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She has, at an expense Of $500 ooo sof taxes
provided for the purifcatton OF the: North,
Branch Of her river by punping ifs' impure
waters into thelake, and not one drop OF tnat
-in,purity passes into the canal or into the
Illinois RIver4.* -: 's5::5* '-s>.'i J;
- The present small flow Of water into the:
canal from the lake Is because Ct the thick:
ice; not more than 10, 600 cubic feet per mn 1t
ute can get through; when free OF Ice tne:
natural flow is about 10000 N cubic el 1eet per:
minute. - - =. ". IS: = :.::- =.
The City Council Of Chicago year ago, at
the universal demand OF her citizens, Voteo
the money estimated as sufficient for the pnf-i
pose for Increasing this discharge o1 lake:
water into the canal to 5000 or 6o,WV cnnlc.
feet per minute, "a volume of water equal
to making the Chicago River puFer than
the Illinois River after its receipt OF tne
Peoria sewage. So far as the people OF TINS
city and the City Council are concerned, all
that they could do to have that ail7sutdc1ent
sanitary measure III full and satisfactory
operation has been done. Why it has not
been executed Is explained elsewhere.
, 1881-01-09
,z ctuc.eo rRBtNE SUNDAY JANUARY 1ss1xrEEN PAeEs

which in general way is meant to! include
the southern portion OF Hyde Park Town
ship. The city now in process OF construn-
ton under the auspices Of the Pullman Com
pany. will probably be the most complete
manufacturing settlement on this continent.
It will be provided with vast shops, model
houses, gas, water, pleasure grounds and all
the accessories OF comfortable modern exist
ence, and It will have lpopulatfon h Of 10000
people within year. twill have railroad OF
Its own connecting with the belt railroad, and
SO with all the other railroads that centre In
Chicago. 4 canal is to be constructed across
Lake Calumet, connecting with the Calumet;
River, and thus bringing navigation up to
Pullman - in addition to the -car-works noT
building, vast ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will :. be,
erected under. the partial auspices OF the
same Company and will be located In the
same neighborhood. These will attract other
manufacturing interests. Indeed. appllca-
tiops for land to be used In that way have
already been made, and the new improve:
ments, in addition to the large works already:
in operation, such as the Potter Rolling Mills
and the Brown Iron Works, and the great
nall factory, will make this section within q
few years the busiest and most enterpEislng
Of all American manufacturing centres. The
future growth of this portion Of Chicago, as
1t may properly be regarded, is assured be-
yond all peradventure except universal
panic, plague, or famine: >.,-; ,- -
The mission Of the South Park system thus
becomes broader and more useful than was
originally contemplated, and the taxpayers
who have been, and are, SO heavily assessed
for its purchase, improvement, and matnte-
nance may fairly. regard: themselves as en-
gagged in vast charity. At. the same time,
they have the right to demand, while provld-
ing so handsomely for Chicago's future, that
those who control and manage their trust
shall 30 back over the work Of their prede-
cessors, make a, complete showing OF the cir
cumstauces that hayeled upto the impending
deficiency, furnish an approximate idea OF
the supplemental assessment that will need
to be made to complete the purchase of the
lands, and limit themselves in the future to
the exact outlay contemplated by the assess
ments to which the property4owne1s facility
agree by payment thereof. y
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TIE high hopes, says the Pall 1fal, {3nz,t. ::
which we're raised In certain circles by tha Dro.s
.15ing reports sent home concerning tho det,s u.
King Mtesa, OF Afrlca. to receive Christian ,u,s
sionaries have been somewhat rudety dasheoh -
the latest advices from Uganda. Altho os!
of the roman Catholic missionaries had cn,.s
tho King OF some disorder from which he Nv
suffering, and had by his skill aa doctor seeo,s.
some converts to his creed. the King htmself,
malned obdurate.s He ia said to have relanssi
into aavagery from which it is e1ceedios,s
doubtful that he ever emerged, and demonsha,s.
the reality OF his apostasy by sacrificing 30 H.
man beings on the graves Of his ancestors y,
great council held twelve months ago, Rna,ts
French. and Mohammedan missionaries ~.
forbidden to teach, and converts we're s,hr,.t.
eued with DEATH >. The assembled Chleu r..
Of opinion that they required NO religious IT,.
ers in Uganda but guns, powder, and pe,rrn;t.
ston-caps." And yet We ca4t these men M.
civilized. The inner conviction Of nearly en-,
Cabinet in Chrfstendom has never been H1as
frankly expressed, - y.
, 1881-01-09

TIE London Telegraph (Tory} attribob,
much Of the misery Of the Irish peasant1y i
their incorrtgible " mania for early marr3aets-
The, existence OF. this ~ mania >. Is ah asz1nptss
not Justified the by facts. a pamphlet publlshaS
the other day BY Mr., PIN on ths Irish tqIaesuka
contained GONE remarkable statistics whks
may be commended to those who think ta.t
premature matrimony Is the chief source d
j. Ireland's woes. The Irish neither marry esrHlk
nor multiply more rapidly than tha English a
Scotch Quoting from the census retutnsot III
Mr.. PIN shows that marriages were only q pee
1,0O0 in Ireland. agalnst 7. in Scotland andalh
England. The increase per ], ,0oQwas55ta 1anaa,
lei in Scotland. and 1h7 In England. These 81.
tistfca AZ tn early marriages are conelusfte, II
1B71, 81 per cent Of young men between ths aFa
Of Is and rs were unmarried. In Scotland IL
proportion WAS 81 per cent, and ip ENGLAND md
Wales II Thus only 9 per cent Of Irisaues
marry before they complete their 18th yaa1
while the percentage among scotchnen 4 Il
and among Engiishmen q. :. =:
, 1881-01-09

ACCORDING to a Roman journal, the Greek
Premier had rather free and manly talk
with the French representative at Athens
with regard to an arbitration plan. He said
that France primarily, and the Powers after
wards, raised the hopes Of the Greek
people, led them to believe that they
were to obtain the territory to which
they think themselves entitled, and
that ever since the Berlin Conference
the course of the Powers. particularly Of
France, has been vacillating and delusive.
Greece is determined to trust no longer to
Franks or Germans, and is inclined to think,
with Byron, that in native swords and native
ranks is her best reliance
, 1881-01-09

innate. At the H. close -of navigation tne
lock and dam could have been put M
and the pumps and engines should have been
purchased and located, and oil tthlngs IN
readiness to begin the moment the Ice lelt
the canal In the meantime not thlng has
been done. The tax on partof it has been
collected, and some fiscal officer Of the CITY
Administration is now drawing Interest on IT,
In the meantime the complaints OF last year
are all renewed. The Mayor, 50 Tar as MS
acts reveal his Intentions, seems determined
to defeat this wise, economical, and essential
measure by inaction, and to crafty an obst1-
macy for which there Is no: explaanatlon y i e 6 Or
apology. ,..-s: -..-...*.
If thnt work be permitted to fall this year
through the hostility OF The III ayor, then such
inaction will be held to be a criminal and
scandalous disregard Of official duty. and
:trl6inz with public health and = interests
that should be visited with public reproba-
ton. Why should one man be allowed to
revenge his disappointed vanity BY 1nf1lctins
and perpetuatlng calamity upon the
$4,000 other residents of'the city, The sug-
gestion Is, that the Mayor IS holding this
500, COB III order to show that much surplus
In the Treas ury, and claim it rs reason for
his reelection Instead Of applause, his con-
duct merits unqualified: condemnation. Inc
health Of the city and the comforts OF home
have been greatly injured by this useless and
obstinate perpetuation of the river stenches.
For the bitter complaints Of the cities and
towns below Lockpo1t, and the threats OF
retaliation for the injury and annoyance
caused them by the inadequate dilution OF
the South Branch sewage, the Mayor OF CHI
cago Is alone responsible; for II he had per-
formed his plain du1y the pumps would be
ready to set In motion now, or in the spring at
the latest &c.
The proposed enlargementof the canal. ac-
cordlng to the original deep-cut and broad
bottom plan, will cost from So, ooooo to
S8,0OQ,0oo. The trial OF the. pumping
works to be erected by Chicago will test
whether a supply Of water three times as
great rs the present supply can be exceeded
by the proposed enlargement. IT 1t cannot
be exceeded, or eQualed, by the deepening
and widening, at cost Of from St, ,o0o, 600 to
5000, GOO, and no greater result can be OBJ
tanned than that secured by the use OF the
pumps, then the expenditure Of millions for
PURPOSE as easily accomplished by an ex-
penditure of not to exceed SOC, 900 would,b ,be
an unjustihable waste. .-..
But so soon as the will OF the people OF this
city can find legal execution, the low OF
water through the canal, and thence down
to all the cities which use the Illinois River
rs o common sewer, will be in such quantity
and of such purity that they will not only
thank this city for its action, but will seek TO
forget the pettishness which suggested the
DespIaines feeder as substitute for Lake
MICHIGAN. s.---. d.
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J. j. MEcm, whose death was recently
recorded, was one Of the great men among the
farmers OF England. He employed the profits
of lucrative business in the purchase and i'm
proYement Of a WORKOUT sandy, weedy, neg
iected farm, which he speedily converted into u
productive garden. He devoted NIL tho spare
energies of an active mind to the study Of agri-
cultural principles, and poured out money like
water in making experiments. the, results OF
which were freely given to the public. Weld
ing vigorous pen, he assailed the fo11ies Of
agriculture, and embodied commou-sense views
OF husbandry in "plain language for plain
people," It is doubtful II his farming. as
q whole, ever paid him. but it was highly
beneficial to the agricultural public, and he
WIS accustomed to remark that other farmers
might learn more from hIa failures than his suo-
cesscs. He was the very essence OF frankness In
regard to his blunders, Indeed. he did nothing
In corner. His account and balance-sheets,
which were kept with great exaotness, were
open to the inspection and criticism Of all
comers. Though he raised many crops ut q loss
to himself, he was able to tell others how to
Erow them at profit when be got through with
them. His failure in business was announced
on the 10th ult., and he, departed this life In q
fortnight aiterward.. It does not appear that his
financial ruin grew out of his farming, though
the diversion Of capital In that direction may
have contributed to it. His failure IS thought to
have resulted from oid-fashioued ways OF doing
business being supplanted by newer methods.
, 1881-01-09

Gov. MURRAY, Of Utah. has decided to
give a certificate Of election to Allen q.
Campbell, the Republican candidate for Con-
gresslonal Delegate from the Territory at the
late election, although. George Q. Cannon,
the Mormon Democratic candidate, received
q majority of the votes. The grounds on
which Gov. Murray acted are, that Cannon
is not citizen Of the United States' that'
being a polygamist, and therefore q
yiolator of the law of the Nation, ne
is ineiigtble for citizenship, and consequent
IL to the Office for which he Inspired. 1t Is
likely that this last phase of the question will
be thoroughly discussed in Congress-, and
that some action will be takeh towards de-
tining the status Of Mormons with regard to
citizenship. It is little queer that the fact
that Cannon has never been natnralized-a
fact which, by the way, has been fully estab-
lished-was not discovered long ere this.
, 1881-01-09

AT the investigation into the causes Of the
boiler explosion at tAllentown.: Pa, which re-
suited in the death .of thirteen men, one Of
the witnesses swore thnt he saw the boiler
leaking week ago, and others testified that
they saw the leak before the explosion. 1t Is
quite evident that some law like the En-
glish Employers Liability act is wanted
in Pennsylvania and other States. Manu-
facturers and capitalists might then take
greater precaution to Prevent accidents, and
thus insure the safety Of their employees.
Scarcely day passes now that a hatf-dozch
or more deaths from boiler: explosions are
not reported In thisecountry, and IN nearly
every instance these accidents are the result
of criminal carelesness OH the part OF EN-
Movers
, 1881-01-09
THE MAJOR AND THE CHICAGO RIVER

THE MAJOR AND THE CHICAGO RIVER.
We have elsewhere referred to the CON-
plants made by the inhabitants of the cities
and towns along the Illinois River, on ac-
count OF the condition of the small and offen-
sive (because small} supply Of water carried
by the canal and emptfed into that river: We
have also explained the action taken by our
citizens in the matter, not only III behalf Of
the city, but also in behalf Of those living
further down stream. ~. ..-. ~,
Chicago year ago aEitated and discussed
this question fully. The remonstrances and
warnings Of the State Board Of Health. the
advice of the most experienced citizens, the
urgent appeals and offers OF active co6pera-
tion by the Board of Canal Commissioners, all
combined to produce a unanimity that was
more than ordinary. The general plan OF re-
lief was to restore the lock and dam at
Bridgeport, erect pumping works, and lift
into the: canal from $1,000 to $4,000 cubic
feet Of water per. minute This would .ln-
crease the delivery Of water into the canal
to nearly three times its present quantity,
and would serve not only to keep the chicago
River clean, but would also furnish the I'LL
nois River with a copious supply for naviga.
ton and sanitary purposes 4:
The City Council, responding to the public
sentiment, appropriated S1oo, ,0o0, all that was
estimated to beneeded to erect building,
purchase the engines, and build the dam and
the lock. The Mayor, for some inscrutable
reason, was opposed to the matter: The
whole establishment, 1t was represented,
could be put In operation In six months
The Mayor, however, took it upon him:
self to defeat the action OF the Council and
public wish. He raised objections OF all
kinds, said the money appropriated was moi
sufficient, but did not expend dollar. ot
what was voted, or ask for more. He sal
down on the whole project aud pigheadedf5
refused to take any action or do any
thing but talk, object, and procras
, 1881-01-09

TIE Philadelphia Press gives the follow
ing authoritative statement Of the cause ot tha
rupture between President Hayes and Ny
Blaine: " 49, 49,. i;
:. The term Of prominent Federal Officer
Maine was approaching It's close. Ar. Blam
and Mr. Hamlin, the two Senators from ~
State, were invited give their views as e e
succession. and called tugsther On me PresoeM ~
CiyiI-Seryice reform would hare required t@
reappointnent Of the incumbent. and he ~
acceptable to both Senators. The President
however. indicated that he would not be rep:
pointed, and recouuted several names thai NJ
been presented for tho place. Az Of them Nertt NIt
fairly satisfactory aave one, and as 20 tols o9
Mr. Blaine said the appointment would % pef
sonally Offensive to him. The next day feeit@
that the matter should be emphasized. VI
Blaine returned to the: White nouse e1a e =
peated that the designation m tbs 1ndiv1nnan
Question would be personally offensive to an.
self. Among most men such an expression 1r1o Y.
such q source would be conclusive. fst aa
President turned around and sent thst yef5
name to the Senate. -ss.; :: t
, 1881-01-09

An exceedingly interesting e1 pertinent IN home
Dinney, a Manchester solicitor, with firm faith
in the saving virtues OF a peasant proprietary;
was impelled a year ago By sngxesdon made
by Lord Derby TO put his theories to tho test OF
practtco. He bought an estate Of $50 acres at
Whitley, in Cheshire. and resold It In smnll tots
OF ono, two, or more acres each to men who
the estate has been rcsold, a1d twenty. habita-
dons have already been run up for the accom-
llcr owns the fee simple OF his plot, and, as tho
colony Is within easy dfstance By rail from the
great industrial centres OF South Lancashire,
fneT oan command a ,iever-falling market for
their produce. Il this colony OF market-garden-
ers or peasant -proprtctors should prove trade
success practical step Of the first Importance
difficult problems OF olr time. g..< ,s.@~ss::
, 1881-01-09
SPEAKING Of wheat flour, the London Spec
t1tor Of Dec Is has the following: i

tntor Of Dec rs has the following: i
"A meeting of the Bread Reform League was
held at the Mansion House yesterday week, to
promote the use OF hour made from the whole
wheat after the outer husk or bran-husk has
been taken OIL it by the proccss known as Pr.
Morft'8. Bread SO made WIS declared by the
Rev: Prot. Henslow, Prot. Church, and other
trained scientific chemists. to be far more nutr1-
tive and useful than either bread made with the
whole husk including the bran, Or the usual
whito bread. 1t was said that the bran contains
irritating elements which often prevent 1t from
digestinE WE'LL, while the usual white bread IS
made only from the grain without that inner
sheath which has in It much Of the gluten, as
well as OF the phospaates essential to the tissues
OF the body. The strongest testimony BY Baron
Lcbig tn tho value OF this inner sheath of the
wheat, as one OF tho most yaiaab1e parts OF the
bread, vas read to the meeting. An attempt has
been made by an American chemist, Prur. Hors-
ford, to restore tho pnosphates to the ordinary
Hour, 50 that the bread made by his md Messrs.
MacDougalrs process is as white IS ordinary
bakers bread, while Prof. Horsford holds 1t to-
be az nourishsng az the bread produced by Dr..
Mortit's process; and If this plan is really effect
ual such bread, which Ia perfectly white, and OF
very good flavor, might Ind favor, even where
the semi-brown: bread that includes the inner
husk would be rejected: for there certainly is
an ignorant prejudice In many quarters against
any but the WhiteBt bread.
, 1881-01-09
CHANGES OF BUSINESS SITES AND M-
TERESTS,

TERESTS.
The changes wrought by time and the rap
id growth of this city, as shown in the re-
mova and alteration of old municipal land
marks, are forcibly called to mind by the
rather feeble protests now. against the pro-
posed transfer Of the Board Of Trade hall
from Washington to Jackson street. Some
of these changes are worth recalling.
It does not require a very long residence
in Chicago to remember a two-story brick
building in the middle Of State street, with
its south entrance fronting on Randolph
street. The building extended north about
150 feet, and the lower story was used as a
marketrhouse, while the upper was a pub
lie hail, used for public meetings, balls,
and other public entertainments. A pre-
ciseiy similar building. used for similar pur-
poses, was located on West Randolph street,
extending west from Desplatnes street.
Chicago, in time, grew too large
for these markets, which had = be-
come an obstruction to travel on
the streets, and, in short, nuisance.
When it was proposed to remove the State
street building there was very loud pro-
test; people claimed they had vested right
in public market, and property-o de-
clared that they had bought land and had
erected costly buildings on theimplied pledge
that the markethouse was to stand there for
all time. After years Of trouble the Council
plucked up courage enough at last to order
the demolition of the building, and the prop
erty that was to be destroyed By this change
found new uses and for far more profitable
business. After the elevation Of the Streets,
following the adoption Of the high grade,"
there was all improvement of the bridges and
an INCREASE OF travel over them. The rule
then was for the bridges to open every time
tug wanted to pass, whether it had vessel
in tow or not. The Council finally by Or
dinance required that, in place OF opening the
bridges for tugs having no tows, the
tugs should lower their s1noke-stacks. There
was a loud and violent protest from the tugs.
They claimed a vested right in the free navi-
gation Of "a nay1gable river, and at public
meeting resolved never to submit to the op-
preston. But after twenty-four hours idle
ness they submitted. =: =:
twenty-five years ago Chicago was star
tied by the announcement that the officers of
the United States had selected the site Of Dr..
Dyer's private residence and garden. at tbs
corner Of Monroe and Dearborn streets :(the
latter then only half opened),. for the Post
Office, Custom-House, and Courts. Prev!.
ously the Post Office had been at 81 Clark
street, under the old Office Of TIE TRIBUNE,
and later at s3and IS Dearborn street, north OF
Washington street. The protests we're very
wild and vehement The site was denounced
as too far south Of the business centre, as 10
Gated IN swamp, and reached only through
an alley. Public meetings were held and
rernonstrances were made, but the change
took place, and only twenty years ago that
J site was occupied for the first time. Ten
years later, in 1912, the United States Of
ficcls selected the present site, extending
from Adams 10 Jackson street, and from
Dearborn to Clark street, making i much
, 1881-01-09

DOES anybody suppose Gen. Garfield Is 81 g
mon1bs7,, The complications which be must la@
In selecting hta Cabinet grow in multitude 9ss<
day. There is scarcely State In tne " ns1ss =
where there Is not some party ql1afre1 wn'sa
steer clear OF. But his Cabinet is not ne oau
problem. There are the foreirn appotnassnsnliff nif
and countless home appointments Wn1GaA 9a 80 III Il
press upon him from every quarter. nd;e.. 70
not q zealou8 disciple Of an iron-clad Gs'Id Il
Service system by the time he gets through - =
these, nothing will ever make him one.-a.ss. = !.
Fork Tribune *~x@t ~ e.* =. 49, -
Illinois has no party quarrel which ne :. ~ !.
pected to smooth down or steer clear o.. -. :
all serene in the great Prairie STATE Ns*Js t.s
froWn OF wrinkle rutfes her calm and 2eaooa!.e' =!
brow. All H. h. Il.
, 1881-01-09
:. SPEAKING Of the growth OF cities, tho Ea7
York SIN sava: ,: - .- ~ - =

The increase OF the population Of the Cty It
Berlin Is altogether unparalleled In the hist01
OF Capitals. In 1850 ita population was 52aM
while, according to the census taken th8 oshef
day, it now contains f;l18,8D, au increase d
more than twotold in twenty years. There m
towns, indeed, which in q similar time ham
sprung from ten Inhabitants to hundred tho9.
sand, but not one which has grown from han T.
million to million This iucreaae IN the she q
Berlin Ia the mtre singular inasmuch as Resha
possesses no natural advantages whatever. I'll
not port, Or great centre of trade, ora REext
manufacturing city It lies Ia. fat, stestla
country, ,an almost barren sand-platn, and In
river Is only dirty, sluggish. pusria. iusigntt.
can't stream. Berlin owes tta increase to tts
tmmenae, though temporary, prosperity induced
by IL plethora OF money after the wave Of coar
quest on the crest OF which the Germans saept
through France. People aocked rnAte from the
provinces after the war, because they belieqed-
a. people Ia rural districts once believed Of Lon:
don-that the streets we're almost paved with
gold. For as1ime all went well: speculation d
every kind was rampant; building operations
afforded employment to immense h6ats Of Labor.
ers; factories spr.iug up, and Immigrants docked
In. The reaction came tn. due time. and It
probable that for years past the position of ~
average workiugman at Berlin has been worse
than that OF his fellow In any other Capital u
Europe, with the exception ot St Petersburg;
, 1881-01-09

SEVEN amnestied Communists, including
the notorious Trinquet, arrived in Paris yes
terday. They were welcomed by Clemen-
ceau, Rochefort, and Louise Michel The
latter did not very much enjoy the appear
ance Of Rochefort on the scene 1t she enter
tains the opinion expressed by her few
weeks ago, that Rochefort Is ga fraud and