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has been engaged teacher and is now here. Hi. Wlwr A. Hovey it entertaining nor sister. Miss Nellie Doan, of Mendota, DL Mr.

Calhoun, mother of Mr. Jim K. CaU Kn from Kndna K. for the winter. Mine Julia Moody hai retained from a pleasant visit with friends in the near ricinity.

-A. H. Hovey, a former resident, made a snort visit hers this week. WINNETKA. Gui Trapp, who was badly Injured in a run- Mrs.

W. M. Hoyt left Wednesday afternoon for Philadelphia to Yiait her daughter, Mrs, F. Morton Fox. Judge Shackford and wife, who hare been stopping at General Simpson's for several weeks, returned to Chicago this week, H.

D. Lloyd has purchased a fins new span of Kentucky thoroughbreds. Alvnrd visited with taIIitm In Waukegan, this week, Mrs. H- P- Aldrich and family" from Chicago, are visiting at Mr. H.

D. LloydV. Mr. W. Netheroot made a trip to Waukegan.

TJi, last Thursday. The Northwestern Boad has built a new side track for the accommodation train, and is busy Diittine its donble track throntrh here. Mr. Wiens and wife are Just now in Minnesota on a hunting and pleasure trip. The Congregational people assembled at the pleasant reaidenoe of Mr.

J. a Winship Friday nirrht and en loved a pleasant sociable. uur home ball club tackled the North Evans-ton club at tkfat place yesterday. Last week Saturday they were defeated by the Eranaton dub. Indications of real estate operations in this a i -1 a Vicinity crop out every nan wuue our -ravora are at work On a track west of the rail road, and it is rumored that a syndicate has charge of the land and intends to divide it into lots for residence purposes.

LAKE "viEW. The Baptists of Gross Park have decided to erect a new chapel, and have appointed Messrs. DiMmm TVi a all ar, .1 Rlafon a a a committee. '1 'Via rtinanli 4t. a DalaMna fwi, are discussing the project of purchasing addi- ai i i i -1 1 The eorner-atone of the Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian Church will be laid on next 'Wednesday at 0 o'clock.

The ceremonies will be conducted by the pastor, the It F. Coyle. i .1. i a saloon license witnin twenry-nve roas 01 a church or publie school is meeting with much opposition. Several of the moat orderly and protections saloons, it iff said, will be closed by its enforcement It is thousht the Council will modify the ordinance by reducing the distance one half.

Twenty building permits were issued during vie past wee. EVANSTON. Miss Minnie Hamline on Thnasday evening entertained a large number of her friends at her home on Judson avenua Dancing was the or der of the evening. On Thursday evening Mias Jennie Winne gave a very pleasant party to about fifty of her young friends. Dan funs' was the chief entertainment ine guests oi tne a venue noose on cnuay evening gave an informal hop to their many friends.

The boat club last evening cave the fourth Saturday night party at the club house. The evening was fine for dancing, and a large number of the members took advantage of it Professor Young has lust returned to Evans-ton. Ha has been taking an extensive trip through Alaska, Oregon, and California. Mrs. A.

I. and-Mies Flossie Butler have returned from Lake Geneva, where they have been spending a few weeks. Mr. William Page, of Boston, visited Mr. D.

vt. jrao i il rjvauBtun jaai wwa. Dr. and Mrs. F.

Bradley have returned from Petosky. Mr. Arza TJitt, of Texas, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. It Hitt, in Evanston.

H. M. Angle lias returned from an extended tour throngh Wisconsin on a bicycle. Miss Francis Salisbury loaves on Tuesday with her uncle, Mr. T.

K. Webster, for the Eattt After a tour of the summer resorts. Miss Salisbury will remain in Branford, where she "will attend school. Mrs. w.

luymona nas gone to iwnDnage, Maes. The Bev. A. Buck, of Lock port, visited friends in town last weefc O. II.

Williams has removed with his family to Euglewood. Mr. A. E. Holt, of Bockford, was in Evanston lor a lew aays wet ween.

The Misses Lena and Mary Schaefer have returned from Northern Michigan, where they have been spending a few weeks. ENGLEV.OOD. VaKm, Af Va Ami Pnn la.w-9 mm enue, has returned Nebraska. Mrs. L.

D. Bradley, of Homer, is visiting Mrs. F. Boblnson, Na 634 Thirty-seventh street Mrs. D.

Moore and daughter, Mrs. F. A. Woodbury, and Mr. and Mrs.

F. G. Thearle, Have returned from ueneva LAke. Mrs. Dr.

Wbitford has returned from Elgin. Miss Carrie Elsdon has returned from Bnda. HI, Hiss Flora Mitchell, of Atlanta, is visiting her brother, George Mitchell, of Na 7240 Webster avenua Miss Jennie Mae Bentley and L. D. Moleth will be married Thursday, (4pt 15, at the home of the bride's parents, Na 6i'7 Dickey street Walter C'nester has cone to AspinwafL D.

E. Spooner and family are back from New York. Mr. and Mrs. D.

Locke and daughter, of Madison, are viaiting Mr. ana Mrs. Charles Southard on Wentworth avenue. Mrs. D.

E. Terriers and daughter Hattie have returned from Michipm. Tttrm nnnlann XNluai Vint. aX.UInn k. Bev.

and Mrs. C. Tate, of Sixty-sixth street Mrs. David Marks, of Sixty-sixth street, visiting in Boston. W.

E. Crane, of Cincinnati, is visiting rela-- tives at Na Yale street Mrs. F. G. Btich, of Na 6724 Perry avenue, has returned from a visit in the country.

Miss Emma Lawrie, of Na C851 Yale street, lias returned from an extended visit to Scotland. HIGHLAND PARK. Mrs. Cheverton and daughter came this week. The Bev.

Mr. Cheverton will preach "in the Seo- ond Baptist Church, Chicago, this Sunday. Mr. Plowden 8tevens. a retired Chicago Inm- ber merchant, has purchased a four-acre plat of ground on Port Clinton avenue, from London parties, and will erect a fins residence thereon next spring.

An 8-year-old child of Mr. SOer died last 8nn- Professor W. H. Buaasll; the new TJrinoipaL has xeruia Mueuer, who lives here. Bul8r Flagstaff, Arizona, was hers Tuesday the guest of P.

Jones. Miss Khoda Snyder, of Waukegan, visited Edward Meyners and family this week! The Bev. Henry Neill has been away on a vacation to Green Laks and other Northern points of interest -j -uouior ut um mtv ua a- LAKE FORfST. Miss Mary Beid gave a birthday party to her young friends last Tuesday. Omts a flutter is -nniJnmt In Cha i.

circle, doe to the approaching weddings of Mias Graoe FarwelL daughter of Senator Tt WfllL to Mr. Dmllpv Winainn rf of John Y. Farwell's only daughter to HenrV Kelson Tuttle, of Chicaga The Missea Durand, daughterk of Mayor Durand, have returned from tneir viaiting wiJi Milwaukee and Wisconsin friends. Miss Sadie O'Neill has returned from Ev-anrton. iliiBB juatm ana Airs.

ta. m. 1'etUSOn, 01 Chicago, were the guests of friends in this city during a portion of the week. Mrs. Isabella Scribner, who is at present visiting iitKurope, will sail for home Sept 3.

HIGHWOOD. Miss Eva Grant, of Bavinia, visited Mrs. 3. Break well, of this plaee, during the week. J.

was confined to his horns by sick-' Bess this week. Colonel B. Hibbard will soon take residence in Highland Park. np a Misses Marjory and Blossom Holden have roily recovered irom tneir diphtherie illness TIIE DAILY INTER OCEAK, SUNDAY 3IORXINO, AUGUST 28, 1887 TWENTY PAGES. CHICAGO CEMETERIES.

Tie Kapid Growth of the City Necessitate Their Abo-Iition. WiU A Permanent Oitr of the Dead Should rorthex be Secured Without Delay. Lessons to Be Learned from the Experience or London, Paris, and Continental Cities. A NECROPOLIS FOR CHICAGO. The necropolis of ancient time signified the principal or only burial place for a large and densely populated community, where interments had been made for thousands of years without visible changes.

Ws trace its origin to a very remote time. Ur, the oldest city known in his tory, located on the great plains of Mesopotamia, had its necropolis, which William Burnet Wright describes in his notable "Ancient Cities" as the City of Saints. No other cemeteries of unquestionable antiquity have been discovered else where in Mesopotamia. In Southern Babylonica are vast cities of the dead. Miles upon miles of corpses, inclosed in clay coffins, the skeleton lingers clutching copper drinking cups, and metal plates, upon which traces of food are still annarent Interspersed with sepulchers of masonry, the coffins lie side by aide in strata, one above another, beginning below the natural surface of the ground, rising at times sixty feet above it threaded with drains skillfullv arranged to carry off moisture and fines to allow the escape of Rases, in number beyond all computation.

These cities of the dead, more populous than the cemeteries of the Nile, extending un measured distances into the deeert, their boundaries as yet unknown, were probably the Campo Santo to which for two millenniums the dead were brought upon the water-ways of the Tigris and Euphrates. With greater accuracy we are enabled to describe the vast Necropolis of ancient Thebes, where a highly refined art culture CON8TBUCRD KAGKHTCEKT TOMBS in the natural rocks and erected mausoleums which, up to the present day, produces admira tion ana wonaer. The origin of these colossal cemeteries had been based upon a deep religious tendency. The Egyptians firmly believed that every human soul was a part of the world's soul, Osiris, with whom it was reunited after the death of the bodv. to be called thenotforth Osiris Heaven and earth and depth, these were the three groat realms of the Egyptian cosmos.

On the mighty ocen which flows around the heavenly dome the sun comes, riding in a boat, wtucn is drawn by planets and stars. On it cruise the great constellations in their ships, and there is the realm of the departed gods, who sit enthroned over the heavenly ocean, under the stars in eternal peace. Admiasion to the great stream' takes place in the east, where the sun-god rises every morning from the dampness as a new-born child. Hu man beings hv on the surface of the earth, tnk ing part of the three great cosmic realms. The soul is given to them from the heavens above, from whence the light flows; their body, the matter, belongs to the earthly stage of life; the shape and outward form, by which one man differs from another to the view; the shadow belongs to the depth.

At the death of a man the soul. bodv. and shadow separate from each oth er: the soul returns to its starting point heaven. as a part of God (Osiris), while the body, formed of earth, is to be delivered up to earth again, and the shadows descends into depth, the realm of shadows. The gate to it was believed to be situated in toe west at the mountain or me evening sky; there whore the sun dailv sets, where it dios.

Hence the reciprocal relation between rising and setting, between coming ana departing, between being born and dying, iue carer ul PBESEBVATION OF TBK BOOT AFTEB DEATH. both in regard to its destruction from within by process of decomposition, and by aocidont or violence from without, was the principal condition according to the oldest Egyptian teachings (established by the prieetnood for sanitary reasons) for the speedy deliverance 6f the soul, and therewith for its temporally appointed reunion with the fountain head of light and Koodneoa; for both were thought to be inseparable from each other. The moral influence which the ancient institutions of a Necropolis exerted upon a nation's prog. ress in civilization has been clearly defined by virtuous men and philosophers of all ages. Groeks and Romans, recognizing this supreme muuence in tne aeveiopmoui or art ana science, adopted at an early age the establishment of similar institutiens, which for thousands of years proved to be a school of incalculable value.

lieing in tne undisputed cnarge of the priesthood, who stood at the head of all branches of education, the Necropolis, with its numerous temples, specially devoted to public instruc tions, naturally became tne pride or the nation, with the decay and ruin of those great old em- 5 ires in Asia a gradnal neglect and careless in-ifferenee took possession of the once so famous institutions, which later on became almost obliterated by the new light of the Christian era. However, Saracens Moors, and afterward the Romans, carried in time the fruits of civilization onto the shores of the Woe torn barbarians. Centuries passed by with wondorful progress, irresistibly forcing their wav toward the setting sun. But while the beneficial influence of a Necropolis was acknowledged, TBS DirrUtSKT HACKS of the present generation had yet no time allowed, in their struggle for supremacy, to adjust the fundamental principles of that old and glorious institution to the present views of civilized life. London, with its four millions of inhabitants.

never had a necropolis. Years passed, it neg- lected the opportunity to provide for it, simply froiU'Wftrt of sufficient foresight Now the vast city, driven from one grave yard to another, in utter despair to secure permanent and creditable reMug-placs for its multitude, begins to erect jematories. The Battersea Cemetery one of ahessiliardsomegt nd largest of London Ajrnet Ties, controlled by a burial board elected by ths vestry of Battersea) also the large Tooting Cemetery, managaln by a burial board elected by the vestry of Lambeth were years ago declared a nuisance and their removal for sanitary reasons demanded. It has been asserted that for every new eennrtery laid out in the suburbs of London two ortmars old ones have to be closed, while the distance from the center of the metropolis increases in each instance. Paris, with two and a half, land Berlin, with one and a quarter million people, share the fate of London, as neither.

tf them had the sagacity and foresight to secure in time the foundation for a necropolis; and the difficulty to provide and arrange tho necsssary requirements for such an institution increases with the growth of the metropolis. Howwvpr familiar the word necropolis may be to our cemetery officials, tho fact is that not one institniMn deserving this title exists at present METRO POUT AX CEMETERIES we preserve nothing but our own selfishness, which culminates in tne admiration of our own next is anxious to sell for building lots, perhaps using rro the weather-beaten and decayed monument ior iounoaaon-a tones ror nniidings. If any one doubts this statement let him search ths i- resords of all ths old cemeteries of Lpxulon, Paris, Vienna, or Ber-lin. necropolis, in the first instance, acquires its title after several generations have been buried upon its grounas; 2. It is attributed to a community of over 1,000,000 inhabitants; 3, It is ths exclusive burial place for a metropolis or its natural districts.

The conditions and requirements for a necropolis ar Good soil upon a gravel bed, six feet below ths surface, securing a perfect sanitary drainage, ample grounds for all future demands ior ouriaia, on easy ana practical unauianon. good topsoil- for tree culture, water for on. mental purposes, and, if possible, handsome natural Iandaeana. Its location ShOnld be Snfn- ciently removed from the city to guarantee for in 717 tlin. AA-nA narfa ft i-tt nainn lta aflmu and ann 1 1 Ll 1 v- A 4.

m. and approaches should be first-class: these however, with ths growth of the metropolis, will -oouiuo mo cnaracter of a separate insutnnon, cars, cable lines, steam, or electric motors on surface or elevated roads, so will ths city of ths Fivvuiea witn all tbe accommodation, comfort, and speed, from distant quarters or districts, probably by what has been adopted in Vienna, a funeral cortege association, having chapels or funeral stations established at central points all over the eity, WITH SPECIALLY BUILT rusSBAZ. CABS, conducted by uniformed officers, to the princi-pal stations. Chicago, destined, by its location, its great commeroa, its wealth and enterprising spirit to become the most populous city in ths United States, should not hesitate to take the initiative and lay the foundation for a modern i fullest and noblest form. No other oitv in the the be by a i i of the Weft, which needs such an institution, not only for the present, but much more for its future development unlltmtea grounas ana the beet of soil are to-day at her disposal, which may not be the case hereafter.

Chicago, the youngest oi an metropolises, nas now an opportunity to direct its ambition and foresight to the revival of an in stitution wormy oi a greai uiuuu, Whatever may be our mods of burial in the future, whether interment or urn burial, the necropolis for generations to corns is destined to be the sacred place for honoring our dead. may and will compel ns to reiorra present subdivision system, while common sense will direct the means by which real sculptural works of art, as memorials, shall take the place of polished stone shafts, and in consequence provide for suitable protection and per manent prrjoervauuu ra uiv juriui ui puuiiu mausoleums. The necropolis will then prove to a memorial park of -the most interesting character, and the marble vards. as represented our present cemeteries, an institution of the past The writer has expressed, in "Modern Cemeteries," his views in regard to the possibility of making a necropolis a perpetual burial place, xne antagonisms ana rivalry or tne nu- niAmni nnmeterv asaooiations. the constant feud and disputes of Injured townships, and real es tate owners, tne Darrea DEVaXOP-CEMT OF CTTT IMntOVTJfKXTfL the pollution of underground water courses, the disgraceful speculation with clay land for cemetery purposes by unscrupulous parties will be stopped forever by the centralisation of burial grounds.

The united and constantly increasing interest which a grand metropolitan community naturally must, nave in necropolis, settles all these chronic evils perma- nnnuy. A necropolis demands the centraliza tion of burial grounds, as it proposes to unite in one common center all denominations. securing for each the benefit of a most complete and nerfect arrangement for access and com munication, which otherwise would be impossible to obtain from all points of a widely ex tended metropolis. When, in the course of fifty years or more, all the different denomin ations have been concentrated among the bean tiful hills and dales of grand memorial park necropolis with distinct separations bv nat ural plantations of forest trees, each having indisputable control of their grounds, subject only to the general rules and regulations of the necropolitan board of directors, probably appointed by the Governor, Chicago will be recog nized as uie most aavanoea city in tne avuizeu world, envied ny an ner older sister ciuea. i W.

CICERO'S ANNEXATION. A Diversity of Rentlratint on the Qnnntlotv Is inicago avoratne to xnm scneuieT Whether or not the whole or only a part of the township of Cicero will be annexed to the city of Chicago is a mooted question. There is undoubtedly a strong sentiment in favor of an nexation existent in Central Park and Brighton, while in some other villages of the township a strong sentiment has grown up against it The recent action of the citizens of Central Fark and Brighton in circulating petitions to the Town Board asking that they be annexed to Chicago by vote, seemingly resolves the question into the statement that Central Park and Brighton have determined upon being annexed to Chicago whether the remaining portions of the town of Cicero oome in or not MB. K. a CONWAY, who resigned from the Town Board of Craefo last month, is thoroughly pouted as to the situation, and in a conversation with him yesterday afternoon a reporter for Thb Imteb Oceah learned the present status of affairs.

Said he: "The citizens of Central Park and Brighton have signed those petitions largely, and no doubt they will be granted the privilege of annexing themselves to Chicago by the township. "How does Moreland feel in regard to the annexation question" "Moreland. west of Forty-eighth street. I am told, is practically against annexation. East of Forty-eighth and west of Forty-sixth streets there seems to be some question as to which way tho majority will be; but probably the line will be drawn at Forty-sixth street, or Belt Line avenue, as it is now known." "And how about Austin?" "Well, there is some sentiment worked up there in favor of annexation, but, as near as I have been able to ascertain, I would Judge it to be A VKKT SMALL BATIO." "How do the residents of Oak Park feel about it?" "I do not think there is single individual in either Oak Park or Richland that would favor the annexation of the township." "What view of the matter do you entertain?" "At the present time 1 do not think any portion of Cicero, unless it may be Brighton Park, would receive benefit from annexation to Chicago.

I arrive at this conclusion through the theory that the City of Chicago is not in search of fields for a display ur public philanthropy, and that Chicago willonlv extend water mains and sewers to an extent tnat will be profitable to the corporation. Some fifteen vears ago Chicago, by a vote of the people of Cicero, was granted a of land two miles wide on the eastern side of the township (excepting Brighton Park at the south end of the strip), and during the intervening period she has made no improvements save those of the Washington boulevard and that of Madison street by the street railways. The former improvement was made for the convenience of wealthy residents, the truck driver not being allowed to drive his truck over it, and the latter being made for the purpose of securing travel to the trotting parka." -You appear to be opposed to the idea of an- V' "No, I can't say that I am, but I think that the city of Chicago Bbould properly improve the territorv signed to it fifteen vears ago bv the town of Cicero before extending its limits across the prairies in search of more taxable territory. But if a majority of the tax-payers and legal voters in any portion of the township wish to become almost an umrsfowH quaxtttt in the distant outskirts of Chicago in preference to governing themselves, I certainly could not think of interposing an objection" The sxenire of the residents of Cicero to hare water accommodations within their townshio is said to have been the cause of the question of annexation, and that has been partially solved by the formation of a company, with a capital awe oi vim uiat purpose in view. Mr.

Conwav is of the opinion that both Briehton aud Central Park will vote favorably this fall on a proposition that the township of Gioera vote taezu into us city oi uucago. UNION YETEILLXS. Chicago, Aug. 27. To th Editor.

The Moming of 27th inst criticises Mr. Brennan, of Iowa, for making the statement that ins "displacement oi union soldiers nas gone on at such a rapid rate that the conclusion is forced that loyalty to one's country is the greatest crime possible in tne eyes oi a Democratic administration." The old soldier will fail to see the point so skillfully made by the A'etn when it says, "is confronted by the fact there are more Union veterans in the Federal service to-day than nn- acr any nepuDucan administration." we con the bravery required in making such a statement Certainly all ex-eoldiers are for the Union Union veterans. Federal and Confederate, therefore the move is right But as Judge Brennan was talking about the boys in bine, whd" saved the country and made Union veterans of its enemy, ths Judge is right J.W.vasz. Tor ths Bandar Inter Ocean. SILHOUETTE.

BY BRAD COUBTLAJTD. 1 The great fair Midas gold ens all ths world, And reeling night BUenos-like has void i in .1. a T'luUU When his dsrk shuttle paused ianu warp-car-ad. Tha unhimnrh an mnln in Thro' drowsy dawn gates er yet Aew- KtAlM Ths young day entered in her kinirdpm pedsd. TTTrT stars their bea4-MTBtMit tt out Ere yet adrooped each sleepy head.

aa avun IT I Trauslncid night is but day, v.wled aud toan.dSd. THE OLDEST ENGLISH BlXLIt, Bababoo, Aug. Jfiiitor. In The Ihteb Ockax of Ang: 20 claim Is made by Mr. (Seymour isy or "tne oldest Engbstt Bible." Ihaveonemmypoemssionithatbeatsit by nine years.

My Bible was. printed- in I claim to have the oldest Eagiish Dibls owned by any private individual iii; this 'part of the country if not in ths United v-. JUM. MASBIOn. i Bxaceaus best eoffesb 3 Ifci for A NEW CBUSADE.

Flourishing in Oar Midst Are "Matrimonial Agencies," WhicK Seem to Kee4 Attention. Trystinjr Placet for Pools, Old and Young Wbion van J3a Sigpexued itL One Institution Investigated, the Tile Char acter oi which its Proprietors Do Hot Deny. WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE. Courting is among the good, old-fashioned. time-honored customs that are dying with the century.

It is falling in the wake of the canal- boat, the stage-coach, and the candle. These modes of travel to the various goals of life that are mentioned, were good enough for our fore fathers, but entirely too slow for this generation. Then people took their time, and followed up tneir love-making at tne same gait they followed the plow-rslow, but sure. The old way still reigns in the oountry and small towns, but in the great cities like Chicago it has vanished like the candle before the electric light, the coach -before the cable-car, and the canalboat before the steam railroads. Courtship is indigenous Xs the oountry; doesn't thrive in a crowded, dirty, dusty, busy, bustling city.

It can't, because of the surroundings. They are uncongenial and utterly devoid of romance. Imagine two loving hearts strolling along the docks of the Chicago River, embracing waists with one hand and holding their noses with the other! That's the reason why men and women matrimonially inclined always leave the city and KTH THEMSKLVKS TO THl COUKTHY, the seaside, or the famous watering places. There, the moonlight (or midnight) strolls on the sand, through forest glades, and delightful dells soon makes friends, then lovers, then husbands and wives. But only a small proportion of the population of a great city can find time and money to carry out this plan, and the others would be compelled to live lives of single wretchedness had not some villainous philanthropist conceived a scheme for mating men and women withont the wearisome and expensive preliminary of a long courtship.

This long felt want was filled by the creation of the matrimonial agency, where for a nominal snm can be purchased a wife or husband precisely like a suit of clothes from a tailor or a bonnet from a milliner, with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. In the old world the matrimonial agency is a high art institution in the school of villainy and rice. There the play is made for fools with money, the plucking of whom is not to be re garded witn mncn pity, it serves them ngut Witnen the following cable dispatch but a few days old: The adventurMi who palmd herself off as the Baronra dn and made a heap of money bv a matrimonial agency on the Avenne 'Mahon, has Jnt been sentenced to six months' imprinonni-iit The "Barone-V decoy ducks were ao ingenioas girl named Ellen, who was generally Introduced to would- he benedicts as an orphan with a larr fortune, and the wife of a suburban pastry cook who vaned for the widow of a Rawqan millionaire. Fool and th-ir money, etc Score- of the Baroness' credulous clients had ben inveigled into paying heavy commixaions for the privilege of allying themKlves to these sirens. One witnees testified that he was horrified st a soiree in the Avenue McMahon establishment to hear three gentlemen say that they had all been married to the innocent and immaculate.

Ellen whom he had himself proposed to. Ellen was sentenced to four months imprisonment The Russian widow was acquitted. THE AOENCT. as run here, is a trap for the poor and unwary. and in the interest of morality needs some con sideration.

It is not enough for the wide-awake business man to glance at thoir advertisements and exclaim "Bah! No one but an idiot would le deceived by such flimsy device as that" The majority of the people in the world are not wide awake, and it is 1 but humane to remove temptation as much as possible. A lonely young bachelor on The Ixtkb Ockaw. in looking over another newspaper the other day, ran across this advertisement: PERSONAL Matrimonially-inclined ladles and gentlemen will nod at AO. Wabash avenue. Instantly a wild, over-powering matrimonial inclination seized him.

He dropped his pencil in the middle of a paragraph, grabbed his hat, and rushed out to find Jio. When he reached the place on Wabash avenue, instead of Deviee or Desntuni girls waiting for mm on the window-sill, he was startled by a sign nearly ten feet long, which read: NURSES' HOME. Thinking there must be a mistake somewhere, be hastily referred to the advertisement to see if he hadn't stopped at the wrong place; but no, it was the right number. He rang the bell, ascended a narrow, steep flight of stairs, aud was ushered into the office of the advertiser, a big, burly, broad-shouldered fellow, coolly clothed in once-white undershirt, dark pants, and red slippers. "Well, want a wife, I suppose," was his cheery salutation.

"Yes no ab, that Is Well, what have yon in stock?" stammered the reporter, who was hardly prepared for such a loading question. "Oh, I can suit you." assuringly answered the holder of fates, 'there are over 0,000 members of my bureau matrimonial bureau, yon know, "and moat of them are ladies, more ladies on hand now than men. tun will orvB Ton ax idea of the variety anything yon want Look that over, and when you find one yon think will suit yon. show it to me," With this hs handed ths reporter a neat little four-column, eight-page paper described as "a monthly Journal devoted to the interests of the unmarried and for the benefit of the public generally." Two columns on the first page were devoted to rules and instructions for answering the "personals." These personals were cards from three to twenty lines, advertisements for husbands and wives. No name was appended to them, but each was designated by a number or an initial, or both.

There were twenty-five columns of the cards of willing-to-be-wives and husbands, and they averaged fifteen to the oolumn, making nearly 400 in all The reporter smuggled the paper and the following are specimen cards cut from it: A. I AM A TO UNO LADY Tt rars old. feet a.l30ns fine figure, fair education, and considered good looking: am a resident of Ohio. Would like to correspond with some nice gentleman under So; object matrimony. Here is the effusion of two bashful vounz girls, evidently boarding school graduates.

Dao, WE are two lonely orphan girls brunette. No purer, more awthetie maidens live; We have not reached in age the twenties yet Two honest, loving men our hearts we'll give. We'll answer promptly every letter. Till we accept the silken fetter. 3 Love.

This reads like a Yassar production: A 86. A LADY, neither young nor middle aged, wishes three correspondents. No. 1, Intellectual; No. sentimental; No.

8, friendly. Do not inclose stamp; I do not care to be under obligation to reply to letters which do not please me. From the tone of the following, the Boston young woman evidently believes la the efficacy of the agency: j. CI S. IF this comes to the notice of myafflnlty he will recognise it and I hope respond promptly, for 1 am only existing until he is met with, so if there lives a man who desires one true heart for his own one that will live only for him let him come forth in all his manly vigor as a flourishing oak that this poor vine may cling to him land bask in the sunshine of his love.

That marriage is a good thingl is evinced by the fact that nearly ne-third of the advertisers are widows and widowers who are willing to repeat the experiment One of the most anxious S80. I am a widow 3S years old, unincumbered, I feet inches, 1 pounds, dark hair and eyes, brunette complexion, very sympathetic nature, but dying for some one to love. Won't some kind- hearted man who could love pare, good wife write me, so that ws may become acquainted with a View to marriage? Here's a good chance for a farmer: 97. CHICAGO, who will come to the assistance of pretty little brunette widow, who has two children, both going to school? My age is id, character good, competent housekeeper. Can milk and make butter, have a healthy constitution, cheerful disposition, and able to make a good man a pleasant home and loving wife.

Here's a chance to save doctors' bills and get a gooa uuiig una tae Dargain: 9ft A WIDOW lady of residing In Chicago. height I ftst I inch weight WUL.Uliie ail to it a vt I eves, blonds hair, fair eamntaxlnn. am a Drarticinc iliTician of robust health, good character and af- the lowest kind; a place where libertines could notion to nature, ednnted and refined. I with to males the acquaintance of women of correspond with a Western jfonUeman of good morality. Yes, it was worse, be-moral character, temperate habits and honorable those who wonhl nA that A very notioaable fact vs that there isnt a single homely woman in the list and they have fine forms, with loving and auectlonate dispositions.

Ths advertisements are an index the advertiser's age, Young girls onlv want some one who will love them; a middle-aged woman thinks money is no object, but means are no objection, while widows usually corns out flat-footed for boodle. They have learned that love without lucre is like a Laks View bath-tub there's nothing in it when you want most But ths mm are, oa ths whole, more mercenary than the women. Their object is usually matri-money. Boms are millionaires, to judge from their advertisements, snd simply want a good, (true, loving wife. They are all very moral, have no Dad habits, and havs fins physiques.

This latter, they are aware, goes farther than money with most women. Here is very shrewd old gentleman, who does not propose to be the victim of an adventuress: 8 191 A WESTERN -gentlemas of wealth: aged 63, feet 11, 340 pounds, good-looking snd well preserved, wishes to marry a lady withont incumbrance. Bh must have means not that I want her money, but I want to be certain she does not marry ma for mine; best of references given. This fellow evidently expects an heiress to literally tnrow neraeil at nis loet TT DOXTsome brunette maiden lady, to -a vears old. with corns from country or country town, dears to darn ths socks of a light romplextoned Unlcago mocnanio, si years ec ager Write me, ladies.

Clients seem to be scarce: nUS A CHICAGO lawyer, aged 98 years, bright feet 10 inches, weisht 1T0 noandi. eoaddered decidedly good looking (photo st office), is anxious to meet with a sensible and affectionate Protestant lady or widow under Su, and with means, a lady hose character is beyond reproach, who is good-looking, has a fins figure, is able to play and nng. ana wonid prefer ner borne to tne -beater. Uer-man or Scandinavian lady desirable. Object matrimony.

TKBSS ABB FAXB BAMPIJCS of the letters. There is such a resemblance that the reporter was tempted to ssk the editor if he hadn written most of them himself. "I didn't write one of them." he -answered rather indignantly, as he opened a drawer and pulled out a batch of over one hundred letters in all styles of penmanship, orthography, and phraseology, with an average of ten capital letters for every punctuation point "Every one of those applications is written by a different person, and all will appear in the next issue of bit paper if it issues," he said 'rather sadly. "The postoffice people have refused to ssul my paper as second-class matter, saying it's only an advertising dodge, and I can't afford to put stamps on every one; so I guess Til have to quit publishing it I never made anything, but I've lost over $4,000 on that paper." "How did you publish "Monthly, at $1 a year or 10 cents a copy. I charged CO cents apiece for the and 10 cents for every answer to them." "How many subscribers have vou?" "Nearly they are all members of ths matrimonial bureau." "That means that nearly 5.000 want yon to marry them off to some stranger, doesn't it?" "Well, that's about the size of it But they are not strangers, because I'm an old detective and investigate the character of.

all of them. I started the matrimonial agency about two years sgo. and in that time I have brought about exactly 271 marriages." "And how many divorces?" "I don't know of a single instance where my customers got a divorce. The marriages have all been very happy." "What is ths average length of ths courtships?" fill, THET'BB short. I've had peoplo married in less than an hour after they met That is what the agency's for, to prevent these long, costly courtships and bring the parties right down to business.

I won't have anything to do with people unless 1 know they mean to get married at once, unices their inteutions are honorable. There's an agency in this city which, it is alleged, does a very disreputable business. It furnishes friends' for a fee of These friends' are said to be the worst kind of women. That place should be exposed by the newspapers. Why, just think of it Anv old scamp can go there.

pay tbe proprietors if and they ll make an appointment for him with perhaps an innocent young girl, who has been told that the man is wealthy and wants to marry her. I don't say that tne girls are all young and innocent I've thrown men down those stairs for coming here and making such requests. When he cooled down a little the reporter ventured to ask what class of people was his best customers. "Well, I havs all classes not many mill-onairee and heiresses. but a great many men and women who are rtn as tnuen as unlv a few mob ths ago I married a lady on Michigan avenue worth that amount to a real estate man on LaSalle street, who has $50,04 H) in cash.

Last mouth a 8t Paul man worth was married to a wealthy lady, who has done literary work for the leading papers of Chicago, st the Grand Pa-cifio Hotel by the Bev. Dr. Thomas. I introduced those people and brought about that marriage. They treated me shamefully.

I paid to put the lady's 'advertisement 'in a Chicago paper, and after she got a wealthy husband she refused to keep her promise to give me a present All the money she gave me was $1, so her marriage cost me $5. If I writs to her for money SHI'S CRT 'BLACK An-' But that same experience has happened to me hundreds of times. They usually write a letter saying they will never forget my kindness in bringing them together, but they never send any money. "If I were to take my revenge by printing the names of all the people I have married it would turn Chicago upside down. There are preachers, doctors, lawyers, bankers, and their widows, mothers, and sisters on the list Yes, sir, ministers have brought and sent their daughters to me to get husbands for them I see you doubt it so I'll just show you the books," and he handed four big books over to the reporter.

He had told the truth. On those books were the names "of men and women who go In society in Chicage and are known to be worth considerable money. Their names if published would make a big sensation, although they might not "turn Cnicago npside down." There were doctors, merchants, lawyers, clerks, mechanics, laborers, and even ministers on his books, and marks after the names indicated that they had received letters from women through the agoncy. Soma had secured their wives through him, nut tbe groat majority had been unsuccessful in finding a partner np to date. Tbe majority of the women were clerks in stores and servants.

"I don't recommend those store girls to anybody," said the agent "They not much good. Usually they can't cook or sew or sing or play, and their occupation kills them. They are a woak, scrawny, dyspeptic, grumbling lot generally. Most men want a wife who can work and is strong and hearty. To them send a good servant girL I have so many applicants of both sexes that I can with but little trouble furnish exactly the style or a rAsnnsn wastes, in sise, height build, complexion, color of hair and eyes, disposition and station in life.

When a person joins the agency he or she fills ont two blank forma, giving a description of the partner wanted ana of mmseir or berself. My fee is $1 paid in advance, but refunded if I fail to find a suitable partner for them. Do you wish to mads your application now?" "No, I guess not; thank yon. HI think over it and let yon know later," and with this the reporter made his escape. He wanted to visit that West 8ide agency and find out if he.oouldn't get better rates, When ha arrived there was no sign or auythin a ready-made love establishment existt bnt after some trouble he located it in the rear room of the second floor.

The room was small and so filled np by a trunk aud a bed that he had to take a second look before he was sure he was in it Then he discov ered a beardless young fellow, perhaps 23 years oldJlacking bis boots. "Ik yon wish to see me on business?" he asked in polished accents probably reflected from his boots. "Yes; I came to see you about this advertisement" and the reporter handed him a clipping which read: PERSONAL Marriage and friendship made easy; we can suit you; frequent success. Write for particulars. No.

Wsst Madison street. "WelL do von want a wife or a friend? 7 The latter I presume," said the-young man after reaoing nis own advertisement, ins reporter thought hs was very presumptuous, but merely said that hs "didn't cars much which." "Then please fill out these blanks," replied the accommodating young man, handing out two printed forms. One of them was for description of "your-self the other for a description of "ths person yon wished to meet" A long talk which was had with the two part ners in we institution can not pe pnntea, nut at its conclusion TUB tbutk was out. The character of that "matrimonial agency" was bo longer a mystery. It was a wholes! fro- as he It a enrinar establinhment an aaaiimation house of dtv.

and believe that the intentions of the proprietors of the institution were as honorable their own. With this innocent belief they would send their names snd personal description with $1 to the 'Matrimonial Agency." It would he shown to some unprincipled vagabond, pays 1, and an engagement is mads for one of those "nice, a met places" kent bv L. a 1, 1 cities are infested. What folio wsT Ths mini- i tion of a purs. Innocent girt No crime is blacker, no punishment too great for ths criminals.

It is believed that Chicago Is cursed by but few matrimonial agencies. Ths proprietor of one says he is "conducting an honest and legitimate business." Is it? Granting' that he does intend to secure huxbands and wives for his patrons, what kind of a business is it? For a paltry sum he brings together two utter strangers, and if he tells ths truth, in less than an hour later they are bound together for life. Would such a marriage be justified by ths laws of God and man? No man would form a business partnershipwhich could be dissolved almost instantly if desired with man whom he had never seen or heard of before. Yet there are men snd women who will withont hesitation, li rrwn a tManinm tsf aatm. M.i.1 a unite themselves until death with women and mnnm tIA, know nothing and morals they know nothing.

A WOICAK WORTH KAUTDra) does not need to ask strangers to find her a husband. No woman with any self-respect or honor will do it Neither will any man worthy of ths name. The marriage of a matrimonial agency is a travesty of the sacred ordinance. It is worse. is a mockery of morality, virtus and purity, an insult to religion.

But when the mask is thrown off sad ths men who conduct it acknowledge that ths matrimonial agoncy is a scheme for bringing together vile men and women, or vile men and virtuous young women, or degraded women and moral young men, then the scheme cannot be painted in colors black enough. The gambling den. the saloon, ths pool room are moral in comparison. The open house of shame is lees wicked, because it claims to be only what it is. The matrimonial agency must go.

The people, the pulpit and press must danism! its utter extinction. NEAR NEIGHBORS. RACINE Bacdck, Ang 27. On Sunday morning Mrs. Wustum, of Chicago, sang two solos at St Luke's Church, and Racine music lovers would fain detain the pleasant lady with ths rich contralto voice, bnt it can not be, as shs is about to join a prominent opera company.

The office of the Racine Timet was burglarized on Sunday night and a small sum of money taken, and also a fine shawl and overcoat belonging to Mr. Willis. The German Catholic parsonage at Burlington was entered early the following morning, the burglar securing $300, chalice valued at $600, a pair of shoes, and a gold-headed cane. The burglar was seen, and described as a tall, spare man of about 30, with dark hair and a mustache. From this description he was followed to Dover, arrested, and ths head of the cane found secreted among his clothing.

D. O. Paddock is accused of "compounding a felony" by kicking a thief caught stealing a coat and letting him ga The Burlington burglar who was arrested proved to be A. Sikiby, who was befriended by Father Wisbaure, the priest he robbed, who tried to have him educated for the priesthood when a lad. but his tastes took a different direction.

After his arrest he jumped from the car window, while the train was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, but was recaptured, with a broken rib and other injuries. Tne regular excursion of the J. Case Benevolent Association will be on Saturday, Oct a The firm have donated $400 to the fund of the society recently. Tbe society has paid over in benefits to members this year, and is a valuable institution. Miss Mary Porter, who has recently returned from China, delivered a lecture on China in the chapel of the Presbyterian Church on Wednea- dsv afternoon, which the ladies found very in teresting.

Miss Porter is a cousin of ths Bev. Edward Porter, who was formerly the beloved rector of St Luke's parish. Laat Monday was the day appointed for the long-anticipated picnic to cedar Uend, bnt as tne winds I 'lew cum and tne rain feu last Mrs. Tillapagh threw wide tho doors of her pleasant and hospitable home, and the young people had a glorious indoor picnic that left nothing to be regretted. The hampers of dainties were unpacked and partaken of with an amount of comfort impossible in the open air, and yet no want oi rreeu air apparent in tne youuirui appetites.

The guests were the Misses Jennie and Lou Tillapagh, Chase. Northrop, Hart Jeannette aud Caddie Lewis, Strong. Krauze. Brown. Hand.

Raymond. Stevens. Elk- ins, Pierce. Stone. Rogers, and Goddard, and Messrs.

Hart. Carpenter. Parker. Jewell. Gris- wold, Burleson, Bogera, Mnnroe, Clifford, Belden and Wade.

A merry party started in carriages for Eagle Lake at 5 o'clock in the morning, one day this week, and they deserve great credit for remaining in good spirit and patience, for they were too far on the way to think of returning, the rain commenced to falL and continued during the entire journey. Making the best of the situa tion and fun out of everything, they enjoyed their ionic under shelter at the lake, ana returned Racine at 10 o'clock in the morning, none the worse for their frolic The guests from abroad were Miss aeme xurner, or Miss Maher, of Ottawa, and Miss Julia Chamberlain, of Milwaukee. Mrs. A Schneider gave a coffee fat honor of Miss Miller, of Chicago, on Saturday. The Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union gave a lawn social at the residence of Mrs.

Simeon Whitely, on Thursday evening. Tbe young people of this city wore quite gen erally nonerea w.w inviiaaous to a party in Kenosha, on Thursday evening. Great preparations are on foot for the exposition, which will open at ths fair grounds on Monday. Now that Kenosha people are aware that tbe grounds, buildings, etc. are given much to that oonutv as to Racine County, it is hoped that they will take a large, if tardy, inter est in the fair.

Mr. F. 8. Perkins, the eminent artist will assist in arranging the art depart ment, wmcn win do in cnarge or Mrs. jonnson.

Miss Tillapaugh and Miss Hand. Mrs. Charles Washburn invited about thirty guests to surprise her husband on Wednesday evening, in honor of his birthday. Mr. Wash burn usually spends his evenings st home, bnt this time he happened to go down the street and was detained quite a while, but returned in time to enjoy tne utter part or tne evening aa elegant supper with his guests.

On Friday the Women Reuef Corps gave a picnic at tne home of Mrs. Ben Bones. Of course, pleasure and business were combined with the admirable akul and tact which ladies employ so happily. Married, on nursaay Afternoon, at me resi dence or tne oruie parents, at Homers, Mr. v.

a Gibbons, formerly principal of the Third Ward School, to Mis Mary Bowker. On Wednesday evening a little son of Mr. John Nagle, while reaching np on a high shelf for some nails, fell to the floor, a distance of but eight feet but striking his head in such a manner aa to break ths neck, dying almost instantly. On Monday, Miss Bobeck, who died of consumption, was buried from her late home. Mr.

George Sublet died Wednesday morning, aged 94. Buried from the A. M. Church ou Friday, at 2 o'clock. The little daughter and only child of Captain and Mra.

Lysaght died at the age of 9 weeks, and was buried from ths family residence, on Main street, Saturday, at 2 o'clock. Wednesday, at Jackson. Jesse Ia Birch died after an illness of eighteen weeks, of organic disease of the heart Mr. Birch was a Mason of high degree, and a prominent member of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He came to Racine from Chicago, in 1881, and since that time has been general manager of the Deering Harvesting Machine Company for the State.

At ths beginning of ths war lis was Quartermaster's Sergeant in the Twenty-second ltesriment returning as Quartermaster. Ths burial will take place to-day (Saturday) and will Dc largely attended. KENOSHA. Kexosra, Aug. 27.

Special Com tpondenc. On Saturday evening last th beautiful yacht of Commodore PettiboneV of Chicago, which has been anchored in our harbor between trips this summer, was handsomely decorated with Chinese lanterns and a musical festival was held on board by th family and In vited guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pettibon. On Saturday afternoon the nw bee ballpark him and Lis our to of 13 was filled with a delighted audier.ee, watching the closely contested game between dhe Third Ward nine of Racine and the Kenosha Regulars.

The Regulars aron, with a score of 18 to 17. On Monday morning the many friends of Captain Charles Frants were Shocked by the report of an accident to him, which was thought at first to be fatal The Captain was waiting for the 9:55 train, which was to carry to his duties in Madison, and whils standing on ths platform wss struck by a cable two inches in diameter that was being used vto no- gravel for ths new depot The con tusion from the cable left an imprint nearly ten Inches in length, directly on the spine, the captain was carried home in what was thought to be a dying condition. He has improved so much, however, that strong hopes of ultimate recovery are entertained by his physicians and friends. Captain Frants was a brave soldier, has always been reckoned one of most valuable citizens, and was for many years our very efficient postmaster, of whom it was said In the auditor's department at Washington that his accounts always came in with promptness, and in a perfection of order seldom equalled by any postmaster with two good arms. A concert was given for tbe benefit of St Matthews' Church on Tuesday evening last, by Mies Modora Head, assisted bv Miss Ferrott of England, violinist; Miss Alfie Hill.

of St Joseph. Ma. contralto; Mrs. Will Strong and Mias Hinsdale, pianists, and Richard Bobinson and John D. Rowland, tenor and baritone, of Racine.

Although great things were expected of Mias Head by those who have had the pleasure of bearing her since her return from Europe, even the most sanguine must have been agreeably surprised. She has tbe wonderful faculty of adapting her voice to the style of music she has to sing, giving the grand and solemn organ tone to sacred music, the genuine Italian voice and pronunciation ths opera mnsie of that language, even the correct and accepted style in the German, for the number given in that more difficult language. Her selections for ths evening varied widely in character, but according to the judgment of musical people were all equally excellent Among the unlearned in such matters ths "Arabian Love Song," and the ballad, Yet Present" were most admired. Miss Hill sung delightfully aa she always did in the days when ws were proud of her as a Kenosha girl, and Mrs. Strong and Miss Hinsdale did ample Justice to the fine selections for the plana Miss I'errott received many compliments from tbe veteran violin player, Mr.

William Lewis, of Chicago, who was present, and so the delight of her hearers must havs been well founded. Mr. Bobinson, in removing to Racine, defrauded Kenosha of a voice we could ill afford to spare, but as he aids so kindly when he can be here, no one can complain, and with Mr. Rowland he received the appreciative gratitude of audience and the members of St Matthew's Pariah. On Thursday evening the young men of the older social clique, wr are nice, if they are not numerous, gave a delightful dance at tbe rooms the Business Men's Club.

Hand's Orchestra from Chicago furnished the music, and the ladies the ices, coffee, and cakes, which were all-excellent and abundant Many guests were invited from abroad, who were prevented from coming by tbe threatening weather. Mr. Frank Loomis, of St Paul, accompanied by Ben Steb-bins from the same place. Messrs. Weller, of Milwaukee: Miss Grace Matthews, of Chicago; Miss Crombie, of Whitewater, and Mr.

Arthur Towne, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, of New York, were with Miss Perrott, of England, and were all the guests who do not conaidur Kenuaha their home. The old settlers' meeting at Paddock's Lake Wednesday was very pleasant although ths air was somewhat chilly. An address was delivered by District Attorney Paddock, music wss sun- plied by the Bristol band, and refreshments to tnoee wno did not carry Dasxets ow tne ladies or the IL E.

Church at Salem. Among the Keno sha people at the meeting were the Hon. Z. G. bunmona.

u. M. blmmona. Mr. Cavanazh.

Mr. 11 Brown, Mr.T. E. Myers, Mr. Tarbell.

Mr. and jirs. iazra mmmona, mas jurae iieaa. tut. Clspp, Mr.

Burr Simmons and daughter Millie. The Hon. J. Y. Quarles and wife came down from Racine Tuesday evening to hear the daughter of his first law partner, O.

a. Head, sing at the concert Kurglars attempted to enter tne wine cellar of Mrs. Carrie Lee Monday night but were frightened away by an animated pounding applied to the floor over their heads by Mra Lee with a stick she had at hand. The excursion to Twin Lakes given bv some of the members of Lore! Post G. A B-, early this week, was Quite successful.

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hinsdale and granddaughter.

Miss Mamie Thompson, are at Lake Geneva. Mr. N. A. Allen, and sister have returned from a tour of the lakes.

Miss Minnie King is visiting friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mr. Gilbert Baca are visiting Mrs. Race's parents.

Mi. and Miss Hills. Excursion rates of a fair and a third hnd freight returned free during the Bacine Exposi tion. Mrs. P.

Petrie died at ber home near tbe lake shore in this city Wednesday morning, and wi buried Friday. Mr. O. Foster is seriously in at wVtsn Vinma ft li isn i4 a rvVt vsaw iwa iS4-sw Wit Mrs. mcy uradrow, wife of JTredenck W.

row, died at Bacine Satnrdav of last week. Mrs, Brad row was born in 1835 in South port, before it became Kenosha, and was well known to all who were acquainted in this place before her removal to Racine. Fred Mvera. who acts as depntv for his father sometimes, was fortunate enougn sonnd a stolen horse, help to arrest the thief, and win the re ward of SoO. making a very gooddars work for a youth of 18.

The two Welsh Sunday schools who picnicked in our pretty park this week must be of a "literary" turn of mind from the number of old newspapers they loft scattered anout to vex toe eouisoi au mm people wno live in ine neignnornooa VS. COLLIER A5D THS TEIBCTEL 7b th Editor. II I am informed rightly, Mr. Frank H. Collier had, in the eyes of the Tribune, the grave misfortune to be born in England, and in his early youth came to this country and naturalized here, graduated through ths schools, and has practiced lawvery successfully.

Has been a member of the Board of Education, and as such voted to increase the ground rent of -school lands to eonform to incrsssed values, the Tritrund being on school lands. Ths back files of the Tribun will show thai since this action on hisjart and other members of the board it has left no stone unturned to down him. Hate, venom, animadversion, scur rility, has been thrown at him. simplv because a man in Chicago dared to do what he thought right regardless of even so great a power as the Tribun. I see in to-day's Tribun aa editorial craw fishing and eating all tbe carrion it had previously thrown at him.

and therein stating that the mighty lYibune'i objection to Collier is be cause of his conduct in relation to the Queen's jubilee address, and that be lacks three essen tial 'delicacy of and that be is "obtuse and What has the Tribun to do with the Queen, anyway Is it any of that paper's business if tbe British citizens of Chicago desire to have an address presented to ber Majesty, and if she graciously receives the message, desiring to honor both him end the great city of his adoption, is there any justifiable reason that the proprietor of the great morning daily should allow some wild, untamed Irishman to sling mnd at every peaceable and law-abiding American eitiaen of English parents. Oxb or tub Furrx Tbousaxd. GOLN'G 'EOEXD TUB BLOCS. There is a woman in Connecticut who wears a number nine shoe. When she sets her' shoe down her husband walks around it and save: "Yewmm.

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