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t‘ I-Jdimc Shem Band New Letter: ‘ In regard to the question before the public of purifying our water supply, 1 notice thata very common i argument made by theadvocstors of ’ filtration in that when the Chicago drainage canal is opened the sewage of Milwaukee, Ravine. and other cities north of no will flow south- ward along our shore and make the water even worse than it now in. This I very seriously doubt. but grant it for the moment. The writer doee not care to go into a diecusaion of the merits or demerits of this sys- tem or that or even of filtration at all an a mode of water purification. Whatever he has to say upon t": at. " _queution will be reserved for some other occasion, if such is ofiered,hut the above argument is a strong con- firmation of the principle that I have maintained from the first.â€"â€" that fil- tration if a remedy at all will not prove the ultimate remedy. _'I‘he .time in not far distant, drainage canal or no {drainage canal. when the . people all along Lake Michigan shore will stop running their sewage into the lake. I believe this will bedone not only because to run it in the op- posite directiOIQwivll? make it a source ultimately of great gain to the farm- , ing intereats back from the lake. This is the natural method of” pro- ' motion from the evils of sewageand ' nature seems to have fairly wellfav- » ored the villages and cities. along this western shore of the lake by . making each drainage possible. That it will be somewhat costly is doubt~ lees true but if, instead “of its being attempted by Highland Park alone or by any one city, there shonld be a combined effort such as that advo- cated' In the canneil by the writeI in ‘ reference tmanother matter a year ago, the cost will he comparatively little and a little education of farm- ers on this point will in time lead them to pay the cost. __---‘_‘A- To accommodate the crowd which will want to shake the-hand of Pres- ident McKinley and hear the ad- dress which he has promised to de- liver in Wankegau on Tuesday next the electric railway has decided to put on several extra oars. Communicated. ,“Li‘..4.u.. H. P. DAVIDSON. THE SHERIDAN ,ROAD NEWS-LETTER. WANTEDâ€"SEVERAL BRIGHT nnl‘ Linn“. nnâ€"nnn- A- n..--.. " and honest poncnc to ruptu- sent us no mnnngcu in this and clone-by counties. Salary m n your and expanses. Straight, houn- fido, no more, no lens salary. Posi- tion permanent. Our references, any bank In any town. It' In unduly 0609 work conducted at home, Ref- erence. Enclose Beltaddrcmd stamped envclo . Tn: DOIINION Conn“, Dept. . Chicago. A meeting of the council was held Thursdnyievening, 12th inst. all presen at Mr. Poole. The only busin done was the grant. uig of an extension of thirty days to James Cape Sons on their Green Bay road contract, and (r settlement with Thomas B, Mar. (low for a small triangle of ground on his Green Bay front to permit of a realignment of their ourve by the Electric Ra'ilway Coinp‘any. Mr. Murdow'is to receive T3260 and make 'a deed for about a thousand square feet; and the village agrees to vacate a triangu-~ lar piece of the same dimensions inside the new line as agreed on; This does not give Mr. Murdow a title to it but makes it practicable for him to get one by a suit in Chancery. One hundred of the two hundred dollars paid to 'Mr, Murdow is paid by Vice-President FrOst. ofethe C. and M. E Rail- way Co. The new line as agreed on enables the‘ railway company to make an easy curve, allows the necessary twenty- five feet for the macadam roadway, and leaves seven feet for sidewalk at the nar-. rowest point. On Sunday evening a large audi- ence assembled at the M. E. church to greet‘Mr. Heathcote on the occa- sion of his last (discourse. Ravinia regrets the enforced retirement of the reverend gentleman owing to ill- health. As a man he has won the respect and eateem of all. irrespect- ive ‘of denominationalism. As a preacher he has held for three years the admiration and attention of his congregation, notwithstanding a great part 0! his hearers have 'not been Methodists. He spoke from the wordsâ€"“I havekept the Faith:” St. Paulâ€"and following are some thoughts: GLENCOB COUNCIL. Glcncoe. Ravlnla. Faith joined with reason had transformed the, idea of death, the theological conception of death as the'penalty for sine is inadequate; as is the common statement that death is the'debt we all owe to Nature; reason alone would tell us that death is as much the work of God as birth isâ€"the same God who pours the colors into the sunset. and makes the passing of the leaves a miracle of beauty. While Faith erases from the canvas the cruel caricature by which the masters have represented death, and paints thereon a figure so fair that even the mother will leave her tiny helpless babe to embrace it; for the embrace of whom Dickens shows that Paul Dombey would leave the arms of Floy, the only being who had ever‘ loved him.’ A figure no longer silent, but whOse lips are parted speaking the words “Immortalityâ€"the Home- land,” and at the, words -â€"we leave everything. That is death. Again faith touches the canvas and we see'the end of th‘é world. ~ It is growing late; the cattle are all oom- ing home from the fields; the birds have sung themselves to sleep, fac- tory and forum, store and warehouse“ are alike deserted, the bread-winner hastens home, tired golden-haired 'chubby, dimple cheelred children are repoeihg on mother’s knee, that in- describable hush of eventide,. hOas' wrapped all in asilenee that is- sacred and see there appears a figure,â€"â€"- it is the Man of Nazareth thorn-crown- ed, blood-stained, but the arms are still extended and in gentle exultant tones he speaks, speaks not to Ca- tholicism, nor to Baptism, nor to Methodism, but to the World, to Humanity. “This my Son was dead and is alive again, ,was lost and is found.” Such a faith Ihave endeav- ored to keep, such a faith has kept me in my service to you at Ravinia. :unmunurul:si ”sum“: I : Lake Forest. § :ilfi'mi II... l iliilllil’I!‘ Frank Swantonyia convalescing. J. B. Inden‘ieden and family re- turned to town last week. Mrs. Ferry returned from the east this week.