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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1881. Cosimissionuu Wood Is a candidate for re election to tho County’Board In tho Fourth District, embracing Lakq and Cicoro, and Is 'being hotly opposed. Mr. Wood has been one of tho best members of tho board. Ills votes are uniformly recorded on tbo right side against all Jobs and stents. Ills de feat nt a time when, In consequence of tbo experience he has gained, ho Is capable of rendering-the best service to Uio county, wouhj be a misfortune. Among the enlightened and experienced bankers who had devoted tholr whole lives to tho mastery of finance, ami who warned Congress that If silver dollars were remon etized tho country would be stripped of its gold, public mid private credit destroyed, and tho banks of the country wrecked uml depositors and stockholders ruined, was Mr. DsenrL. Baldwin, Cashier of the Mechanics’ National Bank of Newark, N. ,J. The stock holders and depositors of that Institution would like to bo paid even In silver dollars. Tjie people of Wisconsin will bo called at tho approaching election to voto upon sev eral constitutional amendments, among oth ers one which provides for biennial sessions t»f the Legislature, and ono which divides tho State Into Representative districts Irrespect ive of county lines. Tho last may bodeemed of doubtful utility, though It Is possibly not very Important; but tho first is of great con sequence, and Its usefulness cannot - bo de nied. Tho newspapers nt tho State Capital, representing tho boardlng-housckcopors, lob bies, and claim ugonls of that charming city, stoutly oppose tho idea of blouulal sessions. Thoy Insist that tho Legislature should como to Madison nt least once a year to bo plucked mid plundered, and to pluck, If not to plun der, the people of tho State In return. But thoro Is no need for such a persistency In legislation. Biennial sessions will provide all, and more than all, tho legislation tho people require. Tho rest will be mere waste and excess of zeal to find something to legis late about. Mn. Kandai.i. will view with considerable alarm and disgust tho last Treasury state ment, from which It appears that tlio availa ble cash bulnnco has been reduced Inono month from 3100,000,000 to 31-14,000,000. At this rato Uioro may soon bo no cash for Mr. Itamtall and his friends to bank upon. Mr. Uundail will long bo rememborod ns tlio umlublo Pennsylvania gentleman who pro poses to ptiy out tho last penny of available cash in the Treasury in payment of bonds that have been inilofliiltly continued at flip per cent. ,For bold tinnncieriug there Ims not been a scheme equal to bis since Urn last Flutists were taken into camp. Hois, in tact, a Flutist himself, if Ids words moan anything. Mr. ilamlalt also needs to correct Ids wholly erroneous Impression (hut the ox cess of exports over imports comes back to tlio United States exclusively in gold coin. For the year ending with .September tlio ex cess of exports was 317,000,000 more than in tlio preceding year, but tho excess uf spcclu received over that of tho year before was barely 30,000,000. Mn. Annum Moshs has been prosecuting tlio case of Heeht vs. Tub Tiiiuukb Com pany for 310,000 damages, and lias obtained a verdict for SI. Tho zeal which Mr. Moses has shown In this case fully JusUllus Uie course of Tub Tiuuukk in opposing his flection as Judge of tho Superior Court three years ago. Wo hud occasion to say at that time that It would bo a great pity to deprive tho hur of so illustrious an ornament us Mr. Adolph Moses and suitors pf tho benolltof his valuable services as counsel by putting him upon the Dench. Tho verdict ut that timu was in favor of Tub Tuiuunk and against Mr. Moses by several thousand majority. The exact figures have notapimrontlysllppcd tho memory of Mr. Adolph Moses; and 1m Is not as grateful as he ought to be to this Jour nal for saving him to a largo general prac tice and u circle of virtuous clients like the plaintiff In Heeht vs. Tub Tjuiiunb Company. Tho services of Mr, Adolph Moses are now ho much In request that ho might possibly realize a far larger Income by prosecuting libel anils for half the damages which ho recovers than he would have had ns.lmlgo ortho Superior Court. However tills may be, Tim TninuNK Company will pay over tho damages to Hccht intlio sincere hope that a proper share oC It may be used In requiting tho valuable services of Mr. Adolph Moses to tho plaintiff. “ An old friend and pastor” of Folgor has rushed to his defense, In a communication printed In another column, which relates solely to tho charge that, ho wasafavorlt with Tweed, and was elected tbo minority member of tbo Now York Court of Appeals In 1870 through tho favorof tho Jloss. Tiik Timm.NF. knows nothing of this charge, and has had nothing to sny about it. It has merely printed tho statement of a corre spondent. that such was the fact. It Is proper, however, to notice that tho “old friend and pastor ” of Mr. Folgor only denies the allega tion in general terms. “Thu best answer 10 those charges,” ho says, “is tho fact, that Judge Folger was elected Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals last year, and, if 1 mistake not, run* ahead of his ticket.” Hut this is no answer. It proves nothing. To those who are conversant with the trades and dickers that nro constantly taking place In New York pol itics the fact that Folgor had 7,200 votes moro limn Garfield did—all of them gained In Now York City and llrooklyn—ls rather an evidence of an understanding with the Dem ocrats than of tho contrary, So much lias been said of Folgor’s running ahead nf ids ticket that a few words of explanation may not bn amiss. Garfield’s plurality In tho Stale was til,ovt; Kolgor’s plurality was 4-V 100. Hut tho total votes cast for each were as.follows: Folgrr Garilolil Folgor over Garfield 7,277 .9 1.00 . 0.00 . 80.00 Tim whole excess, and more 100, was found In tho votes of Now York and Kings Coun ties, which were as follows: . lulyer. UurfieUt, New York City and County ai,7w KlnsaCounty w/JOT fil,7S! Totals * Thus Folgcr had In these two city counties B.ISS more votes than Gnrlletd did, while In the remainder of tho State Garfield had Dll more votes than Folger did. Wo should bo rather slow to accept tho votes of New York Cliy and Brooklyn as a'gonulno test of popu larity In all cases. Tlioro Is notoriously mor'o trading going on there at every election—ns Sir. Georgo Bliss lately confessed—than In nil other parts of tho Slate combined. FORGING WAGES ABOVE THE MARKET. Tho long strike of tho ironworkers, at Cin cinnati is at an end, and tho Ironworkers have resumed at terms not quito so favorable as those which they struck against some six monthsago. Tho mill-owners had been pay ing r» per cent more Hum tho regular rates at Pittsburg, but tho workmen, who had been lining themselves with Communistic litera ture, demanded an Increase of ’JO per emit additional. Tho owners could not afford to pay this advance unless a similar advance wero made In competing cities, hut tho em ployes were obdurate in their exaction, and resolved to hold out. The. natural conso quoueo was the closing of tho mills during Dio entire season, from hist spring till now. Thu men have gone to work at last on tho basis of the old pay, but with tho understand ing that after Junol next tho wages shall bo tho same ns those paid at Pittsburg, or H per cent less than tho present and old rate. It Is estimated that tilts strike has Indicted a loss in wages of. about a million and a half dollars upon tho ironworkers. About' ’J,(XK) men have been out of employment slnco last May. Thoy have exhausted all their're sources. Thoy drew upon tho " union ” In other cities for several weeks, jtntll that sup ply was exhausted. They thou used up nil their savings, and lived as long ns they could upon their credit nt the stores, bakeries,.and groceries. They would not go back to work at the market rnto of wngos until thoy could uo longer borrow money to live on or obtain credit from the butcher, baker, and grocer. Meanwhile they had been at tho expense of buying off workmen who canto from other cities and paying their fare back lionte. Other expenses nnfltrally incident to n life of idleness and Intemperance have been In volved In the strike, and it will probably tako two years to place Individual workmen upon ns good a footing ns thoy wore at tho time thoy undertook to bulldoze tholr employers into paying higher wages than could be af forded. Whether considered from tlio principle In volved ortho practical results. It Isovldcnt that tho workingmen must always bo tho chief sufferers in such a strike ngnlnab tho market rates, and In tlio end must sustain defeat. As a practical -proposition It Is clear that the capitalists, whatever their loss may be, are better prepared to endure a suspen sion of production than nro tho’laborers. Tlio latter live upon their weekly wages; the others have various resources to full hack on. With the capitalists tlio question is simply one of loss or gain. It is for iKom to .determine whether they can bettor nlford to meet the demands of tho employes or to close their business. In tho latter case they lose tho interest on their investment and the taxes they pay. If they And that their losses by continuing business at an rate of wages exceed tho losses from a suspension of business, it follows us a matter of course that they close their works. A seasonofldlo ness will in such case be less costly to them than a season of work, and they sparo them selves tlio natural risks, worry, ana anxiety that are Inseparable from business. If such snsperiblon threatens toolitlast their patience or resources they seek to convert their capi tal into other uses; ordinarily, they await the time when tho workmen shall conclude to resume operations. With tho laborers tlio case presents a very dllTercnt aspect. Tho employe f killed in Ironwork, or any special trade, linsasa rule no other means of earning Ids living, and lie depends upon Ids earnings for tho support of Ids family. If he has saved a little money. It Is only a question of a few weeks or n few months at most when this surplus shall bo exhausted by u life of idleness. If ho has invested ids savings in a homo or other property, ho must look for ward to u saerlllcu thereof by Ids failure to provide current support. Hence the work man In demanding wages above tho market is not in a position to light tho'cnpitallst on a basis of iuaulivity, and it Is foolhardy to try it after repeated demonstrations of Ids In ability. Tho principle of the Cincinnati strike also placed tho ironworkers al a disadvantage. They were already receiving higher wages than the same class uf labor was paid at IMttshurg and other competing points. It was unreasonable and unfair to demand still turlhcr increase. However well disposed tlio Cincinnati mill-owners may have been toward their workmen, they could not af ford to pay *45 per cent more for labor than tho IMttsburg mUI-awupri* wore . paying, IMttsburg and ClnclumUl were producing the same class of Iron stuff and selling in tho sumo market at sharp competition; IMttsburg had an advantage hi procuring fuel ut less cost, and In paying 5 per cent Mess for labor.' At the same prices for the manufactured article Pittsburg received more prolit on such a basis! than Cincinnati 'HE CHICAGO TRIliUiV^ could earn. How was It possible, then, for tbo Cincinnati mill-owners hi Increase their expenses by adding -0 per rent to the cost of their labor mid ('onlinne to sell at tbo same price asked by the I’lltshurg owners’.* They could not get higher prices for lliolr stuff In the same market than their Pittsburg competitors, and they wJiuld bo forced cither to soil at a loss or accumulate stuff without selling at alt, and borrowing money to pay wages., Of course It was cheaper for thorn to close their mills than to continue. If such an alternative were to Inst It would bo cheaper for them to go out of tho Iron business alto gether, sell olf their plant and machinery at a loss, and invest their remaining capital in some other direction. The Cincinnati Ironworkers were gulllvof both folly and injustice when they refused to work except upon terms which their employ ers could not afford to pay. -They were guilty of something like a crime when by violence they refused to permit oilier men to work ht terms which they themselves were not willing to accept. Hut they tmvo paid tho penalty of their folly mid injustice by half a year of idleness with the loss and suf fering Incident thereto. They may have Inllioted sonic loss upon their employers, but none which compares to tliolr own. They have merely repeated an old experi ence In which others of this class have suf fered without avail, and In that they have proceeded in mi unreasoning manner. Ig norance lies at tho bottom of all such trou bles. Tho trades-union classes obstinately refuse to recognize the hard and Indexible law of supply and demand which governs all business. An Iron-mill is not an elee mosynary or philanthropic institution. Uis run to moke money. Capital will not invest in that or any ottior business without tho hope and prospect of,return. It is only a question of time when Unit or any other busl ness will be abandoned If tho exactions for labor and other expenses exceed the prices obtained for tbo products. The employers must take care of themselves, or else their effects pass Into the hands of the Sheriff and they become bankrupt. In either case the business ceases. The workingmen are bound to be governed by lhis Inexorable condition of things Just ns well ns the employers; and when they refuse to obey the law of supply and demand they are sure to come to grief sooner or later. .IlUfi'J liKMHt AGRICULTURE Ilf GERMANY. I’rlnce Bismarck has undertaken through tho medium of "A Congress of Gorman Agri culturists ” to prove that American competi tion In breadstuff* and bcof products threatens tho destruction of German agriculture; mid what Is more, holms succeeded alarmingly well. Of course the congress was instigated by Bismarck, and equally, of course, it re solves that tho remedy lies In Governmental interference, for If there Is a grievance In Germany UmttheGovernmontcannot redress the way Is opened for u suggestion looking to the reform of the Government itself, amt in that reform who knows what would -be come of William and the Prince V In the Government of tho old regime tho first consideration, of course, is tho safety of tho State, and tho State Is a man. in tho case of Germany, Emperor William blesses his subjects, Prince Bismarck governs them, and Yon Mottko leads them against their enemies (tho enemies of tho Emperor, tho Prince, uml the General) in battle. It docs not seem to have occurred to tbo Congress of German Agriculturists that such a Government ns they live under costs a great deal of money. But suppose It bad occurred to them, would they like tomenttou tho fact to Prince Bismarck? Probably not. For the tlrst speclticatlon on this head would bo a suggestion for tho disbandment of tho army—loo,ooo strong on a peace footing, and 1,1)50,000 on n war footing, to say nothing of a navy *o£ a hundred ships or so and 800 or COO guns. Ami of what nso wimld bo tho fat old Emperor, and tho crusty Prime Minister, ami tho stern old General, without an army and a navy? It Is singular that some member of tho congress of oppressed agriculturists did notvemurk that Germany would stand on a better footing to comucte with tho American grain-growers .and cattlc-ralsors If tho lax fur the support of tho German army and navy were removed. The army exhausts (ho re sources of Germany In two ways—hy taxation and by the twolvq years* service H requires In tho lino and tho famliechr of its able bodied young men. Tbo soldier ,raises neither wheat nor cattle, ami ho has to be supported by the producers. Tbtf producer’s boys nru "grabbed ” by the Government and forced Into tho army, and tho producer him self taxed to support them hi idleness. Either tho German agriculturists am dull not to have thought of all this, or they are so de voted to William that they havflnot tho heart to deprive him of the pleasure of reviewing half a million troops, or they are too timid to r speiflc uu on tho subject. They como very'near to letting tho eat out of tho bag though when thoy re mark that, notwithstanding tho Americans raise scarcely half Uie wheat per acre of tho English yield, still they have ruined tho En glish agriculturist and ate sure to ruin tho German agriculturist too, unless the Emper or and the Prince shall come to his help with a measure of "tax-reform,” which means.a prohibitory duty on American wheat and beef. They declare that American cheap wheat and beef help the German con sumer, but crush tbo German producer, and demand that tho consumer shall now be crushed and the producer helped. In a word, they demand that wheat ana beef shall be made dear, ’not sutllulonlty rdlocllug that the consumers of brtmdslnffs are producers of other things, and that these other things will mTcessarily bo made dear to an extent re quired to cover the Increased cost of produc tion. Another clTcct of lllsmarck’a proposed tax* reform measure to save (ienimn ORrlculluro from collapse will he to drive more Gormans uway from the Fullierlimd. lilgh-prieed pro* visions will react upon till manufacturing In* terests, making high-priced products, turn so limiting the market for them. Cheap pro*, visions are absolutely essential to cheap man* ufnclurcd Roods. More wheat, and corn, mid hoof, and pork limn coal, and iron, and brass enter Into tho construction of tine maim* factored articles. Where brain ami brawn can be made cheapest, there eventually aliov els, and hues,- and axes, and Knives, mid forks, and sprjons can be made cheap est. too. If Ulsmurck taxes the pro* visions of tho artisan, tho artisan will come to America mid set-up his shop here, where provisions are cheap; and In tho end the American surplus wheal, mid corn, and beef, unil pork will he consumed by the (lor* niau-Aincrlcau mcclmnlo on American sell, in a word, agriculture Is the basis of all na tional prosperity, mid when agrleullnro breaks down in it country thosuperstruelnru —all other industrial Interests—ls destined soon to totter to Us full. If Germany cannot compete with Americans In* raising wheat mid cattle,-no more can she, “in the long fuii,” la making ralhvny-lrun and loco* motives. The cry of despair of the German agrl* eulturlstd Is an Impeachment of the old sys tem of government on which tho political Institutions of Germany are iifoduled. Thu feudal system of government Is a failure be* cause it bears unequally upon the governed. Uellnlug It and engrafting upon it some modern ideas renders It only n little less {.'’illDAY, iNOVE.Ur.Kii i. If-Si—rwlil.VH l'A( J iOl' hideous, while It becomes Iminltly weaker In affording a contrast between (tio old and tho new, favorable to tliolattor. Koroxatnple: What an absurd spectacle Is presented by tho Government which rccopnl7.es Kingship by Divine right and representation by choice of tho representative pceN. Such a (tavern* incut can only be maintained In modern times by a standing army; and a standing army robs while It menaces the people upon whom It is imposed. The people who sus* tain snclt a (lovernincnt are sure to ho dlsiancetlln tho Industrial race, not only in agriculture, but in every other department of the practical arts, by the people who con* siltuto and administer their own Govern ment, tho modern Government, tho Jlcpubllc. GLADSTONE'S BEIUIEUEKT. Some of tho English papers imvo an nounced that Mr. Gladstone not only con templates resigning Ids position ns Chan cellor of tho Exchequer, but that ho also meditates retiring from political life alto gether. Tim announcement has caused much excitement in England, especially as In ids recent speech at Leeds tho Dreader de clared ids convictions that tho future of tho Liberal parly is so well assured that it does not need Idm aqy longer; and in another speech ho left Ids hearers to Infer Unit ho had taken Jala serious consideration tho question who might oventually bo Ids suc cessor in tho leadership. There nro several reasons why Mr. Glad stone should contemplate such n stop, and prominent among them is that of physical inability to perform tho severe and trying duties of Dremion lie Is now TO years of age. Ills Intellectual powers nro still unim paired, a striking Illustration of which is his recent delivery of six or seven long ad dresses in ns many days in the largo English towns. These efforts, however, prostrate him, ami he Ims made no continuous effort of into that lias not reacted upon him unfavora bly, for he is a man of such nervous temper ament that whatever he does ho docs with alt Ids might. It no other reason existed for tils retirement, Hint of physical weakness alone would ho sufilcient to compel Idm to give up ids duties before long. There ura other reasons equally forcible which may bo found hi the program of tho Jdberaj party. That party contemplates certain radical measures which are destined to entail a mighty struggle when they are brought forward—a struggle which n man at his ago and with his lack of physical en durance may well shrink from entering. They are not measures of a foreign charac ter, for Mr. Gladstone has been very success ful in settling tho foreign relations of Great Britain. Tim Afghanistan question is hqU tied, and tho Afghan factions arc left to work out their own salvation. To nil appearances youth African matters nro settled fur a long time to come by the now convention with the Goers. There is no enusefor alarm in India, ‘and England's relations with tho Conti nental Vowers are satisfactory. Tim Egyp tian problem and tho advance of Aus tria towards tho jEgenn are questions that can safely bo relegated to tho future, and neither of thorn involves tho probability of war. The groat measures likely tocomo up nro domestic in character, mid the battio must be fought out at home. One of these Is tho enfranchisement of tho rural districts ami Um redistribution of scats in I’arlimnnnt, sons to do away with tho present unequal concentration of power in small districts. Thu Liberals will make a desperate 61Tort to accomplish this, fortho agricultural laborers, unco enfranchised, will yoto with thorn, while tho aristocrats and landowners, amt perhaps oven tho fanners, will ns bitterly contest It, and a contest of formi dable dimensions will ensue in which an infirm old tpnu might well shrink from taking tho position of # lender. The sec ond great measure which' must inevitably come up for settlement before long Is that of land reform in England and Scotland. The agitation fora land lawshullarto that passed for Ireland lias eummunceil, and ttio tenants of Great Britain are already beginning to demand tenure. ll* Uy of rent, tho right to their improvements, an interest In their lands, and nil Um general measures of relief which have been granted to their Irish brethren. Coincident with these reforms, they will demand tho abolition of tho laws of primogeniture mid entail and * tho suiiio free system of division and sain of lands that obtains in Franco and tho United Slates. Tills will meet with even. a more bitter opposition from tho aristocracy than tho attempt to enfranchise tho rural districts. Mr. Gladstone is n mem ber of tho aristocracy, and ho must either cut loose from it or head ids party In an as sault upon some of Us dearest rights. A man of Mr. Gladstone’s advanced time of life and physical InlirniUles may well shrink from such herculean tusks and avoid them by ab solute retirement. Ills reputation Is made and nothing can now impair Us brilliancy If he should leave public life in tho hlghtof his fame. Should ho remain longer and en gage In desperate enterprises that nro beyond his strength ha might be forced into retire ment under tho cloud of defeat, if not of something worse. brain Storage Capacity of Chicago vs, nuiruto. Zb Hu JJiHior of Tht Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Nov. :i,—Will you please In form, mu what Is tbo relative storage capacity for grain In HuiTalo and Chicago? I beard sumo persons today claiming that tbo grain storage capacity ul lluiralo exceeded Unit of Chicago, which I beg leave to doubt, but would like to knew tbo facts. iNyuniKU. Tbo nominal storage capacity of tbo lluifalo elevators Is about 8,•-*00,000 bushels. Tbo actual capacity is considerably loss than ibis, however, as each cargo is kept by itself, unless tbo con trary bo especially agreed to by tbo owner of (bo grain. Tbo DutTulo elevators were built rather with n view to* transfer capacity than to balding. They can (nominally) transfer ii,<KX),W>O bushels per day front vessel to boat nr car. Tbo nominal capacity of tno Chicago elevators, now operating, la about IW,(WU,IXW mid this does not Inoludo room for nearly 4,WX),0U0 bushels now In process of construction. The ac tual capacity at present is perhaps JU.UOO.OOd bushels, tbo nominal ligurcs being understood to Include tbo room which could bo obtained by flooring over tbo railroad trades, mid tilling each bln to tbo top. Our correspondent will boo that Chicago lias a very much greater capacity than has Uuffalo for storing grulu. A Puzzled Correspondent. 3b Pie Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Nov. 3,—l’leusu inform mo whether Attorney-General MaeVoagh and B<:u -rutury James, or Dorsey, Jtrady, mid certain ether employes of tho l , oal-Olllco*Uoimrtment are on trial at Washington. 1 cannot aiford lo tabu a dally paper, but 1 road the lnler»(keun which Is received at tbo ollleu In which I am em ployed. 1 vannut quite make out Irom it' which party are thu culprits and which prosecutors In Mils star-routo business, except us 1 Infer Irom tbo animosity It displays toward Mr. MauVuagh Dmt bu mid Secretary James aro tbo rascals. Please oullgluon mo. o. H. The perplexity of our correspondent is very natural, lie bos been reading In the star-route organ, from day to day, that Attorney-General MuoVeagU and Postmaster-General James are to bo bold “responsible" fur these cases; that their guilty attempt to shift “responsibility" upon the Administration will bo foiled; Dmt Dio cases are bound to result lu an Ignominious fall uro to convict; and that tbo Administration, like Pontius Pilate, washes Us hands of ibo whole affair. How differently this reads irom the newspaper reports hc tbo time Ibo oases wore Instituted. Thun there was no qucHlon uf “ re sponsibility" us between tbo different members of President Gar Held’s Cabinet, but of "credit.’' Tbo proseouDons wore said to bo approved by every member uf tbo Administration, from tbo President down. Each vied with tbo other lu showing seal and sincerity In the cause of tho Government. Nobody thought of atliudilng odium to Iho Attorney-General or Iho Post imeder-Gonem) lor Broking to purge tho public service of rascality and reduce expenditures to no honest basis. As II Is, wo holluvu MaoVongh nod .lames can well afford to hear tho whole “re sponsibility” forlhoflo prosecutions. Whether (hoy result In tho conviction of tho thieves or not, they have already caused a reduction of expenses on account of the star-routes esti mated at 91,500,000 annually. They will conio very near making tho rosbOllico Department for tho llrsl time In half a onnlury solf-suatahi lug. Tho Associated Press yesterday sunt out Urn following dispatch from Washington, which may bo deemed a full Justification of tho con duct of Messrs. MaeVongh and James: Wahiunoton, 1). 0.. Nov/-’.—Tho star-mu to re ductions since tho Ith of March hnvu boon about 9l.ww,utw. Since President Garfield Is dead, MaoVengh and Jamus will Imvo to plead guilty to tho charge ol being mainly responsible Dir tho reductions. Hut whether tho ncuplo will doom this a heinous olfcnso is yet to bo seen. Tnmir. Isa well-denned prospect that one of tho most worthy charities In Cincinnati will have to tic abandoned, owing to tho scant courtesy which certain ladles of that city havo shown tho person to whoso liberality tho en dowment of tho charity Is due. Nut long ago Mrs. John Gibson gave, for Iho purpose of cstab* llshlnga German Widows' Homo,a house and grounds valued at 915.000. A society was organ ized to raise funds for furnishing and main taining the Institution, and until Inst Tuesday everything appeared to bo running smoothly. At that time a meeting was held for tho pur pose of electing a Matron. Mrs. Gibson sug gested far tho position a widow Indy ao qunlntnnco of hers residing at Shelby villo, Jml., but tier wishes vroro not heeded, and, a Cincinnati woman olooted, When tho subject of tho number of inmates with which the nemo was to start was brought up, Mrs. Gibson suggested that ton bo tho number, ns that. In her opinion, was all that could lie accommodated, If the Institution was to be self-supporting. Thoothor Indies wanted double tho number, and again were Mrs. Gib sou's wishes disregarded. In one or two minor matters tho same conflict of Judgment occurred, and finally Mrs. Gibson,' 'naturally much piqued, arose and addressed (ho association, expressing her feeling at tho manner In which her wishes had been disregarded, and told tho members that blio would withhold tho deeds to tho proper ly she had intended to glvo tho charity. ] lor no tion of course startled them, and there was an Immediate adjournment before a compromise could bo effected. Thus tho case stands, and that thorn will bo a German Widows' Home seems now Improbable. A few days ago tho newspapers gave pub licity to tho rather peculiar ending of the court ship of a Chicago man and n Cleveland young Indy, which was to havo ondod In marriage. When tho tlmo for tho ceremony arrived, how ever, tho hrido was missing, and subsequent In vestigation proved that sho had, while tho wed ding guests were waiting in tho house of her parents, been Joined for life to tbolovoofhur heart nt a neighboring justice-court, tho Chi cago man having palled on her appetite nt tho Inst moment. Tho reason given by this woman for not fnllllllng her contract with tho Invar from ibis city was tho very sullielont ono that hyrulfeotlons wore centered on another, but In n case which hnpponcd in Cincinnati Inst Tues day tho non-appcnrunco of (bo brldo cannot ho explained so easily. Theodora Schaefer bad loved a maiden - so unwisely that her pa rents Insisted on uu Immediate union of tho parties, to which arrangement Theodora as sented, and repaired to tho place appointed for the ceremony, only to Had tlmt tho mnld whoso injured nlfoeUona wero so sadly In nofcd of re pair bad positively declined to accept for a hus band tho man to whom she had been so In dulgent as n lover. Aflor a long wait, Air. Holmofoi' obtained it legal opinion from tho Justice of tho Peneo whom ho had brought tvltli him to perform tho ceremony that the absoneo ot tbo lady nt such a critical moment would render nugntory nny future move which sho might make In tho way of litigation, ana depart ed In a very happy framo of mind. Mil EmvAitn A. Fkek.majt, author, oCEn gluml, in bis last Icoturo nt tho Lowell Insti tute, on Saturday ovonlug, said, In speaking of his visit to Hunker Hill: “1 did feel that my heart nnd sympathies were with those who built there on that bight‘the redoubts, rather than with those who attacked them. I think 1 could havo entered most fully into thosplrit of your recent celebration nt Vorktown. The only draw back to the full enjoyment of tbo occasion would have boon that I am so much of it John Dull i should have wished the Frenchmen somewhere else. Hut after wa bad turned our Hessian mercenaries loose on you wo ought to llmt no fault for your alliance with tho French. At any rate, I can now rejoice that you are another Independent nation of Englishmen. There may be some that will deny that you uro English, since you have received so largely front emigration. You receive all strangers and as similate, but do you assimilate all with equal ease'/ Is It not trim that you assimilate most easily those of Teutonic descent, since they nro not strangers? When mice they havo rubbed olfsumoof tbo angles you will find thorn liko yourselves—Englishmen. 1 venture tho propo sition that tho emigrant who sails from Utrecht or Hamburg is somcthlugdllTcront from tbo ono who sails from—Pekin. Homo might say dif ferent from tbo Cell; but 1 will of ibis.” Tiik Executive Committee of the Young Moil’ll Auxiliary Club, who part their bnlr In tho middle, would tmvo done wisely to make them selves tic(|imlmed with Fred Sommer's record ua uu Aldornmn during (bo Colvin regime, before making themselves ridiculous by Indorsing that ebunnsa ‘'reformer." A respectable Democrat wbo served wltb Sommer In tbo Council Ims tills to say of bim In an interview wltb n reporter of tbo senior Democratic organ: From 1871 to 1871) was a very critical period of tho city's history. Important reforms wuro sought to bo inaugurated. Tbo efty’serudit was bad. Her bunds were below war, and tbo ex penses in excess of the receipts. Everything was at louse ends and cuing to the devil. A cor rupt ring bad fastened itself upon tbo city, and the cirurls of everybody who bad the good of tbo community at heart were directed to tho In auguration of reform measures. A•• reform” Council was elected, pledged to cut uif expenses and put tbo Municipal (luvormnent on u butter basis. Sommer’s vote tens fiiniriublj; with the opposition. Mo voted every time for tbo per jwtnntfun of extravagant gad contractu, for tbo maintenance of on or/iip of ktehc* uito Iml <u taehed them*clvra upon (tie rily, and in favor of giving railroad mid other corporations valuable truuebisus at tho expense of tbo piddle weal. Wo counted on Sommer’s opposition as cer tainly as we did upon tbo bulp and assistance of sueb men as Aldrich, Gilbert, McCauley, lirlggs, Spalding. Tuts is rolntod by omi of our oxolmngos: A striking Illustration of tbo strong bold which superstition still keeps upon the huutliorii ne groes, mid lit Die same time of Uio colmddonccs whluh, lo Itiolr narrow minds, stem to Justify a belief lii the mystery of charms unU Incanta tions, bus recently been offered In tbo four no of n lotfitl trial In Dumlur County, South Carolina. This wad tbo cuso of (bu tituio against Uunry .loluiHioii for tbo murder of John Davis on thu Alb of Inst February. Johnston was In Invo with Davis' wife, mul by tbo advice of a conjuror bo rosortuit to various charms to suouro bur affco- Don. Having tniccuudui] In this bis next step was to remove her husband. For ibis purpose bo prooureil n üburmoil bnllot ami shot Davis dead. Thu body was found and Johnston was ar raigned. To Ills surprise, and that of tbo ne groes who lilted tbo court-room, bu was found utility and sentenced to bu bunged on Nov. £>. His astonishment ut this result was largely duo to tbo fuel that ho had procured from tbo con jurer a charm warranted to protect, biui from all punishment for bis crime, lie still expects, however, to bo saved from tbo gallows, being established hi this oumfortublo faith by tbo Bln guiur elruumstanuo that during Die trial two of too Jurors were tuUuti suddenly 111 and had to be replaced by others, and that within three hours utter ho was sentenced the Hberllt ot the coun ty, u robust man, lu tno prime of life, dropped dead without apparent cause. Miss Kate Fiki.d lias been delivering sumo lectures recently, hi tbo course of which she look occasion to refer with severity to "women who go gadding off to Europe to Qnd something to wear, and turn up their aris tocratic noses at tho entirely sulljolont and fine raiment that cun bo furnished at homo." The iuet that Miss Field Is financially interested in a New Vork dressmaking establishment of course has nothing at all to do with ber anxiety that American women shall buy their clothes at homo, but some people will bo apt to mako sug gestions to tbut effect. Wumi comes from Memphis Uiatshoct-irou •is likely to tlud u now use on nu extensive scale In Its application to the covering of cotton bales. Tho present hemp covering Is used solely boeauso of Its cheapness, but, us It ad mlts moisture and sand, it causes a considerable waste of cotton. A number Of heavy cotton dealers bnvo. therefore, written North for quo tations of No. aOsliool-tron. If it Is adopted It will bnvo nn enormous snlo; each bale will r«- i|iilrn a sheet 7(1x11 Inches, nml wcltflilngtwenty two pounds, nml, nn tho nnmtnl crop of cotton h (MWO.WW bolus, It would tuko ti(t,uoo tons ut shout* iron to cover them. Hays tho Pittsburg Commercial Gazelle (Hop.) of Nov. Careful surveys of tbo wbnlo Hold bnvo re cently been tnauo uy the Kioto Commlltoo, and also by private persons, and nil accounts concur in tho slutemont that (len. (hilly will noil almost ns many Domnurntlo votes ns Mr. Wolfe will tnko from the Republican ranks. Tho bolters nro very weak nutnerlcallv, but what tboy lack In numbers thoy try to make up In fuss and fustian. It needed no systoninlfo Inquiry to domonstmto tho fact Hint (ho canvass of tho bolters Is doomed to end In a llnseo. it Is everywhere In tho nlrtbnt Wolfe Inis boon losing frromid rapidly for several weeks, nnd tbo harder iu labors tho rnwor votes ho will poll. Otdy In n low districts will bo get enough voles to bo worth counting. Thu men of St. Louis nro not noted for be ing particularly energetic, but tho boys socm to bo differently constructed. Onoof thorn, aged 12, recently seized a carving-knife and attempt ed to murder his mother and sister, tho scronms of tbo torrltlcd women fortunately bring ing tbo polluo on tho scono In time to pre vent tbo tragedy. Tbo reason for bis display-of flondlshuoss was tho fact that his mother had objected to a practice which tho young limit had of lying on bur bod without hrst removing his muddy boots. St. Louis boys should bo trained very carefully. A self-cocking revolver aud a club nro enough to begin with, perhaps. Mil. Vknnor’b weather guess for this month Is that It Will enter cold and decidedly wot, but that this condition will suddenly give place after tbo ilrat wook to open mid genial wonthor again nearly everywhere, with a disap pearance of frosts oven In Northern Now York nnd Canada for u period. “Wo may expect,” ho says, “ some of tho finest—at any rate, most en joyable—weather of tho season during this month ut Now York, llostnn, Philadelphia, and Washington.” Look out fora very disagreeable, November after this prediction of tbo blunder ing Vounorl Missionary Bouev, who has temporarily como to this country from tho heathen of Li beria, says that tho latter bollovo that If thoy break u'twlg In a curtain sacred region tbo King's country ilovll will fatally poison thorn. Accordingly, to bolp destroy tho superstition, Mr. llouoy cut down a whole bush, and thou evaded tho penalty by giving tbo King money. His African Majesty sent back ward that some how tho devils bad been scared out of those' bushes for a hundred years. Tub Now York Sun remarks: “It is as tonishing that two and a half million dollars can slip out of it bank and nobody but tbo purlolnor bo aware of It until bis confession. Are many utbor such Institutions conducted on tho plan of tho Newark Mechanics* Jlauk? Aro these vast moneyed concerns often carried on by ono per son, who reimburses himself for usurping tho functions of several people by treating tho en tire funds as bis own capital'/” Kufus Hatch, tbo well-known New York speculator, became ono day In August last tbo happy father of a baby. Ho bought for him some corn nn hour or two after his birth, and In loss than a wook a profit of $75,000 was realized, which has boon Invested for tho lucky Infant iu United States bonds. It scorns that Mr. Harrison Is not tho only “lloy Preacher.” One Meredith, who Is given tho snmo title, has boon on trial at Canton, 111., . before tbo Motbodisl Confc ronce, on charges of “swearing, drunkenness, lying, smoking, mid claiming to bo a Republican when ho was u Democrat." Tub Democratic County Convention got off a good “ffoak" on tho party when thoy nom inated Fred Horaracr, of Bridgeport, as u “ Re form “ candidate for Commissioner. No more roanug'farco has boon acted lu Chicago fur many u day, Tnli present political campaign In Cook County Is tbo dullest one wo ever recollect. Everybody except Jo Macklu’a tarrlors Is usloop —to tbo Importance of tho contest. Thoy nro awako and stirring. • Junoits, like other citizens, are not In favor of suppressing olllclal Irregularities or punish ing newspapers very heavily for telling of thorn. JJaya.hi) Taylor's fnllior ami mother, who Imvo been man and wire for sixty-gevou years, arc still living and In good health. - Wiikn* men are guilty of the offense obanrod, suing newspapers for libel for publish ing It Is not a paying business. 'lf Moses had taken the ease on 11 shares ” ho would bnvo realized AO cents for bis astuto legal services. LAKESIDE MUSINGS. Myrtle green will bo tho fashionable color for ladles' dresses (bis winter. Deep blue will bo tbo fashionable color for tho faces of tbo men who have to pay for thorn. Cable dispatches statu that a plot to blow up tbo Czar tins been discovered. A plot to blow up a Chicago man was discovered by tbo Intend ed victim, who frustrated it by giving bis wllu u sealskin saeque. lb was Saturday night in Lciulvillo, Six rough minors wore playing poker. Uut as tbo clock struck tbo hour of 111, proclaiming that tbo Lord's day bad come, with one accord tboy threw down tbo cards and left tbo saloon. Tney wont across tbo street to see a dog-light.—Cmi Sc/mrz. Mr. Gladstone's recent illness was caused by bis devotion to rural pursuits. While at Hu wardon bo wont out into tbo woods to foil tim ber, though the weather was stormy. Tbo re sult was u cold of a serious sort. Llttio boys who aru sometimes asked by tbolr mothers to go out In tbo yard und spilt somo kindling should pre serve this Item. A gentleman from Klbort County, Georgia, and u lady of Franklin had agreed to become 0110. Tbo llcoiißu was procured, tbo adulator present, and tbo twain stood on tbo lloor ready to Join bands matrimonially, when n torraor tlaino of tbo ludy stopped In and askod tbo groom executant If tbo lady would profer to marry him would bo Intorposa any obJooUons. do answered favorably, *ho did tbo lady, and tbo ceremony proceeded with a now groom sub stituted. Tbo Klbort man Is still a bachelor.— New York Tribune. A gentleman from Chicago and a ludy of tbo same place bud ugrecd to be come one. Tbo ouuplo wero ready to bo mar ried, when a former llnino of tho ludy stopped In and askod tho groom expectant It tho lady would prnfor to marry him would ho Interpose any objections. Uo said bo would not Interpose nay objections—notblug but u shotgun, and tbo ceremony proceeded. Tho former tlamoU still a bachelor. ■ ily Indy sighs, Amt her languid eyes Look sad In Ibo morning light; Hoad and heart both acho, And bar bunds they shako, And her lips and cheeks uro white; Of tho pains of pleasuro shu knows tho tnato, And tho prico sou pays fur a tiny waist. Ocnrdnmsols, who Your bodies screw Into half their true proportions, • If you ouly hoard Tho terms conferred On your ugly, vain contortions, You would nut uo In such painful basto To make u display of your liuy waist. Up, woman and inonl Uy tuuguu and by pen Lot us Urlvo out this fully bolwooa us; For Nature has given A spirit of llouvou Unto you, and tho form of a Venus; Why spoil snub a figure so swuotly graced, And blight Hfo'a rosos for a tiny waist? —a'am utl Joins PERSONALS. Ex-PreslUout and Mrs. Hayes nro expected to arrive In London somotlmo this month on tholr way to tho Bonin of Franco. They will return to England. It Ig said, In tho spring. Llout Frederick Collins of tho United Huios Navy, who died in Washington last Thursday at tho ago of UO, was the actual corn* mimdorof tho surveying party to tbelstbmug of Hitrlnn iii I 'O’* f). IJo inntln n very n , survey of thn proponed icmlea for iW V ,rnl * oceanic eimal In Hpitoof tlioinost scveroh ,e s* Tho Marquis of Ltmio will stay |„ p Kbnid only nbout live weeks. ruHiriibiiri. to spend Christmas In Canada. Thoivin wßlroUiru to Canada with her lmsbau.i - . Isexpuotud that bo will resign his months lienee. ~U3la hn» Hcerclnry Uhtlno Ims on tbo W all o f.. of bis parlors n lino ongravlngof (llmlstonc ■ ? tuliliu by Mr. llbidalono Himself, with nnitm ßt graph. Tho largo photograph nr den which was displayed on tho catafalque innJ tM laud now Hangs lu Hecrelnry llluino's parlor* Ooldwiu Hmllli writes to tlm Time*: “ Depend upon ||, tho feeling J? native Americans toward tho old coimtrruM universally and onllrulv kind, liven at when It was less kind It seemed toft.l® 9 much ordinary enmity ns wounded affection Tltoim’mo of tho now Chinese MlnUw*. tbo United Hliitos Is Chang Chao Yce. n O ,, Taotl In rank mid bus recently held the no* ?i * of Chief of Maritime Customs, eorresnonsi nearly wllh onr Sot-rotary of (bo Treasury -Sf newly-appolaled Minister wont loheklmrln.?* latter pun of August to confer with ihn i ' 1 perlnl milhorltles mid will leave for thn Slates In tbo thldtllu or latter part of tbo menu? A gentleman 1 writes to tho Provident (U. f.) Joarmil In regard to tho complicjun! growing out of alleged personalities (a ih! novel, “Capo Cod Talks"} “J think It duo to SI nnthortoßay that tbo publishers knew they undertook tho publication that‘n-iituunM woro used's nml, as to tho use of these natn« Miss McLean bad no experience ns u writ,.*.,!! no thought of giving olfonso. She tmd an S! kindred nro qultu lamlllor with New PniiP*! country life mid distrlut schools, and « r 7, capable of unklndnoss to ‘tbolr own noon «* Moreover, 1 think no one can read tho bonknmt fall to«eo that tho author bad tho utmost,«£} will toward all thosu whoso names she uscu ATLANTA'S EXPOSITION. Address by the Hon. liilward Atkin, non, ol llosloit, to Which the South, orners Take lixeopdun. UpeeUtt JHwatthTo Th« Client Trl}*vn«, Atlanta, (In., Nov. U.—Tho Hon. Kdward Atkinson, «f Boston, delivered mi attUrcasat tho Judges’ Hall on tho imposition (lroiin,u this morning upon tho subject of handling and manufacturing cotton, to nn autUouca smaller than was over present before on Uw grounds on a simitar occasion. {Sumo iw lions of tho address woro very cutortaiiilng while others wero ridiculous In tiro fact that they wAo susceptible of contradiction with, outtroublo. Jlosald that tho plnco for man ufacturing cotton was In Now England, anj Hint tho South should make tho cottoiurou and send ll to tho North whore it could Uj manufactured. Mr. Atkinson said that tho Northern nnd Eastern .Slates were tho places where tho best clan of cotton poods could bo made ut smaller expense. Soon after delivering tho address a prominent exhibitor of cotton machinery at tho grounds Informed your correspondent that since lie had been here thoy had demonstrated the fact that ho could manufacluru a liner quality of thread hero than ha could iu New England, and with more satisfaction. An Augusta man, interested In tho mills nt that place, com* moutlnuou Atkinson’s speech tonight, said: “He Is clearly wrong. The factories In our city last year cleared between hi and 18 ptr cent—that Is, tho largest ones did— while the smaller mills made much more. Thu other mills in the State have done equally as well, Wo can without doubt manufacture doth one cent per yard cheaper hero Ham they can North. This year our mills will consume •0,000 bales against 00,000 last year. Lost year Sam Inman, of Atlanta, sola our facto ries at Augusta u,OOO bales nt beller llimrei than ho was offered for It nt tho Kali Tiber Mills. Wo cun glvo more for cotton Ilian tho mills at a distance, as we can make doth cheaper than tho Eastern mills can.” A delegation from tho Augusta mills tendered Atkinson nml party nn Invitation'to visit that city, which was occupied, and they leave here tonight. The tmjircssimi hero Is that the burden uf AtkinsouT speech was to run down cotton manufactur ing in tbo South and build up the same enter prise ut tho North. A good portion uf the speech was devoted to advertising various kinds of cotton machinery made ut the North under cover of teaching Southern people how to raise nnd manufacture cotton. MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS. They llavo Vinter CoiiNldorntlou the Project of Shutting Up Their 3IIIU lor 11 Time, Special Vhpateh (9 The Chicago Tribune. Sr. Paul, Minn., Nov. U.—The telegram from the .Milwaukee Millers’ Association pro* posing a combination to shut down nulls and force reduction In grade of wheal was read at the meeting of the Millers’ Association In Minneapolis this morning, and, us u matter of courtesy, the Secretary was directed to acknowledge receipt. The entire nmUenvu then referred to the Hoard of Directors, ami by their decision, which will probably be rendered two or three days hence, and only after a careful consideration of the ease, the millers will abide. Tin: Tiiiuu.nb cor respondent called on several millers, ami, after his .conversation with ilium, lie left, querying whether the Milwaukee folks wero not endeavoring to use the Minneapolis mil* lets us a cat’sqmw to pull the Milwaukee chestnut out of the (Ire. The wheat In stow in Milwaukee Is bad. If the Minneapolis mills shut down perhaps some of the good wheal will puss by this point ami be gobbled up In Milwaukee. It may be that In Mien a proceeding lies the hope the Milwaukee millers have of Improving the quality of (tie wheat which they desire for liuiuu manu facture. Mr. Goodrich, of tho Union Mill, when naked what course liu thought would he ]>tf* sued, replied that in ids opinion It depcmml on future events. Thu stale of alfalrs here und ut Milwaukee U entirely rllllereiiu Seventy pur cent of the wheat In tho latter city Is rejected und No. u. Tho condition uf the markets and tho facilities for shipments In the future will decide tho necessities far shutting down more positively than any ex* Istlng condition of alfalrs. Mr. Ihirber, of Die Cataract, casually 1* marked that the Milwaukee millers evidently had a sour stomach. As to shutting d«' vl, j he could give no opinion. It would depend on the action of the Hoard of Directors. F. 8. Hinkle, of the - Holly MllMms with* drawn from tho association, but he will proi£ ably pursue tho course decided upon by * llfl other millers. . 1-Ted rillsbury thought tho board would decide to shut down tho mills tho latter put of this month or the first of next until stub Unto as tho conditions might warrant 0 re* sumption of business. .However, ho thongn> the mills would shut down, whether Uiero wits uny agreement or nut, MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. Sp«(al VlttufcH to Tht Chicago '/Vltun.*. Asm Amtoit, Mich., Nov. a.—At ft aieottag of tho Hoard of Regents of tho uidvenaH today, Dr. Lcounrd McLean, Professor ol Surgery In the .Medical Department, with* drew lila resignation nt tho mmnhnous re* quest of tho board. The Investigation of wfl charges against Prof. K. C. Franklin. of tM Homoopaildo College, for alleged I^ ,m . 1 !f.; of a fraudulent tlimi cenllicutu to ft aWdeni named SkeeU, ml of Introducing (rauduicin testimony at a former Investigation to >nm» eato himself, was begun, SkceD wh ‘* anilned, and the board then adjourned w Dec.«, when the Investigation will w[£ sumed. Dr. Franklin had a sllghtaponuw l ® slroko this morning, which caused }no »u joimtment. K, C. ileglor, of Lahallc.ll. who has given liberally to the College UJJJ nasiuiu Fund, today presented 1 im. u»'M with a check for SSOO to purchase the c* c . ® Journal of Mathematics. a very vfthmwa work, for tho university library. 808 INGERSOLL’S OLD PEORIA RESIDENCE. Pkoiiia, 111., Nov. 11.— Tho lugcisoll llmei, foruierly tiie residence of Dob Ingcrsml. |old by Col. Dcaue today to Harvey W*}I** 1 ** tier, u wulbkiiown capitalist of this city.■ 10 Tho property was purchased ‘VL prominent citizen, who Intends to um » largo hotel ou tb6 lot—a want long llLLtK hero. MICHIGAN. SALT. • Bptt lal JhiiKKck (u The Chicago Tr IS uiu. ; Da st Haciixaw, Midi., Nov. port of tho State Salt Inspector sl,, \ wd barrets Inspected during the mouth w