, 1877-06-10


which makes the compromise tho topic OF the
day. Chicago people Ilavc enough OF Ring nt
their own to at least lie nblo to tender cou.to'
lcncc. There c:c no teare, however, salt enough
10 remove the stain from the face Of the good
man who is cursed By bad brother.
Two OTHER MATTERS
IN which th9 residents Of this city are Just now
intensely interested bear relation to each other
to look rs It therc wcrc probability Of getting
bath. and before the prcscnt generation han
rassct into the grandfather mud grandmother
aEe: The meeting held night or two since
wtth regard to rapta transit had m1rc r,lrpos,o
mcnte constantly thrown In the way OF dulck
travel, as tested BY the ctcvatet1-railway move
s'cnts. and the failure Of the Lcgis1atnrc:to DO
anything but add 10 tho l'fndraucee rather than
,smovs a thcm hare thoroughly ny,rn,ts st:uss Il
tnc metropolis nj heart, anil the re-
sources Of will and money 70 carry fhrong1h,
whatever project thcy, nndsrtakc: u is well
tlat no city In the conntry Is 70 poorly provided
rs New York with facilities to carry tho popua-
tton 10 and froni business: Tho business men
IN Chicago wouldn't stand It at all, and those
here dunI't want to. Tie taking, p1an is that
proposed years ago,-to extend the central line
Of tracks iron, Forty.sccontl street to City
11afl lark, underground, as IN the London sya-
TEN. When this was t1fst seriously considered,
tImatcs ot,thc cost were 20 hIgn that no capital
ticrtakinE. il has been repeatedly shown since
that tue surveyors wcrc mistaken, and there Is
nfov9t no a9n9t Ct 'be getting ths reqa5sd sap'a
part and make tho construction possible. Tho
CHEAp-CAn MOVEMENT
owes its origin TO m English gentleman named
Kasanagh. who proved Ills fntth by putting In,
toward a proposed capLtal OF <oo5o,0D. Further
Investments have been made. and sfr. KaEanagh
promises to furnish cheap rides at good horse
speed as ono solution Of the transit question.
either compel tho haekncy-coac!'n'cn to reduce
their prices or get along without passengers,
and consequently bitter opposition was to be
expected. 1t takes time to conritee coach
man he can MAKE e. mere money from stx trlo.
one at dollar. but Mr.. Kavanaghinvltcs owners
of coacl,cs to take shares In Ills Metropolitan
Cab Company, and guarantees them larger
profits through tho incrcasc Of business. Al
can tliwart iis project, a tic horee-ruilsoal
companies with their inifnense capital sucrccd
In checking tho etcvatcd-ralway schemes. Still
at1othcr enterprise fn The same general direction
on tho Belt railroad, which circles the city from
Central Park to the Battery. So fur the expert
incnt l,as resulted most satisfactorily. Surely
there arc prospects enough to be happy pycr.
What with an underground aud elevated rail-
"Hy pt%ef"@~of Es>"s N't fs"%S& Al'AA
or 80 cabs, what moro could be asketll Only
TO flaru theso uau1o things sccn and not i1oped
for.
Ono of tho uptown hotels, where actors and
other professional people conErcgatc, has been
TnoUnLED WITH HATS.
and moro than one nervous guest Inns packed his
tatclscl and gonc elsewhere to csapc them.
When they became 80 numerous and bold ns to
sa,it'tcr about the halls In couples by daylight,
rcservlng themselves for meals and rosnps by
night, tho proprtctoss thought It time to venture
q remedy. A duzcn OF them weru caught, and
after having tiny bells fastened securely to
their bodies wcro allowed to escape For
night or two aftcrwnrd there was music
enough iu that hotel to satisfy tho
must malicious enemy Of sleep. Tho
walls wesc fairly niiyo with sound. anl tho
bonr1ers Rrcw distracted to degree. Then
tho bcll-ringing ceased, though tic rnmblcs Of
tho rnts did not. Subsequent explorations dis
closed the fact that the sagac!otis rats had rIv-
en- every bcll-rtngtnR. rat out Of tho liousc that
would 10, aud killed one or two which refused
TO leavo home. Tho animals evidently lad
strict rules about making nolsc, anu scycro
and efrecttal method Of enforcing them. The
latcst episode nt the hotel was caused bY an
carly riser who put on ill., boot Without llrat
shaking the rat out Of It, and then rouscd tho
aoor-full Of nctghbors By his healthy yclla.
II. G.