Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1881, Page 4

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F. the second af a series of parties at see eer Suirtysirstse, and ludiana-ay. Seturduy Qoning, Sur, a. Members of the Urder und iriends fare cordially invited to CHICAGO CHAPTER No: arentssecondst Reeular Creningateaiok., Work on the iuyal & TEP Geaponions welcome. Bs order o a Fl. ? Sura, 5 VAN RENSSELAER GRAND LODGE, OF VER fection. A. A. Sonitish Kite Masons, | Kexular Asem Tig Tnarday evening next Work, on the Fourtlt tha Mifth Desrees, By orderof ihe “L en GUODALE, Grand Secreiary. © Secular meet jor. 1, for impu ferniay curdinuy invited: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 50, 1851. Tivo wercks, involving considerable Joss of life, are reported off the Australian coast. [he steamer Caleutta, from Melbourne for Sydney, went down. and all on board, twen- iy-two persoris, perished; and the ship Oimba, trom: Batavia for Melbourne, was lost with ali hands. Presipext G has offered M. Gam- betta a Cabinet position, and tne Jatter has. accepted. It is expected that he will choose the office of President of the Council, and that Leon Say will be Minister of Finance, De Freycinet Minister of War. and Jules Ferry Minister of Public Instruction. THE United States Senate adjourned sine dite yesterday without confirming: Stratham, Before adjournment vote of thanks was passed to the President pro {cm., Senator David Davis, on motion of the gentleman whom he succeeded, Senator Bayard, Sen- aior Davis returned thanks in a few well- chosen word: Secretary BLaixr’s identical note still furnishes matter of comment for the British journals. The Pall Malt Gazette says the Tefusal of the Umited. States to settle the status of the canal by international agree- ment establishes a precedent which is a “great deat worse than inconvenient.” The Saturday Revicw takes 2 more sensible view of the matter, and says that, although pre- yious to the French. expedition to Mexico some sonnd reasons might be urged against the claim of the United States Government, itis useless to urge any now, as America is master of the simation. _——— SecuETanY Wixpom proposed to. Presi- dent Garfield at Long Branch the week be- fore the latter was shova plan of civil-serv- ice reform for the Treasury Department. This plan which met with the approval of the late Président, proposed to allot to each State a nimber of appointments; the ap- polntment of a committee of three in each State before whom candidates for the places should be examined at least once a year, the pxamination to be so conducted as to test the experience and capacity of the applicants; appointthents to be made from awiong those who stood highest on the list, according as "| diet Per Cont j Liberal idex: 2 peimisnon fer vaance | granted. i143 | | Clerval 1 Bra wears. | iiberiy will be rejoiced to learn that the vacancies to which the State of the applicants was entitled occurred. It was also contem- plated that, other things belng’ equal, sol- ., their widows, andchildren should have ‘a preference, : —_—sSX— fr stormed at intervals yesterday at New York, and last night there was 2 copious rain, which will probably have the effect. of averting the water famine. ‘There is a pros- pect that the New-Yorkers may be enabled to take baths without going to Brooklyn, and that the saloonkeepers can take down the placards advising customers to use water moderately. : _——_—_—_ Baron vow SteuBes and a party of eight, all descendants of the gallant veteran of the Continental Anny, will arrive in this city this evening. They will be met by the Mayor and a deputation of prominent citizens, who will tender them a reception which ought to be worthy of their heroic ancestor, the aril master of the alicers of the American Revo- Intionary Army, who taught the raw back- woods militia to withstand British regulars and bayonets. They deserve and will cer- tainly receive a cordial greeting from all classes of the community, but more ¢s- pecially from their kinsmen, who form a Iarge proportion of our most industrious and patriotic citizens districts of Getmany confirm previous: impressions as to the result of the Thursday's election, The Conservative-Clerical combination has been defeated, Bismarck has been rebuked. and uu principles have achieved & Triumph: as remarkable as it was whexpected, "All the members of the’Centre and adv: Laberal party of the last Reichstaz. who pre~ sented themselves for reélection have been Several noted Radicals will vean opportunity to discuss Bis policy and principles in the nex Parliament, }-among them Herr Richter, Count Von: Ar nim, the son of the man whom Bismarck so unrelentingly persecuted, Herr Lasker, Dr. Forekenbeek, Dr. Fatk, the terror of the Carl Mayer, and others. Several af the most pronounced supporte of Bi marek have suffered defeat, in addition to his son—Dr. Lucius, present Minister of Agriculture, Kardotl Varnbuhler, Count kenburg. All friends of toleration and notorious person Stuecker has heen defeated in the fonr electoral districts where his nawe was presented, Mr. WatrEeRsON, of the Louisville Courier- Journal, is not pleased with Dan Voorhees’ flop on the tari question. Ie whacks Dan for saying ‘falsely that the “ taritf-for-rev- enneonly” plank in the platform of 159) is | without preeedent. Watterson anakes tha point that the platforin of 1878 demanded that “AN eustourhouse taxation s pall be for yevenue only,” and says: “ Mr. Voorhees was a member of the committee whieh adopt- ed and reported this platform, and neither history nor the proceedings of the committee or convention record that he gave the least sign of opposition to it, He was perhaps too full of the finances, But at Cincinnati, the finances having settled theniselves with- ‘out his valuable assistance, he had nothing to distract, his attention, Ue sat ona front seat just to the right of the staze. He heard tho tariff plank in the Cincinnati platform, which simply transcribed the sul nce of the tariff plank of the St, Louis platform, using the exact words of the latter, read twice and loudly applanded. He said never a word.” This seems to dispose of Voorhees. Ie cannot straighten out hisown record, and should be eareful hereafter how he attempts to tangle up well-known historical facts. © _—_—_—_ NotwitisTANpmNe the reports. from Ire- land during the past week to the effect that all was peace and quiet, it appears that the “distressful country” isin as troublous a state agever. The property of persons ob- jectionaule to the populace has been in mans instances reduced to ashes, the peasantry ve resisted evictions at the of their lives, and no-rent doctrines are enforced by armed masked men, who parade the country districts at midnight despite police precau- ‘fhe Government seems disposed tions. to adopt ‘still more vigorous — uteasures, and Earl Cowper, a good, easy kind of person, will probably give way for Earl Spencer as Viceroy of Ireland, while Lord O'Hagan, the representative of the Uitra- montanes, will have to. resign the Lord Chancellorship to make y for Mr. Law. Parivell has managed to send a letter to the Freeman’s Journat, in which he deprecates the plan of evading the Government procla- mation by the formation of tenants’ defense associations, fearing that they would degen- erate into mongrel reactionary societies, such as were frequently condemned by Davitt before his arrest. Parnell s that fhe and his fellow-prisoners are W ling to bear imprisonment for any uumber of aonths or years if the people act manfully, "The Catholic clergy seem to have abandoned the league in a bod, ‘Tirenr are two conditions which must ac- company any general system of street im- provements that may be undertaken in this city. ‘The streets must be kept in repair and they must be cleaned. The practice up to this time has been to lay down dry-rotted pine Dlocks,and then leave them to rotas rapidly as sinking foundations, mud dragged from un- paved streets, sharp tires, heavy Joads, and unfayorable elimate would assist the process ofdeeay. Small annual appropriations have been made for cleaning the streets, but no- pody has ever been ‘able to discover what was done with the money. There-has never been 2 pretense of keeping the streets in decent tepair. Every strect pavement, be it good or bad, of stone or. of wood, will last several years longer in good con- dition if it be strictly watched, and every, hole, every misplaced block, and every breal: be promptly put into condition. Some sy: tem to assure such attention should be adopted contemporanconsly with the vas sage of the ordinance for repairing the streets. Jt may be necessary to set aside more money for that purpose; ifso, the money should be forthcoming. Steps should be taken to se- cure an increase in the valuation of taxable property in order that more money can be raised, When owners of abutting property are required to bear the cost of paving the streets they are entitled to an assurance that the pavements they pay for shall be reason ably protected against destruction. There is an ordinance going into effect May 1 next which requires that all vehicles with a carry- ing capacity of 6,000 pounds shall have tires not less than five inches iu width, and others with a capacity of 2,500 pounds shall have tires not less than four inches. wide. The owners of. vehicles should keep this in mind and prepare for the change, in- stead of begging for more. time or importuning the Coun¢il for tne repeal of the ordinance nest spring. This regulation will give longer life to street. pavements of all kinds; end, if supplemented by proper municipal arrangements for constant and systematic repairs, the paving of the prin- ciual streets of the city may be undertaken next summer with confidence in their du- rability. Something must be done, and at | once. The property-owners of Chicago are now in excellent condition to assume the cost-of paving streets. Owners of. rented property are getting better rents than they have had for several years; owners of prop- erty which they occupy themselves are, as rule, doimg more business or drawing bet= {er salaries; owners of unimproved property have already added to their seliing: pricey and good streets aud sidewalks will increase the value thereof by many times the cost of, improvement. The taxpayers ‘ot Chicago could not make any investment that will pay better in the long run_than du spend $10,- 000,000 on the streets of this city. ‘ —_— ; Tue impudence of ‘the woman Robert and her attorneys cannot be sufliciently adinived. Two years ago she was acquitted, of the charge of murder on the plea of insanity. ‘Phere was not then, and is not NOW, the least doubt in the minds of ninety-nine out of every hundred persons conver ut with the facts that she was perfectly sane when she killed Weber. Nevertheles: she was let off with a sentence to. the insane asyluin she now comes defore the courts praying that she be released on the ground that she has recovered her reason. Her attorne) '§ cvell go so-far as to say that she never insane, but that on the occasion of her former trial she deceived the court, and jury, and herown counsel, Whether this true or not, it is notorious that she deceived seareely any- body else. “In view of the cireumstances of, the Robert case at both the trials we should think the honorable members of the legal profession would cease to wonder when mobs ery out, as the one at Bloomington latety’ did, “Phe law is 2 farce!” —_—_=_===_ In view of the large an Board of County Commi: effected and those it prom} to make in the future, the proposition to turn out some of the members inerely because they are Re- publicans and fill their places Ww A others pecause they are Democrats should de viewed with extreme caution. Minority fopresentation is a very captivating wateh- qord, but if may be used ina bad cause. ‘There are some minorities that do not de- serve representation. “The bummers, fax eaters, and scalawags, when theyare fn the minority, ought uot to be represented at all, One of the Democratic candidates tor Coun- ty Commissioner’ before the people at this election is distinctly representative of that element in the community. He ought not to be elected. 17 he should be returned, with two more like him in the country districts, he would reinforce a small minority of shady characters already in the board; and before the evil was fully appreci ted by the people Cook County might be again afflicted with such a-rapacious board as that which under Democratic auspices plundered the county in 1875, 1876; and Ist. It will be the duty of good citizens irrespective of party to appase such & consummation at the ap- proaching clection, and to ‘vote for those candidates, and only those, that they know to be competent, lionest, and industrious. Ex-Anp. Freep. Sosater, who has been nominated for the County Loard by the Democrats, has an unvarying record of polit- jeal uselesuess ta base his claims to office upon, and nothing else in the shape ofa recommendation. When he was a member of the Common Council he was usually found voting with the objectionable mem- pers uf that body for every variety of suspi- cious or dubious measure. Me was a com- panion of Jlildreth, whose cordial support he now has; and Stout and Coreoran had in him a trusty. associate. It will be a great inisfortune if a person with such a record shall become a member of the County Board. We desire to call the attention of yoters to the fact that, besid the two Commissioners te be chosen by the city, two of the country districts are in. great doubt. If Sommer and two others like him should de elected to the board, it would not be long before a clique of suze sort would be formed with these mei in it, There are persons. now jn the board, holding over under the law, who cannot be trusted implicitly. They ought not to beable to get ald or comfort from the new members. Mmority represen- tation is all very well in its way, but scala~ wagism is ina minority, it is to be. hoped, in this county, and the communtty does not desire to have it represented in the County Gaverniment. ‘Tne Republican County Board, in the three years ending with 1880, expended on aceount of public churities nearly half a million dollars less than the Democratic Board in the precedmg three yeurs. ‘There was undoubtedly more distress in the years 48STE77 than in the years 1875-89, but when the diiference of population is taken into the account the. reduction of expenditures can Snly be accounted for. by supposing better methods o£ administration to have prevailed in the latter petiod than in the former: This is shown again ‘by the fact that when the Republicans came into power the expenses of the County Agent's office were in one year reduced from $215,411 to $68,816. ‘The differ- ence was well known at the time to be due tothe discontinuance of the practice of dis- tribnting relief tickets indiscriminately through the Commissioners. ‘Ihe Democratic Commissioners used to carry packages of tickets calling for Supplies at the County Agent's office, and gave them out freely to their political friends as personal gratuities. These were so well recognized as appropriate yewards of Democratic lidelity that the mem- bers ot that party in the board who failed to provide them had no Standing in the couven- tions or at the polls. ‘The Republican board did away with that evil practice, and the reduction of expenilitures on account of out- door relief was instantaneous and perma- ‘nent. ‘aN ECONOMICAL COUNTY BOARD. ‘The present Board of Commissioners of Cook County is composed of fifteen. Repub- lieans. Judged by Republican standards it is not an ideal body. But it is infinitly supe- rior to the Democratic board that. preceded it... With the sole exception” of the ‘first board chosen immediately after the fire of 4871, and which was mainly Republican, it is the best county legislature we have ever had. During the last three years thie Republican party has been responsible for the adminis- tration ‘of county affairs, For three years previously the Democrats were in the major- ity, and had control of the county oflices and disbursements. A comparison of the ex- penditures on account of charities in these two periods is very instructive. During the Dewoeratic tiree years the county con- tained-an average of 450,000 inhabitants; during the Republican three years nearly 600,009., Democratic. Repwhtican P ISS-ISIE. 186-1581. Poor-Houso and Insane if iat “Asylum. $354,108 County ti pairs County Agent. 259,084 §1,200,1 Pe 70! Republican Savings.......-- S33 In the Democratic period, the County Hospital was-a small affair, and had au average of 100 inmates, It is now a large institution, with many permanent improve- ments constantly being made, and. has an average of 300 inmates. In making these comparisons it must be borne in mind that the population of Cook County is increasing at the rate of 30,000.t0 40,000 annually, and probably numbers 250,- 000 more this year than in 1875, when the Democrats assumed control of the County Board. A reduetion of almost half a million. in three years’ expenditures on account of public charities, in spiteof the great increase of population, is high testimony to the ef- ficiency of the Republican County Board. ‘The economy. of Republican rule in the County Government is still more strikivgly shown by the official forecast of the appro- priation bill and the tax-levy for the coming year as compared with Jast year. The levy “forall purposes fur the year 18s0’SL amounted to $1,278,912, -For the year 188182 it will be not more than §$50,000, and we general Land will ba left to bridge over between Septem- ber and February with about $400,000 to its eredit. ‘The taxes for. county purposes this year will be reduced from 73 cents to 55 cents ‘on the $100—a saving of 26}4 per cent. For county purposes, exclusive of interest, etc., there W be raised this’ year but $700,000, which is $175,000 less than last year; and the estimates include an appropriation of $50,000 for a new poor-house. We submit that this is an exhibit of which the County Board and the Republican party has aright to be proud. Ibis atitle to the confidence of the taxpayers of the county the validity of which they vannot deny. —_—__ RIDING TWO HORSES AT ONCE. Mayor Harrison is understood to beastrict constructionist of the Constitution of the United States according to the Bourhon idea; but he construes the city charter with amazing liberality—to himself, His theory in regard to his rignt to perform the duties of the Public-Works Comimissionership in- volves the assumniion of the right to dis- pense with the services, and to vacate the aftices, of all the heads of departments pro- yidert by Me ei rter. Jf he may legally perform the duties of the Public- Works Commissionership, in addition ‘to perforn- ing the functions of Mayor, be may per- form those of the Controller, the Police Superintendent, — the Fire-Marshal, the Corporation Counsel, the City Engi- neer, the Commissioner of Health, ete. ‘The chatter provides that “the Common Council shall have a voice in the matter of appointments to these places; Mr. Harrison’s theory cuts off the Counct) from this charter right. The charter provides that all heads of departments shiall give bond for the faith- ful performance of public duties as a condi- tion precedent to the exercise of the rights of office; Mr. Harrison’s. theory nullifies this provision of the organic city law. 1n a word, his position is an assertion of his right as Mayor to gather into. the hand of one man the powers of government devolved by the charter upon inany.men, Lf Mayor M1 shall not, within thirty days trom the date of Water's removil from the Conunissionership of Public Works, “communicate to the Couneil”” the name of a stecessor, he will be guilty of a violation of the municipal code, ‘Chat he will thus render himself Jia- ble to impeachment many great lawyers be- lieve.. ‘The point made so much of by Mr. Harrison, that by assuming the duties of the Public-Works Commissionership ho will eto the taxpayers the salary of that office, insignificant. Tho taxpayers desire that waste and ext! gnunce should be prevented, and. they want in the Public-Works oltice just such aman as Mayor Harrison has al- lowed Leib to drive into retirement to pre- veut waste and extravagance in the expend- iture of the public money. ‘The regular duties of the Mayor are all that one ian ean attend to and do them well. ‘Yo whatever extent ho devotes his time to the dutails of the oftice of public works he must neglect the duties of the Mayoralty. Some think that Mr. Harrisot design in annexing the Board of Public Works to the Mayoralty may be to enable him to “exercise amare direct aud powerful influence upon the contractors with a view to political effect. However this may be, it is plain that Mayor Harrison’s assumption of the right to dispense with the Servicesot all heads of de- partments and to perform these duties himself involves the assertion of his right to control, | absolutely and autocratically, alldepartments of the City Government, without the. inter- yention of the responsible subordinates pro- vided for by the organic Jaw, “And this as- sumption put iuito practice givesto the Mayor as complete control over-the disbursement of all-public moneys as if ne were Dietator. It remains to be seen whether Mr. Harrison will bo permitted to concentrate in his own ofiicial person as Mayor all the powers of the City Governmetit, in defiance of the or- ganic or charter law. _——ee THE STREETS OF CHICAGO. The streets of Chicago are in a simply hor- rible éondition. Practically, they are about ag bad as they were in the days before pave- ments, when the sign “No bottom here was acommon sight. People who visit Chi- cago for the first thne look up at the tall and handsome buildings whieh line the streets, and exclaim, “What a magnificent city!” While engaged iu looking up they generally stepinto amudhole, and supplement their ad- miration with some such reflection as, “But a——dirty hole.” And that. is just about what Chicage is. ‘The time has come when something must be done. ‘Lhe health, com- fort, and safety of people who live here, the reputation of: Chicago elsewhere, and the future growth of population and business— all demand radical and general iinprovements inv the condition of the streets and sidewa Mayor Harrison is just now the biggest man: in Chicago. Ie is not merely the Mayor, but the entire Board of Public Works that is, so much of the City ernment as Lieb does not ran. ‘The Mayor says that, in his capacity of Board of Public Works, ne rides about the streets of Chicago on his blooded Kentucky mare. That ho still lives, shows that he carefully picks vut the few passable streets, or else that he and his horse are both thoroughbreds. But the Mayoris now master of the situation. At the last meeting of the Common Couneil a resolution was passed instructing the Com- missioner of Public» Works, otherwise the Mayor, to report what streets ought to be paved. The Mayor ought to start out with the proposition that every street in the South Division north of Twenty- second street which has not been paved within the last year ought to be improved without further uclay. Me. ought to take the ground that the streets whieh sustain the heavy traffic ought to be paved with stone, and “the streets used for. residences and the light retail business ought to be paved with eedar blocks, In all eases the gutters at both sides should be paved with bowlders or vobbiesiones at a breadth of at least three fect. ‘The Council is evidently in & humor to act with the Mayor in this matter; otherwise it would hardly have taken the in- itiative. The necessary ordinance should ba passed now inorder thatthe work may be begun and -prosecuted energetically next summer. If the people of Chicago can sur vive the mud and filth which will follow the break-up next spring, it will be all they can endure. ‘This city cannot uidergo another spring and another fall of such streets as | we now have without suilering materially in its business. f ‘Mr. Jolin Walter, proprietor of the London Times, who has been making a tour of the United States, is revorted as expressing his astonishment that the American cities should spend so much money in constructing gorgeous public buildings and so little in providing good streets and pavements. It is not singular that’ such a reflection should occur to an intelligent stranger. Chicago, with its dual County and City Governments, will have spent about $6,000,000 on the new Court-House and City-Hall, while $2,000,000 would have provided a substantial structure, containing as much room, and certainly better lighted, and in many respects better suited to the uses for whiclitis intended, but its walls would nothave been as thick as those of fortifieations and its windows would not . be port-holes letting in narrow ra ys of light. The other $4,000,000 wauld have availed to pave thirty or furty miles of streets with im- perishable materials. It is too late, of course, to get back from the contractors, architects, yings, and their official allies the mass of money that has been wasted in this building, but the streets must be improved neyerthe- less, and the sooner the work shall be begun in earnest the better it will be for all con~ cerned, Ours is no longer an experimental city. It is already a metropolis, with the population and business of communities sev eral times as old. ‘The appurtenanees..of metropolis can no longer be neglected with: out incurring severe penalties i the loss of business and retarding of growth, THE GERMAN ELECTIONS. The foreign: dispatches in yesterday’s ‘TrawusE were burdened with the detail of the German elections, a perusal of w! ich must have been about as satisfactory as the j reading of a page of riddles and puzzles at the end of a chiliren’s magazine. To at- tempt to read them understandingly Is as ap- } palling a task-as the first day’s work. set ve- fore poor little Paul Dombey in the Blimbers’ forcing. establishment. . Endless unpro- nounceable naines are followed by. fixures, aud parties of all descriptions are mixed’ up indiscriminately ina political olla podrida, that may be understood by German meta- physicians, but is caviar to; the general, The only intelligible statement in the jwnbdle is the declaration at the close that 152 emi- grants have sailed from Bremen to ‘Texas, which at least is understahdable, and,viewed | ag an abstract fadt, is entirely probable, for one such heterogencous,and: polyglot elec- tion ought to be sufficient to produce a considerable exodus to any other place, even ‘Texas, A. recent publication of the shades of polities in the Bavarian Lesi: Jature, which only numbers 129 members, ‘shows that they represent thirty parties, HE | teen of which have a single representative: { ‘There are twelve shades uf Catholics, five of | tives, five of Liberals, and eight | Conser others bearing various names. If this can be possible in such a little affairas the # Legislature, what may not be ¢: spected in the Reichstar? In the dispatch to which we j have referred there are cheerful allusions to Yrogressists. Cloricals, National Liberals, Semitics, Anti-Semitics. Liberals, Conserva- tives, Social Democrats, Centre, Secession- ists, Party of the People, Free Conservatives, Poles, Protestors, Socialists, and Partiewlar- ists. ‘This makes sixteen different parties, which i$ qnough for all practical purposes, though there are severa} others which must have had a hand in the. election. What their. principles are we do not know. ‘Chis. ignorance is not con- fined to Americans, German-Americans who have been away from home any length of time do not know. Germans at home do not know. It has been said that the German politicians themselves do not know. And it may be true, as one of onr old Judges once said of the findings of peiit juries, that the Lord Himself does not know. To attempt to explain them, or to understand them when explained, is as appalling a task as to under- stand the various intricate systems of Ger- man - philosophy, for their polities, like their philosophies, are founded upon inctaphysical and transcendental distinetions “akin to those involved in Mx. Alcott’s * Thingnes: of the here,” or Mr. Emerson's poem on Brahma. Which party or combination of parties triumphed we do not know, or whether the Reichstag is Liberal, Conserv: tive, or Ultramontane in its majorities, ‘The contest appears to have been very much like an Irishman’s fight at Donnybrook Fair, where every one goes in on his own account. ‘The serimmage Is interesting to the outside spectator, though he does not Jsnow what it is all about or which wins. There is a grei deal of dust, and noise, and gibberish, and } cracking of crowns, and after the fuss is over a review of the battle-ground shows here and there a prostrate combatant and indications that there has been-a fight. So with the Ger- aman eleetion. -A review of the grounashows that there has been a fight, and that amouz those lett hors de combat is Bismarck’s own son, that hopeful youth who recently ran away with another man’s wife, and who was defeated by some unknown competitor by over 5,000 majority. ‘here is also a notorious Jew-baiter, named Henne, who only got SOU votes out of 40,000, while the great anatomist and surxeon, Dr. Virchow, dissceted the Rev. D. Steker, eourt preach- er and Jew-hater, and left hin §,000 votes short of a seat in the Reichstag. It is av- parent also that several of the proseribed. and persecuted Social Democrats have been yeturnet, and will be thorns again in Bis- inarck’s flesh. Leaving particulars, it is ap- parent that the leaders in the recent persc- eution of the Jews have all been de- feated by Jarge majorities, and that the German people have thus rebuked their. otions and brutal conduct in no measured manner. It is apparent also that the Social- jsts have flourished under the ban of the Jovernment, and that its unnecessarily strict and arbitrary course has’ reacted against itself, Aud, lastly, it is apparent that, al- though Bismarck may still have « majority inthe new Parliament, ithas been a very “fond exll,? and is a warning to him that éven with the help of Rome there are limits where the German people will make a stand, and that¢he Radieal elements are combining with extraordinary. strength against him. After the smoke has cleared away we may beable toarrive at some definit conclusion. It now only appears that thete has been w fight and some one has been hurt. Whether that one is Bismarck remains to be seen, but itiscertain at least that his usually vie- torious eagles are not sercaming very lustil Tie canvass in Virginia grows warmer from day to day. Nothing so desperate has been witnessed fur many & year. But if the Republicans give tho Liberal ticket as many votes as they cast lust fall when thoy bad uo ; hone of carrying tue State, the Bourbons will be routed, hot foot, and dragoons. Thoy ave Gartlela $5,000 votes, but they enn cast 120,000 if every man pays nis potl-tax and their votes are counted, and it is believed there wre cnough white ant’ Bourbons to enforce a fair election. ‘Ag remarked by 2 Richmond correspondent, -} “The debt question has almost entirely disap- peared from the canvass. Ou the part of the anti-ourbuns there is little talk about the Virginia debt, gave to expose the luconsistency ‘ct the Democrats, who pro- feas to be the chatmpions of State bonor and In tho same breuth declare 1 their platform: tbat they will raise no taxes to Hay principal or interest of the bonds, and to show how they have made the dcbt a football of speculation for the beneilt of the legislative rings. Tae Livers are contending for fair and free potitics, for common schools to educate the children of alt classes, for ag unintimfdated ballot and uu hon- est count, for the development and prosperity of tne State, and for the enfranchisement of tho whole Soutn from the rule of a proseriptive, ro actionary political olizarchy.” The Bourbons udinit wat the fight they are making fs for the preservation of their party.’ They know that ifa breach is made iu tho line of tho Solid South the downfall of the whole system of political power’ based upon war memories, sectional prejudices, race hatred, aud cruel proscription for opinion’s sake, will speedily fullow. If Virginia drops {amore heulthy condition. 7 of old { ousness ‘out of the line and enters the path of liberal- ism and progress, other States will soon follow, and it wil{ be fmpossibié to conduct another Presidential exnvass with the Electoral vote of ali tha old Slave States securely botind and de- jivered In advance to‘ the Democratic party. No wonder the Bourbons are desperate. Tua gebeme which they-huve consoliduted ‘by gross violations of law and justive and a brutal saerl- fice of the rights. of whole classes “of. citizens cannot survive a stugie defeut. Its strenuth consists in keeping up tue semblance of invul- nerability. Once overthrown in Virgiain it will soon be successfully assailed In many, if-not in all, of the States further South. * . ——— 3 Ehe Matrimonial Market. Extensive preparations are in progress for the winter catnpaiza of fasblon, ‘Tremendous inroads are being inade upon the stocks of sks, satins, muslins, laces, dress gaods generally, and millinery. ‘The halr-stores are fall of etistom~ ers; the “parlors” of the modisies ure crowded; the Jewelers are busy Sbowing diamonds, rtizs, bracelets, eur-pendants, necklaces. Fiftecu~ burton kid gloves dre in great demund, and the shoemaker sticks to bis last stitching, stitching, far into the sumwit hours that Maduine and Med emoiselle may-be well shod—shod till their feet acne. “Don't make these soes. tight!” -ex- cluitns Madame, a3 the son of St. Crispin draws forth the measnre. He stuops over tho little or biz foot and siniles sardonically us he tuxs away at the tupe with the stecngtl of ¢: tng a blood-red mark under tho silx stocking. Tut Madame never winces, “Don't. make his robe tight!”, exclaims Mademoiselle, “but you know uly waist is very, very small,” she adds, with wsimper. “Tue smattest in my chentaxe, and so round,” responds the madiste, as she sae vers the large fiat walst of the girl, and slyly winks af the first assistant, “I bate the fashion of extremely short sleeves,” proceeds Mudemoi~ seller “make them little longer than the style.” * Certainly; the fashion fs horrid,” exeluins the audite, and she siniles [ronicully a3 sbe glnnces furtively ut the girl's skinny arins. “Be cure~ ful ttt tho bodice is not too promineat in front,” remarks Mademoiselle, as se drops her eyes and holds ber breath ta force a blush. “You are too modest, butL understand,” © sponds the woman, and sho makes @ note “ample padding”—as she bends over the book to hide a grimace. Jn all the cities of the land there fs observable inmiany families an avpearance of ball-su: pressed anxiety in view of. the opening of the winter society campaign. The mothers who it the various wateriug-plice matrimonitl markets with their interesting daughters bave in muny eases returned to town with thelr en- tire marriazeabie stock of band. Some of the stock is new and eompuratively fresh, but some is shop-Wworn and quite out of fashion, Dut tho entire stock for which purchusers were not found at Saratoza, tho seaside, the hikeside, | or the mountains, must now be again pliced upon the city market. And the difficulty of the situation {8 that the Shop-worn and slightly moth-enten articles must be’ placed on tho. counters trst. If suciety could estab~ sb oa marriuze mart hke “the Far,” or “Sen's.” the [ess desirable pornons ‘of the stock might be disposed of at reduced prices, which would leave the generst murket in Or if marriagesble girls could be graded asthe elevator companics grade wheat aud corn, first quality, second qual ity, and rejected, the difficulty would be at ouce obviated. But, unfortunately, mothers insist upon presenting the rejected article as first quality, *priine.” or “extra,” end purchasers are thereby bewildered, Tho xirl who ls appar- ently fresh, a real rosebud, is presumed to be tho victim of some hidden defect, aad Hnally be~ conies sbop-worn from mere negject. Thus the first-born, by @ kind of perversity ou the part of mothera, stands in the way of all the rest. Itis asort of society {aw of primogeniture, whick entaiis ‘upon the community a lot of old maids who would, under favorable circumstances, have ‘become éxcellent wives. “Tere is a plan on foot which {tis believed will go fur to obviate the difficulty to which we havo briefly adverted,. It is proposed to divide marrlagenble girls into distinct classes~a class ris, a class of young girs, and a class of esthetic girls. To carry out this prozram a com- mission is tobe constituted whose duty it will bbe To classify or assign to their appropriate places all the marriageable girls in a given com- inunity. A brief season of prospecting hgs aly ready demonstrated the fact that the class of sold girls” will be very small. {n one soci! - circle not one old girl was found. A’ siunilar in- vestigation proved that the cine of young girls will be very,'very large. A member of tho con mission suggested that the reason of the numer- to speak, of the class of young girls and the paucity of numbers in the class of old gitls was the fact that a by-law of tho associa~ tion provided that eacb girt ehou!d be allowed to state ber age for purposes of .classitication. The member who made this startling discovery {hereupon moved the abrogation of the by-law * and the derolvement of the duty of ascertain ing thé ages of apolicants upom'a committeo of. the commission. Upon this motion a discussion arose a8 to the methods to be pursued, wherber by un appeal to the birth registers or an exam- {nution of the tccth, Finally an, amendment was proposed that the ages of the members of tho commission sbauld first be ascertained from an inspection af the family Bible and the church records of births. ‘nis proposition was met by astorm of judiznation, and the original motion was lost by 4 Unanimous vote. Jt is feared that the classification “old girls” will have t0-be dropped. tis thourbt that the old girls, the scrawny girls, the overfut cirls, the undersized yiris, the girls with false teeth, me girls who stammer, the cross-eyed girls, aud | the girls who wear wigs can be assixned to the esthetic class; and itis believed, in view of the present eraze for “eulebaw,” that a goodly numberof them ean be disposed of, * worked otf,” ‘before the blossoming of the roses next spring. ‘Traintag schools in esthetics are to be established for the benefit ¢* “his class. girls will be crammed wit: .craps of socin) science, draped iu suator patteruad robes, and taught to repeat passages from Swinburne, Muskin, Carlyle, and the advanced order of seientists und most occult phrases of the Con- cord coterie ot philosophers. It is not doubted that by the time of the opening of the approu ing winter season of tasbiou these pupils i csthetics will have mastered all the small tuk of culture and become quite too too too too yrresistibly awfully utter ia their fascinations, AL partics a room will be as: esthetic class, and Uterutcurs, scientists, poets, musician of every type'who bave kept their necks out of the matrimonial noose for a score of years will be brought within range of these formiaabic putteries. Meantime the doors will be barred against the too prompt egress of the imprisoned swains by-u guard of foud mothers. Engage- nients will be bulletined at the. headquarters of the commisstun, and wo be to him who attempts proseention of breach-of-proniise case! "The class of young girls is tu be left to its own devices, the theory of the commission being { that the only way to, save tho younglings frou finally dritting into the estnetic class is to allow thom to dance, tat’, aad flirt with whom they please, relieved of ail tora and physival, re- straints. -\ member of thocommission, ut one of tho meetings, remurked that Auicrican girls had always been’ peruiitted to de pretty much as they pleased, with the result of leaving on the hands of their neglectful motbers the esthotic | class. But she was promptly silenced by the te- tort that the American mother bas « bizher migsion in the world thau cobfincwent jn the wwursery and the cure of scnoo!-g! ‘Tho esthetic training schouis will remain open for pupils until the Ist of November, Tne term will close on the 1st of December, when the matrimonial market wit opes. The stock of masriayeable eiriz will be larger than ever before, and if the now system possesses the merits claimed for it by its projectors the goods, Af uot superior to those of former years, wlll be presented ia far more attractive sbape. Great Dargains will be offered ii the esthetic depart- ed, wit! uot Ue warranted to wash, department will be automatic, seif-acting; young girls will speak and act for themscives, as American girls have been -in the habit of doing, while their mothers are engaged. lu bir- teriny of their sbop- worn sister: <<< Gueat excitement has teen caused in Vienna by the project of tho municipality. to impose a tax on theatre tickets for charitable purposes. It is wrgued that such a messure would prové ruizous to some of the sinailer theatros, where uven now the interest of the public can only be sustained by frequent | {under guard ond + ‘Chere is ont: nev case of ¥: ebange of program. as in provincial citiss. The Pariginn theatres indirectly pay such a tax as 1s here contemplated, but Paris js daily visited by zome 40,000 strangers, which enables the locul _erazy to pursue. Tho ;} gned to the | dowers, incorrigible old bachelors + | now extiuct. thoatres to charge much bizher prices thad in Viennu, which is visited by a much smaller number of stranzers. The Viennese managers bave expressed thelr willtngness to compromise by ng Tor tho benefit of the poor on Christ mas, Ester, aud Whitsuntide evenings, o3 which ocezsions no theatre is allowed to be open except for cbarituble purposes. - —<——— “Ay exchange has this itein, which containg sonte bints for stove-denlers: : Tho ordinury runge und cook-stove, in the nre-box 18 plived ut tne side of the Crete in which the products of combuation pass dver the top, bave the disadvantage of an irregularly hested oven. ‘The sides and top are hotter than the vottom and cnds ur other side, and, asa re. sult, the bread or other/foud [3 improperly couked—perhups burned ut top walle badly dong St the buttum. ‘To correet this defect in ‘over a simple appliance has been devised for enusin ouiiate oven to circulate, aad thus care ihe heut obtained by radiation to all parts of the ° ‘A sheet of metal beut into the formut the ton and one side of the oven Is suppurtea fre standerds and placed tn the oven. In the ne suace butween the sheet-wmetal and the bot side und tap of the oven, the sir 13 heated more thun in the inain body of the oven, and by ‘pension it rises and inoves Over te top of tha on, toward the cooler walls, The arrange. gent, simple a3 1t is, appears to de founded ong good idea, and ty reported fo work well fn. prac Fee. ‘The apparatus examined was portable, ‘nd Is designed to be put in the aven by the cook whenever an even hext Je needed. a LAKESIDE MUSINGS, 3; The last comet that appeared in the sky fy eaid to bave mayed at tho rate of 3.00 miles per Some Engtishain shoutd secure this comet itch it ugainst Foxball, aid of ex-Seeretary. Boutwell that be studied faw for fifteen yeurs before beginning to practice. Most lawyers practice about Attecn years berore they Know enoug’ to study, The Louisville Courier-Tournad says that “Mr. Voorhees bas embarked upon a shoteless ac” his filling a Cincinnati girl's shoe with water and try'ing to snil across is risky business, King Kalakaua took an. American trotting horse home with him. Reports uf great distress among the people of Hawaii muy now be cont. dently looked for. ' “Tain beginning to have my donbdts aboar the saying that tho wicked flee when no maa pursueth. Now there is Junn Kelly. He won't even flee when a whole lot of fellows are Just "S.J. Cilden. 3 An exchange says that in Iceland editors carry the papers about and trule them tor dried eat and whisky. {f this plan was practicublo in America there would soon be a strong de. and ia Kentucky for delirium-tremens remg- dics. Dr. James Graham, who is 98 y nod a member, of Gov. Bluckburn’s stnif, rock part in the Yorktown parade. Ai the axe of &) Dr. Graham led to the altura blooming bride of 1S. He bas now ason 17 years old. The Blao Grass seems to tell. President Grévy gave 20,000 francs to the poorof Paris in bonor of his daughter's mar- ringe. When the daugbter of a Chicazo man fs married the old gentleman gives what spare caange he bas to the blushing groom, knowing in the future ho will be one of the poor ot tho city. Tho New York Tribune says that “ How- ‘ard Carroll, of the New York Pimes, bas Just re~ turned home from his wedaing trip sbroad. Tho steamer which brought him, the City of Rome, is, next tothe Great Eastern, the largest steamer atloat.” Probably this is a delicate way of intie mating that when Whitclaw Reid starts from the other shore the Great Bustern will be called into requisition: I wonder what he is thinking 1n the plowing fields today; He watches the heads of his oxea And never looks this way. I wonder if ever be guesses ‘That under the ragged brim Of bis torn straw hat Lam peeptig "To steal a look at him! He has shaken the curls from his forehead, And Is looking up this woy. ©, where is my sun-bonnet, mother? He was thinking of mo atl day. ‘And I’m going down to the meadow; For I know he is walting there, ‘Lo wreathe the sunshine blossoms - In the curls of my yellow hair. —St. Louls Frm Ballad. —— PERSONALS. : ‘The Queen of Sweden has for device & swallow witb the motto, “To seek the best” Gov. Leland Stanford, of California, has had his own portrait painted by Melssonier, his wife’s by Boanot, and his son's by Carolus Duran, ‘The Hon. Artomas Fale, of Bridgewater, ‘Mnss., reached nls $9th birtnday Thursday in the enjosment of bis usuni health and vigor, and with bis mental forces ‘unabated. Senator Hill’s articulation is indistinct, his tongue not having gained clasticity after the serious operation lately performed upon it. The Scnator, however, expects in time to recover eatirely. Young James Garfield, who has returned to his class at Williams Colleze, 1s again very Ill with tho malaria which bis system, absorbed In ‘astingtun. It is feared that his il-health will force hina to leave collexe- . ‘Mr. Jesse Grant, of New York, has been in Washington, His tather says that be has not contributed to Jesse's support since the youny man wag 2I Years old, fle added that Jesse was living at the tute of $20,000 a year in New Yous, ‘and that he bad earned all the money himolf. ‘Mr. Gladstone gives this account of biok self: “By blood Lama Scotchman; I am by residence 2 Londoner; I am by marrige 8 Welshman: and I am by birth Lancashire mun.” This variety is_groater than that of the celebrated man of which it was said, "Tatty 508 2 Welshmas, Tally was—" and so forth. Acgentlenian who Was introduced to Hemy | -Lanoucbero at the Keetsteak Cub mistook tist ‘on the moment for the sun of a well-known leg, iglater in the Upper House of Parliament. ot heard n most forcible speech from your fathers few nights ago in the Lords.” said, tha. new ac “You don’t say so" reolled La: Houchere. ‘Poor father! “fle died many sears age. Totten wondered where he bad gone.” Britain bas never sent us a Minister distinguished lineage than tho Hon. Lionot Sackville West, whose wother was sister ‘and cohciress of the’Duke of Dorset, # dignity ‘Through inarriage the Sackvilles | sptondor of its timber } raoni, which conrains, 4 ganees, nsohd silver bath, [ estimate } guaee ca teitle with the heart of ou of these.fair ones, | MSY thousand pounds. foran ample fund is to be provided. for the } : groation was attracted to St. Augustine's, RIF {purn, lnse Sunday, by the announcement from ; the pulpit that @ negro priezt yroutd preset, { And this was no exaggeration, Rey. Mr. Ponto Sooter (i am not i his 1 inbertitn . difficulty fgpit ent, but the goods, though bignly recommend- ag Ca ee make ‘The otter | u ! Bet acu Decame pi of the Kaole, one of the half | dozen largest houses In England. Of venerable { aud most picturesque aspect, this immense mane } sion, wate: at has hve acres of leaden root. sun pf rare beauty, renowned for the ‘The furniture of & single among other extravae ed wort yn par! London Truth says: “An enormous col for when the quite sure ot the spelling) caine in, a thrill passes through the Crowi af tue sight of a rea} jet-biack gontlemey with at the true proconthous poy ‘@yaed fauitiesly attired. 1am bound 1° ay that Le preached 2. most cotlent, sermon “Lywill give tho heathen for thing oy’ Otc., in well-chosen lauzuage, a With # purity of intunation that would shame many of our Oxford eurates.” oo ARCHBISHOP PURCELL. Speeia! Dispatch to The Chicagy Tribune, Cin art. 0.4 Oct. 2A prominent Cather ccentleaun wir has Just returned from Convent. of the Ursulines, in Brown: Coudty, where Arebbizhop Purcell bas been in retire: ent for more than two Fears, says his Grace is wing weilker, and, While be may live forsome = Time, bis death is Muble to ocelir at any, pour. He lus becoune entircly ketptess, Tho Lreullt Sifters wheel him about ina ebair and feed Bet oon. Latterly tae paralysis fected bist wand itis with the sreates Hs tone, ant make bimsetf under: hi He bas rational hours, followed by mental contusion ang an entire oF of memory. Hits Grace is in bis Sd year, ftoen months since he last took part if te: ME tne cutuedral. ‘The work of (8... Areabishop Is perturmed by: the coudjutory Rt-Rey. William Elder. ————— SMALL-POX, i Spectat Dignatch to TREC rvlecer THANE Exars, IL, Out. 29.—TBe Board of Education met today and voted tu close the public seboals fora week on account of small-pox. pupils ure ordered ty present certiticates of VaC", éinurion before admitted again, Special were uppo nied to the infected bi fatuitics before alicted. ‘The Board of Heal order Se. Mary's Acudemy isolated until ae wer Ig over. rs of age, |” ee viognomy. ot 7 has al which are & ‘The 100