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The New York herald., 1876-07-11
ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK--THIs DAY,
HI0V WATER
cNN Avn MH
PORT OF NEW YORK. JULY 10, 1876.
ARRIVALS.
IMPORTED ny TnB HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD
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Steamer City OF chester tr Lotch Liverpool June
and Queenstown 3uh, with mdse and passengers q
Dale Juy 3, lat ~ 10. Ion ~ 80 passed American
ship. bound w shown Com Code signal JCQR; day
trcal for Livcrpoo also day. ship ukan tNor)
Antwerp for Quebec. ith, lat 4S ~ lon 40 A.
shin. with signal QBMS. and British bark with signal
SQTR. both bound w 5th la. Is 3D. lon 81 OS steamer
VI 90 ship Marlborough tof Windsor Ns, from Antwerp
steamer Idaho (Br,. Bcddoc. Liverpool June 2s and
10Th. with mdsc and 500 passengers
isms tiuion July lat 40 o. Ion 81 40 signared bark
Baro (Ausl, hound west day lat Al 4a Ion 63 IL
steamer ilolsnd (Brl, hence for London.
steamer City of Dallas. Hines. Fornsndina July g.
Brunswick 9Th rnd Port Royal SC, 7th. with and
passengers II Mallory Co. July OF Lookout shoals
passed tty Of Mexico hence for aynna uh lat
time steamer City OF Vera Cruz do for Hsvsna
lat "a ~ Ion - 40 steamer City of Austin, do for Calves
and Key West
steamer City Of Atlanta. Woodruff. Charleston July g.
with mosc and passengers toJ W ouintard q Co
steamer wiinsmspors wietts. Philadelphia. with coal
20 the Rcadnv HR Go. -
ship strahearn tof Glasgow. Javmar. Liverpool 43
DAYS with mdsr to Iiende rson Bros.
Bark Bremen Ger, Lctcke London 40 days. In ballast
10 Punch, EJye 4 Go.
Bark vator tNor Fig. London 81 days in ballast to
der. June 10 40 Ion o. spoke bark Jacob As lNor
from Norway for New York.
BARK Atlas Nus,. Gcrolunich Gloucester May 70 Ia bal
last to John T. Seagcr.
Bark Evening Star Nor. Spceh Hull days in ballast
PUNISH Edyc Co. Was ~ days Of the Banks with
light SW winds aud calnis; june iceberg<
Bark lSorl Larsen. Wcsport May 26 In ballast
fnnch. Edye & Co Is anchored IN Gravesend Bay for
orders
BARK Luisa (isD Ausuld Dundak May Io In ballast
order.
Bsrk vesta Nor. rhorscn Belfast May 2s in ballast
to Tobias Co. Is anchored In Gravesend Bay for ordcr
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1S7a

WASHINGTON, July 10, 1874
FRAUDULENT ALABAMA CLAIMS.
In the trial OF before the Court of Commission.
ers Of Alabama Claims, under the calendar, some
OF an extravsgant and fraudulent nature have
appeared. As tho Court can properly have no
knowledge OF before /, is submitted trial for
consideration 1t is not known how many cases Of a
similar character the calendar contains but is pre-.
suned that there several Two Of the were
promptly dismissed alter being submitted to the
Court
One Of the claims was for personal effects as a sea
man, and amounted to S2,7S9, being nearly
double that presented TO the State Department
some years ago He claimed for clothing
5000 for a of pistols, 1850, and for sundry ar
clcs, increasing the amount to the sum named.
Auoth r was that OF a seaman on the whaling
bark wAvcrly, and was equally fragrant, and on the
very face OF 1t rise to presumption of fraud. lie
claimed $515 for clothing, specifying three suits
valued at $55 $50 and $751; and running the claim up
to S1,649. Both Of these classes were unanimously
dism sssd, and In SO doing the presiding Judge Judge
Wells) took occasion, after reviewing tho extravagan
items, TO express himself strongly as TO the evident
untruthulness OF the claimants and their att empted
frauds upon the bcnedccnce of the government
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MARITIME MISCELLANY.

BARK KALLIsro (Nor). Tellefsen, from New York Mt
Queenstown June 29 reports the 27th lat So Ion
10 PM felt several shocks IL the striking on
rocks could nothng vessel going at the time
an hour
BEIG JALAPA Ger, from Laguna for Hamburg before
reported ashore Southwest Keys Florida
wreckes and boing taken into Key West AN July
in leaky condition.
ScnE HELEN MAR OF Dennis (before reported being dis
masted OF smiths Island Cape Henry arrived Newport
10th In Of Cor nne. of New York and will be
owed Fall River where her cargo of consigned to
the old Coony Steamboat Company
PAscAeouIA. July 6-Bark Thorwald nIoD, Gendersen
from Pascagoua for Chsrbourg reported sand
Island spit.
ST JoHN Mr. July S-The divers Boston are stll at
work the Belle Brien, aud Is probable SHE will sail
for Liverpool without dscharging.
SHirBuupING-At Calais the bark in course of con-
strnction in the yard Of Messr Rdeont Lord will be a
double decke- OF about 125 old
Dimensions follows Length Of keel 40 reet; beam
81 feet inches; dcpth lower hole IL feet inches;
decks feet inches She will be finished ABOUT the
middle OF September
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eeNsRAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH es.

WASHINGTON, July 10, 1876
VOLUNTEERS OFFERING.
The Secretary of War has received large number Of
dispatches from all parts Of the West Offering volun
tcors for the Indian war There is now provision
of law which will admit of these offers being enter
tainei by the government. Up 10 noon to-day no
Official reports from the Indian country had reached
the " ar Department.
EUGENE Durham AND JOHN KELLY
Eugene Durnan, OF New York, Assistant Doorkceper
of the House, was overcome by the heat in coming
the Capitol about O'Clock to-day. Ho taken
into one OF tho committee rooms, where hc received
medical treatment, and is now somewhat better. Mr.
John Kelly, OF New York, sat by him while he
being cared for and warmly shook his hand when he
recovered consciousness.
THE VENEZUELA CLAIMS.
= The House Committee on Foreign Affairs continued
to-day the Investigation into tho Venezuelan Claims
matter, and examined Mr.. James $. Mackc. president
OF the Mary and Union ming Company, dong business
in Broadway, New York. Mr.. Mackic testified that
he had formerly been connected with the
State Department, having charge particularly OF
South American ariirs, aud that subsequently
he had been employed by Mr. William H. Aspinwall Of
New York take charge of claims against the vcne-
zuelan government Tho claims consisted OF aoout
$780, of bonds OF the Venezuelan dated debt
bearing Eve per cent interest, which Howland AS
pinwa had held tor years and which interest
had not beea pad Tho capital and interest at
that time amounted TO about $500, 0o0 Mr..
Mackc took the bonds to Mr.. Talmagc, American
member OF the JOINT Commission, but Mr. Talnage
absolutely declined to take charge of presenting those
claims, aad referred Mr.. Mackio to Mr. Wilton,
whom Mr.. MacKcy found to be hay merchant, doing
business in New York, and who said that no had
peculiar facilities for presenting such claims and
offered to take charge of them for a commission or
nny per cent Mr.. Mscse ridiculed the idea
OF alowng such commission, and Wilton explained
that he had to divide Il with other parties, but did
specify who they were Subsequently Mr. Mackc
sent the bonds the state Department and the State
Department forwarded them TO Caracas where
hey were ncd In the American Legation
In time bo presented 10 'he Joint Com.
MISSION lie atcrward sent to Mr. William
r. Murray who WIS connected with the American
legation a, Caracas power Of attorney to present tho
case TO the Mixed Commission. The Commission, how
ever dismissed she claim, and Mr.. Mackic was subse-
quently 10 ormcd hy Mr. Talmagc that n he baa acted
on the suggestion put the CLAIMS the hands OF Mr.
Wilton they would have been sent to Caracas
in time to be acted and would prob
ably have been allowed by the Commission.
Mr. Mackie related the efforts which he made through
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QUEENSTOWN June 28-Arrved. Abercorne. NcAn'ue,
Portland o; fibernisn o. Archer Liverpool Tor haifsx
&c fnnd sailed. .
SWANSEA. June 2s-Arrived John zittosen, Nerryman'
Hamhurg -,
sAsDcArE June 2s-saiied from the roads. Storm BIRD
Amer brig).
sorrua ANTON. June as-saied Wellington. IIobrook'
New York. 49,
sopKRHAxS. June 7-Arrvcd. Elizabeth Hamilton, stew
art, Reval. .
sr MIcHAELs. June o--Arrved in the roads, lnds Az
bolt Graham Defns Madeira would take h
and ln Nordstjernen Nor cosstte.
from Iorten for Philadelphia.
TFxKr.. June 27-Sailed. Redowa. Wallace New YORK
WEsrroRr June 26-Sailed. Oiinka. Frsmil, Phiadel-
phiss - ,,,,,
WARHxxporxr June :6-Sailed, Comma, Olsen. Phadel-
phia; Hol me strand Doe. baltimore
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The buoys so long anchored on Caukeens Island reef
Wesport harbo and Shippan Point. Darien harbor Ct
have epaced by With
Many mariners familiar with the Westport
hnrbor the opinion that buoy uld
be placed Georges Rock which lies about three
ters of mile distant from Caukeens rect On the food
there be danger from this rock but ebb tide
sells heavy draft enteriag the harbo likely. in the
absence Of pilot, to upon and sustain damage Rock
Dnniar, miles to the southwark OF Caukeenr c and
Channel ock midway between Cxukeens and Goose Island
should be marked BY buoys
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NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS

Merchants shipping agents and informed
that by tceSraphing to the HERALD London Bureau
dressing Bennett No. 80 Fleet street, London tho
Paris Office, addressing Bennett 6l Avenue dc POpera
Paris" the arrivals at and departures from European
Eastern ports Of American and all foreign vessels tradng
with tho United the will
try tree ofchargo
Captains arriving 81 and sailing from French and Medi-
ports will find the Paris oice tho
cal and expeditions for telegraphng nowx
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SAILED.

Ship Valparaiso for San Frsncco barks Csnessa Madre
Gta) Mistiey. &; vsubnn Fr, Cete Msdre Figli Its
Lisbon Antoinetta Qtal, Gibraltar; Norway. Antwerp
Canada (Br Montevideo: brgs Posthaitel wHh ler)
Elsnore; Para (Br), Berwick (Scotand) Rabboni st
Thomas.
Wind at sunset. Sc: at midnight Ssh.
barometer sunset HDO3
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SPOKEN.

Ship Marlboro Br. Munroe, Antwerpfor Baltimore. July
(, lat ~ So. Ion 81 20.
Ship INLAND Ger. Jansen Bremen for Baltimore July
4, lat ~ tci. Ion 35 10.
Bark vioet (B Harding, from Dublin for Philadelphia
July 4. lat AZ o. Ion 30 40
Bark kshon DIR. Hewitt from New York for Shanghai,
June IL. Int y. Ion 20 W.
Bark Mabel Hslictt from New York for Sydney, NSW,
June =. lat 33 y. Ion AZ W.
Bark Ida Mahilde Schutt. from Bristol for Miramichi
June II, lat Al 81 Ion 81 80
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WHALEMEN,

Arrived Barbados June H. bark Perry Bsssett from
cruise
Sailed from do 18th brio Abbot Lawrence, RUSSELL barks
&arah II ale, Slocum Lancer Uoroten; Pioneer Tripp
10th, Spartan, Tpp; l7,h carice Aachand Janet CART
land
Called Norfolk Island May IL. bark Eliza Dmoud Of
NIB, $50 SD the last cruises.
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BARK PriDeiplO q.ap Scala. Londonderry At days. ia
Bark Reindeer ISi New Haven. Decker. Barbados IL
days With sugar and moIasses 20 u rrowordses Sons
molasses I" ii Tro~hrdre sons '''' "''' ''s" "''
.Is Soss Nall rsln. rI,.s Y d.r; with sugar to
6ark Andes Saunders OF and from Bath Me. g days. with
Brig Nellie nussea, brewster Dublin May l5 in ballast
70 Brett Son Co Was 20 days west of the Banks with
sehr Mott, Bedeli Porter. Jeremie - days. with
sehr Charles Moriord Psrsons Trinidad tcubn le days,
va' Delaware. with sugar to Barnstor Co; vessel to
sear r Beldsn Terry Cedar Keys Fla Is days. with
Sr ssSr s.sah at BSIr S..sT arnoIa s. Virginia
schr John 5. Beachnm. Woodland, Baltimore
schr Birdsall; Potter Baltimore;
schr siss, jerman. Machiar, IL days with lumber
Sch, q iiart BuTess Bangor 10 days With lumber to
schrJ Bodwel. wailsse. Rockland. Me. days, with
sesr White ,siHaup. Gardiner Me- days with leo to
to $ I.oud 4 Co.
g0- Bark Kate D. which anchored in lower bay
orders. to the city Pm ofthe 10th
PASSED THROUGH HE'LL GATE
BOUND SOUTH.
schr Casco Lodge Bears Portland Me-, for New York
schr Mary Susan. snow. Rockland for New York.
sshI ia Siaa Ss.,ss sssse s' No,nk f. Ssw York
sehr salmon ""shburn Hathaway, Providence ior New
schr Constitution, Young. Port Jefferson 70 cz York.
schr Fawn Kelly. Richmond Ne. for New York.
schr James X Polk Buckley. Westport for New York
Schr VIM Voorhis, Goldsmith Providence for Haver-
schr Kate Mary Cogswcll Providence for Hsverstrsw
schr John Crockiord. Hart Taunton Tor New York.
schr II Clark Fengar. New London for New York.
Schr Sylvester Hale. Coleman. Dightcn for Now York
schr Sarah " Blake Briggs. Diphton for Newark NJ.
schr Lille Wells. Wells Providence for Port Johnson
sehr Joseph Marsh, Brown, Lubcck for New York.
BOUND EAST
Steamer Francona. Bragg New York for Portland
Steamer Tille. Ewing. New York for New London and
Norwich.
Brig Acadia (Br), Canton, New York for Santander
SPAIN.
schrJ G Fell Nekerson, Port johnson for Providence
schr Virginia Bearse. New York Tor kennebec River.
Schr Orion smith. Port Johnson for Norwich
Scnr III Metcalf Port johnson tor Providence.
Schr Ripple. Adams. Trenton for New Haven.
Schr Sas Wright Hart. Port Johnson for New London
Sch- q Sianclih, Gray, Baltimore for Middletown.
Schr j Worthngon Fitch. Philadelphia for Pxwtucket
Schr Isle oil Pines, Legg. Rondout for Boston.
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the State Department and through the Committee on
Foreign Relations the Senate to have the awards Of
Mixed Commission set aside and ITS annued in
which efforts he had been unsuccessful
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BELOW.

Bark Osmo (Rus), Bjonness from Harcpool May A.
Rark Crono (Aus) sterk, from Limerick May ~.
Bnrk American Eagle, MeMahon, from Palermo April II.
bark Ironsides. Tspley from Genoo Nay g. with
Lunt bros
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COLONEL IRA w. AINswoRTH.

despatch from Albany, N. Y, announces the death
of Colonel Ira W. Ainsworth Wholesale grocer that
city which took place yesterday. Colonel Answorth
colonel of the 1,5th Now York Volunteers during
tho late war, and much respected by all who know
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EZRA p. PRENTICE.

despatch from Albany announces the death Of Ezra
r Prentice highly esteemed citizen of that city, aged
eighty years. yesterday morning. Deceased long
engaged in the fur business
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DIR. R1cuAEp D. AnNOI.p.

despatch TO this city from Savannah. Ga, TN.
nounces the death Of Dr. Richard D. Arnold of the
leading ysc!ans prominent citizens Of that CITY,
Ho was sixty eight years old.
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SHIPPING NEWS
OCEAN STEAMERS.
Sasis. Dcstinaf,oaI
NSdmeT.

oArEs OF DEPARTURES FROM sEw YORK FOR THE MONTHS
VF JULY AND AUGUST
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PLYMOUTH. July 10. PM-Wind wNw, moderate.
HoLYHxAD July 10. PM-Wind W, fresh; baromet
2995a
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-10
4 Forgery Test.

When light is passed through liquid
and then through spectromicroscope
certain bands of colors are absorbed,
and by the comparison of solutions of
known substances it is found that the
particular position on the spectrum
where the absorption takes place is con-
slant for the same substance. In this
way it is possible to say that human
blood is contained in a liquid; also to
point out colored inks, such as Prussian
blue, carmine, aniline, etc. An applica-
ton of these principles was recently
made in court by DIR. Van der Weyde,
in case of counterfeiting a signature.
The defense claimed that the certifca-
tion was forgery, and that the ink was
not the same as that employed in the
bank. DIR. Van der Weyde's tests, how
ever, showed that the ink of the gen.
uine writing and that of the alleged
forged signature gave exactly the same
absorption spectrum, hence the conclu-
sions that in both instances the same ink
was used. 1t remains to be seen what
faith will be put by the court in the ac-
curacy of this scientific test.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-10

Natures processes Of cure are secret.
1t is in their depths that wounds begin
to heal. Gradually as months went by
the renovating principle worked in
Milly. She resumed her place at home,
her little duties and pleasures, and took
up again the burden of life. She was
pale still, but the paleness infolded q
sweet serenity which was no less lovely
than her girlish bloom. emily Graves
was real improved since her disappoint-
ment," certain severe old ladies assert
ed, and they were not far from right.
Stephen adored her more than ever.
Two years later he told her SO.
To his surprise, she was neither as.
tonished nor shocked, but looked in his
eyes with smile which was sad and
tender and sweet all at once.
"Dear Stephen" she said, !" this is
just like you. Do you recollect the day
in Love lane, and tho rose you picked
up out Of the dust You are doing the
same thing now, but l am not worth it,
dear, not worth the picking up.
Milly," said Stephen, trembling
with eagerness, "there never was day
since l first saw you, and that was
twenty-one years ago, when I didn't
love you beyond any other living thing.
Pick you up, indeed You, my rose of
all the world 1 am not fit to touch
your stem, my darling, or handle one of
your leaves, but L love you, dearest,
with the whole of my heart. Can you
not love me little bit in return ~
"Oh, Stephen, do p and the fair
little fingers closed over his. "There's
nobody in the world like you. l always
knew that. It's only-the others are SO
much fresher, you kuow-fresher and
brighter, and-they might make you
happier than I can. You're quite sure ?
You really want me2 Then I'll do my
best. Why, Stephen, how happy you
look !"
Happy should think 80, when
I've got everything ever wanted in my
life !" cried Stephen.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-10
SiameSe Gamblers.

A correspondent of q foreign news
paper gives the following description of
Siamese gambling: The Siamese are
inveterate gamblers. Gambling houses
in Siam are as plentiful as coffee houses
at Bngdad and Cairo, or as grogshops in
Calcutta and Bombay; and perhaps the
largest portion of the government rev.
enue is derived from them. Ore single
division OF the fort at Bagkok is farmed
ont for 300, 000 ticals, equivalent to about
four and three-quarters lakhs of rupees
q year. These gambling houses are
large sheds erected in every direction,
and always filled with men, women and
children, who squat round in circles of
ten or q dozen, devoting themselves
heart and soul to the demoralizing pro-
pensity, which they have neither tho
will nor the inability to overcome. You
have a servant who has perhaps served
you well and faithfully through the
month. You pay him his wages, and he
is at once off to some gambling shed,
where, if he is unlucky, he loses every
fraction of his money. Nor till then
does he return to duty; and in some in
stances, by no means rare, he does not
return even then.
Once taken possession of by the de-
mon of gambling he is not content with
losing his money only, but if he has
family he stakes his wife and children
and loses them also. Still he is not sat
isfed, and very often stakes his own life
and liberty. He goes to money lender
and borrows certain amount at ruinous
rate Of interest, on condition that if he
is not able to repay him within certain
time h will wo k for him until the debt,
principal and interest, has been liqui-
dated. A bond is executed to this effect,
the borrower receives the money, goes
AID CANDLES with it in the hope of win
nilg back what he has previously lost,
loses again and becomes the slave and
bond servant of his creditor, who hires
him out and appropriates half his wages
in liquidation of the debt incurred.
This state of things continues for years,
and not infrequently the poor slave
dies in his slavery, having over and over
again paid his creditor the sum orig
inally borrowed, but yet not free from
his debt, which the exorbitant rate of
interest has swelled out to a most enor-
nous size. Royal interference is more
urgently called for, as not only do adults
gamble away their own lives and liber-
ties, but even those of their children,
who, on arriving at an age when they
are able to work, find themselves en-
slaved to hard taskmasters who dispose
of them as they please.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-10
What Leads to Many DefaicatiOns.

A New York reporter, riding down
town on horse car, observed a flo. id,
bald-headed old man, dressed with
scrupulous neatness, sitting directly op-
posite, who had the appearance of being
well-to-do merchant; but suspecting
him to be faro dealer, followed him,
at distance, into one of the side streets
leading off from City Hall square, where
he disappeared in hallway. Arriving
there, the reporter saw hand pointing
to sign which read 4" Ring the bell. I"
The knob was pulled, and instantly the
jingling of bell was heard. Then a
face appeared at loophole in the door,
which was readily opened. The room
was large and elegantly furnished, and
one of the most important articles was a
faro table. The benevolent looking old
man was dealing, and large number
of dupes were losing money. In one
corner was sideboard, upon which
shone numerous decanters filled with
tempting liquids. Within an hours
time fifty persons visited this place,
every one of whom staked something.
They were mostly young men, clerks in
bauks, insurance offices, and wholesale
establishments down town, who dropped
in here to invest five or ten dollars, and
in nearly every instance to lose.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-10
4 Horrible Collection.

The New York society for the preven-
tion of cruelty to children has in its
office collection illustrative of the bar
barities practiced on young children by
their inhuman parents or guardians.
Among them is wooden potato masher
with which John Hayes pounded the
face of his idiotic son until it was aw-
fully disfigured. Hayes was impris-
oned, and the boy sent to an asylum.
A piece of barrel hoop, with sharp
nails in it, is the torturing instrument
used by Miles Bradley ON the bare body
Of Nellie Boyle, aged six years. She is
in the prntectory, and he was imprisoned
A more dreadful weapon is a cato nine
tails, made of knotted strips of hard
leather, punched together. A ten-year-
old girl, Anna Schmidt, was cruelty in
jured with it by Helena Wolf, who was
sentenced therefor two months in the
penitentiary. Photographs of several
children before and after their rescue
from cruel treatment are shown, and the
changed aspects of the little ones are
good to look at, after an inspection of
the unpleasantly suggestive collection.
The breaking up of the baby farm
ing " business is fully determined on by
the society, and their first victory was
recently obtained in arresting Maggie
McClusky, the proprietor of one of the
worst of such establishments, sending
her to the penitentiary for six months,
and fining her $3.50. A trophy of this
achievement is nursing bottle, half
full of liquid that looks like dirty
water, with a white sediment at the
bottom-the vacant half of the bottle
representing all the food given to six
babies in half day.