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one of the xureSt signs Of metropolitanism
Is shs existence ct taste tor art and art
criticism Before the Great Fire TEx TaR-
cSr fos:ere1 that taste and developed it bya
feraes Of articles, afterwards republished IN
book-fo-zn, which were Of substantial yalue
to the httlo colony OF artsts settled here at
that time, and to the community at large,
Tho tire swept tho esthetic out Of CHICAGO
Life Books, pictures, ststuary, studios, and
sst-galle1ses all wentv People with their
stores, Offices, and homes to build had no ap4
pseciation left for any art hut architecture.
New Chicago does not, perhaps, prove thu
they had tho liveliest possible appreciation for
that Now, however, the old tastes are reviiga-
ing. Artists are coming back; the Academy
u Design i not unpzosperous aud Tho
$earay display 1t paintings at ths|
.nsAr-aate . Exposition has become marked
ne rss1ue $. IN tia sst-life Of tho vhole country.
1ae Gusuxs recognizes in thi4 ! hopsfnl
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are both worn ont. When the 9rape-c-or
fails, the people rebel When it viola.
well, they buy some extra knives md
guns, and turn brigands Anarchy mr.
walls outside Of Athens. The populst;o,
Of that city lives on cigarettes and s1sncare
inhabits monotonous rows Of dusty horses
and talks scandal Outside Of Greece. Grpa1
blood seems to be rich in good qua,itica. r.
flows in the veins OF some ef the ereataet
merchants Of Europe. But inside Greecs i
stagnates- King GEORGE has-now been hado
cred, aud bullied, and insulted, and threat.
ened for q dozen years. He has Gysd in.
hot, dusty house. a sort Of .hovel On e larna
scale; has struggled with bankruptcy: hox
been hated by his subjects and despised bv
his nominal peers; has failed to execute nv a.
schemes Of reform, if he ever had aar.
and has done all this for the sake of be;no
called King. No uneasiet head hcs eye,
worn crown, and the only wonder about hi,
throwing away the baubla is that b. tlid* /; not
do SO sooner
, 1875-06-20

AL nations have peculiar ideas Of what con-
sdtutes hApI,inesz- The Frenchman's beau
ideal is unlimited abz1nthe, frogs, and opera
bouffe; the Germans, w1ust, beer, aud &C.
mretlichksit; the Italian'e, maceroni,
Lacryma Christi, and endless aiestas; the
Spaniard>s, ola podrida and cigars; the Irish
mans, plenty OF whisky and Donnybrook.
The lattt.r has had an opportunity to enjoy
his bern ideal in the Dublin fro, dnzing
which 1900 puneheons Of whiaky were
poured into the streets, the whole popu1a-
ton being left free to take it hot or cold, as
the case might be, without charge.
Tbs dispatch states that st The crowds
ars collecting floating whisky in pals,
dlp,i'ers, and hats" One can family
i'm asine the happiness Of Dublin, with LASH
in:' Of liquor to be had for the gathering, and
TIC innumerahle little Donnybrooks that must
'.sss been improvisad. 1t'was an occasion
,ns':ins rich compensation for their ages of
Suffering under the tyranny Of the English.
+" once, At least, whisky was-free and
what mora could the most patriotic Hbernian
,.es11e?
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The French Courts are very severe upon
Americans who live by their wits and fleece
Trencl,n1en- Some time ago, Gen JoHN G.
Fremont WIS condemned to year or two's
Imprisonment for floating fraudulent bonds !;
PERKINS, THO link between America and the
Bourbon family, now 1anguishes in Paris
JUL because he cheated his landlady and
nne F1nsAN, al American Spintualist, who
took esprit photographs, " has just been con-
victed ct s~indling and sent up fo7 SIX
months Our Spiritua1ists abroad had better
COME home. They can photograph thousand
ghosts day here without anybody's interfer-
ing with them And if they don't know how
to do it, any good photographer ean show
them
, 1875-06-20

The man who won't vote is always an un-
known element in American politics, aad a
very displeasing one. Nobody knows how
many Of him there will be on my particular
day but as rule the stay -at-homes hold the
balance Of power, and could, it they would,
decide an election to suit themselves. Our
Canadian neighbors are troubled by this same
evil ct indiferentism- It is possible that
they will take steps to cure itA+ Their Minis
ter Of Justice has proposed that every voter
who does not vote shall be disfranchised for
q certain time, which time is to cover the
next general election It is uncertain how
far this would cure the evil, and certain that
man may well shrink from casting ballot
for either Of two average candidates Of the
caucus. But, if Canada should try the the
ory, it would be valuable lesson in politics
for us. Wherefore We hope she will.
, 1875-06-20

We have received from one of cur CORE
spcndents at Brownville, Neb,, bundle
OF branches Of youn. pear, peach, and apple
trees, showing the ravages Of the grasshop-
per. The bark is stripped from them in great
patches clear to the wood, and on the smaller
twigs, even the soft wood Of this years
growth is eaten into. If the grasshoppers
are possessed Of such voracity as this, it is
not difficult to understand how completely
they must destroy vegetation, or to believe
TINT they 60 into the ground after the roots.
Such devastation rs this, if it spreads over
any great an.ount OF territory, viii produce
fearful results among the young trees Of
Nebraska, End put farmers and nursHry- men
back three or four years in their efforts to
ruise fruit
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II ia pet theory among unruly students that:
genius sud discipline a1s not to be *ound COM
bined IN the Same person. On the coutFar5;
urges tbs youth of the period, the mora gantas
the 1eAa discipline. The list Of. Wsst Peant.
graduates. With their !" standing" puhltahad In
the New York pspers, proves nothing of the
kind. The maximum marks obtained for dfsei"
pine by .ny one graduate are -, BY NcCA1Ea,
who is credited With 81 for "epgineeEiug. -
within u OF the 9reatest number gained By my
Of the clasa,-4 for " law" being fArabasd ot
his class "a for "naincralogy and geology
within one Of tho tlghaat.-and 81 for "@tr:
nanoa and Gunnety." sbs hishast IN tds deQeft.
nsat baiag u gha- sans ;: s&tt@..:
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sign Of the future. We have arranged to do
our part in the work by the publication,
every Sunday, Of review Of the fine arts,
which viii not only give clear idea Of their
progress in Chicago, but will keep its readers
posted on matters Of interest to art-lovers
elsewhere in this country and in Europe.
This department. will be under the care Of q
thoroughly competent writer, and viii con-
tain contributions from some of the best art
critics Of this country. and Of Europe. To-
days TRIBUNE contains the fourth install-
ment Of this weekly review, which has al
ready attracted the favorable attention of the
community, IS We have abundant reason to
know.
, 1875-06-20
TIE SUBSTITUTES FOE STEAM.

A man nameu hEELEY, a1tef HFlnB IourIeeu
years in back-street in Philadelphia, has
come to the front. He brings with him q
wonderful, a marvellous, miraculous, inven:
ton, the fruit OF the years Of patient struggle
against poverty, and failure, and despond-
ency. This is new motor, cold-water
(teetotaD engine, compound Of chambers,
pipes, and valves, into which air is forced
! from above and water let in from below.
Then, by some utterly unknown process, the
| new force is generated. The pressure it
| e1erts is simply tremendous, varying from
| 1000 to $1,000 pounds on the square inch !!
The highest practicable pressure Of steam is
less than 200 pounds to the square inch.
This is the story the inventor and his con-
federates tell. He processes to have dscov-
I cred a new force dependent upoa new chem
I ical and mechanical laws, md beyond and
above every other known power Of Nature.
A company has been formed to introduce it
into general use, and not share Of stock is
| for sale ~.
In case like this, seeing is believing.
When the patents already applied for have
been got, and the new power has been prac-
ically and publicly applied, then, but not
till then, will the world or wise men give any
credance to this wild story.
But, i it proves to be true, the possible
results ara beyond the 1agination of the wild
The motive-power Of the world will be cold
water and air. The demand for coal will
well-nigh vanish, for the new forcs can of
course be converted into heat, and will thus
supply warmth as well as motion S1noka
will become an extinct nuisance. Trains will
dart along the railroads ut the minimum Of
expense and maximum Of velocity, and the
problems Of cheap transportation will be for
ever solved 4 very great part Of the cost Of
manufacturing will be saved. F1ying-ma-
chimes will become perfectly practicable,
for hers is q forcs. that far exceeds
that exercised by q bird in proper
ton to its weight. Steamships will flash
across the ocean, and the vast amount Of room
now used in storing coal, etc, will be saved.
The danger Of fire and explosion on sea and
laid will be greatly lessened Although
steam has never been successfully applied to
artillery, this new power, perhaps, mny be.
The General Of the future will then 60 forth
to meet an army with few iron pipes and
boxes, pail Of water, force-pump, and
million or SO bullets. Thus equipped hs will
sweep off the foe BY regiments. There is no
end to the possible powers, uses, and benefits
Of this invention, should it prove to be what
is claimed for it, The whole world will be
the gainer to an uncomfortable extent. The
enormous fortune sure to be realized By the !
inventor and his ring Of hackers will be well |
deserved, and the name Of KELLEY will be !
known to the end Of the world and to the |
and Of time For particulars see our news
columuR
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TIE GOVERNMENT BUUDrEGs.

+ we revert 10 t1e Government building
question once more in order to impress q
point Of particular Importance, and thnt is
the appointment OF commission Of Chi
cago architects, whose duty it shall be to
see whether the present structure cannot be
saved To go ahead now and undo the work
Of the last two years, to pull down all this
iron and stone work, not only involves q
waste Of years of time and Of millions Of
money, but it also involves very grave
element Of uncertainty whether We shall get
q new building for years to come. If the
present structure is pulled down there must
be new appropriations made. A new set of
contractors, superintendents, aud architects
will come in New kind Of stone will be used
There is the danger that there will be now
jobs, rings, and corruptions. There is the
additional uncertainty whether Congress will
grant the additional appropriation to cover
all this expense. The next House will un-
doubtedly be disposed to look at everything
from partisan point Of view, and, if it
takes partisan view Of this structure, CON-
menoed during the administration OF 9 Re-
publican House, it will be very likely to let
it stand, in order to make party capital, as q
monument Of the bunglingea eand mistakes
which characterized its predecessor. There
is also ground for believing that, it this
building comes down, and an appropriation
should be secured to erect new one, it will
be built of New England granite, like the
Cincinnati structure, instead of Buena Vista
sandstone. The new architect naturally
has had no experience with our Joliet
marble, and knows nothing of its
qualities as building stone. 1nstead Of
going to the Ohio River for stone, as
Mu11ETr did, there is reason to believe be
will 60 clear to the Massachusetts seaooast,
thus opening up direfu1 vista Of possible
delays, increased charges and expenses, and
new contracts, with all their possible jobs
and corruptions, in which case we hive only
jumped out Of the frying-pan into the fire.
It will be shame to tear these walls down
if there is any method Of securing them 50
that it will be safe to go on and complete the
building. The faults which have been dis
covered Of variegation and scaling Of the
stones are not worthy Of moments con-
slderation. The one is merely an eyesote.
The other is defect awt1ich can
be remcdied by preserving the stone
from contact with, the atmosphere which
causes the peetng. The people Of this city
VIII never be satisfied until it has been accu-
ratefy determined whether it is necessary to
pull the walls down, and this cannot be accu-
rately and satisfactorily determined without
consulting mon who are thoroughly acquaint-
ed With the characteristics OF the Chicago
SOL and its ability to hold heavy foundations.
For this foaaon We once moro urge upon tho
Mayor to appoint com1nissinp ot our oldaat
, 1875-06-20
MARRIAGE MADE EASY.

| Every once in while articles make the
tour of the American press which are based
| upon the matrimonial Journals published in
London and Paris. They would indicate
| that professional matrimonial brokerage Is
confined to Europe, and TINT We OF this coun-
! try must rely upon the amateur brokers, in
the persons Of maneuyering unammas, de-
signing papns, artful daughters, ambitious
sons, and informed eddling relnives The in
ference is incorrect Professional marriage
brokers, who undertake to provide rich wives
for poor husbands and pice uersa, old mems
darings, and special protectors for widows
and orphans, are also indigenous to this new
soil Of ours. There is q special journal in
this city which processes to have been
published every month during the past
six years, and which is devoted to the inter-
ests Of Cupid and Hymen- It undertakes to
marry OF all sorts of matrimonial candidates.
young and old, rich and poor, virtuous and
vicious, handsome and homely, at the rate OF
SO cents for fifty words Of description, and 2
cents D word thereafter. This is certainly
cheap enough, and, if the same agency could
assure proportionate cheapness after' mar
riage, Its mission would be more useful than
that Of MOODY and SAxKEx among the heathen
Of London. This journal explains its rason
detre by tha admitted fact that 1tThere IS
superabundance Of men in The West and a
corresponding ratio Of women in the Eastern
States" and its purpose is to enable tsthe
stranger IN one State to commune and inter-
change sentiment freely and without restraint
with his. sister in mother State, thereby
creating bond Of union between persons
thousands Of miles away" It will not be
denied that all this is very touching as to sen
hment and very remarkable as to rhetoric.
The matrimonial candidate is duly mum.
bered, and then permitted to state his uua1i- |
fications and demands, Thus, No. 522 is a
w1dower OF happy disposition, which speaks
well for his late lnmented spouse; he now
seeks new partner with 4tmusical talent, n |
and therein shows hinase1f to be q brave !
man. Then there is an Alabama LAWYER.
who weighs 40 pounds, and is rather fastidi- |
GUS; he expects to get for wife ssau intel |
agent, pretty, and well-educated young 1ady.."
No. $50 might suit him, for she modeatly 3D.
nits herself, though farmers daughter, to
DO Fairly educated and intelligent n; she
also performs On the piano and sings" and
considered pretty" But the Alabama
awyer might not suit her, for she demands
. whole-souled, earnest man." and she viii
orobnbly have to seek husband outside the
egal profession Musical ladies' appear to
,e in demand A Nebraska mechanic wants
me- but ahe must q be q widow between IS
nd Is 5sasa, snd weigh At laass 10 pounds,
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aAA u1oah experienced AICulLRClb, HAC VaA ~
paid out Of the contingent fund If necessa~
~ the Common Council might instruct the
Mayor to appoint such 8 commission, and it
ought to: do it immediately, as with lts
report the people Of this city viii
be entirely satisfied, and they will
not DO Satisfied with anything else. Tt will
not be difficult for the Mayor to find halt q
dozen architects who know the condition OF
the grounds upon which the Government
building stands, aud it will not take mora
than day or two for them to determine the
question whether the walls ought to come
down. There ue architects in this city who
could probably map ont the entire subterra-
mean area OF Chicago in its business section,
and the report OF such experts would be more
pertinent and satisfactory than anything
which can be furnished BY architects
who are strangers here and know moth
ing Of the city, or by Government Com
missioners, however skillfu1 or intelligent.
they may be. The people Of this city will
place no reliance upon the judgment of
strangers, and, as they IRE the principal paE:zz
ties interested in this building, they have q
right to be heard in the matter through theiE
best architects, who have built heavy build
ines upon the same soil as that upon which
the Government structnre stands. # they,
report that the walls should come down, all
right but it they report that they can be-
made secure, then the people Of Chicago
should demand that the work shall 60 on,
and instruct their members Of Congress to
see that their demands are respected This is
only simple Justice. There is another point,
also, Which ought to be established, if it is
decided to resune work, namely: whether it
is necessary to finish the work as massively
as it has been commenced. The foundations
and walls which have thus far been mid are
strong enough to hold building 200 feet
high, whereas this building will not bo higher
than the average Of business blocks in the
city, and will not be subjected to my e1traor-
binary weight or pressure. This, however,
is an outside affair. The principal point
we would urge for immediate action
is the appointment Of the local commission !
OF architects first, because they have equal
skill and ability, aud rnore experience, thaa<4
strangers; second, because they know every
foot OF our soil, and have built buildings, both
light and heavy, al over ground Of the same 4
character as TINT now in question; and,
third, because the citizens Of Chicago will &
never be satisfied until it is done, and be-
cause they demand it as matter Of justice.
There is no more important matter that can
engage the attention OF the Mayor and Coun-
cl at present.
, 1875-06-20

SUPREME CGuRT On ClTY TAXES.
The intelligence from Ottawa is not en-
couraging In all the cases involving The
validity OF judgments for city taxes, the su
preme Court has decided adversely to the city.
It will be remembered that in August, 1874
/ Judge WALLACE, Of the County Court, refused
Judgment for taxes lin 1879 in all cnses
where objection was made. He rendered this
decision upon the ground that it was impos-
lble to reconcile the provisions Of Bill coo
and those Of the General Revenue law. The
Supreme Court now afirms Judge WA11AcR'a
decision The Court goes further, and oyar-
rules judgments given in favor of the city for
previous years These decisions apply to
special assessments as we'll as to general taxes,
which leaves the city in 3 sud condition.
The city authorities LAST winter obstinate1y
and persistently maintained that the proceed
ings under Bill 300 we're 1egnl, and therefore
refused to have that bill repealed, and re-
fused to abandon the useless machinery Of
city assessment and collection and collect
the taxes under the State law. To have done
that would have been to abolish forty or fifty
tax-eaters and save $4,000 year. So Bill
800 was patched. and it was determined to
continue in the old rut.
The Supreme Court now says that WHARF
there are two laws conflicting. gener-
ally, and ons is made dependent on
the successful adaptation Of the ma
chinery Of the other, the Court can
not undertake to reconcile the differences,
and must reject one or the other. The su-
preme Court intimates the impossibiity Of so
patching Bill 800 that it can work harmoni-
ously with the general law, and suggests the
wisdom, if not the legal necessity. Of collect
ing city taxes under the General Revenue law.
In the meantime the city taxes for 1874 are
in the same legal condition as were those of
1873, and the objections sustained by Judge
WALLACE last year must, if presented again
this year, be sustained by the Court The
city, therefore, viii be dependent for the col
lection Of its taxes upon the patriotism OF
those who shall voluntarily pay them. It is "a
question whether it is not too late for the city
to provide that the taxes for 1875 shall be
under the machinery Of the Stats
law but We hope not. In all the cases Of
appeal from judgments for State and county
taxes the Court has sustained the validity Of
the proceedings and Of the Law, and it is
any longer to refuse to have our as-
and collection Of taxes under law
which has been judicially determined to be
affective in every particular.
, 1875-06-20

Last Friday was hangman's day, and fva
murderers expiated On the scf.Gold their re-
voting crimes. II the: ''refozme1s Of the
Bovee calibre had bean successful in this
country, these brutes would have been turned
over to the Penitentiaries, to be pardonsd
out as soon as the recollection Of their crime
should have been dimmed, Or a chicken
hearted Governor came into power. The list
Of pardons in Illinois within the last year,
recently published, shows how readily par
dons may be obtained even for men whosa
crimes have brought On them the sentence Ct
imprisonment for life. Hnd the five mur-
deress hanged last Friday been consigned to
prison for Life, the chances are that every
one Of them would have been paraoned out,
had he lived few yeara, fee to do mur-
der again One Of them was SO utterly de-
prayed that he went to his death with lie
on his lips The argument Of the ''raform~
ers" opposed to hanging ii capitally para
phrased in the last Nation, which seys, con-
corning the recent murdar Of Brooklyn cit
izen by burglars !.
It will do no good to hang him men havs bean
hanged for murder for agez, and yet. see 1our
deza azs committed. By rasity Ut re.sonlng. it viii
do no good to imprison him nave been t:npr3s-
oned CREST deal fo= murder aud robbery, and Jss
they continue, See, to murder and rob- Neithsx
capital any other punishment h4d really my ter-
rors for this man when he was committing hts crime
~ any one may sAtisfy himself BY aadag him ~hsn
he is caught He will toll yoa ha was not thinking 1t
punishment 1t IN, showing tho ahauzdi:J Of tho ek
We hear about "she deterrent effect Of the galov7.
this to hing him Nuud ony Q$hGF