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Year: 1875

this upon hearsay he must have off1c.a


knowledge thereof The whole theory OF tn


Constitution is that Judgment for taxes ca1


only be asked upon the evidence OF the Office


authorized to collect the same, and who hn:


failed to do so by the delinquency OF tht


owner to pay. Bill 800 md its amendment


undertake to require the Court to give judg
ment upon the mere certificate OF the City


Collector that he has been unable to collect


the taxes. This evasion of the Constitution
| End the general law is too weak to stand ju-
dicial investigation.


The Supreme Court solemn1y remind the


officers Of the City Of Chicago that I" in


summary proceedings to direst gamers Of tt%e


to tier property, the 1aao Is to b con-
st'.ued strictly, and nothing Is aHoa'ad


to be taken on intendn1ent." When
the County Collector asks for judgment
which is to divest fifty or sixty thousand per-
SONS of all title to their rea estate, the Courts
will construe the law strictly and allow moth
ing to be assumed as true which is not estab-
ished by proof. The County Collector can
not lawfully obtain judgment for taxes which
Il
nor can he ask the Court to divest owners OF
their title to their property upon the hearsay
testimony Of an officer unknown to the Cen
eral Revenue law and to the Constitution


The city authorities declare the charter OF
1872 is in force in Chicago. But that char
ter requires the city taxes to be assessed and
collected by the county officers. If that
charter be the law, it became the law since
the date Of Bill 800 and its amendment, and
they, being inconsistent with the charter, are
repealed thereby. On this point the su-
preme Court say: a1'hat act (charter Of
1922 does not even indicate disposition on
the part of the General Assembly to allow
different systems Of municipal taxes and as
sessments, for it provides for their collection
BY substantially the same process as is pro-
vided by the General Revenue law"


Despite all this, and the costly warnings Of
past experience, the corrupt ring in the Com
mon Council recflessly and wildly propose to
go on and peril the collection Of the taxes OF
1875. Hundreds OF persons will not pay the
least attention to the sale for the taxes of
1874, and the city will lose immense sums Of
revenue, until such time as the owners choose
voluntarily to pay. What is the motive for
this triding with law, policy, and interest?
The only conceivable motive for retaining the
city system is, that, if resort is had to the
State Law, the Offices Of City Assessor and
his assistants, the Tax Commissioner, and all
of the subordinat9s Of the City Collector, viii
be abolished, and sixty or seventy thou
sand dollars-wiu be saved annually. To save
these officers their employment, the City
Government of Chicago takes the respon-
abilty Of mourning future bankruptcy.
Year: 1875

property will improve in value, or even retain


it's old values, so long as. the streets remain
practically impossible. The cost of repaving
is comparatively small, as there is no grading,
filling, or curbing to be DONE The laying OF
the blocks can now be done very cheaply by
private contract, and property-owners
can see for themselves that they
secure good work. We think also
that the Board Of Public Works is largely re-
sponsible for the condition of some OF OUT
streets, which might have lasted longer if
they had been promptly ind thoroughly re-
paired when the breaks and holes first ap-
peared. There is much repairing that ought
to be done on streets that have been laid
within the past two or three years, which
would put them in vastly better condition for
the present, aud assure them longer term
of service. One thing is certain: The in
terests of the city cannot fail to suffer seri-
ously if the present condition of the streets
is allowed to continue, and it will constantly
get worse unless some decided steps are taken
towards IN improvement, both on the part Of
the Board of Public Works relntve to the
prompt repair of streets not altogether worn
ont, and on the part Of those owning property
On streets where the pavement is worn out
bevopd repair
Year: 1875

Every one should 60 to day to the new
Clothing House of L. E. Waterman and al
low himself to be fitted in q fine overcoat
from his beautiful stock. Since the opening
of this establishment the people can rejoice
in House where gentlemanly treatment
will be practiced in every respect. Having
almost 1000 Overcoats on hand he intends
to make this the clearing day by selling
them off from 20 to 40 per cent. less than
value and less than can be purchased for
elsewhere. 300 at least must be sold to-day,
and no one can do better for themselves than
to call and be convinced of the truth Of this
ASSERTION, L. E. WATERMAN,


NV. cor. 5th and Market streets.
Year: 1875

Elixabsth--Thi h the maiden all for
lorn who jiltei tho man all taitcrod aud
torn who carried the COW with the angry
heel that kicked till the dog was aus &c
spiel that worried the cat that hunted
the mouse that hii in the meal that lay
in the house that Bowen Lailt.
Year: 1875

Sir Marmaduke This Is the swain all
tattcred and torn who soothel tho COW
with the crumpled heel that kicked Till
tho dog was aus So spiel that worried
the cat that hunted tho mouse that hid
in the meal that lay in tho house that
Bowen built.
Year: 1875

II. w.-This il the priest all shaven
and shorn who almost wished he hal
never been horn when he kissed tho
maiden all forlorn who Tilted the man
NIL tattered and torn who soothsd the
COW with the vicious heel that kicked
till tho dog was aus sc spiel that worried
tho cat that hunted the mouse that hid
in tho meal that lay in the house that
Bowen built.
Year: 1875

Secretary BR1sTow has been notified by
President GRANT to awnit personal confar-
ence On tho subject before taking further ac-
tion in reference to tho removal Of super-
visor Muss. in whose behalf strong efforts
arc pat forth, on tho ground that no charges
whatever are preferred against him.
Year: 1875

waning fortunes she began to look out for
a well-filled pocket to set her heart upon.
He became desperate, and afteran after
noon and night of debauch. at the end of
which she refused to go with him longer,
he struck her on the head and then shot
himself at her feet. The discovery of the
self-murder revealed a CHASTITY scene of
pain, dissipation, and depravity, and shows
how the pursuit ofpleasure through their
devious, immoral ways is always unre-
warding and often fatal. The excitement
steals away the life of the pleasure, and
the delirium is. always degrading and
notwithstanding 1t seems as though the
experiment had been tried often enough
with unvaring results to warn everybody
away from such perilous courses.
Year: 1875

Don't bother your head about peo-
pie who are going about trying to take
away your character. Very hkelyit will
do YOU good. Men are very often like a
pair of boots the more they are black
ened, the more they shine.
Year: 1875

In Years long past, said, If ,;rd shall give
Me certain blessings cause my path I" lead
Through ways of c"mf"rt-griint me lon. To live.
And strength sufficient for frs utmost need
Much JOY shall surely through these channels How


Ii Tod shall bless me 81.
Friends and fair h"nors should He grant me these
Home-lov and children, and some skill To grasp
From the rich world its opportunities
What more could heart desire or fun hands


clasp


Surely my life like some glad time shall 90,


If God shall bless me so.
But now say, If God shall grant me heaven.
And So end theIr if at length shall come
Int" His presence VIII" himself hath given.
All better lifts must lie i'll that vast sum
No good thing there shall he withheld l know


If God shall bless me So.
Year: 1875

llshed 10y request Ot the family.


And there shall lie And
there shall be- no night there. .'-Rev. ~ 2, :


In the autumn of 1860. one might
have visited Charleston harbor and
found upon one of its small islands Il
most beautiful fort us it stood sentiucl
by the outskirts of the city. There it
stood beautiful in its symmetry. beau
tiul in its strength and magnificent
proportions the pride of the country
and hulwark against invading foes.
As We see the old fort in our imaGilIa-
ton. she is lrowning upon any threaten
ing enemy; but smiling most be
uignly aS she receives beneath her pro
tectn. Ha" the friends of our country.
Those angles. how perfect That flag,
how proudly it waves! We hail the
old fort with gladnesS and say to her as
we pass Beautiful for situation is fort
Sumter, the joy of the nation.


\ sad winter and spring pass. The
nation is in arms. The cotiict over the
nations cherished sin has begun and
this same heautifnl fort is under the
target of the enemy. The conflict is
over. and we visit the harbor again
but what horror and desolation meets
our astoniShed gaze when we look tOI
that beautiful Fort Those walls are
battered and hroken.-That flag is tat
|
there. The Fort is in ruins. And we
eXclaim: 'Her beauty is departed
Her strength is gone! How fallen
How fallen."


And this is but figure to represent
| the condition of fallen man. What
wonderful possibilities lay before pri-
meval man? He was Gods beautiful
Fort on the outskirts of the universe
He was set for the defense of those dis
tant places in Gods domain. How
beautiful in all his surroundings and il
before him-fresh from the hand o
GOd-an ample field for his skilled ag
ricultural hand Beautiful the field
spread themselves before him Beau
tiful the old hills lowered about him
Gently waited the breezes no malari;
rode in the air. The groans of the sick
and the faint whispers of the dying
were never heard. The lamb dwell
safely with the wolf The kid and the
leopard were bosom companions. Th'
calf and the young lion fed together il
peace. Nothing was hurt or destroye,
in all the Lords holy mountain fo
the earth was full of the knowledge an,
glory of the Lord as the waters cove
the sea.


Such was the physical beauty ant
glory of the earth with primeval man
And not less beautiful was the mora
character of man himself. Think q
him. free from the ills and aches an,
pains of fallen man! Think of hin
perfect in all the adjustments of hi
physical frame. Think of him wit
mind unclouded by sin and limited onl
Year: 1875

In certain Troy church yesterday, Il
young man who occupied seat near the
pulpit was evidently greatly embarrassed
when the collection was taken, up. His
pew was about the first into which the bask-
ct was thrust, and he plunged his hand in
to his pocket, kept the collector waiting y
moment, and then quickly thrust a bill.
evidently the first he could get out Of his
wal!et-into the basket After the SER
vices the young man fingered, and, when
the congregation had retired, approached
the gentleman who had charge Of the col
lection, and who was counting it at the
time, and remarked that he was a stranger
in the city, that he was poor young man
and had in the hurry of the moment put u
SO bill into the collection basket by mis-
take for 81 bill. He inquired modcstly
if it would be unfair to ask the return of
50 to him. The collector, appreciating the
strangers evident frankness and 1nodesty
looked over the collection and, finding Il
SO bill, offered to return it. The stranger
declined, saying that he meant to contri-
butte 81 and that as he had no small change,
he would be satisfied if the 50 were re-
turned to him. This was proof positive to
the treasurer that the stranger was really
honest, and he accordingly gave him 50,
all there was in the basket with the ex-
ception of he bill, and the stranger depar-
ted with many thanks and apologies. After
the treasurer reached home he was struck
by the appearance of the SO bill He ex-
amined it closely, and was satisfied that he
had been sadly victimized. 1t was acoun-
tcrfeit-Troy Times.
Year: 1875

The following simple recipe for mending
rubber will prove timely and worth insert
rubber boots, cut up some pure rubber in
very small pieces and dissolve in benzine.
Put patch of rubber over the place to be-
mended, and stick il fast with the solution.
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati tobacco board of trade
have adopted a series of resolutions. express
ing the belief that any advance Of the existing
tax on tobacco would prove injurious to all
branches of the tobacco trade that any ad-
ditional tax would be unjust to both the pro
ducer and consumer, and that as measure to
increase the revenue, it would fail OF its pur-
pose. They also request all members of con-
gross in sympathy with the tobacco interests
to prevent, if possible, any increase in the
rate of taxation on tobacco.
Year: 1875

The prospects are that the depositors
in the Freedmen's savings bank viii not receive
over 40 or As cents on the dollar.


The state supreme court of Illinois
has decided that the practice known as cham
perty, the legal practice of taking case and
dividing the profits with the client, is illegal,
and is punishable by fine and Imprisonment.
Year: 1875

CASTELAR,, and the dicta'ure of Serranr.
There is no reason why a fourth should
give me any Hneasiness. I have got
used TO it by this time. The legitimacy
is rock against which these ephemeral
governments are powerless, against
which the waves of revolution will dash
IN vain.'
Year: 1875

THIS question is asked by the New
England Farmer, Can we drive a nail
legally pa It states that it has received
copy of patent granted to a man in
Indiana for securing a grape vine to a
stake by driving in a nail. Persons re-
ceiving the circular are granted per.
mission TO drive one nail, just to see
how the thing works but they are re-
minded that they will be liable to dam
ages for infringement if they drive more
than one. There is absolute danger at
the present time of a farmers being
made to pay damages for building q
panel of fence to keep cattle out of his
garden. Every farm operation from
plowing the soil to putting grain in
bag is done by means of soma patented
tool or appliance.
Year: 1875

A telegram was sent to q Chicago police
station sitting that the body Of a new born
child, supposed to have been murdered, had
been found and the mother was undcr0rroSt.
The poor girl is pretty, petite, hlack-eycd
Young female of unusually modest, and
even timid, demcanor. She is nineteen
years old and looks as though the thought
of committing great crime would amply
suffice to scare her to death. A reporter in
tcrviewed her her at the Chicago avenue
station, where she told her story in n
straightforward way, and subsequent in
vestigation failed to disprove single state
mont she made. Her maiden name is NJ lry
Kern. About year ago she was mNrried
to Spence Marson. in the city of New York,
in whose fathers family she had been e!n-
plovcd us domestic. Last July the heart
less husband deserted his young and mex
pcricnccd wife, and sho had not since seen
him, but supposcs he is somewhere i'll New
Jersey. Without friends in New York. and
almost distracted by her forlorn condition,
she sought TO better her fortunes by seeking
new home il, Chicago.
Year: 1875

1t is hard saying, but true one. that
many profcsscl Christians are not seemingiy
happy themselves. neither do they help to
make others happy around thom. Why
is il so? Is it because they are trying to
y,' r"aly for the next world. altogrt ler for
getting it is their duty to make themselves
and those around them happy in this2 1t
is very important to know how to live
wisely and happily in this world The
earthly life is to be lived here. We do not
know much about the other world If the
heavenly gates are MAR. we can only catch
:, faint glimpse, now and then, of the beauty
there is within. God loves beauty in this
world every flower that blooms, every tree
that waves. prove this; 81 it becomes us to
mak. our own live and homes aS beautiful
and happy rs within lis Ii Is, trusting the
future in the hands of God. The religion
that does not make and those aro'nt us
better and happier in this life is not worth
having and they who striv" to do this are
serving God as truly upon their bonded
knees, or III the services Of the sanctuary.
Then, if we are ever striving to make 9th
crs happy. it will increase eur own htpp'-
ness, i'll this world and i'll the world t,,
come.
Year: 1875

The axiom that eve die daily is rapidly
illustrated in u parlgrlp lph of Prof. Reitcrns
paper on Biology, recently read before the
British association. Referring tothe blood,
il is sud that the duration of life in any
of its ptrticlas is but short; thy die and
their places are occupied by others. and 50
continue IL substitution which only ends in
death After every meal an amazing num-
Der of white corpusclcs are added to the
blood; breakfast doubles Their propo!t on
three times, and dinner rakrs ii four times
us great. They come from such solid glands
us the spleen. In the blood going to this
organ. their proportion is one to tw" taous-
and two hundred and sixty in that return
ing from the spleen, it is us one to sixty.
Perhaps the most stupenloGs fact of or
g,nization is the st ady maintenance of
but slight variable characters in the living
and moving blood. which is every moment
undergoing changes Of different kinds Is it
crculltes through each tissue and organ ot
the body
Year: 1875

WHEN Peoria youth goes to spark
Girl, he finds the old Lady in one corner Of
the room, the old man IN another, and dog
under the melodeon, and he is required TO
spank Up Ike an orltor.
Year: 1875

iferent points on tic line OF the rcser.
walton to prevent either the whites or
the Indians from encroaching upon
the rights Of the other.


LArER-Sincc the above was in
type we learn that the troops have
gone into quarters three or four miles
above San Cristobal Lake, and the
baggage wagons have been sent tout
for more SUPPLIES. What will be their
destination after the return of these,
lis not known.
Year: 1875

The Democratic Programme, as Mapped


Out by One of Those Wise Washington
Correspondents.


Among the important questions bound
to occupy considerable share of the
attention of the Democratic House of
Representatives, says the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Times, is
the status of the national banks. An
examination of the official record of
Congress, since the war, shows that, in
the last ten years, "A remarkably small
proportion of Democratic votes have
been cast on any question affecting the
currency which could, by implication
even, be considered as favoring the ma
tional bank system in any respect. There
is scarcely leading Democratic politi-
clan, in or out of Congress, who has not
taken the occasion, whenever offered, to
denounce the national banks as a mo-
nopoly. Such men as Senator Bayard
have never remitted in the effort to re-
move the restrictions placed upon State
banks. This opposition to the national
bank system does not involve at all the
question of imitation, for upon it both
hard and soft-money Democrats are very
generally united. 1t is expected that
before many weeks of the next session
have passed an onslaught on the national
banks will be actively inaugurated in the
House, and the best informed politicians
here expect to see opposition to the
national banks made a leading
feature of the National Democratic
Congress. Whatever adverse action to
the banks may be taken would, as mat
ter of course, be entirely imperative
while Republican President and q Re
publican Senate remain in power. In
addition to this, it is not certain, even if
the Democrats had entire possession of
the government, whether they would
agree on the details of Legislation con-
corning the finances which would have to
follow, necessarily a wiping out of the
present system. The soft-money Demo
Gratis have always pressed for the substi-
tuition of greenbacks for national bank
notes. The hard-money Democrats are
willing to compel the banks to withdraw
their notes, but they are inhexibly OPP
posed to any further issues of green
backs. So far as taking away the privil-
ege of issuing notes is concerned, it is
question whether the banks will care
very much about it but the rag-money
people will certainly hold on to the bank
notes if they can't get greenbacks for
them. The great probability is, there
fore, that the national banks will, even
IN the event of entire Democratic success,
not be materially interfered with, at least
for long time to come. They don't APP
pea1 to be satisfied with this, but show
evident alarm by the decided manner in
which their influence and their money is
always arrayed against Democratic candi-
dates, as much in the East as in the
West If the bank circulation was en-
tirely withdrawn, the whole labor of re-
sumption would fall upon the govern
ment
Year: 1875

A Baltimore paper of a recent date
has the following account OF the fright
full suicide of love-sick man in that
city: Mount Vernon place, and in fact
the whole city, as soon as it was noised
around, was startled this after
noon by the announcement that man
had been dashed from the parapet of the
! Washington monument to the ground
below, distance of nearly $50 Feet. A
more desperate deed could hardly be
imagined, the mere thought of which is
calculated to curdle the blood in ones
veins. About half.past 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, a heavy thud as of something
falling over his head, was heard by the
young man who had charge of the door
of the monument, and going out to ascer
tain the cause he discovered on the top
of the marble base shapeless mass of
human flesh and bones. The front of
the base of the monument and the pave
ment were bespattered with blood and
brains. A crowd soon gathered, but so
shocking was the spectacle that it was
some time before any step was taken to
report the horrible affair to the proper
authorities. Coroner Walker held an
inquest, the jury returning formal ver-
dict. The only article found on the
body was the following note, written in
lead pencil, on scrap of paper:


Now Miss Cobb, leave thee in these words
hoping to hear from you. Fare thee well, still
forever still forever fare thee well. Even
though unforgiven, never against thee shall
my heart rebel.


There was nothing to indicate who the
unfortunate man was. He looked to be
about 30 years of age, and was genteely
but plainly dressed. The keeper of the
monument recognized the deceased as
the same man who, during the morning,
had visited the place; and the suppose
ton is that his courage failed him then,
and he returned again to carry out his
design, If it was n case of suicide. A
lady and gentleman were going up to the
top of the monument just as the desper-
ate descent was being made from the
outside. The lady, not knowing of the
occurrence, looked over the parapet and
saw the body lying below, and was so
startled at the CHASTITY sight that she
tainted and fell into the arms of the gen.
tleman accompanying her. Mr.. Faust,
a bricklayer, happened to be passing
along the street and was witness of the
fearful fall, a sight, he says, he will not
likely forget as long as he lives. Every
bone in the unfortunate mans body was
broken and the back part of his skull,
from the terrible manner in which it
was crushed, is supposed to have been
the first part that struck the stone work.
The monument was erected fifty years
ago, the shaft being the highest in the
country.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Post says Mr.. Stir
ling, the sexton of Cavalry Church, is
the possessor of a remarkable hen, and
relates the following incident in the life
of that sagacious fowl. She brought out
a brood of chickens the other day, which
event created considerable excitement
and festivity in colony of rats, who at
once commenced a system of plunder,
contenting themselves with chick and
half for dinner daily. The hen stood
this massacre of the innocents TOR a day
or two, but yesterday morning, as sleek
rat skulked along in the neighborhood
of chicken which was carelessly trihing
with crust of breed, the wrath of the
mother was aroused. She flew at the
rat, caught him by the back, and carry
ing the robber to tub full of water,
dropped him into it with revengeful
"cluck." The rat was drowned, and
the brood has since been free from the
raids of surviving rodents.