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, 1881-04-03
DREGS OR WINE,

For TIE Chicago Tribune.
An open door saw one day,
And entered in. Before me lay
\ long, broad room, with carpet spread,
While deeply framed on either side
We're yautttd windows, high and wide.
Through which the light so darkiy fell
1t day or night scarce could tell.
slowly crossed tho threshold DER, !
And paced with nuiseleas step the floor;
But loitered oft, us II to hear +
The Sound of fantom footstep near.
And almost thought from either side
Y0 SEQ some ghostly figure glide.
knew no danger lurked and yet r..
My nervous fears could not forget.
An altar railing stopped my feet:
4 cushioned footstooi offered seat,
0n which sat; when through the air
There fell sound so sweet and raEe
Thought percbance an Angel band
Was lowering near on either hand
:.
4 skillful touch the organ sHept,
and through the room the unstc crep~
New swelling with triumphant CRY.
Now sinking low, like plal[dve; sign.
4 biissful hour had then bsen mine,
An hour could have callaP divine
But that sat almost in ttrs:
And brooded DER my foo ofn 1eats'
I aad my choice, and chfe TIE III.
as half the world are ding sti4L.
And now this truth p10sr eE.
The wine OF life scen9tate or sour
because with willrui taxt We tal9k
We 1ta may perhaps haxsaeffsms xe 81 mtne IN af'hN'
i JACQurrA.
, 1881-04-03

STREET IMPROVEMENTS
The practical a1.d capital suggestion has
been made by correspondent OF TuE Tn1n-
USE that bridge BE- constructed over the
river 1T Washington for the Use of light We
liclcs only, which could be drawn over 1t at
a trot. Heavy teaming could be excluded.
and the damages to adjacent property greatly
lessened by making the approaches steep.
used by pedestrians only, who would enter
BIZ 4 descent from the sidewalk on either side
of Washington street This arrangement
would leave the street clear, and enhance the
value Of property oil Washington street on
both sides OF the river so greatly that the i'll
creased taX-reyenue Wonld be considerable
item to the city. Itwould undoubtedly draw
the carriages, bnggies, and light vehicles Of
every description, which would relieve the
car-track streets of at least - per cent of
their travel. as things now stand. the tun-
mel is useless for heavy draft purposes, being
too steep, ami that it is avoided by the light
class of vehicles condemns it as far as they
are concerned Another great advantage Of
this bridge would be the connection it would
give between the West WASHINGTON street
boulevard and the South Division. :.
City-Engineer CregleT has made estimates
for yiattucts Oil North Halsted street; OIL
Blue Island avenue, near Sixteenth street;
aid On Milwaukee avenue and Despiaines
street. Mr.. Cregier gives the cost of the Blne
Island avenue structure at S9, H715, which
does not include the PAYING; the North Hal
, 1881-04-03
LIFE

For Ihe Chicago Tribune. ::
Life Is symphony, life Is song!-
Strike the chords cheeri!y, sing it In tune;
Spite of its misery. spite OF It's wrong,
There Is melody still In the grand old ruuel
FnInt-hearted mariners. toss'd on the tide,
Lo! the dawn br1ghsens, the clouds disappear:
soon In tho haven ut rest shall ye ride,
And the sunlight of Heaven shall Danish your
fcnr! ..
Gtfef-stricken mouruer, thy sorrow give ocr,
Freed from Earth's sur ring, temptation, and
sin,
Where the curtains Of Death lrape the ever
green shore.
Thy loved one is waiting to, welcome thee ini
Life is a symphony, life Is song
Strike the chords cheerily, sing 1t In tune:
Spite of its misery, spite OF its wrong.
WILSON.
, 1881-04-03
will be amused to see what poor prophets they
were. To place Cleveland sixth and Worcester
next to the last is absurd.

| will be amused to see what poor prophets the1
were 70 place Cleveland sixth and Worcester
| next to the last Is absurd.
The oiiical ,, League averages published ta
Spaiding5 "Gufde" place Gore. Auson. ana
Dafrymple as the leading bntters Of the country
Burns hetDg nth. Four players In tho first ntus
bntsmsn Of tho entire country, together VII VII
better base-runnlng than was ever seen before
tells how and why Chicago won the champions
ship.
President Hubert and Capt. Anson have gd
whole IN month in which 70 study up new
wrinkles for this years play. Last season The
Chicngos showed the world something new II
base-rnnntng and in backing-up work In tht
e1d Thsrc 1D vii BE- nG failing o IN III fhe =
made in other br:tnches OF the game wheneva
an opportunities is perceived.
"spalding's Rase- Ball Guide and of'cia
and It's @ vii sI be e war SSyeo ss
basc- bali readers, who have come to look upon
it rs the only authority us regards statistics
battn and ns rnpnnx vii 1a be reat Wiz
terest- Spalding now hns the field In 4Americs
all to himself. and the fact that the first cdlno
throughout The county in base-ball.
An ordinance is pending in Detroit which pro
poses to exact license fee at s. for each gam
Of baseball. Considering the large sums Q
are obliged to pay ont Of their pockets eao
year in orlcr to make up deficiencies, 1t woub
seem that rho Detroit Common Council mGn
~ ~ UcLtC& ouS1ttoS tuaa4 tNAa41E - pSPA."
sport like base-ball. but as the Mayor Of tn
city is President OF the Detroit Club, the ord
nance. If passed, would stand little chance OF es
Gaping q Veto
EVERY body knows that when the Chicago
hnd the championship we'll In hand last seaso
they gave games away to attract gaIe-money.
-IIus}tfngt0n Capital.
Everybody knows that this assertion Is sill
without n shadow Of basis in fact
probability. So far from losln
gnmcs to attract Eate-money, tho Chicago Ciu
iitds that nothing nays SO we'll as to win .
games and lose none. II such a thing we're not
possible, the Club that should go through th
greater part OF Il season without once suffer
ing defeat would attract more patronage an
make more money than any club ever organized
Reason and fairness are, however, wasted upo
Two such hopeless tmpcciIes as the fei
lows WHO butcher base-b ball In the column
2f the WASHINGTON Capital md the Cincfnnm
Enquirer The Capital man has been srandiu
on his head ever since the League was impelie
~ geographical reasons to refuse the Wishing
Ion Clubs application for admission: and th
Enquirer man has been similarly inverted bot
.s TO body and brain ever since the Cinclnnn
;!ub WAS kicked out Of the League on accoua
# It's refusal to abolish Sunday gnmes and been
Jerking on the club-grounds in Cincinnati.
, 1881-04-03
THE SOUTH WIND.
III Oh Lana Tsf t,te ~

Fur The Chicago Tribune
or ell the pipes TINT Heaven Gun bring,
The South Wind royaiust doth sing.
1t ILLS tho skies with Tropic balm,
1t brenks the North's gigantic arm:
The snow-b banks melt, swift pass away,
Before its mild and genial sway;
Tho starry flowers sweet blush md bloom
Where iato was Winters dreary tomb.
South Wind, come and freshly blow!
Drive, drive away these realms OF aaowl
Make thou the world in beauty glow!
Come with tho Springs mild, warming itgnts :
And fiit the lands with Joy. delight! :. ':.;"
Como. and DER mountain. hll1. und vale,
With thy sweet breath creation hall:
Stamp thy broad seal DER land and nain1
Spring q balmy hours bring back nzaint
REV. ", s, B1ANQ1zaRos a
, 1881-04-03
ALONG THE SHORE.

For The Chicago Tribune.
Brightly beams tho lake of Cora,
Down beneath the rocky hill;
Surg!ng ever, darkened never. !.
Those proud waves are laughing still
On the shore,
Ever1nore, i
In the sunlight, in the shade, 4
Buried half-beneath the sand. !:
Precious stones and shells are laid
Some to sea in ships 90 down, Ii
Some have braved the oceans foau3
Some have sought the mariners cruF'
Leaving friends, and wealth. and hu 2
Others stand Il
Upon tho sand, y
Searching long the lone beach Ger, /,
Gathering gems OF rustic hue f
As they're washed along the shore
ii
So upon the shore Of Time ~
we may gather Jewels rare; II.
II we only seek the good, ri
We can find them everywhere: 81
But. afast II
How many pass, -.
Heediess OF the golden ORC :.
Scattered all along Llfe's way +.
Precious stones along the shore,
Ill. D. Q. IA
, 1881-04-03

stea street structure at S1256ss; and the
nllWaukee. Avenue and Desplaines street
structure at S159,SS7. He estimates the cost
OF 2 yladuct over the tracks Of the Chicago
~ NNorthWestern aud the Chicago, Burllng-
ION q Qn'ncy Roads at Centre avenue, with
teenth, Sixteenth, md Seventeenth strerts
At SlN, 96. Of this amount, it is understood,
t tne "a Kallroaa Company will pay SIS 40, leay-
my tae clty.s expense at $llS,25G. The esti-
over the tracks. : the Chicago j. Northwest
ern Road at North Ialstel street and Chi
e. cago avenue is giyen. at sl3s, ,05s. Is, and to
the buildings to grade.
,fhe The Committee on Streets and Alleys,
Me;St, have lect9Immended On for passage the
Madison to West Twelfth Street ~
The Improvement of Morgan street from
West Washington to West Harrison has been
poS!poned until such time as the property
holders decide OH the character OF the pave
ment which they want.
, 1881-04-03

more numerous titan In April, but there
The number of transfers was larger. hut tTe
aggregate consideration less The record for
the first quarter of 1881 shows a handsome
Increase ine5 over the corresponding period in
lsSo, When tue weather was far more favor
comparison Of the months of March and
Febrnary, 1881, anu of the first quarters OF
, 1881-04-03

At the annual meeting of the Connecticut
Mutual i4ife-1nsurance Company, just held,
Secretary Taylor III his report referred to the
real-estate Investments OF the Company as
follows:
Late in the year 1851 tho market for real es-
tate in some OF the cities where the Company
bus large amounts Invested. and has taken 4
goou deal Of property by foreclosure, began to
revive t8nd the Company sold property 10 tho
amou pf salJ,a:s.Tl; many Of these sales but
partlaily disposed OF the property acquired nm
der any one loan, leaving i balance to 1c sold to
close the account, In these eases no account is
made OF profits. But twenty-four accounts were
closed By satos, amounting to S:SU,El .sa. and
these parcels had Gust the Company $13@J, 4g3.57,
yietdin. net profit Of $!59, ,S19.. or over 70 pcr
cent Of their cost. These parcels had been
ya!ucd ,eH yenr "a a9o by me Commissioner Of this
State nt $2s980I, or SG,I5,:S; less than the cost
to the Company. Seyerul Of the best salcs ne
gotfnted during the year we're not closed in time
to enter the account.
Much Of the property above referred to is
situated i'll this city, and is among the very
choicest Of Chicago real estate.
, 1881-04-03

SUMMARY FOR TIE WEEK.
The following is the total amount Of city
and suburban transfers within radius OF
seven miles OF the Courthouse filed for rec
ord during the week ending April 2:
, 1881-04-03

T,,e~'7s =. ~ ISc1,' 1o1t1H'
Aalialords III new 1ork nave gone too lar
.ats-A Il adva1ice Of Toner cent
tile almost uniform rate decided upon by
the Astor, Rhinelander, and other tarre es-
tates-has hepu posj1v ,no;ntoinod r. A.
cnDt;onai rasps m slfvanne t,f n ~, as..,, IN
mr. e1ir has l,pen nhtaino6. INT londioris
wIo attnmt,tetl n ,,at IN a.iv,nsa ~ d,.',M
inrhol,ses nf m onnnt T., e.xcass ~ ~ ID ,n!,
liner rant arc in ,nnst cnsas withnnt tI,a ia ;'1
!rS;ate has prospect Of tenants after Nay
, 1881-04-03

south end Of the lot, which will
give them a building 775xss4o, Instead
Of 2ooxaoo as at first planned, The cost
100000. The Board Of Trade is to pay $40
900, the owners of adjoining properly $780,
COG, and the estate is to stand the remaining
$4,000 in consideration of the enhanced
ya}ne ct the 5est Of ths !sad Ten thousand
is to be erected BY q building association COM
posed OF Board of Trade members, with
capital sufficient to put up 81, ,00o, 600 struc-
strea+s tare Tie consent e Of the Committee on
the Common Council and Mayor has to be
obtained to this scheme. Those who are in
a position to know say the ordinance
will nnauestionably be passed. Then comes
how long this will last no one knows. The
Chamber Of Commerce people appear to have
given up their opposition to the removal Of
the Board Of Trade. They are certain to re-
ceive satisfactory terms in settlement of the
that with the Boards new building a few
blocks south aIl La Sale street property will
be worth more than ever.
Al An opinlon bearing on the proposed va,
nat; G2t,9n Of Ia Sale street +. Tor te Board Of
Counsel in the case of the petition Of a. II.
Sweet md others for the vacation of fifty feet
in width Of Twelfth street from Ashland av-
Gnsf{ ene to ok 0gen a s 9Th 1o lion
cNuiioEl AU!tlS tllIIt l44o Elt4 AOuuEn Has
power to vacate, but that the city is
liable for the damages Sec. l of
~ ..An act to revise tue law in relation to the
vacation Of streets and Alleys" approved
March q, 1871, provides that "Wllen property
is damaged by the vacation or closing Of any
street Or alley, the same shall be ascertained
and paid rs provided by la.y.''
The Corporation Counsel says: There is
no statute prescribing the manner III which
damages which may be occasioned by the va
cation OF q street shall be ascertained, and it
is clear TINT they cannot be ascertained until
after vacation. The statute cited, however,
clearly contemplates that if any damages
Shall be occasioned by the vacation Of any
street the municipality shall be liable for the
same. Such being the law, 1t is my opinion |
that III every case in Which a vacation is petit
toned for, which. If made, may damage pri- |
vate property, either al1 owners of property |
likely to be damaged should join in the petit |
ton, or, before ordering the vacation a snfIi~ !
clent bond shonld be required Of the petitiol-
ers tn indemnify the city against all samages
on account of the vacation.
Another point also pertinent to the La
Sllie street vacation is thus touched on:
What is the public interest in relation to
the matter? Streets, in contemplation of /
law, arc opened and vacated because the |
public convenience and interest require the /
opening or vacation, as the case may be, and
the main question in this, and in other like !
cases, is whether the public interest and con-
yenience require that what is now public |
street shall continue so to be, or whether, on
the contrary, the public interest and conven-
lellce will be snbseryed by yacating 1t.
, 1881-04-03
THE TOWN OF LAKE.


If the men who lave managed to elect
themselves officers Of the Town of Lake for
several years past had 4 particle OF shame
left in them they would bury themselves out
of sight forever. The report of Commissioner
Waller has proved them arrant thieves,-~a
fact which the suffering vacant and farming
landowners Of the town have known for
years past to their sorrow. These villains
have banded together anu stolen themselves
rich from the pockets of the people Were
it possible to mete ont justice to them they
would spend the balance of their rasca!ly
lives in the Penitentiary. Now that the facts
have been proved upon them by legal in
Town OF Lake elect for rarity honest Off
GERS and send OF these remorse1ess thieves
to live at case OIL their robbery. 1t is really
for the interest Of the great corporations
whose tools these thieves have been to Join
with the landowners and secure honest men
in office. Taxes would in the end cost them
less than they gain by c0mponndlng with
these knayes. And. besides, the time will
come when for their officers to raise the
taxes 800 or 400 Der cent on the vacant and
farming. lands that these ringsters may steal
Themselves rich, will recoil on the corpora
tions themselves. and coss them more than
they have saved bythe false returns the town
officers have made. Values have largely
heen taxed out of lands, and these rapaclous
vagabonds will ere long go for the very cor
nnrltions whose tools they are. L.
NJ. Mcclellan, as agent for the Taxpayers
4 ssocjation. i;,s done splendid work IL ex~
nosing the rascailties Of the town officers,
md cVery goud citizen will wish him abun-
dant success, TO on with the good work,
A'''AS 3>'eS NJ s.
, 1881-04-03

mi he ", ", procure, and use Hop Bitters* and you
sSVng, healthy, and happy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-23
The Inventor Of Stsreotypfne,

William Ged, the inventor of stereo-
tipping, was a Scotchman. He was
a jeweler in Edinburg. So long as
he adhered to his original vocation be
was permitted to prosper. When he
ventured to exercise his ingenuity by
facilitating the printers art, he was
doomed.
On his making known his discovery
of block printing, the trade deemed their
craft in danger and formed q combination
for his destruction. Many printers,
i%ourneymen and apprentices united
against him as a common enemy; they
loaded him with invectives, and reproach-
ed him with Ignorance and assumption.
The arrows of calumny hit him on all
sides. Who could long Withstand such
an array of hostilities? Poor Ged, who
ought to have made a fortune out of his
discovery, died of a broken heart.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-23

tBy the author of 'Curfew MUS. No, Ring To

by the author of 'curfew Must No, Ring To.
"'Tis the last time, darling" he gently said,
As he kissed her lips like the cherries red,
While a fond look shone in his eyes of brown.
My own is the prettiest girl In town.,
Tomorrow the bell from the tower will ring
A joyful peal. Was there ever a king
So truly blext, on his royal throne,
As l shall be when | claim my own!"
Twas a fond farewell; twas a sweet good bye.
But she watched him 60 with a troubled sigh.
So, into the basket, that swayed and swung
Der the yawning abyss, he lightly sprung,
And the joy of her heart seemed turned to woe,
As they lowered him into the depths below.
Her sweet young face, with its tresses brown,
Was the faiTest face In the mining town.
Lo the morning came; but the marriage bell
High up in the tower rang a monrnful kneli
For the true heart buried meath earth and stone,
Far down in the heart Of the mine alone
A s%orrowful peal on their wedding day,
For the breaking heart and the heart Of clay.
And the face that looked from her tresses brown,
Was the saddest face in the mining town.
Thu time rolled along on its weary way.
Until fifty years with their shadows gray
Had daIkened the light of her sweet eyes glow
And had turned the brown Of her hair to snow.
Oh never . kiss from a.husband's lips,
Or the clasp Of = child's sweet finger tips.
Had lifted one moment the shadows brown
From the saddess heart in the mining town.
Far down in the depths Of the mine, one day,
In the loosened earth they were digging away,
They discovered a face. 50 young, so fair;
From the smiling lip to the bright. brown hair.
Untouched by the finger of Times decay.
When they drew him up to the light of day,
The wondering people gathered round
To gaze at the man thus strangely found.
Then a woman came from among the crowd,
With her long, white hair, and her slight form
bowed.
She silently knelt by the form Of clay,
And kissed the Inns that were cold and orav
Then the sad, old face with its snowy hair
On IN h hndy fo,nd h. bosom IS, Ias lay h p'' sas ,h hzid.
And the people buried them side by side.
Rose Har,wick Thorpe in Detroit Free Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-23
Modern Atheism--Its Chilling Eject
Upon h Young.


1t is not the only objection to the athe-
istic argument of our day that it ques-
tons closely those who have reached the
years of logic strength. That would be
a result bad enough. But it does other
injury. 1t so chills the hearts Of the old
er members of society that the children
and the young are reared away from all
religious emotion, and sentiment, and
poetry, and inherit no taste for the liter.
allure and study of the spiritual world.
Some boast that they say nothing to
children or the young about religion, be-
cause they wish them all to decide for
themselves in mature life. This method
would be more ~pardonable if religion
were only a conclusion of logic, but it is
also a taste, a color of the soul, a power
to appreciate, and must have its founda'
tian laid long before the intellect is able
to read and refute any Goddess philoso.
ply:
We learn to love music, and colOrs,
and all beauty before we are able to dis.
cuss the theories of Berkeley and Burke
and Ruskin. The sentiment grows first,
and afterwards the intellectual part
comes, if ever it does come.
The atheistic studies of our time come
with a two-fold evil, they create doubts
in the minds of the adult world and thus
gates to that holy land of the Deity in
which man ought to be born. If ever
the human heart is to burn within while
it talks or hears along its way, this
warmth must begin before the twenty
first year has been reached. Our orators,
and poets, and musicians, and painters,
and actors do not in maturei life drop
down into these great callings, but in
their early years they begin to see out.
lines of these continents and islands, and
then it is they set sail for the enchant
ing shores, and their hearts burn within
them as they journey. !.
The magazine and periodical of al
shapes seem less spiritual, less marked by
| the pathos of death and eternity than
they were when we older one first read
around the fireside. In this I may err
for no memory can retain and compare
separate periods of time. But this
know, that there must be granted all the
young, or be found by them, enough OF
the religious spirit to enable them t.
judge intelligently the value of the hopes
and fears of humanity as it stands be
tween the cradle and grave.
Modern thought is growing S colo
toward Christianity that our youth viii
soon be born, not in the tropics of thi:
sentiment, but in the arctic land of logic
alone. AS Atheism conducts this exodu:
of a race toward the arctic land the foil
age will diminish, the quantity of bird
song decline, the sun will shine with ray
more a%slant, and the night grow colde,
and longer, and the perfume of flow
RS will be forgot.-A night with no hop'
Cl morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-23

spent in explanations; OF how much
the Presbyterian preachers life hal
been devoted to ~''elect," aud its
meaning Of the Baptist to ''buried,"
&C., and its meaning; of the one
branch of Methodists to sunless We
repent" &C., and its meaning, end
of the other to "Without sanctifica-
tion," &C., and its meaning, and of
the Episcopalian to ''For Thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, forever and ever, Amen
which is appropriate and r%everential
enough. but is not in the new version
at all, and only in the liturgy.
An end ought to be put to such
waste of time, as it initiates against
the present tendency OF Protestant
ism in the direction Of christian
unity, which modern Sunday School
work has done so mach to bring
about. 1t is in enterprises of that
sort that the sects have been most
willing to unite, and it is to assist
such cooperation that so much money
and talent have been expended upon
"Intefnational Lessons" and the
preparation of n%on-sectarian litera-
ture. Indeed, the instruction I'M
parted to youth nowadays in the
Sunday School, differs in many in
stances from that given from the pull
pit to adults, and the result on the
rising generation is yearning for the
establishment of more intimate chris
tian fellowship, and in no way a
that be reached, readily and
certainly, than through an acceptable
and p%rcconcerted translation of the
Scriptures and such a change in their
language as will necessitate cores
ponding change in theological Discus
sions, and substitute perspicuity of
expression for obscurity of verbiage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-23

The square man mezzures the same
each way, and hain't got no wainny
edges, nor shaky lumber in him.
He is free from knots and sap, and
won't warp.
He is klear stuff, and I don't care what
yu work him up into he won't swell, and
he won't shrink.
He il amuhgst men what good Kill
dried boards are among carpenters, he
won't season krack.
1t don't make emmy difference which
side ov him yu cum up to, he il the same
bigness each way, and the only way tew
get at him, emmy how, il to face him.
He knows be il square, and v
spends emmy time trieing to prove it.
The square man il one ov the best
shaped men the world has ever produc-
ed, he il one ov them kind ov chunks
that kant alter tew to fit a spot, but yu
must alter the spot tew fit him.