, 1879-02-14


CHICAGO, Feb. 1D.-" There Is no wind 80
Ill" etc., ete,-llnd oven this awful defeat Of
the English will be followed by wholesome cou-
scQucilces. First ol alf, 1t will infuse the En-
glial nutlup With ec,,sc Of humiliation, a sense
greatly needed to col.ltno tl.etr Standardization
within its proper boundaries. Secondly. tleir
oveybearIug behavior towards tho Doers must
make room for more Just acknowledgement
Of tho lattcr's good qualities; Tor It would III
heift them, layfnE shown such degree OF stu
pidtty, to look aown upon people who, III
spite OF the must dtscouragtng circumstances,
nlul with qute insignificant force, hal totally
broken tic power Of the ZulMa ut = time when
they weru much moro powerful than even now;
they (the Bocrs) would hayo even annihllated
them totally had not the Engllsl, under tie
prctc1t az philanthropy, then taken tie causo ot
is,c Zu,ns. II, now, the English would treat
inferior pcople, freely accepting their counsel
and thclr assistance, you would b. Rlrprlsrd 10
SEQ how SOON the wlulo XnlulAnd is Ut tbs
mercy Of tho whi,s conQucrors. Would
who only two years aeu lcuriyed Them ot tI'eir
nleprhdclccl No doubt. little Us they loyu The
English, their tntenst hatred against the xtllus
is still rs fresh ~ forty years a!0. when sixty.
Bcvcn Ut their best citizens had bccn Rassacrcd
by Diueur, the iunclo Of Tie preecut King
Cetywayo. This wns g genuine massacre, for
the Burrs, having lust concluded q trcaty u:
friendship, werc al without artna. nothing but
vengeance every othor ablc.bodtcd farmer would
gludiy march at moments hottie toWarls the
cnetny; but they want their own kind ot war
fare. no lcadinE, or rather misleading, hy tic
proud to accept their scrsIrcs uuslcr hucb con-
ditlons, This reminds me ot stury, Us Lsncnsn
used to say. When thu celebrated Lnnnec
trst introduced phvsieal examination Tor lAe
teachers Of medicine had become, or at least
had considered themselves to Oc, such experts
III That Kind of diagnosis that, whenever patient
wanted t0cxriuin 8oIue Of haAt|tnes to the cx-
amtntng Professor, the latter Fut!rly hrnkc II,
with. "kcep your tongue; know It better than
YOUR llENMANN KAHN,
Late district Surgeon, Aslvwl North. Caps Of
flllmols Charitable Eye and Ear InArmary.
10 tbs Editor of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb 13.-Your editorial ia to-tiny's
paper entitled "a Charity Circus " Ia too gen.
eral md sweeping, and beg that you will dis
tylninatc hetween what is lcgttiIuate1y ccnsura.
bio md what Ia not.
The illinois Charitablo Ego and Ear lulrma.y
Is a nearly like purely private charity Us any
thing can be under State help. 1t was oEealI-
led nurscd Into life, l,, set OF tls legs by prl-
yats contributions from Chicago citizens, u,nl
=
charity, OH the ssrtctcst basis ot ccouulny, has
continued to contro, II. Its Trustees Zone Of
whom have been for thrtcen ycars) have cos,-
tributed much Of their yearly limo And labor
without my compensation whatever. We hayu
utnu akllful SURGEONS, sotne OF Them Of national
reputation. dcsutiuE large part of every day
attending an average u l50 patients, without onu
dollar oil pay. DuE entire payroll inr SuperIn-
tcnIvat, Matfun, Treasurer, Clerk, and Assistant
Secretary il only 200 per month. Now, VIC
1.,,d sn,aIl sum for repaits and llrn,ture) 10
run au institution for loV poor ooardess aud 100
dIjbeaaury PATIENTS lint Is for food, fue: water,
Sfho yisitation III thu Legislative Committee
cost Us nothing. Our doors ure always open to
the whole pui,lir, md wr arc anxious to bc Wis
ttcd that The good being dGne there may be
srcu. Il Is ali institution died with ,caFablo
poor persons, who BY timely sreatnent By skitt.
I'd surgeons arc saved from tnturabls and hops
less bllndncas and disease, auu Ius trom bo'