The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-30
The BULLETIN MORNING. MARCH 80 1881

depth, and between now aud mid .summe
this mass Of snow must melt and find il
way to the gulf OF Mexico. II the season
opens gradually and the vast deposits O.
snow aud ice are not transformed 10 watel
all at once, no great damage to property
Will follow the spring rise of the great
rivers, but If the melting be sudden it is but
reasonable to expect greater food than
ordinary. 1t will do no harm for those
most directly interested to think of the
matter, and, while it would be foolish Il
become alarmed as yet it is best to be ready
for any emergency.
The meeting of the county commits.
soners IN County Clerk Humm's office yes
terday was not characterized by any very
important business. A number of claims
were allowed and provision made for future
necessary expenses Of the county. Some
attention was gwen to the
condition Of Mr., Humms room,
which stands sadly in need of repairs.
The walls and windows are dirty; the plas.
torng on the ceiling is partly fallen off and
all cracked and covered with SCOT and cob.
webs; the mating is ragged and unclcan,
and the floor is almost like a gridiron
Yesterday, while we were there and while
the board of commissioners were in solemn
session, the prisoners in the cell below had
| built fire to keep themselves warm, and
the smoke came up through the floor into
the office to the great discomfort of all
there. Under such circumstances
something ought certainly to be done, even
though the county must borrow the money
to pay for it, or go in debt and not pay for
it, like some other folks do
AT meeting of the Philosophical
society in Chicago last Saturday evening
Walter $. flames, NJ D., professor of
chemistry in Rush Medical college, deliv-
cred lecture on Glucose in its Relation TO |
Health and Authorizations, and in speaking |
OF the objections ususually urged against |
the article by the consumers, he answered
them IN the manner following: First,
then, it it asserted by many of our alarmst
friends and repeated by them again and
again IN the public press, from east to
west, that glucose is, per Sc, n dangerous
substance, | would answer that this is
absolutely false, and confidently affirm
that pure glucose is most wholesome.
nutritious article of diet, cheaper and more
healthful than cane-sugar. and a natural
constituent OF the body, both Of man and
Of the lower ANIMALS. 1t is found ready
formed by nature, in well-marked proper
lion in many of our most valuable articles
II food. All the cereals and most vegeta- ,
Dies contain it in greater or less quantity,
while 1t constitutes the chief sweetcning [
principle of the large majority of fruits.
Reaches contain % per cent. Of it, plumS
rom to 3, raspberries 4, blackberries As, {
strawberries nearly 6, pears 10, apples
more than s, cherries from to / and |
,rapes about Is per cent Of glucose:
indeed, so large is the quantity found in |
he Iast-named fruit, that it is often called {
rape sugar, 1t is an absurdity to suppose
nat substance to which fruits, than a
'hich no article Of food Is more whole. h
ONE owe much of their palatableness and t
utricnt value, can possibly, either directly c
indirectly, be unwhoesome." 4
In another place this morning we pub
sh a list of the cases disposed of IN the
'st term of the county court, Judge II. S. .
ocun presiding, as they appear upon the u
cords in the county clerks office 1t will .
seen from this list that much II
GOD work was done work that the coun- "
court of Alexander county has seldom u
cen called upon to do Cases have been III
ken cognlzance Of that were formerly u
ther called up, after much delay and I'M III
'rtan manTuvrcs on the part Of the legal III
'oiesslon, in the circuit court, or en-. III
rely ignored, and nearly always passed I'll
'er without arousing any public interest Sa
tins the last term Of the county court NJ
ands on, in bold contrast to preceding III
rms OF the same court. 1t is true that VI
lmber Of innocent persons were dragged &c
rough the mire; but that was not a fault DC
the county court; it is chargable pr
the star chamber court, which sat with Oh
Dsed doors and sovereign mem, grinding a
It indictments against honest and honora- 10
citizens solely upon the utteranccs Of Oh
rhaps malicious accusers. The gentle. ~
en- composing this star chamber court ap
ere undoubtedly honest in their findings a
ii no blame whatever attaches to them XII
It the law which placed them in that hi'
ny dlsagrccable position is made TO OIL