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THE F0uNDllNGS' HOME.

To the Editor ef The Chicago Tribune;
6Is: would Ike to call the attention Of the
churches Of this city to the fact that there is g
very praseworthy institution in our midst, called
the Foundlings' Homo, and that it is at present
in l. very enfeebled fnancinl condition. By Its
last report, notice there fifty little forsakcn
ones in it's charge, and more constantly arriving;
and, for this charity. there was only s419.95 re-
ceivod during the last month, to inset the neces-
sary expenses of service, food, fuel, gas, rent Of
building, and clothing not donated would
offer as suggestion that the amount collected
in the various churches Of our city in aid Of the
sufferers by the Boston fire, and now unappro-
priated, be donated to this charitable object;
and, where no such fund exists, let grand col
lection be taken, that the Home may be freed
from debt, and be enabled to rapidly proceed
with it's new building.
stWhen my father and my mother forsake me,
then the Lord will take me up"
4 FRIEND.
CHICAGO, March II, 1873.
, 1873-03-16
M4CRlGAf

Every robin-redbrcast takea hi1nsel{ nate!
Say the BIRDS ang the birds It is wrong to wait
Till the yfooted sprng gides out 1t summer gate"
go heard the birds sing, once upon day:
o, my treasured o. my pleasuEei Canst thou ssy nj
nay7
Brde' songs and BIRDS nests aud green boughs to"
gether,
All gone: Lore alons laughs At bitter weather,
Summer dsJB or winter daJs; little reck1 1ove
whether;
Il 10 be that Lova have bis o~u, his darling WAY.
All, my fairestt All, my ra1cst! Canst thou nay ma
uay7
In the wood the w1nd-dower Is sunfen out Of Eght,
Low down and deep down and world-foEgotteu quite.
But do you think tho Wind forge&s that sha swe
and white I
Then listen to bis ed vutce uttle while, prxyl
o, my crucli 0, my jewel Can't thou Say me- nay
The sun stoe to red aud wed her leaves apart
May dsw and Juna mir had Fooed her at thu start:
But uss t not fair II. should have her golden
perfect hcart7
Let me- choose ahort word for tnid lips to say
Ah my precious My delicious It shau not be uayl
-uo,o1Tl Gtp7ados in tbs d pru Atlantic.
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Greene saw the boat was Oft, and wildly few for it.
The Life insurance folks cried: ''Iet EN- for it"
Jane used canphene to light her fire the faster.
ave Lay her to 1cst, ," intoned the pastor.
Smith blew tho gas cut the bed he glided for,
Leaving his family quite unprov1ded fer
To learn If charged, Jones reathcd into hs fowling-
piece.
Ills wdow's uaclc viii support his bowling niece.
Brown thought he'd airt with Simpsons nile =
little.
The jury stood dozen for acqulttal.
t'1u ahayen eaid Ruth, Of womau's rights tho fore
runner.
1.-THE razor must have slipped" observed tho Cor
oner.
STILES Jumped to reach moving ratl-ca7's platform.
homes bereavement shocking Is In that form.
What wblaky one can stand" said Gompkins, try,
oh ! Iet's.n
His sleep IL sweet beneath The early vto1ets.
Ills shop-gtrls put On topuoss floor did Blaney.
After the fire they didn't count 70 many.
Jints tried to stop, By hand, eomething~or-other
in baw.
my daugbier's next shan't snoke," remarked his
n1other-in-law.
-Orpt< " C.. Kerr in the Graphic.
, 1873-03-16
THE RIGHT TO DIE.

Prof. .NcSvman's Letter on E;uthannafa.
TO the Editor u the London Spectator:
Sla: I write to you at the request Of Mr.
Lionel Tollemnehe, who fancies, rightly OF
wrongly, that I haTe something to say which
may interest you
He remarks that you seem to regard it as q
reductio I'd absurdum to his views OF euthanasia
that they would make out suicide to be some-
to be1ievs that friend OF mine e man NOR
ally aud intellectually deserving high esteem),
in an Illness lingering and hopeless,
withdrew himself from Life somewhat pre-
rnatufely BY means OF chloroform. have
no doubt whatever it was under sense Of duty.
It led me to sound persons now and then as to
what they thought Of thus terminating lie In
case OF hopeless disease, especially insanity; and
the prevalent reply was to the effect. ~ give no
opinion; but there are many who think 3 pain-
fu1, useless, and hopeless life ought to be ended"
If the present discussion should lead to freer
avowals, without fear Of odiun, it will be vaIua-
bic. I should like to hare the commissioners
who visit lunatic asylumns called on authorita~
lively for their sincere opinions On the subject.
Somewhat earlier, in reading travels, perhaps
Mungo Parks travels and accounts OF North
American Indians, WAS led to mediate On such
caaoo as that Of party forced to travel rapidly
through forest or desert where one OF them sud-
denly fails in strength. + the rest stay to carry
him behind. Sometimes ho bogs to be killed,
lest he perish Of slow starvation or by
yernin devouring him. The facts, confess
led me to the conviction that re oyerstrain
our reluctance to shorten life. But to fear
to leave q human being to perish alone, espe-
cially at his command, when else others will par
ish uselessly for him, seemed to me like the case
which very often occurs in sickness, where tend
ing the sick ruins the health OF those round him
where the strong and young are crippled, that
an old person may miserably lnger few months
longer. !, for one, look with horror On allowing
tender kinsfolk to sacrifice youthful health in
order to add days or weeks to my life when worn
out
OF course it ia evident that irregular and
stealthy sef-destruction, against the moral opn-
ion Of community, has Contingent evils far
greater than would occur il such practice were
publicly sanctioned under fixed conditions. I
take it for granted that as marriage, ndoptions,
wills in every well-organized State registered
under public officers, go il euthanasia
were legalized it would be with like Sc
curities against abuse. The registrar would
be required to inte7ogate the patient before
witnesses, who would attest his desire Of death
and medical testimony be added ns to the hope
lossness Of recovery. Near kinsfolk now earn
est1y desire the death Of a patient when he is
suffering agony or even de1irium and painful de-
lusions without hope. I do not understand how
any one can fear abuse if death were 1ega1ized
under deliberately planned restrictions such as
have limited. am, sir, &C.,
FRASc1s ". NEWMAN.
NEsToE-sUrER- MARE, February, 1879.
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An Illinois Girls Success as q Farmer
.--Erom tho Seminary to tho Corn

An Illinois <Sfrl's Success as q Farmer
.--E'rom tho Seminary to the Cor0-
field.
We lately had the pleasure OF g interviewing :"
= Miss A., of Illinois, who. for some years past,
has been engaged in carrying On farm OF 12o
acres.
Her father died, leaving widow, and, ne be-
nere, two daughters and : boy, OF whom htiss
A. was the eldest, and the boy q lad Of ten OF q
dozen years old. She found the health Of her
mother, who Was endeavoring to manage
the farm with hired help, failing, and
concluding thnt she would rather keep her
mother than get an education, she left the semi
nary in 1863 and commenced farming. The farm
at that time consisted Of eighty acres Of the
homo farm, about half OF which was in culttva~
ton and at little distance we're forty acres
more, all in cultivation The homo farm had
been burned and the fences were not good.
Twelve acres had been planted to apples OF
good varieties. She had oue horse, and got the
loan OF nnother from friend who also aids and
is aided in turn By lending implements, etc.
She has now good team Of her own raising,
besides q horse that does duty in the market
wagon
So she went to work, With tue aid Of her little
brother. and, to some extent, Of her mother and
giator, who took charge Of the housekeeping.
does not plow much. but she can do it. She
took out fifty to one hundred stumps Of trees
ono year with the spade aud a1, and at the seme
time, assisting her brother, who VAS drilling
wheat. She bound aud shocked wheat, and can
drive team well. She eau use the ax pretty well;
formerly, she could chop bctter than her brother,
but now he chops IS well as she caa herself,
and sho does lees Of it. She wears
gyEanastic suit when at homo and at work, a
broad-brinmed hat, gloves, and boots made to
order. She wishes to look US well as other girls,
and thus protects herself from the exposure re-
smiling from outdoor labor. She likes the open
sir Life and the outdoor work, nnd is healthy
and strong.
Most Of the home farm is cultivated in corn,
though she has eight acres in grass and twelve
in orchard. She raised: twenty three acres Of
winter wheat in 1871 It Was fine crop, but
she lost from three to five acres rom the failure
OF the man sto had engaged 70 cat it in time.
Even then with. scarce and Inefficient labor, by
that noble class Of men thu. are always willing
to take advantage Of those who cannot help
themselves it cost hor ESQ to harvest and thresh
the wheat. Yet sho got 400 bushels Of wheat,
weighing G. pounds to the bushel- The young
orchard boro good denl Of fruit IN 1872, and
she sold 100 barrels Of summer apples, and hns
150 bushels Of apples now in tbs cellar: She
took most of the apples to market herself, sell
ing Some OF them rs low as Is cents Per barrel,
and some rs high as 81.
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The ss dedicated ToxycI..3

The Patent Office has recently issued nanera
to California lady, the invention consisting in
1athor q novel method Of applying medicine az
ternally, for the benefit Of certain class Of pe-
TENTS, BY means Of specially adapted towel.
bathing, and, it is claimed l. indicated with snch M
substances and by such process that it vii. ar
rest cutaneous diseases, paralysis, and local ntec
tons, while it imparts it the sams time health.
fui ection and glow to the skin and frees it from
bad humors. towel prepared in tho manner
specified in this patent wi it is said, retain its
medicinal virtues effectively during two rponths
use, when the process OF medication has to Ls
repeated.
, 1873-03-16

the above letter for an affidavit to q legal docu-
ment, and, after ali the trouble which is de-
scribed, would you believe that the Consul
attached to it certificate Of Acknowledgement.
instead Of that OF an affidavit; which, i mis-
take not, will render it necessary to send it back
atious delay OF proceedings? Yours,
". II. CLApKE
$40 North Dearborn street.
CHICAGO. March II. 1878.
, 1873-03-16

THE SALARY.SIEAL.

Uncle Sam Ind roost for his hens,
Where they roasted py' thousands and tens.
The notion to rob it was Deu'b.
~ Hired men Of my uncle, feel"
Said Ben, in solemn appeal,
" Low wages do tempt us to steal"
The fo1ce Of this moral tdee
Was 80 mighty and powerful, you sec,
Not to do It they couldn't tgnce.
30 the heartics, they gave Ben boost,
And his fingers they suddenly noosed
Two pul1ets per man from the roost.
Unc1e Sam Is now watching the spot,
To discover MN who will not
Go home with . foul In his pot.
-Elizuy Fright, II, the Springfield Republican.
, 1873-03-16

AupEkDUN.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
Sia: had occasion to send to the writer OF
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LARS" "
Bayard Taylor's New Poem.

D,r.ra rror1or bsa u-r;ttan a osYv yo.r, -.,;.,,
A eeoA' "nien
no calls :" Lars: fostola1 OF Norway 1ta
scanes aro mid in Norway and Pennavtv.nis.
~ -. oIaractors ;,in-tr,tc tha via si,;rs1I.
Rarzerker an;rit NJ tba Eorthnar and ~. ,r,,,,,'
rita cenina Of the eenAe pi1erinaa Of thu schnv1.
Iii Aaa trihnta to the sweat e1amn1;fcot;nn
or this q m,rnnniznous might Of meetnoaa y,
wh;ct, Mr. whitti.r haa given in hi, lila and 1;a
,-;t;,,n .a.oo;.1i;, l., h;o 1.,+ ho..t;+..,
"4I1u6s, o9pce'oA41 ~ LIZ 1hot peAoA11a poeHl,
" Tho Pennsylvania Pilgrim" Bayard Taylor
dedlcates hars" to Mr. Whittier IN these lines J:
Through many years my heaIt goes back,
~ nrGuga ,a e. cneafcrsd sea1s o. 1oss anu sa1n
When f11tt beside tie Merrimack,
olon tns eos1ago-fooi ne~1u 'oe Ao'aii1n 1aln-
ah.,1 Ill.,. .~o,,,x,.d aud .,,,+ ,ha~.o.
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rNEUTONIA INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS.
Insure Fire, Marine and River Risks at Lowest
Rates.
TEMPORARY OFFICE, NO. III GRAvIER STREET
NEAR THE CORNER OF CAMP.
Capital. u, 600 0o0
Subscribed. Observation-Disclosures. 700, 100
A. Elmer BADBR. President,
CHI ENGSTFELD, Vice President,
GEORGE STROMEYER, Secretary
BoARD or TRUSTEES:
Elmer Bader Frank, W Schmidt,
Theo Lilienthal, Louis Schneider, Frank Roder,
N Schwarts, Hermann Eioke. Riokort
Miller, Jacob Hassinger, Ch Engstfeld,
8 L Nasies, II. Poklmann, Louis SchWarta.
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II 4 Gogreve, W Davis, MA BAumGnrdon
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NEWSPAPER PRorERTY.-The Spin sGe' d
Republican thinks that the prices paid for
newspapers (the price paid for the New
York Tribune for iDstaDce) are too high I,
and that better use can be made of a mil
lion dollars, in a mere money point of view
than to bay newspaper whose net profits
are one hundred thousand. The Repubti-
can thinks that, considering tue risks aud
hazards of the business, the capital should
represent sum upon which twenty or
thirty per cent is yielded, rather than the
larger SUN from which only ten per cent 10
obtained. Tho old rule for estimatin g
newspaper property was on the twenty per
cent basis-by virtue Of which 4 newspa-
per whose average profits for Eve years
have been 500, 600 per year, would be es-
timated to be worth $500, 900. But latterly
this rule has been undergoing change
from the twenty per cent to twelve or
fifteen per cent basis. This change has
been tue outgrowth. of evidence furnished
by the lapse of time, that the risks and
hazards of this bH siness are less, instead of
greater, than those of business generally,
for it has been observed that hardly any
thing is SO indestructibe as the value of a
newspaper of twenty years standing. lie
Chicago Journal is noticeable proof OF
the value of mere longevity. The only
article in the journal that has attracted at
tention for mauy years was one for which
it was fined $500 10y the Sapfeme Court.
And still it Ia one of the most valuable
pieces Of newspaper property in the West.
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From Our Own Correspondent.l
OUR IRISH LETTER.
DUBLIN, Dec. 26tb, 1872.

O. Iwrite on the evening of st. Stephens day,
and this reminds me that the weather which
prevails now, and has for some weeks past pre-
vailed in this city, and believe in most parts
we'll be from the ideal Christmas weather.
Rain, rain, rain-morning, noon and night it
rains. One or two days in the week may be
fine, but beyond this we are not favored with
q clear and dry atmosphere Not sign OF
frost and very little sign of snow, and there
fore many of us think that Christmas is not
quite SO charming as in other years that we
remember. However, no drawback in the
aIaapa of bad weather can rob the festive period
of its chief attractions. We make ourselves
merry, and VIC who can atfsrd to do SO help our
poorer brethren to get over the time as pleas
antly as may be. There is really great deal
of practical benevolence in this old country
and especially in this old city. Coal funds
have been established in all QUE principal
towns for the benefit of the poor, and here the
Rrocers apd other merchants who used % give
christmas boxes to their customers nave dls.
continued the-pNactice and given the value OF
the Christmas boxes in money to charitable
institu tions and relief associations.
The Christmas literature with which Ireland
il supplied has unfortunately hitherto come
almost entirely from England, and while por
ton of it is excellent, the greater part of it is
unwholesome trash. 1 hope we shall in future
produce ourselves such literature for our peo-
pie, and am strongly inclined to believe that
we shall. A beginning has already been made
in this direction. The first Illustrated Irish
Annual was published the other day by book
seller ip Dame street. It is called the " Dub
lin Illustrated Annual" and is really on the
whole a very creditable production. There are
several stories, sketches, essays and poems of
great merit, illustrated by drawings from the
pencil of one of our most gifted artists, Mr..
John Fergus OHea. My favorite in the publ
cation Is The essay entitled "Tbe Opera Gods,
nv One of Them" and here think could not
DO better than give you few extracts from it,
Just to show what" the native Irish for the
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THE PoPE-THE LATE j. F.. MAGuIRE.-
The Cork Examiner of the 18th ult., pab.
fishes the annexed TRANSLATION of letter
widow of John Francis Mcguire
"DEAR DAUGHTER In CHRIST: Health
and the Apostolic Blessing. With what
persevering constancy your illustrious
husband exerted himself in defence Of the
rights of the Catholic Church and of this
Holy See, and with what benefit he expen-
ded on both the whole force of his genius,
is, dear daughter, so thoroughly appreciated
and felt that it can pass from the memory
Of no one who has witnessed his labors; least
of all, from ours. With just reason, there
timely death Of that excellent man, whose
loss puss be keenly felt by others, too,
hewever high in place and dignity. But
the Immediate occasion of his death, whilst
it moves your livelieBt sorrow, suggest alec
the strongest motive of comfort. For your
piety Aust see and acknowledge that the
anxious }abors, which had no slight share
in causing his death, prove that his heart
always burned with zeal for Gods glory
and hia neighbours good, and that he was
wholly devoted 20 the attainment OF those
noblest objects; and therefore that his
merit en- this two fold score must have
won for him the INST ample recOmpense
4
then, that in the kingdom where charity is
perfected your husband though parted from
you, 10 more than ever united to you by the
closer bonds Of the spirit, and extends to
you and your children the most effective
care and guardianship. Raise your heart,
therefore, to thoughts like those trust In
Gods clemency, and offer Him the sacrifice
of your grief that if any stain Of earth
still clings to him that has passed from you
IL NAV quickly be wiped away, aud his
participation of the glory he has earned
may be hsstened. We pray God to give
you tranquility Of mind aud all the graces
and gifts you need. Meantime, as an au-
curry of Gods blessing, and as pledge OF
our paternal benevolence, We very lovingly
impart to you and each of your children
the Apostolic blessing.
Given at Rome, at st. Peters the 2nd
day of December, 1872, in the 9th year OF
opr Poutificate. ''Pius p. P. TX.
ITO our beloved daughter in Chris. Mar
garet Mcguire, widow"
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TO his lass condnittaf So he is nov IN Rich.
Sn onu g fris.n.-nu viii rernsin there till the
The trial Of the action Of the news-
paper reporter Fraser against the Under.Secre
sary ana other Castle officials has been adj
{oerned to Monday next from last Saturday.
- M running ooufse precisely similar TO toa'
have already been fully informed. The Grown
nAye nnsnocessfally attempted to render the
Unsatisfactory not liable to punishment for
MS acts, on the ground that they were official
and done by order Of his superior, aud the D
iiceIen who superintepded or actually Gu
gagged In tho beating of thr peoplein the Park
are trying with bas Indifferent success, what
,I 1en far a. " hard swearing TO deprive the
On the whole, guess that Mr.. Fruzer viii get
aEsrdict with f2o0 or $500 damages.
me Stannus trial is still going on. 1t will
probably finish t6-fnorrow or early on Satur-
day. Mr. Butt will cum up tom orrow MORN
ing for the Northun WhjJ, aud Mr. Falkine, q.
u, viii follow for the plaintiff. Since writing
TO you last, most important evidence has been
given Tor the defence Thirty or forty tenants
have been examined and every ono of them
gave evidence of harsh aud tyrannical acts on
the part of Mr.. Staunus for no cause ut all
sometimes and sometimes for voting contrary
10 his wishes at parliamentary elections. In
tue, course OF the trial u couple of curious let
tiers were read from the late Marquise of Hcrt.
ford, (who lived sybaritical life in France,
on prinoely income Of which 100000 year
Was derived from his Irish eststes) to Dean
Stannus the plaintiffs father. They showed
the strong desire of the noble" lord to
tronble himself with nothing but his rent and
the representation of Lisburn, and they made
it PLAN moreover, that when the people
Of Lisbnrn refused TO have Tory whose pre-
tensions the Marquis favored, the Marquis
was resolved to show them that as mach ms
he hated trouble he would presently have his
way with the rent rs they had with their
votes.
The prosecution of the Cork magistrate who
violated the Ballot Act at the election, is like
iy to fall to the ground for want of prosecu-
tor. Mr.. Ronsyne summoned him second
time last Saturday before the Cork magistrate
but these folk adjourned the case to some day
next week. on the application of the accnsed
Who said he had not had time to prepare hs
defence. Mr. Ronsyne warmly protested
against this conduct, said the bench were de-
termined to throw every obstacle in the way
Of justice reaching the offender. and finally
said he would leave the matter in the hands Of
the governmsnt-the proper party to take it
up-who, although they were ready enough to
prosecute q Catholic bishop in Galway, wonld
not prosecute @ Protestant magistrate in Cork.
It is in such matters as these that We sec most
clearly what an advantage it il, to be sure, to
this Catholic nation to have q good Catholic
lawyer like Mr.. Palies in the place Of public
prosecutor. JIG.
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There are some minds so impatient of in
fe1iortty, that their gratitude is species OF
revenge, aud they return benefits, not be-
cause recompeuse is pleasure, but because
obligation Is a pain.