Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1881, Page 6

6 , THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, OCTOBER ge WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS, Address to the Republican Voters of the State. A Strong Appeat—Stund by tho Tarly of Freedom and Equal Rights, Fanatical Folly of Coercive Teetotal- ism—Stupidity of Fiat Moonshine. Tho Party of Slavery, Secesston, and Trenson—Bourbon Greed for OMlee and Partisan Spoils. MeADQUARTENS REPUBLICAN STATE CeNtmAn LITRE, MIDWACKEL, Wis, Oct. .—To the Voters of Wisconain: ‘The Republtean State Ventral Committed desires to call tho attention of tho electors of the State to the Importance of tho present canvass, and of the election with wilch It will close, Itis true no eharply defined overshadowing: Issues now present thomselyes such us we huvo Bnd to incet (n the past; no yuestions of suct moment ug those relating to slavery, to tho dee Tense of the Union against rebellion, to tho re construction of tho States, or to tho grent cote test for the National credit and a sound cure rency. Hutit is not during tho storm, amid waves aud clouds, that the ships au the ocean minke tho grentest prowress i thelr voynics, melther Is it during tho storm ‘of potitiedl contention that the Ship of State muy make two greatest progress, As it Js in tho fur wenther when tho sea fs calm and still: thar tho ships move on their Journeys with tho greatest speed, safety, and profit, go {t {s when the waves: of politienl passion and contention ore atl ‘that tho Nation should muke tho moat progress in the dovelupment of whutis best and noblest in its political and National life. Mois an un- also or Mlogicat putriut who makes tho very conditions that give bim tho greatest oppor- tunity to render useful service ty bis country his exe tor dotug nothing ro bas never been a time when the future welfare of our country nud Government more. carnestly de- martded nulted and faithht action on thy part of Republicans than it docs today. The State Convention, mecting tn tho midat of tho zioom cast ever the Jand by the death of our beloved and honored President, nominated a ricket composted of well-known tnd worthy clt- jzons. It udopted nm platform euibedy tt the Uberal and procresaive views of tha National Republican party--a platform upon which every eluizen ean stand who belleves jn fostering vigorous National spirit, iu malutaining tree and honest clections, in envouraging and pro teoting American jndustry, In keeping the pub Ne credit nulinpatred, and in asserting tho right of the people, through the legitimate channelsof legisintion, to sucure themselves ngainat induc exactions und aduses on the part of eoypora- tions. For this ticket aud platform wo invite your vordiat support. Against tho gentlemen who are nominated on elther of the Uckets opposed to us ns itepub- Heans this committee hns uothing to Asulnst tho principles and theories they repre: Rent, it 13 nut necessnry to Bay more than will briefly detine our difference fro them tnd ap- purl to the intetligence, Judgment, and honesty of tha people ag the arbiters of thosa dilfer- ences, The Greenback or Fiat party was tho first In tho fletd with a platform aud in favor of in vise jonary thoory that his beew fully discussed, passed upon, and rejected by tho American 2 peoplo—und — uowhere more aniphatically ethan in the Stute of Wisconsin, where, when approved and comended in the Moxt authoritative manner by the Demvoratio organization, It aly drove. jutelligent voters from that patty and led to its overwhelining de- feat. The prognostivations of evl ta result from the triumph of Htepublican prinelples dar ing tho curreney discussion bave not been ful- Aled, our enenies thumselves being tho jude On the contrary, it 1s almost untversal- jy admitted thay the country owes its unpre Gedented puspertty to the lrmness nnd falth- fulness ot Itepublican party’s dovation to sound tintuclal principles and National intew- rity and honor. Having exnuilned tho witness es argued the questions Involved, submitter thom to a jury of the whole Atncrican peogle, and received the verdict in our favor, we shall not reopen tho cave on the currency question, ‘The Covrelve Prohibition party ts In the Neld asking your votes. The Republican party claims to be agd Is tho friend of tomperace, gobricty, good morals, and good order. ‘Inu Probibitiontsts demand that an amend- ment to tho State Constitution prohlbiting tho Toanufacture and ene of, spirituons and malt Hquors be entunitted to the people. ‘Chat ten. question which bebin.ss Wholly to the Lewisiature, Aro mnjority of tho peuple desire thu wabmls- slon of auch an ntnendment, they have the power to clect a Legisiature which wil execute thelr will, But there are lurge numbers ot Repub: licans who do not believe such an amendment isitesired by tho mujority of tho people, who consequently think it would Involve useless labor and expense, and who, judging Wy the ex- perlence of othor States, and taking Into cons Hderation tho eburacter of our population, Qrmly beliove that prohibltory jegisiation in $his State would accomplish nothing to. nuate tho ovils of intemperance, but would remain a Mead Jottor upon tho statute book. They are vonfirmed in this ovinion by the fact that but Tow localsties avail themselves of the existing Joval option luv, and that In many instances whero It has boon tricd It hns proved nearly a total fajlure. They bold that lewislation, i order to be effeotive, must conform to the cou ¥iutions of a large innjority of tho people, and Yhoy know that oven if a imnjority of tho voters of tho Stato fayured — pro- hibition, there are extensive districts where Uxrent majority of the. Inhabitants would re- gard fe a8 ao outrags upon thelr porvonat ertica, Ilence the Republican party Jn this State bas from the beginning stendily refused ta mike coureivo probibition an artlely of ita politlent faith. It hus oft lie mombors free ty entertain their own convictions on this su" ‘The last Biate Convention took no new departure, but udbered to the vatublished policy of the party. ho evits of intemperance are ho renter now ‘than they hay atunys tle since the purty was organized In IS, the necessity for probibt- don fs no more urgent, On the contenry, It is belleved that, in tha last twenty years, throturh the efforts In part of the tempernuce organiza: Mons einploying only moral ayeneles, and he part through the xenerul social progress mude, there as heen aamurked Improvement in the hablye af the hoopla in respect to the immoderate use oF imoxienting drinks, Henco there wae no reason Why tho Inst state Convention Rhouhi abandon the polley hitherto pursued on this aub- jet, and practicnity convert the Republican party In Wisconsin, establisi for the promo. don of greut Nutional interests, into a local pro- Alvltory liquor law organization, Ut will doubtless be urged that the Republienn Convention was not asked uxpress)y ty upprove Prenton What [t wae usher to lo was to nf. iri that it isthe duty of tho Legisiature to. propose 1 prohibltory amendment, Phe dit. erence between direct approval und tho course Jroncted je merely the ditlcrence between frauk, Munly wh steatwhtforward conduct wand a cows ardy attempt to reuch tho same end by abullllng uud evasion. No Leglalature woutd bo Justified 2 proposing on amendment whleh” in tts awn opinion would be injndicious nnd tnis- rhicvous If adopted, When it submits an Dacrilingnt, ‘by Unt Very not it recommends ity option, ‘The Democratic party 1a also In tho fel with aticket—or part of one. te platform and its ticket us presented iro additional evidences of the old uct that it baw no priuciples of its own which It fs willing to avow, though fla stealthy ourpuso [8 disy to doteet. It wants ofice and wer at auy sacrifice uf independence, conaintency rmanhou. Aud the real teaue fa atill between Yhose two great purtics—the Iepublican and Pemooratic, ‘One or the other of thoau purtiva, a know, must control the Goyerument of this Nation, “Which of thom can we best afford to trust? To which of thom can wo beat alford to ive our supporty These are the questions for wvery vutur to nak himeclf, and unawer and uct according to the light of reason, sense, and prudence. ‘Tho great orator uf tho Amerleun Kevoluuion said: * Phere ia no way of fudatng tho fnture but by the pnstt and, judging by thu past,” bawskod, what had there eon ih the conduct of tho British Ministry and Parliament to justify the hopes uf better treut- ment of the colonlos with which peutiomen had been pleased ty solace thomeulves wid the country?" And #o we siy it 18 trug— thero is yet bo way of Judging the future but by tho past; aud, Judyiny by the puat, whut hus there Leen fn the conductor the Democratic Barly: for the Just fifty yuars to justify the ops tbat its return to power wauld be any tht but oa disuster to all the but and highost Intercets of our Government and coun- try? It was the friend of slavery ang oppress slon; it wus tho friend of trouson and secession; it was the friend of inilution and repudiation, What would our country be today If thy Demo- eratlo party's position on elther of thesu great dasues had been indorsed by the American peor plet Wo would bave slavery, o divided Unlon, and a repudiated debt, with ull thelr dangord, disaators, and disgraces. ‘Can the Judgment and songs of Justice, palriotisin, and uouor that sunctioned und advocated these t! Past be trusted In the future? The poit earnestly wlyacated by the Democratic party, ond with which Its namo fs tduntitied are al- ready tho wham aud disgrace ot Aiuerican bis- fury, On the other band, the whole recerd’‘of ‘ho Republican party $4 tho glory of our bistory. And tho ¢reat contest that shall ix the destiny ¥ the Republle for weal or woo iy auth waged etween these two great purtics—the represent- adives of liberty, union, and progress on tha one ind, and slavery, secession, and repudiation on the other; und not Uiball the fruitwer the lone contest uve Leen scoured, und free seboels und a free ballot ure aa well protected South us North can we as Republicans afford to lose gibt of (ho cause for which so much Liood was Bhed QuG su much treusure expended, Tho Bolld th ts bexinning to break under the dlscoure secuient of repeated defeat. Let tho hopublice f=4 din the ea most iu North show perseverance and fortitute—no yletiing, no trilling—nnd this relic of tha bloody mist, tho last foe of universal liberty In the Mteputile, wilt guon pss away, Then, bul not till thom tt will bo (me to forget the past. Meanwhile tho Republicans should keyp thotr orzantzstion ine tiet, While remembering tho past, thoy sill not disregard the present or the future, ‘Tho party wit continue, aa It has done, to keep nil withthe march of progress, Tt bas not and will not fail ta imevt promptly all yreat pollticnl questions as thoy arise, and to array Itaelf tipo he side of equit rights and exact Justice to al, Jn tho hope and aesuraner that our lines will nat be wenkened, Nor our rank: tated by deers tions tinder Wiittever Lanne Y pretext, until this final’ consummation ls ecomplished, tho Republicaw conminittee makes this appeal to tha Tepiblienns of the #tate, ones more to rally to tho cnuse of their vountry and thelr suity. AOWARD BAN ett ‘. Chafrinan, DRINKING IN ENGLAND, And Especinily by Women—Nome Com- metite by Mr, Nasby upon a Commins cation to tho Chicago ‘frtbune. De Re tacke in Tote Ba Pama, Meanee, Vet, 1—Thero ts in Chicaxo, or somewhere near that clty, a min whose name Is Cc. W. Stnith, who went and wrote to Tite Citca. Go TRipUNe the following: In your Issuy of yosteritay'n letter one titled * Lush Liquorlng-Up ngs it ia Dove in London: Me. Nusby’s Observations fs to Hogilah Drinksog Custom: Mr. Nusby hig been In London about fifteen days, aud Dinust eny that ho has se more and Jedrned more in those fifteen days than Tid during the tfteen yeurs T resided in Lendon; and, 14.an Engiishinan, | de not ke to sey atten walir cnet upon wy countrywomen in publie print without entering a protest ngainst It. My: wife was born in Loudon, and lve there for forty yours, aud | whould resent it oy n #ross insult any person to sny that sho went inte w public house and Grank with ay one she might meet there, which Mr. Nasby suys is the general custom, My daughters were born there, Onv of the: sul ives there, respectably. marrled, her bh hand being sollettor in Gray’s Ton, and 1 do not think ho will feel very bighly tattered at the remari that in Englishwoman, be she virtua or wt prostittite, can drink with any man alive, In regard to the barmaid question, the only truth In tho ntticie Is that they dross well and inst bo pretty. So far as thelr being able to outdo nny entman tn chat and slang 18 cone verned, itis an outragevus slander, and in gard to their extracting drinks for themselye: und getting Into on bighly sauisfactory stato of drunkenness by 1 o'cinek at night, itis one of tho most shimoiul falsehoods thut was cver uttered; and hud Toa femate | relutive behind the bar dn Lonton Lf would make it highly interesting, Hf not bhyhly entise factory, to Me, Nasby tn au action fur slander. 48 ono thing In regard to barmatds bout Twish to be understood, and that Is this: During iy ttteon yours’ residence In London fess took mo to all parts of Loudon— est, north, and south—-und J was never in Jess thant six ations (or, a3 thoy are calied, pub- Me houses) in a day, and | never auw a barat take a drink In my life; and, In fact, L know that: if they want to tuke a drink thoy have to zo outside the bur and into, the houge to take It Uhayo often heard them neked to take a_drin an&in oyery case have heard thom refuge. Al other thing: there {8 no person alluwed to in- sult one of the bacnalds, for the. first man there would knoek down the party uttumpting It. Tmust sny that, !f Mr. Sinith had read my statements a8 ty drinking in London, and haa the elightest comprehension of plain English, such 1a is common in every-day use, be would percelve that f did not say that every English woman would go into a public-house and drink with any ong she might meet thero, for that would not be true, Were one not an acquasut- ance to askan English woman to drink ake would resent It ns an Insult, as sho shonld, When baad “an Bngtish woman can delnk with any man alle,’ J bad reference solely to tho auintity they are enpable of consuming, But that respectable English women yo Into public-huuses and drink beer, porter, or stout 1s thoy call It, and brandy, Is as true as the Gos pels. Did Mr, Smith ever stand at the linch-counter at tho Charing Cres, or Victoria, or Euston, or any of tho stations of the raflronds leading out of London? Did he never seo respeetublo imatrons and young girls stand up at those bars and drink mult and@pirituous liquors? If not Mr. Smith must be blind. Ihave seen: it thousanda of times, und he can see ft any tiny be chooses to stand abont any of those places. Whilo a resident of Loudon did Mr. Smith over tuprove is mind by sotng to the Dorby, or, for thut mutter, aut of town on any general boll- day? If sv, did he not observe that every vehielo, from the gorgeous equinngo of tho nobility to tho bumblest costerimonger’s cart, contained a Junch, and that very important feature In that hmch wae Hquor, malt, vinous, and spirituous, according to the taste or menns of the purty? Aud did bo not observe that the woten, ladies or commoners, could put away ad inch of these Lgtids us tholr husbands or brothers? And did he not notice that the public-houses were tiled with mon, women, aud children, and that the women and childron took tholr share Just as casy ng the men? f have seen all this inyselt, fn’ much less thoe than fitteen yeurs, Itcun be seen In as inany minutes. Dithooverstand a half tour in front of a puplte-house ou Sunday Just before 1 o'clock? And did te not see long processions of women aud childron of tho poor, and the, servants af the better classes, carrying ull garta of vessels, waiting the upentog, to get their supply? 1 uve, Does Mr. Smith not know that the British puh- Yo consumed 31,200,000 barrels of malt. Mquors fast year, whlch fs About a brrref, or, in round nunibers, admost a gnllun a week for every man, wom, and chit fo the Kinguom? : ‘Tho Uulted Kingdom nude itself and retained for ite own consumption, last year, 25,199,088 wale lon of spirits, in ndditlog to this monstrous tout of beer, “Lhis gives almost a ution for evory man, woman, and child, ‘This, Mr. Smith will understand, $s only the Hauer on which duty yan a and does hot fuelude tho vast quantity Of Mlicit distillation which cscapes tho statistics and enn only be gtitesod nt. Duethis does not end the doletil list of facts. FKogland fs no industrious maker of lguors, but Bho 11sO CONsHMNLS AN eNOrMoOUs quantity tht are fmported, She brinus rum from the West Jules, brandies Crom France, aud wine from every country that producus it. ‘Tho highwines of America are very Herds iniported, and go Into the taanuiueture of tetitiaus liquors, which, yin do not swell the sun total of the homce-iiunntictire, still Keorch tha blast the soul of the Lsiton, who hever can bea slave to anything but bis rulers and ruin, Now let Mr. Bilth tuko bia penoll and flgure, Ho will admit (hit thare ure bablos who count it {he eonsus na much as tho reddest tose of the lot. who are too young to drink spirits or even eer; thore nro Wick people whe eunnot con- Kune fiquors; und there ure thors in tho serview who tho | cen- bua, but whe poison Usemsvives abrond, Add to these the professed temperance peo- ple, who ure totnl nbetulners, and the motety who drink very little, and how does the account: stund with tha remaluing classes? Dovsn't tt leave two or thrvo. yallons a week per bend of beor, und & proportionate quantity of epirite? Doesn't the staudtics show that England, tale gad fomaly, takes ite todd with erent regninrity and woudurful persoverince? Tt strikes me #0. Was Siulth ever i Mieminghain? Dirming- bam fsn’t London, but ft fs an ailab ofty, and Practices, Lauppose, Engiiah customs. Did he hoyer sit 11a theatre Just behind a family pare ty, aud seo the fathor thareot tuke outa bottle of brandy, hand it politely to his wife, and then, to her siutor (both of whom drank from a gliss which be hud brought with him), and then tik a projunged pull himself? No? Well, Te muy be all right and proper; but Pnever auch withing in Ameriea, nor France, nor Cer many, Did Mie, Smith ever see it in Chiusgo 7 Wie he ever in Manchester, unother English city? Did ho never seo fuur entirely respecta- blo women, matrans who bad beon ourshop- ping, come into the better room of a publle, and, altting down to rest or refresh thoimselvua, take, ong ahorry, ono brandy, and the other two ale, over which thoy gussiped alfectionutaly? Thave, and) buyen’t Hved in Ragland fifteen 7oare ofthor, And, mind you, the sherry of En- aud that is solid at these houses ty not tho smooth and comparatively innocent wine of the South; it td a very vile colnpound, fortiiod with spirlta, a system -sourching, braiueintiuintag, ti- sue-molting, blood-corrupting tutd, that is only: wWorss than thulr beer, and 1 can'tsay more than that. And tho ate ty not the mild and soothing fager-boer of the Germans: but it fs a tignid buth heavy and Nery, which, while 1t husn't as utuch mirdor in it ‘us British brandy, answers oVery purposu of that hell-broth. From Mr, Balth’s reference to barmatds I should gay that he Iived altogether too carrvct a {fe wbllein London to knuw unything bout thom, lt was a part of my busjness in that ump and unpleasant olty to know all about thon, us about other things, and 2 did iuyestl- ute, 4 cun tell hin of cutirely respectable h patronized by good veoplo, where, if a purmld over went to bed sobvs, jt was in tho Vory jnfuney of ler carver, 1 buve oot only heard Ghoni asked to tuke drinks, but fl bave benrd thom axk cusual visitors to invite thum, and I certainly never beard one of thew refuse, ‘They would tat do so, bycuuse they wanted. it} wud, If thoy did not dugire it themsclyes, thor propristors woul uot permit then to refuse. ould Sir, Smith's communication reach a Lone dou publte; ft would be counted a most amusing dit uf ieading. Noone would Inugh at it wore beurtlly thin the burniakls themuclved, L donot suy thut the tmulilé at such hotels as tho Grand, or any tlrat-cluss house, would drink ‘with tholr customers, or do the things 1 bave set down to the account of tho sisterhood, but Lam writing of the regular public-houses, whose solu business j6 sulting tha Worst intoxicating liquors Ju tae world and the most indigestible lunchow ‘ 17, 1881—TEN PAGERS. Treattirm ali that Esald te my provious lotter, and, for Mr, Smith's comfort, add that, out of reepeet. for my readers, 1 did not any the halt that could have been tratitiutiy snld, Thora 1s no country that TE huve visited whose people, mate and female, drink so universally, oF who consuMO Mitch enormous quantities af Blrone ligttors, ns Eygland, and le will not except tho Southwestern Stntes of Amerlea. Certainly there fa ne ountry that pours down siteh vile lgttors, and nowhere is $t thought ao ittie of. Tow It can be endired passes thy comprehen sion, Poselbly tho. climate permits it, and pos sibly tho Engiieh pia and wom are especially: adapted mitre to its consumption. And Ubave not tho heart to blame a Londoner ying to get outof himself. The climate 13 #0 depressing, thy vity ia Ro chee and the Ifo there ia xo gloomy, that to rust to stline the most naturn! thing In tho world, ved that they do tot drink tore than opty when (hos onitzrate to Americt. a YANKEE MIDDIES. A Mreezo from th ited Ntntes Naval Academy-Something About Exam Inations, Piches, Stung Phrasess and Dinetplates Written for The Chieagy Tribune, Tn tho quaint and bistorienl old town of Ane Napolis, un the south bank of the Severn River, 38 dncated the United States Naval Acndleiny, which fg recognized as the best und most thor- ough naval tritning school in the workt. ‘Pho Blakes, Nelsons, Paul Jones’, Decaturs, and Far- ragute of the future Atmertean mays Are al lying hid today in tho forms of the rosy-checked ads ut Annapolls, and when they come to des fend the dag and Vindleato tha uajesty of the Goverument thoy will conquer ns they used todo, This fainous institution waa founded in 18h by Seeretary-of-the-Nuvy Haneroft duriu tho Administration of President Volk, We witt not plunge into a list uf dry statistics with whicn most rewlors ure fuller, but tender at vues an intraduction to tho middies—" tho sweet little cherubs that sit up alot.” Whon you baye * boned ” (studied) hard for a yeur preparatory Cor your npprovehtng exami nation as to your qualifications to become endot-misnipmun in Uaelo Sam's acadenty, and it has ealled torte your every eltoct to scetire an Appointment Wiving you the privilege of passing: through that urdent, you may, bo pirdoned {th reniikras that one tlt tho batite has been fought, whe really itis only tha pleket-leing— an alariy of what is yot to come. ‘Phere seems to be to end of trouble before you beeome a citilet, tor at that inoment when your courage has been serewed to the sticking pulat, wher it certain feeling of independence manifests it~ self, uid you linve visions of the sida Of «tha ship umnned to recelve you on tho quarters deck—Congress having appreciated your merits auld camatissioned you eCommander—a remarks ohitge cones o'er the epiritot yourdreans the fuet is rea that you ire 1 very “green” article of raw imuterial,” and most complutely at the mercy of the would-be bright Blara in ths future naval irinament, You aco pulled to ndd a esic” after every utterance you make, and a failure In that direction wilt klvoyou the name af being “gally’—n term us with checky, ‘Vo ba known us tt nin is to buve Ho rest, und hope diva out with many moan. ‘Tho middies: feel thelr suporlority over the * ploues so green,” and | a fullow will recoguize the justies of ft he will ‘be certain to recelve only the most courteous treatment from then. The “inida,” having “rought Ue youl fight,” ure to bu excused for tho antipathy whieh thoy wilt manifest for a noweomer possessed WHR ait unlialted amount of check. ust previous to your exaniination you go to the hotel, and thore In the golltude of your room enieuvor to crowd 1, month's study into a couple of hours. You sud. denly grow vigilant as murnirings and stited whispers muke their way over your door throngh tha transom; a moment later aud n band of fun-loving © mids” rush uncere- monlously inte the room and the slunnl has been wiven forthe Important proceedings ty. com- menve. You are instructed haw to buy’ tho ale Dhabet, aldine a’ aie’? after each tot y $8 given For you to ebunt in dule 28 ad Llttio the old fumilfar—" Mary Hh," und thot you tune up Corn rendition of “Home, Sweet Home.” Thon pertinps you will bo requested to execute the “yrand enitam,” a Veritable animal contortion whieh requires the placing of your thumbs behind your ears and bowing it the imost obsequious innnner, at the uma thine moving hands backwards and for- wards. if the wenthur be warm und you gut henuted sume thoughtful “mild” will permit you to stand on your hend and haye cool water poured down. Sour panty-le, If your muscles fre not woll developed, it will bu suggested that yon offtub the wardrobe or wrestle with severnt vhiurs., Sbould you aphear Janguid tha med- ivine-tnin ot tho band will prescribe #1 sheet and into it you wilt bo hurted, and thoi made to swing ike aclock pendulum, but not quite so stendy. | Murk you, render, that all this is done In tha inost golomin and impressive man- ner, that nota simile or teown appears on the fuces uf tho “mids aging that n Deacons’ meeting wns being hold if some very familiur motion and sound wig not to be obgerved now and then to dispel the Utision. Tho candidate ta generally so umused that ho WI Tittzh convulst middles with be me uraver Htill Years nyo, Although positively forbiddon, * hazing was na reguter at the academy as the oxatnlontions, OF Inte it hus fallen off inv Brent meitsnre, but SUll thorg {3 moro or lesa * running indulged In ‘by the irrcpresatble exdots, ‘They seem to be at A loss how to rate a tellow in the Bradstreet of tho academy until he hus dispuyed his mettle nod disposition at those “private imuatincées,.” Bo thitt us It may, a pleb” soun learns his rank, ‘To enall one of your classmates a boy 13 a most: hoinous mistake, ‘he only “boys” at the nent. viny are the waiters, und two of tho Pea are aupld, winlans need to be culled Venus and Cw Clussinutes call aach oibor * fellows," and It is tho only nume need, If you fall in your studles Itls enfled av bust.” When a cadet wlabes an thing to cease be sings out * knock off." An demennor js termed “skylirking,” and to sti hard is to bore," while those eadots who my be tonter-bearted towards tho other sox nro dubbed “spoons.” " itootiieking ” congists In tondy ing to the olticers, and ls looked upon with supreme contempt. Tho diseipiine fs very rigld utthe academy, Che drum sounds *revaillo” at Go a. tm aod in bute an hour you must dress Yoursell, make your beda and sweep your room. At U5 breakfust 8 served; ut 8 n,m studies begin and contline tl 123i, Then din- nur {3 reridy, a iinuer oY two coursos—soup, fol+ lowed by meat and yegetubles. Afternoon studied ure trom 2 tod o'clock, und then comes un hour's drill, From then tiilaupper Gime too. time ie your awn, Evening studies are from Ts to tk), and ut 10 o'otock “taps” are given for every light to be out, Could the walls but teil tholr story, tho narra- f the eccnsionnl occurrences from taps" to “roveille’s mlubt prove rithor {uterestiug: mecetteulatly tothe officers and upper-classinon: who tnike Inspections dny and night to seo that everything $8 curried out. 5c, a THE WHITE HOUSE, Drainago of. tho Presidential Mansion, New York Sanitary Engineer, Oct. £ We nro indebted to Col, A. 8. Rockwall, United States urmy, for tho opportunity of laying be- fora gur readers Col. Warlng’s report on tho condition of the plumbing aud drainage of the Executive Mansion at Washington, In permit- ting ua to make thia report pubile, Col, Rock- well desires that it bo underatoood that this fs shuply a perolluinary report Intended to polnt out thy most glaring defects, and to suggest auoh changes as could be made without Involy> {ng an entire reconstruction of the work. As Col, Wariog's examination was,maido shortly beforo President Garteld'a removal to Long Hranoh, it waa nocessurily not as thorough us tho Inter and final one will be, x Tho report fe clear and conciao, and roveala a condition of things far from creditable or satis- factory, #0 for a8 the aArrangeneut of pincs, location of fixture, and means of vantilation ure concorned, Yet itis no worse than was tho coudition of Mariborough Mouse und other mitnont pubile bulldings oxamined in En- r nd. thera ls vo doubt thut Col, Tockwoll and bis predecessor, Col, Cusuy, wore well uwaru that the drujgage wrraugenicnts of the White House were far behind the requirements of the bust practices and tho dumands of eaultary evionce, nor can rellection be mada on tho’ plumbers who of [te years baye beon einployod to do tho Jobbing wud slight ulterations un- dor their direction, The blame rests with Congreasy, who by tholr nigwardly appro- priations buve made it impossible to correct: the Lluniers that fur severat years fuve been apparent to those who have been fuiniliae with the White House, but who could not secure the hecosaury funds to defray the expense of rem- edylug then, It would seem that it required gone grent culnmity to draw pubife attention to tho White House, abd to suggest to tnany ituds that Mra. Gartield’s illness und the President's Herta sulturings dite be due, to sume ex- tont, todeteots inthe bulldiug, 1¢ was, thoro- fore, w fortunate and wise uvt on tho: part of Col. Rockwell to employ outside profeasional talont to bring bofore Congress an account of mutters with which thy authorities were doubt. teas Catuillar, but whieh, hud thoy reported them, would have beew ignored by tho Con- yressman who strives fo save ut the spigot und wuste at the buny, [t now dooms, however, ‘that public aploton will insist on voting the Mionuy to make our Executive Sangion at loust reasonably gufo to live in, the withholding of which avoins to bo the only reason for the oxial once of the antiquated and defective syston of drainage thore prevailims. Untilit is pulled aut and wnlirely reconstructed tho White House will be beblnd our Lotter clusa of Now York ten- eiuent houses in thig important particulur, The temporary chunges suggested by Col, Waring are necessary and proper, aud wo ure glad to hear that they ure bulng made. We trust that Congress will at once make the necessary up. provriations to have the work ruconstructed In ho best muunor thut present kuowledge makes ‘possinie. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate for nervous debility, cufcebled digegtion, oto, Puupblet tree. 1) Phemlcal Works, Providunce, Ie Le i a a * MARINE NEWS. The Perils of Lake Michigan as Exemplified Last Week. Sturgeon Boy Canal an Ine. provement of Great Tue portance. Around tho Lakes—Sand Beach Harbor— Dock and Othor Notes—Arrivals and Doparturos, NOME GATIT THI PERILS OF LAKE MECIICAN, ‘The Milwaukes Republican of Saturday has tho following renriding a sehoouer, BUpposed to ‘be elthor the 0, Shaw or Caledonin, the wreek- ayo of which came ashore at Rueine Priduy: “Tho sehooner Live, Capt, Jobn ‘Thompson, tre rived In port about To'elock lust eventng, with \ cargo of staves trom Holand, Mich. Capt. Thompson reports that about o'clock yester> day afternoon, whe about tftcen miles enst~ kottbenst of this port, while standing on tho cabin of tho Eiva, his eyes caught sight ofan object fn the water a short disinuce fram hin that looked Ike tho spar of wt vessel with part of tho rigging banging to it, Ile quickly called his mate, and by the thno hearrived they were within 160 fect of tho wreckuye. Ho pininly saw, whilo passing tho tangled mass, a large epnr, which appeared to be taken off quite close tothe deek, with nsall seton it, and alse saw tho rigehag tingled on the spar. The Elva was making ood tine when she passed tho wreck, 13 sho was bu fore the wind, but Capt. Thompson thougnt he could seo tho stern and gitide work of tho wrecked craft rise and fail with the waves. The course of the Elva was ehanged to dite west. ‘Three mites from where the Captain first saw tho tangted muss ho passed deck planks and othor pleces of n vessel, He wasof tho oplnlon that ho suw another spar considerable Ws. tance away on the water. Hoe passed at biteh: combing which was painted lead color, ‘ho nus inerous deck planks which Were pussed sceined to be old ones. The Captain stated that tho vessel was cithor tun into by seme othor. vessel! or olay she capsized, Ho was nso of the opinion that the blow was not severe enough to atsinast her or to break ber up tu gtich & short tine, unless she wus a yory oll craft. He conkt seo no simnll bot in the wlotnity of tho wreck, anid thought that tho crow of the lil-fated vessel bud found a watery grave, unless they had been picket up by some passing vessel, a8 there wis a ble sea running vt the tine. Cant. Thompson also re- panel that le passed a ishermin’s broy about ive infles east of whero hu frst siw tho wreek~ ages and after ching! from tho wreekage was abrenst of © kee nid Hnelne,’ big course, due weat nd two hours’ sailing he county Hay between Milwaus Our correspondent in Mile waukvo related In Ins dispiteh pubilsed in ¥ terday's Ternuse how several inhuman we misnamed tig Captains, allowed tho unfortu- mite vessel to go to her doom without the lenst Attempt to save her. This vessel should uot be confounded with the one that Capt. Birch, of tho: schooner Morning Light, sitw cupsized, and of whieh ug yet no futelligence us to what vessel It was has been revolved, THR STURGEON HAY CANAL. Indeed, the Sturseon Buy & Lake Michigan ship caonl is yettiag to bean fimproverment of uider Hiportanes than ts generally supposed, From the lth of last April to the Ist of the present mouth 1207 suit vessels and 858 steamers nod tugs of lurge dimonsions towing barges: (making 2 total of 2.007 crafty, bave passed through tho canal. ‘This does not include the tuys and sinall craft of tho bay that so fro- quently utilize the cenal. BAND BEACH SAnHON. Captains of steamers running along the Lake Tturon shore complain about the way in which tho breakwater at Sand Beach burbor of refuge is monopolized by tows during a xoutbonst wind, Along tow of Darges come in for shelter, and without shortening thule tow Hues, te up long tho breakwater, oveupying nearly its ontire length, Although there 19 a large space bee tween each barge, a stenmer cannot come In yieae danger of breaking her wheel on tho owellue, DOCK AND OTHER NOTES, Tho schooner Bolivia, Capt, Ben Chumbers, is still in port. Tho big stenmor John B. Lyon left for Butfalo yesterday ufternoon, Tho steamer [axon came Into port yesterday, her frat appearunce this season, The namo of tho steam-bargo Willinin Crippen hiv boen ehunged to Mawlo Mavaball, be Snilors’ wages tnve been advanced to 82 on Lake Ontario and $2.25 through the cannl, Capt, Lucns, of tho schooner Young Amorica, is to retire from sulling owlug to Hlshenlth, Tho big (UH, Lrockyay Jett with one of her Immense flatbonta lor Ludington yesterday, ‘Tho Nght at Dunlap's Reel, Sturgeon Bay, will pe Utup tor tho frat time next Saturday ‘even ing. ‘Tho scow Hero wns reized at Port Huron by Paiste Senta DD. Mathews for a €l0 supply Dill. ft is quite probable that shu will be gold, Capt. N.S. Whipple, of Dutrolt, ty now owner of the achooner Muize, whieh formorly bulouzod to Casey & Carrington, of Loloio, ‘Che consid- orutlon ty $10,000 cat, Tho Lake Superior Flah Company, of Princo Arthur's Lunuing, hive purchised tho hutl of the steamor City of Winnipeg, which burned at Duluth recently, for $2.00, Tho barge Iron Chiel, whieh has been tnwed since lost spring it tho steum-burge fron Dike, Js to receive machinery of her own. - Her ongine: will be similar to thnt of tho Jran Duke, Much fun was occasloned in murine circles yesterday at tho slgbt of tho Captain of is cor tiin fast steamer standing on tho pilot-houso under # dainty-tooking imbrefla, Cais ts tho Orst caso of the kind on record, ‘The tug D. D; Vorter lost bor barzoa, tho M. C, Cameron and Craig, on Lake Ontario during 0 recent blow, and was compelled to put mto Toronto, ‘Tho barges reached Port Dilnouste: after much Helnze ond wins nenrly all thor eunvad and tho Craig her muininnst, ‘The schooner d. F, Joy, Capt. Christie, after making s(x trips for lumber trom equating, in tow of the atunm-burge Huron City, wil paw uo Into the Saginaw trade, Sho will be towed by the stenm-burge Empire, which iso tows the barge 8.1, Mtungertord. Tho Huron City and schooner Sim Flint will continue on tho Luke Superior route. A singular mlahnp occurred to the tug F. C. Maxon, of Biilwaukee, while towing tho largo Behoonor Negaunve out Friday morning. ‘The Maxon had proceeded with ber tow to about abreast of the sunken barga. Scott, whon tho Kreman of the Saxon found that he could not open tho furnace deor, und the steam soon commenced to lower; The tug was unnbls to proceed with hor tow on wocount of tho big sea nnd tow ston, and the vessel was obliged to drop her auchor, Tho Maxon returned to port, ang tho furnace door, after a yreat deal of dif} Heulty, waa pried open. It was found on open nx tho door that the Hning had evans go hot that it oxpunded tn auch 2 manner as te keep tho door shut tight. AROUND THE LAKES, STRUCK HY LigHTNING, Special Miepatch to The Chicago Tribune, Minwauxer, Wis, Oct. 1—'he sohoonor Burpriso arrived bero today jun damaged con- didon, having been striiok by Ightning carly orday morning off Kownunge, Tho ligbt- Inngatrock tho main topmast, broakiny it off abova tho cyus of tho rigging. A portion of tho olactrio thitd then passed down the topyattant atuy, aplintaring tho foremast boad ao budiy as to ruin tho spar and compiotely doubling up a square cye-bolt plato of tron, Anothor portion of the fluld descended the back stay, singolug ‘ony of tho legs of tho maty, Chriat Hanson (who Wag standing near), belaw tho knee, bealdos frightenlow him out of hia senéos, Tho spine tere of the foremast head fairly riddled the foregulf topsuil, Tho alfalr occastoned a gon. oral panto uimoug the crow uf the Surprise, A BICK OCAVTALN, ‘The stoam-bargy Kershaw arrived in charga of tho Mate, Capt. Hebert Ballentine being cons fined to his howe in Detroit by tliness, NO CLEW. ‘Thore 18 as yot no olow tu tho Identity of the vessel or vossels that waterlogwed aud broke up outelde during the futo gulo. Thu description of the craft seen to capsize by tho Morning Light unawers to that of tho scow-schoonor John juan Jt, SPRUNG A LEAK, ‘The schoonor Kichurd Winslow, which sprung leak and lost somo canvas while working up tho Btruits, arrived hero today. LOST A RAPT. Spectat Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune Hrunazon Hay, Wis. Oct. 10.~Tho tug Lovil- athus lost a lurgo ratt of lowe yesterday tn Green Bay, about threo ifles outeide of tho boy, ‘The loys were bolg taken frum Poshtiga to'TwoKivers, Thetug is lying in. this port Dow, and jd walling for orders from Milwaukoo, THUY CANAL. ‘Thero ta no foundation tor she statomont that Wark on tho canal bas boon impeded, by the late storm. ‘Tho cauul has not been filled up with aand. On the contrury, work Ja progrossiny at i Sutiefactory rate. RAN OM A REEF, Special Dispatch to Tha Chicaoo Tribune, SAND BEACH, Mich., Oot, 16.—Tho stoain-bargo Ontouagon rau on the reef at Point au Barques lust night during a heavy gato. Sho waa oblixed to lougo of four barges which shu bad In tow, and they wero picked by tho tug Hauizo aud towed fo tho Ontonnyon, and arrived bere this eventing. Her anoke stnck Is lying on her deck, eatised by tho Jar of etriking on the reef. Rho Je hot danntzed intich otherwise. Tho wind is Diowing hard from the northwest. PORTE OF CHICAGO, ARRIVALS, Some Corona, Milwankea, eandrion. i rimbor, niet a IDO. aundrles. + ‘AVCrRt Hwan ke Lake, | ni gt, ee, TMH, ind, Iumbors Drmber, Hears, Grvun tat, ——,. Riv Hiatinive conte HUray, AshtnbUld, ns owbrldgy, Gronittrotd’s falund, Hos, i nin, Cireen Thay. venntire, Grhadey ptt + grindstone, clr rolayzan, Peshtize, limber. Mele Wiity Oak, Maniste Prop it. C. Mriettlit, Haaen ttn, ACTUAT BAI Hem Corona, Miwaukde, wi hebogzan, Maulto wwe pk, Hatutin, aundele dint Carwonned Marven, xtietedetos, ours, LAttio Hiay ala Novus, wundelos, iis Walls, Humtale, tu) bn corn, Fe Kok) DY Cords Div eorn, 1" » jr Hnifalos sci bit corn Niven, Gudensbaredg, 1 ON bit corn. sehr City of Sheboyann, Excatiatn, Maglite Sehr Lona Urant, Musk tthe OTHER LAKE PORTS. PONT TYROS, Special Dirnatch to The Chicago Tridune, Vorr Ilunos, Mich, Oct, 10—0:90 p, m.—Passod up—lropeliers Huitalo, Hrimawick, City of Rone, James Davidson, Enst Sagimuy and Darwes, I. Prindivilie and barges, Ira Chaffee and barges, Philndelphin and consort, Mary Pringle ‘and barges; schooners Francis Palins, Groton, Constitution, Jane Meleod, Swallow, Consolo; tg A. A, Sumner and barges; steamer Bayle Down—Propellura City of Mount Clemens, Montuna, daines Fisk dr,, Arabia; J, 8. Ruby, Jumes Dunbar, Ontonngon, tay City and barges, Arxes and barges, R. Stowart with barges and achooner C, Reed, 1B, Hall with Behooner Alva Bradiey; Kchoondrs Angus Sinith, Gluistone, Thomas Gawn, 6. He Burton 1. J. Austin, ing M. Peterson, and Donaldson; stenimor curl. Wind onst, Hirht. Weather cloudy, Tight rains. 'Tho wreeliny suboaner H.W. Johnson arrived back Ing from Lake uron, having: lost her foresuit Ina heavy equal fram the northwest Indt night. Tho propeller Ontunngon struck oun reet above Port Hopo hist nicht while bound down, grazing her bottom to some extent. The Aliza will tow her Darges through, CHENOYGAN, MICH Svectat Disnatch to ‘The Chien Tribuns, Cienoyaan, Mich., Uct. 10,—Clenred, gcboonor Purana City, Chicazu; Lotti Couper, Midland Rover, andy porinent, propeller Norther Ques and Fountain Clty, Arrived, propeller Vanraaito and tho rallread ferry Alioinah and barge, Wind suuthwest, gale, clondy. : BAND BEACH, 31100, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune SANv BEACH, Mich., Oct, 18.—The following wero In tho Larbor ist night: ‘The steamers Ward and Nuashuy, stenm-birges Portor, Cham- berlaln and tow, Lowell and tow, tug Martin Bud tow, stenm-barge Minneapolis, tugs Jolin Murtin and Wileox, schooners L, L. Lump, Ne musis, Bud Juno Muson. MILWAUKEE, dpeetae Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, MILWAUKER, Oct. 16.~—Arrived—stoum- barge Minneapolis, from Eseanuba; steam-barge C, J. Korahow, from Huttato; 4 echooners Itehird Winsiow aud Eimina C. Hutehingon, from Cluye- jad. CLEVELAND, 0. Speetat Dispatch to Ths Chieago Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., Oct, 16.—Clonred—Propellers Waverly and Nebraska, merchandise, Chicago. ENTE, PA Spectat Dispatch tv The Chdcaao Tribune, Eure, Pu. Ovt. M.—Clenred—Propelicr Worth- Jngton, Nght, Ashtnbula, ti VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Mrs, Babbitt Vouched for by Mrs. Sovleshelney ‘Th tha Ealtor of The Chicago Tribune. Crrcsqo, Oct. 1,—Yesterday I returacd from Iny summer sojourn in tho old Pennsylvania home, and was tict by the newa that Mrs. Habe itt hes been publicly charged with ombezzing ‘fA yitl and money intrusted to her caro, | bave hut soen tho publications, but beg lenve to eny that from an intimate knowledye of Mrs. Babe ‘Dit, dusting for twenty-flvo years, Lam quite cortaln that whatever wrong’ she his done bis been to herselt and her own fainily. Hor one thusinsn on the subject of rescuing girls froin danger and phen thow in respectable homes amounts to fannticisin, but of fraud or tulee- hood she is incapable. Elizabeth Holt Babbitt Is The most truthtul person { bave over known, Hor desire to tell tho exnet truth aud to muke it understood often mokes hor tedious. | regard her asi veritubladcunnle Deans, Scott's fanious heroine was no moro incorruptible than this Chieaygo woman who now stands ebarged with a felony. Whothor of not sho can make ber inno coned appear, Bho is initovent of anything but uniluoe zeal to serve tho Muster and rescue a child from real or suppored dingor, Jane GHEY SwWissietat. Tho Misslasipp! River improvomont Convention, TD the Eititor vf The Chteago Tribune, New Yous, Oct, 4.—On tho 20th of tho preg- ent month it is proposed to hold a grand con- vention of statesinen and engineers at St. Louis §n order to moro vigorously make known to tho General Government and the pooplo of thia country the fmportanco of tho Mississippl and rivers tn goncral buing jmproved for the benollt of aivlyation, commerce, ote. If this is atl the convention ts going to uccompliah its delegates inlght ag woll stay ut home, for tho Importance of that fact is proved by all and disputed by nono; but, un the contrary, {£ tho convention would conslder solely and tnstruct tho Goveru- ment how one purt of a river or system of rivers could bo improved without injuring tho naviga- Yon and tow nt otber parta by causing over- ‘lows, shoaling, ctc., undoubtedly vory much goal would reault from tho meating. More culling on the Government to appropri- ate money for river improvements, without having any cominon-sense plan to spend it on, would most dvefdedly indicate that ft {s for “improvement” of the Treasury that the con- yentlon moots. As some ongincors who are yory velobrated in the public cstiination (and tho public is always Wind on what does not personally concern 1) fre golng to uddrees this conyontion and frume resolutions, | would remind them aud the cou vention generally that it ia nearly a year since Lotferud through your jourual and many others besides in ditteront parts of the county a prizu of $50 or a gold modal property inscribed to any ongincor, atatesman, Or Other porson in the country wha would seiontifeully answer tho question—viz.s" Why do rivers, sunning through an alluvial or sandy doll thke a crooked, curved, hnd indirect lino to tho gua inutead of a straiaht course, which should be the line of the luast re- aiatancer” ‘Lhouck innny anawera wero Bont direct to me, and many toro published In the varlous Journals, none wore sutlefuctory. or seomed to comprehend tho subject; therefore the prizo still awalte a claimaut who Tum anx- ous to find; and to ussure all that therv fs no shonanagan on my purt In moeking this offer, and that it le porfeutly tona do, 1 will further state that uny porson sending an answer which docs not mect the question, and etill porsiets his snawer Is correct, 1 will olthur givo him tho prize or tauko him 8 wager even ad bixh ne 85.000 at his anuwor fd wropg. In other words, 1 Piet d will do one or the othor, or stutosman can even talk iutelligontl, subject, lot alono plan works, without fully un- derdtanding the unéwer to this query, and re- Tanne. tho Bt, Louis Convention that for four years | have publicly tectured and written In all parts of the country that the Government warks now being prosecuted at the mouth of tho Mis- Spot (will-dumng wud jettles) would cause tho M sieat out to seck an outlet through tho Atcha- fataya Ulver ay the next most natural and con- venfont mouth, and, if the Government stopped that up, (t would still abundon its present mouth kc auothor; and, furthor, wnat tho dam- wing up of the mouth of tho Siississipp! Rivor wad merctriciously cifectiug tho channols and flow of every river drainiug into tho Mixsélsaippl,, besides the entire fongth of channels through wnat river itsolf, Iwill close by: maying it ia now gonerully recognized that the channel through the South Pass tyooly koptopen ut enormous ty rapidly incrous(ny to tho impossible; that the Miasiss(ppi aud ited Rivers scud enormons outs ce of thelr waters Shrouiyh tho Atcha- ‘alaya to the Gulf, end that the Red River bur where it cntors tho Silsulvaippi is building up so faat that only ton days ago three loaded steam ora returned to New Orlouas unable to pass it, Query'No.2; Doug nut our peculiar modo of river and barbor engineering increase, if not produce, these disastrous conditions of our riv- ore und harbors? Stust respectfully, Jleauy FB. Knare, C. By Nu, 19 Vearl stroot, Now York. a Shakspoaro’s Forest of Ardennes, Biyth, history, and loxend—ubove all, so faras Engiighmen are concerned, the geliua and the ‘fauoy of bhukspeary, have asgoclated the Are dennes with mich thatis romantic. In tho diss when the Ramis tid nade thomaclves minsters of Gun, the districta tint still bear the name wero limost Unbroken forest, the retinge of weuttored tribes who fad fallen before the Ho- munneins. Later, inthe the of Chnrlomngne, the descenmints of those reftees Ina inde Clonringa in tho woodlands; thelr elters tad. Oufit stronvhoids, round whteh rude vithies uaterod, and even. bere and there they Mul lined patches fron the widerne It was aUlll s favort porate a had curried C do much on the whole to promote publica seenrl- ty. On the contrary, church or relighous come munity or hermit’s colt became a sinetiuury, where tho erimind Aying from justica couche, refuge ut the horns of tho altar, “fn the middie tures tho Lihabltnute, always) fond of Mihting, had still preserved thal sivinge indepondence, and, its teat detable lands lying between h Mile States, they heid thotr own throuh the a mosittes of Choir nofghhore, fe tater Cine, and notably fn tho ward Unt followed tho Frevut: Revolution, the forest deliies through whlele northorn Invasions were direeted pou Frans beenmo tho seene of famous and eapgulnary: battles; and fnally tt was int tho Fronch Depart+ ment of the Ardeqnes, und on the banks of the Meugo hetweon Mésléres and Htouay, that the hist, Meauerate castof tho Second Binpire ottl- minted In the’ dlsususter of Sedu So it will bo seen tht, setting its Meturesqueness — avide, thore is to drturest tho) tourist within = the Mints of the Ardeynes. ‘These linits re Ihore oxtensive thin t wenorally velluved. Thoy emnbrava the French departivent of the sane tnd Botan Luxemburg, purts of tho Bellin provinces of Nanvtr and Lice, with te greater portion of thy ¢ Duchy of Luxemburg, and extend, bealles over tho Prussint borders on the side of Aixda Chapelle, tut thea besutles: and wondors of the distriet are chfelly comprised between tho French Mouse on the south and tho bend of that river to tha north between Namur und Huy, with the valluy of tho tritutary Am- bléve, "To tho west ony my trace nine from Namur duo southward to Mésidres; while tho eastern frontier ins roughly parniicl, cam menting atspn and enting at Luxemburg. But, of course, there are districts within that wide encelnie of intinitly srenter beauty or interest than others, aye the buols which form tho sue Jects of our article supply the information that may guide the visitor. Tt is difictlt In a few lines to convoy a generat impression of the country, since [ty prineipal ehitrin conalsts in nu intinit diversity of charac- ter, Scones of singular softness and grent sa lvan beauty uttermite within n very’ few iutles with othors that are stern nnd savage. tn one partof ity course a river will rug through sail ng pistorel vallusa, in AuOtherst will be pent up in gloomy gorges. or come tumbling down among tho rocks unter the dark tirwoods. The Meuse, for example, within the French frontier: hus always seeined to us sombre and sad, though nothing enn be brighter of livelter than {ts lowor course, whero It flows through the Walluon ining towards Lite. auld, however, that tantural much Se fu general it may bo most of. the cotintry is n lofty, broken, nud wooded platen, in whieh the rivers bayve worn thom: selver beds, The climate is harsh, though hot enough in the summer, na ig khows by the chur aeter of tho vegelution mid the erops. ‘Tho i= habitants, a8 fn old thines, tire stl! zathored Into grenter or stuniler centres of populution, while Vust tracts of heath aud woud are left comptrite Henly degertcd. M, ‘Paine in hig cloment lotro. duction, gives us his own boyish tmpressions of fia native province In fanzine whieh remiuds ue much of Kinile Souvestro's pleturcs of Brit- tuny. We trunslite rather freely: “Po reo ft still as ft used to be, wo should tako the direction of Dun and travel toward tho north, Many a time bavo L mnie the journey dn nutitinn with ny fathar, and Eremnember the prolonged silence we fell upon when tongue after leagoe wo came continudly on the rounded bends of the onks, oF (he rows of trees rising stitfo Gver tne, and on tho scents of the eternal wrocn, No sound; hardly a passenger; the damp grass encroached on tho two sites of the rod; the golonnudes of tho tree trunks closed in iu the distaner, adinitting no daylight betweou," —————————- TIRED OF LIFE. SHOT HIMSELF. Borctat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Witxesnanne, Pa, Oct. 1.—This clty was sturtlel this morning by tho sad news of tho rulelde of James Trotheway, a member of tho Council and a nrominent und wealthy mine contractor, Ho shot bimsolf through the heart with a revolver in nn upartinent of his resl- dlonce Just after sutttise. He was agrout aufferer from dyspepsia, and to his physical disorders. were added those of a mentnt charactor that undoubtedly turned bis tend at last. Quite recently be was mae tho victim of an alleged — blacknalllag seheme, a gonna girl of doutitful reputation having had him urrested for seducing her. ‘The attr was mrde public in one or two papers, and it qu. noyed hla greatly, He refused to compromise with tho parties dud the case was coming to trlitl acon, He was also greatly disturbed by reason of tho searoity of skillcd labor in tho work of sluklug conl-shatta, and some, heavy contracts under way bade fate to reap intge lasses for hin in consequence, He was a nativesf Cornwall, Buglund, und came to thia country in 168. Ho leaves 2 wife and nine children, Who are, bow- over, cumfortably provided for. JUMPED FROM A TRAIN, Spectal Dispatch io The Chicago Tribune, MAUSHALLTOWN, Tn. Oct. 1i.—Mr. and Mra. Browater, of Peiuco Hdward's Landing, Canada, wero traveling westward ou tho Chicago S& Northwestern this morning, bound for Buone, In, ono visit. Mrs, Brewster bad been ill, and her mind bocumo unsettled whito on tho rond. At Codur Rapids she wis missed from the train, aud tho pussungers turned out on masa to hunt nor Upy do aho was found n short dis- tinea. from tho ‘depot. When betwoon Cedar Rapids und Fatrfax, Mr. Urow- tenvine stor atoy peat Into thg water-closct, hla wite alone, The woman made a sudden rush for tho door of tho ear, And threw borself hend foremost from thu platform. What tad bup- ned was not understood until several minutes find passed. ‘The train was stopped nnd backed down tho track, Mra, Browater fell on pple of ties. Tho top of ber head wus crushed in, and sho wan othorwiso «latigurad. She tiny oxactly aseho fell, and death must hive been fstan- tanvous. | Mr. Brewster romained at Fulrtax with the body, DOMESTIC TROUBLES THE CAUSE, Spectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, GALBNA, IIL, Oct. 15.—Mrs, Lindsey, wifo of Thomas Lindsey, of Vinegar 11 Yownenip, in thia county, committed sulcido at an curly hour thia morning by hanging herself in tha stable adjoining tho house, A son went to tho barn for tho purpose of doiug the chores, and found his mother dangling in tho alr, Graspluy her by tho fect he raised hers bost he could and called for ogsistance. Another son rosponded at onee, and, jerking out his knife, ho ent tho rono, whic Was suspended from a rafter. Sr. Lindsey was carried into tho house and found to ‘be yet alive, though unconscious, in which etute she remained untit (o'clock this evening, who sho breathed her Inst, Domustic troubles was the cause of tho act. WALKED INTO THE RIVER, Spretat Dispatch to The Nhicago ‘Tribune, SuviBYVILLER, Ind., Ovt. 15.—Early this morn- ing the dead budy of Mra, Ephraim Drako waa found In a pilo of driftwood in Blue River, elght miles wost of hare, Tho Indy ioft her bed about 2 o'clock In tho morping, and not returning soarch was {nstituted ‘with tho abovo result, Bho was olther suttoring frow temporary insan- ity orsemnambulisin, it is not known which, and In her delirium walked into the river, which Passes near her housa, und was drowned. A MILWAUKEE ARCHITECT. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct, 10.—O, F, Holz, o well-known architect of this city, fins been utissing stuee last ‘Thursday. A letter just discovered shows tht he committed sulciae, probably by drowning. ” CUT Hs THROAT. Spactat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Orrunwa, Ia, Oct, 15,—Thomas A, Carita, dia- charged from Company D, ‘Third United states Cavulry, at. Fort Sauders last wook, cut bla throat frotn cur to cnr ut the resldence of his brothor Jn this city to-cay, dying olmost Justantly, He ‘Was 33 years old. Whisky did it, KILLED HIMSELF WITT A GUN. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Osos, Wis., Oot. 15.—Fredorick Oniska, a German farmer, killed himsolf witha gun at Boar Creck yestorday, Tho Coroner's jury ren- dered a verdlot of accidental. shooting, but thore {4 a rumor Chat Ho committed suicide, Saved by a Coon Skin. “Tho Indians would como Into my store," Bald QB woll-known Weatern trador, “by dozens, and after examinls ay, goods go Awuy without pie cuusing, They had ploaty uf money aad lure, but bought no goods, and ‘the reason wasu wnys- tery to mo, and L wus ulmost discouraged, “At lonyth the Chief of the Nation camo in company with a crowd of Indians. Je tnstant- ty exclalmed: ‘How do, Thomea? Come, uhow me nice goods. What do you ask for this? Jil take four yards of calico-thra cogusling for one yurd—halt 9 dolluc exactly—by'm by, to- morrow, I'll pay you,’ “'The nextday bo camo, accompaniod by hia whole band. Hiy blanket above bls watst was stuffed with coonekins. ‘American, 1 will pay ‘that bill now,’ sald tho Indian. * palting, tho avuon tothe word, ho began to Pull the king from his vianket, aud count out twolve, bold the thirteenth tn bla bi ans Noally laid {upon the reat, oxclulinin: it ‘That's ng itexuctly,’ lguvoit tack to him, te him hy owed me but twelve, and the Groat Bpicit would uot let me ebeat him. “ Wo vantinucd to pass it buck and forth, each Ono asserting that it belonged to tho othor. At Just bo. sppeared aatistied, apd xaye s scruiiniz~ jook, then placing the aking within the folds of bis blanket, be stepped to thy door, and with 8 voll criod,* Come! como fu, all you. aud trade with tho-pale faco; he's honest}. to will not cheat the tndinn: he helloves tn tho Great Spirits ble heart ty bies ho $8 an honest trinlers “He then turned to ine and ethts 1 you had taken that ono enon skin, Land my people wont have hed nothing to do with yon, and wagtt buve driven yor nway Miko wt tow, but tw ft have fonnd tint you nee tho Mdian’s felon ang wo shall be veurs,” : Pho Tndtans thon beg flocking. Into the store, nnd ta trade, and before the atta had gong down J was walst deep fn furs, Shut one coup bkin suved me, AMUSEMENTS. “PATIENCE? c Gilbert and Sullivan's {atest work," Patlenco, was produced atthe Grand Opera House, Ing evenmng, by Rico's. © Surprico Barty, tag crowded house. bls company bas heretoforg heen engaged ft the produetion of burlesques of tho“ Hubingon Crusoo” types and its exsiyntot esthotic operettn fan Might much above tho plineof is former undertakings, Tho enst, consequently, wits in suing pluces very wenk; and, thourh there wern many good foatures iy the performance, tho cifeat, ts whole, dit nog execed the bounds of slmple respeetabiilly, Misa Mloso ‘Temple, the Pattee, has often Bung here betore. Her volcu is Ught, but pleas. wit i its tunes. Her ueling was deficient ty sprightiiness, with the exception of the seer with Grosvenor, in whieh Laticnes- alter. nately voices her gratitiéation nat hig love for ber, and vonts her indyrontion at his inunifestutions of that tovu—Lle whieh KeenD the whimslua! changes wore depleted by Miss ‘Tem plo with a striking degree of sudden antithaticul transition, Miss Wentworth, tho Lady Angel, Js. u pleasing ainger, und did well In her portray awl of thy various phases of tho esthotle craze belug quite well supported by Sfiss Perey as tho Lady Sapir and Mies Wall ts tho Lady Bla, ‘tne faidy June—which character is intondod ty bo tuken by a woman of Iarzo alzo—was In tho hands’ of Mr. Forteacuy, who hing for several eure madG uw apeuiatty of female churacters ta purlesque, Wile the tasty of giving the part tom munis directly questionable, ft 43 Dut juaticn Fortesee to any tht Ida persotind pe ‘anee 1s thoroughly ucapted to te wnitysly of Lady dane, chit he did not overdo the role, and thi his: baes-viot Some wis executed with a rensonnble ainuuut of corpulout-feinnle expression, autioric, by Mr. MeColiin, wag the best portraiture of tho ovening—the feshly poet being well tukon off In all partivulirs, and especiuity iu action. Full force was given to all the suaient poluts of the uburucterlziton, with: oUt resort to undue exnggeration. Mr, Clark luuked tho ily ie poet, and wave his musle with sweetness, I nol with powor, ‘Nhe three viticers were all poorly done; ang tho chorus was free quently kickin in both Unison and ring. ‘Lhe orchestration, 10, was nut alwayé in ime or ‘ho management should taka immadiato steps to poilee thelr gullery. Lhe Bowery perforine anees of # the foils” lost night were anything but pleasing to the respectable portion of the house, atid should buve been suntmaclly crusbul, at thelreommencement. Such rowdytsm should jot be tolerated for one moment, “hls evening Pationce" will bo repented at the Grand Opera-House by the Meo company; and it will also be brought out at Maverly’s Thoe atro by the Euullu Melville troupe. GERMAN ‘THEATRE Collmer © Ieenstein’s German comedy come Dany eppeared Inst oventng at MuVicker’s in De, Von Schweizor's now singuyg farve, or melo- drama, As it ity more properly be called, ene titled “Div Nichto des Milliontirs* (Lho Mille lonalro's Niece). lke most phiys of this char autor, It has but little plot or intrinsic valuc asa fiterary production, ft dependa more for tts Success Upon. funny sittmtions and ineldents and a bumorous and witty dgtog, Interspersed with couplets and songs, Much of the success of this Ketnd of plays depends upon tho ucting. To ful- Hill its purpuay and plense tho public, the princl- pul Picts must. bo ju tho bands of pelent comedians and | soubrets, and en the minor inrts must be In the bunds of eupable actors. ‘The lending roles last ovening were in good hands, but some of the miner parts were su badly cust and so execratily performed that even tho good work of tho lending people dul not take the paver impression. in order to porforim such phiys 04 this sttceessfully Coll mner & Isenstem's compuny needs considerable strengthoning, It Is strong enough as fur as tho geutiomen are concerned; in this respect It ts even stronger than last your's companys Wut tt ds very doticient ug far as tho fadies are cote cerned. Miss Mundt-Machluach’ and Mr, Murkhim ure about tho only ladies that amount to anything. ‘Che Judies who reg: ulurly desume tho ininer piurts are ubout us poor us they well can be, and some of them ought bot to be permitted to appear on tho stage, Pho leading parts of Auguet Wuselich and slnguat Wiehe, Conmnissionatros, were well performed by Ue two comedhing, Messrs, Heine nung und Axtingin, and the lutter particularly nequitted himself very ureditubly, Miss Mundt Muclhbach did very Well with the partot Afulchen Ataleke, She deserves esnectal credit ‘for her pt acting because tho purt is designed fora ouding soubret, which is not in ber regular ling. ‘Lhe vorsitality of this ludy ta quite nstone (shing. She pluys almost equally well io tragedy, comuly, or operetta, and It te bard to say in wuleh pho oxcols, She singa well, having a iat but woll cultivated soprano yoree, Mra. Markham give a tne rep resentation of tho aristocratic widow, Henore Kusebter nhard, Rodenberg, Engel, and Grosser were nceuptuble in the respective parts, But the ladies In tio minor parts were so bud ay to murthe etfectot the porfarannce ss whole. Miss Scherzel, whu thus tar hus regu jarly appeared in Juvenile dy parts of moro or Jess Importunce, was even worse than Usui last oveniug inthe rile of Eifricde, Mrs, Gebbant in the part of Juroncas von Nordeck was equilly out of place, ‘Chose two lndivs managed to spail a most offective scene at the close of the second fot AbOUL us thoroughly ay vould well bo done, —————— SUPPOSED SUICIDE, William Putnam, a young inan 23 yoars of age, whose homo fs In Leroy, N. Y., and who for four weeks precoding tha 10th day of tho present month was employed as chief bell-boy nt the Sherman House, was found ut 11 o'clock yester day morafng dead in his bed at Nibbo's lodging: house, No, “07 South Clark streot. Lt le thought that he came to bis douth by suicide, tho indica tions being that he had taken polson, thought to be morphine, The propriotor of tho house says that at abouts o'vlack yestorday morning Put nam cotered tie placo in whut was roganied ag wn fuebrinted condition, it belng known. that ho was uddicted tu the use of driuk. After helping him to rotira Mr. Nibbo paid no more attention tu bli until 11 o'clovk, when hig body was found. Tho police wore notilled, and the ronuing were removed to tho Movxuo, whore the Coroner witl bold an inquest this morning. Putnain, while employed at the botel wuove menutioued, gaye way so often ta ble appellté for Iquor that he wis discharged thorotor, Hie own Wenknoss had wolgbed a heavily wpon hls inland that even before ho loft the hotel ho told some Of his compunlons tht ho should take his Ufo if he could not maater ble cravings for the ettecta of atcohol. Mis Sooming ually to Reeure —. contra! bineolf, WMshenlth, ond his sense of shane concerntog bis disnstavat su woleted upon kis intnd Lt he sougtt tho atorrest road to tI bourne whore earthly cared ure forgotten, Prom lottura fouud nmonyg hie effects it Is pluin that Putnam was a youn man who bad followed & walk ih life not familiar to most young fellows to be fauod in the ocoupation fn’ which ho had seon ft toumbark. ils letters from hie mother in Leroy und tricnda in Milwaukee show that hiv foilica und faflings wore known at foustia PUrt to thems, and were full of alfection and good udyice, ———— Mimfery at tho Paristan Cafe Chantant Correapoudence San Frunctaco Chronicle. Theard one urttat who imitated a midoizat chorus of dogs ubuuta villaxe, You heurd the bi dog, the little doz, tho puodlo, und the imlscrable vagrant yullor dug" in’ all thelr chortses and changes, Finally, all tho othors Ieehud inte the yuller dog and gave bim an aw: ci) Motel und tho lnat sound beard was the distant kiyt"” of tho yalter doy ag be fled (ar from the village, ‘This was vory plain in Ros ish, if te was, rendered tn Fronch.. It wis @ Picos of high art, and whon tho porforiaer, Who Wha not a young man and resembled DP, I, Bare HUM, Was through, ho hustled off to givo the sume clover iimitution somowhore else, Another gluver drollory was an imitation by a live man Of tho Murlonvttes ar Wooden puppets, WHI danced, walked, ucted, with wires, ‘The ati, mechinicn!, akating-ke alts tho dona, wood en, untife-tke stop whon these furs do, stops the post-like attitude in repose, and tha abrupt. dorky, angular gestures, whilo speaking, Wore perfeutiy imitated, yet tha life anc sbie, ae ft wore, underneath all sored to minke the action still moro ludicrous, And whon thls vountorfalt of a counterfolt of Ife tnolly ak | fomptod its lust alcuty off ita stage, thore wus 88 Smitation of au sevident. ‘Through some bite! in the wires moving tho limbs, wherut the binge Jointed logs suddenly sunk away at tho kives Wud Us Apparont inOffcotual offorts wore made by the manipulator to got the munixin out of sight behind the seonos, ono deruugod ura jerked wildly up and down like a pump-hendle ——— Boockor on Mymn Books. Speaktug on the subject uf church music be fore tho New York and Rrooklyn Congregations) Assoulution, the luv, Henry Waed jeechor de elared tho majority of bymuy books sorry fas ures. A byinn book should bo like a bo! tuble,” suld ‘tho’ speuker; “it should bu 60 ar ranged that every one muy take what sults Bn! leave the rost mouc, Blauy of the poets hymns of tho day are utterly devoid of poets merit, and muny ace gilly. It is not the ye itwelf, hawover, that is valuuble, but the feo fugs it arouues. ‘Thor are tuugo that are ridicu: funs fn thomectyes, but which buye became anointed, aa {t were, and are eutitted to w blxber rank by fenton of thole results than uro otbars Taultloss iu rhythm und thought.” ————————— fi Winchestorss MYDORNGSPHIEOS willoure consurmption, coughs, woak lungs, Chilis, and general debillty. Bitabuancd sy cus8