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Year: 1877

Sons" ''Steinmay & Sons" "Steinmetz
& Sons" "Steinway's Patent" "Stan-
nay & Co." By means Of this fraud he
has sold hundreds of wretched rattle
boxes to customers who supposed they
were buying genuine Steinway pianos.
The laws are SO loose that it seems i'm
possible to stop these disreputable oper-
ations, and SO the only protection to
buyers is to see that the exact name
"Steinway & Sons appears on the iron
plate and front board of every instru-
ment offered, purporting to come from
that establishment.


At this writing it is not known how
many perished in this disaster. AS soon
as the ruins are sufficiently cool, how
ever, excavations will be made and the
worst known.


One more proof of the fact that strikes
don't pay, especially in hard times, has
been given this week by the hundred
compositors employed by George Mum
70. the large speciality publisher of this
city, upon his popular "Seaside Library"
in which all the leading novels of the
day are being reproduced in complete
illustrated edition at ten and twenty
cents each. Thinking that they could
force Mr.. Munro to an increase of wages,
they made their demands, and on being
refused, left work, and after losing sew
eral days time, begged to be taken back
at old rates. I suppose that working
men will see the folly of such movements
after while but they seem strangely
slow to learn by experience.


The tramp is certainly one of the
most curious problems in social science.
He didn't start in as anything so dig,
nifed as that he was only a loafer with
taste for travel. But he grew and
multiplied and waxed cunning and i'm
pudent until the general feeling toward
him changed from abhorrent pity to alb
horrent distrust. By that time he had
become problem as above stated, and
a problem he has ever since remained.
DIR. Francis Wayland read q paper be-
fore the social science congress only two
or three days since on the tramp which
expressed decided conviction that he
is on the average on imposter and a
thief. That he is certainly the former
and probably the latter is pretty con-
clusively shown by the case of a tramp
who was brought into the Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court, the other day by an
officer who had unearthed him while
searching for stolen goods. The fellow
had concealed on his person SOL in
bank notes, four five-pound notes, eng
lish) and quantity of small currency,
probably the gifts of the charitably dis
posed wayfarer whom he had encount-
cred. A bank book of city savings
bank crediting him with s264.20 was
also found on his person. To guard his
treasure, he carried a loaded revolver.
Bear this in mind, and the next time
tramp comes prowling round your
back door, demand his money or his
life, and you may make quite haul.
In case anything is made by following
this suggestion, fair per centage of
the same should be sent as commission
to RADIx.
Year: 1877

STAND BY YOUR FRIENDs.-Stand by
your friends, let come what may, is
good motto. If you don't stand by
them you needn't expect them to stand
by you. So whether they be friends of
high or low degree, in afluence or pow
erty, stick to them, and don't stop to
inquire whether it will pay or whether
it will be popular. Whenever you prove
traitor and desert those who have stood
up for you and helped you fight your
battles, you will find yourself without
any one to congratulate you upon your
achievements, or comfort you in an evil
hour when misfortunes come thick and
fast.
Year: 1877

as largely based upon speculative ventures
Us they were in 1873, and "that the STOCK
market is in q most critical condition; that a
very reckless speculation is sustained ny
enormous loans by the banks on stock co.,
latera1s; that very great and rapid fail IN
price Of stocks is contemplated by every
body in the street as likely when the strong
holders can get rid Of their ventures; that
prices are showed up desperately to help
them; and that the fall, if it comes, Will
bring as great pressure as that of 1878 upon
banks very much less able to bear it" With
the conditions of only two trunk roads pay
ing dividends, and these on borrowed money
with business slack everywhere, with the ex-
tent Of the grain crops unknown, and with
banks betting the prosperity of the commu-
nifty on the success of gamblers, who want
higher prices for stocks, it looks for trouble
in September, and says: "A1en who are wise
will sail near shore" This may all be; but
is this the warning Of JAY GoU1p for stock
purpose, or is it the honest opinion OF the
New York Tribunes
Year: 1877

fourths or nine-tenths of both Institutions
The object Of the combination or consolida-
ton is, of course, to put an end to competi-
ton, in order to re-establish the old high
rates Of telegraphing as nearly as possible.
The low rites have resulted in an immense
increase OF business; but it is believed that
more money can be made by converting the
two companies into q grand monopoly and
so rearranging the tariff of charges as to
perform the least amount Of business at the
highest rates. Suppose the number OF mes
sages are cut down one-half by reason OF
high rates, yet By charging GO per cent 1nore
than at present greater profit can be made.
As to whether the public will like it or not is
minor consideration with monopoly.
Year: 1877

It can scarcely be claimed for the North
western Amateur Rowing Association regat-
ia, which has Just closed at Detroit, that it
was in all respects an unprecedented sue
cess. A far more profound interest was
manifested by the people who lined the banks
than by many members of the Association,
who failed to either show up at
all, or who rowed SO badly as to, in some
instances, turn the thing into burlesque.
Great expectations OF some Of the races cul-
minated in magnificent disappointments,
and the necessity for pressing III amateurs
outside the Association in order to get a
start betrays sad want Of esprit de corps On
the part of the members, or some terribly
had management,
Year: 1877

A review Of the situation in Bulgaria does
not appear to brighten the prospect for the
Russians. From neglect and Indifference,


the ronds around their position have fallen
into wretched state, aud even those con-
Meeting with their base Of supplies have been
allowed to fall into IN almost impossible
condition. Sickness is increasing, and suf-
ferers arc sent to the rear at the rate of 800
day. It is said that public opinion in
Russia Inns been seriously affected by the
misfortune at Plevna, and it is feared that,
when echoes of this dissatisfaction reach
the army, movement may be precipitated
before stratcgical consideration would war.
Year: 1877

The gas ordinance is to be disposed of to-
morrow night in the City Council. Several
votes have been taken, but there has been
no agreement. The intelligent members
perhaps have discovered that there has been
considerable effort at delay by those most
clomorous for action. The Committee have
proposed that the prices be s. and $1.65 per
1000 feet for the West Side and the old
companies, respectively, and we suppose
that the majority Of the Council are prepared
to vote those prices. Computed at these
rites, the price per street-lamp will be re-
duced from an average of $55 to So1, and
the public arc entirely satisfied with this.
The shortest way to put m end to any de-
sire or attempt at trading is to pass the ordi-
nance, and remove the whole question from
the Council for this wear.
Year: 1877

The reason why ifc-insurance policies aro
made forfcitable in case OF the parties assured
travelling in the South is not so much fear Of
yellow fever as Of Democratic raass-mectings
like those Of Kcmpcr County, Miss To bo
perfectly safe from epidem.cs Of rope and lead,
Northern man must be acclimated, and tho
best way to be acclimated is to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket early and often.
Year: 1877

The friend Of the downtrodden masses who
didn't secure nomination at the regular party
conventions no longer processes his belief that
the farmer is the bone and sinew OF the country.
Ills heart blecds for the oppressed workingman.
Hay-seed in the hair is less fashionable than
horn in the hands.
Year: 1877

Athletic energy marks the operations Of
those interested with the preparation of the
Exposition Art Gallery. A number of paint
inCs hnvo arrived, valuable intrinsically and
for the historical interest they excite. A
number OF improvements will characterize
the department this year, and many Of the
annoyances Of former exhibitions Will bo
wanting There is every prospect of superb
displny Of fine arts, such one as Chicago
may well be proud Of
Year: 1877

The TRIBUNE of this morning su1renders
considerable space to an Interesting article
on the commercial and financial situation of
the country in general and Chicago in par-
ticu1ar From the facts stated aud the sta
tistics accompanying, the conclusion is ire
sistible that the indications all point to an
exceptional prosperity for our city during
the coming year.
Year: 1877

fascinating of games is slowly killing billiards
in Chicago. In another column is presented
an exhaustive view OF the situation at present,
which bears but faint resemblance to the
days when the game had more votaries than
1oeo hall
Year: 1877

It is, indeed, pleasant sight to see the Friend
Of the Lahoring Man fix his big diamond pin IN
bis hickory shirt, take his little dinner-pail and
sally forth to the mass-meeting, there to de-
nounce the bloated capitalist and shed buckets
Of tears over the oppressed workingman-
Year: 1877

COURTNEY and RILEY are soon to row again
at Saratoga Let us hope that the articles pro-
vide for no fou1ing or poisoning, and that tho
cup OF iced tea which cheers but not e1hila1atcs
may wait on neither Of the contestants.
Year: 1877

One of the most important questions Of
the day is TINT of taxation, because it reaches
the pocket of every person in the State, and
at the same time there is no question so Ut
tie understood, or to which the general pub
Lie will give so little attention. The business
of taxation ought to be the most familiar OF
ali principles of government to the American
people. It is daily and hourly presented to
them. Take, for instance, property-owner
in Chicago. He is taxed directly and indi-
rectly. He is taxed by the State on every
thing tangible that he owns. BE is taxed on
his moneys and credits. If he is member
Of q corporation, he is taxed on the proper
ty of that corporation, on its credits, on its
capital stock, and on its debts. he is taxed
by the city on all his property. He is taxed
specially to pave streets and for the use OF
water. He is taxed again by the township,
and again for park purposes. In addition,
in certain occupations, he pays the National
Government dealers tax, and on his salt and
pepper, as well Us on his shirt and drawers,
on his hat and orcrcoat, On all the clothing
of his wife and children, he is required to
pay tax Certainly, if any people hive
special cause to study the principles Of po-
litical economy, and especially the principles
of just taxation, that people are the Amerl-
cans. Yet nowhere, perhaps, do intelligent
people give less attention to the subject. In
Congress, and in the various State Legisla-
lures, the ~crudest notions prevail, and,
therefore, it is not strange that on this sub
ject the demagogue too often rules.


One of the questions involved is that Of tax
ing credits or debts, and taxing titles to prop
erty as well as the property itself. This ques-
ton has agitated the philosophic mind of the
Legislature of Illinois for a number of years,
and the fruit Of that legislation is to bo
found in the Revenue law of this State.
This law provides for the valuation and taxa
ton of property, and for the valuation and
taxation of mortgages thereon; it provides
also for the valuation and taxation Of
the capital stock and debts of cor
porations in addition to the value Of the
property of such corporations. How this
latter operation is performed can best be
shown BY the assessment Of 1873, the first
under the new law:


Valuation Of property Of railroad


yAunton OF capital stock. 1873, 4o6, 5o2
Year: 1877

VALUABLE PROPERTY IN DIsPUTE.-The lowing from the Los Angeles Republican ir- inmates that the people of San Bernardino and Colton are to have trouble about the land upon winch is built ;heir towns as we'll as the farmers adjacent thereto:

 The story that Don Pic Pico and others would enter suit for possession of the old San Bcrnardino Rancho is no idle rumor, but fact. IL is said that Don Pic Pico owned much land in Southern California, and watched it very careles>ly, and many parties taking advantage of him took pos session under fraud. The San Bernardino Rancho is one of the tracts that he thus lost, although the title is clearly in his favor. Persons acquainted with the facts declare that he will be successful in the suit The towns of San Bernardino and Colton are both situated on the land in contest, and the remainder is improved farm land. The parties in possession will make a desperate struggle for the property for which they have paid and on which they have put so much improvements.
Year: 1877

The Virginia New. Enquirer says: Some
printers of this city are contemplating the
fitting up of a small printing office which
can he moved from place TO place on wheels,
as are the travelling photograph galleries.
They intend making their start in CaliiOr-
mia, and will travel through the small towns
where there are no papers published and no
printing offices. Once they are anchored
in Il town they will send their devil flying
about the place with all the latest news of
the ncighborhoOd and the advertisements
of the business men. They will print cards,
bill-hcads, circulars, and all else required,
and when they have supplied the wants of
Il town in the printing line they will give
some ranchman or livery stable keeper Il
big puff and an aCroStiC on the name Of dis
fiNoritc daughter to hitch TO their Office and
to haul them to the next town, where the
devil will again be set flying about and
where the 'buglc blast Of freedom will
again be heard, Thus they will 90 from
town TO town, remaining from Il week To II
month or two in Il place making money
and friends wherever they 80 and having
Il Jolly good time at all the balls, parties,
weddings and funerals. They may even
work their way up to Arizona but what
they now think Of doing is to establish u
circuit of good towns for their business and
visit them several times in the course Of Il
year. The boys concerned in the enterprise
are confident that they will he able TO make
it success, as all three are good prntors
and writers, and their contemplated devil
is not only fair typc.scttcr, but also a gem
in other rcSpcct'-in flying around, for in,
stance. Their little paper will be called the
"POstal Card"
Year: 1877

There are but few printers in the
United States who will not recognize
the name of Old Pete Lee, the most in
corngiblo and persistent trump that
ever stole n ride on freight train
We'll, Pete is dead. He died in the
prosecution of his vocation. While get
ting passage out of Huntsville, Alabama
on flat car, the other day, he fell off
and was run over and killed. Pooi
Pete His autobiography would make
history as full of interesting adven
ture as David Copperfeld's tramp from
London to Canterbury.
Year: 1877

The religious sentiment in San An.
tonic, Texas, overwhelmingly orthodox
so that we would advise Bob Inger-
soil, III his pcrambulations, to give that
town wide BERTH An infdel deliv-
cred lecture before the people of that
town one evening last week. On the
following night he was whipped by a
mob, and warned that if he ever again
attempted to teach nfdclity in that
community he would he hanged.
Year: 1877

The people of Southern Colorado
want to be divorced from the State and
organized into n territory. The greater
part of the population and wealth is in
the north half of the State and as tho
area of Colorado is l05,575 square miles
quite good sized territory could be
formed of the southern half.
Year: 1877

The sea-serpent comes to the front
again. This time the monster is seen
off the Maine coast, and is seventy five
feet long, with a head like Il whales and
two hippcrs that strike the water with a
loud noise.
Year: 1877

Of all the beautiful pictures


That hangs on Memory's wall.
Is one of a dim old forest


That seemeth best Of all:
Not for its gnarled oaks olden,
Dark with the mistletoe;
Not for the violets golden
That sprinkle the vale below,
Nor for the milk-white lilies
That lean from the fragrant hedge,
Coquetting all day with the sunbeams,


And stealing their golden edge:
Not for the VINES on the upland


Where the bright red berries resi-,
Nor the pinks, nor the pale, sweet cowslip


1t secmeth to me the best.
once had little brother
With eyes that were dark and deep
In the lap of that Olden forest
He lieth in peace asleep;
Light as the down of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow.
We rOved there the beautiful summers.


The summers of long ago;
But his feet on the hill grew weary.


And one of the autumn ewes
made for my little brother


A bed of the yellow leaves.
Sweetly his pale arms folded


My neck in meek embrace,
As the light of immortal beauty


Silently covered his face:
And when the arrows OF sunset


Lodged in the tree-tops bright,
He fell, in his saint-like beauty,


Asleep by the gates of light.
Therefore, of all the pictures


That hang on Memory's wall,
The one of the dim old forest


Scemeth the best Of all.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, Sept. 18th, 1877.


The bright fresh September weather,
which was briefly interrupted by a sort
of equinoctiai herald, gave a decidedly
clearer and livelier aspect to affairs here
than they have seemed to enjoy for
months. Business men are hoping for a
revival of trade and that the day of fl
nancial hard-pan has not only been
reached but has past by. Politicians are
on the alert regarding the coming cleo
tions, the early birds who have been
away summering, but who return to
their nests for many reasons are once
more to be seen on our streets, and alto
gether the hang-dog look that pervaded
everything awhile ago seems to be van
ishing.


The very worst pessimist in our midst
leans slightly towards optimism. The
stock market is still going up, albeit the
bears declare it rotten to the core and
that some Of these fine days when that
imperturable Mephistopheles, Jay Gould,
shall cease being a sort of financial imi-
tation of Sampson, the whole fabric will
come tumbling about the ears of the
Taurean Philistines.


By the way, among the side issues of
the Wall street brokers who alternate
their gambling excitement with school
boy play, are certain laws which they
make, that all must obey or taste the
consequences. One of these is now post
ed on the Stock Exchange, calling in all
,chue hats on the 18th of September.
Woe betide the man who shall dare ap-
pear on the floor of that money chargers
temple with the Objectionable article of
wearing apparel after that day. Bulls
and Bears will alike take umbrage and
be will be fortunate if he escapes with
out personal injury in the tossing and
hugging that will follow.


The terrible calamity of the Hale fac
tory fire should bring lesson with 1t,
but will it's the question Wehave a
very much and expensively governed
city with ample provision against the
erection Of such fire traps as that proved,
but myopia is disease very prevalent
in many of our public departments and
there seems to be difficulty in finding the
proper sort Of lens to correct the visual
trouble.


There is a strong feeling in regard to
the matter, however, the general public
not vet having learned to look upon
their fellow men as mere fuel for such a
holocaust. Still so long as some men
can save fifty per cent oftheir capital ny
running up such shells they will do So
1t puts money in their purses In ten
wears If they stand, and if they burn
down, insurance covers their loss, and
what are few human lives weighed IN
the balance?


Divorces are as numerous in our
courts now as marriages are in spring
time. If the young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love at that season
in autumn, anger, malice and all un-
charitableness seem to prevail, and the
divorce suit is sought as the peacemaker.
The latest sensation, however, Is an
Year: 1877

I


the audience assured them that it wa.


not his fault an entertainment differ


ent from that laid down in the pro


gramme had been offered them thi:


evening; that he hoped to meet then


again tomorrow evening, when he


would resume the subject, and, he trust


ed, convince the most skeptical that nei
ther himself nor Mrs Leffingwel urged


claims of any kind which they were un


able to satisfactorily established.


doubted if they would let him go


but they did, l presume on account o.


Mrs Leff1ngwell.


The next morning the Lefingwell's


we're gone. They had taken the mid
night train down. If they had waited
they might have had Wynn's company
for he went to Boston on the morning
train. As he had arranged previously
to go at this time, and his usual stopping
place was the Revere House, the drama
of the preceding evening did not proba-
bly, influence him in those eircumstan-.
ces; but it may have furnished the mo-
tive which prompted him to inquire OF
the clerk if Mr. Paul Williams were
among the guests, and the reply being
Affirmative it may have induced him to
seek out that gentleman.


The result was the confirmation in
each particular of the items elected from
Tufts.


Janet Ware was the daughter of Mr.
Williams only sister, who had married
and with her husband removed to Ill
inois. Their sole child was Janet, and
when she had attained her twelfth year
both her parents fell victims to that fear
full scourge, cholera. A reighbor had
taken home the child and written to Mr.
Williams letter which never reached
its destination. A year afterwards Mr.
and Mrs Lefingwell, on a tour through
the Western States, had accidentally en-
countered Janet and discovered in her
such susceptibility of the odic influence
as a desirable acquisition. She was timid
and easily wrought upon, and the mythe
of kindship, invented on the spur of the
moment, had been overpowering.


The child had had a tolerable hard
disipline, though it might have been
worse. For the six months and more
she had been wandering about, good
care had been taken that she find no op-
portunity of escape, and entire seclusion,
except when under the eye of Mr. and
Mrs Lefingwell, secured to her at least
a degree of immunity of bad influences.


Mr. Williams was induced to accom-
pany Wynn on his return to Epping,
and when he saw Janet, who bore her
mothers name, her strong resemblance
to that mother, was to him convincing
proof that his sisters child stood before
him.


l have since seen full-length portrait
by Sully of Mrs Ware before her mar
riage. l should unhesitatingly have
it an Incompatible likeness
of Janet, or, as she is now, Mrs Wynn
There we're just the same large, shadowy,
violet eyes, fringed with lashes of un-
common length and richness; the same
low, pearly brow and profuse, brown,
waving hair, with golden lights on it;
the same faint tinge on the cheek, just
like the inside of a sea-shell; the same
curve of the bright red lips; the same
poise of the head on the white, slender
neck. A little sad would say the face
is, but Elinor. Wynn's sister, now my
wife, affirms that Janet is as cheerful
little sprite as ever gladdened a mans
Year: 1877

Burlington HaWkeye: Harper's Bd1dr
saws that you may @eat corn off the cob.
but YOU must hold it with only one
hand" If the cob gets little the better
of you, we suppose you may hold one
end of the cob down with your foot.