportunity tocommit a potty poo- ulation in the ubused numoot public grict; to the uot of grabbing public money and devoting it to private use under tho miserable protends of conferring honor upon tha mewory of one of the most illustrious charactera of history. ‘The, ulfalr id vo ulterly lacongruuus that it caused tho blush of shame to mantic the chouks of those whu were rabbod in the sacred nanie of sorrow, Jt 1s bad enough to be robbed, but to be robbed by a lot of olfivials with crape on thelr srma, with hoads bowed In slmuluted grict, a Jot of officials sighing us thay stexl—to be robbed 80 fs to be both insulted and shamed, Whon the taxpayers are awindied by contracts oraon public works the robbery is dong woder forms of law ‘Thero oxists tho possibility that the public wervants who handle the money au — lef the econtracta are themsolves decatvad; they may bo given the beneft of the doubt, But when tnoney {8 drawn from tho public treasury without the abndow of warrant of Inw thoro [a no nume go tit for tho act as robbery. Andwhen the robbers eonily ealcutnte an oxomption tron eriticism ant reproach by reason of tha fact of tha’ existence nf widespread sore Tow, wi 1s presumed will the publie utteranes of condemnation, the nct of rabhery becomes: aoubily mean, {t isof the pniuire of the act of tho pickpocket who creeps behind amourner ina funoral procession aod steals his pockethandkercbiet, knowing that the oreusion twill protect bin from aummnry arres! But, unfortunately for the peeutating Com missioners, the funnril is over, and thoy stand inthe publle gaze with the stolen handkerchief In hand, They cannot be arrested and rent to the lockup, but they canbe held op to publi keorn ind contempt 1s. pulley of an indescriba- bly menannetion. And it ts tobe hoped that they will ut tenst be shamed into making restitution of the money drnwn from tho treasury without warrant of inw and expended in a Junketing: For if it. be indeed tric that a larga quantity of whisky was taken tong, the Com- missioners’ purty. is divested of the Inst element of funeral decency, and becomes hand of revelors to which no consideration whutever of respert is jonger due, We bits to draw nttenfion to this feature of the affalr. But the otfense against common manhood and de- coney Ia su erent that tt deserves prompt and unqtinilfled reprohation, No adequate wise cana given for tho pecu- Intl hut that conceris mercly tho taxpayers of Cook Connty. Turning a funeral car th io a whisky-shop ad filing tt with unseomly revelry fea far more rerious breach of the common laws of decency, It concerns the whole country, for it isan Insult. to all who shared tho zeneral sor= row and took part in tho ahsequics of Garileld, The men who hive been rullty of this thing de- serve to kayo the finger of public scorn pointed at thom, Supscurnen. iS ‘The Cane of Sergt. Wnson. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, SARANAC, Mich,, Spt, 28.—Observing in your m tho pastor of the Congregational Church of Katamnzoo, the ). Brown, deprecating tho style of Sorgt. Mason's treatment us compared with Guiteau's, and averring that “tbero are thines when it Is the People’s right, througn tho presence of over- whelntog sentiment, to become a law untae themselves'!; and that, “while we do not ap- prose of Serut. Mason's mefiod (halles nine), wo are not willing that an set committed under stich « powerful and rlgbtcons sontiment should e + 3 and roquesting that “therefore you will ndvertixe theough Tithe Trtnunt a fivescont subseription qr Seri. Mason, which skull xive ovportunity for tho expression of this sentiment,” and inclosing tho correspondents nickel, we desire to auy a word ag to the principle underlying these and slinllar sentiments which your corresponlent Reema ty have overlooket—sentiments which unfortunately in those days sometimes have thelr emphasis at the rope’send or nt the plstol’s anuzzle, ‘ We take It that no man or number of men havon right to “become a law unto thems welver ‘This is tha base principle of all as- sisinution und ivnch luw. The xreat want of this aye tseonaclence of law, Mut we ure fallen Upon times sadly marked ny tho decay of rever- ence of Juw and authority, which is fast honey- combing our ltepublicte ite centre, It is ao opening tn the Jugutur velu. Jt is the National pywmia, One cun fearcely take up a paper without reading of tho erinie of taking © human life by inassed men, alls are torn open, aud an “t pogae (If the crime be an aggravated one) selzeand Lind the Jaller wor kilt htm), break open the doors of the State, and drag ont the poor, trembling. wretch, and send him into eternity withont law or trial, ‘Shey area “law unto themselves.” ‘She Coustitudon of the Colted States guaran- tees to every citizen the rigbt of trial by jury, What right have any eclf-conatituted posse of men to take sway a human iife—to take away aman'sconstiiudonal right of trint by dary If forty men huve that right, five bave It, or one, Adinit that in some exceptional cases more swift and terrible Jusatles seems to be meted out by sueh outiawry, yet there is a deceit and an tufluence behind tt all, which is, from. tho frequency of the crime, fast creating a evntinent favoring private execu ons. But exoentions for private reasons uco aaaitstnattont at those crimes and their do- forse teaen wessinaulon, if the pereon wronged exteuns tint the Inw ts too slow tu eit him or tom uneertuln, be, of course, being the judge. ‘Tho crime of tho vigilantes and of Guiteau and of Sergt. Muson are all ieane entegory; and the defense of any one of therm, on any plea of pub- Ue or private sentiment, isa defense of tho sin of assasination, of whieh the country 19 fll, What Is the offense of Mason which sv stira the cominiscration of your correspondent and tor which he finds but the ons word. * Insubor- dination,” to express its character and suggests fA nickel subseripeion to commend it? Here ja a min trained by the Geverntaent to oboy orders, mid ‘set to protect a wreteh from being lynened, fotristed with tha dignity of law to some extent, and representing the principle of order as against mob law breaking covery trust und dixgracing tho uniform he wore by nit nttomptéd nesnsinition of ong by was ordered to Protect. ‘The sn. was placed ta bls lands for the protection of the Nation's criminal that sho might set forth, judiciully, before manklud what should be the oun of the assasin, und uttar ber robuke of Nihilists, assasing, and qut- nwa, But this decoming “a law unto if" through ho presence of an over- ing sentiment,” himscle tho Jury. Judze, executioner, proceeds to KI tho eriininal. to reward this net, and “ulva, opportunity for tho expressiun of this scotiinent” of ap- proval of such crimes, you ttre asked to lend your coluinns to advertise a wicked subscrip- tion, We cannot rend ours, and we candidly oxpress the hope that the one sent by your car- respondent will become duly” eee FL. Butt, Puatar Firat Methodist Eplacupal Church. _—<—_—_— A NEW JOY. . « Bur The Chicaga Tribune, Abme! my bralu sings ‘neath this wonérend +h anil And Joys It heats [ta rhytumlo monsure o'er and o'er. How much of pain can vex mo, or annoy— Pain possible, or known in days of yoro? Why, Lhave dreamed of this for years und years\ It sithy in dreams go lod that 1 awoke; At prophested to me—ae olden goers Inve prophesied unto less wiser folk. Just for Uttle spice it will bo mint— His wot for aye can possces this bilss; Seu slg rae those duys of Auld Lang Syne, My heart will entertain no thought of this. Delight doth bring mo to a bounilcss bight; 1 fenr thts expectation soars too tie ‘You far froin moe. ‘Too near the dazzling light - OF Joy, renilty muy sadly tur. Audafter, after all? {can review, Rach cireumstauce life brought while you wo ra near, What though tho Joy will be a sorrow too— I's value will to me be not tvs dear. Iso, sot, and mark your days, O golden Sun, And bring your fatrest favors unto Barth; What eare { that your Sumimer-days ure douc = My heart has found a juy of pricefuss worth] PROTA, IL, ipa Eaton, a En tho Cat Market—Tho Demand fur Malteno Kittous from Ohlo and Angos ra Cats trom Anywhere. : New York Sun, A niuinber of Maltese eats and kittens occupy: cayes nt the entrance tou curious basomont In Liberty atreat. Whew thoy wro not nulcep, thoy mew dismailly and plainly loug for tho Hberty of ousetUp oF it bnck feuce, Can it bo possible that any part of this com- muulty buys cata?" the keeper of the basomont _ was asked, Hu was unable to unswer at once. fora man brought In justithen a barrel full of atale brea, ‘Tho dows of ull yarloties In: tho Dbasemuet claaked their chatususd yowlod, the poultry crowed and cackled, and the cats, too, mewor and lookud nuxtous, * Do people over buy cate?” tho dealer was asked agai. . “Well, somewhat.” he ratd. Ive sold 400 Maltese kittens In tho Inst threo mouths,” “What are tho ruling rites for cats,now?" “Mulrese kittens bring from "83 to $5. The oft cats don't soll so well, because ee ure not so Iikely to stay at homo and keep enrly hours. aud tho disreputable babits of the Toms burt tholrsato n good deal, Tho kittens, though, tire In demand,” “ Where do they como from?” -"'Thoge are Onfo cats, They come In crates from Alllaneo,” Aro thoy bred thera?" “Thoy ruin will aa common eats lo hore, aud ure caught for nothing, Thoy cout us here ubout $Lora A eae Who buy then?" “People passing bore on there way to the ferry often stop in and get a ont, or sumthing. No, 1 never had an old nuld here, or even u lady of any age except once. Bomy of our best cus- tomurs are in rst Yo bavo ordora for fn cats ut from 84 to $10 from Kicbwond, and for dogs tou. ‘Thu Maltese ure plenty, and the demand ‘is ‘goods but if we coutd oily got An- fa sotl them with & rugh nt ‘There aru fow of thom in the here any sule for what sre called *com- muon it by othera?** atts Gtheraik of. Hoople woutd bo glad te gotridof thom, Hut thoy aro just, as xood mousera ws Woll-bred Multose kittens." __—<——<__— ‘The Rapid Cow of Nova Scotia, Te havponed on w railway train in Nova scotia which wus solog wel. it wasn't oxuotly a ligbte nlug oxpreds, The engineer whietl junit brakes.’ Whyt ts tho trouble, oouduatarr” “Caw on thettrick,” yoully responded the cui= ductor, ‘Tho han was satistled. Bhortly atture wurd “down brakes" was whistled | again. “What's the trouble nowt" cried the ¢amy pas: #engor. “Cow on the rack," was the rs “Grea@ heavens!" said the man, “haven't we caught up with that cow you fi Softening of tho brain provented and nervous noes curad by using Brown's Jrou Bipters. newts’ by somo people, and barder numes | )