Show slaughter TEn OF THE INNOCENTS it ia estimated eliat orth of patent food preparations for infants are consumed by the united states annually the af i for the advancement of silence has been gibing the matter some attention and affirms that a large proportion of the products EO used are ho leeome the kew york in a quite creditable effort to be earnest in its amazement at this shon ing observes erves the lives of thousands of infanta are dependent on various prepared and it imon anro that tham articles should he pure nutritious anil aholo boine the accept hem on lie can an and anat he bun Is what it to be if a ola of the innocent Is golar on day by ought to bo not only known but this is aery word as need le but there is much more truth that might have been added in this connection which the editor philanthropist of the appears to hai overlooked nature lias provided a source of food for the child which is not subjected to the icken adulterations adulte rations of mercenary food makers w aich if it be permitted will flow pure and direct from the enoy fountains ot life and the mother with that source of supply in her possession whose culture is keyed up to the point of a abent prepa aaion has gone just one step too far in the path of her duty she should have short of becoming a mother her womb should have been as barren as she fain would have her breasts giving birth entails the cached obal to noraa if a moral principle bo not sufficiently to coerce fashion the weightier and more dreaded law of airth may eom etino be invoked it should be made a peca offense for aay person to tell 0 o ha to adequately nurse her child any of alie miserable messes which are to poison children merely to moman the vulgar task of im partina part to it natures life bounty it is far better for a woman to bare her becom to her babe than to it in a ball room though the latter vicious proceed ng may give an intensity of excitement the former la powerless loi A TALL finely dressed nian WM recently arrested in brooklyn for i cashing on the street when brought before alia court lie gave the significant name of john 0 crack wel hab residence resi Jence as doston and exhibited for his defense a letter from his wie rivine him pro mission to flirt a little the judge d blared that mrs jurisdiction did not ex tend over brooklyn aej therefore fined the husband for ilia rudeness on PUT of loth fir io dispatch washington lutler general joe hooker a member of Cou from the seventh mississippi tie the late war against the union he carries an empty skevo aa a icelic of bia ea patiences on the field major the chief of th golo gica bair union arnay and lie alaio carries an empty sleeve gw ral loat arm was on hi right aide and major on the their hands are t the babie proportions and they have a mutual agreement ander which they pur chafie glovia in common major biowell aing all of the and general hooker the litta no dit faculty eer occurs between them about the of these aloes tl oes for they pay little attention to the perennial changes in modes and fashions |