Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1877, Page 7

* THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Accordifg to the census of 1870 the of Maanachunetts waa 1,457,361, paapers and vagranta were relieved by the State’ and_county authoritfes, PAUPERISM. 1ts Extentand Growthin the United States. Tho population 0 estimaten formed, doed not ex- the panper element o 222,071, G per cent; the ers have {ncreased M the enormous rata o here {t mnat be remembered we have mercly Rlven the organized syatems of chatity, exctuding from onr estimate the Atray of beggars, trampa, and eriminals that solicitald “from onen defiance af law. Terrible Results Arising.from In= discriminate Alms~Giving. Of the Amount expended In this way there s no means of forming even & rongh MEDICAL CIARITT IN MASSACHUSETTS. The total pumber of inrane in the State Tneane Asylnma of Massachusetts was at the cad af the ear 1870, 2,380, and tne tota] Btate expendftares was in round figares §. Pauperism Incrensing 246 Per Cent in Ten Years in Massachusetts, beshlea volan at $3,628,324, Stariling Facts for Taxpayers from Pennsylvanin, New York, and The extravacant expenditurn in medical charity in Massachuselts has renched such a climax _that we have frequently heard citi- rensof that State eay it would be econamy to r Ineane at the Revere liouse In Por the firet time In a pbli ake known some astonishing Loard the_paug Extravagant Exponditure in Building ‘Hospitals in Massachusetts, nd, to the tax- to ihe manage- These statements can n, as they wera obtained oard of Public Clisrities of that State. The new insane hospitals at Danvers, farnished, and ready far y have cost not less than 2 or $3,500 far each of the ;00 inmates. The ntetest alone'on this sum will be $210, or $4 & week, which is what the State will p of (hese patients the lowest calen matntained in thin hospital for less than $) or $4 & weck mare. Here wo have the sirange spece aylng 3410, or $8 per week, to do thi the rate of | s of thene Charee In 0 this, —a4 the rata of Increase of theac charge nearly 500 a year, —It will continne to sdd $200,000 A year on to (ta phuper appropriation. EXPANSE OF KEW BUILDINGS. ear Massachuactts will have ment of thess Inatitutions, tlcitly relfed e tepart of the Abuses in Medleal Charity in which, when completad, New York and Penn- mtients cannot be Hearly Fourteon Millions of Dollars Ex- pended Last Year for Paupers in Threa Btates, *TWritten Erpresly for The Tribune, Rocxronn, 1l., April 13,~The theme of pan- perlam and medical charity In this country tvs sabject that attracta farless attention from jurists and politicians than it merits. In some Btates of the Unfon panperism has hardly portancoof & publie quention, asan litnatration of which we quote the following extract from a letter recelved the other day from the Secretary of the Btate of Virginia, the Hon. James McDonsld: ‘1o have no such hod; Commissioners of Charity, report that wonld seeve the tacle of a Stata board ite pauper (nrane, nylgpdeml of this expended opon_new ‘hrg“ equi) p!:cnl the sum of $1,250, 1,300,000 at Worcest Danvers, and $200, 000 st Taunton. the smount will be 83,600, 000, inciuding {ntercat beforo {hé bufldiata wers completed: s vast anm expended, the reader wifl nata- e et e the Btato? Comfortable ac- o resont Hosed of Pabile Uil extravagance the presen| i Peemn fly comnizant, aud apeak of it in the follow- o + Now, until some change takes place. by which the increase of this clasa (incurable jnzanc) can be checked, e may cxpoct as greal & pressure for their aupport in the asylums fc in the pant scyen years. that the tazpayers of Massachusctta will go on viding patacea for their reception, and for the urioun residence of the officers who managze them, $3,000 for each insanc then same new plan is absalutely n 1nthe State of New Yark, the namber and vagrants who annually ask and oblaj 1 d county “amounted Ilast\year to 224,458, withont incliding housea and poor-houscs of the fitat rted and relieved 114, 4 In view of the scrlous evils nsa State Toard of nd consequently no urpose you huve i Tho troth {s, panperlsm is somethiogof a noveity with us, and'we bave not yot learnod haw 10 deal with It as o pubdlic question." Virginin is 8 happy exception, if the above state- ment be true, and thers are other States whereln the soclal plagne of pavperism Is axhibited in most Intereating and preasing forms, We shonld all feel some sort of personal Interest {n the poor, and ar years to como a8 tisit 10 be supposed A tear for pity, and s hand Open ax day for metting charty, But, while making dne allowance for hnman weakness’ and miscslcalations we must bear fn mind tho Words of the philosopher who sald, **That charity Is bad which takes from inde- its proper pride, its salutary shame.' te, outside of the resulting from the Board of State Commineloncrs of Charitles of New York determined to Institute in- quiry regarding the nnmber and_condition of tramps applying for niries It In eatiinated that over 200,000 acts of re- tlef nre annually bestowed on tramps by public of- st an expenditurs of nearl; . the rellor pranted trampa {s given withont any equivulent in rewurn, and though many of them are abundantly able to work, they thus, by traveling from Stato to Btate, bot ruined in helth thoy finslly end se & public burden, 13M ¥OIt TRE YEAR, from ; mendacity Tho lata exposurcs of the abuses {n modical charity and paaperism In Ka- gland are replete with Instenction for Americans, ADUSE OF MEDICAL CIARITY IN RNGLAND. In England the workhouse is Inoked upon as & Tegalright, as much as the Government Treavury wan 8 mutnal {nsurance fundi while the medical charity, which annually furniehes a million and & guarter of the popniation of London with rallef, Is o Tonger considered & hoan., published In London entitled **Medica) Charity; Nethodn of Adminlsterlng It," wo are Iuformod that, in addition to the' above panperixing ' influ- ence, a aum eqnal to 8.penco per hoad of the whole population of London (4,000,000) is ex< pended in aupporting 1dfots aud imbecilos, and L abilling per head In supporting lanatics. The total amount annnally expended In London for medleal charity alone foots up to nearly 85,000, how can tho poets talk of From these in- llc charees, until Tn s book rocently | thelr days th COST OF PAUP The totat exponditure for paupers § excinsive of Naw Yurk 31, tal vulue of proporty, r_weck for each lums o 272;" avernge cor te var(es from 04 centa to In the City of New York thera tas ox- pended for this 8] $4,700,000. Tlercisa table expensa snd value of propert) In the face of this, friendless man— Condefmn'd un Pennry's barren pa Ecorn'd hiy the wor patn to roam, - 14, and left without & home, 'The poor and the sick In' Enzland are well pro- vided for, and wo shall preacntly show that the enormons aums of money annnally expended by reveral of onr Iargest States scems rather to ene courage the pour On Penury'sbsrren pathto roam, 1ban to guarantee them againet want ‘and yet pre- serve thelr self-respect. TAUACRISM—METIIODS 1N NEALING WITH 1T\ For the convenlence of the readir, we vido onr rubject Into two parts, perjam, or that wlhich deals with the Indigent poor other than thoso raffering feom bodily fnfirmity. Thu second part Js medical charity, to which we shell add Insane Aaylume, orphsn ssylnms, hospl- country as In Ene. gland there ure two dletinct methods of dealing re- llef to the Indigent. The frst is theongh mdisceime inatealmmeiving; tho sccond Is an organized ays- tam, the oblect of which ls, g ! Toth to employ sl foed tha poor, - - ‘bt which theoogh mlemanagement snd abuses too frequently feeds the 1azy aud crininal clases, o recelves from them uo equivalent in labor for the .o omuama o medical clarity | of the Orphan Aaylums, numbering in ul roal cetate and Homes for the Friendle ovar 160 inatltntions, —incl pts for year en all sonreea, including Kiate sppi orvisora’ appropriations, voluutcer sibscripe ndlvidus support of relztions, etc., 83,300, » D02 total expenditures, boye, wmen, and women,—17, 260, JI0BIITALS AND DISPENSARIRS. rty, real cstate and personal tie State of Naw Yol from. all -sourcos, 'The valuu of pro) of the hospltals of sxpendituces, 8$:32,212; recelved during the ycear, ‘he value of the dispennary property Is 820, recolpts (OF yoar, $84,1142; expenditnres, $05, 04; roated, 903,003; st dlupens o table showing the extent of all kinds of charity in New Yorik Stato: ‘The firat s Pau- . and dlapensaries, Valusof | Anwual |No re. perhead Hesedt,: f ponus $3.010.597 .48 832,013 15,345 5,048 AW PN anlids i e ok Lo 27, 404, 390 €0, 009,527 {31,430 AV, (3035 PAUPENISM IN PENNSYLVANIA, In the State of Pennsylvania 30,742 unfortunato and indigent voople were wholly supported in the Stato {nstitutions during 1475, ‘In addition 1o thin, .door and almahionss rolict was civen to 148, 400 vagrants, making a total of 1 cent of the Stata cnai Dennayivanls, as in ‘urk, and Massachuscits, the authoritivs are auroe puzrlod abont the vagrants and tram t tha report of the Buard of Pu TNDISCRIMINATE ALMSGIVING, Wo find In the latest published reports of the Tioand of Biats Charities of New York, Pennayle vania. Tlinois, Massnchusetts, Indtans, sceounty of the rapid [ncrears of vagrancy caused by indlscriminate almugiving, In the roport just: inned by the State Board of Commlssloners of Tullic Charittes in Illinols, we rond of & vagrant making & speech but & few months agoon the strects of pringdeld, In which ho enlomized va- grancy, declared himself to be king of all trampn; sad avowed that a secret organizntion exists smong them, with slgns, grips, pass-words, and regula. ‘We have no reason to belleve the American vagrants are Lehind thelr Eurol ont avil fa assuming atill grentor mag- itndo; the ranks of the itinerant hog:ur are con- stantly fuereasing; they crowd our poor-hute Jale, and cliy lockeups: ey Invade our secln o pean. brathiren ln houes uf the nighi, ronder mny = aqu lonta for &ho contrihutions which they Iontly demand, and whirh it i dangerons to refuse. Tha question’ 1o ba conaldered s, how are the dolngw of & class who hshitually rufune to comply with the roquirements of law to bo duntt with? "'y tramp acts npon the theory thathe will tenco withont rutulering un cquivalents ance to law, Every caunt with them, and the cnnniry peaple upon them as aa [nuvitabla Indictlon, less dangers s whon fed and sncltered than when hungry and Jefuse them fuod, and yoor Deny 'them”a bed fn your They travel In '"NO 01VERS" AND “sO¥T TOMMIES. The story of tho English elorgyman (no doubt famiiiar to the reader), who, when visiting » slek tramp in a common lodging honse, found s Mst of the nofghboring gentey hung up 1o the walting. Toom, some af whom had o black and souie a red crovnappemled to tholrnames, Palnting tothe black marke, he asked the kecper of the bouse what +10h, " she replied, **them's no givers," **And the rodr **Why, in conrae the reds is the soft Tommi As Lils own name appoared in tho latter category,” o fs sakd to have altered tho color to bluck, and honceforward saved his packot by the sactle reputation for y set It on 'fire, gange and disperse ta forsue, levying contributions and left, Thelr vagrant lifo unlts thein. und, ble as thoy reenn to be, Lo prufler of honest wages for honest work will Inducs thom lo leavo thoroad. Unless thu evll is diferently dealt with, 1t will soon become as intolurable a3 §1 formerly waa In Bavarls aud olher foroign countrivs," When the fosed of Public Chiaritios enter such bittor complaints an the above, it I pearly time tha nblic wan directed 1o this crow- Hereafter wo shall. prupuse whul wo be. leve to'be & remeidy for vagrancy. upon very good authority that the uumber of g’-w In" Pennwylvanin durlng 1870 far cxceedod * "MBDIOAL CIARITY IN PENNS the medical h printed in tho Wetminster Review, and ona in & foot-note, added hisown testimony to that of tho clerzyman, 1ls declsred that on succeeding a bonavoleut but weak old lady a4 tenant of ——, he found the honse daily beset with & stream of applicants for rellef. Benefiting by the clergyman's expericnce, he ane day selcctod an intelligent tramp, sud by virtus of & douceur of half & crown, put him on his honor to publish the factibat **a soft Tommy* no longer =, Thatramp kept falth, and tho result was of the editors, T attentinn uf the Tufn estlinated eaipts during y: mucl pitals are, ne a tutions, though the average weukl; roma of them e rather high. Bhoro lome costs 84,11 per week for Germantown Dispenea: Harrisburg 1lospita), § cost n tha Btate hoapltal: SUMMARY OF ¥AU Wo have now, {n brief, medical charity and St Tho agreyste tho mod ell manage:d ingl A PERFLEXING PROBLMM, The Childrente Boas Tho rapld incrosse of this class of beggars In scveral of thoprincipal States of the Union is cansing alarm, and this' particular phase Las come tha miost perploxing probl norts recognlze this, {0 past to the depressed condition of tho finances of the countsy, and tho conwequently lsrga mume bor of persons out of employment. But the roa- son, we aro inclined {0 think, is spart from this spectal difliculty, and It may ba largaly sttributed to indlsctiminate almsgiving, which Is the surest Wway o foster the growth of this ovl], coursying fact both In Enrop d Paupcriam fattens on what it foeds, VAGRANCY IN MASSACHUSETTS, bave Lefure us the thirtcenth anuual report ot oard of Kitate Charlties of Massachusetts, for Frouw this carefully pro mment We learn the stastiing fack that i OF over opg-scventh of tion of the State, reulve’d r'-hll-t from ec: "Total average weskly nd sttribute it eviewed tho ‘expenss of in_threa great #ro_ oL Accuraty oxpenditares of | Bolow will be found s table showing the aununal amount expended, the number upers relloved, snd the population of New ‘onnsylvania, aod Massachusctis: the thres States. L1veesrn 10100000 §5.873,600 MART OF MEUICAL CHARITY, ‘Trow this it will be suen that inthres States, ‘population of ahout 10,000, 000, over 600,000, that costa pearly Sve and balf mililons annually, {rre- apective of that given to tho vast ond beggars; without sdding the nnuuheuumbmlom. h 0 with an agaregate a Nuwr"lllgenl numberin) Jear 1874, besldes 00, jodged Mations at Uoston, e Thucs e havo not fucluded th Wb roceived medical aaslstance 1n this numbe ;n- Bggrocute cost of reliaving this vast arm; $1,440, 854, or uearl, n to be nearly & mihilo New York, ucarly haif 8 million jn Penosylvanta, ::g which in the threo Btates {a not far from ement the State only* thesa calcalations king tho_net Icoll received full support; rt: 148,180 wero vagranta: 501 lodyors in Boston “police Eraud total for the Btate of BAPIL INCRNASE OF PAUPERISM, Baxcluding the **jodgers " in Boston we bave compilea s table froa the ansual crease of pauperian the teu years dmlnr with y go towards the asylume, (hs orphan homes, etc., of Now Y. Biiien” 5 Ghor st millions oF lle Blate Insane-asy miilions of doll nesr showiog us what rs, medical and otherwise, duri; New York, Pennsylvanla, acd ~Medical chnrity— tuapitals * Paupers, Anylums. en cxpended for N 2 S v i In the above talle we havo only estimatcs based upon partial returns, n. Frow it we learn the | anaual cost of paupec- Lo’ the taxpayors of these 168, and s without add- 3 €5 ism snd medical hel tlureo Stases by 413, 245 153 EoRnpmenni MONDAY. APRIL 16, 1877. ing the milllons annaally given which comes ander | travel witn nim tbat fe posted? knows who Jives the suggeatlve head of **indiscriminate slms-giv- | around here, and ' ing.” Farmer thinks to himeelf, $* Now, John can plow, TN SATATA OF ILLINOIS. or the hired mnn'whynu“ take thia job;runround Ninola han been pyrposely left ont In the sbova | With good clothes on: but I'll not ‘say auything, cAlcnlations becanse Inete 18 no means at hand for | fof may be ho fe rper, and [am dot golng to arcertaining exactly what onf panperiam does cost, | 0er myself justyet. Iilthink of it Srst.” Ho There 1800 regulaf system, and sach county at- | the peddier does not tey to sell, or to hire, or to tendato itaown poor. making no renort tothe | come any elsharate dodge over the Granger, but State anthorities. Tha nine State inatitations coss | hitches ‘on his bany stecd and mounts the seat for the year 1470, $617. 877, with lines in $1nd. e roads are bud ax thls time A NEMEDT FOR PAUPERIBN. of yeae; the losd is beavy: the owner feels for his In thin article we have intentionaily claenified the ‘" 'y wi‘llo Ihu alteady '}"“".‘z“‘. g‘hlu inskne and other naylums_with the- hospitas and | iraces snd his knee-eprudg leqs to get hig nllsJunmlem inder the head of medical charity: | 10ad along: poor old horse, you are innocent of an i any iptention, bnt yet e e Mmetonse charlty, Including *upport | on, Tho peddler asye It won't do, and turning to 8 of m ve thus two distinct | D!a Granger (riend aske him the privilege of atorin pfl:‘::":r' chl‘zl? lfi‘d’cnl with in conclusion, | 3 part of hia load with bim for & day or two ant he facts prencnted withont further he ean hanl a greater load; consent "being given, comment will point oat to tha Intelligent reader the bundles are taken down sad into the hoss, — the rocks ahead, fn our desltngs with the poor, | 2hawls and cioth, caps and thread, dress pat. Immense sums of money ate aanoally expended to \emnl ete, they aro all 1ight, piled asnfat vagrants, who, 1t has been shown, increase { NP In m." Now e mear and mufiiply under the treatment: and whom, | the point whera the azelle comen in, mareover, 1t 1s feared, will lose all seil-respect, Peddler fe steanger, farmer | anger, can farmer and will nltimately denan pport of the State, | falk Dutch? +iDoss Meln Herr know il the folke The Increasa of vagrancy in Massachauetts, show. | Around bere." < Know them mont all. You are ing (hat the papnistion Increasce at 15 per cent, | the man § ought to bave fo travel with me: cary wiile the nambes of vagtania increaso 246 pet dob; ride scoand L my wagon with me: 81 a day cent. ta fall of danzeroun meaning. There fs hnt | And expensed paid,” When I cone round sgaln onpway (0 deal with vagrants. The law must be | Mant ity and mako & bareain with you. Weli, § hnia more scvere, lielow ate the main features | Mustgonow: bat let mo see: now business Is of & bill that, if properly enforced, conld be made | business; f onght to h:vr:cl:lv;:lhlllxgw f"v'f" 2«“ n, — 8 - 3 licable In'any of onr States, and, we believe, ks pncnen’hle remedy ! Y me _#ce, ten shawls 1. That summary arresta be authorized, the act f{’_s‘entn esch, $5: 40 pairs hose, 5 cents & palr, of begying of yagrancy to be taken as evidence of | 3% 2 dozen hata, 10 centa n‘gl-u' saved from & the commissfon of the offensos. {lre. bought them low, $2.- pleces Enxllsh 11, That the bill shall provide for compulsory | b1own cloth, U2 yards,’ $5 8 yards, $110—in al} Iabor; if auftable employment canyot ba found in | $519.40. Now, ' aaya’peddier, *:may be It raina the county hnn-e.hurm?. or mcfu. l»h“.e’ mln be ;’,‘;mm;tn u:;lw.m'r‘r;::'»'vg’ nln 't' «ix';a‘-lc:lvfi:z r:;gl;t ’nlllxm;ll;:‘e‘r‘poe::‘gn?‘ L pIACA, o€ i e+ Aetyieatef thirty days sbead. 8o he ils out the dlank: “‘fll. Thnt It aniorizo the trunsfer of any person | Mr. Motwis, Aprit 1. \e77. ~Thirty dars afier date, e offending to the town ar pisce In whic! ns ool J 2 legal resldence, after i shall havo Samed a'n | ISR AT or it ibrey MR Binethed o vha\ not oo o1 10 purcliase | ARd Just on the lower edgs of the receipt a lina ticketa and give them to shle-bodied trampa and [ $87i6Z " to bo retarnod to the slgner when 1 call vagrants to procurs rides on railwaya until aficr [ fof 1 goods.'s Signed, acalod, and delivered. ha the aforeeald Iram Ul havo earned a sutficient | [Ot4 the paper in his veat pocket, aseures bia brast #mount Lo pay the expensen thereof, "%3"'"" of hls early return to take awsy tho V. The bill shonld also authorize towns or conn. | £00d4 and give np his wareliouse receipt, and then tes In which they have n legal sceitlement to take ;’mfl" try and acrange matters 50 as to pat in say charge of auch persogs, with the right of charging | 11X monthaara year to work up a good trade In ihe Capcnnce of hix talntenance, 1o La not rer | LAt vicinity. By this tme he has mouated his moved in & rearonable time, wagon, shaken the linca o their proper 'SR W AND 8IMPLE RULE fension, snd off he goes learing behind hia e hava presented above looks forward to the de. | friend leaning over the fonce with his fect velopment of the epirlt of self-Aelp, + Hclping | fRIIe Bew Rrise which le growing green, beneath the poor ta helu themmgivex from thelr own stand- | nolyeyapnt, RICE B aay e =R Int."" 1t bas been wisely said that & maximum | W& fSHITRR Friendl AROIECE CAT e Mot A e of self-help means a minimam of panperism, et e the WaAle's Of & Droken Once pet the teamn nnd the vagrant 10 work, and | Myesschosotte’ mill-nonds he sees 1t now: th Atay the impnlsive hand of ‘indiscriminate atms. [ iiichoseits mill-pond; he secs ft fows there glving, and half the battle in won. Tho esea with | R [ig Boceiat thaw ate valR0 Becer s O e which' rallway pasees Are ‘furnfebed, and the [ pagh2noto =in fack that & FerbUeml Papert e manner In which tramps and vagrants are [ par,Ueen * entertaining Gevile unawares." fihe seat from place {o place Tocal | B e Taree noss ttound o Ruthoriticr. comoined ‘with fhe . acatlaring o | #Orid gossen. Then the faruier gooe stoundfo rivate almeglving, han made the tramp what ha [ o8 40K B ossiite 10 B50 it Io Under the prisent maunor of d!“h“ml('t with % iyariide y. . him the indolent workmen gradnal alnk, throw, ocenatoun] lapaes, inio ehrantc paugeriam, and bs. | WOES OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. ,co“m prol i unfl'amu;dl:a:u or va;:‘m&lu.d l‘ o the Edtior af The Triduse. belleve a uniform law, as above suggested, adopt. ed by tho principel Statcn, would tend to ‘nold i | _Loxpox, Canada. Aprl 10.—It bhas long been an checl nu--ru of vagrancy, cullivatathe self- | 8nxlous Inqury among parties lnterceied, as to reapect of the indigent, and avert tho flunfir which | whatlsthe cause of the great mortsllty among salia uatf this tereble LizhiTo oursoclal syatem | commercia travelers? And the sl farther n- A 5 Iry, which is of mach greator importance, Why ANUSE IN MEDICAL CIARITY—REMEDY. g YLastly we cometa the fesultn of lavishneas inad. |- they are aelling less goods than formerlyt Bat-a minlatering medical relief, As wa have Included | cureful comoliation of statletics would establish all o lnlm-“nn‘-g hlr;nnlg':hln this Category, Wa | the fact, —statlstice never mislead,— that this hiavoc must fimst call attentlon to the unnecessary outlayin | ayd foss of trade Is caused by the adulterated and alaces (referred to atthe beainning of thls article) Yor inniic paupers. —Ten. cloven. and twelvedolinrs | Polsanous collae which 1s adminstered to them at per week s ton murch for the tnxpayers to psy fortna | the Iuland hotels. This sickening stofl Is not only support of the sick, poor, and paaper insatie, The | & wure, thongh slow polsen, Lut Ly thie headachos great increase of thore borlens upon our Blate | and stapor which it induces and which fur a_half = 2 Uovernmonts shoutd uf itaelf be suMiclent warning, | day after fariaking o it ronders one anfit for buni-, ‘but the facts how thst (i Is not, and milluns of the beapie's inuney are wasted 1n palatial meunious fOF | Peamcit b ee ey Lt ales of Foods are therchy inuane paupers, Now, 8 the boys (what are left of them) are bee A GREAT CONTRAST. coming aware of (hele slarming facte, they havo ‘That there may be no misunderstanding in regard | resolyed to take hold, and, s{muitancousty all to expennive hufldings, we will fllustrate by two { along the line, endcavor to effvct a reform among Loudon husplials, 8t. Thomaa' Hoxpital {8 a'mag. | the hotel-keopers. Thin they will accomplixh, even nificent ateucture., The land on whichi the hospital | thoagh nece«rary to sinzle ont those whowill azree now g1ands cost with tha roadway £100,000, Tha | to usg oni v pitru coffec and Day e th dlfferénco bulldings according to the original coniract £330.- | hotween tho cost of the vile compound &nd the Q0. Complete, it cort £500,000, The hospltal ls | pure hoalth-giving cotfee, and then forsake the desiimed (0 hold but 600 boia; exch bed therofora | bilers antitely. e watchward 1 0 be lberty cost” £HE3 (n Bd, or 81,000 per hed less | and pure coffee, For therc can be no liberty or than the mew insune aeylum at Danvers, rosperity white this evil axiste. Theyare de- Massachusetla, ~ Tha inlercs y ut | Termino) not tostop thete eforts antil a law is Luglish rates on this makes the paseed deciaring the manulactare of counterfelt 8 week, of, 99 64 more than the cullee to be trenson, Though, After all, 88 treason which fn 12 Ud, making total coat of onch patient.| fx ua tonzer a punishable otfents, nothing wonld £1 8 6d, _ Ax s comparirun with this we know of | bo guined by that. another hospital in Lowdon. Itiw s rood, rub. ‘After this roform {s accomplished, 1 {s proposed stantial bailding, with cvery convenlence. This | to undertake a reform in some minor matters, Institution, the Puplar Hospiial, costnt the mteof | tha principal one of which i the prohibition of tha £30 u bed, —weekly Interest 7d. Thun the same | use of li‘m Insiptid canned pench and the nasty, food and care ean Le given u patient st thishiospital | rotton-appesring prunc.: How hotel-keopars can for 1o 1d, e that ot ot Thons' for £ Fatid, | think l oflerig thelr gueats prunes ani canned The cost per head i of the Pennevlvantaand | peaches while there are dricd apples, which are Masanchiurctis oapitals Is even bigher than thut of | palatable anid wholesome, nud always In tho mar- Bt. Thomsx® Hoapital, L'et, to ray nothing of green apples and bLeeries THHN RECITIENTS 0P MEDICAL CIIARITY. or oranges, whicl are cheaper than npples, in & 1n nll sorta of medlcal help one thing whoald be | imystory. Prunes are brought from the Meditar- kept In view. To excinde all parsons wha nre In | runean and pay a duty, and canned peaches from nny way able to pay. The gensrods mauner In | the Kuxt, yetthoy ate very often secn upon hotel which the henavolant have reapomded in Pennsyl. | tables at the West, whilc luscions nutive fruita ure i vaniuand Now York to thin sart of charity tian | so shuadant as to be aimost unsatable, ¥mlnnl|y edacated & portion of the commuulty to Another needed reform is that of letting the sun- oel they are entitled in and expect such relicf as a | rhine into hotel slecping-rooms. The ntmont vig- right ruther than a &ooa, ilance seems now to be exercised by hotel-keepers n London this modo of charity has been so | tocloss biindsand cartaing toshitout every ray nabused thut, exelusive of pnupore: theee in every | of the aun, lealth and comfort demnnd the revorve ton of the papulution of tha elly ara recipients of | of this, Let {n the aun by keeping open hlinds, aid medical ‘eharity, A large portion of thevs rocip- | keep out tho dump and cold by keeping closed win. fenta nre nut reaily proper objects of such charity ; | dowe, fathe need of our siceping-rovine. With that the rate of thiese oharges ars increaning duriing | theae reformenecomplished, thu practice of some louy(yaln five thuus faster than the papuiation, | hotel-keepers of keeping their dining.rooms in ond’ that mauy parsans whose Incomesare Inrge | darkness can be borne with, Then the lively com- obtatn ail their medical nsalstance froms these fusti- | morcial traveler can go forth in safety, and geners} tutions, prosperity will be assured. Anavs, THE EVIL IN AMERICA. ——————— Wa have shown Lhe saame evil s proceeding In an everswilening circle in onr own tluunll". a0 tma THE BLACK HILLS, nlrendy becowms & puzzling question in New York, b the Rdiior of Ths Tridure, TPennaylvanis, and Massachusetts, The ouly way Circano, April 15, —ftaviny just retarned from to l.'nll( on & mniccensful refurm in this species 6f | the Biack Hills, I will glve you a few iteron that relul:'l lul{l.nll‘mle £igid Inguirice as (o ihe fitheds | 1y be of kome Intcrest to your readers whu con- O A AR obNGIAAI: template going to that canntey, The country re- Tn conclusion, we da not heaitato to afirm that | ferred to fano doubt one of tha richest minlug the taxpayers of thin counley have s zight fo de- | countrica wo have, but thers ara 00 many poor mand five things: (@) that ‘vagmnts bo made to | jney golng thers, many of them leaving familics at Work; (h) tht e eigantic proportions tho avil of Panparisn han atiafned In agme of our largo Blates [ RIS without sny mesns of suppact, 1t requires maken {t necesrary that ostablishmenta for paupers | canital to develop the country, and there 1s not the of all kinds be constructed with a reasonahlo re. | slightest prospect of envugh capltal baing Investad e i Dok tb ot obisacs for eaapen || ive ombloyment. lo ko yuoc et not beuse sanins (o that in Che case o medical charity rid | 4 151t Desdyond jusl thirly days ado, and had questionu sl:onld be put to those aceking rellel, 1o | ariids “We staried from Deadwood with 8 two* provent iu part the wrave abueea fn thin form of | NAEEIER. RS AETIEG IO CEat O W e charity: (¢) that persons supnlied with this sort of Telinf shald bo suppiled with a ekt on belme | Hnking thie would bo aufclant to last uy on found entitiod 1 13 an thie rovere heing proved 1t | {ournoy: Wa were out o e b ahoild be forthwith enncoled, These ' {ndica- fionear pruporien: wnd medical charity are cament. | Srcell supply of proviuions from frefghtors. The 1y commanded to the serlous consiteratlon of tho taxnsers and the bonavalently ficlined. All ve. | deed: miany loaded wagons belag over foity daye forms of'this Kind must, In order to be encecnntul, | SEINEER VNI RUCO TOE 006 Cat Do nds of be undortakeu In the broad, comprelienslve enirit | pachinory sed other froight for the 1hilia, some of they demand, ever remembering that the wreat 3 boon walting tanspartation four week question v how 10 help the poor to holp them- | miatd Bos M0G0 TRIHEE sclyes, without compromising$ thetr sclf-feapect, | oociia"io arriva by May and not 1o discourage habite of thrift Ly anex- | DECted 10 arnive by May travagant expenditure of the public funds, o &L Prerre and Yankton walting for wagons to 1. P PORTER. | take them to the Hille, Many of these (ellows leave WESTERN PATENTS. EhereewHi o it arsongt” o sufleri. In- that ) i A weekiy lst of United Liates patonta losned to | SOuALEY before duany monta, Yours very truly, the fuventors of Ilinols, Wisconsin, snd :fltlfl; e gan for tho week ending April 10, 1877, And eacl patent f tho llst will boar thie date. Rtoported ex- ,E ‘EP‘"},E‘EP .'}(),.AA? }’fi";“ preasly for Tus Taimuxe by A, I Evane&Cas | oyici00, Apell 14,—The subject of dratnn natent salicitors, Washlngton, D. C. Charte for s AF » g8 obtaining & patent, $20. A’ copy of tho Patont | In Illinols Is an fmportant ons. Wot scasons—re- Jaws sout free ou applicstios curring as they do, every few ycars—cause tho 1LLINOIS, lose of miitions of dollars to Illinuis and other L. Bradley, Chicago, coupling for lightnlng- Yhzmm nt:,:“mm,_ o,,.r:,,lmn,ln. e |ln ' . | fact, our best crop-years. 1] nols Legiala- gy rauner, Jr., Chlcago, cover for tobacco- | ([0 UE il o befaro i1, recontructiog the 11, Frese, Chicago, roller-abatractor for watches. | Toad law of the State, which has been, con- "l:, Jaflg, Chicago, conposition for lining bare feasedly, hitherto defectlva, The presont bill o Elllott, Chicago, amalgamating orea, woula soem Lo weat the raquirements that have for }’:fl?&. l"llxlt‘r;ld pim] mmg'u r-llrou'u~1n|nu. yearsbeen felt necessaryj for, it roads can now IL. Bozardus, EIbart, spherical gisss tar: | be made cheaply by lmproved maculnery,—aod 'J. Curren, Chicago, lumber-dn such would scem to b the case,—the roads run- ¥, 1, Deckor, Ruck DBridge, ""“,{,',," aqual. | Diog ia parallol lines, both ways, through a given £ i3 b e T, o e, 9 T e 800 : varfect drainage A us_en ho 3 L\{“fl'fl&'fl'fl”fifi%fi“{'e'n“!:fnr:i. farmer to carry his drainage to the oullct 80 pro- Pannycook, Chicaro, cores for caating pipes, | Yided at tie law palnts along which tha ruads puss, s e o ate for aall-ploves, . | Ths bill gives the Commissloners of Ituads ampla W, T Stiorar. Chicago, show-cate, wer to contract for the building of roads, to the 1. R Van Eps, Peoris, wire fabric, Juwest bldders;: and & clause in the bill provides c Ll 14t tho soveral tuwna may elect as 10 the oy, J. Lutch, Black Earth, carn-plantor. Dy which the roada ahall bo worked. P B Jr., N Jk, scrabblng-machl T e W Ti wnd 3, L. € : Cox, Milwaukes, corn-har. CRlLS}JmG AND BQ}JNG B;k‘fl(. . Bpect CIpORdence TAs T Ine. J. Jeusen, Racine, wagon-box strap-bolt. a 1. Mich., April 14.—] s nAND HAvax, Mich., April 14.—It has long eaEfi:‘ I‘:cc:“:“; ';:‘“:“'; ::x fog boldlag been a question with taoners to docido how they I. Rolulg, Fond da Lac, tea-kattle, could extract the tanning principle from bark, Yosta ,:,’,'flfl:‘k'p;‘{."‘::“&,i‘:;.)_ .‘m‘,...ha and avold the great waste and expense of band- ling {t in bulk. Bark loses rapldly, both in fou. "\'x.“. A. Van Brunt, Horicon, sseders and caltl | quantity and quality, when handied {u the usual MICHIOAN, manuer; the éxpense for transportatipn Is large; T B, B""V' Tlotner, sutomatic gate. In many places astorage is expenaivh; and, ln W, Cooper, Ypailanti, chain-pump bucket. order to fit It for use, every tannery must have J. kel, Detroit, bop-press. It , fag & bark-griudiog machine. Here s much addi- D, .Jf::‘ %Kfl.fi“.'.‘n‘n‘%"’"‘flt‘.’im'au. tonal expeuse, trouble, and wasta, For sowe . E, Of . Fenton, metallio ‘makin; w. Sculfiful)ex::u, %fln:llnz hollow-ware, Joarstha e3periment o K an cStrack bus VB, City, car- i been tried. It has béden found expenalve and 4B ek, —-—————Uu‘ml i enetile only partially successful as toquality and profit, FARMERS, TAKE NOTICE! #0 that we hoar little more of ft, and the prod- 70 tha Editor of TAs Tribuse. uct is rarely quoted or seen. Various experi- OoLs Couxty, IiL, Apell 18.—You sreexposed | ments have been made with a view to baling to deceplion when yoa least expect it. ¥rom your | park and bave united in speaking of it as most Douttion, whicls (s by necessity for 8 0o part of 3 your time & lonpsome one, you arc llable to be rether. compaoy of Chicago capitalists, caught in two extromes, elther too suspiclous oz | quick to pervelve real merdt and profit fo au fn- 100 apt to trust another man's word. Veryoftenl | veation, have now shown their falth by thelr smtold by safforers that they have given thelr E:nu '(u nel"v"“;m‘znt ;‘:3’:;. u;g;m{m Lu d thl: are not as erman's €| c sk~ :::“ ':xp:;uf‘m';u i latest ".:m. I have | ing sud ballagbark. They will commence oper- ations fn this city immediately, snd extend beard of waaplayed o Mt. sorris Towuship, the | BUCue 70 K8 W points e ey hava otherday. Amancame slong with 1084 Of dry | jouu1'the 0ld red saw-muill of the Hon. Ucorgs w00ds, pobons, stc.; rosas badi load bearys [ A0S Uy atrady rocclved a portion of stopoed with farmer to feed: nico man (o talk 105 | thejr machinery from Byracuse, N. Y. The pralecd the children; treated fo the clgare; pald | power ls ample fo run sevcral presses, but they for bis diuner; buslness-man must be off; goods | will st present put in & single presa. The bark, 10 sali all strangers In this section (0 him; doss | after belug crushed and ground, 1s subjected to bis fazmer friend koow of & man ho can gobto | & pressurs of about 800 tons, whea tho gummy substance exudes from the bark, 80 as to make 1t adhere In 8 solld mass. It is then hound with ‘They expect to use up at prea- daily, making about There is already much {n- quiry and demand for thefr product, and It will fTemlock bark fs worth here 50 to £5.50, and Is almost tinsala. ble. There are thouranda of cords wasted year- 1y because of the want of & steady and profita- ble market. In Chicago It brings about 8, hicher rates at greater distances. fore, easily be figured that the baling rofitahle, aud certaluly a gr fon.—giving & substantial” incentive to for the ralsing of frult and {arin-produce. Our citizens, hereand In the surrounding country, are refolced over the be- ginning of tLis induatry, which will probably in time afford employment for hundreds of wen, ousands of dollars among our Lrex, {8 covered hy s littls hand or when the object (1 bronght within the focas, the pointer indicates exnctly the distance. ¥ solutely ali there fn of it, srument can be onlimbered. put into_readinens, and & diatance found, —less time zun or battery ia made ready. T ace closed, the body awang aronnd into ita place, nto the ahal's, how their financial standinz In? slats and wire. ent twenty cords of _barl serenty-fve bales, In two minutea the in- therefore, than a meet a realy sale, ‘hen the two ends the "horss put and operator they dash 10 somo other point. {8 now campletea {8 belng tested by & German Ar- tillery Comminaion, and [ belleve the English War Offica I als0 negotiating for ana for trisl. therefors refcained from a detailod technica which would furthermore demand no Iittle knowledee of mechanica: but even 8 Jayman. {a ateack by the simplicily and apparent adapta- of 8 **range-finder,” which, If it proves snceesafal, will revolutionize the sclence or art of war, clearing the lands ————— Long Tramp of sn Old Georginn, Washingion Cnrremondence Raltimore Sun, Among the callers on the President to-day was an oid man who lives at Walton, near Sa- vannah, Ga, ' 1ie told the President that thers was a great deal of fllicig distilling §n_his sec- tion, and that the men whoowned the distillerles suspected him of eiviog Information to the Internal Revemite ofticers, and that for several months they had been treing to Ku-Klux him and that just before he feft bits home they fred At him, wounding one of his children. The President told him he should have Informed the suthorities of his treatment, (natead of cominy all the way to Waanington. The old man tol the President that he walked every foot of the wiy, starting froin his home on the third Satur- dag In February, arriving here yeaterday. President eave him & nnte addressed to ‘the tes Marshal at Atlanta, requesting estigate the case. As he was leaving the Executize office, Mr. R dent's Private Becretary, hand The old man, Who was attired in a butternut sult, had a canteen and haversack hung on his gide. Healo carried an ary blanket and o L(lrf‘e"gmh;ufll. |{n qrse he wbnm get trans- 01 on from the Tresau cpariment, ho wil have to walk ait the way_mck. xhich take him about for and distribute the working people, ——— THE FAILURE OF PROHIBITION, Apecial Corremondence of The Tribune. Rockrorp, I1l., April 13.—The bitterncss en- gendered through our municipal campaign of licenae or no license is not sltogether subsided. The anti-license Mayor and his man Friday, the City Clerk, take their defeat hard. The rebake they recelved In the election of Me. Ferguson (s ascvere one, and shows that the peopls of Rockford are not yot prepared to allow the ad- ministration of their public affairs to be run (n the interest of any clique. The refgn of the Reformers was short. gave last year took sway this., The trouble was that they reformed too much. The fate of onr great reform administration last Monday sug- ests the fate of The tidal wave that odgers, the Presi- ded him a 85 note, it off while scratchen the centre pole, causin in Halway, diseriminatin mob to say_humbugs would not o down In their villaze. The ox resoom’d - cultooral pursultashortiyafterwarda.” The hibitlon majority in the Council cannot be changed until next year, but the large majority given this year for liccnse In the wards where Aldermen were elected shaws that our citizens are patlsfied prohibitory laws are & sad failure. ‘The sccret of the faflure may be stiributed more to the vulgar abuse leveled at the hecads of our best and most worthy citlzens from the pulpits of soveral of our churches, and the wholesale deuunciations and uncharitable, not to say unchristian and cven bratal, epithets which were hurled by those same ministers at those who couscientiously believed a strict licenac law the best mode to deal with the evil of strong dtink. The Prohibitiontsts, thruugh their own folly, bave lost the confidence of the peo 1d it will take years of bard work revive the dylng cause, ————— DECATUR ITEMS, ndence of The Tritune, ril 14.—John Dlilon appear- ed Jast night at the Opera-House In his play of *“Lemons.” He fs a great favorite here} always draws a crowded house. He was hore & couple and met with so enthiustastic & t e declded that he would just as ittle lefer !’ aoo us Elmmons & Blocum's Minatrely ra-House to-nighit. The seats are nearly all takenn, All the star actors and actresses visit us. and haye no cause to regret it, as ‘we are a lars held a soclable at their hall Thureday evenlog., It was largely attend- ed and enfoyed. The amusements consisted of sle, readlug, recitations, ote. There areabout 200 memberss, and new mombers overy naeul.lng. UMAT, way back, which wilt He will leave here ———— A Nowspaper Eplsode. Rush City (MTnn.) Poat, We don't wish to nny‘mu!h Yuhont it, hut evena skirmish with an editor must be written up. After resding onr article Jaat week. Dr, Bently came snd Inte: He brought a few friends slong tasee him eat ns up, with his hands tied behind bim, e aid not like the reading of our last article, and we don’t blame him. for thera were a few sayinzs in it which werea little severe, arms with as, and we waltzed sronnd the room with him to the tuno of high words, and to the In- fln{le‘!}nllghl of (h!lrpefl-flwfl. 1 no Nnt he locked other farniture the room which molished and put out of 7. tor got franticand kicked over a two-gallon Jug of Ink, which, of conrse, we dld was new ok, snd, besiden, It spoiled the looks of We took the Doctor for a d the 1nk up ax quic! made the Doctor m! n't like, because it Dxcatum, 111, Ap e shoved ns xC. ., A e then shov what we woold have had & the doctor andden he ‘difin’t cars whetber we took back what we sald or not. and aa thers was not any prospect of our faking il back cluded to quit just as we had got Afterthe whole affalr was over LIt had bezan, but as {t was none agal, s hold forth at | right off, he con: ready to be; ly 0. we felt sarry thal of our fnstigating we conl: ® ANMUSEMENTS, ADELPII THEATRE. REDUCTION INCREASED ATTRACTION, Commencing Monday, April 16, Orchestrs and Dreas Circle, . No extra charge IN PRICES. Remarkable Changes in the Bandwich Ban Franciccn Pret, There arc now some 85,000 natives and half whites in the Ssndwich Islands, natives are dying off at rate of 1,000 & year in advance of the births, sothat It does not require g to know how long the lincal de- scendants of the aoclent stock will last. Kanakas have been sadly, terribly decimated elnce the Introduction of civiliztion, whites are gradually Increasing. Many of the high-toned white men on the islands are married tu native women, and fn a majorit large familles have sprung from the unfon, Among other arriazrea botweon whites and natives thers is no {ssue, and this speclally applica to what we call by courtesy the aristos- Where whites Intermarry whites large families usually follow, and w up strong und health: lazy white innn onthe any gumber of them, can dlscount 4 native, take a year's loatlug, nicht and day, as s test. The natives, with very few cxveptions, have amnall familics, one, two, or threo children befng considered s la; fumnilics of the chiefs tliere (s great sterility, u majority of the late Kings uud Queens baving died childless. The present monarch snd his Queen have no child {n the palace, althongh jed for » number of years, From *indicattons it would seem that the Chinuman {s destined to becoms master of the altuatin, In number he s more rapidly ln- creasing thau all the other races put together. Duriog the past year soveral hund, shipped from this” city, and bundrods arrived direct from China. 'The Hawalfau Government wives sea captulns 830 for every Chinunan de- Hvered {n the Islands, and regular contracts are entered nto for this pui legislative ensctment, whi oppusition, There are several thousand China- men ou the 1slands at present. At first when brought as coolles they work patiently on the but take the first oppor- emacives, Two ol Grand Tter... Boys' Gallery ... AN OLIO OF MAGNIFICENCE. The new Drama entitied the MOUNTAIN MEADOW BMASSACRE. + McVICKER'S THEATRE. LAST WEBE Of the celebrated Character Actor and Comedlan, Mr. F. 8. CHANFRAT, Whowill appear Mo evenlug during th Americsu Cumeds, ril 16, and ev aldon eccantri but fearfully lazy. £ RATURDAY. CHANFRAU MATINE! nds, and there are Next week—Thebrilliaut Young Actress, MIESMARY UAVERLY'S THEATRE. MAGUIME & TAVERL WILL E. CHAVMAN... Return of the famous OATES ENGLISH OPERA. SAMUEL COLVILLE, nea Wednesday. evesnere: . PTODHE OIS ager r, de Mme. Angot, "% e, Grande Tnchesse; Thorsday e Satardayy Bat- Princess de Trebizon NEW CHICAGO THEATRE. Clark-st., oppoaite Sherman House. THR MINATREL PALACK OF AMERICA. BILLY RICE'S MINSTRELS, 08¢, bused upun a Every Eventng and Ssturday Matinee, ich aroused strong lautatious for awhile, unity to set up for wealthleat merchants in Honolulu were formerly coolles. The Chinamen control the retall trude 1n ayl its branches, and have driven small white traders frow stands held b The Celestinl gets most of the native ‘They sometinics marry native women. Tho Celestial has introduced sowne shocking habits among the Hawallans, and brought to Huwall thst curve of cure leprosy. It s predicted tha new supply of therchants and busluess from 8an Franciseo, the Clilnamun wilt be wateh for the effete whites now doing busiucss in the fxlands. The covlie of fiftcen yuars ago 18 to-duy & welcoted visitor st the puluce of Kalakaua, 80 Jooked upon as the corequal of any white mau Iu the Chinese merctrant of louolulu, in former tines a cuolie, (s mareied Lo a peautiful native wouian, who relused the hand ol 4 prowlncnt white ————ot— Tirds and Steam Foglaes. :'r’-::'e of the lul‘uvlnl’ Alr“ull.l! . . L. F. ning, Mis Allle Salt] Leouors “"dv:fiz.m"r‘gylu Clistid. Jd diy. A;rfl 23-Tirama, *‘8imon Kenton.” COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT M. LEN Wednesda; 1 A el Piate-Tiooas Fieeote ser BE o to humauity, the unless there la APPLETONS' JOUINAL. ~ APPLETONS' JOURNAL, ™ FOR MAY. Descriptive Table of Contents s FRONTISPIECR. Illnscration to poom * Derbara™ by ALrRED FERDREIOKS. THE AUSTRIAN ARCTIC EXPRDITION. Ta Two Farte, [art Il The Second Winter In the Tee, and the letarn flome. (With Tes Illustrations.) By A. U, GuarxsEy, 1LLUSTRATIONS! Abandoning the Ehip~The Dress of the Arotie Bledger—The Hurtal of Krisch~The Doge and 1he Young Nears—Tta Winter ol of & loar—{tow we fiscelve Brars—Falling ato & Cre- vawe—View of Uapo Auk—The Blodge 1o & 8aew. torm—scens oa the lov. BATBARA. A Poem. liy Noxa Pxexv. S*CHERRY RIPE!™ A Narel. Chaptars XV., XVL, XVIL, XVIil,s0d XIX. Dy Hetsx 0. Matie xxs, suthor of ¢ Comin’ TBre' the Bye,” ead ** As He Courea up the Stair.* (This charming sertal story wea begun (o the num- ber for Pebrusty, 1877.) KELLEK HILL, A shurt atory, complats, of Early Virgisia Colontsl Life. By CoxwTaus Fenruuxa WooLsox. FRENCH KTIQUETTE, I. Marrylog lo Prance. 1L The Ettqueita ot Visiing, stu., la Farie. By Lvoy A BPRINU HKPIAIN, A Posm. HyJonx MoRax. ABOUT UARDKNS AND GAIDKNING, Coustry Usrden. 1T, The City Usrdes, By Eisa 10 London Taper, Ina German euginceriug journal & writer discusses the bebavior of differcut animals aud stean cugines und stemn works He noticed the boldness, and, at tho saume time, dexterity with which dogs will run about amid the wheels of o departing rullway train without sufferiug tue lenst In- ury, while hosts of workunien 088 thelr lives, On the other hand, the ox, “ proverblally stupid antinal,” couttnues stand . ing composedly on tho rails, having no idea of the danger which threatens lim, sud s run But birds, strauge, to suy, delight §n the steam-engine, peued that larks lave bullt thelr nests aud under tho switches of & rallway, while In cugine-hous the swalluw 18 a frequent certain mill where a noisy $00-horss power &n- and _bumping nlght and day, ows have built their ncats tor years, and rear their young regularly. writer mentlons an instahes of shinovat Incred- ihle trustfuiness on the part of swulluws, & pair *of whivh early lnat year built In the puddle-box of a Dauubian stexaicr, snd regulurly wade the Pesth to Semlin, ————— huve 8 peculiur t lias ofton hap- glne fs_thumplnj two pairs of swal Journeys from ) Beviin Correspondence Lon fon New T had an apportunity the other day of ex: Gen, Herdan's new distance-calculato langusge, **range-fnder,” whic sach a sensabion bere In military circle closed up ready for woving, 1t looks Jiki A Bhort Poem, By E. 8. 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