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MILWAUKEE,
A Grand Religious Affair in the
Cream City.
A Budget of musical and Art In-
telligence.
£ Tull Line of Personal, Local, and
Business News.
Wliat tlie Politicians on Beth Sides Are
Doing.
Ute Wort of the Lawyers and Their
Clients.
A General Sketch of the Workings
in Politics.
A GRAND MEETING.
From Our Own Correspondent,
Milwaukee, Sept, 2S.—A meeting of the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions (A. B. C. F. M.) will be held in this
city commencing next Tuesday and continuing
until Friday. Tbe attendance M ill be large of
the very leading men of Evangelical denomina
tions, and an occasion of great interest is an
ticipated. Tlie meetings will be held in Calvary
Presbyterian Church, one of the finest church
edifices iu the city, on Grand avenue, which will
be much crowded, however, if so numerous a
gathering as has been anticipated should occur.
The talent and the wealth of the priestly and
lay members of tbe Protestant societies will be
represented by delegates or personally. The
local newspapers have published long lists of
eminent divines and distinguished laymen
who have indicated their intentions to
be present. Several weeks ago circu
lars were sent throughout the city asking enter
tainment lor the visitors, and liberal responses
have been received. Provision has been made
for the accommodation of about 1,000 guests in
private families, and an ample fund has been
raised for tbe general expenses and the hotel bills
of those provided for in that wav. Immanuel
Cnureb choir, the finest in the city, will furnish
music for the entire session of th'e Convention.
The Rev. George T. I.add, ot Spring Street
Congregational Church, is Chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements. The other local
committees are as follows:
On Ptuauce—fL. I). Moiton, E. T. Mix.
On Printing , 'Advertising, etc. —William Tain
tor. A. V. 11. Carpenter, Dr. I>. W. Perkins.
On Entertainment—Charles G. Stark, the Rev.
H. T. Rose, 0. R. Brigham. A. C. Bridges, John
11. Booth, Dr. 11. Benson, E. O. Ladd, E. B. Par
sons.
On Place of Meeting— E. T. Mix, J. O. Myers.
This is the sixty-ninth annual Convention of
the organization, and the first time that a great
national ecclesiastical body has held its grand
convocation in Milwaukee.
MUSIC NOTES.
Prof. Garrett, organist at Immanuel Church,
has closed his Friday evening organ recitals for
the season. Thev have been very successful,
and occupy each summer season.
Prof. H. N. Hempsted, the well-known
music-dcalcr, has arrived at home from a few
weeks* Eastern tour.
The first music-class of the Arion Club was
held last Wednesday evening, and- its success
surpassed the expectations of all. Abont 150
. pupils were present, and it is expected that the
class will reach fully 200.
The music trade is said to have brightened up
somewhat, and, though not as strong as it
ought to be, is impioviug, and gives promise of
a better future.
The Arion Club has issued adrcular announc
ing concerts in December, February, April, and
June. The programme of the first concei t con
sists of Mcndelsshou’s oratorio, “St Paul”
(Fart I.), ana Handel’s pastoral, “Acis and
Galatea.*’ The soloists are announced as Miss
Fanny Kellogg, Miss Abby Clarke, W. 11. Fes
senden. Claries T. Barnes, and Myron T. Whit
ney. The announcement in lust Sunday’s
* Tbibcxb that an exchange had been made with
the Chicago Audio Club is confirmed, and the
Apolios will sing with the Arions In February.
The choir oflmmanuel Church, consisting of
Mr. R. N. Van Dyke, tenor; Mrs. Van Dyke, so
prano; Mrs. Hayden, alto; Prof. Faville, bass
and leader; and Prof. Garrett-, organist, will
render the music at the Convention of the
American Board of Foreign Missions to be held
in this city next week.
Parties are forming to attend the Kellogg
concerts in Chicago, next Monday and Tuesday
evenings. There was an expectation that the
Kellogg party would come to Milwaukee; but
this appears to have been a mistake. •
The veteran Milwaukee Musical Society will
give a concert the latter part of October. A
vigorous canvass Is being made to procure new
memberships for this Society, and to inaugurate
a successful winter’s season.
ART INTELLIGENCE.
The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Art and
Science Class will be held Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 3
o’clock p. in., at the library of the Milwaukee
College. The meeting is for the election of offi
cers and to arrange a course of study for the
season. This interesting Society originated in the
desire of a few ladies to acquire a dearer taste
and more accurr'e Knowledge in art, and it has
grown into a strong and popular organization.
Mrs. C. D. Adsit is its present presiding officer,
and lakes great interest in its success. The
course of study the last season included the
history of art. and the different schools, with
art technique and a review of the text-books.
Frof. Farrar of the College is instructor of the
class, and its prosperity is a cause of congratu
lation.
There fs in the citv a collection of autotypes,
which are carbon photographs of works of the
old masters, and have been here about two
years. They were once exhibited for a short
time at the old Art Gallery, of which poor, un
fortunate Mr. Frodsham was the manager. The
collection was afterward removed to the High-
School, and is now stored away somewhere. It
was bought by subscription of’wealthy citizens,
and should be placed in the Public Library ami
provision made for its preservation.
Conway, at bis studio in Insurance Block, has
a line collection of sketches, some of which,
besides being exquisite works of art, have a
local interest A roadside sketch, taken be
tween Milwaukee and Port Washington, being
the fann-house of a German with its sur
roundings, is particularly noticeable. He has
also a sketch of a poor old cart-horse, worn out
•ii }, r an< * turned out to aie, browsing
thistles by the highway. Over the fence, in an
adjoining clover paddock. Is a gallant aristo
cratic horse of royal blood, bright, shiny, and ;
beautuul,—a sketch of the often contrary wavs
u ai ? un i ust world. Mr. Conway has also
sketches of scenery at the Dells and along the
iiaraboo Bluffs; also, a sketch from’Mrs. Alex
ander Mitchell’s plantation in Florida. One or
two other scenes on the Milwaukee River near
the dty are peculiarly fine and are interesting.
Mr. Conway has in progress a crayon portrait of
Mrs. C. D. Adsit.
Lydstou has painted on glass one of his
charming still-life studies, —a dandelion in a
glasS' of water, showing its three stages, the
opening bud, the yellow blossom, and the llossy
ripeness of the plant. It is for presentation to
toe wife of D. A. Strong, the well-
w OWn , SOCDic artlsi of Chicago. Lydston
r? 8 ‘on his easel a partially
completed portrait of Col. G. B. Goodwin. A
PPciuiar piece of work in his studio is also a
painting oi a fisher-girl, bought at an art-sale
uLUDished, ana handed him for completion.
oe painting as purchased lacked the foliage in
iol background and the fish, but the face and
ronn were most admirable,—the face full of ex-
a wonderful stud}*. Lvdston has
punted m the perspective leaves and sky, a seine
an or shining, squirming fish, just caught from
toe waters at the feet of the girl.
Mrs. Hewitt, the artist, has completed a pict
ure m still life, an ecclesiastical study, being
C P a f ni I of priestly robes and canonicals, ami
Srio COUC t 0 vcrside on a sketching expe-
. LEG AX POINTS.
The libel of the schooner Cuba for sailors*
trages win be tried the 30th inst.
A chattel mortgage on the stock and fixtures
.J? Q Qen tin’s Park has been given by Paul
ochueugel to the Joseph Schlltz Brewing Com
pany for the sum of $2,000.
Cordelia Hickman wants a divorce from John
Hickman, alleging desertion.
William P. Litidc, Jr., bas been admitted to
practice in the Circuit Court,
* Among the relics of the base-ball season is a
judgment against W. p. Rogers, at one time
.manager of the Milwaukee Club, in favor of the
Dentine!, of slls. presumably for printing.
*or selling veal under four weeks old! Alois
Haukc was fined §2O and costs, or sixty days in
the House ot Correction. .
Seymour H.'Kingsbury, of this citr. wants a
aivorctt from his wife, Catharine Kiriarsburr, to
'Uiorn he married but two short vcars r airo,
allegrma: that the Jady has deserted him,
A suit to foreclose the monerajrc un the Wis
consin central Railroad for default in payment
uX C /st t at O 4c?url OUaS ’ iS iU PrOSrCSS In th °
Architect Gambert willsue the citv for a claim
of about §ooo for furnishing draftof the pro
budt ounti uuatic Asylum, which was not
Ihe record of the chattel mortgage by
f" A * Go. to the Northwest*
, ual Life-Insurance Company, is
but. In substance, a re-filing of former securities
lor a loan negotiated several years ago. The
mortgages are four in number, and aggregate
SIdJJJJJ. Tiiev are un both the real and per
sonal property of the mortgagers, and are re
quired tu b • filed as achattel morteaffe wim the
l-itr Ulurk. Under tbe Jaws of this State,
mi- mort!:a " cs have to be renewed, or an
affidavit filed, once in two rears iu order to pro
serve them iu full force. This record was tiled
in tins ease.
o f bura J® a nroposition from the Wirths,
ochoenfields, and Kiewcrts to settle the wliiskv
3 udtnnents aeainst them for 33 cents on the dof
lar, amounting- in the aggregate to ¥50,000. The
United Hates District Attorney and the United
Hates .Marshal have advised that the compro
mise he made.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
In consequence of the iarae expenditures for
the ward funds, the city will continue to receive
advance taxes, paying (J per cent interest till
Jan. 1.
The Sunday-Lecture Society announce a par
tial list of lecturers, as follows: Wendell Phil
lips for Nov. 17; Mrs. If. M. Smith's Concert
Company oi Boston for Dec. 29; Col. Sanford
for Jaii. 19: -.1*5. Elizabetlt Cad}* Stanton for
Feb. ST; and Will Carlton for Feb. 23.
Col. W, H. Jacobs and his daughter arrived
home from Europe to-day.
Matt Kcotrh, formerly a member ot the Coun-
cil, and an active caucus politician of the First
Ward, died last Wednesday night, after a oriel
illness.
Anton Klaus, formerly Mayor of Green Bav,
as agent for a Milwaukee company, lias pur
chased 5,009 acres of land on tile Northern Pa
cific Road, ami will locate a colony there.
Robert Eindhiom, well known as an operator
on 'Change, is aoout to remove to Chicago and
engage in toe commission business.
Henry Poppcrt and family have removed to
the Republican Valley in Nebraska.
Emil Schandein. ot the Philip Best Brewin'*
Company, has returned from Europe, and en”
joved a pleasant gathering of his neighbors and
friends Monday night to welcome him home.
George \V. Peck, in addition to his flourishing
newspaper, is making fame and fortune by a
series of remarkably humorous and unique agri
cultural addresses.
Mrs. Ann Cooke, mother of B. F. Cooke and
of Mrs. James Reynolds, died last Monday. She
was a pioneer woman ot .Milwaukee, having re
sided here since IS4O.
W. G. Roberts, of the Sentinel, has gone East
on a business trip.
The prevalence of yellow fever at the South
has caused a decideddullnessiii several branches
of manufacture which luruisu articles and sup
plies for Southern use.
Dr. E. C. Haughman, the well-known oculist, I
while standing at a street corner a fewdaysa"-o, (
was hit in the side by the shaft of a
driven at a furious rate by a criminally carcFe-’s
driver. The Doctor suffered a fracture of a rib,
and the reckless Jehu is in the hands of the
police. ‘ Fast driving is a nuisance in the citv,
and many ot tile offenders are ladies, wiio
drive their family nags at a'break-neck pace
across street crossings, causing pedestrians to 1
flee for their lives. There is a fast horscoack
rider who makes it a point to graze foot-pas
sengers as closely as possible without knocking
them over. The penalty for driving faster than
four miles an hour iu the streets is $25, accord- I
ing to ordinance. * I
New telegraph lines have been built on the I
Prairie du Cnien road, between Madison and
.Milwaukee, and also between Madison and I
Portage. No telegraph was on the last-named
route previous to the construction of this new
li ue. I
Mayor Black, City-Engineer Hilbert, and Ed
win Reynolds, Superintendent of E.*P. Allis’
machine works, will visit Eastern cities the
coming week to note recent improvements in
pumping-engines for water-works, of which it
is proposed that Milwaukee shall receive the
benefit.
The marriage of John C. Kccfc and Miss
Maria H. O’Neil will be solemnized at St, John’s
Cathedral next Tuesday morning at S:3O o’clock.
Mr. Keefe was formerly connected with the
editorial staff of the and is now one
of the proprietors of the Xeics, and is a gentle
man of ability ami worth. The bride that is to
be is the charming and accomplished daughter
of the lion. Edward O’Neil, ex-Mavor of the
city and President of the Bank of Commerce.
All will wish the young couple long life and
abundance of happiness.
A. B, Geilfuss, Cashier of the Bank of Com
merce, who lias been on the sick list for several
days, is recoverin';.
The First avenue viaduct crosses all the
tracks of the St. Faul Road south of the .Me
nominee at a point where the umouut of travel
is very great, principally of country teams. It
will be, when completed, nearly 500 feet long,
and is built in eight spans. The cost of the toi-
provement, including damages to property, will
be $33,000, which is borne part by the citv and
pan by the railroad company.
Machines for making gas from resin are being
placed in many of the large buildings of the
dty.
To-day is the Jewish New Year, and is count
ed as the 5,039 th year of the world. It is a
Hebrew holiday.
POLITICAL NEWS.
Ed Sanderson will, beyond doubt, be the Re
publican candidate for Congress in the Milwau
kee District. He has not yet altogether con
sented to run, but tbe pressure is becoming very
strong, and be will doubtless yield toil. He
will make a campaign of unusual spirit, and
will scare Deuster badly or beat him outright.
He is a bluff, sturdy, honest man of business;
is wealthy, and is not penurious in political
times; is an enthusiast in favor of Ma. t. Carpen
ter; is a miller and an operator on ’Change, and
has a host of personal friends. Fa is a hard
money man, and would have received more votes
as an independent candidate than he will receive
aa a straight Republican; but the elements
would not so arrange themselves.
The Greenback Convention will be held at
Boynton’s Hall, in this city, next .Monday, Sept.
30. George Burnham, S. A. Harrison, George
11. Paul, and W. P. Lynde, who were inter
viewed on the subject, have each declined to run j
on the Greenback ticket. J. T. Gilbert was
talked of, but It came to nothing, it is now
thought that George Godfrey*, the irrepressible
Fiat-Money enthusiast, will be made the candi
date. When George was talked toon the sub
ject, he said: “I shall not decline to accept the
responsibility; if nominated I shall stump the
district, and speak in every town and ward. I
have recently tried my strength in speeches at
Baraboo and Sauk, and know, better what I can
do.” To an objector, in a sttaet talk, he said:
*• i saw Slavery die, and danced upon its grave.
I will sec the slaves of the money power of this
country enfranchised, and will dance on the
grave of monopoly and fraud.”
The Republican State Central Committee will
open Headquarters in .Milwaukee next Monday.
The rooms will be.at No. SO Michigan street,
over the National Exchange Bank, opposite
.Mitchell’s Block, and directly in the rear of the
Ncwhall House. Horace Rublee, the Chairman
of the Committee, will be present and conduct
tbe campaign in person.
The Hon. Joseph Rankin, Chairman of tiie
Democratic State Committee, was in the city
yesterday. It has been tbe policy of bis Com
mittee not to take charge of the Congressional
campaign, but to leave the fight in each dis- |
triet with the CongrcssioualDistrict Committee.
The Republican Congressional Convention is
to be held at the Ncwhall House in this citv
next Wednesday, and the ward caucuses for
the election of delegates are called for this
evening and Monday evening next. A Repub
lican ward caucus in this city is usually a mere
matter of form, half a dozen persons assem
bling in some office and performing the duty of
electing delegates or nominating a candidate for
office.
For Sheriff, it ir. conceded that the Republic
ans will nominate John E. Glared bv a decided
majority. He has shown considerable industry
and decided skill as a tactician in securing dele
gates and working up the movement in his
favor. lie has had the sympathy and aid also
of leading Republican politicians who appreciate
his personal popularity and are of the opinion
that his active service to the Republican party
should dc rewarded.
George W. Allen, President of the Honest-
Money League, is making speeches at various
points in tue interior ol the State. Mr. Allen,
it will be recollected, was one of the most act
ive members of the independent movement
which defeated Matt Carpenter and elected
Angus Cameron United States Senator in 1575.
He lias written a letter in which he stated that
lie will not be a candidate for United States Sen
ator before the next Legislature.
Joseph T. Gilbert, the enthusiastic Greenback
apostle, has returned from Europe, and will
take an active part In politics.
The Boards of Registry will meet in the sev-
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eral precincts Tuesday, Oct 8, to commence the
registration of voters.
TffE LOCAL OFFICES.
For the county offices the struggle is sharp
I in both parties. The Republican competitors
are as follows:
I For Sheriff, John E. Eldred and Peter Van
Vcchtcn. Eldred will probably be nominated,
and if elected Van Vechteu will continue iu his
I present place of Under-Sheriff. That is not
certain, but probable.
I Dr, C. J. Palme, of the l/erold (German),
unexpectedly appears as a candidate for
Register of Deeds. His competitor is Emil
I Mciskirch, an old resident, but without particu
j iar prominence. Dr. Palme has been a resident
oi the State for many years, formerly lived at
Watertown, and afterwards at Madisoa,
from whence he removed to Milwaukee.
He has edited the Iferold with tact,
independence, and abllitj', and has earned
I any mark of favor wuich the people may sec tit
I to bestow upon him. The ollice is worth $5,000
or SO,OOO a year. If he should be a candidate,
the which is usually independent, would
doubtless exert itself a little more energetically
for the Republican ticket.
Cant. Sain Ellsworth will be nominated bv the
Republicans for Couuty Treasurer.
J. C. McKinney, the energetic whisky-crook
prosecutor, and W. C. Williams, arc seeking
the nomination for District Attorney.
Julius Wechsclburgh will be nominated for
re-election as Clerk of the Court,
On the Democratic side there was a bar
gain, that, as Deustcr, a Catholic German,
had been nominated for Congress, A.
F. Wahlschlager, a Methodist German,
should be nominated for Sheriff. But John
Fellcnz, a Catholic German, who had been
laboring Jor the Democratic nomination for
Sheriff, refuses to get out of the wav, and says
that ho will stand and do his best to get the
nomination.
. For Clerk of the Court, Charles Holtzbauer,
former Sheriff, and G. E. Weiss are talked
about.
For Comity Treasurer, the Democrats will
nominate Hi IL Evarls, the present incumbent,
without serious opposition. The salary of this
oiiice is $5,000 a year clear of all expenses, ex
cept election expenses.
For District Attorney, J.P. C. Cottrill.it is un
derstood. is a candidate against Jared Thomp
son, tile present incumbent of that ollice.
The policy of the Democrats will, or ought to,
be to make its local ticket strong with
Protestant Germans and enough Irishmen not
to estrange that Important element.
For State Senators It Is fully conceded that I.
IV, Van Schaick, orcscnt member from the
North District, will be nominated by tbe Repub
licans. The Democrats will nominate either \V.
K. Kiitrcdge or D. G. Hooker. The Democratic
majority in the district one year ago was 45U.
In the Central Senate District, Edwin Hydewill
be the Republican candidate, and a strong
pressure will be brought to bear on John John
ston to make him become the Democratic candi
date.
It is announced that ex-Alderman and Acting--
Mayor H. M. Benjamin will be the Republican
candidate for member of Assembly in the Sixth
Ward. He was until recently one of the most
radical Democrats in the city.
In the Third Ward, Ed Keogh will be the
Democratic candidate aud \V. J. Kershaw the
Republican candidate. There is also a Green
back candidate in the fielcL Kershaw will run
as a Carpenter man.
In the'Fourth Ward, i* M. Hammond will
probably be the Republican candidate and Mar
tin McLaughlin tbe Democratic candidate for
the Assembly.
It is intimated that a call will be made on
Matt Keenan to be a candidate for the Assem
bly in the Seventh Ward. Mr. Keenan is a
Democrat, and probably not a Carpenter man.
C. ii. Hamilton, the member from the same
district last winter, will seek a renomiuution
from the A. C. Allen is also a
Republican candidate lor tills nomlnariou.
Other indications are that £. C. Wall trill be
the Democratic candidate, and Sam Martin the
Republican candidate, in the First Warn; Gen.
Hobart, Democrat, and Chr. Widule, Repub
lican, in the Second Ward; if W. E. Kittredge
is not nominated by the Democrats for Senator,
lie will run tor the Assembly in the Sixth
Ward; C. H. Wagner, Republican, in the Ninth
Ward; F. A. Zautke and Tom O’Neil, both Re
publicans, in the two outside Dis
tricts.
This is as near a political summary us can
now be given.
MUSIN6S.
Sequestered in some quiet nook.
Aside where gently flows the orook,
Forsaken, by the world forsook,
I’d happy, happy be:
Within tne shelter of the woods,
Within-thcir dusky solitudes.
Just sucli a spot tor musing moods
And thoughtful reverie.
There would I think of days misspent,
And win me rich and rare content;
With heart aflame, and orow down bent.
Drink deep the cup of bliss;
Sing Nature’s praises Mere and there.
Her God —the God of all that's fair—
His oeuuty ’round me everywhere,
In lasting loveliness.
l'd watch His footprints day by day,
I'd follow wheresoe’er they’d stray,
And learn of linn the tuneful lay,
The sbeDherd’s simple song.
How happy then would be my lot.
In snen a sweet, sequestered snot.
Forgotten, by the world forgot,
And all its giddy throng.
Each bud and leaf to me would say
Sweet things I cannot here portray
In this my iittle roundelay.
Untutored and unsung;
But, were I deep within the dell,
My rural home I’d love so wcl!
They’d kindly speak to me. and tell
Of whom and whence they sprung.
E’en far apart from them I rove.
I hear them sneak, and tell of love
Of God—His winsome ways above— *
How good and kind He be;
llowTle, with more than Father’s care.
Doth watch, attend them everywhere—
Their little lives arc made so fair;
Such whispers come to me.
Mayhaps you’ll say Tis Fancy’s chimes
That lend each thoughts to just such rhymes,
I know me not —1 know betimes
Much can be overdone:
But, dare we doubt of things unseen
Can ne’er be proved, have never been.
How can we doubt of living green?
What say you, skeptic one?
Here Reason droops her wings and dies,
And Faith, triumphant, upward plies
Her sturdy pinions to the skies—
Incarnate Faith divine,
The which the skeptic cannot see
With all his deep philosophy,
And sabre-cuts of sdphislrv
Fall helpless and supine.
Man’s high estate Is reck’d not when
He lords it o’er his fellow-men;
*Tis measured only by his * • ken, ’*
His knowledge of the Right.
This done, what more he dutain
Than that which grants him so much gain—
Fair Wisdom, and her smiling tram
Of pure and holy light,
Without which man is poor indeed.
Though great his wealth, dire is hia need:
1 care not what may be his creed—
’Tis tainted to clie core.
And this is why I wish.io rove
Through silent lane ami shadv grove,
Thai 1 may learn God’s holy love.
And worship Him the more.
Joseph D. Turkey.
NATURE’S LOSS.
Nature, as we all have seen.
Has lost again its fair and gentle queen.
With it fades and passes by
Beauty that is pleasing to the eye
Beauty that succeeded Soring,
Fair and sweet, but still a transient thine.
T is the Summer that has gone.
And to-day fair Nature seems to mourn.
Like a monarch, alt so grand,
O’er a jewel taken from its hand.
Nature’s loss is seen to-day
’.Mid the blight chat slealcth on its way.
’Tis a loss that is our gain.
For behold the good we now obtain.
Lot the harvest-time is here.
And how richly does it crown the year!
Chicaoo, September, 187 S.
Au English Baronet Accused of Swindling.
Canlijf Mail.
At Bow street Police Court, London, on Mon
day, Aug. 25, Sir Horatio Ilcnrv Wraxall,
Bart., was charged with fraudulently obtaining
three guineas from Mr. Hassall.of Asiiton-under-
Lyne, by pretending to be an agent for the
Soutn African General Store and Trading Com
pany of Cape Town. The prisoner, it appears,
took ofiiccs in conjunction with a man named
Crawley, and sent out circulars asking for
orders for tea and other goods, to be accompa
nied by remittances. A number of answers were
received, and on complaints Deing made the
man Crawley was apprehended at Glasgow. By
means of a telegram from Crawley to Wraxall,
the latter was apprehended in London, and on
him-were found letters from over fifty large
towns in the North, showing Mow extensively
the alleged frauds bad been carried on. The
prisoner was remanded, boil being accepted.
ART.
Col. Eastman Criticises the Expo
sition Pictures,
Work of the Resident and Absent Chi
cago Artists. .
The True Meaning of the Picture of
Pltuidra and (Euone.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Chicago. Sept. 23.—The article by The Trib
une’* own art critic, published at the opening
of tbe Exposition, was so full, so discriminating,
and just, that It satisfied every demand of the
hour. Nothing further occurred to me, as a
casual writer, for some time as important to be
added. Before the days of McCormick, In
every field of grass there was oue to “rake
after.” Should 1 appear in what'follows only
to “rake after” in the field of art, perchance
wisps of some value may yet be found.
To begin with, one word should be directed
to the management of the Exhibition. It is
greatly to be wished that the rooms In which
the paintings are imugA’erc more comfortable
ami better lighted. Another year some neces
sary improvements will have to be made, or the
management will assuredly encounter much
popular dissatisfaction- Chairs, and benches
with cushions are indispensable iu all the
rooms. Those astonishing contrivances for
ventilating,—a sort of barn-door repeated many
times in the bottom of the walls, —that admit of
blasts of wind from tbe alleys and areas, aud
blind one’s eyes with a Hood of light directly
under the paintings, will have to be closed up,
ami some other expedient devised. The 'l/ght
from above is very defective; strong enough,
perhaps, if It were allowed to fall properly; hut
the canopies are so worked that they oppress
the sense, and cause a dazzling and a blur,
on the pictures. Besides, on days when gaslight
is needed, gas should be furnished, and it
should be the duty of some one in attendance
to let on the flow. The artists who contribute
their works, and the public‘who pay their money
for viewing them, are certainly entitled to far
more consideration than at present they are
shown.
Those who have watched the growth of art in
this city cannot have failed to be gratified at the
increasing number of the candidates for hon
ors. Well nigh a hundred are represented in
this exhibition. As the number is from time to
to time added to, the chances rapidly im
prove of soon having some who
will command wide attention. The works
of our home artists in this exhibition are not, it
is a pleasure to say, of a kind to be ashamed
ot. Tiiev arc all respectable. Some of them,
indeed, would be noticeable in any good com
pany. It is plainly seen that tjie money which
has been expended in providing new means of
study, andin furnishing the Academy, has be
gun to have its influence. All good things
come to a great city in time; therefore do not
fear but we shall soon have a class of artists
whose talents and skill will help to swell the
fame of Chicago.
I shall not attempt to take in order any of
the galleries, but simply to give an opinion of
several of the works, found here and there, on
the different walls.
JUST AS YOU ENTER GALLERY A,
to the right, is a pair of youmr dogs—the “Two
Orphans ” (243), by -Mrs. S. H. St. John. In
color ami texture, and entire naturalness, they
are superior to any recent painting of dogs by
Dolph. in her larger work, “Mv Dogs ” (255),
she is not so successful. Mr. Bigelow has a good
example, “La Fayette Mountain ” (254). His
paintings arc all of nearly equal merit, being
faithful copies of actual scenes; to which cir
cumstance, indeed, thev owe their chief value.
If you would have the farm on which you were
born, or any valley that was sweet to vour child
hood, any nook that held a mystery, any
hill whose soft sides yon used to cling to,
any mountain that once charmed your
foney ami exalted your affections, —if auv of
those objects you wo'uid have, treated in a cor
rect, it somewhat prosaic, manner, ilr. Bigelow
claims the first uousklcrutlonl Julius It. Sloan
should have beeu represented by some of his
smaller examples, for while his merit may be
more apparent and tangible In his “ Moosllauke
from the Connecticut ” (234), there is much sub
tle beauty and exquisite fineness iu his lesser
canvases that is very charming and admirable.
“Watchingand Waiting” (220), by Charles S.
Stohlc, is so (Inc u work that it will undoubtedly
draw to that young artist the notice of connois
seurs. it has a meaning, and that is al
ways a merit; there Is a firmness
ot outline, and a simplicity in
me draperies, a truth of color, that makes this
work very conspicuous. It is the best attempt
at figure-painting, as aside from portraiture,
that lias yet come from any studio iu this city.
Mr. J. 11. Drurv’s “reaches” (253) continue to
be admired. By the side of the peaches that
have filled our markets this season, Mr. Drury’s
arc worthy to have bloomed and ripened iu
Paradise. “ ALandscapc” (20S), by Air. J. H.
Drury, is very interesting and extremely well
executed. How, indeed, to infuse so much in
tense life in a subject so quiet and simple must
have taxed the artist’s brain. There is poetry
in it, and great harmony. A posture slop
ing sideways/" down to the foreground;
I the grass short and turning brown; imbedded
j stones, showing gray spots here and there; and
I numbers of sheep, arc what first the eye scans.
I In the distance is the sea, gently' rolling its
waves, blue iu color, and stretching lar away.
On the brow of a bold hill fronting .the sea is a
house of a beautiful gray color; tbe atmosphere
and the'skyare pure and delicate, and truly
charming. “ Portrait of Mr. J. 11. Dole (224),
by il. H. C. Peterson, is in every way a remark
able work. The subject in some respects was
an easy' owe, the lineaments of the face hard to
miss. But the artist has done more than
to draw the lineaments, —the character is
all depicted Oti the canvas. And there
is skin, with blood underwit, and flesh and
muscle. The attitude also is good. “Septem
ber Afternoon” (211), bv Mis.sM.nnie C. Shaw, is
worthy of continued study, and the.more it is
studied the more it will be liked. It is difficult
to imagine how mosses of various kinds of trees
could be thrown closer together,—their branches
interlocked and their leaves intermingled,—and
vet be more dearly defined and discriminated.
The foreground is firm and broadly treated:
?here Is water, and cattle standing by% A uar
ow lane runs back through the Trees, and
through the opening thus formed in
the background a glimpse of sunny
meadow is seen. Tbe coloring is rich,
sentiment pervades the whole, and, if the lights
were handled a little more freely, praise of this
work would hardiy need to be qualified. Miss
Shaw lias talent, industry, ambition, and youth;
ami much is expected'of her in art. “Our
Vegetable Boy ” (220), by L. C. Earle, is a credit
to the artist, though if the flesh were as well
painted as the other parts, and as well as he is
capable of painting flesh, it would be much
easier to grow enthusiastic over it. Mr. Earle’s
water-colors in this exhibition are his best
works. His “Study of a Boy ” (142) is excel
lent, and so is his “Study Head” (137); as a
character study, it could scarcely be
finer. His “Grouse” (120), iu charcoal,
are a heap of feathers, and slid
thev are perfect grouse. Henry F. Spread de
serves credit for several tilings,'and first I would
mention his portrait of Ciipt. De P.udto (230).
The subject, a wrinkled, lull-veined, muscular,
fiery little man. was perhaps easy to treat, put
if there had been failure in any one particular,
the whole would have been a daub. It is a suc
cess. It is aglow with color, and pulses with
Hie. Mr. Spread’s water-colors are also very
good, but I can only mention oue,—the girl
playing the mandolin, which is well drawn,
strong in color, and as pleasing as most in the
collection. It should be coueedeU at
ouee that, on the side of water-col
ors, our home artists are unusually
strong. “Scotch Heather” (131), by Mrs. E.
M. Scott, is as tender and true a piece of flower- j
painting a* one would be likely to see anywhere. I
C. A. Alexander’s “Ruined Church at Blois” 1
(130) is good; is “Twilight” (138), by George
Hitchcock—from which oue can get an idea of
the English school. “Portrait of Mr. J. K.
Aikin” (140), Tu crayon, by A. F. Brooks, is
almost a speaking likeness. Right here it is
proper to mention tbe flower-paintings of Mrs.
11. A. Olcoct. Her “ Roses ” (109), in oil, hangs
too high to be well seen. 1 have seen roses
from tnis lady’s easel ot which everything was
painted—except the odor. “The Miserables”
(222). by Walter'Shirlaw, is the best of the four
paintings by this artist. It would be impossible
to represent with paint more strikingly the mis
erable plight of three dogs, which arc chained
and famishing, and just beyond the reach of
each other. It is a pleasure to renew our ac
quaintance with W. B. Baird, the fruits of
whose long absence in Europe arenotoiten seen
here, ilis “ Chickens ” (160) is finely painted,
but bangs too high. “Fontainebleau” (115) is a
landscape with an apple-tree in blossom, and
sheep. This beautitul little work, very correct
and very tohder, was recently brought from
Paris by Mr. F. B. Wilkie, and loaned. with sev
eral other good things, to the exhibition.
, of . Gen. Stierldan ” (207), 'by
„. Gre .-°rl. receives a . great l deal of
‘? tl ™sl OIK • m , cl finds many admirers. It
is ready good, but a great subject helps a por
renli. CTC ? tlv ’ and evon a n ' ork of less merit,
rcp the most successful com
™aJld ® r ? ‘. u a ?roat war, and who holds the sec
“frs i IU th f Permanent military force of a
powerful country—would eashy find admirers,
lac works that -
• nvo of ocm yockg artists*
who reside and pursue their profession in -3a
rope, have contributed to ihe exhibition are all
or a high order, though :iot of cqua* «oerit In
point of technical skill, Walter Blackman and
Charles G. Dyer stand on a par. Thev
have chosen different -’mc-s, and, while each
pursues his own. the public will he
tiie best judges of the respective value of their
Works. Of the three works by Blackman,* 4 just
the Color ” (257) & the best, for the reason that
it has most spirit. There is a breezv'gayety in
the old beau’s manner that is splendid'in its
way. The accessories, too, are excellent. I
have no dottfc chat the artist himself places a
hfeber vshie on “The Musical Rest” (203). It
is a labored and finished work, and a verv pleas
iqg composition. The pose of the girl, who
stands by the side of her pausing teacher, is
find, the draperies easy* aud the coloring beau*
tifah Many a good laugh has been had over
‘‘The Wrong Fish 1 * (401), and it merits a hearty
laugh of approval.
diaries G. Dyer’s paintings include a variety
of subjects, but two of the smaller ones are
different subjects of one class. He has studied
architecture in the most celebrated churches of
the Old World until he has become thoroughly
versed in its principles and deeply saturated
with its varied sentiments. These small paint
ings are hmfc where hardly any eye can see
them, uiidffuuy will probably not be disturbed
until the exhibition breaks up. 44 The Gallery
of St. Mark’s ” (404)—0r, as the artist has else
where named it, * 4 Among the Domes ”~is
richly colored in close imitation of the
original, is flooded with light, revealing
mosaics and statues innumerable, but
it is only a bit of some six by ten inches. 44 The
Armenian Chapel ” (402) has a profound mean
ing, and is treated with much poetic feeling. In
viewing it, the spectator seems to stand about
twenty feet from the altar, ami every other
view is cut off. A column of marble stands
partly between you and the altar, and worship
ers approach from either side. . The hoiy sym
bols are painted us few beside Mr. Dyer can
paint still life; the marble canopv over them
| whitens in and reflects the light as it falls from
I above. The carving ami tracery in marble is
r beautifully imitated. It is a marvel of
1 completeness iu a little space—six by teu
inches. The third small painting, 44 Canal and
bridge of the Sword ” (400), is an early morning
effect, the water in the canal still holds the
shades of the night, on the bridge is a solitary
passenger, while Lite tops of the high buildings
just Deem to glow iu the morning sun. There
is much fine effect of light and shade. 44 Ponte
Veneta Marina” (209), a large canvas, un
doubtedly possesses superior merit. The Hanging
Committee rccognl/.ed this when thev gave it
the place of honor in Gallery A. Venetian
scenes arc always beautiful. It is not, and
never will lie, true that they are worn out.
There, where the most brilliant skies are ever
to be seen, where the daylight is ever
purest, where the buildings and bridges
are in the highest sense picturesque, where the
waters are never without a sparkle, will the
artist of true feeling in the future, as now and
in tne past, find fitting subjects for his pencil.
Oculists tell us that to no two eyes see objects
just alike. And we know that no two persons
seethe same beauties to the same degree in
anything. It would therefore he impossible for
one artist of talent to duplicate the picture of
another artist, however diligently and assidu
ously be might study to do so. Iu this painting
there is everything that the peculiar features of
the place and of the climate could furnish, and
treated in a fresh and original man
ner. There is no crowding of the parts, how
ever; all is open, light, and airy. It is rarely
one secs better architectual work. From the
sky lines, winch are firm and bold, and sweep
off grandly to a great distance, to the founda
tions of whole blocks, curves, and angles,
moldings, balconies, awnings, and porticoes
are either finely followed or solidly rendered
almost reproduced. A delightful mellowness
and richness of coloring, the same that time
aud the climate give to edifices there, is intro
duced with a lavish brush. No one can fail to
admire the freedom of handling—it is
masterly. A dozen figures are lounging
on the quay, and watching a gondolier iu his
slender craft. It is a mere shell, and sits on the
water as light as a feather. A grand thing is
the vessel that occupies the centre of the pict
ure. Its movement is truly majestic; and there
Is a wonderful beauty in ibc sotyj. The sun
light sparkles on the water, the sky overhead is
full ot noonday splendor. In the distance is
the dim outline of rows of buildings, 'Undo,
the San Georgia tower.
THU LEADING ATTRACTION
of the exhibition is* still Phjpdra and CEcone
(216), bv Cabanel, loaned by .Mr. L. Z. Lciter.
This is the first painting by this artist that bos
been exhibited here, except one or two portraits
last year. No artist paints a style more en
tirely his own, and few styles are more pleas
ing ior female subjects. But it is not alto
gether to admire the tone of this work that
crowds stand before it daily. “Whatis ill”
and “What does it mcanf” are the questions
continually asked. The description in the
catalogue is misleading. Ido not know its
author, but it is evident that he bad. recourse to
some ' encyclopedia, and finding there that
Racine composed a tragedy upon Phiedra, and
that in this version of the story she
dies by poison, he lumped to the conclu
sion, as she is painted lying on her couch, that
therefore she is dying by poison. It is safe to
say that, taking that as the idea of the picture,
the artist lias utterly failed to carry it out.
Talcing that view of it the picture is valueless.
But the case is quite different. Racine’s
tragedy was professedly little more than an
adaptation for the French stage from Euripides.
But in Euripides Phaedra haugs herself; and in
this particular most authorities agree with him,
or, at any rate, do not mention poisoning. The
Frenchman knew that the patrons of his plav
would not tolerate the hanging of a beauti
ful woman before their ' very eyes, and
so introduced poisoning. For the "purposes
of this contention, the manner of her death is
of no consequence; nor is it, I conceive, of much'
consequence in any of the versions of the story.
The passion oflove, illegitimate but involun
tary and unconquerable, that possesses Phai
dra’ssoui, forms the whole intcrest;shcneariy.
indeed, ceases to Interest and excite compas
sion the moment she resorts to the halter, or,
if that be preferred, to poison. Adopting this
view of the subject, it is easy to grasp the
painter’s idea; and, when once it is compre
hended, how beautiful. the painting appears!
The art employed upon it is of a very high
order. These arc the outlines: Venus, jealous
of Diana, to whomUippolytus, Phtedra’s stepson,
was devoted, sought ilip'polytus’ ruin bv inspir
ing his stepmother with passion for him. The
plot is perfect, and it succeeds. “Venus lights
the fatal thine,” and Phicdra’s cruel sufferings
begin. Her faithful attendant, CEnone, could
hot find out the cause. None would she tell of
her rnaladv, for she could not bear to sink from
glory to shame, ifard she tried to quench the
lire in her veins, but the fiercer it grew. ** Three
(lavs from food, through pining grief,” did she
refrain. Keeping close beside her mistress' sick
couch, the nurse plied her di'^gontly
to find put the nature of her
allliction. Still she resists; and
the nurse, exhausted, sleeps. The royal dame
cannot sleep; loving, she despairs of her love;
she wastes away,—but the warm blush is oh tier
face, —her eyes glare with the soil passion. ;
How perfectly is all this given in this picture!
Soon, however, she tells the nurse, the secret 1
is out,—the Interest now declines. Ujis hardly
conceivable that, in the acted play, tl|e specta
tor could be led off after Hippolvue} and be
stow upon him, in his physical sufferings, much
sympathy. He was a woman-hater,-and spit
out the “epithets, “Specious mischief, Woman,”
—and the curse, “Perdition seize you! My
soni can never have its ill! of hate towards
woman.” In a word, IJippolytus was a kind of
heathen Joseph, who deserveii to be tossed by
Neptune’s bull—as he was. All this has to be
.waded through before the catastrophe of Phre
dra’s death. The artist in this picture stopped
short ofit; he did not give a thought to the
poisoning; or, if “round her snowy neck the
noose is bound,” the artist averted his own
eyes, agl shall mine, from the awful scene - .; If
the spectator will but dismiss from his mind
the idea- 1 ol death that is encouraged in the
catalogue, and wit! allow himselt to be inter
penetrated with the idea of despairing love, he
will be prepared to appreciate and enjoy this
mastcrrteccof Uabanel.
Let me hasten to speak briefly of.
A FEW MOItE OF THE PICTURES
in this exhibition. “Deer in the Forest” (331),
by Jacflae. loaned by Mr. J. Russell Jones, is
in.that artist’s best manner, thoroughly beauti
ful in tunc, and profound in sentiment. Xu
change of lashion or fancy can ever make it
anything else than a noble work. “The Out
post” (319),water color, by Meissooicr, loaned
by Mr. Marslnll Field, is almost too good to be
iii water eoltr, —canvas and oil arc. for the
great “The Moment of Anxiety”
(3*52), by A. Loren, loaned by Mr. C. B. Far
well. is a splmdtd example of a popular
school. ' Tile subject possesses all the
interest of a Vivcr asking the old gen
tletnan for his daughter’s hand; the costumes
are of, silk, and sain, and lace; the coloring is
very brilliant. “Tift Hawker’s Return ” (31$),
bvVaul Virv, loamid by Mr. Libby, of Xew
York, is another eranplc of One finishing, with
a composition soihewiat theatrical. A grey- :
hound iu this picture is perfyetlv drawn ana 1
fiasly paiutui, Here (sfctlr by wav* of contrast) j
I vouldcall uttention to the-*^l“ dd y Crossing”
(112), by T. IV. Wocxl,--r>' CTVitbstan(iin fr it is a
water-color. A state 1 ' old lad y 18 on her way
to pay u visit. > is raining; the crossings
are muddy. T w "dress, slightly raised, shows
a foot in > A button boot, experimentally
planted. -■ ln her left hand she car
ries * J ODg feather fan and a leather
On her right arm are suspended
~oasket, which probably contains her best cap,
and a bead workbag with her knitting; while in
her hand she grasps the handle of the open um
brella. Around her shoulders is pinned a white
taisley shawl; over her bonnet is thrown a
handkerchief as a protection against the damp,
to secure which one corneris in her mouth. The
countenance is benign, the flesh firm and well
painted, and set off by white Duffs of abundant
hair; in short, it ts the prevailing type of old
ladies faces in the East. How graceful is the
carriage, how fraught is the countenance with
good advice when she arrives at her friend’s
“ousel F. A. Eastman.
ACAD3MY OF DESIGN.
All the annual and life members of the Acad
emy ol Design have been furnisned with tickets,
two to a family, to Mr. Jenney’s course of lec
tures upon Historic Architecture, which are to
begin next Thursday, with au evening upon
“The Architecture of the Savage Tribes ami
Egypt.” The lectures are open to the general
public for an admission fee. The subject of ar
chitecture is receiving more attention at the
Academy than usual, mainlv through
Mr. Jennev’s enthusiasm, who urges all stu
dents in architects’ ofllccs to study, above all,
drawing from the antique, for which Mr
Earle’s evening classes furnish the best of op
portunities. The month just closed has been
the most prosperous since the Academy was re
organized in the spring, the classes growing
rapidly, and inquiries and other signs of inter
est increasing. The model for life study and
portraiture for the last week has been
a young lady in a pleasing and
rather gay costume of the last generation, and
theoiceues at the Academy rooms any time in
study hours hear a close resemblance to the
beautiful illustrations of the Xew York art
schools in the last number of Scribner’s Month
ly. Mr. Donoghue, the young sculptor, a stu
dent at the Academy, has lately executed a por
trait bust of a young lady which is. of unusual
artistic quality and excellence.
INGEESOLL ON FLIT.
lie Scouts the Idea of Miraculous Creation
of Money from Nothing-lie Wants Infla
tion with Corn, Wheat, Good Houses, and
Work.
Col. Robert Ingersoli, who has just returned
from a visit to Europe, has been “interviewed”
by the Washington Post.
“ In regard to theGrecnback party.” said Col.
Ingersoli, ki I’m not a believer in miracles. Ido
no believe something can be .made out of noth
ing. The Govrr.iii.cnt, in my judgment, cannot
create money; L*»*r Government can give its
note, like an individual. and the prospect of its
being paid determines its value. We have
already substantially resumed. Every piece of
property that has been shrinking has simply
been resuming. We expended during the War—
not lor the useful, but for :he tsciess; not to
build up, but to destroy—at ieast $1,000,000,000.
The Government was an enormous purchaser:
when the War ceased the industries of the
country lost their greatest customer.
As a consequence there was a sur
plus of production, and consequently a
surplus of labor.- At last we have gotten back,
and the country since the War has produced
over aud above the cost of production some
thing near the amount that was lost during the
War. Our exports are about §200,000,0U0 more
than our imports, and this is a healthy sigu.
There arc, however, 500,000 or 000,000 im
probably, out of employment; as prosperity in
creases this number will decrease. I am ,u
favor of the Government doing something to
ameliorate the condition of these men. I
would like to see constructed the Northern aud
Southern Pacific Railroads; this would give
employment at once to many thousands, and
homes, after awnile, to millions. All the signs
of the times to me are good. The wretch ed
Bankrupt law*, at last, is wiped from the
statute books, and honest people in a short
time can get plenty of credit. This law should
have been repealed years before it was. It
would have been far better to have had all who
have gone into bankruptcy during these fright
ful years to have done so at once.”
Speaking of the probable political effect of the
Greenback movement Col. Ingersoli said: 44 1
do not believe any 'party can permanently suc
ceed in the United States that does not believe
in and advocate actual money. I want to see
the greenback equal with gold the world round.
A money below par keeps the people below par.
No man can possibly be proud of a country that
is not willing to pay its debts. Several of the
States this fall may be carried by the Greenback
party, but if I have a correct understanding of
their views, that party cannot hold any State
for any great length of time. But all the men
of wealth should remember that everybody in
the community has got, in some way, to be
supported. I want to sec them so they can
support themselves by their own labor. In my
judgment real prosperity will begin with actual
resumption, because confidence will then re
turn. If the workingmen of the United States
cannot make their living, cannot have the oppor
tunity to labor, they have got to be supported in
someway;aud inanyevent I want to see a liberal
policy inaugurated by the Government. I be
lieve in improving rivers and harbors, fdo
not believe the trans-continental commerce of
this country should depend on one railroad. I
want new Territories opened. I want to see
American steamships running to all the great
ports of the world. X want to see oar Hag Hy
ing on all the seas and in all the harbors. We’ve
got the best country, and, in my judgment, the
best people in the world, and we ought to be
the most prosperous nation on the earth.”
“Then you only consider the Greenback
movement a temporary thingl”
Col. Ingersoli— 44 Yes; Ido not believe there
is anything permanent in anything that Is not
sound, that has not a perfectly sound founda
tion, and I mean sound, sound in every sense of
that word. It must be wise and honest. We
have plenty of money; the trouble is to got it.
if these Greenbackcfs will pass a law furnish
ing all of us with collaterals there certainly
would be no trouble about getting the money.
Nothing can demonstrate more fully the plenti
fulncss of money than the fact that millions of
4 per cent bonds have been taken in the United
States. The trouble is business is scarce.”
44 But don’t vou think .the Greenback move
ment will help the Democracy to success in
lifcOi”
Col. Ingersoli—“l think the Greenback move
ment will injure the Republican party much
more than the Democratic party. Whether that
injury will reach as far as 1*560 dcpeiuls simply
upon one thing. If resumption—in spite of all
the resolutions to the contrary—inaugurates an
era of prosperity, as 1 believe and hope it will,
then it seems to me that the Republican party
will be ns strong in the North as iu its palmiest
days. Of course, I regard most of the old issues
as settled, aud I make this statement simply
because I regard the financial issue as the only
living one.”
“Didn’t resun . i u get a set back by John
Sherman’s rccen.; >;ua; .-••• of base*”
Col. ingersoli—-Ye», it did. I’m sorry that
Mr. Sherman rescinded the order with regard to
silver. Had that order remained in force a few
days more greenbacks would have been at par.
This is my judgment, aud X hope the silver or
der will be reissued.”
“ 1 am in favor,” said the distinguished
orator, **of Inflation produced bv industry. I
am in favor of the country being inflated with
corn, wi‘h wheat, good houses, books, pictures,
and plenty of labor for everybody. I’m hi
favor of being inflated with gold and'siiver, but
I do not believe >n the inflation of promiS'-w ex
pectation, and speculation. X sympathize with
every man who is w illing to work and can’t get
it. and I sympathize to that degree that I won'.;
like to see the fortunate and prosnerous ta * . •
to support his :k ; unate *brother until la*/*
could be fognd. be Greenback party seems
to think that u VMs just as good as gold.
While the credit k s this is so; but the trouble
Is, whenever it is ascertained that the gold is
gone or cannot be produced the credit takes
wings. The bill of a perfectly solvent bank
may circulate for years. Now because
nobody demands the gold on that bill
it does not follow that the MR would'
be just as good without any gold behind It.
The idea that you can have the gold whenever
you present the bill giv*s it it>. value. To ill us
trate: A poor man buys .«:up-tickets. fie’*
not hungry at the lime of the inrcliasc.and wi.
not be for some hours. Dun-tg these hours the
Greenback gentlemen argue there is no use of
keeping any soup on hand with which to redeem
these tickets, and from this they further argue
that if they can be good for a few hours without
soup, why notloreveri And they would be,
only the holder gets hungry. Until he is hun
gry, of course, he doesn’t earh whether any soup
is on hand or not, hut when he presents hit
ticket he want? his soup, and the Idea that he
can have the soup when he does present the
ticket gives it its value. And to X regard bank
notes, without gold and silver, as oftne same
value as tickets without soup.”
A SeliOlttUe 3lan.
notion tternld Und. Dm.). ..
Gen. Batler remarked recently that the Re
publicans once nominated a .man who hod risen
from the foot of the ladder by the toil of Ms
own hands, hut would never do Ua*aia. The
Convention Wednesday disproved his words,
olr. jalbot began his career in a woolen mill,
entering it as a poor boy, and worked up by
patient industiy and faithful service until when,
about 20 years of age. Later ou, in the prose
cution of his present manufacturing business,
be took his share of the hard work, and rose to
ms present position by the use of tho same
qualities which gave him his earlier promotions.
THE GAME OF DEAUGHTS.
Commnalcatloaslatcaded for Trea Drutrsnr Eorroit
»hoa!d be addressed to 0. 0. OIIVIS. p..Q. Box'JlS,
Chicago. 111.
For Publisher's pricc-llat of standard worts on tha
game, address the Draught Editor.
CHECKER-PL A VISRS* DIRECTORY.
Athcoieum. No. SO Dearborn street.
PROBLEM NO. 85.
End-game, by Jeeby Ready, Chicago.
White.
ISI isp 'W& lii
mm mf
mM mi mM mM '
‘B
a m
mM wm mrn my/A
jmk © Wm.
vWmm
aji
'•?$&& wetn
m
Black.
Black to move and win.
POSITION NO. 83.
ByE. 11. Bbya.nt, Wavcrly, la.
Black men on r». 7. ui, it, v* t aa. an. as, 28.
White men on a, s. u. ir». is. ai, at. aa, 30, ai, 33.
Black 10 mure and win.
TO COUUhSrON'DEN’TS.
J. P.—Will write for particulars.
John Kirk—Keep us posted, please.
Billy Cunklmu—Kccclvccl wjth thanks.
Frank A. Vltipacrlck—lt shall be as yon request.
J. M. Jenkins—Solution O. K. (it) Clamv and problem
accepted. (3) Iliad to add your name to our roll of
contributor*.
AV. K. Abbott—lt would be a draw of course. (2>
Your correction and problem cable too late for this
issue. (3) Those tames, tt sooil, will be welcome.
COSTRIBUTORS’ CRITICISMS.
Mr. J. Pelletier makes the following correction of
oamc No. 2RO, by “Sweet Sixteen": At thirty-second
move the pieces stand—Black men on i jo, n, j-» ju.
14. IC: white men on Hi. 20, 23. 28. 28. 30, 31. Instead
of 28-24, play as follows:
20—22 31-22 } 22—18 j lb— 6 I 23—18
.I 4 ,- 1 .! .i?'*..!. 5 [ *~ li t3 ~ 17 Wfctte
30—’-5 -1 I 18— U I 0— 2 I WlDt.
17—20 0— l> | 10-14 J or I
Mr. Billy Conklin? makes the following criticisms:
*• 1c Game <o. 237. at nineteenth move, play 3—7 in
stead of !«—lB and draw easily. Ac forty-seventh
move of 'lo. 258, jo—l4 was played ami white
won. The .* Litton at that point stands—black men on
n\ in. 17, 19: white men onti.-24. 20. 28. Black cna
play-and win as follows: 15-jy. 21—15. 10—19, o—2,
lb—22. 2—7. 22—31, black wins. In Game So. 259. at
twcniy-flm move. 10-15 and black wins as well a* at
bote (a) and lb). In Game So. 200, by ‘Sweet Six
teen, "at ihlrty-cltfith move, the men stand thus: Black
men on «, iu. if. 12. 14. ami to: white men on 10, 20.
22. 23. 24. 30. Sow inateiul of 22—18, plays as follows:
30-25 | 13-17 o—2 i 11—1 ft 9—o
6- 9 10- 9 22-20 23—14 aadhoW
25-21 10-11 2-0 10-23 . will
o—;’i J I> 0 20—31 / 14— 9 Black
22-i:; | 17-22 0-10 I 31-27 draw?
CHECKER CHATTER.
Mr. Iteec .
Kew York plovers
The Turf nays a drancht tnnrnament amonc the New
York players Is agitated at present. A challenge medal
and money prize* are to be played for.
Mr. Wyllle visited Wlsham recently, and, with tho
Icadlnff players of the town, the champion contested
■Weaiues, winnings and a (tames were drawn.
Messrs'. Kirk and Keyset* have come to terms on their
late match, and will finish the 'fenialnlup thirty-seven
Kames sefine time in October, at Iron Kldsev.MTs.
Messrs. Parrow and Wilder contemplate startlnjp a
monthly l publication at Boston, comniencins Oct 15.
tobecallcdthe Xational Checker Jount o/, and all for
5o cents a year. •
Mr. l&tvfd Millar, of Holland. la., and Mr. L. IL Al
derman.'of Fracr. ! la., reccntlv contested aruteho*
six sanies by correspondence, which resulted In a tie
each winning two. and two (mines were drawn. An
other correspondence match Is now in Progress between
the same payers.
lost*;, and drew K games with the
Mr. Fonvilte was In town last week, and had two pro
longed sittings with Mr. Hefter. and also a little brash
with Mr. Pomeroy. The total score stands;
Ponviilc —2 llefter....d) Drawn.... 7 Total ...18
F«avllle—:t Defter 8 Drawn....? Total 18
FouvUi*....B‘ Pomeroy. .2 Drawn.... 9 Total....it*
SOLUTION'S.
80t,rrrov to pooblkh no. 84.
Between Draught Gdlcor and Mr. Xoble.
23—28 117—18 187—81 j 14-10(1) I 18-15
15— 8 j 20—24 ‘ 8—1! | 8— I Jl*— 7
28-22 8- 8 ; 21-28 ( IS-II ( 5—9
B —lo 24—27 J 11—IS 28—18 Black
22—8 | 3- 8 ‘2U-2I 11-8 Wins.
(1)
IS—lB I IS—22 I 14—10 I 10— 7 | Black
28-19 119-15 J I—-. 1 | 5-9 /wins.
SOLUTION* TO POSITION* XO. 81.
By 11. I». HhII, ,lr.
| j:i—l7l « -II I 4-8
I ii- « 11« 7 ID. win*.
26—30 1 30—23
GAME XO. 261—SINGLE CORNER.
A little five-minute* dash Between Mr. George &»
Roberts, of Atchison. Kao., and a friend.
Robert!** move.
II—W 23-22 7—lo 22—17 I I— S
22-18 11—1« 28-21 13—22 2V-22
13—22 24-20 2-7 26-17 | ff— 9
2.1—18 B—II 32-28 14—18 I .22—18
8-11 27—21 9-13 23—14 I 9-13
20-25 10—14 IS—O 16—23 M- l>
4 8 ■ 24—19 | 5-14 50-25 } 13-22
Roberts won.
GAME XO. SfS'OLE CORN'EIi.
. K. Abbott. of Qufucy. Dh.ani
a frieDii.
Abbott’* move.
11-15 5—14 7-U | 8-
22—1 H 24—H* 23-18 25
15-22 15-21 15-22 | H
25-18 *2B-10 20—10 |22
8-11 4 8 2—7 15
20—25 22—17 10— « » 'll
10-1:5 11-15 I 1-10 ; 12-
25-22 19-10 ; 27-23 117
I>—l4 »r—ls 1 !» f 7-
18— 9 17—10 i J-.s-jj ' 22-
Playea between Mr. W
game xo. a*«VER.
Played by corrc.*D«i:'i* , »i' , r, !••*!tv Mr. D*vH J!*>-
lar. of Iloil&ud. la., arid Mr. I. i!. Alderman, of
Kracr, la.
SUPar’.* <i
23—m ; >. -12
»-W 1 :n --«; i
js— U 2:i- S
5-U . m «.*•
22-17 h>~H
u—to I w-’-y ; :
2rt—23 | T H
11-15
22—IS
25—lb
S-ll
2U—25
•I— S
II—I."* ! I.'- :u 2-1 -27
:»»—Si 14—t., . 3-'—2.l
j.v-m in—ii !•»-»!
22-IS I*-2i .*-11
u— 23 2«-i*2 i ik—to Millar
27-ia I n—a; i 22-13 j won.
12—10
21 —ID
10-20
ID—l3
10—ID
AME SO. 28t-LAIIU) A>*D LADT.
lilllv Conklin?' Dubuque, lx (iiven as an
af Game No. ‘Si4. between Mr. James W.
)f Pittshun;. and-thc DrjUk’bt Editor.
i.*i—l7 . I—t, ; 3i—an [II—7
i‘j-13 I It'S—lc< i 30-U J 35—31
♦;-« \ 11— i»s j 3»i -ii» »—a
25—33 (a) Si-Si (2)’ 8- 4 23—111.
IH-35 i 17-23 | 10-l'J | 0-13
30- 0 I 38-34 (|l H(4>: 10-1*
1 —IT I 3J-38(b). Ifr-II tC>: Dt-17
21-U»(1)' 34-30(31; 33-27 1-V-lf) ♦
11-18 7 II 11—7 7—3
33-14 10-13 37—33 J B—l,l
8-11 20-31 7-11 3-7
37—33 15— 8 I 30—33 Drawa.
By Mr.
analysis
Hcmirty,
ii—if.
3:1-10
8-11
*»-ri
17—14
ItJ—l7
31—14
If.-IH
20—3:1
1— 8
31—30
2- 0 I 24—20 | 9-13 I 27—. St
23—19 17—22 132—27 |3— 7
7—12 |2.t~»7 113-22 |B. wins.
«21
2ff-22 I 10-20 fit- 7 I .7—o 119-13
17- 132-27 J 3-10 ! 18-13 1 10-2 G
30-23 j 7-10 I 28-24 I 12—Iff i
And how can the bystanders draw for White?
<3;
18- Ift I 20—27 I 15 —10 131-28 (10-6
10-20 32-23 1 20—31 73-19 7-11
23—1R(3) 9 I 120-22 |D. wins.
H)
4-8 11-15 '27-21 f 16-13 | 8-3
|f{— 7 «J-in I Iff—2o (27-31 (20—22
- 8 I
7 2 2- 9 20-21 (31—2*5
8— (6) 32—27 I 10-1(1 (7) 135-21 Black
3-7 12—Iff (21-27 J 7—ll (wife*.
(5)
15—10 120—27 J 6—2 11—13 j Black
6-13 10- « 7—ll 14-10 wins
19- |2ff-3l | 2—« 131—20 1 (>).
(6»
ft— 4 1 32-27 1 23—22 I 14-10 J
12—10 10-19 I- 0 I 0-14 [
t7J
ID-13 123—22 115-10 ( 7-11 (Black
0-6 1 ff- 9 I I j Wins.
(at At flrn I thought this a loser, hat on examination
I believe White can draw by thl* line of play.
Hi) .MMilcnney played 16—20 here, ami of course jo
editor forced a pretty White win.
(c> Can aoy ooc show a Black win by playing 16-10?
If *o. I tvouhi he pleased to »e It. ?
i?) oor aide contributor must hare overlooked the »
result ot continuing this variation as follows: 32—25.
2*1—13, 10—7, 3—lo, 9—31. White Wlu*.—DnaUOllT
EDITOR.
“A LEAF FROM THE SPRAY.”
23—18
27—13
(Ta J. D. T — >j.)
Farewell! a word Rwt must l>c. aed hath been.—ffyron
Soon, full soon, another land shall greet
Her wandering son’s return. Soon mere shall he
The sound of hearts made glad, of joy and mirth.
In that “Green Isle” bevemd the sweeping sea.
Soon “home, awcethoirW.” upon the slgnt shall
rise.
Its mountain.* grand, and vallcvs fair and free.
Soon friends of old, remeaoered through long
years.
Shall swell toe welcome food hearts give to thee.
God bless thee, friend! A purer wl-h is not.
Thorn'll oceans rull tby home and mine between.
On Mem’ry's paj?e, to Friend-thin hallow'd kcot,
Shalt dwell remembrance of thee, fresh nod trreca.
And oft my thoughts in lonely hoars will mm
Unio the bright and vanished days we've seen.
And, in that home beyond the restless deep.
Wii; thou a thought of those/air moments keen?
“Tins irAFtßa,’* Wimojj,
11
•u I a- 7
-23 27—22
•15 | Hi —’_*ff
•17 } 31-22
•lu } 7-10
•Itf J 22-17
•l:» | H-ld
■m !
-u {
•27 I Drawn.
I 2(1-31
30-25'
22-17
iu ; 18—14
•1
j 14- 7
IU-21
P.lacfe
wins.