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Year: 1877

pers, to whom aid and medical attendance
ought to be extended during the three or
four weeks Of q mothers confinement. It is
proper and necessary that special ward
should be established in the County Hospital
Tor women in confinement who can
not otherwise be properly cared for.
From what we have heard we should
say that twenty or thirty beds should
be reserved for this purpose, even if it is
necessary to crowd out some of the loafers,
and dead-beats, and mazades inagsnaires
whom hon-Pudd1er McIAuau1N Tin charge
of the County Hospital) is said to carry
along at the expense Of the county. It is
not humanity alone, but the prevention OF
the too common crimes OF abortion and in
fanticide, which exacts this provision for un-
fortunate and Impoverished women who are
about to give birth to children.
Year: 1877

One of the evils of the old Chicago police
system was the wnnt Of authority to dis
charge m officer for misconduct. When n
discharge was made the officer petitioned
the Circuit Court, and, before tho removal
was final, that Court had, with all its other
business, to try the case The result was in
subordination and lack of discipline This
was done away with eventually, and the
power has been exercised pretty freely, since
Mayor HEATH entered Office, Of discharging
the drunkards, the dead beats, loafers, and in
efficient men on the force. So long US po-.
hoemen were appointed by Aldermen aud pro-
tected by them, it was impossible to have
either discipline or efficiency in the depart
ment- There is room, however, for further
wedding out. Many Of the men have come
down from the old days when each police
man was sort of INV unto himself, was the
oracle Of saloons, knew and was boon CON-
panion with the ''boys," and had personal
and easy familiarity with the discroditab1e
classes. These men do not like the change
to strict responsibility and hard work. They
miss the protecting arm Of the q Alderman"
and they regard the power to remove them
Year: 1877

The Irish Home-Rulers have at last caught


the English Parliament on the hip. They


are i'll weak minority Of about GO men,


bers, and there is q considerable faction in


their number who may be classed as Irrecon-


cilnbles. They have never been able to get


herring, there is not the remotest posi-


bility that they ever will, and yet they per-


sistently strive for it, and will listen to no
compromise. Hitherto they have tried vnri-
GUS plans to accomplish their purpose Of
setting up an Irish Parliament OF Kilkenny
cats among them Fenianism, invective and
personal abuse, arguments and motions i'll
the House Of Commons, but all Of them
have failed. They have now resorted to sys-
tematic obstruction Of business, in which
they are aided by the absence Of any rules
for cutting off debate. As in our own SEN
ate, there is no previous question and no
way Of suppressing an obstructionist except
by coughs, howls, and cat-calls, which of
course are impotent in case the OBJ
structionist is lusty and tenacious. In
this respect The English Parliament
is like one OF our Democratic Con-
ventions. The Home-Rulers, having dis
covered their advantage in talking against
time, are making good use Of it. Although
the House is SO overwhelmed with work that
it would find occupation if it sat the year
round, every time Government bill comes
up, the Home-Rulers nro On hand with long
string OF amendments. Then they take
the Blue-Books and commence reading from
them, whether the matter read is pertinent
to the bill or not. As soon as one tires,
another takes up the strain, and SO cn, to the
infinite disgust of the other members who
are busily seeking ways and means for
breaking down the obstruction. It could be
efectually done by the previous question,
cutting of debate. .but .the Times argues
TINT privileges should not be sacrificed be-
cause some members choose to abuse them,
and appeals to the good sense Of the Irish
themselves to check the evil, noti-
flying them that the very worst why Of inhu-
encing the House OF Commons is by at
tempting to intimidate it, and informing
them them that "those know little of the
House who think that it will allow itself to
be bullied into submission"
Year: 1877

cannot be funded There is no legal au-
thority to issue bonds ia which to fund this
debt, which must remnin, illegal as it is, q
disgrace to the county and source of great
future trouble. The constitutional limit OF
taxation is now reached for ordinary ex-
penses, and it cannot be exceeded BY new
iev1es to pay of this Illegal foating debt,
contracted III defiance of law and purely for
purposes of plunder and robbery.


We submit to the members of the Legisla-
ture TINT in view Of this exhibit they cannot
justify their refusal of the request Of the
people of all parties in this county to have
this Board of County Commissioners made
elective annually and by general ticket. 1t is
impossible to reform the Board, or to
take the control Of it out of the hands Of the
corrupt Ring, SO long as the members are
elected in single districts. The corruption
by this Board has become political power,
controlling nominating conventions. It is
to this county a moro direct government
than is the Legislature Of the State. The fact
that the Board can maintain, at the public
expense, its agents at Springfield to control
legislation and protect the members in their
places, shows with what tenacity and inter-
est these men hold to offices which, to honest
men having creditable mode of earning
living, would be trouble and vexation. We
ask the members Of the Legislature to e1-
anime this exhibit of the condition to which
the County Government has been reduced
during the first four months Of the year, and
say upon their consciences if the County
Board should be perpetuated in Office. against
the appeals and protests Of the whole people
of this county.
Year: 1877

It has created some surprise that demand
has been made for the resignation Of Capt.
BUCKLEY. now in charge Of the South Di-
vision police. The Mayor says very plainly
that lie is satisfied the South Division has
not been cleared Of the thieves and gamblers
as thoroughly RS might be done; that Capt
BUCKLEY is responsible for this section of
the city, and it is on this account lo must
give way. BUCKLEY has generally been re-
gardad as good police officer, but rather
ti1nid in proceeding in cases where tho law
has to be strained at all for the public good.
If this characteristic has retarded the move
ment against the gamblers and thieves, it
is only proper that BUCKLEY should step
aside. Roth the Mayor and Supt. HICKEY
tho pledge of Riding the city Of the crimi-
nal and quasi-crlminal classos 1t was repre-
sented that the war on HICKEY, and incl
dontally On the Mayor, was instigated by the
gamblers nnd their associates, and the Mayor
was sustained by the people in standing by
H1cEEr OIL the distinct understanding that
no quarter should he given TO the vicious
classes. It is proper, then, that the Mayor
should have tho selection of his own agents
and subordinntes iu carrying on this war
In that event, the people may hold the Mayor
strictly and personally accountable for any
failure The people demand aud expect
thorough cleaning out Of tho dangerous
classes, and We think the present City Ad-
ministration understands this, and will rest
its claim to public confidence upon accom-
ulishino it.
Year: 1877

The execution at Youngstown @. yester-
day was horrible affair, and yet it is not
the only instance OF late where the Sheriff
has not done his duty in preparing for the
hanging of a criminal. There can be no valid
excuse for such bungling. Rather than
have it repeated from time to time, it would
be better to employ professional execution
CT, as is done in the old countries. One can
not read the account of these half done exc
cuiions without entering protest against
the inhumanity which characterizes their de-
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Year: 1877

or violently raiding the establishments and


arresting the inmates. Once assured Of


protection against sudden and violent


police raids, the gamblers would not care


much for formal prosecutions, because


their customers would no longer hesitate
about visiting them with the certainty TINT
they could not be apprehended while there
and the formal prosecutions would fail in
nino cases out of ten, because Witnesses
could not be found to testify as to the real
character of the "cIubs" Whether these
gamblers are right in their assumptions or
not remains to be seen !; but tho technical
character of our judicial decisions, contning
the police to the strictest limits Of the law,
would be highly favorable to their scheme.


Fortunately, the Legislature is still in ses~
sion, and can pnss Inv at once which will
apply especially to these gambling clubs, aud
give the police the same privileges Of summary
process in raiding them as when they were
openly and undisguisedly gambling hells. A
law should be framed at once to meet
this new danger which threatens society
and public morals. It is not alone Chicago
that is interested in this matter. Every city
in the State and every town Of 1000 inhabit-
ants has proportionate interest /; for if the
gamblers find that they can bo protected by
club organization (and it is snid they have
obtained trustworthy legal advice to that
purport), then gambling-clubs will be organ
lied all over the State wherever there are
young men to victimize, old men to plunder,
and business men to ruin. The best legal
ability in the Legislature should be engaged
to construct a law that will completely cover
the case and fully protect the police from
interference by the Courts in breaking up
these clubs" and that law should be pass
ed Immediately By Q unanimous vote.
Year: 1877

Of course there are some curmud-
geons blind 10 merit III everyone else,
and for whom you might labor for
years untiringly and conscientionsy V
without a recognition or even knOwl-
edge of the fact but in the majority
Of Instances, it will pay TO DO the work
we'll. and endeavor TO please The hoy
that does so will generally be the one
that meets with advancement aud
honor.


1t pays 10 do work we'll after one has
left the store, or shop, or office, as an
apprentice, or clerk. or master-work-
man, and launched out into independent
business


Little Jobs are often neglected as they
amount to go little. But the last nail
H. the horseshoe or the last stitch in a
coat often serve better as advertisements
than columns of "Dlowing" in the pa.
pers.


We see it stated that a gentleman =.
q summer retreat in New Hampshire,
some seasons since, chanced to need .
slight repair of a harness 1t was so
neatly and promptly done. that he was
led to investigate the shop; and the con
sequence is. that he has already ordered,
for self and friends, fifteen harnesses
from that establishment over the bor-
ders Of the Granite State The pro-
prietor and his men probably did not
dream that the fastening of single
buckle was so much of an investment
and an invitation to quite l1t Of new
customers. But skill and honesty
proved in this case the best policy. as
they generally will; for the mechanic
who conscienciously does his level
best, and takes care not to shirk even
trifiing jobs, may he pretty sure his
employers will remember him and call
him again. Moreover, here IL an in
stance of truth-thst faithful sowing
results in an unexpected harvest
Year: 1877

II the city gives the $4,000 asked for
now, why shall she not give another il n
new freshet should cause new break next
month? And when are demands upon her
to cease?


The city holds, principal and interest,
nearly 100000 Of second-mortgage bonds.
Why should she not rather bring a suit
upon these bonds, have the canal commit
ted to the custody Of receiver, and then
apply to the court to give the receiver au-
thority to borrow what money is necessary
to repair the canal, such loan to be lien
upon the canal ahead of all existing liens
There can be no question as to the courts
authority to do this. The very existence OF
the canal depends upon these repairs, and
it NAV be regarded as settled law now that
4 court NAV authorize the creation Of lien
ahead OF all other liens to raise money ne
ccssary to the existence OF the subject mat
ter.


The Chesapeake and Ohio canal had a first
mortgage on it for considerably more than
n million OF dollars. A frcShet damaged
the canal so as to put its existence i'll peril.
The company borrowed another large sum
to repair damages, undertaking to make
them a lien ahead OF the first mortgage. In
a controversy between the holders OF the
trst-mortgage bonds and these repair
bonds. the Court Of Appeals of Maryland
held the repair bonds to have precedence
upon the principle stated. See the casef
in 32d and Both Maryland Reports.] Judge
Wexford adopts the same principle for his
guidance in administering the affairs OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. II the State
will add the use OF her eonvicts it would
require but little money to be borrowed.
Year: 1877

PRESBYTERIAN FAIR.-The ladies OF the
Third Presbyterian church will commence
a fair in the basement OF the church on
Tuesday evening next. The fair will be
given for the benefit Of the CHURCH. and it
IS expected that all who are interested in
such matters will attend,
Year: 1877

Filling Up the Waste PtaceS.-The Dan
Vile Railroad Company has been filling up
the places along the line OF its road on the
James river islands, that were washed by
the recent food, with mud deposited on the
Richmond dock by the same disaster. This
is certainly returning earth to earth, and is
the first instance on record where this spe-
cies Of freshet debris has been utilized.
Year: 1877

No CITY GAS AT THE CUsToM-HoCsE-RED
TAPE TRIUMgHANT.-The city authorities
Yesterday shut of the gas from the custom
house and post Office building. There has
for some time past been trouble about the
bills. DR.. Mills, the collector Of customs,
had to forward the bills to Washington and
get the warrants from the Department there
before the bill could be paid. Inspector
Page states that he has been and now is
perfectly willing to do all in his power,
consistent with his duty and the city ordi-
nanccs, to facilitate the payment Of the
bills. Itgenty days were given the Govern
ment for the payment Of its November bill,
but that was not sufficient for the circum-
locution Offices in Washington. The war
rant was received Mt The end Of twenty
seven days, and then the United States Gov
ernment refused to pay the penalty which
had accrued for their delinquency. On one
occasion the bill was kept in Washington
two months.


1t is on this question Of penalty alone
that the difference arises. The United
States Government, which Is so strict, not
to say severe, in enforcing its penalties
here where it collects millions annually, is
not willing to be subjected to any penalties
that our laws may impose. It is. OF course,
scarcely to be expected that DR.. Mills shall
pay the penalties out Of his own pocket.
Hence the stoppage.


The city authorities enforce the penalty
of five per cent. added to the bill for non
payment OH citizens after the expiration OF
five days. They are understood to be will
Ing to give the Government twenty days,
which is time enough to send draft from
Richmond to San Francisco and have it col
lected and its proceeds returned here.


At present the custom-house and post.
Office are lighted with kerosine oil, with
which they ought to manage very well, al
least until the United States Government
can conclude either to take city gas on the
specially fair terms offered, or arrange tc
manufacture its own gas.
Year: 1877

The need of constant watchfulness and
prayer, if one would maintain a control
of any besetting sin, is shown afresh
in the case of Luther Benson. He was
known throughout the country by his
eloquent temperance addresses, and
had centered in himself wide public
interest on account of his thrilling ex-
periences with an appetite for drink
that kept him in a constant struggle.
At length, by persistence in the face
of his many failures, he believed he
had mastered his appetite through the
grace of God, and rejoiced in his free
dom. Then followed a few months of
joyful easy service. lst by and by,
as the appetite seemed to be in sub
lection, he became perhaps less mind
ful of his own weakness and of his
need of divine help. AT length in an
unguarded moment he fell, and is now
confined in an inebriate asylum.
Partly the reaction from his Temporal
ry avoidance of stimulants, and part
ly remorse over his fall, drove him to
despair. The lesson ought to be
needed. God does not work miracles
in so removing the inclination to sin
that it will no longer have power over
us. His grace will help in overcom-
ing the appetite or the desire, but it
will not keep them in subsection with
out the utmost human effort. Thou
sands of reformed men are to-day at
tributing their victory over drink tc
divine help. That is well. But il
they expect that that help alone is 60
ing to save them they will fail. Gods
help and mans will must cooperate,
or failure will ultimately come. And
it is so Of all victory over any sin
"By grace are ye saved" but there
are conditions os which that grace is
bestowed. "Watch and pray"-ir
other words, persevere like men,
"lest ye enter into temptation" and
fall.
Year: 1877

There is no need of either selling or
using rancid butter, owing to the fact
that it may be easily restored to as
good, and perhaps a better condition
than that which characterized it when
entirely fresh. No matter how strong,
proper management in the plan we are
going to set forth will make it all right
every time:


Place in a clean barrel three pounds
of fresh, unslacked lime, and pour
over it twenty gallons of pure cold
water. Let it remain one day, STIR
ring occasionally; then let stand ten
or twelve hours, without stirring, to
give it q chance to settle. At the end
Of this time pour or draw off the clear
liquid, and strain through three thick
nesses of fine domestic or muslin.
Place into a clean barrel, and it is
ready for the rancid butter.


Cut the butter into thin slices-as
thin as you can cut it conveniently
and place it directly into the lime wa
ter, Put in as much as the water will
cover, theu over it place a clean, float
ing lid, and weight down sufficiently
to prevent any butter from being eX-
posed to the air. Keep it in this con-
dition about forty-eight hours. stirring
three times a day with a clean stick.


AT the end of this time the butter
will have entirely lost its rancid con-
dition, the lime having completely
neutralized the acid. The solution
should now be drawn from the barrel,
and its place supplied with pure cold
water, to stand undisturbed for six
hours. Next take out the butter, LET
drain an hour or so, then rework and
resalt exactly after the manner Of
managing new butter,


This process will leave the butter
quite white, and therefore, if for the
market, you will need to color it
which you can do with a preparation
of annatto, now sold for the purpose
III most drug stores.


If you desire to convert the butter
restored as above into a first-class ar
ticle, fully up to the best Goshen, yor
will take say fifty pounds Of it, whicl
you will place in revolving churr
with six gallons Of new milk, and ;
pint Of the juice pressed from carrots
No other than a revolving churn will
answer, for the hashness of the butte.
will prevent the motion Of the dasher
Start the churn briskly, and keep i
going for half an hour, after whicl
take out and handle the same as nev
butter. No other coloring will b.
needed-the carrot juice will have i'm
parted to it rich yellow color. 1t vii
have also added to its flavor, maxim!
the flavor resemble that Of new but
ter in every particular.
Year: 1877

A Fact which we often fail to realize
is that the many deeds Of charity that
are merely done for their own sake are
constant occurrences all about us.
Now and then we happen to hear Of a
case, and in thinking over it forget
there are hundreds Of like instances
which never reach our ears. "Bur-
leigh, in one of his letters to the Bos-
ton Journal, relates that blind woman
was found cropping her way along one
of the New York streets the other day.
A gentleman taking her in charge put
her on her way home. Upon inquiry
it was brought out that she was living
in rooms which she had occupied for
ten years. GLOW do you live !" said
the gentleman. "My son supported
me when he was alive. He was a
salesman in a store mentioning a
well known house in New York
Since he died the firm has sent me a
check every month, on which | live.
The correspondent adds that this un-
ostentatious style Of charity is very
common in that city,"
Year: 1877

A devout life has untold power. Like
the forces of nature it is often hidden
or obscure, but it holds and shakes
the world. Men may refuse to hear
your preaching they are not able to
evade the argument Of blameless and
holy life. The aromy of it fills the at
mosphere its doctrine distills like the
gentle dew, or like the small ram on
the mown grass; its lines go out
through all the earth, its words to the
end of the world there is no speech
nor language where its voice is not
heard. Your religion, to be of any
worth, must be such a life. Profes-
sion is well, but it is only the gateway
to the life-only the sign of the inward
substance. The Gospel was not pro
claimed to give you a creed, but to rem
der possible a devout life You will
be power among men, not in proper
ton to your knowledge, or your nat
ural endowment, but in proportion tc
the sanctity and fullness ofyour relig'
ious life.
Year: 1877

And when the Christian armor shall
have served its purpose of warfare
upon earth, and be refined into raj
ment fit for the palace and presence
of the King in his beauty, its trans
figured glory shall exceed all material
splendor, and sit doth not yet appear
what we shall be but when He shall
appear we shall be like him !" and oui
eternal completeness in Christ shall
be this, that we are made ''perfect in
love-"
Year: 1877

STRAWBERRIES AND CLovER.-The
fragrance Of the ripe strawberry is
delicious and the odor of white clov-
er in blossom is not surpassed for del
icate sweetness by any flower that
blows. But the two cannot be sue
cessfully grown together. The clover
does well enough, but in proportion as
the clover thriyes the strawberry suf-
fers. White clover is like our sweet
and vigorous farm maidens, who can
earn their own living and make their
own way anywhere, without the least
derogation to their true womanliness.
The strawberry more resembles the
city belle, who must have room to dis
play her charms, as well as delicate
nurture and careful and costly atten-
ton to preserve them. So cared and
tended, there is a wonderful witchery
about them, a voluptuous fragrance
and wealth of color. But the straw
berry beauty cannot stand unprotect-
ed ahainst the aggressive energy and
practical worth of the sweet clover
girls. Moral: Weed your strawberry
beds.
Year: 1877

CURRANT WoRMs.-This pest is
abroad in the land, and if one would
secure a crop of fruit, something will
need to be done to check their raw
ages. We have used air-slacked lime,


ashes, and carbolate of lime with good
success, but hellebore is the surest
and most destructive thing to use.


Some prefer to use it mixed with wa
ter, and applied with garden engine
or hand-pump, while others use it as a
powder, sprinkled on with a dredging
box. There is some advantage in us
ing the pump OF engine, for then the
liquid is forced all through the bushes,
and strikes the under as well as the
upper side Of the leaves. The currant
worm works quickly, and the bushes
need watching, for they may be all
right one day, and three days after
cover with worms. There are two OF
three generations of them in a season,
Year: 1877

To seek truth in doing good is the
way the Saviour pointed out to us as
leading to publication and holiness.
When the aspirations for better life
seize upon the soul, let that impulse
lead to the two-fold communion, COM
munion with our God and communion
with our neighbors.
Year: 1877

One pound of corn is equal In real


food to about three and three-quarters
pounds of potatoes, or eight and one
half pounds of cabbage, or to eleven
and one-half pounds of white turnips.