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, 1881-11-06

tail dealer on pure butter IS from three to
five cents per pound; the average profit On a
sale Of buttcrine is from Il to 20 cents per
pound; hence the immense trade now done
III bntterihe. sold as butter. =. =.
IL is,not extravagant to assume that one
huff the article sold as butter by the retailers
Of Chicago, at the full ,rd high prices of
pure butter, is butterine made from lard,
which lard in turn sells as lard at the ord1-
nary prices. In other words, the same men
who sell you butterille will sell you the same
compound under the name of lard; and the
retail grocer who sells you out Of one pack
age ''pure lard" will sell you tile same
article out of another package and exact from
you for it the price Of pure butter. :
The only means Of defense the house
keeper has is to require that the grocer who
sells you butter shall place the package from
which lie serves it conspicuously before you.
# the package is not labeled you take your
chances Of getting lard or butter; it he sells
yon "butterine" from Il package not thus
labeled, or sells you- even single pound
thereof without furnishing with it a printed
notice that the thing is ''bltterine " or lard,
the law says lie shall be fined from St0 to
$500, and Imprisoned in Jail FROM ten to
ninety tlavs
, 1881-11-06

The work OH the State street cable-rail-
road has been retarded By several causes.
In the lrst place, the laying of the track
probably has proved 10 be Il much more for
midable operation than was supposed. III
the llext place, the coinpauy has encountered
very unusual amount of bad weather. in
which it was Impossible to. prosecute the
work. And, in the third place, the laying of
gas and water pipes, the building which has
been going on, and the improvement Of the
street have all furnished obstacles. But
considerable compensation may be found in
the thorough manner in which the work is
being done and the assured success that will
fullow. The track, foad-bed, and foundation
of the cable line have been put down to stay.
The cost of the entire plaut will not he less
than three-lnarters OF million dollars. The
lron-work, cement, and grant are Of the
most substantial and enduring character. 1t
VIII not be necessary to do the job over
again, and the additional time that has
been taken now to assure durability
will be saving in the end. When, in few
by Christnas-cars shall
be running in abundance, without a jolt or
jar, and at q. rate OF speed nearly double the
old horse-car rate. allowing for the difference
, 1881-11-06

THE auxiliary young persons who part
their hair III the middle have recommended
Nr. Fred Sommer for election to the Conll-
ty Board for the singular reason that 'she
OWLS two hardware shops" This may hos
sib!y seen to tl,e general public an i'll
sufficient testimonial Of virtue. They may
remember that Garvey, one of the chief benc-
ficiaries of the Tweed ring, owned one Or
more plumbing shops. and Ingersol!, another
Of the participants III the frauds, several
furniture shops. The fact that Fred SOM
lner deals in hardware may or may not be
important; but it is certainly not so signi1-
cant as the circumstance that, when lneln-
ber of the Common Council, his vote was
uniformly cast in favor of the tax-eaters and
against retrenctment or reform. Mr.. Tom
Nelson owns one or more paint-shops, and
has had several good contracts from the
county, but we should hardly think of rec
omlnending him for election to the board for
this reason alone. On the whole we are i'll
clined to believe that the most conspicuous
dealers in - hardware" in this campaign are
the auxiliary young persons who have at
tempted to palm off AIr. Fred Solulner as
deserving OF the votes Of good citizens ire
spectire Of party.
, 1881-11-06

ABOUT s1,5oo,ooo foreign specie arrived
during the past week, but the rate for foreign
exchange advanced at the close, SO that there
was no profit in importing gold. In our for
eign trade, exports continue to fall off while
imports increase. During the last month re-
ported tSeptember) the imports Of the whole
country were s., 400, 900 above those uf a year
ago, while the exports were SS, Sex, ,0O0 less.
The New York banks have strengthened
their position by further contraction Of
credits to stock-gamblers, and by gain of
S2,7o0,0oo in specie, So that on the average
for the week they held about 81. 10000 more
reserve than the law requires. Navigation
has about closed, very little grain has gpne
forward for some time, the Chicago prices
being toohigh for profitable exportatlon. The
season Of low freights is now over. The rail-
roads are putting up their charges since
the lakes and canal cease to compete with
them, and those holding grain on speculation
for an indefinit rise are "stuck," as they
richly deserve to be for their stupid and
peryerse folly. ::
, 1881-11-06

ABUSE Of Mr.. AlacVeasli for retiring, not
from the star-route cases, but from the Ad-
1llnistrat1on Of President Arthur-for this IS
the grayamen Of lis offense-ls usuaiiy
coupled with mysterious hints Of awtul dis
closures about to bc made. Newspapers that
indulge, in this line of argument do not per:
ceive that they are grossly inconsistent II
there are further disclosures to be made the
retirement Of Afr. NacVeagl will be entirely
excusable, as he could not be expected to
stay in the Cabinet for all indefinit period to
discover new criminals as well as to punish
old ones. The Administration may be
trusted to take care of the good work
whicl, has been so well begun and Is
left to 1t as a sacred legacy by President Gar
field. Meanwhile the organs should cease
their innuendoes and bring Oh their bears, 1t
they have any. They will not be able to sat
isfy public expectation for any length Of time
by in!uging III the harmless m,lrlmery of
illsinuation and darkly hitting ut all sorts Of
startling. revelations ''shortly to be made''
but never forthcoming.
, 1881-11-06

TIE senior sp0ils concern pretends that it
Is extremely anxious to see the star-route
robbers brought to justice. 1t adopts, i'll ef-
feet, the watchword Of an ex-President Of
the United States, Let no guilty 1aan cs-
cape" But as the watchword did not in the
former instance prevent good many guilty
men FROM escaping, it may not prove to be
more eflicacious, now. There is, in fact,
widespread impression that in criminal trials
"watchwords" are played out. Tile pro-
fessions Ut a sincere wish for the success of
the star-route prosecutions on the part ct the
spoils organ will be libcrally discounted by,
those who remember that through all tie
yicissitudes OF its checkered and not too
reputable existence it has been the constant
apologist for official rascality and jobbery Of
every hue and description From its defense
Of the whisky ring to its apology for Bel
knapisnl, DabcockIsm, and all the other dis
reputable islns OF 1SE'-'77G, WIS but a single
STEP and if it is not now in secret sympathy
with Dorsey, Brady, and the rest Of the
gang" it will give the lie to its whole pre-
.if,,,e rnoorJ
, 1881-11-06

The schooner Golden Fleece, which left
San Francisco OH the 18th of July with Lieut.
Ray and signal service party to establish a
meteorological station At Point Barrow, re-
turned yesterday. The Captain reports that
on the It'll uIt. he spoke whaling bark in
behring's Sea, and ascertained that in
the latter part Of September the bark
had met the United States steamer
Rogers in. the Arctic Ocean. Capt.
Berry, OF the Rogers, reported that lie
had then circumnavigated Wrangell Land,
had made q landing at several points. but
utterly failed to find any trace Of the jean
nette- Capt Berry said that he would prob
ably winter on Wrangell Land or on the
Siberian coast His cruise had, up to Sep
temaer, been without result, except thar he
had established that Wrangell Land was an
Island. The Golden Fleece left Lieut. Ray
and party at -Ooglalau,ie, hive miles west
OF Point Barrow, on the 18th of September.
AT the time the schnuner left an
observatory had been constructed. The
natives were quite friendly. It was
Lieut. Rays intention to begin the explora-
tim of the Valley of the Copper Mine early
, 1881-11-06

OWING to sharp practices by individuals
Of both parties there exists at present very
great i'll feeling between the native silk lner-
chants and producers of Japan and the
foreign dealers resident in that country. The
foreign merchants, who are mostly English,
German, and Italian, had been i'll the habit
Of taking silk from the Japanese dealers,
keeping it in their storellouses for Il COLI
siderable time without payment, and returll-
ill@ it If it did not suit Them. On the other
hand, some Of the small Japanese dealers
were i'll the habit Of putting other stutls than
silk into their packages, which they sold to tile
foreign merchants. Now the better class Of
japanese dealers have formed silk coln-
pany, and this company refuses to sell to the
foreigners except for cash, and after inspec-
tloi, in the co.npany's storellouses. Tic for
eig1lers refuse TO buy. The United States.
Minister has tried to settle tile difficulty, but
without avail. The silk trade Of Japan is at
Il standstil1. The foreigners abuse the Jap
anese, and the japanese are beginning to
dislike the foreigners 50 much that serious
complications may arise at ans time,
, 1881-11-06

ALL the star-route organs insist that
Acknowledgement MacVcagh has '+aban-
doned" the star-route cases. But in what
sense can he be said to have abandoned"
cases that he has solcmnly confided to the
1aw-oftlcers of the Government and the
President Of the United States? Is that the
kind uf abandonment (which calls for scyere
censure? Possibly Mr.. MacVeagh hoped
and believed that the Administra tion would
have brains ell ough and nerve enough to
prosecute public robbers without his assist
snce. Tie assumption that there is no man
left in the Government service who has the
courage or the disposition to prosecute the
star-route thieves since Mac VeagE has left it
is an insult to the whole Administration from
the President down. We have not SO low au
opinion OF the integrity, Of the Government
1t Washington as the star-route organs seem
f9aYA
, 1881-11-06

IT is stated that tle "Gern1an party" at
St. Petersburg, acting Oh instructions from
Berlin, mal,euyered to prevent all Interview
between the Car and the Emperor of Aus
trla. 1t Is further stated that the interview
between the Emperor Of Austria and the
King Of ltaiy was brought about by the good
Offices of Germany. II these statements can
be relied OIL, it is evidence that bismarck
meditates or has already concluded IL new
triple alliance consisting Of Germany, Aus
tria, and Italy. And this triple alliance is
much ntore feasible aud much more likely
to last than that foreshauowed in the
European dispatches some time ago. and
which, it was tfen said, would consist Of
Austria, Germany, and Russia. When the
inevitable disinemberlncnt OF Turkey comes,
it would be hard to keen the Austrian and
Russian frotu quarreliug about the parts
which each is to take.
, 1881-11-06

COL WATSON B. SMITH, Clerk of the Unit
ed States Court at Omaha, was found dead
in his office yesterday morning, having been
shot dead By some unknown assassin. Col.
Smith WAS strong temperance man, had
aiken IN active part in enforcing the hiAn Ii.
:ense.law, and tile Sunday closing law, an1 had
;hus Incurred the ermity Of the liquor :aell.
lie had received number Of letters threat
sning him With death if he persisted in his
opposition to the liquor traffic, and it is
thought that he was murdered because he
did not heed the threats. The murder has
caused great Indignation among the respect
lble people Of Omaha and throughout Ne
maska. where Col. Smith was well and IA
rorahIY known.
, 1881-11-06
4 NexV Fashion.

When a woman loses her temper, as the
phrnse is-that is to sur. when she gets as - mud
US March hare '-she Invariably expresses re-
grct that she is not man. Or course 1t goes
without saying that in expressing this desire
she has ia mind IN ideal 1nan. She does not
wish to he a "hod- carrier" or "chtmney-
Sweep" or .sstokcr." or "coul- Miner" or q
,"p:ckpockct,' or a "cowboy," or "bucket-
shop" spcculator, or Il "chcap divorce " lawyer
She means that she wants to Fenr trousers and
wllnts to ba President Of great railway cor
poration, or aKreut constitutional lawyer, or a
poet like Dante, Byron. Tcnnysou, or Lon1rel-
low, Or au author like Hume, 3facuulay. or
Dickens, or al orator like Demosthcne5. Burke.
Webster, or. 1ugersolt, or soldier like Napoleon
OF Wellington She has an Impression TINT II
trousers were once accorded her she would be
sure to draw them on tn palace. and draw on
1cnrn!ng, wenIth. and .honors with rnem-that
they would involve bark account, retinue Of
Servants, troops Of friends, luxury, refinement,
ease, power. =. -.
There isnn tnerodicabIe conviction in the fe-
male mind that skirts are an insuruountable
obstacle to the advancement of the sex-thas
they keep women away from the polls, the
forum. the pulpit, the bank parior, and the stock
exchange; In a word.. that trousers hold the
world in awe, sway the destinfes OF nations, and
enable taaa to lord it over tho human race
Hence ths numerous and pcriouca, recurrence
of wotnan's efforts at what Is known Us dress re-
[orm. The philosophy OF these efforts. is ex-
curious On the subject of trousers
Tor ths female sex. women. Notwithstanding
heir intense uaxtety to wear. them, are yery
sdutlous. Regarding them Is the key to fume,
wealth, and power, they cannot direst them
el1es OF the impression that their adopuou By
ho'female Sex will be resisted to the hitter end
y the masculine lords of crea ton. This secret
car has paratyzed many a dress reform move
ueat- ltexptains the utter future of the Bloom
r scheme. The Bloomer WIS condemned by ali
autious women AZ too radical, as an nttempr so
'alpable ii design to wrest the sceptre OF s,-
'remacy from mun that Il would Inevitably me-
, 1881-11-06

TIE New York World prints 4 LONG letter
from Lima which, as the editor is the.brother
of the United States Minister to Peru, may
not unteasollably be looked upon as u in
splred from high official quarters" The
letter brings The intelligence that the Gov
ernlnent OF Pierola has dissolved into Its
original elements and left not 4 wrack be-
hind, while that of Caldcron, having been
dispersed" by Ch!ian military edict,
has been simultaneously recognized and
established in the ricll Proyinccof Arequlpa,
which is to Peru, as Virginia used to be to
the United States, .':the mother Of Prasl-
DENTS" Cafderon is all honoreu native
of Arequpa. His proclamation III that
province gives his Government home and
basis from which to treat with the Chilian att
thoritics. TO that extent the action OF Mln-
lister 1urlbut i'll recognizing Calderon :1ld
refusing to treat with rieroia has been justi-
fcu by events. 1t is now evident that unrl-
burt went to Peru with instructions from
Secretary Blaine to pursue ''a spirited for
elgn p0licy,' aud that the Secretary was pre-
vented By the sad events following the 2d OF
July from keeping constant watch oil his
Minister. The latter probably exceeded his
instructions, tut the plan OF protesting cncr-
,geticalIy against the absolute absorption or
destruction Of Peruvian nationality was in
tits main fentures wise and beneticcnt. The
London Standard justified it i'll its issue Of
yesterday, and said III This connection:
Considering the circumstances existing in
South America, 1t would be Simply Offering
premium for aggressive combinations il all
nexauon were recognized as Il right Ut the moro
powerful. SO tnr, therefore, Nlninc has acted
with vfgor which ought to commend Itself TO
tho world Ut large.
The Standard goes OIL to demonstrate
against Blaine's apparent purpose to make
the United States the sole arbiter III AMeri-
can affairs; but this feature Of his policy
will be among his own countrymcn no less
popular than the other. His South Aleri-
can action is likely to bring him as much
credit rs Ills note OIL the Panama CANAL
which has been approved by THE press and
public Of the United States wholly without
distinction Of party and without Noticeable
dissent. >
, 1881-11-06

The New York Times, in commenting
upon the water scarcity in that city, thinks
that water is rapidly disappearing, and in
searching for the manner Of its exit decides
that it is sinking into the interior of the
earth. II the Newly orhers lived iii the
West they would come to a different de-
cision. Water is not disappearing here. but
OH the other hand is. appearing altogether
100 rapidly on the surface for comfort The
trouble with them is that they fancy what
has happened In New York happens, every
where else, and that because their aQueduct
has run low water is scarce all over the
country. There Is ITO danger that New-
Workers will die of thirst if they lake the
proper means to get water. How did New
York live when it had no aQueduct at alp
, 1881-11-06

In other words, Mr. Clarke proposas that
permanent record Of voters shall he kept in
every precinct, instead Of making nut new
lists for every election, as the practice is at
presentr The proposed system. along with
the requirement that no person he allowed to
vote unless registered previous to the cleo
<tlon, would certainly save much time and an
noyance at the polls, and go far towards pro-
tecting the ballot-box against frauds. The
work involved III the preparation of the yot-
ing-lists would be much less than it is now,
when several copies thereof are made and
mistakes are frequent These permanent
lists could be readily revised previous to
every election, and BY increasing the number
OF voting precincts and thereby reducing the
number of voters on each list, there would
, 1881-11-06

TIE Hon. Isaac n. Arnold, Of this city,
in 4 letter to Mr.. Scoville, Guiteau's coun-
sci, says that the assassin in entitled to fair
trial. which ''he cannot have without able
counsel,'' and adds that it would be a dis
grace to the American bar and the American
judiciary if public prejudice should prevent
him from having Il fair trial. Mr.. Arnold
cannot believe that there is member Of his
noble profession i'll the country ''who
would be SO cowardy and selfish as to refuse
to defend Gui1eau because he feared that all
honest, faithful, earnest defense would
bring upon him the abuse of the press" Mr.
Arnold also thinks that it Gen. Garfield were
alive today, and we're appealed to under
similar circumstance TO those under which
Afr. Scoyille appealed to Dir. Arnold, Gen.
Garfield would not hesitate moment His
professional chivalry would urge him to do
all in his power to secure for the accused q
fair trial Mr.. Arnold cannot assist III Gui--
teau's defense, owing to other engagements.
, 1881-11-06

THE Washington Euening Star does not
think much Of Judge Folger as clyilserv-
&c refor1ner. It'says that on one occasion,
while Board OF Examiners was in New
York, when promotions in the civil service
were regulated By examination, he expressed
himself as opposed to such method. He
lid not believe, lie said, in promotion by
:ule Of three''; held that the examinations
lid not amount to anything, and intlmated
:ha. they ought to be discontinued.
, 1881-11-06

THE CHICAGO TR1NCSE has established branch
o{lces receipt VI subscriptions and dCc1se-
mentS follows:
NEW fu1tk-tioom . Tribune Bu!dinE- i. 7. NC
FADDES, Mannccr.
GLASGOW, Scotland-Ai1an's American News
Agency. II Ncnneld-Et-
LONDON. Ens-amcrfcnn Exchange. 4ks Strand
HENRY T. GtLl1G. Agent
WASHINGTON, d. C.-~i;la F street.
, 1881-11-06

in the spring. with view to ascertainlnS
whether the Copper Mine and Ynton Rivers
are not connected Lieut.. lays party pur-
pose making their way to Kotzebue Sound
when tie exploration Of ttas Copper Mine
VaIleyis completed. q.
, 1881-11-06

| believed would result dlsnstro,fatv r., ,ho >,.
| spirators.
In obedience to This annrc.c,st,n ~, p,o,...o-
.snovor,cnt was Discouraged and un.,,lv .a,
II ia claimed by th,3t. WIN I,nvf ,,,d, - .+,,,.
| tho subject thut Mr.; o.. Mary w,tr,ro..,
| 'ued f. wear the uoo:n2r costume nj ;, r,a. -
| Indicate the failure of the pyo1.vt and r., az
| tract attention from other 1nay,.nn,,,. ~ ,as.
| pronounced cbaracter. Mcanti,uc r. v,. ,,at.s.
| mined to try to SECURE by rataye:n vh,t rh<;;
| leaders OF trous6rs movements were c,,v;,oa,
/ could not be gained by force, aud the mil .h,,.-
| movement WINS inaugurutet. 1t w;1s ins;s,sa ~
| the advocates OF this reform costume ,h.,, ,hs
| TROUSERS principle exists in the al-back: thus
making trousers With two legs i; IL mere c,,.tnrn
OR sushon, which bus nutning to do with rbe ~
/ tentiu1Ay Of the curtnent. In suppore u. ~,
| theory tho one-lo.ged snau who cnu{d m, c,,-
! veuiently and does not wear twu-ier.ra ,rnn.
sers was cited. and the point made tI,ut ,r;,h rho
aid Of his one-iegsed trousers be Ia ,h.s p, ,.I~
| Al the hikhts OF fame. weaith and nowar rss
| conclusion was hcit, ~ f,,, ,rras;.t,h,a ,h.t
ment which contains ther tr0s,,rs nri,.,,in,-.
| it wis insisted the null-bsc,- ,,tes ,,nI1 a,,1
woman to secure atI the power j1ha1a,, j., ,~,.
| sers without exciting a fce,tng ~ o,or., j.. -.
| masculine taiu,1. 49, 49,"
/ Hut alas! this tlnc- c-s,,n +hoorr b.,
sustained by the fncts of nc,,,., ..,a', oa ueon
perleace Tho pull bacs haa haa, ,.as." 49,
ually tried. 1t has hem .,rr,na,,r o.,...-,
, 1881-11-06

LEWIS G. GROVER, one of the Directors Of
the Quilted Newark bank, was interviewed thu
other day about Baldwin:
What is your opinion Of Mr.. Baldwin person.
"well," said Mr.. Grover, "he is welt-fed
man physically. full OF life and yignr. but de-
void either of intellectually ur sel.5ibtlity. Ha
never read book Inaucted into business In
boyhoOd. Ills brightness 1ook the fancy Ut Pres-
dent Joseph Hasey, who favored hi1l and had
him advanced frOul position to position Ha
had no eductuon. social qualities He waa
not u hntncier in the usual nectptntion Of that
rerln- Twelve yeurs ago the Mutual Henetit
wanted cnshier- thought Oscar Baldwin the
must promising young nun in towu whd
would be likely to be posted on the daily
valuation of securities T spoke TO him
and made the offer Of the position Tie took the
otter into consideration II was understood that
the matter WIS to be private. Baldwin. how
eyer, communicated our offer to President Hui
sey. and the result was that Sir. Baldwin re-
tanned bis position iu the Mechanics Bank with
his salary iargely Increased: President Huisey
said ut the time thut the bnEk could not do with
bhity- .Ar ths meeting Sunday night be never
wfnced when the resolutions were passctl to sus-
pend, hut there was calm in his t,lce> when Mr.
FrelnghuySetl was writing down the third reso~
tut1on-for his prosecution fur r.linng the banx.
Monday wrote tor bis resignation As Director
Of rhe insurance cOmunny, fnclO5tnG reSigna-
ton for him to sign. He tore up the form senr
him and returned resignation written by- him
SELF and dutrd Saturday. The Boa ii met res:
terday and elected Col. E. Il. Wright as Director
in his place.
, 1881-11-06

be very much more protection against fraud
than there is now, and at the same time the
lawful voters would be saved tue time and
trouble now required to attend the work Ut
registration. The plan is worthy Of col1sid-
Grafton by the Citizens Association, with q
view to securing the necessary legislation for
liz af}ni.ti011
, 1881-11-06
VlUUS FeCDf'

Mr. THOMAS c. CLA1u,R has proposed, in
4 communication printed in the columns of
THE TRIBUNE yesterday, a system for regis
ter;ng voters which is vastly superior to the
system now in vogue. lie would have blank
books printed in the style which the follow
ing model will illustrate: