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are dangerous, not only to the enemy, but some
times to those who use them, carelessly:


During the siege Of Charleston, steamer which had
Just run the blockade through sharp fire, passed
the harbor and anchored. The Captain, Knowing me
danger from torpe1oes. which IS ZOE the
destruction Of friends Of enemies, pcked np one
With the cid Of Of the crew, carefully lodged II
upon the bulwarks just abaft the wheelnouse, ana e
hcaved into the river, under tho impression that II
would peacefully snk into Dayy jones' locker without
complaint or anger. The torpedo, however, had no
such PACIFIC intentions, and, ct the instant Of impact
With the surface of the water exploded with the roar
Of thlrteen-nch mortar tearing the wheelhouse into
fragments and knocking the master to the deck sert
ously Jared Had this torpedo exploded three feet
deep the ship would have been in great danger; at
nTe feet, she would have sunk like q shot it was
surface explosion, the p1anks we're only ab1ased.
+. G. Do Leon describes the Creoles the Gre
ole Carnival, and New Orleans Society.
SIN the Dark" is thrilling story in Kate Put
nam O5goods usual vivid style.
IAN Evening with Spiritus1ist" recounts
Some curious intercourse had, through medium,
with various alleged deceased individuals-oue
OF whom, shocking to relate, used profane Ian
guage. They did not differ from the usual e1-
plolts OF that character. The writer could not
decide whether the power by which somo really
wonderful feats we're performed was clair7oy-
ance, mesmorisn, somnambuism, or something
else not yet honored with name, but SAYS:
"Why we should denominate it tspiritualis1n'
We could not understand, for the power evidently
belonged to the professor, and not to the spirits
Of the dead"
"The Strange Adventures Of Phaeton," and
"Annio's Story" are continued.
, 1872-10-27

An interesting suit was recently brought in
England, growing out Of violation Of one Of
the statutes, known as the Pedler's Act, which
provides that every vendor Of goods shall tnke
out license. The charge Of violating this act
was brought against q nonconformist lady, who
had been taking round missionary basket
in other words, basket containing contribu-
;iQ2s of fancy articles, which are taken round
and oftersd for sale by the various contributors
in turn. In this manner the ladies belonging to
tions, have done 8 thriving business for some
time past. The magistrate before whom the
lady we6 brought, in giving his judgment. said
that there vas considerable difference Of opinion
in the Interpretation Of tie act even among
llssgl authorities, nanny Of them believing
that tho sale Of articles for charitatAlp
purposes, without sry profit to the saleaman,
did not place such person #ithin hl the scope Of
the SIT. 4 "high legal authority" having tax
en- this view, the magistrate dismissed the SUM
mons.
Undoubtedly, in this case, tho decision
Of tho i1fr77gistrato III will be applauded BY
tho world at large. - 3bject WAS charitable
ons. Ehe lpdy mhq aalf1 tho artieles &tf not re-
ccivo any rsek+t El!erefrom and the purchaser, it
is to be presumed, received 2 quia pro quo for
the money invested. There are littao 1pstters Of
business, however, connected with church enter
p!ises itl i +: this country which the general COM
munity 7 would |bo glad to see placed un-
der the operation Of e statute similar
to the English P'edler's Act. The
mild fora Of gambling practiseq at church
fairs is an instance 70 the point The lottery is
the fayorite form Of this gambling. An article
is put up and rafled for. Oneperson is SUCCESS
full and the rest throw away their money, and
the successful person, although he has virtually
Uagered that he will draw something worth
much more than the price of his ticket, in reality
draws something, the yaluo Of WHICH is only nom
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thinks to describe the gradual process by which
the running brook has been transformed into
stagnant water, how the dairy has proved to be
q failure, aud how you must go back to town if
you desire to secure the choice cuts Of beef and
the early yegeta bles of tho season.
Yet come Of these secrets OF country life must
have got abroad, for there is an evident reaction
in favor Of metropolitan life. DR.. Holmes, in
recent instalnlent Of "Tho Poet at the Break
fast Table, comes out boldly enough in defence
Of city life and concentrated communities.
After expressing the very sensible opinion
that tho pretticat and best specimens Of
womanlind are raised under glass, just
as the finest fruit is, he adds: Keep her in
wide street of well-built city eight months of
the year, with good, solid brick walls behind
her, good sheets Of plate glass, and the sun
shining warm through them in front Of her, and
you have put her in the condition of the pine
apple" Further on, he says that 'sPeople
don't know what q gain there is to health by
living in Cities" md that "a frst-rate city
house is q regular sanitdrium." 4 writer in
Appletoz's Journal, following DR.. Holmes, is Of
the opinion that the City Of the Future is to be
one of scientific compactness instead Of scion-
tifc diffusion, and recommends the build
ing Of tall houses, with steam elevators,
thorough ventilation, perfect drainage, each
floor household in itself, the roof set aside
for garden and promenade, and the whole
adapted to cooperative housekeeping. It is
claimed by the new set, thus undertaking to dis
pose Of the problem Of city life, that there are
fresher-looking women and heartier old men
in the largo towns than in the country districts;
that the city-bred lady has moro attractions for
outdoor exercise, and SO takes more Of it; TINT
city cooking is not 50 productive OF dyspepsia
as the fried grease and hot bread OF
the farmhouse; and that the ap-
pliances for carrying off the refuse matter OF
crowded communities 1eage more healthful
condition Of the atmosphere than the damp
fields and primitive customs Of country life
Every one will recall the general complaint Of
mosquitoes and ague-two scourges that might
have taken their places among the gisitations
put upon Pharaoh--tha. has come from the SUBJ
urban villages and rural districts during the past
summer, and agree. at least, that the partisans
Of country life hare not all the arguments on
their side.
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The Cbicago fire has not yeti exhausted tts

The Chicago fire has not yet exhausted its
baneaoant results upon the country ct large e e
this connection, f!:s saE York 3fall calls atte9-
ia tho faet that it haa aHakeens4 M tie people
ton = - *sEaysRH9n 2 aaa ID extinction '9 81
to the idea that tne > -~~tgEs than tha la=
fires more nearly concern thzms>- >~@''<
g11rauce companies, from the fact that oy leso-.-
ing tho risk, the rates ot insurance arc lessened
The result has been avery decided increase IN
the number and cLaraster Of fire organ41zatlons
throughout the county during the year. It now
orcanizafions in The United States, formed Of
from one to fifty companies each, and compTis,,
ing an aggregate force OF 250, GOO men, supported
at probable cost Of s2o, ,ooo, 900 per annnm to
the authorities, independent Of Large sums ex"
pended upon themselves by volunteer meabe1R
, 1872-10-27

There is one field OF literature in which the
mature critic must yield to keener and fresher
Judgment. Only Children can tell whether the
books and stories written for children are good.
Tried by this test, Our Young Folts stnnds very
high in the estimation Of the aged reviewer, who
confeases that he finds no little pleasure for him
self in glancing through it's bright and happy
pages. In the November number, ga Chance
Tor Himself is continued, and aNonderful dis
coVery Ia made. The schooln1istress in Siam
steps down from her lofty seat in the Atlantic,
and tells the little people the strange times she
had In that Oriental land. There are stories
and poetry OF dogs, and birds, and babies, and
birthday parties, everything, in short, to de-
light little boys and girls.
, 1872-10-27
PENN MONTHLY,

The Penn Monthly for October discusses
American Shipping Interests, and what should
be the idea OF a University; places sDon
Quixote" and ssGn Bias" as foremost among
novels; asks whether the commingling Of the
manifold types Of mankind on the American
Continent will produce race or hybrid; and
concludes by few unimportant paragraphs, and
hasty review or two.
, 1872-10-27

inal. Even granting that the article is worth
moro than the chance he took, this does not
alter the character Of the proceeding, and the
charitable nature Of the object does not
diyest it Of its illega1ity and impro-
priety. The Post Office, the Well of Rebecca,
and the conventional ca ze with the ring in it be-
long to the same class of petty swindling. In
all these cases, tho purchaser receives no equiv
alent for the money he pays out, and submits to
DO swindled in q mild way for the sake Of the
Cause which is an indefinite kind Of consolation
after all The pedler's icense it seems to us,
would apply in these cases, and might make
some amends for this charitable law-breaking,
Of which no magistrate will tako cognizance.
, 1872-10-27

The nomination OF Frank Warren for Alder
man in the Second Ward by the *Law and Or
der'' party is ono Of the most surprising devel-
opments Of the present agitation. We fancy
that Mr. Warren is perfectly thunderstruok to
find himself in that company.
, 1872-10-27
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE,

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION tpA5AB1E n ADVANCED.
DAILY: by mail. 90 so
l1-Hee1ls-..... G.uO Weekly ............. 200
Parts OF year at the same rate.
To delay and mistakes be suro and give Post
oEce address in full, including State and County.
eittaaecs be made either By draft e1press Post
tfaee order, CT in registered letters, st sisk-
1En.16 TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS
Daily, delivered, Sunday excepted s5 cents per week.
Daily, delivered, Sunday included, cents Fer week.
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
No. Il South Canal st., Chicago, ILL.,
TE1ECSE Branch Office, No. 4s9 Wabash-av., in the
Bookstore OF 11cEsTs. Cobb. Andrews Co., whcro
Advertisements aud subscriptions will bo reserved, and
Ei receive the sa.uo attention il Lett at tho AEin
Dffce.
TEE TRIBUNE counting room aud business department
VIII remain, for present: at No Il Cas1 street. Ad
vestiselacn.s should be handed In at that p!zce
, 1872-10-27

More About Saturday 1a3f-HolidayBs
TO the Editor Of Tie Chicago Tribune:
sm: At 8 timo when the Sunday Law queg-
tion occupies the press, it would seem not an
uniting moment to draw public sttention to
the hitherto unsuccessfuuy y-attonpted System
Of closing business on Saturday noon.
It is well enough for people who ride IN their
carriages during the week, and very easy for
them, to observe the Lords Day in what they
deem Christian spirit; but how fares it With
the clerk or woringman, who has to drudge
from early in the morning until evening, with
scarcely sufficient time allowed him to eat his
dinner, and to whom Sunday is the only day
which be can call his own Is it to Be- von-
dered at, when such as these-and they form
vast maiority-forget that the seventh day
should be their Makers, and spend the only
time allowed to them in what the aboTe-named
Christians consider an indecorous manner2
a man requires physical recroation as 1eces-
such is absolutely denied to the workingu1an Or
clerk, who would gladly devote Sunday to his
Creator, but has no other time for bodily .e1er~
else or physical relief from his daily toll
In New York, business closes at noon on Sat-
urdays, or at latest, at o'clock in the after
noon. The necessity for this must be as a<sutely
felt here as there.
In England, business is universally suspended
at l o'clock, the necessity for this having
been recognized long ago. Could no such AS
sociatlon Re established here as the 'fSaturday
Halliday Closing Association" there2
If the working class of the community have
Saturday afternoon for themselves, there viii be
less inducement for infringing the Sunday law,
and it might prove more efectual means to
bring about Sunday observance than all the clos
ing Of pabIic houses. Yours respectfully,
CutoAao, Oct: :25, 1874: " c1ERK.
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LjPPlNcoTT'S.
Lipptncotrs Magazine comes as usual with ite
bright cover, dainty paper, clean Typography,
and scanty and inelegant engrayings. Papor.
making is the subject of the first article, enti-
tied 'sFrom the Field to the Fireside.'
Reginald Wynford, in his article. "The Lon
don Season." tells how the guy world Of London
moves on its hidden springs. Among other Sc
crots, this:
There certain claes Of men in London society
who are applied to BY bailgiving ladies for dancng-
men, just as they would sed to Gunters for walters
To these men the ballroom seems the natural arena,
They aayo eivers world Of trouble; md, aB some
Of them needy younger SONS, it seems pity
@ into e1Et;::t to Dc the whole
deferred to, and in e1ercisnga sort Of patronage
amongst the aspirants TO- fashionable balls There are
two or three men who are supreme in these respects
bail he wf6hea 70 GO to-. :: ''
Ole Of the gfentest Institutions Of the season
is the dinner-party. Popular guests sro often
invited q month beforehand. To give successful
dinners fSquires not only money and rank. but
aoeaal ability of ? his order. There are women
III EsRlon fsmoWl1s W f9r f6elr in dinner
giving, Inc "aatdss ct these eFe Eaay 9a' aisy:::
worth and the Countess o. "*sas6:s:s: =. ~
young men in London sin society" },v.
boarding-houses
al ~ nlys r. bedroom and sittng-room, and live
apar , ne Tept ol such rooms lie second oor, in
lodgings hey aeve so %ef In m
n,s Owl room and generally will give plain dinner i
5he5s @ tqet his
heps in no great city in the world can YOU aorether
~ =; n and done for cheaply and comfortably
hs ,f n Many Of these lodgings ara shops,
~ e ~ - private door at the side, that the shop
no ne slightest annoyance the lodger It is not
ougns IN the least inrn dig thus to live shop.
A Mlsslon to Costa Rica II completes series
y, u papers which have been appearing in
Lsppsncotfs, descriptive Of diplomatic service
abroad, written by R. n. Walsh.
John 6. Barnweu proves that " torpedoes" "
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An American on SrndeyLnsvs.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIR: The remark Of THE TRIBUNE, that the
movement for the suppression Of crime seems to
be perverted into movement for enforcement
Of peculiar views Of Sabbath observers. strikes
me as eminently correct. That some of our
clergymen, with their religious adherents, have
taken advantage Of the movement to establish
their religious notions, is SO patent that the
cause is losing the sympathy of 9 large class Of
Americans, who, though in favor Of the tenn
perance cause, do not believe in enforced oh.
servance OF the Sabbath. I protest against al
lowing religious zealots to array the American
classes against the right Of our German fellow
citizens to enjoy their native and innocent bev-
erage on the first day of the week. The classes
that these clergymen represent are not moiet7
Of the respectable native-born American people.
The enforcement Of Sunday law might per-
haps have been practicable twenty years ago;
but the people have become too much en1isht-
ened now,--have got too much educated out Of
the old Puritanical sentiments Of those days.
to tolerate such intolerance. Brought up as q
Puritan, I know how it is myself. / would ad7o-
cate the placing OF liquors as contraband mer-
chandise On. all days Of tie week but to say
that Germans shall not drink their lager On
Sunday, consider merely religious fanaticism.
Chicago, Oct. q, 1879. ALPHA.
, 1872-10-27

The Evangelical Ministerial Association Of
Cincinnati, which met recently, had under dis
cussion the subject of criminal abortion,--t
wilful destruction of unborn children. The sub
jeet WAS introduced by the Rev. Dr.. Hatfield,
formerly Of Chicago, much to the distaste Of
some Of the other clergymen. He insisted,
however, upon its discussion, and, in the course
of his remarks, made the startling State
ment that there was not u block in Cincinnati
where the evil was not practised, and from
which there were not "women coming into the
church and to the sacrament with hands stained
with the blood of the unborn innocents.'' Argu-
ing from this statement, he contended that
it was time for the Christian Church to
look the matter directly in the face. and
for religious men and women everywhere to
counsel together as to the best means Of stop
ping the evil The broadcast statement OF Dr..
Hatfield with reference to Cincinnati was evi-
dently not rolished by the other clergy, some Of
them denying the statement point blank, and
others gently limiting that the Doctor WIS hasty
and rash in his charges. As it is only short
time since that Dr.. Hatfield classed some Of
the most excellent ladies on the lyric stage
among improper characters, and as he has more
than once been very careless and loose in bis
statements, the other members Of the Associa-
ton did well in not accepting his charges
as authoritative. The evil Of criminal abortion
cannot be too generally condemned or too sewers
ly punished but that it exists to the extent
charged by DR.. Hatfield few will be willing to
believe, except upon better authority. 1t is
wholesale charge against women, almost as gra-
tuitous Us those which he has made against ac-
tresaes and singers. The Association very prop
erly took no action upon his suggestions, prefer
ring to wait for something more reliable.
, 1872-10-27
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.
What = German Thinks of Sunday
Laws.

What = German Thinks of Sunday
Laws.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIR: There has been good deal printed on
this question, but all from this side, of the appla
OF Discord. To break the monotony Of oneness,
I, from the other side take the liberty to ask
few questions and expressa few sentiments.
am & Germau,-one who does not favor
Sunday laws different from Monday
laws, Or laws for any other day OF the
week; one who does not believe that all tho
crimes committed in this city have been commit
ted on Sunday (shough one is lead to believe so
from reading certain reports in the papers) one
who does not believe that the Sunday law would
reduce crime 100 per cent, az sanguine aIr. Davis
thinks But do believe that, to stop crime, to
some degree, Sunday is the wrong day
to commence on; I do believe that
such stoppage will be- done mora
eGectually in six days out OF seven. than in one
day out of seven; lido believe this Sunday ques-
tlon ought not to be touched by the so-called
Vigilance Committee; do believe that, owing
to an unusual number of crimes perpetrated
here la.e1y. the friends Of good many citizens
have become frightened. and consequently the
gentlemen who cling to the enforcement Of a
Sunday law thought it capital time to push
their pet child before the fri ghtened community.
By the enforcement Of Sunday law, leo 600
foreigners, brought up in the customs Of their
country, and consequentl; with mind entirely
unable to comprehend the purpose Of the law -
would feel as if some one were taking away from
them rightful habit, indorsed and enjoyed by
as high an authority as Luther himself.
will close with the following four questions:
l. Is the Sunday-law question religious one
or not2
2 # SO, has q State or q city the right to pass
8 law to enforce such law?
g. Does our Constitution mention anything in
regard to Sunday observances?
4. If not. have fifty sects, who pe1chanca
fashion, the right to force one sectless class Of
people, numbering the trifling figure of loo, 900,
to comply with the mode Of Keeping this certain
day commanded by the laws of their creed?
CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 1872 GusrA7E LoEB-
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70 the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
S1R: Having watched the progress Of the
Lager-Beer War with great interest, T should
like to say few words on the subject Of
excepting the Sabbath-Day Holy"
It is evident that 8 large proportion Of on
population, n,-mechanics, clerks, bookk eepers,
&c.,-who work all the week from 7 in the
morning till in the evening, must have soma
relaxation from the severe bodily OF mental
labor which these different classes are subject
to; and is it to be wondered at that they should
seize upon Sunday, the only day they have to
themselves, for purposes Of recreation2
The same question has arisen in England be-
fore this and it is partially solved by the Satur
day haf-holiday which is now the universal GUS
tom there. I would suggest that any one Of our
great business-houses should start . Saturday
half-holiday, and they will find that their work
will be done just as we'll, while the benefit to
their employees Of having d Legitimate. day Of
recreation would be incalcu1able; and; if the
practice should become general, it would un-
doubtedly do much towards quiet Sabbath.
Yours, respectfully, AN E1PLoYE.
CHICAGO Oct. n5, 1872
, 1872-10-27
CATHOLIC WORLD.

The Catholic World is always able in its expo
sitions Of the IDEAS, intellectual and religious,
Of the thinkers OF it's sphere, and austains
its character in the November number.
"Centres of Thought in the Past ARTICLE L
is sketch Of human thought and progress,
which, it is claimed, have always been sustained
By the influence Of the Church, which runs
through the whole like the ground melody Of the
system. The University of Paris, those Of Bo-
logna, Padua, Payia, salerno, Naples, and Rome,
and that Of Oxford, are described with reference
to their intellectual agency. The conclusion to
which the author comes is in full sympathy with
the teachings Of his school. He says:
Little now remains to be said. We hare come upon
the uninvitng times when reason broke away from
faith. and carried desoation along in its headlong
course through tho field OF the human intellect. /
literary and philosophic madness settled On mems
minds, md Babel seemed to have again, except
the old spirit Of qus within the sphere Of the ancient
faith. ALI beyond waa confusion and hurry; every
one set up as teacher before having been disciple;
each man Dictated and one listened each would be
the originator Of system, which his first follower
to alter With the perspective Of having his altera
tons remodeed rgain by his first pupil and so IN I'D
li6i!u till systems came to be called By mems names
and to vary IN meaning according to tho particular
temper Of each one that undertook to explain them.
With all Its turbulence and occasional e1cessea
trusted with the cynical refinement and polite udie1-
entism Of to-day, not the older system the better
one?
"a Dark Chapter in English History" is a ref
utaton Of the charge that the Catholics in Eng
land were concerned with Guy Fawkes in the Gel
ebrated Gunpowder Plot, to blow up at one fell
swoop, the King, Lords, and Commons Of Eng
land. Occasion is taken to introduce come very
moving details Of the tortures to which Catholics
were subjected at that time. The English people
hare been engaged lately in 1aahing themselves
into no little fury over the Massacre Of st. Bar
tholomew's day, the subject having been unfor-
tunately revived by Dean Stanley in one Of his
sermons. The statements made by the author Of
this paper, which arc by no means news
to those familiar with the history
Of those times will serve to
illustrate again the familiar truth that tortures,
prosecutions, burnings at the stake, the rack,
thumb-screw, half-hanging, and disembowelling
ere brutalities peculiar to no single race OF re-
lgion, but are manifestations inevitable in 3
certain primary stage Of the development Of
peoples character.
Fiction and poetry are literally interBpersed
among the more serious articles.
Among the remaining articles to be noticed
are "The Homeless Poor Of New York City y
Number Thirteen,--an Episode Of the COM
"The Use and Abuse of the Novel y
and "Personal Recollections OF the Late Presi-
dent Jusrez Of Mexico"
There are reviews Of q number Of works Of in
terest to Catholics.