Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1881, Page 4

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M.—Regular meeting Tucsduy evening, Vet. 4 for business und impurtant work. ‘Ib rdintly ‘Monro SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 1881. Wenny Merzcen, who was hanged at Titusville, Fia., yesterday for the murder of un inoffensive old man named Moore, cou- fessed that Me had killed seven men. Mns. GArFIELp told the Rev. Dr. Robinson yesterday that had the Trustees of Lake View | Cemetery not offered a burial lot for the re- anains of President Garfield, she would have ; purchased.one there. She said that the late President had intimated that he would pre- fer to be buried there. She said that the question of burial is no longer open, and will not pe reopened. ATToRNEY-G: MAL MacVEAGIT says that there were well-grounded suspicions of District-Atterney Corkhill’s fitness for the place before President Gartield was shot, and. that but for that sad nt he would doubtless have been removed from his posi- tion long before this. Corkhill is a son-in- law of Judge Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, and was appointed District- Attormey by President Hayes at his father- in-law’s special solicitation. Tur Ulinois Training-School for Nurses, which is one of the most practical and com- mendable of all our public iustitutions, seems to have established-itself firmly in the confidence of the community, and to have made wonderful progress in the work which } it has in hand. The enterprise commands the active sympathy and aid of many of our leading citizens and most charitable ladies, and the developments of its first annual meeting show that a useful future is now absolutely assured. The training of prac- tical nurses for the care of thesick is bound to alleviate the suffering incident to accident and disease, and greatly 10 promote the chances of recovery. er mission than this, and the work should be regarded as one of the most meritorious of public enterprises, and should beencouraged liberally with all the money and effort neces- sary to enlarge its field or usefulness. . Tue political gossips are hard at work constructing Cabinets for President Arthur and providing places for the present Cabinet Officers. It is stated that Secretary Blaine will be offered a first-class foreign mission, and another rumor has it that Senator Frye will be givena Cabinet position, that Mr. Blaine may be elected United States Senator in hisplace. Secretary Lunt, the gossips say, will be offered a Territgrial Judeeship, perhaps a Supreme Court Judgeship, and Sec- retary Kirkwood may be persuaded to accept a Territorial Governorship, that of New Mex- ico for instance. Senator Logan is credited with entertaining the idea that Senator Davis may be persuaded to accept the Attorney- Generalship, and that Secretary Lincoln may succeed him in the United States Senate as the colleague of Senator Logan, thus giving the Republicans an undoubted majority in the Senate.- All these are mere rumors and ‘are given for what they are worth. Tue October number of the -1merican Journal of Medical Scicnecs contains the Official report of the autopsy of President Garfield. - This:report is by the surgeons in vharge, and is quite full and comprehensive. The appearance of the body before the autopsy is tuld, the manner in which the autopsy was made is detailed, and all the pus eavities, ulcerations, fractures, etc., are de- seribed’at full length. It appears, as here- tofore stated. by the physicians, that the ball, after fractunng the right eleventh rib three anda half inches to the right of the lebral spine, went obliquely forwards, passing through the body of the first lumbar vertebra, and lodged in the adipose connect- ive tissue immediately below the lower bor- der of the pancreas, and about two inches and a half to the left of the spinal column. Here, the doctors aguin declare, the bafl was completely encysted. The track of the ball between the point at which it had fractured the rib and the point where it had entered the vertebra was considerably dilated, and bus from it burrowed downward through oF} There can be no ligh- ; the adipose tissue behind the right kidney, and thence found its way between’ the peritoneum and the right iliac. fossa, making a channel which extended almost to the groin, The doctors again declare that the immediate cause of death was secondary hemorrhage, which proceeded from a rent nearly four-tenths of an inch Jong in. the iain trunk of the splenic artery. ‘The doc- tors declare that this rent must have been ! made several days before the death of the patient. ‘he physicians. also describe the condition of the vital organs, | which ‘were more or less diseased. { This last ofticial statement of President Gar- field’s physicians further proves how false were .the oficial bulletins, and how com- | Pletely the physicians were at fault as to the { location of the ball and the direction which it took after entering. It is really surprising that Gen. Garfield lived so long .2s he did, considering the multitude of ulverations, pus cavities, ete, which the fatal bullet had gen- erated. Tue tone of the resolutions adopted by the anti-Conkling conventions in New York in- dicates clearly that the Adiministranon will not have the united support of the party in that State if it attempts to adopt an extreme Stalwart policy. The Second Assembly Convention of Oneita adopted the following: Resolved, That we have with pleasure neard from President Arthur his determination to curry to a successful issue the plan of udminis- tration marked out vy his illustrious pre- decessor, and we, as Republicans and ag citizens, will give to the new President wustinted support fn tls purpose, ns expressed in his brief in- augural address. ‘The Ontario County Convention at Canan- daigua passed this resolution: Believing it to bo the desire and intention of President Arthur tu carry out, so far as be may be able, the general ling of policy indieuted by the brief Administration of bis Inmented pre- decessor, we pledge to bim in all such eiforts our cordial support and sympathy. A number of other conventions have adopted resolutions to the same effect. ! While not distinctly threatening. all these expressions of public opinion are suflicient notice that there will be troublp if a policy of revenge is adopted for the benefit of one wing of the party against the other. | “Tne revelations concerning the personal, official, and financial conduct of the eight County Commissioners who went to Cleve- land a few days ago are particularly disgust- ing. In the ‘first place, the Commissioners had no authority to appropriate a cent of public money for any such purpose; sec- ondly, they had no authority to appropriate public money to pay the fare, liquor, or other expenses of any of the crowd ofinvited guests; and thirdly, they had no legal authority to pay out of the Treasury any personal bills of Commissioners or guests which these guests had already paid out of their own pockets. | The least reparation that the Commissioners engpged in this scandalous affair can make tothe public is to return the embezzled money drawn by Ed Filkins to the Coun- Treasu: rescind the appropriation, ive that hereafter no public money shall ever be appropriated to pay the costs of any junketing excursion by any members of the board. For the disgraceful { conduct at Cleveland, the best raparation ‘ would be the resignation of the guilty, in time to have their successors elected this fall. AN advertisement to this effect may soon be looked for: OST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN—A TRACT OF Tanid abuut the size of the State of Connecticut, supposed to be now within the limits of the Siate of Louisiana, but nut recorded on any map or in the of- ticial records uf the Government. The United States Land-Oftice makes the area of Louisiana to be 41,346 square miles. Prof, Hilgard, in'a census report lately pub- lished, puts the figuresat 45,450 square mile: 107,300 acres, It is more than the combined area of Rhode Isl- and and Delaware. An examination of the State by parishes shows a considerable ex- i cess in land over that reported by the Land Office. . There are 1,242 complete townships in the State, amounting. to 44,712 square miles, besides fractions of others, showing an excess of 3,500 square miles on the lowest calculation. Prof. Hilgard, of the Census Bureau, writes to the New Orleans Democrat that he has gone over the figures carefully with the geographer of the Bureau, Mr. Gan- nert, and both are conyinced that the Land- Oflice report is wrong, They imagine that the first United States survey found #,316 square iniles; that the second “4” was transcribed as a “1,” and that the error has been carried down from year to year, and from book to book, until tne erroneous figures have found their way into all the standard authorities. Srxce Coclebs went in search of a wife j there has not been amore comical search than that which King Kalakaua is currently reported’ to have been recently engaged in. Ue has been looking out for anation. His own dominions are sadly in want of inhab- itants. Free rum and tobacco and certain Jvose notions of morality, all of which are slanderously said to have been introduced by Yankee sailors, have played havoc with the natives. ‘They are fast. disappearing be- fore the influence of an alleged “ci tion.” King Kalakaua desires to supply the + vacancies created by their ignominous sur- render to the polite customs of the East. He has said, in effect, to the nations among whom he has lately traveled: “ Here am I a full-fledged King, having about me the panoply of royalty, and needing ‘nothing to complete my dignity save a people to rule over.” It is said that Kalakaua found in the Azores the right staff to make Mawaiian | subjects out of, and that an assorted cargo of professional Islanders will soon be dis- patched to his happy kingdom. Lut we feel bound to receive all these reports with. in- | credulity until some positive confirmation of then shall be made in an official manner. } Meanwhile, we suggest to the King that, if he really wants a nation, the cheapest and ! surest way to Ket one isto advertise. ‘The columns of Tue Tres are open to him at the usual rates; and If the royal pro- | genitor of the little Calicos, after advertising, does not find himself speedily in communica- tion with a nation out of a job, it will be the first instance of failure to get. answers recorded in a long and prosperous career. Tre New York Democrats are having something like the same perplexing experi- ence with the Tammany gang which the Re- publicans are having with the Conkling crowd. ‘fhe ditference in the two cases seems to be that the Democratic party is more determined to rid itself of John Kelly and his Tammany appurtenances than the Re- publican party is to rid itself of Conkling and his retainers. Tamiuany had the imperti- nence to make a proposition to the County Democratic organization in New York to divide representation and spoils. To. this the county Democracy replied that “ the time has come when no committee can meet and deal with Tammany Hall on this or any kindred subject,” and added that “the Democrats throughout the city will meet and select delegates to the State Convention at primary meetings under 2 call as broad as the Democratic party.” This was amore courageous way of meeting the case than that adopted by the Republicans, who permitted the machine to.run the city prima- ties in the old fashion, whereby only the members of the machine associations were allowed to vote, and even such a man as Gen.” Anson McCook, member of Congress. Was excluded from the Republican primaries be- cause, forsooth, he did not belong to one of the machine clubs, The Democrats seem to be thoroughly in earnest in their present war upon Tammany. They have the entire sym- thy of the rural districts. ‘The World says that out of 115 Democratic papers in the State outside of the City of New York only seven favor thé Tammany side, and they are minor organs. It-begins to Jook as if the Democrats in New. York may succeed in shaking off John Kelly and, his Tammany following; and if they do their party will be stronger and In better shape in the future than it has been these many years. ‘Tum proposition of the Trustees of Will- iams Gollege to establish a memorial scholar- ship in honor of the late President deserves the cordial and instant support of the friends. of that institution. It is well known that the affections of Gen. Garfield were very deeply interested in the history and welfare of the college, It had done much for him, and he recognized its claims upon him in the most substantial manner by sending his own sons tobe educated there. He was one of its Trustees, and was on his way to attend its commencement exercises when he was down. Nothing could be more gratifying to after the making of due provision for the wants of his family, than the connection of his name in an honorable way with this ancient seat of learning. There would bea special propriety, too, in the endowment, as he was one of the few college men.who kept up the habits of a scholar in mature life, and taught by precept and example before he ceased to learn. Contributions from outside friends of Gen. Garfield to this worthy object will no doubtbe gratefully received, but the graduates of the college must understand that the burden of completing the endowment rests upon them. So miny other memorials have been proposed and undertaken that it is feared thisone may be neglected. Yet there is a fitness in it which scarcely any one of the otherscan be said to possess. No monument will be more durable or appropriate than a memorial Professorship in the institution which did so much to prepare Mr. Garfield for his illustrious earcer. THE WAR ON THE BRIDGES. Yesterday there were three bridges so out of order that they were impassable to the public. The interruption of travel was at Clark, State, and Lake streets, all of which are on the lines of horse-railway travel. The amount of teaming driven to Rush street bridge was of such a character that it would not be surprising if that structure ve way under the increased strtin and burden. This will be the eighth day since State street bridge was dislocated and necessarily closed to travel. It has been evident ever since the adoption of the last bridge ordinance that the Masters of the steamers, tugs, and sail-vessels in the river were intent upon having revenge. It has been evident that their purpose has been touefent the enforcement of that ordinance by so disabling the vridges that they would beclosed to public travel and open atall times to vessels. The action at Clark strect bridge on Saturday morning was willful, de- liberate, and malicious. The bridge was closed, the officers of the vessel were notified, and the law forbade the opening of the bridge. ‘The attempt to force it was intentional. ‘The followmg report has been submitted by Capt. Hathaway from the East Chicago Ay- enue Police Station: Sik: At 6:05 o'clock this morning the steam- barge Marine, Capt. Barney Wildes commanding, came up the river toward Clark street bridge and guve a signal to the bridgetender to open. It being after 6 o'clock, the Jattur thought it was his duty to Keep the bridge closed avcurding to the ordivunce relating to the same, and signaled the Captain of the barge that the bridge should be kept cl After tho use of some profane eluquel ptain put ot more seam and run the barge into the north end of the bridge, breaking: the bolts and several cross-beams and disabling the bridge. ‘The officer then relates how two men ina buggy on the bridge were nea killed, and teir horse and buggy were flung into the river. : This malicious law-breaker, Wildes, should have been promptly arrested and “ yanked ” into the calaboose. We are astonished that in the face of his crime the police did not collar him and take him to the lock-up. Why was this plain duty neglected? The steamer should be seized and Sibeled and the malicious Captain should be visited by the heaviest penalties of the law. ‘The at- tempt to destroy the bridge and drown the peunte on if must not be passed over, but punished. There can be no apology for this villian- ous war on the people’s bridges. Unless the eity authorities intend to encourage the de- struction of ‘all the bridges in the city they will put a grip on these reckless rascals which will teach them that uze city and its people have some rights that swearing steam- boat Captains are bound to respect, A law not enforced carries with it an in- vitation to its violation. The three briages yesterday out of order may receive several additions before tomorrow morning. Other bridges on the South Branch have been knocked out of order in a willful and ma- licious manner at earlier dates, but the war seems to be waged at present against those on the main river. The destruction of these bridges is a serious interruption to business anda great public inconvenience and loss. The mere cost of repairs to the bridges is a trifle compared with the loss to the public re- sulting from the interruption to travel and traflic. ‘The destruction of one bridge forees an undue amount of strainon the other bridges, endangering Jife and property. The only protection to the public is in the prompt and vigorous prosecution and punishment for the violations of the law. In this case at Clark street bridge yes- terday morning the criminality of the officers of the steamer was deliberate and avowed, and the failure of the city authorities to prosecute the guilty can only be attributed by the public to a sympathy and connivance on their part with the offending officers of the tugs and vessels. There should not bea moment’s unnecessary delay in the prosecn- tion and punishment of those responsible for this assault upon Clark street bridge. EASTERN AND WESTERN CITIES. There is much to be proud of in nearly all our Western cities, and notably in Chicago, the metropolis of the West; but there are also many conditions which invite criticism from the residents of Eastern cities, and compel rather humiliating admissions from the residents of the Western cities. The Chicagoan in New York or Boston may hold his head very high when the talk runs upon relative growth of business, increase of population, and general progress, because he is serene in the consciousness that. Chicago has no rival either east or west of the Allegheny Mountains in the rapidity and security of its material development; but thesame person can scarcely refrain from hanging his head when a comparison is in- stituted between the relative cleanliness of New York or Boston and Chicago. He can- not fairly maintain Chicago in this particular, One glance at the streets, the exterior or.in- terior of the houses, or at his ewn: hands or clothes while in Boston or New York, brings to the Chicagoan verry unpleasant recollec- tions of the dirt and grime. which he is forced to endare at home. Of course, New York and Boston havea deofded-advantage in the general consump- ‘on of anthracite coal for manufacturing ‘and propelling purposes, as well as for house use. !'This éoal, provides something very near complete combustion. ‘Comparatively little smoke is thrown off; and none of the black cinders and soot which “fill the air where bituminous coal is burned. In New. York and Boston there is no temptation to use the soft coal, because it .is.dearer than the hard coal. It is only westfof the Alleghenies that soft coal abounds, ‘“Lbere is a limited use of it in Philadelphia,-and Baltimore is supplied to a greater extent from the Cumberland Valley. But in New-York and Boston furnaces of all kinds ‘fre ‘supplied, and engines of al kinds, on, steamers and railroads as well as in the Jarge buildings, are driven by powér obtained from the use of hard coal, 'Phis single circumstance accounts in the tain for the superior cleanliness of the East- ern cities over the Western cities. But this difference in the kind of fuel does not con- stitpte the entire difference in the degree of cleanliness. ‘The older cities of New York and Boston have d¢quired greater order and strieter discipline fn the management of con- Stituent alluirs,” ‘Che streets are kept in bet- ter repair and cleaned more frequently and more thoroughly than-in Chicago. ‘The ’ foriner communities ve progressed to a proper consideration of personal comfortand sanitary conditions. The police regulations are not only more comprehensive, .but are aiso more strictly, enforced. — Residents of those cities cannot with impunity inflict in- jury upon the pergon and property of their neighbors. ‘Che garbage and refuse matter inust be and are cleared away. The builder of a house is not permitted. to occupy pretty much the entire street with his work, and is required to remove, the waste stuff which accumulates. ‘The dirt-carried on the wheels of vehicles and the droppings from the horses are swept away regularly, and hence do not become a part of the dust to be whisked about by the wind, More money and greater care are expended upon the work of maintaining good order and cleanliness. ‘Lhe time hus come when greater considera- tion must be given to the appearance of things in Chicago. ‘The liberal expendi- ture of money in public works and hand- some buildings should no longer be obscured by neglect iv keeping them im proper order. Rapidity in growth should no longer be ac- cepted as an excuse for shiftlesness and slov- enliness. Chicago is no longer an overgrown town; it isa great and rich city. No people can better afford the comfort and satisfaction of cleanliness than can the people of Chica- go.. Tho natural disatlvantages in the use of. soft coal can. be and must be overcome by the scientific combustion of the carbon thrown off in the shape of soot and black smoke. Devices to accomplish this purpose have already been invented, and will be im- proved with the demand therefor. There is an ordinance declaring smoke a nuisance and providing punishment for those who commit this nuisance. ‘Thatordinance must be enforced, not spasmodically, but regular- ly and systematically. Our streets must be eleaned more frequently and more thorough- ly. Our police regulations must be stricter than they have been, and, if necessary, the police force must be increased with special reference to proper inspection. It will be necessary to spend more money than hereto- fore uvon the special devices for cleaning and purifying the city. The people of Chi- cago can well afford to sustain additional taxation that shall be devoted honestly to that end; and the time is not far distant when the leading issue in mu- nicipal elections will be, as it always ought to ‘be, the actual care of the city and the promotion of all measures looking to public health, decency, and cleanliness. Ample return for any increased expenditure for such purpose will be found in the per- sonal comfort of the inhabitants and the im-. proved reputation of the city. Chicago should lead all Western cities in the matter of cleanliness, xs it does in population, growth, and busine: CIVILIZING INDIANS. The arrival in this city of thirty-two Sioux Indian girls and boys from the Hampton School in Virginia, en route to some of the Western Indian agencies, where the experi- ment of starting them off in civilized life will be made, brings up the. Indian question afresh, and presents a very interesting phase thereof, which, experimental at first, has reached at least an encouragingly successful temporary result. These young savages were placed in Uampton only three years ago, When they went there they could not speak a word of American; they had not learned to work; and they understood noth- ing of civilized habits. As their Instructor remarked, “When the Indian youth first went to Hampton they didn’t. know how to wash themselves, dress, or make their beds, or get into them when they were made.” In this short period they have learned to speak and write American, and have become familiar with arithmetic: and geography. ‘The boys have graduated as carpenters, shoemakers, blacksmiths, whcelwrights, etc., and the girls have learned to sew, cook, make their own clothing, and to carry on the gen- eral work of -housekeeping. The most of them have also embraced Christianity, and allof them were dressed neatly, conducted themselves with ease and modest dignity, and conversed with more than ordinary in- telligence. The great point demonstrated by this experiment is, that the Indian can learn, More than this, the rapidity with which they have acquired our language and the rudimentary branches of education, and the ease and quickness with which the two sexes have adapted themselves to mechan- ical pursuits and household duties, show that they havo adequate abilities and ‘Intellectual perceptions; and, inshort, that they canleara anything. So far, therefore, as the question of educating the rising generation of In- dians is concerned, it may be considered settled. They are capable of study and they are capable of successfully adapting them- selves to civilized trades and pursuits. These points are settled, for these children were not picked out as smarter thin others, but represent the average ability of Indian youths, i So far, so good. These Indian youths are now going back to their kindred, equipped with education, implements of industry, and religion, What will they do with them? How long wil! they remain in sympathy with white civilization? How much' will they ac- complisl'in inducing the older and untamed Indians to give up their wild life and adopt the industrial habits of the whites? These are the questions that will at once occur to any one, and the answers will’ be eagerly looked for. Young tigers can easily be do- mesticated if taken when kittens. but it is not the usual practice to turn them loose among the wild tigers of the jungle again, for they are certain to get back into their old ways very speedily. Is there not the same danger that these young tamed Indians, when away from the influences of Hampton School and among their own savage rela- tives, will drop coat and trousers and get back into breech-clouts and blankets, and, instead of ax,tsaiv, and hammer, be found flouristiing the yfie and scalping-knife ? ‘This is the problem yet to be solved. It is to be hoped they will not only adhere to their new habits, but have some success in introducing them aisong their very unprom- ising seniors. If it should prove so it will be .an encouragement for the Government to be- stow all possible help to the Hampton idea, and extend the good influences of education still further among the young ‘Indians, and | if, in addition to this, the Government should at some future time appreciate that the only way to take care of the older ones is to hand them over to the supervision of the War De- partment, there would be some hope of set- tling the entire Indlan question. : ‘ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. While the application ‘of electricity as a motive power to railways has not made much . headway in this country, it has so far ud- yanced in Europe as to arouse very general interest, especially throngh the operations of Baron Siemens, who. recently: exhibited his electrical tramway near Berlin with such success. Ilis cars are one of the most proi- inent features of the Paris Electrical Exposi- tion, and the Boston Advertiser’s correspoud- ent sends that paper some very Interesting statements about thelr, jvorking. ‘The origi- nal railway exhibited at the German Exposi- tion in 1878 was about 500 yards fong, and its gage two and a half feet. ‘The locomotive was of four and a half horse-power, and ft drew -a-train of cars that could only carry twenty persons. at most. At the time of the Exposition Baron Siemens proposed to erect an elevated railway at his own expense to Berlin. But the Em- peror would not allow it. He tried to sub- stitute the. elevated electrical tramways for onibuses, but. the police stopped him. He encountered -all kinds ot obstacles, until at length he found officials who were sufli- ciently enlightened to appreciate his work and encourage him, and he then succeeded in laying a road in the neighborhood of Ber- Hnamileanda half in length, and the first train started ata speed of twenty miles por hour, the gage of the road being three feet one and a half inches. Fifteen journeys are made daily, and freight cnough is carried to pay the running expenses. When the Paris Exposition was announced the Siemens bouse was granted every opportunity. A. station was built in the lace de In Concorde, and the road operates from that point to the Palace de P Industrie. The cartiage accom- modates forty-six passengers, and runs at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, the limit of speed allowed in Paris. A report made upon the three systems which have been in use con- tains the following interesting statements: An tho original model ling of 1878 -the sending current was applied to an elevated middie tine of rails, brushed on to the mutor machine, and returned by the wheels uf the electric locomo- tive, apd thence bs: both sets of rails returned to the stationary dynuimo machine, In the Lich- terfelde railway, the positive turrent fs con- nected with the one line of rails, thence trans- mitted by the wheels on one side of the locomo- tive carriages to the motor muchine, and thence the return current is conducted by the wheels on the opposit side to the other line of rails, and so back to the stationary envine. In the Char- Jottenburg tramway desizn there are two series, one for the outguing and one for the return cur- rent, and connection is made by two wires at- tached between tho trum-car and two mov- ing pulleys, one on euch side. One of these supplies the motor macbiue fitted to the car- ringe, the other conveys the returu cur- rent. In Paris two copper tubes of in- verted 9 sections are placed side by side, with a wooden insulation between them. These, covered by a protectivg hood of insulating material, ace supported by strong wires attached to wood ‘posts at short {dtervals. Within exch tube a metal ‘roller runs freely, and {g attached througk tke longitudinal opening of the tube to asmull metal external carriaze. From euch of these traveling carriages wire eonductor is connected toa metal bar projecting trum the side af the tram-car. Que wire conveys the cur- rent tothe motor-machine fitted beneath the tram-carrlage -Itself; the other conveys away the return current. ‘As soon as the current pusses to the motor the tram-car begins to move, and as fast a3 it moves it pulls along the tubes with it—tne two littlo travelers which make the electrical connection. ‘The meuns are simple, and they work admirably. American skill thus far has not been ap- plied to the solution of the problem of loco- motion by electricity, It has devoted it, sel€ more largely to the electric light, the telephone, and telegraph, but the success of the Baron Siemens with his electrical tram- ways will undoubtedly enlist the attention ofsuch men as Bell, Gray, and Edison, and it will be very remarkable if they do not seize upon the idea and carrytit forward toa practical success. Whether it can compete with steam seems very questionable, but in these days of electrical wonders it is not safe toassume the negative of any point where this subtle fluid is concerned. It is the safest way to take it for granted that it isthe great force of the universe, which can ac- complish anything. SELFISHNESS. Selfishness is the harsh title given to pru- dence. The literature of all the ages is full of maxims in honor of seltishness. Said the Dauphin to the French King: “ Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglect- ing.” Said Herbert, 250 years ago, “ Help thyself and God will help thee,” and Frank, lin repeated the sentiment in a hundred forms, and prudent parents instilled it into the minds of their chilnren from the pages of Poor Richard’s Almanack. “ Self-vreserva- tion is the first law of nature,” cries prudence, and Mr. Darwin comes to the support of this theory with his doctrine of the survival of the fittest.. "A penny saved is as good as a penny earned,” says Poor Richard, and the grasping Yankee stretches the maxim a point in saying to his son: “ Make money, honestly if you can, but make money”; and Pollok notes this expansion of the prudent idea: With oue hand he put Apenny in the urn of poverty, And witb the other took a shilling out. The boy is taught that “every man is the architect of his own fortune”; that “every tub must stand on its own bottom”; tha‘, in the race of life, ‘tthe devil takes the hind- most”; that he must look to the “main chance.” Not much is said to him of the famous dispatch of Francis I. to his mother from the camp near Pavia: lis lost save honor”; or of the aphorism, ‘The blood of the martyrs Is tne seed of the Church” or that “ the half is more than the whole”; or about the glory of dying “In the Inst ditch.” ‘These latter fino sayings are embalmed in literature as relics of a heroic age, but an age somewhat out of date—the poctic age— whicn ill accords with the age of steam and telegraphy. ‘The phrase which Napoleon the First ap- propriated and of which he was so fond— “God always favors the strongest - bat- talions”—best fits and expresses the spirit of the age in which we live. As Emerson ex- presses it: ‘God has granted,” says the Ko- | ran, ‘to every people a prophet in its own tongue.” “Paris, and London, and New York, the spirit of commerce, of money, and material power, were also to have their prophet; and Bonaparte was qualified and sent”? And what is this spirit of commerce— of money, but a remorseless furce? It rep- resents. a contest for supremacy in which the most atrocious, the most persistent, the most unstrupulous alone survive. - Napo- leon saw only the end to be attained—power; and he wrought to that end without scruple as to the means employed. He was the very incarnation of selfishness. And the greed of power which actuated him and consumed every generous impulse of his nature is the guiding spirit of the age which he ushered in. “Keep what you’ye got and catch what you can” is in the heart, if not on the tongue, of the men who are struggling for mastery in the material world. It is in the heartof the rallway magnate, of the tele- graph monopolist, of the great merchant, of the colossal manufacturer, - We can be- come great ‘only by absorbing the little schemes by which he is surrounded. An essential condition of his progress towards gianthood fs the crushing ont of little things. All streams must be conducted to his mill inorder that he may grind the grists and take toll of all mankind. " ‘Napoleon had a hand of iron, and he Jaid | it heavily on all who opposed him. If it became necessary to imprison his enemies, he imprisoned them; if it beeame necessary to kill them, he let the ax fall. But he ay not call these acts of oppression: crime: “They chargé me,” he said, * with the com: mission of great crimes: men of my stamp do not commit crimes!” -He attributed his elevation to the peculiarity of the times. “I have always marched with the opinion of reat masses and with events,” he exclaimed with the naivete of a butcher unconsclous of the blood on his cruel hands. Old-fash~ joned codes of morals were for those who opposed his plans, not for him. Thus Na- poleon made a god of seltishness. Is it ma- terially different with the modern spirit of commerce—of money? It grasps for the empire of the world, not by the slow processes of labor, but by the aid of legislation, by intrigue, by distorting statutes, by. combinations of the strong against the weak. Nor are these acts crimes to their apprehension more than the shed~ ding of innocent blood was a crime to Napu- leon, ‘They attribute their great gains to “the peculiarity of times’’;. they march “with the opinion of great masses, and with events.” ‘This is the misery of the situation that the spirit of selfishness has become universal. It has silenced the moral code and put a seal upon the lips of public sentiment. Tnere is no longer anybody to protest, for all man- kind is engaged in the strugele—the strug- gle of greed to absorb without limit and without scruple. % ‘thus Emerson describes Napoleon: “He knew what to do, and he flew to his mark. He would shorten a straight line to come to his object. Horrible anecdotes may no,doubt be collected from his history of the price at which he bought his successes; but he must not therefore be set down as cruel, but as one who knew no impediment to his wi not bloodthirsty, not cruel, but wo to what thing or person stood in bis way! Notblood- thirsty, but not sparing of blood—and piti- less. Hesaw only the object: the obstacle must give way. ‘Sire, Gen. Clarke cannot combine with Gen. Junot for the dreadful fire of the Austrian battery.’ ‘Let him carry the battery.’ ‘Sire, every regiment that approaches the heavy artillery is sacri~ ficed. Sire, what orders? ‘Forward, for- ward!’ ‘This ts the precise way in which the magnates of steam and electricity capture railway and telegraph companies; and when the smoke of the battle in stocks clears away the community fee ts the heel of the monopo- list on its neck. The modern world is full of Napoleons, and they are fast conquering mankind, They know what to do, and they fly to their mark, ‘They are not cruel, only pitiless—selfish, They are absorbing the property uf the coun- try in detail, as Napoleon destroyed the armies of his enemies, ‘They recast the map of the world of commerce as occasion re- quires, as Napoleon did, and hold. courts composed ‘of those who were lately kings be- cause independent, but who now bend the knee because dependent. "This selfishness is not less colossal than that of Napoleon, ané — breeds a selfishness not less mean than that which distinguished the later years of the reign of the great French Emperor when his sycophantic de- pendents intrigued against him and deserted his cause. moral laws. The end. of -selfishness is dis- aster, hopeless and irremediable. It is as dangerous to attempt to rise above moral laws as to fall betow them; in the one case they undertaine and in the other they crush, “The half is,” after all, ‘more than the whole,” for the half may be retained, but the whole is sure to slip from the fingers of grasping avarice. A DENVER dispatch announced a few days ago that the Earl of Airlic, while stopping at the Windsor Hotel in that city, had died suddenly of congestive chills. Lord Alrlie bad visited this country several times; tho first time in 1$67, when be made a trip as guest of Perry H. Smith and in company with a large Chicago party over the Union Pacific Railway os far it was then completed, which was nearly to Cheyenne. Last year, accompanied by one of bis daughters, be made auother visit to America and spenta couple of months in Colorado, where he pur- chased a large sheep ranch (some 30,000 acres) for one of his sous, whom he placed on it. The young man’s health bud uot been good, and the father thought that the clear, pure, bracing air of Colorady would be just the thing for him, ‘This summer the deceased Earl, in company with bis oldest son and hereditary heir, Lord Ogilvy, made another visit to this country. Lord Airlie visited the Tennessee colony, and then traveled to Colorado to inspect the estate of 30,000 acres he had previously purcnascd there. On his return to England last yeur be publisued a series of papers in the Nineteenth Century on the agri- cultural resources of our Western country. The Eart of Airlie is one of the largest tandbolders in Scotland, possessing in Fortarshire 65,000 acres, of an xnnual rental reported to be $108.00. He was born in 1626, and, succeeding bis futher in 1349, was elected a representative peer for Scot- land. He was aiso Lord High Commissioner to the Kirk of Scotland. In politics he was a stanch Liberal, but he did not like the Irish Land bill ou account of the effect it might have on the Scvuteh tenants. By his wife, a sister of the pres- ent Lord Stanley, of Aldericy, be leaves two sons and four daughters. He is succeeded in his tities and estates by his son, Lord Ogilvy, an olicer in the Tenth Hussars, whose name was made familiar to American ears some three or four years ago by an audacious imposter who Personated him in this country while be was serving with his regiment in Northern India. The young Ear! was boro in 1856; and is unwar- ried. By bis futher’s death Mr. Gladstone will be called upon to bestow the much-coveted honor of the Thistie upon some Scottish. noble- man, This ancient order, revived by King James LI. in 1687, consists of the sovereicn, the Princes of the blood royal named to it, and sixteen knights, Tue New York Tribune thinks that if Conk has his way ne will place the Republican Party of that State where Fillmore put the Whig party after the death of Gen. Taylor. It says: i leader was Seward, stood close to the Administration and controlicd the patronage of the Stute. Fill- more, the Vice-President, was a bdilver-Gray, He bad little intluence at Washington. The death of Taylor turned the tables completely. Filmore dismissed the Taylor Cabinet forth- with, and made a new one to bis taste. giving one of the portfolios to his own law partaer. His other appointments were largely made to gratify bis fecling of resentment against the Seward wing of his party. ‘The course of Fili- more intensilied the quarrel of the factions ia New York, and was ebietly instrumental in pro- ducing the crushing defeat of the Whig party in 1852 and its subsequent speedy disruption. The lesson and warning which this bit of political history carries with itdees not need to bo en- torced py any argument. ——x ‘THE Globe-Democrat, published in a State that goes Bourbon about 100,000, thinks Arthur should havea brand new Cubinet.. Here is the idea of our so-called Stalwart St. Louls con- temporary: Secretary of State—U. 8. Grant, Secretary of the Treasury—U. S. Grant. Secretary of War—U. 5. Grant. Secretary of the Navy—U. S. Grant. Secretary of the Interior—K. Conkling. Postmuster-General—R. Conkling. Attorney-General—It Conkltog. i Kitehen-Generul. fcCullagh. << Wires “Col.” Dave Clark, one’of the Com- missioners who went to Cleveland, wns-asked why be put bis hand into the County Treasury to zrab the expense of bis spree, the report says that “he laughed. but said nothing.” He will Jaugh out of the other side of bis mouth before he gets done with it if he don’t put that illegally grabbed, purloined money back into the County ‘Treasury. _—— Mr. “Bex” HoGan, a person who not long ago abandoned the profession of prizo- fighting for that of an evangelist, being at presenta sort of extra attraction offered by MeGranaghan ane Whittle—still has an aecuon run of all tue distinguished persons who makeg business of puncning the beads ot other persons, After great deliberation Mr. Ben Heenan has reached the conclusion that & party named sy}. livan is at present the most gifted slueger now before the public. As an cxpert judge of prize. fighters Mr. Hogan seems to be more of aguy cess than as an evangelist. fade Ar last accounts Lake, Clark, and Stata street bridges were the only ones rendered tem. porarily useless by the criminal carelesnesso¢ tug and steamboat men. Thore is evidently, | cherub aloft detailed especially to look after the welfare of Jack Tar, who sails the danger. ous waters from Bridgeport to Kush street, for he never gets injured, although bis disregard of < such trifling obstructions to: navigation ag bridges, ete., 13 proverbial. LAKESIDE MUSINGS. bn I'm getting a big boy, now.’—Senator eS. i It is now believed that Ananias was a Cin. cinnati wheat speculator in disguise. “Det me win the races of a country, andl” care not who sells the pools."”"—Jim Keene. _ Unless appearances are very deceptive, [ am erjoying a front seat with two men to wat ou me just now."—Roacve Cunkting. “ Recluse ”—The reference to the lamb ly. ing aown with the Hon ts found in the Bible. Tho story about the bear lying duwn on the brokerig aCinclnnati one. It is true. Now that it has been settled that young ‘Mr, Hoar didn't compare Mrs. Livermore to 4 trained monkey in tho recent Massachusetts Convention, perbaps Mrs. Livermore will stata what she would have done in case yourg Hoar had comprtred ber, etc. And this is the end of it all! It rounds the year’s completeness; Only a walk to the stile, through fields afoam with sweetness; Only the sunset light, purple and rea on the , river, 5 And a lingering, low good-night that means . Kood-by forever, , i F & I shall just go back to my work, to my little household cares, That never muke any show. By time, perbaps in my prayers may think of you! forthe rest,on this way | we've troddea together My foot shall fall as ligntas if my,heart werog feuther— a Iam not ashamed of my love! Yet I would not nave yours now, Though you laid it down at my feet. 1 could not stoop so low. A love is but buif a love that contents itself with less Than love's utmost falth and truth and une wavering tenderness. —Young-Man-Caught-Drinking-a-Cocktatl. A certain man went down from Ohio to Chicago, taking with him great riches. And upon reaching the place he went toaninnand slept soundly, fur his heart was uot troubled. : ‘And in the morning he awoke and took a drink, ‘Then he went to the office of acertain man called Broker (because thore who deai with bim are evente ually broke) und knucked Ioudly on the door thereuf, When sudden!y the same few upen and there came forth at great speed a’small boy with his band fall of papers on which were certain strange figures. And the small boy ran against the man from Ohio with great force, hitting him below thut place which is. caljed the belt. ‘Then sped the small boy swiftly up analley,and the man from Ohio would fain hava called to him but could not, being sore of body and out of that which is called wind. So, therefore, went he quickly into the office of him who was called Broker, lest another settlement clerk come suddenly forth and smite him again. Betng therefore in the place he did seat himself ia. achair of exceeding softness und beauty, and spat with great speed and precision at a crack in the foor, so that even the office boy wus deceived, and said unto himselr, “This man is a Granger.” And when the clock had struck the eleventh hour th man called Broker entered into the office and sat himself down atadesk. ‘Then, turning to him who bad come from Obio, even from the Western Reserra thercof, he'sald: “Low do?” {For in those days the men of Chleago were quick of speech and chars of words, having too muuch of that which is called Business to tarry long fn one place or talk with many words concerning any subject unless the same be a horse race, whercof they would ofcen dispute loudly and bet among themselves great quantities of shekels as to which shall be tho fastest trotter, Gus Edwards’ gelding or Jobn Lester's bay mare, both being steeds of exceeding swiftness and ahie to compass a mile in the time which is called two-forty}. i ‘And when the Broker bad said “How do?*-to strancer within his gates he lighted a cigar and sald “Have a smoke?” And thoy smoked, ‘Then spake the Broker again, saying: “'Spose @ smile?” And the ran from Obio was glad at hear for the customs of Chicazo were not like unto those - of Cincinnati, in which place Is every man of a fragal - disposition and buyeth not the drinks of his neighbor, or of the stranger who sitteth within his gates. So therefore went these two forth into an alley, at the end of which were situated two plscesat which the wine-bibbers of the city did congregate, one bow ; ing called Chupinandgore’s.and the other Jakewol- ~ ford'y. And when the Broker and the man from Oblo had entered one of these places they found other Brokers who leaned against the piace called Bar. ‘And to them spake a man who bad on his breast precious stones and whose hair was anointed and: pasted down in scallops, saying: “ Wharlitbegents?” And the Broker answered, saying: * Straightformemtke.” But the Unio man thought of the wife ané children he had left bebind fo bis own land, and his beart wsa softened, and he ssid: “Betterputalittiesogarine mine.” And they drank. i ‘hen spake the Ohio man unto the Broker, and told, himthat he had come from Cincinratiand the land beyond. Toledo, und had with himreat riches which he had gathéred after many yéurs of tor], and that bo id buy with it much wheat, and sell thesuma later inthe season when the price thereof should have risen zreatly. And when he had ceased speak- inz the Broker fell upon bis neck and kissed hirs with the kiss of peace, suying: “ Youcgnjustbetyoure sweotl!fewewillmakeabarrelofmoney.” And on the following day he went Into the place» where are to be found all those who havo whes! and corn, and provisions to sell and began to buy the wheat that could be had. And the price of the same papers came out saying: wheat.” Oneach day thereafter came this Broker into th market und bought of wheat many thousand busbel until finally they which are called Bears becam sore’ afraid, snd one of them cried out, sayings *QldHutchisratsingallthishelt.” But unother rebuked him, saying: “Armouristhee man.” And still the Broker did buy of the wheat that wat offered him, until the price went so high that mant became sore xfraid, and trembled lest they be wiped —npemnget Fan to ascend, and the ‘There fs 2 doom in KATES out. But other Brokers consoled them, saying, “Don't worry; Wo will knock the Oblo man sti! be 2] fore settlement-day.” a Bat they wist not what thoy said. = For the boom, of which the papers bad exch day writarticles, grew in strength, und when the day 5 settlement came wheat was worth $133 per bushel and there was great wailing and gnasbing of tet and many beat their breasts, saying: “Lo, We broke.” Ané it was so. ‘then did the Obio man smile with exceeding sweet ness, and give unto ono Broker a house and lot an unto anuther w tly-back, split-second watch, sayi05: “have guined great riches und am content, and others from Cincinnati und the lund beyond Toledt have followed mine example and waxed fatat tht expense of those who are called Bears.” And tu him whose reward had been a house and lof he suid: “Live there happtly untt! the end of you! days, and remember that Ublo men are generous caring po more for a doliar than most men do fot for their lives.” And to him whose reward had been the split-seconé watch he also spoke, Saying: * With this you may lie quietly under the grand stand when the trotters ard being exercised, und you shall know of s.certalnty how quickly each one can cumpass a mile, and cam thereby win much money betting with Charlie schwartz, Johnlester, Scottylina, Frankmaging others, until they shall cry out, suing, * We are sack ers?” ‘And then went the man from Ohlo bome salt taking with him great treasures, ‘After a litule time come other men from Oblo, #87 Ing: “Lo, this is a soft thing; we will sel wheat whieh {s much tuo hich, and gain great riches.” So they sald unte the Brokers; “Sell wheat, eve that which thou hast not.” And they sold. ‘But stlil fell not the price of wheat, but rather went itup with exceeding swifiness. And men came to the Brokers, saying: “Put up margins.” And they put up cheerfully of their own money, knowing that the men from Ohio wero well fixed, forasmuch as they bad made great sums the previous roonth. ‘But when the Brokers were thinking thus the men from Ohio becume sure afmid, and gave ail they Possessed to their wives, which were Wise wooed. and salted the same carefully away. . And when the Brokers had vut up all their own money they sent messengers tothe Obie “en for more. But the Obio men only laughed a nard, dry Tough, like the laugh of the hyena, and said: “We have no money.” ‘Then said the Brokers unto each other: “Wo are deceived and betrayed into the bands. of our ene mies; ¥e are compussed abuut with dangers. Our money isallin the hands of those who would fala Jump on our necks. We are teetotaily busted.” And itwas 50.—Frum “Parables Jor Gla Folkay” Ui, Murch Hasatead, : SSN QmeORRe TMs ETT camera