Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1875, Page 2

§HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDA™ AUGUST 1, 1875.—SIXTEEN FPAGES. e ————————————eeeee stands in the way of the free exercise of human resson. “The dogma of Bivle infallibility,”. getting forth thoughts which ‘‘must never be questioned as to their truth, 18 s dogma,” he tells us, * ths most deadly to progress and to scien- tific quiry that can be conceived.” The mis- take here lies in assuming that the Bible con- tains statements concerning the ordinary sub- jects of human thought, and concerning science, which sre pever to be questioned. It containg no such statements. The field of scientific research is left perfectly open, and human reason is lelt perfectly free to investigate all subjects to which it is adequate, so far a8 the” Bibls and the Christian religion are concerned. Tho thoughts of the Bible which Christisns re- ceive without questioning are those which relate to subjects which reason cannos reach. The . tratbs lupecun& the relations between us and our God ; how theee have been disturbed ;: how * they are to be adjusted, and harmony produced ‘between us and the God who governs ‘us; how our moral condition is to bs elevated ; wherein true enjoyment consists and how it isto be gained ; the truth on thess and kindred subjeets, which Christians believe to be yevesled from above, is the truth to be received with ungues- tioning confidence. Reason cannot explore that field, and, when truth on these subjects is re- vealed, reason cannot add to it or improve it Hence, from the nature of the case, it must re- main 88 revelation fixes it, and our part 18 0 re- oefve it a8 information given us from an infalli- ! Ee source on subjects the most vitaliy important us. This raises the question, whether the Bible eontauns a revelation of truth from God. Chris- tisns believe that 1t does; that the proof thatit dove is ample.—more than sufficient to satisfy any unprejudiced mind; but, of course, the proof cannot now be presented. The point now is to show that your correspondent is mistaken in inferring from the Hible doctrie that man cannot originate nor improve such religious truth as man in His present condition needs to Xuow, and which is made known fo himin the Bible; that be is restricted in the exerciso of hia mind with regard to such truth as lies befars him in nature. The relizion of the Bible leaves the whole Tegion of thought which reasoris competent to explode open and 1 “~, and puts no obetacle in way of free iuguiry inthe field of soience. The above sre only samples of the mistakes of your oof ndent, szd what I have written is oniy intended to give some hints concerning those mentioned. I hope he will not be offended a1 my wall-meant attempt to show him whers he is mistaken. 8. ——— THE BANE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEE JESUITICAL POLICY. o the Editor ef Tha Chicago Tribune: Cricaco, July $0.—Much as I admire and might praise the religions worship and doctrines of the Mother Church, Icannot, as an American, approve the policy ai present pursued by the losaders of that Church. Irefer now to the Jes- uitical branch of the priesthood, which, though in the minority, are, by reason of their union, zeal, singleness of purpose, and saperior edaca- tion, the sbsolate masters of the Catholic Church. This Jesuit element, with its old-time aund old-world policy, is doiog its utmost to con- 1irol and restrict the secular education of Catho— lic children. Instead of trying to build up an intelligent membership, a8 other Churchesdo, by fostering general education, the entire force and influcnce of this un-American branch of the presthood is directed towards the suppression of intelligence amoog the people. The Catholic people must be short- sighted if _they do not see thet this policy, ina ocountry which of all others fosters toleration and edncation, is-the worst 1t can adopt, and, it persisted in, will either destroy their Church or reduce it to the lowest grade among the Churches. Let all intelligent and good Catho- Yics who desire the higher welfaro and prosper— ity of the Cburch beware how far and how im- plicitly they follow the un-American branch of the priesthood in their efforc to destroy Ameri- can publio schools. More than onoe has that nsrrow, plotting society imperiled the prosperity of the Church, and, on one occasion, the Pope . found it necessary to banish them from Rome. Laft to their own devices, the order would over— turn any Church or State. It is the only real foe of the Catholic Church, and the only relig- jous body whose avowed policy antagonizes the Government which protects it. A friend of the Catholic Church, I desire that 1t may fulfill its high mission as 3 necessary and rominent force in the world, and rise above the eful and icions faction in the priesthood who, by their attempts to destroy our public schiools, enslave the Church itself. CATHOLICUS. —_— D. L. MOODY. TS UNFINISHED NORTH SIDE TAEERNACLE. e the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Qmoaco, July 81.—For more than fifteen . years, and up to the time of his leaving for Europe two years ago, Mr. Moody labored in this city for the good of others. He has work- »d for no particnlar denomination or organiza- tion. He never had any salaried support ; but Sundsys snd week-days, in fair weather and fonl, with a zeal 2nd a constancy which may have been equaled, but never surpassed, ho worked among fich and poor, high and low, black and white,—wherever he thought good rould be done,—s general city missionary on bis own sccount. 'We may criticise his ways, his manner, his grammer, or his creed, as we will; the fact remains that hers we have a man who, in the face of personal ease, comfort, mon- syed interests, and all the other selfish motives ontrolling most men, has steadily for twenty years—at first in by-ways and alleys, and lat- tetly before aundiences of thousands, and the whole world—maintained his pnnciples, his dm;!nily. and his rmaoly 1independence. And this man is of Chicago, has re- fected Lionor on Chicago, and is coming back to Chicago ; and, for ops, I am frank to say we f;:f?_‘ 10 be proud of bhim, and giad he is coming Among other results of bis labors in this city .18 the Norih-Side Tabernacle,—an undenomina- Lional charch of some 400 members, gathered chiefly from the poorer classes, and having in connection with it the largest Mission Bunday- Bchool in the city. The money with which the buildiog on Illinois_street, occupied by this church before the Fire, was bmit, was raised through Mr, Moody's personal solicitations. After the Fire, he spent several months at the East, and elsewhere in this country, raising mesns for the new building, the basement of which mtha lot corner of Cbicago aveaue sad street was completed some two ears ago, and there the @hurch and Sunday- 0ol bave since held their meetings. In addition to the money now on hand and raised outside of Chicago, some §12,000 or £15,000 is needed to finish the building. Iun- derstand .that Mr. Moody is expected 1o roturn to Chiicago about next October. Would it not bo » fit and a proper thing, & graceful recogrition of his services among us in years past, aud also that a suitable plsce may bs provided for bis futore labors, for our citizens at once to raise ‘the amount necessary to complete the buwilding, 5o that 1t maybe finisbed by the timo he returos, and gresented to him and bis people,—a free~ will offering, in testimony of our confidence in Sim, aud our respect? It eeems to me he is worthyof it. To any well-considered plan look- Jug to this end, I should be mm, and I doubt not msny other citizens of Chicsgo, would be bappy, to render material aid. - B iR el PERSONAL. Dr. L. J. Heleey, whose health has not been very vigorons of late, is improving. The Rev. Stewart Gray, of England, is in the sity, the guest of the Rev. J. J. Irving. Dr. Thomas has gone to Marshall, Ia., 'to re- main eeveral weeks. His family preceded him. The Rev. C. E. Sumner, of this city, sailed for Earcpe in the Canard steamer Algeris the 25th inst. The Rev. Washington Gladden will supply the palpit of the Congregational Church during the month of Angust. The Rev. X. H. Axtell; of the Park Avenue M. E. Charch, will leave, the coming wesk, for a three weeks' vacation. The Hev. Isasc White, recently of Chicago, | ‘was instatied as pastor in the D Btreet Baptist Church 6f South Boston, Wednesdsy evening, July 2L ° TheRev. Dr. .. H. Bugbee, formerly Presi- dent of the Northwestern Pemale College at Evanston, hs sccepted the Presidency of Alle- gbaoy College, Meadville, Pa. Father Boehm is seriously {ll at his residence i Jersey City. He bas besn prostrated since his sermon in the Jobo Street Church, with ery- sipelas, and has been blind for some days. Tho Bev. Dr. Kendrich, Preaident of Shurtleff College, is visiting friends in this city. He re- }m the collego flonrshing, with fine prospects for & Iarger pumber of studsnts the coming year. “ The Bev: Albert Bushoell of the Leavitt Birest. sional Charch, was yecently mar- ried to Mess Mazg Carie, of New xmim-. and is spending his vacation among the bills of Eastern New York. P The Rev. H. ). Paynter, of 8. Touis, has been preaching for the laat four Babbath even- inga a¢ Campbell's Park Mission. The people -are much futerested. and there ia & fins prospect for a flouriehing church. e RELICIOUS MISCELLANY. - THE CHURCI IN GENERAL. The First Baptiet Church has sold its Wabash avenue lot—the site of the house of Worship. estroyed by fire last year—for $36,000. After paring off the mortgage there will remsin about $16,000 to be applied to the construction of the new edifice at Thirty-first street. The Reformed Episcopsl Church continues to 5 New churches have been recently organized at Washington, Va., and Newbargh, N.Y. The cangregation at Baltimore, Md., un- der Bishop Cummins have contriputed_enough money to build a_commodious stone building which is_to be dedicated free from debt. The P. F. Stevens, formerly & prominent South Presbyter, it the latest accession from the old church to the new. In Massachusetta the Daptists are now raising £350,000 for educational objects—$100,000 of this sum to be appropriated to the Newton Theo- logical Institution, 860,000 to Worcester Acade- my, $50,000 to Brown University, $50,000 to Col- by University, 250,000 to the Miasionary Union, t0 be used for purposas of Christian education, and 40,000 to the Baptist Home Missionary So- ciety. These figures are very remarkable, when it is remembered tbat in, 1762 thers were but fifty eix Baptist churchies in America. . To-day the corner-stone of St. Anne’s new thurch, corner of Wentworth avgoue and Fifty- fifth street, will be laid by Bishop Foley, at 4 o'clock p. m. The Rev. Falher Leydon, pastor of thechurch, has engaged twenty coaches of the Rock Ieland Compauy for the accommoda- tion of societies snd all'who wish to be present atthe ceremony, Tho cars will leave the Chi- cago, Rock Istand & Pacific Railroad, Van Buren stroet- depot, 2t 2 o'clock p. m., stoppiog at Twelfth, Eighteenth, Tweuty-second, Thirty- first, and Forty-third streets for passengers. The custom of a summer vacation alike for the people and the pastorsis becoming 80 general that a gerious diecussion has grown up 88 to tne ethics of vacatioas, alike in their influance upon the city churches, which are deserted, and the country churches, which receiva new neighbors, and ought to receive new helpers. The complaint is that many persons desert their city pews and are slack in tbeir contribations, without doiog ‘much, if anything, for religion in their raral ro- treats. 1t i8 sad thatin the summer months the free churches of this city fail far behind the nesded amount “of contributions, and in some cases their conlinnance is in danger. Probably the statement of the evil will do much to correct it Messrs, Moody and fankey start for home Aug. 4 Before leaving they will take a brief rest in the South of England. At a meeting of the Buperintendenls and visitors engaged in houss to house visitation of the matropolis, be- tween 3,000 and 4.000 persons attended. Mr. Reginald Radcliffe, the Chief Superintendent, reported that visitation was going on in 460 dis- tricta, leaving sixty-six districts to be filled up. The Earl of Cavan, who is a Superintendent, ex- resse] the opinion that the upper classes in the West End of London were a8 much in need of vigiting as the poor in the East End. Major Cole, of Chicago, who is co-operating with Mr. Moody, hoids very successful children's meet- ings. Some of the colored congregations of the Protestant Episcopal Churca in South Carolins appear o have been agitated bv the reform movement, and the late Rector of Grace Church. Anderscn, snd St. Luke's, Newbury, the Rerv. Mr. Stevens, has loft the ministry to which he -was ordained and gone over to the reformed or- ganization of Bishop Cummins, He1s expected to go at once to his new work of organizing the colored congregations in Bt. Stephen's and Upper bt. John's parishes. Bishop Howe heard of his secession first from thesecular papers, and the Moninly Record deplores the fact, and as-- cribes the secession to the neglect of the Board of Missions Iast year to accopt the proposition of Bishop Howe. and to provide a mussionary Bishop for the colored people of the Bonth—an omission which Bishop Cummins is ready to malke up for by consecrating such a Bisbop. Six or eight congregations ars expected to sccede at once. The new building of the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A.will be 72 feet on Chestnut and Bansom streets, and 230 feet on Fifteenth street, to be built of pressed brick, with Olio sandalone dressings. It will be four stories high, with a French roof and basement. The main entrance will be on Fifteenth street, through an arched doorway 15 fest wide, over which will riee a tow- er. On Chestnut street thero will be three stores 100 fect doep each, and on the southern end of the lot on Fiftcenth street thers will be four stores 60 feet doep; on the second floor will be grow rapidly. a public hall with a seating accommo- dation for 1,000 persoms. I will have & parquet snd circle,” ul?uet g0 to epeak, and two galleries. The platform will be in the southern end, 40 feot wide and 12 feet deep: back of it will be an organ and choir gallery. ‘Chere will be on_this floor, also, reception and reading rooms and a library, all very commodious. There is also a lecture hall with 200 seats. The upper fioors will be let -a8 offices and used also for baths, gympasium, and other purposes. The building will be heated with steam. The cost of the ground was $185,- 000, and the building when completed will stand the Association about £420,000. Itvis expected that rentals will bring in an annual incoms of £25,000. A new variely of the Mennonite, or conti- pental Quaker sect, is now gaining ground in Hungary to an extent that threatens embarrass- ment to the Administration. ' The so-called Nazarenes not o1ily disown all clerical organiza- tion, and refuse to take any oath, or enter any military service, but disputs the lawfulness of all taxes that support State, Church, or army. All assessments made on them are levied under protest. They are said to be an offshoot of Calyiniem, btit have of Iate been larzely re- cruited from the working Catholic popualation, g0 that their numbers, estimated a few years eiuce st 6,000 only, are now officially stated at 80,000, and said to be really much larger. Thoy decline to register themselves a8 of any Church at all, thus liying directly in the face of the Hnugariau system, which recognizes each known body of Christians =8 a separate State Church, and even professes to make State provision for it to some extent. But the real tonchstone of Nazarene resistence i8 of course the new military law, under which every able-bodied youth not drawn for the army is liable to militia service in a Honved regiment. Hitherto the suthorities bave avoided the diffi- culty; but the increasing numbers of these scc- tarians have mada the subject of their exemp- tion so public that one of the duties of the new Minstry is to resolve how to deal with it. BISHOP WHITTINGHAM. Bultimore Sun, July 22, ‘The Board of Inquiry summoned. by the Rt. Rev. B. B. Smiih, Presidiog Bishop of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church in the United States, will meet to-morrow at Grace Church, corner of Park aod Monument streets, to investigate cnarges against the Rt. Bev. Bishop Whitting- ham, Presiding Bishop of the Diocese of Mary- land, contained in a presentation_made by two clergymen aod five laymen of the Diocese for al- leged malfeasance in not bringiog the clergy- men of Mount Calvary Church to trialupon &m-zan 1aid before Bishop Whitlingham against. om. The Board consista of eight clergymen and eight laymen, all of whom were Depaties to the 1ast General Convention, selested by lot from the (gioceses of Maryiand, Virginis, Central Pennsyl- vanis, and Pittsburg. 1he Board of Inquiry, according to the canons, will conduct_the investigation as & grand jury, in privata. The evidence to be taken will be entirely ex parte, and is only introdnced to as- certain whather there are sufficient grounds for prioging the Bishop to trial or not. Bishop Whittiogham will be” represented before the in- quisition, and a church advocate be selected to represent the church. The members of tho Board of Inquiry are all expected to sarrive in Baltimore to-night. Three of the presenters are absent from the city, and some of the wit- neeses are alzo abseot, but the investigation will, nevertheless, take pi: B g s CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCUPAL. The Rev. H. N. Powers will preach at 8¢, John's Charch, Ashland avenus, morning and evening, —The Rev. Heary G. Perry will preach at All-Saints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter and Fourth strests, morning and evening. —Ths Rev. T. K. Morrison, Jr., will officiate at 10:45 &.m., in St, James' Church, corner Osas and Huron streets, —The Rev. Dr., Locks will officiate at 10:45a. m. In Grace Church, Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth street. Subject of serman : *‘ The Leasons of the Boat Race,” The Rov, H. C. Einney will officiate at 10:45 a.. m, a0 P- m., in the Church of the Holy Communion, Bouth Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and —The Bev, Luther Pirdes will ufficiats morning and sventng at Calvary Church, Warren avenus, betwoeen Oakley strestand Westarn avenua, ’ *8allo streets. Church of the Ascenslon, corner Elm and North La- Morning prayer and Litany at 10:30 2, m.; Holy Communion &t 11s.m.; Evensongat T:45 Y —Morning Praser, Litany, and Holy Communion at 10:30 n, 0., 8¢ ¢he Catbiedral of BS. Peter and Paul, corner West Washington and Peoria streats. Choral sersice. \ T. Dodge, of Fort Dodge, Tows, il officiate at 10:45 a. m. and 743 p. m. st Trinity Church, corner Twenfy-sixth’ streot ana Michigan avenue, gEA F *~ ZrThe Rev. B.'A. Rogers, D.D,, frotm Texss; will officiate at 10:50 8,'m. and 7:30 p. m, in- the Ghurch of the Epiphany, Throop sireet, between Monroe and Adama, » PRESBITERIAN. . . - ‘The Rev. James -Maclaughlan will preach at the Stotch Chureh, corner of Ssogamon and Adama Atreets, morning and evening. Morning subject, “A foble Offer.” —The Rev. Jacob Post will preach at Noble Street Chureb, corner of Nobla sud Erie streets, at 10 3. m. and 7:%0 p. m.' —The Rav, Charles L. Thompeon will preach at the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenus end Thirtisth Btreet, at 10 2. m. ; subject, # Emotion in Religion.” —The Rev. R..W. Patterson'will ‘preach at the Fourth Presbyterfan Ohvreh, corner of Rush and Su- pericr strogts, at 10:30 3. m, —Prof, Jepkins, of Amberst College, will preach ‘morning and evening in tne Second Church, ‘corner Michigan avenus and Twentioth street, —Tlio Rov. Samuel W, Duficld will preach at 10:30 a,m, and 7:45 p. m. in the Eighth Church,corner ‘Washe ington and Robey streets, 2 TheRev. . B. AlcCluro will preach at River Park in the morning. —The Rev, J. H, Taylor, of Lake Forest, will preasch ate10:30 &, m, and 7:45 p. 1. in the Sixth Chureh, cor- Der of Vincennes and Oak aveunes, BAPTIST. The Rev. Florence McCirthy will préach at Amity Church, corner of Warren avenuo and Robey street, at 105 m and 7:43 p. m. Morning subject: * Carmal and_Spiritual Mindedness” Evening subject : 1he Socisl Puilosophy of Jesus a Failure 2 “The Ttey. D, B, Clieney will preach at 10:30 a. m. a0d 7245 p. . 3 the “Fourth Church, corner Washing- n and Pa a streete. o e Rov. G W, Northrup, D. D,, will_presch at 11 2. m. hefore the First Church at the Taber No, 666 Wabash nvenue, 2 The Rev. W. W, Everts, Jr,, will preach fo_tbo evening at Indisnn Avenue Chapel, cormer ludiana avenue and Thurtieth streets, —The Rev, Stewart Gray, of England, will preach ‘morning and evening st Tompla Chureh, corner Har- rison and Sangamon streets. —Tho Rev. J. D. Burr will preach at 10:45 a, m. and %7:45 p, m. at Immanuel Church, No. 932 North Halsted strest. ~Tho Rev. N, E. Wood will preach at 7:30 p. m. be- fore the Centennial Society at No, 420 Ogden avenue. ‘—The Bev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and ovening at Temple Church, corner Twelfth and Clin- tonstreets, ! Rev, Dr. Moss will preach at 10:30 s, m. and 7:45 p. m. in the Second Church, corner Monroe and Morgan streets. 3 METHODIST. The Rev. John Williamson wili preach ¢ the Wabash Avenue Church, corner Fourteenth street and Wabssh Bvenue, in the torning; subject, * The Causes and Consequences of Church Quarrels.” —The Bev. T. C. Hartshorn will preach at the First Church, corner Clark and Washington streets, in the morning, —The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will proach at 10:45 a. m, and 7:45 p. m, in Trinity Chusch, Indiana avenue, near Twenty-fourth stroet. Counnunion in the marn- ing. Evening subject: * My Father's House & Den of Thieves,” —The Rev. D, McOartney will preach at 10.30 a, m. and T:45 p, om. at Centenary Church, Mlonros strect near Morgan. —The Bov. N. H.-Axtell will preach in the morning at Park Avenue Church, corner Park avenus and Robey strect. bubject ; * The Gift of God.” 1n the evening various addresses and the Communion servica. Lust Sabbath befare the vacation. —The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will presch morping and evening at Michigan ‘Avenue Church, Mickigun avenus, between Thirty-second and Tairty-third stroeta, “lg BEFORMED EPISCOPAL. ‘Bishop Chenes wiil preach at Christ Church, Michi- gan avatiue and. Twenty-fousth street, mOrning and evening. Evening subject: A Great Man's Mis- take,” ‘bel.ng the third of the course on the Syrian Geperal, ' Tho Rev, Dr. Fallows will officiate &t 10:30 2, m. and 7245 p. m at St Paul’s Church, West Washington stroet, between Ann street and Willard place. In the Tnorning, a sermon_ to_children aud youth, baptism, and conyiaunion. In the evening, continuation of the Beries of sermons on the * Belation of Christianity to ‘Human Progress.” CONGREGATIONAL. The Bev. W. W. Patton will presch in the First Church, corner of Ann and Washington streets, morn- ing end evening. 2 Tie Rev. Z S. Holbrook will preach a; Gakland Churcl, Oakwood avenue, eur Cottage Grove avenile, ‘morning and eyening. —The Rev. \\'uhgz%ton Gladden, of Springfleld, Mass,, will preach in Union Park Church, carner Ash- land avenue and Washington street. _“The Rev. Charles Caverno will preach st Plymouth Church, Michigan svonue, betwe:n Treaty-ifth and Twenty-sixth streets, at 10330 3, m. and 7:46 p. m. pouero Wil be 5o sorvice' at e Leavit Sireet ul . . —The Rev, James Merrill, of Davenport, Is., will presch morning snd evening in New England Ohurch, Delaware place, near North Doarborn srcet. - 3 CHREISTIAN. The Bev. A. N. Gilbert will preach at tha First Church, cormer of Indiana avenuo and Twenty-fth street, morning and evening. s —The Rev, C. F. Mortimer will preach morning and evening, in Csmptell Hall, corner Campbell aveuue, and Van Buren street.. Morning subject: *The Con- verted Family.” Evening subject : “ The Lord's Day.” & UNITARIAN, There will be chiapel service st the Church of the Measish, corner of fichigan svenue snd Twenty-third strest, it the morning. —The Bev. E. P. Fowell will preach his last sermon ‘before vacation in the morning at the Third Church, corner West Monroe and Laflin streets, _Subject: “The Broad Church and What We Mean by It.” BWEDENEBORGIAN. The Rev. E. C. Mitchell, of Minnesota, will preach at the New Church Hall, corner Eighteenth streetand Prairie avenue, at 1L 3. m.,and at the Union Park Temple, Weshington street, esst of Union Park, at 3:30 P. m. . LUTHERAN. The Rev, Edriond Belfour will preach at tha English Lutheran Charch, corner North Dsirborn an d Erie Strects, st 112, m. AISCELLANEOTUS. Flder H. J. McCulloch will preach st Advent Hall, No, 213 West Afadison strect, morning and evenicg. ~The Hev, N, Jackson will presch at No. 144 Forrost avenue at 11 a, m. and 7:30 p. m. —Dr. Carpenter will lecture before the First Society. of piritualists st Grow’s Opera-Hall, No. 517 West Madison street, morning snd_evening, —Flder G, W. Turner, of Wisconsin, will in Green Strest Tabernacls, Nos, 89 and 9] South Green sirse, in tho moraing ; aad Eider Frank Burz in tho evening. - —Tuo Disciples of Christ meet at No, 229 West ‘Randolph street at 4 p. . e CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, EPISCOPAL. Aug. 1—Tenth Sunday after Trinity. CATHOLIC. Aug.1—Fleventn Surday after Pentecost ; St, Poter s Chains ; The Machabees, ATM. Aug. 28t Alphonso's Liguori, B, 0. D.; Bt. Btephen, Aug. 3—Fiadia of the Bady of St. Stephen, Proto- martyr, Aug. 4—St. Dominic, C. 8 “4ug. 5—Dedication of St. Mary Major. ‘Aug. 6—Transfguration of Our Lord ; 8t. Xystus IL, ¥,, and Comp., MM, Aug, 78, Cajetan, O.; Bt. Donatus, B, M, R o CHICKENS. #T1dn't! " says Chip. “ You did!” says P “ How do 300 ABOW 7—yon wers fust Asloep.” “1 was under Mammy's wing, Stretching my legs Like anything, When all of & sudden I turned around, For close beaide me [ heard 3 sound— A little tip, and a Little tap.” “Fiddie-do-dee! . You'd had & nap, And, when you were oply balf-awake, ‘Heard an icicle somewhere break” “What's an {cicle?? I don't know; % Rooster tells about fce and snow, 5o&=m z;m ian't a8 good a8 T lown on you and makes you squeal” # Well ! swallow Booster’s tales, I l.)tgl’u And think you didn't come out of an eggl 1 1ell you I Beard the old shell break, And the first small noise you ever could make ; And Mammy croodled, and puffed ber breast, * And pushed us further out of the nest,- Just to niake room enough for you ; And there's your shell,—1 say it’s true 17 Chip looked over his shoulder then, And there itlay by the old gray hen— Half an egg-ehell, chipped and brown, And he was a pall of Sellow down, Clean and chipper, and smars and spry, With the pertest bill and the blackest eya “H'm 1" said be, with s little perk, “That is a wonderful piecs of work | Peep, you silly ! don't you see. That shell is o't nearly as big ss me? 0 Whatever you say, Miss, T d : Lnever, never, cold gét in thera " You eays Peep.+ I dian’t I aa; H ‘With that he gave her a horrid nip, " m? 3 Aud Poep begen to dance and pecr, ‘And Chip stuck out bis wings snd neck, They pranced, and etruck, and capered about, Their toes turnedin and their wings spread ont, As angryes twy ‘small chicks eould be, T4i] Mother Dorking turned to see. Bhie caokled and elucked, and called in At it they went with might and main,— . ‘Till, st last, the old hen used her besk, And Peep and Chip, with many a squéak, Staggered off on exther side, . With s very fuuny skin and stride, What dresdful noneense ! satd Mother Hen, ‘When she heard the story toid again 3 * You're bad as the two-legs that don’t have wings, Nor foathers nor comts—the wretched things! | 1:hn’¢ the way they tight and talk }y\' ‘what 120t worth a mullein-stalk, What does it matter, I'd like to know, Where you came from, or where you go? lKeep Jour t:gper and earn yous food; can't acratch worms for a Sghting by rreisT will Bave pencas " églut.hetlgt dchhm:.m 20 don't be geese | p scratcned his ear with his The meekest bl | ang! - PUBLIC WORKS. - ot the Board. Improved. Water * Facililies-~-The .. .Waste and Its Remedy, - Uit of Pipes and Receipts from i Assessments; Construction™ of Bridges, Via- ducts, Sidewalks, Etc. Extension of the Sewerage System--~ The Parks---Remaval of Wood- en Buildings. The report of the Board ‘of Public ‘Works for the year ending Jume 1, 1875, has just been printed. On account of its importance and ine terest it is given entire, 88 follows : The principal event in the history of the city since the Auhmin\np:xol the last annual roport of this Baard was the fire of July 14, 1874, in the South Division, which consumed. an. area covering about sixty ncres, and destroyed a large amount of property. The loag of municipal property, under tbe control of the Board, was, however, very alight, not aggregsting over $1.0%0. The Board do not consider this fire 28 3 great calam- ity to thecity as it appeared to many, especially to non-residents, Excepting the property north of Harri- son street, tho buildings destroyed ware of an inferior and inflammable kind, and the section which they cov- ered constituted s dingarous and easily combustible link between the solid:y re-built business pordoen of tho city and the southwestern region, which is largely wooden, and exporad ot many seasons to swift winds which would irresistibiy carry northward a fire begin- ning in the lumber section, The ground burned over by the July conflagration is being gradually re-cav- ered by a substantial class of structmes, superior in all respects to thuse which thoy replace. s Advantoge was taken of the opportunity to frmprove the condition of the burned section. by the laying of water mains, and the addition of other facilities for protection ; 'and thie district is now a8 secure against 1ire as the business centre. TMPROVED WATER FACILITIES. A ides of the greater jmmumity which the city now enjoys sgainst_fire {s furnished by the - crease in water facilities. In 1871, the year of the great fire, there were 272 miles of water-pipé ; now there ara nearly 40). There were then 1,53 fire-hydrants, and there are now 2,607; and before the year is out tha pumping capacity of the munichpal Water-Works will be 100,000,0.0 gallons daily against a capacity of 83,- 000,000 four vears sgo, The land extension of the new Inke tunnel i8 already available for fire purpoees, ex~ tending » distance of 20,500 feet under ' the city, and baving 17 water shafts for fire purposes. These fig- ures, however, do not completely represent the en- Iargement of fire precautions; fcr, in addition to the total increase in the quantity Of water. many of the old pipea snd hydranta have been taken up and re- placed by larger ones, and ten firo cisterns have been ‘builr, the cise aud location of which will be found in tho report of the City Engineer. It has been the policy of the Board to use the sp- propriation eo as -to furnish the amplest security ogainst a recurrence of fire, rather than to extend Water-pipes into sparse and ' remote seitlements; and it is believed that, as s00n a8 the new engines shall bo in working order, namely, in November of this year, Chivago wall be one of the safest cities in_the country, if no‘tfli:: the world, a0 far as the water supply is con- cern( THE NEW LAEE TUNNEL. Tho second lake tunnel haa boen_satisfactorily com- pleted, On the 7th of last July, & party of city uflicisle, Prominent rexidents, and visitora from abroad, were afforded, through the courtesy of the contraotory, Aesers, Steelo & MeMahon, tha novel plossure of & trip through the tunnel to the crib, Tho lind tunnel connecting the mew like tunnel with the Weat Side water-works has also been completed, and the water bae been already turned in, 60 a8 to make it availabis for use in cage of fira, The capacity of the new lake tunnel s 100,000,000 gallons ; that of the old tunnel is 50,000,000 jons. The cost of the old lake tunnel was £457,844.65 ; of the new lake_tunnel, $411510.16 ; and of the land extension of the latter, about $545,000, “THE NEW PUMPING WORKS. The-West-Side pumping works ate to be erected on Ashland avenue and . Twenty-second strect, On Oct. 26, 1874, the contract was swarded to Mesrs, Murphy & Co., Quintard Iron Works, New York, for two com- pound, condensing, beam-pumplng cogines, at a cost of $243,500, which are to ba capable of raising 30,000,000 U. 8. gallans 165 feet high in twenty-four hours. The duty required ia 90,000,000 pounds of water ralsed 1 fool high with 100 pounds of coal. The engines are to becompleted in November, by which time the buliding will be ready for their reception. The ceib waa complated. during o crib was completed during the past year, in ac- cordance with the original plan, and the structure fs staunch and enduring. - Having successfully withstood { the estraordinary pressureof ice which the unusnal \uumy ‘of last. winter caused to surround it, no fears need be entertained for its fature safety. An application was made to the United States Light- house Départment to place & third order Frespe! light the tower, for tho benefit af nsvigation, snd the de- {partment, anxious to comply with the request, will ‘place the light in position a8 soon aa tho requisite Tegislation can be secured, special act of Congress being necessary, as tho Board declined to ceds the “jurisdiction réquired by the genersl law regulating lighthouses, : During the coming year s large fog-bell will be placed 1n the crib, which, in addition to the light, will enhance the usefulncss of the crib for our lake com- ‘merce. Telegraphic cables have been laid between the pumping works and tho crib, through the new lake tunnel, which will insure prompt communication at all times. The following table exhibits the qusatity and cost of piges laid eince 1801, including the coat of five river tunnels for cerrying water mains to connect the three divisions of the clty : Number of feet, o, ~13,761 12,078.00 50,881 39,197.00 54,691 X 62,657 73494 60,550 121,589.23 128,519 216,420,53 161,033+ 260,961.35 167,504 B14,652,5¢ 180,721 508,835.52 91,129 3816,165.19 123007 317,385.06 1813, T 4 579,257.30 1574 lesa 17,216 ft taken upand abandoned... 184,128 512,781,04 1,580,383—299 miles and 1,683 ft Laid prior to 1861 87 miles and 565 £t Total to April 1, 1875... 380 miles and 2,248 ft § 'The average cost of pipe for the year was $50.27 per on, . FIRE BYDRANTS. A large portion of the appropriation for water pipe i on tho line of the new pipe. In addition to the re- quirements of thio new lines of pipe here s 4 constant demand for the replacing of smail bydrants, con- structed years ago, in settlements which, in the mean- time, have grown 8o important and become 8o tbickly settlod 88 to need sdditional protection. This expen- diture, therefore, consumes a large percentage of the und which is supposed to be apent exclusively in lay- ing pipe, and makes tho cost of pipe appear much greater than it really i, As the fire hydrants are not & part of the water service proper, but ip reality a part of the fire service, and for the use of the Firo Depart- _ment, it would seem that their cost ehould be proyid. ded for in a separate appropriation, charged 1o that Department, aa is the case in hearly every other oty in the country, - Your attention is also called fo the urgent neéd of a special appropriation for this purpose at ' once, 80 as to eoable the placiog of new hydrants, or the snlarge- ‘ment of old ones in several portions of the city which are now unprovided, and which cannot be suppiled out of the ordinary appropriation for water-pipe, ‘Three hundred and fifty-three bydrants were added during the year: North Division. Total, Maréh 31, 1875. s evse enerressscnsesee H60T ‘WATER BATE ASSESSMENT. The assesement and _collection of water rates in- vaives constznt and faithful labor on account of the ‘peculiirly complicated character of the tax. For gen- eral taxation, an dnoual assessment and s single col- | Tectton alony'are required by fact and law, But as consumption, which is the basis of the water rent, Va- ries sccording to the 1ses of property and the nutural and business seasons, assessments are necessary when- evor such changes occar, and_collections, therefore, ars made semi-annually, The system of assesament Das been deviced with the view of a8 exact justice to the city und the consumer s s pocsible in the admin- istration of public business, Careful employes are en- gaged constantly in the visitation of premises for the Ppurpose of ascertaining any variation in the quantity of water.drawn; these variations are mnoted, and the sasessment s carrected on the first of the following month, Under moother system could equally satis~ factory results be-produced. In s city of so large msguitude and so great- a varlety of commarcial pur- anits, monthly agsessment ia an imperative necesiity mless great loss be inflicted upon the municipality or gross injustice be dono citizens. For instance, s lot upon a which s hovel stands on the lst of May, when ‘the first assessment for {lie year is made, may be occupied on the 1st of November by a manufactory consuming & thousand times the guantity of water charged; the city bas & right to collect for the increaso from theday it is first drawn. On the other hand, bouseholds are reduced, premises zre laft entirely un- occupied, - houses are removed or burned, and the busness’ of manufactories is largely Qiminished or wholly suspended from time to time. It is evident that citizens are entitled: to pay for only the quantity of water they cozsume, that amount to be determined 18 Trequently a8 the etonomy of the service wifl justify, The method of monthly sasessment smployed by the Board has proven generally satiafactory to the pablic ; E{_lbllnlhl,nul&li?llfl““ Badty a vay Fourteenth Annual Eeport’ spent in evnstructing hydrants and their connections largs amount 0f water-tax which cog!d not ba col- lected under any less frequont rsscanment. Tt iz apparent tuat it would be extremely difficult to sepsrate the assessment and collection of water-rates from the same authority wbich controls the laying of , etarparen. Those ure Ind o various times during the year, and consumers are required to pay for 'A%af e ua % fa turned icto the mew pipes. The city Jwotd lose a largs. sum anoually If the assessment Nere not siads aaiformly with the supplying of water. Over 38 miles of water-pipe. wers laid last year, Srcessitated tho amsecsmeat of 7 miles of street front= nge. These assessraents were' made simultaneously “lh the progress of the pigs, Had they mot been vo Tader tht by would. bave loat the total of theassers- Toent for thg pance of tho year, during which water was supphéd Upon Dremises wiiich hud never been wesesseds, At Seat aa weil & impracticable, (o have made the as- sessment npon any. citizen prior to the actual supplys Tag of water; the method of monthly assessment hap- pily meeta.both difBoulties ‘- > 2 e facoms feom walat.collections for the year end< i Apri 1, 157t was £306,601.02; Lo the year ending April 1, 1835, $i03,420.64. The decrease - is accounte T ih hart by the firoof July 14, 1874, the direct loss Ev thak event belng $15,000; and, in_ part by tho re- duction of meter rates, estimated at $30,.00. The following table shows the total income of the Wator-\orks from the time whea the distribution of water commenced : . Feb, 16, 1654, 10 330 L, 165, oveorac: Ticome for fficen tohihs ending April Tncome for the year ending April 1, Income for the year ending April 1, 136 Income for the year ending April 1, 1857 Income for the year ending April 1, 1563 Income for the year ending April 1, 159 Income for the year ending April 1, 18i0. Income for the year ending Apnil 1, 1871 Income for the year ending April 1, 1572 Income for the year ending Apnil 1, 1373 Income for the year ending April 1, 1874 Income for the year ending April 1, 1836, Total income to’April 1, 1375, WATER METE! The number of new meters sdded during. the year, together with those in use prior tb that time, is in the following table : shown T[1% 3, 5| 4 |Zoal. Nomber 1 use, e Narchi31,1574...... 1| 432f 153| 95| %3] 4| 2,019 Number of mew|- |- i meters added....! sl 92 100 8 1| 1w Total No. in I | =i March §1; 1675...| 774 024]-163] 100] 1081 4 | 2,074 ‘The quantity of water measured by metess during the year ending March 31, 1873, was : « Gallons, .00 o 500 ~West Division.. 47,157,500 Total quantity....... ovrs 1,44 ,000 Increase over year ending March 3 816,957,500 The revenue derived from meter rates during the yeur ending March 81, 1675, wos $13,80.72 CONDENSED BTATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND RXPEN- DITURES. Receipts—TIncome ' from wated ren: Ezxpe) ning pumping works Ofco expense and saarien. . Repeirs of pipes, hydrauts, stop cocks, and miscellane- ous operating expenses. Water mters ana_expens Expense of lake tunnel crib Water tax refunded. . Interest on water bonds, Surplus for 187475, ........ 3,801.52 There wss transferred from water fund to tme.r tax fund for enlurgement of mains $200,040 88 ghown in financial statement. COST OF ADDITIONS TO WATER-WORKS DUBING THE YEAR. $705,928.64 ‘ 20,24.70— 617,065,13 6, 8,12, 16,80 24 Inch, 51278104 - e tatt axicmsion. 323 148,096.24 3342505 30,161.51 $1,048,100.59 Total cost of worim to Aprl1, 1875, in- cluding all work in progress. .. .. MEANS BY WHICH THE WORKS WERE PAID ¥OR. Water loan bonds, 6 per cent, outstand- +.37,231,918.45 s Taa oty 7 en el amtatas Appropriation for 1878 ‘Appropriation for 1874, $6,427,649.04 Less rebates on one-mill tA%ueerereennsnnn | 2,196.55 $5,208,450.40 From water renta, eees 403,465.96 $7,231,918.45 The entirs expenditure on account of the Water- Works—including running expenses of the shops, sal- aries of employes, repairs, operating of the works, water-meters, expenscs of the crio, water-tax rebates, and interest of §3:0,204.70 on water bonds—was 617, 065.12. The icome for-water collections was $705,- 9267543 tho city clearing in the yenr 187475, $48,851,65. ‘The Waler-Works may therefors be coneldered 8 suc- cessful municipal investment. EFFECTS OF FROST. ' During the past winter inconvenierice was experi- ented in some parts of the cityon account of the freazing of the water-pipes. This occurred ouly in Tocalities where tho mains were lald years ago, when the condition of the streets prevented their being placed deep enough. The derth at which the pipes are now laid secures permanent immunity from a frost of even g0 bard a winter as that just past, whoee soverity is unprecedentedin_the recoflection of those connected with the Water Department. Wherever the pipes which wers affected by the frost are large enough, it i the intention of the Board to lower them ; butmany of them are so small that they will have to be taken up, and be replaced by larger ones. The Board have been ratarded in the carrying out of this Qosign by want of funds, Somo difficulty waa found in preserying the hydrants from tho reverity of the coldest months. Various ex- periments were resorted to by the City Eneinecr, and, even in the hardest season, most of the hydrants wezs Xept serviceable, Sogreat vigilance was required, Bowever, that tha foremen snd their employes had to work night and day, and several of the men wero bad- Iy frozen, THE WASTE OF WATER, Having exhausted every effort which ingenuity has thua far suggested to prevent the wasto of water, the Board are compellod to copclude that there is but one meas by which this criminality can be checked, “namels, by theuse of meters. So firmly convinced ara the Board of this, that if the issmunce of bonds were not_constitutionally prohibited, and if the present fnancial condition of tho city did not render the ex- penditure burdensome to the people, they would Tecommend thata water-meter be placed wherever & rervice-pipo larger than three-fourths of an inch i di- sameter {8 used. The difiiculty in doing so lies in the price of the meters. The chespest satisfactory meter Which can now be ha is o expenaive to admit of the purchase of the necessary number a the public cost. A cheap Water-meter ia one of the neceasities of the age, and it is surprising that mechanical genius his 1ot been able to construct a simple and cheap aevice, the universality of the ugo of which would insurea fortune to the maker. The Board have purchased as many meters_during the past year as the fund per- mitted, and they are in_use in very many of the large houses'and manufacturing _establishments, The me- ters purchased have already more than paid for thelr cost, and afford an_absolutely just standard by which the Cansumer koows exocily the guantity of water for which he has to pay. One striking, as well 53 interesting, feature of the employment of water-metars is their assistance in the detection of obscure leaks, Aleak may exist in a hid- den portiun of a service-pipe which might not be dis- covered for months if the meter, by the unusual qusn- tity of water recorded, did not’suggest such a proba- bility. - The selfish interest of the consumer, who is isposed to protest agaiust the size of his blll, lesds him to Investigation, and the defect in the pipe is promptly remedied, thus saving to the city the water which otherwise would be wastcd, The monstrous waste of water which takes place an- nually in the extreme weather of summer and winter 1 & roflection upon the morul sense of thoss who are gullty of it. It sppears to be impossitle for many people to understand that water, unlike air, is not freo commodity, and that no one is entitled to use more water than he pays for. The water of the city is municipal property, sold to individuals in precisely the same commercial way in which citizens purchase food or clothing, and it is no more a privilego to waste water than lo Steal the groceries of the merchant ar the fabrics of the dry-goods dealer. BEWERAGE. One of the remarkablo features of public fmprove- ‘ments accomplished during the year consis:s in the extent of sewers built, which reaches s total of 42 miles, It is obvious that the cleanlinees and health of the city will receive from this extensiva and enduring help. The city now containa 240 miles of sewerage, The following table_exhibits the total extenion and cost of sewerage annually, since the sewerage depart- Tent was placed under the chargs of the Bosrd in 1861, 55 weli aa the work which was dons prior to that time* No. of |No. of Costof clean-|Total ‘cost Jeet of |private| “ing_ ecweral of con~ Date, | ‘sewcers |draina| and catch| structing taid. | laid. ine. sewers. 1851, May 1) 283,585 2.194] $ 5,619.48) $065,188.45 1862 Jan; 1| ~ 2825 219 5,474,083 3,617.51 1663, Aprit )] 15,676 355 4,793.35) 67,254.51 1864, April 1| -8u605| 530 5,153.39| 16029929 185, April 1} - 85,021) 812 9,304.63] 87,221.43 je6n, April | 20,045 1,284 1361807} 137,643.02 1667, april1| 48127, 3T, 2BA4I16) BI5CA53 1865, April 1| 69,061, 3,703 ,540.811 416,730,51 386, April 1y 4T.841] 8,251 26,954.00; 197,152.92 1870, April 1! 139,7¢50 3,979 25,0118} 854,141.26 1870, April1] 78160 5187 2146830, 258,664.7 112, April1] 50,716 5,098, ¢ 1741546 153,245.38 1973, Aprif1) 47,842 1L4IS] 2148416 173,285.76 mn,amul 148702| 4erl 81229271 506,283, 187, Aprii 1} 222,8Y)] 6,292 37,034.62) 587.507.38 The cost of repairing sewers and catch-basing, and of renewing and repairing man-hoies has been, for the year, $7,167.52. FRIVATE DRALYS. The number of conmections of privats dralns with public sewers, duriog the year, has been s follows : North Divisicn.. B South Division, ‘West Division. i 8,292 The receipis for the for P e Ipts | year prtnlahtnwmlq SEWERAGE EXPENSES, EEPAIRS, AHD INTEREST. Halaries, office, and miscellanecus ex- $ 1009, e sime time, it-would bave been un- | Repairs Repaira of seweir, Souih I Ropairs of sewers, Weat Cleaning sewers, North Divisfor Cleaning sewers, Sonth_Division. Cleaning sewers, West Division. House drains, fire. 5 | health and safety, and can pipe, and Bewerage, requires 4 Siciata futegrity the. Bret Humy meoet s faultsin_structuces above ground. its defbce % &6 sasily discoverabie; while thes involve dunges o o2k Lo corrected onty gt Bkd mous expense. The utier dependence of th, ‘ aity upon the water servico, (he sewers, pop Y bridges, which aro 80 nearly reiated to the copges? convenienre, and, in fact, the very life of ty aTh tion, dymonstrates the necessity of intrustynerid- Xeeplg and ‘constfuction otly fo' thoron experience and umblemnished tntegnty. o @ ) The Board are able 4o point-with prideto the v, pablic imy ents thus far complet:d, thy of the wor WhichTa unsurpissed ang nnfi:& “Total cost.. SEWERAGE LOAN RONDS. Six per cent bonds, outstanding March 31, 1575. .'$ 87,000.00 Seven per arch L $2,637,0.0.00 P Aot HS, not. sopiied th Dris vonde " 8 i app can y $2,0888 . = STREETSH. P Accumulations of snow, ice, and garbage rendered the streets™of the-city in the spring montha, aimost im- - passzble in some of the densest busincea eections, and 28 the fund had been exhausted, the seyers embarrass. ment inflicted upon trade was only relieved Ly an ex- tra appropristion. The Board respectfully remind your honorsble body that there is neither economy nor ‘wisdom in setting apart for street purposes £0 small a sum that its exhaustion ia inevitable before the thaws, 3 pwhens brisk general effort. is mecessury to remove ‘atural obsuructions which jmpeds cowmpierce and in- loud and not unregsonable complunt. = Many of streets arem a _very bad conditlon,. and thers ean be noradical or permanent improve nent until ths tax-payers, with. whom the matter -is op- tiomal, choose to pave them, pav- ed :sfrests which were mot desiroyed by the fire of 18:1, have been sabjected to an extraordinary .wear and tear, by the removal of debris, then Ly the transportation and occupancy of buflding masecial. Property-owners have been naturally tardy about re- pavement, preferring first to reetore their homes and business places. The disposition of citizena to post- pone the expense of repaving, the proportion of streets that are in need of repar, and the number of miles of streets in the city, render the task of keeping them in order more difiicult than that of any city in the coun- «ry. When it is taken' into ‘sccount that we have 69 miles of streets, of which those paved must be regu- lariy swept, and theseand all others maiutued in passable condition, the necessity af & larger appropria- tlon than that faccorded during the past year will be- ‘come appareut, Pight miles have been paved during the year; and there are 111 miies of improved streets. i CONDITION OF THE BIVER. There has been no material chunge iu the condition of the river since the lust annual report, and no fm- provement ean be anticipate | until the completion of ihe Fullerton svenue condmt. S DREDGING THE BIVER. i Dredging han been carried on during the year at a total expenditure of $19,710,35, <. A statement of the condition of the euter harbor will be found in the report of the City Engineer. DOCE-LINE SURVETS. The restoration of the dock-line surveys, destroyed by the fire of 1871, has been completed, und lines hiuva made. i BRIDOES AND VIADUCTS. - | . Newbriages have been Luilt ovcr the Ogden canal, ] 8¢ Bandolpl street, and at Fullerton avenue, and 8 via- duet over the raiiroad tracks at North Halsted street, the dimensions and cost of which appear in the Super-" intendent’s report. A new bridge will be built over Madison street dur- ing the present year. * Cunferences have been held with suthorized repre- sentativen of the railreds crossing Milwaukee avenue and Blue Island avenuse in relation to the erection of visducts over these thoroughfares. - The resuits of these conferences bave been reported to the Couacll The srrangements having reached a mutnally satisfac~ tory form, the completion of these much-reeded sructures is hoped for and expected during the com- ing year. . PUBLIO BUILDINGS. ‘Tt 1n hoped that tho negotiations between the city, represented by your Jhonorable body, and the Board of County Commiasioners relative to the erection of a new Caty Hull and Court-House, for the use of the city and county, will be brought speedily toa conclu- sion, in otder that the foundations at least muy be 1aid during the present ye.r. 3 Five engine-houses and a3 engine-house and police- .afation have been built sincs tus last annual repori, the location of which wlli be found in the statement of the Su tendent; and a pumping-house has been at the Washington street tunnel. 1HE PARKS. The Board would suggest the wisdom of a liberal ap- propriation for the keeping and ornamentation_of the city parks. These places of free recraation have both & practical and an esthetic value, and in both uses the city would be greatly benefited by an increase in thelr number. They are impassable barriers against fire, In time of panic, from Any cause, they aflord reifef 2nd protection to large numbers of people. Durinz the heated term citizens flock to the greensward and cooling shade to obtain the rest and refreshmient other- wise innceessible to those accustamed to grimy toil and poorly ventilated dwellings. The beauty of the parks exerciscs s refining inflaence, and they-contmbute at oncs to the general security and health, as well a5 to individual improvement. The money which the city invests in their maintenance thus affords a generous Teturn, The flling and grassing of Lake Park has been pro- ceeded with, bus the centre portion s stil a mass of tnsightly debris. This park, the only one convenlent for denizens of the cenire of the city, has become a ery popular resort, Its conspicuous position, ex- pased 24 it is to the gaze of strangers coming into the city by four of the leading raliroads, as well a8 the re- quirements of the large sestion that patronizes it, ren- ders its completion very desirable, and ths'Board nrge that o sufficient appropriation be made. - All the parks have been kopt in excellent conditlon, and the number of visitors waa largely in excesaof that of previous years. : The following fatle exhibits the area of and the out- 1sy upon each of the parks: So.of ~ Ervendi- &cres, tures, Washington Square. 24 Union Square. : Lake Park.. Dearborn Park. Ellis Pa ) Tnlon Fark, Jefferson Park, Varnon Park ‘Wicker Park.. G P) ‘BUILD] 3 During the yesr 712 building permits wero issued ; and 309 applications were heard for tae removal of wooden buildings within the fire limits,” Of theso, 24 were favorably acted upon. ‘The Board congraulate the Council upon the passago of the ordinance making the fire lmits co-extensive With the city boundaries, as they recommended & year ago. The objections raised agnina: the ordinance— that business will be prostrated, cipital deterred from coming to the city, extreme hirdship inicted apon the laboring classeé—Lave proved utterly groundicss. In fact, the exact contrary has been found to be the Tesult,’ Capital, enconraged by the increased protec- tion of property, has sought Chicago investments with augmented confidence; tue poor wan feels that his Tiome ja safer ; and insurancs Tates—the most sensible test—have gone down. ‘A8 3 stfll further precaution, the Boord repeat their recommendation that removals of wooden buildings within the city limits bo not tolerated beyond a def- nite date. To pass sn ordinance summnrily cupting off this privilego might expose tho proprietors of suen butldings on leased ground o the rapacity of loi-own- ers,—a misforiune which could be averted by fiziog {he expiration of tho privilege of removal at distant but definite period, 8ay two or three years from the ‘passego of tho ordinance. The permission which msy be legally obtained for the removal of wooden buildings is producing mis- chlevous consequences whose magnitude grows daily more apparenc. These buildings sgazegate in various portions of the city, wherever locations can be se- cured, and form nuciel for future co s, Tlo fire ofdinance now rrohibits & citizen from erecting wooden building, and, on the theory of general protec- tion, requirea him to Use brick or stoue, 1t ia & curious violation of thia theory, and s gross injustice 1o citi- zens thun probibited, to authorize the removal of old wooden buildings icio proximity with structures built in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance. ‘The transportation of wooden bulldings to unoccu- pled parts of the ontskirts of the city is only less ob- Jectionable. An. inflammable bels will, in time, be thus formed, which, with our high winds, will always menace city property by fire, no matter how complete the water facilities, or how strenuous the exertions of the Fire Depertment. The Board are of opinion that rudence demands the destruction of wooden build- within the city limits 28 rapddly a8 they areto be displaced by structures of a better character., BPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. Alargs number of- a3sessments have béen levied during the year, under the law passed by the Legialsture in April, 1872 Asthis law was passed to harmonize with decislons of the Supreme Court, which had been adverse to the old gystem, it is hoped that all will bave to bear their proportionats share for the benefits derived from e various vements, and that the chronic “ tax-fighter " will not, aa was the case under the former law, have the felicity of seelng Iris neighbor pay, while he, through eome microscopi- cal technicality, secures his improvement at the ex- ‘pense of the general public. - SIDEWALKS. During the year, T2 miles and 539 feet of sidewalks ‘were built, including 7,682 feet of stone and 3,5:9.feet of conereis, Thers ard now 725 miles of sdavalks ia e city, The same causes which render so difficult the work of keeping the streets in good condition naturally operate mors or leas upon the condition of tha side- ‘walks, CHANGING THE FISCAL YEAR. . The Board regret that noaction was taken by the Legialature with regard to making the fiscal year iden- tfical with the calendar year, as recommended in thelr last annual report. Public interest would be benefited if the annual appropristions could be reacted earlier, 1n order to render the funds availsble for public work during the entire working season. They are notavail- able now until midsummer. The Board renew thg recommendation, and respectfally arge your hanor able body to take action in relation thereto, . COXCLUSION. The public work accomplished under the direction of the rd during the snx Fear has not been of the character that merely adds to the extarnal superficial beauty of a city, requiring only approjriations by the Council and the exercise of taste on the part of those intrusted with jts expenditure, The work, so much of which is underground, has been ehiefly of » Kud that makes s great city solid, safe, and healtby, snd the axecution of which demands practical expenencs, constant vigilance, and the utmost fidelity. The latter qualities are not easily secured, and, essential as they are; not merely in the beads departmenta, but also in the large number of eubordinates baving partial re- sponsibility, to whose individual honesty the city must intrust its they eamnot take the plsce of prac or of thoroughly trisd ‘The the akiil, arscter of equaled. a3 - : . K- BEHALF OF BABIER. & =~ To the Editor of The Chicago Mvidune: =~ Creasa, July'30.—I was rejoiced to soe'y article, on Sunday last, on Mendicangy, - d Ihave had fauth in_the bslisf that sueh pf 28 * Cbariy " ‘and ™ The Tuo o¢ms~§h" niog e they do, night after night fog wey' .with fult honses) would eventualiy draw thy 3y tention of tha peopla to these impextm'{',as_ jects. Holittle attsption has been Given barey, fore tothis hLotbed of crime,~this scongyy our civilization. i It is 3 noticeable fact that the greater por of the 1umetés of our, prisond a:s very men or overgrown bova. On hirad you will find that most of them °pyyy been in the Bridewell or Reform School. Bape ' they have been_bLoatolucks, newsboys, Leggayy! and, stiil eaclier, the 'Durshngs of sies: mendivants, . impostors, thieves, pickpocisf house-breakers, and-so-forth, Many of m" lay_stapidly i the arms ol their unnm': mathers, or of hideos crones who huunt oy sireets in summer aud crowd tae Relie!-rooms iy winter. 'The cibracier of Jacguesin “ The Ty, Orphans,” 1s by no means an exagperand ;u isolated caso; thev are both Imported to agy propazated 1p Coicago st a rapid rate; hugihe poor Mariannes are usually substituied Ly linly belpless boys, —homeless littlo weifs,—who ary easuy whipped into -obedience 2 the oowa viliains who uso ‘them as hutle tbieviog fut. daws, leaving all the vengeance of ths law taby heapad upon-the Loads of theso belplesa lig suffcrers. Some of these iTisomers utg the children of poor, drunien washerwomes, logk toem out of doors during the entite dz; ™ I.re%. sia:lL or starve. 5 B ug TRIBUNE says,. spesking of beg “ Fe profession is gominum_v boing r&:rw and 80 kept up, from among childran who sy thus traaed from their earliest yeas to by p social pest.” Aud 18 it Possiblo tiat, Whew pogt pie come to fully realize chis grea (3et, thay gl pus forth no bsod to save such- poor litle viz. sims from a fate so temble? (g clvllized man’ ‘maxe mo ‘il:’l Ty been established whers no previous surveys had been | control the undeyeloped . grimival—the wrresponsible, haoipless little wreteh, who -bas Do power to Le gocd and dorighi? Moy we wait until thess unfortnzate littla beingy bave become fall-grown, well-driiled, cor npnlao- ry criminals aud ontlaws, beforo the * law” & extend a band to them ? And can man makeng laws, except for the punishment of this hej less hwwan vermin ? Must a!l bumao drawn wich their milk-testh? - Can the Goy ment have no righ: to take ghiliren from _gars, criminals, and outcasts, aud make wholesome, self-sustainiog citizecs of them? Would it cost moreto do this tuau to defet prosecnte, gusrd, and sappoit the fuil-fledgd crimipals ? - Is the fufant so much more formd able than the man? Last February I saw TNE to this effact: Eighty-five yeaie ago, a liti warf numed Margaiet was born in & viilageos _the Upper Hudson. She was a homeless, Iess little beggar, shaoned bv those whose ness it was to-protect-her. Leforo this poor ht- tle onteast had arnved.at years of rezsoniog, ghy became the mother of another as heipless ag ber- seif. And now. 1o this nlighietred, fres aod Pprogressive country, there are 6l deacendanta of tnat mikerable little Murgarct, 200 of whom ard or bave been inmates of Stato Prisous—the remainder, over 400, being drunkards, outeacts, “imbeciies, and paupers in Neéw York sad its peighboring cities. -Coald not the Gor- eroment havs better afforded to have giren little Margarot the ‘education of Margaret Fu- ler, with the fortuce of a Princess, than to havy supported all these dwgusting descendsats of this upfortunate child ? We havo Societies for the .Provention of Cruelty to Anumals; bat where are our Inws to protect the cruelly-trestsd child of misery? Men tako immense intereatin stock-raising, in poultry-growing; fn fact i everything but the better developmeut of the buman race. Py I have heard it argusa that you canoot taks & cluld fromits ** natural parent” I tunk iz might be taken from the ununatural parent, or from any one who 18 not doing justice to tha child. As ‘wall might ake laws Lo protach E66 egzs of the rattlesoake, and wait ungy! they. are ok enough to make their deadly attacks. befors we hfc our hand against them. In behalf of the tatemeot in Taz helplees-offsoring of erime, 1n boasif-rof the un- happy childran of Chicayo, I ask that sqmething be doae for them.- < Crxpuih Leo¥arn, LAMENT OF TEDDY THE INSPECTOA. Ob, Jsmes ! 1n faith a shame 1 1] Last evening Patrick yerly 4 Coma,; lrlx;_%x]n,nelow to lct me know, I, tmined, nay o Sure when s man gita nigh the' fire i devd knmte * " shove him iu't! Z i How bfig{;m.! racintly inspheciia’ {or.the Gore- Iearned my bread wid honsst work, as busy st 8 miiler is, Stirring tho rictifers p and yatchiog the disttfl lerics. r g 1 got my pay, two dollara a day,—for that I tallsd e St Al Ml e O Yoo kmovw yoursif #ud siot supply te dhugeenspd - @ 0’ % 1 An’ 0 the séven Qishiillers satd, *°Tis surely eral suffermint That you showd ablsva for secha pay s-comin’ fram ‘the Governmint.” . . _. . .c They told me, an’ I seen ‘twas 80, the nukinvus " abusing me, SETE o little pay fer so much work—insulting-aed mit- using me; 2 i R An’26 they mid, 4 We sce yez are g0 f: Tty el clab thgother, sivan of s, an’ jay JH- “And, Jimms; ob, & plazia’ o 1ndsad yo well ey 7 T Ay i b 1 lived on wine, cigirs, sad grmo—siz doltars evsy And n'er a Baplorth had to do but ridin’ and taleri Mo time wuz all me own, there waa no ralsin for o> ployln’ it. 2 Sich bosses !—why, the gintlemen who raised ZYEY ger eal Said, *Dow't sou workt Yo need a heap o' 1z, Pty ” b not susbpecthl 8o when ihey stamped their Hquor, any bad in them. . back to show what conidens | Ialways rnt:n‘zg my om 3 Taiver hev defeciad & ‘made 80 much as senced hsve B I'll 82, if anything wuz wrong, And they Lev niver spected it. And yet auld Brishtow turns me out—just ouof stb ‘mosity— And rols the honest men I owe so much of 1ty The Nation kicks its servants out-—such villnemis gratitude sa S Was never seen afore. I taink, in any land or lstials An’ now the counthryll go to wreck; injutie = severity > Can niver thnve—an’ Mishter Grant willzing®s ‘proshperity. —Kew Yori Graphic. e | —_——— Good Luck. m; G A writer on **good luck” saya: “We the climax by tue most remurkable exuspé el all a8 to how property, now 1a the o the Earl of Elgin, came to toat nobleman. Yestt 8go two Iadies of bigh powition were ants of an opera-box in London. The of the box opposite was au- elderly .md_fl'fi who used to bora them exceedingly by stariof! them through his glass, until at Jast. hi-:‘:" tion8 became & joke between them. Time oo, and they bad long since forgotten all 2038 their old sdmurer, when one daya gontsas called 8t Lord A.'s house in Lopdon sod siéd tosee his sister. When she entered 12812 bo eaid, ** Am I addresmog_Lady Brucs?" 50 paid that be was. **Then 1 have avery able and, I imagine, nnexpected pisce of w!h genco to commanicate. Under the willof ‘Wilsoo, a former client of ours, you o entilied tos fine estate of several thoussada » T Tho Indy said it must be & mistake. 8h¢ DY Do one of the pame. *‘But,”ead the s “uo identification couid be clesrer.” n:& thought struck bim. * Mr. Wilson, b',:‘ r “ lieg near by, in his coffin, ¢ Mr. Bentio great undertaker, in James street. » would not mind goiog with me e bis face.” She went. Thero was her od with the lorgnette. Not the least flww partof the story was that he had iR, leave the fortuns to the other lady, wbo " special object of his admiration, and [ been told was Lady Bruce. — Japanese Dentistrys San Francisco Chronicies A remarkable specimen of Japsuesé was presented by Dr. Hatch to the tal Society at their recent session: teeth made of actual ivory, carved out of smooth, hard wood. aro inserted with s wooden dowel. El-u of the molars is supplied with on tacks driven in the wooden bass. higic & good deal of pi gwmmflw“’”, aud awknard ; yet they wonld be 8. 2 an atistocratis *John " in mesticag B9 K