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, 1880-11-21
8NQBBERY.

Every avenue of life is choked with snobs.
They perlneate the community and impress
upon the mass an air Of yulgarity. They
thrust themselves to the fore, to the exclusion
Of modest merit. They are seen In the draw
ing-roonl, In the college, in the pulpit in
every profession, and in every trade. The
society snob makes no effort to conceal his
contempt for poverty, and is equally frank in
exhibiting All obseQuious devotion to wealth
and its gaudy trappings. He initiates the
dress and manners Of the most distinguished
man in his circle, and is proud to dog his
footsteps, like a spaniel, that lie may catch his
phrases and parrot them to the retinue Of
lesser snobs. rs the flea
Has smaller tcas thnt on him proy,
And these have sn,aicr beas to bite EN-,
And so proceed al ii!dlituM.
The literary snob initiates the style of the
most popular author of the day, stealing
from him everything but his ideas, and leav-
ing them to their owner only because he fails
to comprehend theul. The pulpit sllob paro-
dies the dramatic passages in the sermons Of
the preacher who happens to be the fashion
with coarse, offensive "rant," which coll
yerts the solemn chnrch-seryice into farce.
The theatrical snob initiates Booth, or Bar
ret1 or Mccullough, and, as lie stalks across
the stage. his eyes in a fine frenzy rolling"
making comedy of tragedy. provokes roars
of laughter, which he interprets as applause,
and duly acknowledges amid more merri-
mcnt. The legal snob initiates Webster, or
Choate, or 1ngersoll, and the Bar chuckles
and the jury chucklcs, and the snobbfsil fool
loses Ills case And all these snobs have
their imitators, too,-again the smaller teas,
with still smaller tieas to bite 'cm.
Nothing could be more appropriate than
the fle: smile. The snob is the ,ncanest of
all parasites. 11c is all echo, and the echo
grows talnter and fainter as We follow the
descending scale Of snobbery. The snob is
an arraut coward. lie dare not speak until
the copy has been set, and then he speaks
hesitatng1y, lest the man he echoes should
unfortunately change his mind. The s,lob
is courageous only in the absence Of the
great man he initiates. 1t is then that he
shines in his borrowed plumes. Having
studied Ills part, he plays it with autlacity
because without fear Ut contradiction. If
there is one snob more dcspieabfe than an
other, it is tho oraiorical Snob. Who does
not remember the political campaign OF is7t;,
after Eob lnEersolrs famous speech in NOM
inating Elaine at Cincinnati? ? Every cross
roads snob from Maine to California i1ii-
tated the great orator in matter aud manner.
And what vile linitators they were! To
listen to one Of them was to tempt the spirit
Of suicide. No doubt many persons were
rendered insane, and Others plunged into the
gulf of idiocy, by those frightfui travcsties
on oratory. The politician is natural
snob, and the spirit OF snobbery is
assiduously cultivated by the managers
of every political campaign. Huge pnck-
ages Of the printed speeches Of the great
, 1880-11-21

THE Passion Play, which it is proposed
shall be brought out in New York, with Mr..
James O'Ncil1 in the part Of the Savior Of
Mankind, does not get OH. The protest
against its representation is very strong.
Petitions are circulated in the hotels and I'LL
public places praying the Mayor and Council
to stop the exhibition, and many thousands
of signatures have been Obtained. The petit
tioncrs request the enactment of the follow
ing ordinance:
SEcT1oNl. Itshall be unlawful for any person to
exhibit ur tnkc part in exhibiting III any theatre
or other place where money is charged for ad-
lnittancc, any play, performance, or representa-
ton displaying, or tending to display, the life
fornAncc, or representation calculated or tend
ing to profnne or degrade religion.
SEC. Any person violating the provfsiousof
this ordinance shall be guilty OF q misde1uennor.
and punished by q fine not exceeding II 100, or
Imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment
As this is a subject Oh which Catholics and
Protestants of all shades of belief think
alike, it is probable that the petition will be
favorably acted upon. The fact that the Pas
sion Play, if 1t is given at all, will follow
Sara Bernl,ardt at Booths Theatre, under
the same management, shows that the al-
legged religious zeal OF the actors and promot-
ers Of the enterprise Is not unmixcd with
sordid motives
, 1880-11-21

TIE Chicago Medical Society, at its meet
ing I: few days ago, adopted resolution i'll
dursing the proposed Illinois Training School
for Nurses, aud pledging the physicians Of
the city to its cordial support The Commit
tee on Hospitals OF the County Board has
voted to admit the Training School to two
wards OF the County hospital. But for some
reason the project hangs fire, and cannot OBJ
tain consideration in the full Board. As
TIE TRIBUNE has already pointed out, the
plan Of the school Is entirely feasible. The
experiment has already been made in
Bellevue Hospital, and has succeeded there.
The request of the managers for the admis-
sion of their nurses to the County Hospital
is reasonable and ought to be granted. The
opposition 10 it comes froma few individuals
not members of the Board and not physicians,
who, perhaps, are tho least lifted to pass
Judgment on the merits of this case.
, 1880-11-21

: TIE suggestion is made that no new ordi-
1,a1tcc should he passed for the Western
Indiana Railroad without provision that,
upon the Strengthening Of the river, the route
o1 this railway shall be changed west
OF Clark street, so that bridges and yladucts
may be thrown over both the river and ali
tie railroad tracks adjoining 1t on either
side. This suggestion Is well worthy the
consideration of the managers, not only
.! all the railways, but of the elevators and
other property on both sides of the river
between Polk and Eighteenth streets.
Strengthening the river between these points
Would give greatly enlarged territory for
occupancy by railroads west Of Clark street.
The space now available for such purpose
Is extremely limited, aud by this improve
lncnl Tie railroads would gain all enlarged
area fur their business which can be gained
i'll no other way This point In the future
action of the city OIL this general subject
should not only attract the attention of rail-
road companies, but should command their
most cordial support.
, 1880-11-21

The original ordinance granted to the Chi
cago g. Western Indiana Railroad Company
the right to lay down and operate its railroad
within the city limits, with one or more
tracks," to such terminus as 1t might estab-
llsh between the east bank of the South
Branch OF the Chicago River and the west
side of State street, and between Sixteenth
street and the south line of Van Buren,
street, IN said city This same ordinance
1Grther provided that the privileges therein
g1;'nteu were upon the express condition
that the tracks authorized "shall be laid
down and constructed within one year from
tile passage Of this ordinance, and, if not 50
constructed and In operation, NIL the rights
and privileges granted by this ordinance to
such Company Shall cease, and be null and
void" The ordinance was passed Sent. Is.
1873.
The validity Of the ordinance was attacked
In the Courts, and the Appellate Court de-
claretl it to be void, and all operations under
it were restrained and prohibited. The Com
pany appealed to the Supreme Court Pend
ing this appeal, the Council passed new
ordinance, which, however, was vetoed By
the Mayor. and then, III 1850, came the de-
cisi0n by the Supreme Court that the 1udg-
1acpt Of the Appellate Court was erroneous,
and affirmed the validity Of the original
ordinance
The Company then resumed the construc-
ton Of the railroad through the city north
ward from Sixteenth street, and on Sept. Is,
1880, laid It's tracks across the several streets,
but not continuously. Tie Company then
proposed formally to the Council to waive
, 1880-11-21
CRIME IN CHICAGO,

1t has been noted before that crimes of
violence were Of unusually frequent oc-
currence In Chicago during the past sum-
mer; but the fact is viyidly brought to mind by
the description III The TRIBUNE of Wednes-
day of "Murderers' Row" in the Cook
County Jail. There were found there nine
Of various degrees Of atrocity. The accused
include whites and blacks, men and women,
old and young, some persons who would
properly be classed with the brute creation
and others who have enjoyed the influences
OF education and civilized society. The
motives of the crimes range from alleged
self-protecti0n to the. most degrading
passions. Drunkenness figures largely
among the causes thai led up to violence, but
the commission of some other crime and
greed for money were In many cases the
preliminarics to the murders. Tie variety
in the stations Of the murdercrs and III the
character of their crimes battles any pl,ilo-
sophie theory that might suggest preventive
measures, but there are two or three prac-
tical reflections that will naturally occur to
any one who thinks seriously about the mat
ter.
In the first place, one reason for the un-
usual extent Of murderous assaults may be
found i'll the so-called i" liberal" policy
which has been followed by the present City
Administration. There has been al evident
purpose ever since the present Mayor was
elected to license all kinds of dissipation
rather than to repress it. The theory Of this
policy is that the police can control the
vicious classes more effectively and do more
to prevent actual crime by recognizing and
protecting the resorts Of vice than by prose-
cutting or "pulling' them. Acting upon
this theory, the ga1nbIing-llouses, the places
OF prostitution, the State street concert
halls, and low dives Of all kinds have
been permitted to run, ostensibly under
the surveillance OF the police, with
only All occasional and spasmollc effort
to reduce their number and restrain
their offensive character. "Murderers' Row"
in the County Jail and the daily records Of
crime TINT have fortuitously stopped short
Of actual murder do not inspire popular COLI
tidence in the efficiency of this polcy. There
lence il the various phases OF dissipation had
been more energetically bounded by tile
police. The resorts for gamblers, thieves,
and prostitutes are schools of crime. To the
extent that vice is indulged crime is pro-
,noteI. The experienced police Of large
city will understand the difference between
quiet barrooaaA and i low dive: they can
, 1880-11-21

THE people of Kansas have voted for the
adoption of an amendment to the State Con-
stitution prohibiting tho manufacture or sale
ofintoxicatlng liquors. The majority for the
amendment was comparatively small. Gar
field had a plurality in the state of 1908.
The majority for the amendment was G,547.
Some Greenbackers and Democrats voted
for it. About 5000 Republicans voted
against it. While Kansas is {: reliable Re-
publican State, it Is very uncertain Prohibi-
ton State. Its experience in the latter capac-
ity will be watched closely by all persons in
tcrested in the attempt to suppress the
liquor traffic and intemperance by law. The
amendment OF Kansas is in form much like
the Maine liquor law, but the circumstances
under which it is 10 be tried are widely diff
ferent- Maine is an old State; Kansas is a
new one. The former has never depended
much upon immigration to develop its re-
sources; the latter is largely settled by for
eigners. and is holding out strong induce
ments to immigrants to take up its
lands. It has been assumed-perhaps
with too much haste-that German
immigrants will not knowingly 70 to State
"liC1G LAtA1 pc1aold4 1lUEKlt ID ~ 0E 1HLC1-
fered with. The German societies will cer-
tainly use their influence for a time to divert
their countrymen from Kansas. Whether
these efforts will be successful remains to be
seen. The manifest advantages of Kansas
may outweigh the objections Of Immigrants
to its liquor legislation. The amendment Is
not likely, in any case, to remain in full
operation very long. Either it will be re-
pealed, or amended, or permitted to fall into
disuse. There is section to this effect it
the Ohio Constitution, adopted thirty years
ago:
No license to traffic in intoxicating liquors
shall hereafter be granted in this State; but the
General Assembly may by law provide aRu1nst
evils resulting therefron.
Appropriate legislation has been taken
under this section, yet both the laws and the
constitutional provision are dead letters.
They have not diminished the sale Of liquors,
or 1nitigated the evils resulting therefrom.
All other States that have tried liquor proli-
bition excepting Maine> have modified or
repealed their laws; and Maine can hardly
be quoted as G fair example of what is useful
In new Western community. The question
must always be, in discussing enactments Of
this nature. not whether the suppression Of
the indfscrllninate sale of liquors Is dcsira-
ble, but whether 1t can be effected by law.
, 1880-11-21
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1850.

THE war on the Gas Trust Of Philadelphia
has succeeded so far that the Common Coun-
Gil has appointed a committee to examine
the hooks of the Trust, with authority to
employ expert accountants, if deemed neces-
sary. The appropriations are also coupled
with the condition that the Board shall in
future sit in open session. 1t ought not now
to be difficult to learn very soon whether
the Gas Trust is. as alleged. a Republican
Tammany." Affairs have come to such
pass III Philadelphia and public suspicion Is
50 much excited that the Republican party
cannot afford to let the Gas Trust alone It
must be condemned or acquitted.
, 1880-11-21

nur cr1cAGo TRIBUNE has established bEArcn
otfed for the receipt subscriptions and adVefse1
n,c.i1S ~ :o:nws:
NEW YDkk-Koou . Tribune Building. F. T. NC
FAlnl.S, Manager.
tlAsGOW, Scotand-A1lau's American News
A:cnc.. 81 Hcne1d-st-
LuSUJN. Enr.-Amer3can Exchange. %1 euAoo'
uESnY r. GlLLsI, Agent
NAsuLSE.UN. y. C.-i5la F street
, 1880-11-21

B1.AIR 1A,DGE. NO In A. F. A.. M--bTethrcn
ar,. r,H,cs Jed t. meet Mt hall sunduy, Nov. y.
sa a. H.. l., attend the Funeral Ut our late brother.
r. W Sheldon Funeral ~ oarriaCes ~ Kose hill ~
Gr1ler 5. t.. HtAlSuE1414, W. H.
~ II. BEZZELL, Secretary.
, 1880-11-21

IN reference to the French spy-systcm and
political detectives, tho Paris Fiydro Of 9Th OF
October, After referring to the many victims OF
that systcsn.- n.-Bazainc. Lebteuf, Trochu. Fsfs-
sard, Failly, and now ngnin Gen. Cissey,-says:
And, after all this. speak or treason anu
traitors, and OF tho reptiiG-fund which is ilsed
In maintaining this ubominabte system nf cs-
pionage all over Francc! What stupidity to
accuse bismarck OF such profuse squaudersuy OF
money! Spies? Why, arc not tho party uem-
bers III France the best spies In the world? are
not all Of them ~ good us rrussian agents
most admirable agents,-who play no otaet
role but. to demonstrate to the world tha1
their political opponents and competitors
nrc dunccs.--iunccs in the poiftlc'it sense
OF the word. dunces in social sense or tbe
wor'l! And after every one Ut them has PCT.
formed his job. nnd every one has sutficienty
pictured tho f7funies OF the other, and nli tue
proofs anu eyitience nre thrown together anu
conrl0rnerAte1, w!,nt splendid TINT x1sfmMe ~
behold France standing there, covered with the
shstme OF the whole wurldi Can the Prussfasls
invent anything ulurc uctestnb1c? Could tnoy
tttshon0r Fr7tnce more successfH!ly7 The F1us
sians p's*essn great siell OF intelligence, nvntlcc'
and hatred. but they conlsl not think OF anyo
thing more degrading against us than what wv W.
have said uisninst ourselves They could uo.
invite t. more Infamous pIstIuii than tho Eee}
one for which we every day furnish the tna1ef11k
, 1880-11-21

The moon was in apogee yesterday. She will
be in her last quarter next Wednesday ut 9:15
p. m.
The suns upper limb will rise on Monday at
G59 L. M, south at l1h 461n. coils. a. M, and set
at 4:334 p. m.
The suns upper limb rises Friday next at .13}}Ss
a. m soutbs at lib. 41. 43 Is. a. H., and sets At
4:3lh r. m.
The stderal time Thursday mean noon will be-
16h. 20m. 10..8s.
Mercury vii! be In inferior conjunction with
the sun next Tuesday, and then pass to tho
westward, rising before the sun.
Venus will south Thursday at 22:16 p. H., and
set at GAO P. m, or 2h- 8u- after the sun. She
is now an evening star, and would be bright but
that she Is rather low at the time OF sunset, on-
ing to her great southern declinatfon.
Mars IL now few degrees west from the sun.
He will south Thursday ut 11:07 a. M. He may
be seen in the east just before sunrise, but is not
prominent yet.
Jupiter will south at SIG p. m. Thursday, and
set at lbs H. IN. Friday. He ID an evening star.
and still very bright, though waning. His ap-
parnnt diameter is now 43sz seconds Of arc. He
is now very nearly stationary with respect to
the earth: that is, We are being carried aray
from him nearly In the line OF sight from u
to the planet His distance from the earth,
Thursday, will be almost precisely 400oo,0a
miles.
Saturn will south Thursday at 9:07 p. m. and
set Friday ut 1854 H.. m. TIe ls III degrees east
from Jupiter, and the angular distance between
them Is decreasing at the rate OF about one de-
gree per month. The greatest apparent daue-
ter Of his ring system Is about II seconds OF n1c;
and least do 10 seconds.
Urnnus will south Thursday at GAL a. m rs'
ing ut ubout II minutes after midnight
Weather permitting, his position will now be
observed. with tho meridian telescope during
the remainder Of tho yeur, for determining the
corrections yet needed to the assumed elements
of his orbit.
Neptune will south Thursday ut 1910 p. m.
Right ascension III. 42kn.; and declination II
degrees IL minutes north.
, 1880-11-21
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

pSasd a j.: attsSs s's WssSss. fsts.
anS oax ifaiste ss1,cs. 1t IL ocock Master Masons
s5 y'stf brethren are eo;tasE$s J4aEs sMf S's'
= I. III Il 'bbiiESAS. Secretary.
u. 4. EASTMAN LODGE, no. &C. A. r: A. NJ
Wc:f ssS1y sG;yoe Gven3p sna
r r %o44s &; ss f. q: Il e.
coK1ST111AS CHAPTER NO. e. H. 4: Nj
EoTs m nH t!.e Il. n. degree Visiting Companions
always welcome ~ tHH.H;ar H5eS5 o5 oM5A,cou. u.E,ur
JOHN Q. pIcKEitsoS, secrstaly.
:eMs eoaS$satS1 Ne MSne4yy eSs9!ns scr.
N"s x u; 20 O'clock NOTE On y: and @ l.. ~ y
''s' conpanoS%; %G Se;F5 I. FSh5sli ~ ;iifs L HIP
WI. u DEYAR- Secretary.
ST. nEh*anD, coMMANnEny: S9; .; K; (, To =,
Ssa tncaxs 1,,n ts ~ Grand Com
a::icr appcc Tor wors On tic tjrdes of he tied
er0ss Visiting 81 fni*' T. T.. c8Ks 1%
10 D1CKEnsoS. Recorder.
-1.oo.F, EXCELSIOR EScAMPMENT. No s;- losI.
WI assemble II r. tsn & S:k 1na
Sasiness. i.S vslsias Fa2srebs invited ZSSas5
+. u. RElSEns, Scribe
HI4AEK lAtU{sE. NJ ELL H. r.. d a.
ar, retxes the hni s:unduy, Nov - Mt
g:H a. H. to attend the funeral of late brother.
+. VI Sheldon. Funeral by csarriaces ~ Koseh hill ~
Grxer b. T.. HtAlSuE11s ". H.
IL H. DEZZELL. Secretary.
APOLLO IlDGE, NO. CT. A. +. + A. M.-The Lit
erry and Mt:stct Entertainment under the auspices
Ibis i-.nt:c Will take place TUESDAY Evening Nor
-, commencing nj O'Clock.
APOLLO CUMMASDEIly, NO. L KNIGHTS TEN
PlAN-Thcre will he Concave Tuesday evening,
Nov - ISL By order VI the Eminent Commander.
II. i. TIFFANY. Recorder
, 1880-11-21

In New York the law requires that the
election returns shall be sent into The Sec
retary of Status Office in duplicate BY mail
and by messenger. All the mail returns
have been received, but some Of the mes
sengers are tardy. The official announce
ment Of the vote has not been made, but the
mail returns, which will not bts altered by
the duplicates, give the following result:
For Garfield, 55554444; for Hancock, 5N,Gl1;
for Weaver, 1o,373; for Dow, 1,5l7; for
Phelps tanti-Masonic), 75. Garield's plu-
ra1ity, e0,9B. Garheld's majority over all,
c,96s The aggregate votes Of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and 1llinois-the four
largest States in the union-in 1876 and 1850
, 1880-11-21

THE Titiis-Baku Railway, now on the ere
Of completion, is not RussiA's only evidence oi
activity in the important region between tno
Black Set. un.l the Caspian.f \ railroad Is pfo-
jectcd nlnng the east coast Of the Black ee"'
from Potl to the newly acquired port of Dasonfn'
naI thence inf,,,lu to kars. These lines, once
completed, would mike Russia mistress VI tno
, 1880-11-21

ia TAYETT CHAPTER, NO 2 IT, A. M.-Halt.
n Mnt] t]roe-st Stated Conversation Monday evening.
,,,v X Il; 10 q 'cluk. Work 81. Hlsd l.. NJ DeEres
yisi.i,ll companiuns xeieoMS " 3FdGs of r,p
WN l. BRYAR. Secretary.
, 1880-11-21

APOLI.t, Ii1I)GE, NO. Ct, A. f. h A. M--The Lit
ef.rv Musical Entertainment under the auspices
IL Ibis i-.n:t: Will take place TUESDAY Evening, Nor.
commencing . clock.
, 1880-11-21

lO.D F., EXCELSIOR ESCAMPMENT, NO l0s:-.
VIII sSc:tle ut the tent corner of Clark and WASH
n-1o.l .l-.tg.. ne RI Friday evening" SOv. - Important
business. Visiting I'atriarchs invited: ny order
-
, 1880-11-21

Relatively the gain OF Pennsylvania is most
and that Of New York least. Illinois gains
slightly on Ohio, but the Buckeye State
still keeps far ahead
, 1880-11-21

u. 4. EASTMAN LODGE, NO 6st ~ f. 4: ~
Regular Communicating 1uesda! evening, %ov' -
i.eclurt: Meaning 9! the lesso1.s "f MasonFy. ~
tNAEp ~. u. H. UVtA1sAS@. 9GCsEN1s"
, 1880-11-21

APOLLO CUMMASDEnY. NO. L KNIGHTS TEN
pl.AN-'Thcre will be no Corclave Tuesdny evening"
Nov - 1851 By order VI tl,e Eminent Commander
II. l. TIFFANY. Recorder.
, 1880-11-21

COK1S1111AS CHATTER. NO. g. 4. A. M
stated ConvDcation sanday evening. NOV. = @ aos
work on The NJ H. dcE5,.c- Visiting Companions afe
~""' IiuIEET MAlC031. II. E. IL r.
JOHN o. DICkEKsUN, Secretary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-07

Editors Dispatch' In your issue Q. .ns
ssth ultimo appears mention OF some o'u
Rihles. The writer owns copy OF the
90 Rreecbes Bible" II Ia In black letter,
and bears toe following on the t'tic'paee'
" The bible: Translated according TO The
rbrew and Greeke, and conferred VITA the
heat TRANSACTIONS In divers languages; with
most profitable annotatious upon all the
hard places, and other things OF great III
portance, as may appeare IN the Epis''e TO
The Reader, aud also most pfQn,ae'e con-
cordapce, for the ready nudiag out OF any.
thing in the same contoincd. impssnted at
London by Robert Barker, Printer 10 .he
Oueeue's most excellent Majestic, seo2."
The Old Testament and the apocrypha are
both complete, but everything In the New
Testament beyond the forty-tbrd verse OF
the fourteenth chapter 81 Mark Is missing
Bound ~ the volume are the Prayer-B BOOK
and Tsalier OF the tssae, both nearly com-
plcte, and between the Old aud New Tesla
meuts is found catcchism on Predestipa'
ton. This rendering OF the Scriptures Is
said to have been the work OF The English
exiles at Geneva, sad formed the family
Bible OF the English people 10 Queen B'ixa-
beth's reign. AS fsr as The text OF tue sa-
thorjsed version Is c0ncernet, King James 8
men had very easy time. fer they adopted.
word for word, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the
"Breecbes Bible" q. "
RICHMOND, Va, November q, 1850.