Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1874, Page 11

THE-CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST ‘23, 1874, a1 FUEL. s Origin-and Its Numerous Varieties. o Vast Guantity of Coal €casumed in €hicago, and Whence it Comes, - gfiorts- Which Have Been Made fo Rid {llinis Coal of Impurities. imperfect Comburstion, qhenced of fael was among the earlicst of ‘uman meccesitios. Tho mse of fuel by tho uman family avtedates authentic bistory, aud jsmore sncicnt than the most mythical tradi- tious. The question of a proper supply aitracts b intercst of all grades of civilization. Thus it is only afew yearssince that far-geeing philsn- throvist, Jobn Stuart 3Mill, raised his voice 1n {be Imperial Patliament of Great Britzin in seuing that tho fucl-supply of that country wouid curely Lecome exhausted, and her pros- ity, in consequence, suffer ; and, as the states- Luan and the patriot is never satisfied with mero sitning, bis practical aud wtilitarian mind .opstrained him to suggest thai now, in the days of ber- prosperity, she should begin to pay hor vust national debt. Tie froniier settler, the adventurous traveler on {be Western plaing, and the “noble red man,” a2 like considerate of the question ot the ac- cecaibilicy of o suflicient fucl-supply, in all their yarfous plans and operations. The universsl iuterest which this topic in- ggires s peculiarly 2ud aunually intensified in al great citics. There 8 no home so humble or £ proud 2 10 e indifTerent to that which is not _ouly au clemeat of comfort. but au exsontial cou- Stiou of existence. The amount_of happiness involved: in an adequate and unfailing fuc. -piyis not casily cxaggerated. Tlerein consists Poeof the strongest clements of the perpetual -progperity of Chicago. A fuir understanaing of the {nal-question iuvolves many wteresting con- erations. 'he teachers ot our youth, in the nams of cience, divide tle earih “aud 1ts pro- ductions 1.to TRE TIREE KINGDOMS OF NATURE. Very young childreu in the public schools can .tella good deal about tle Auimal, Vegetable, ‘and Muueral Kingdoms, and epeak with more “corsiuty Of _tho boundary-lines of there king- ‘Goms wau ¢o some of the savants who have -pade such topics the study of toeir lives. In ‘e gtory which these cluldren tell of _articles of foel-we have tho comuenly-received, aud sub- gaztiliycoiect statements, that wood 18 a ~zezuable; aud coal a wmincial production. Wiilo * perspe 1he schools 46 well to adhere to eimple desuitions. and postpoue to wore mature y more elaborsterexpiauations and more exact Justrations, it may not be out of place, Lerse, to vefer brielly and ‘without technicalities, 10 the tale which GEOLOGY GNFOLDS direnco to the fuel-supply of the world. Tuscsaperb and beneficent saience presents to our wer zn earth growing out of primordial mizeral barrenuess through periods of great phyrial activity and cheniical development, into 1ls gorgeons babiliments and the prolidc and tiompbaue sway of the veretable kingdom. When the immense gtores of carbouic acid which vaded the murky stmosphere of. tho g planct Lad g0 far been absorbed into e vegetaulé 1orms, and its ife-sustaining oxy- e freed from its thraldom in the ocen't labora- tones of Natuse, ‘a8 'tb permit tho existence of avimal life, tho svinal kingdom be- its marvelous grewth, and has not set ceased o couterd agniust and subsist upon that antecedent kingdom, whose prodigious hbors nizde the_existence of the animal king- dom poseible. Leaving aside the 1Cea of war- 1we, nud contemplating only the changes that re continuaily taking place upon the surfaco of 4be earth within ‘the Lumits of our own experi- ruce, whereby *igneous sgencies " are bending, busstiog, and uprising the strata that compose itscrust, and ** uqueous ageuncies” are moving the fragments into new places, forming mew fwata, and imbedoing theremn existing upimal end vegetable forms, the geologist, with self- gvident punesty and mimost infuilible ceriuinty, casties us back, etep by step, through tho ages, 2ud shows s in its appropriate place the pro- ductions of each. From no point of view is this jonrney - thronzir tho ages onc of*more iuterest orusefulness than from its conneciion with a Fationzd understanding of our 0 B FUEL-SUPPLY. - Jtis ecarcely necessary tointimate that.all our foelisgf vegetable origin, or. passed through g vegetable state. The man who buys a load of cordwood, or orders s supply of * Wiming- {on,” or invebts in coke nt'the gar-works, or takes bis chance with **Brier Hill,” * Bloss- Fargor the’ glittcring suthracito of Eastern Pennsylvania, eliko secures for himself a quan- trrofveritavle vegetable products. ‘The locd- tion of thesa producis iu che strata of the carth's crust, ar exen their abpearauce out of it, enables the peoldgist to deterrmine their comparative 23 xod eysracter with~as much certainty as a {soubiefsman can tell by its appearance whether 2 load of.cordwaod is-sufliciently seasoned, or of £Cclin species of wool ag will malis it desirable ar ecoromucal fuel.” 'Tha most familiar American n:gl, Ep o within & comparatively recent period, wad the : - L 5 = ' wooD " of the **primitive forests.” The prodigality with which our éarlysettlers swept from the faco of tife'éarth "tHoss fotesis, and wasteflly con- verted them 0 ashes, has bren monrned by the Eentimental, and in view of its injurious metear- elozical effects hag becn regretted by thanghitful obecrvers. Many of the Western States, nota- M5 Wisconiin, Have sought, by logislaitvo offers of pecaniary Teward or exemption from taxe- 03, to' cocourage the restoration of some of £ Lelte of timber thut in the early dass.esar- cid € hafpy inflaeccs over the annusl rainfall. ¥hile Chicago'has never been pecatiarly blessed intlis way, her tracsportafion facilities, and the demand creatod by hor. always-ucreating popula~ tior bas made it aoimportant point for the Cbiimption of wood for fuel. Even as Jate as Iast vear, and notwithstanding the presence in thy fwmediate. nejghborhood almost of ‘an in- exhauetible gupply of coal, very mearly 200,000 78 0f Wood were brought to this market. Intezesting as conpected, with the.study of the al-furmatsus, and possibly suggestivo as to e lu eriun manufaceuring “operations,’1s the esbjectof ¥ S PEAT OR TUTF. s Mg gylisisnce is commonly regnrded as illus- Inuting exactiv a former condition of our pres- €n daal-hods It is ‘vomuioily found in basing @esabivetho lovel of the sea, sod incrensing its GErotity yian annuzl growth; It is vegetable, or CEoE- of Yegetalle substances, and is much Tted for fiiel by the.poores classes in Ireland, Heliand; and -parts’ of--Germany. Among the frues of minute vegeable prowth found in its p depthia uro also. discovered af ‘times the ,Ieteing of some anciem forest-monarch, & r o fidik Tliero is pleuty. of peat withiu easy ek of Chicazo in Wisoousin aod in_Indians. iy understood that particy interestod in thes Veebleds are patiently and horefully esperi- Tenting, for the purpcee of fxdwg a practical Zethod of ulilizing tlieir combustible proper- . No one need be surprised if s now candi- Sxeor this Tavor of the manafacturors hud o Fiblic in the sbpe of an article of ‘focl makes H 50w to Chicasto ero lorg, . £ tin tile.scele of age and an object of in- 308t in the~investigation of fucl substaces. ¢ that curious commoadity known a8 . ‘‘FEOWN COAL" O LIGNITE. 5 This substance is found in an_older *period ” {an that in which peat is found ; that i, 18 lo- uion, hen undisturbed by internatconvulsions, ¥inanolder and lower strata. 1t seems™i0 bo Litle moze tliun peat in & mors advanved staze B s progress, toward . Tho smaller- - Jecelghic growthis are lees apparent, and semiw Bueialized woody fibre tmore obvious and plen- #d. Tuiabeleved that none of this fusl is 3 ueed in - Chicago, nor is 1t likely to be, for booch sbunganrin Miesouri aud elsewhere, the Eraieraceesability and superio; 2 : ‘- . . '7TnOE 00AL % ¥ill present, its introduction t0.any considerable fReff,” Ths intimate cannection, other things YRing 5t 21t equal, betwoen the coal'supply of & ®antryand its material prosperity, is too obvious {tequire. any comment. the requiréments o ninetcenths century matenal civihization, no #mest 4luys o more importaut part than the ve procucs of the +‘carbonnerous epocin™ S the planet’s Wistary.” I¢7s to that dietant age L3t the on@m of the vast cecumulations of coal 204 vaghout the world 18 referréd. The {fie'ot ngrenter thay avy Listoric vegotation f‘fionnd, down'deep in bic bowels of-tile earth - gotges “edmg tho ~“black diamonds” of fo> “famecd* Vwnd‘ tho steamship, ~ Coni-* IE? 52d eryprogams_ like those ween Ly 0L Yon Hardwigy and bis unwilling pupil on -fact that the product of‘onr "YW tliat young ‘Seléhce’ i *- journoy to the centre of te earib,” have bean preeerved in those spacious deposits to inspire thoimagioation with dreams of the wonderful pienomena of their days of life. The area and locations of the various coal de- posits of the world are quite well known.' Coal it found in nearly all parts of the world, al- tlongh it is searct in the torrid regions; and not much has been discovered in’ South Amerios or Africa. Alaska, the American #hors of the Arctic Ocean, ana Greenland, arerepulod tocoutaiu large deposits. The continental nations of Europe aro fairly supplied. England, in_consequenco -of the immeuse amount consumed there. is begin- ning to dread exbaustion of Ler supply, and, as ‘Tug TRIDTAE kas noted, has already suffered an_increase of price. The supply of the Uuniled States is doubtlers tho most abundant of any counfry in the worid. Coalis found m all tho great phyeical regions of tho nation. A considerallo quantity is deposited on the Pacific slope and in {he basin of the Kt Lawrence River. On the At'antic slope aud in the is- siseippi Valley ‘tho supply is inexhaustible. Though' characterized by various grades of ex» icltl:zlcuce, the coal of this country may bo divided o I TWO GREAT VARIETIES, anthracite coal and bituminous coal, or, as more {frequenfly desiguated, *hard " coal 2ud *'soft” coal. The difference between these Lwo varie- ties is not one of origin or of age. Itis due to the different conditions to which they have been subjected duriug their long stay in the suber- Tanean basios or cavities that coutein them. The s face of the earth gives a’ thousand irre- fragable proofs that its crust hs been at times, and in many places, the sport of miganticinternsl forces that have produced its various mequali- ties, The peculiur propertics wud cliacacicris- s 0 ANTHRACITZ CNAL are extlaived nnd acecunted for by supposing it to have been subjected to bLeat saud pressura in the progress of some of these irresistible convnl- sions. The antbracite coal seems to be Fimply the bitnminous coal with the bilumen expelled by this heat and pressare. The great anthracite fields of ths United States are located east of the Allegeny Mountains, in a region giving extet- ual and ifterpal evidence of lhaving beeu sub- Jjeeted to these conditions. The great antbracito deposit of tho United States is in Eastein Penu- svivania, sud occupics uu area of 437 sqnare miles. Asillustrating the contortions caused by the antbracite making npieavals in that region, it may be wentiotied that the strata:of conl and sdjoining rocks have been so compressed and doubled aud folded that great mistakes have Deen repeatedly made i _estimatiog tho aggre- gate thickuess of the coul-scams in particular mines, the same seam or straium being counted many times. The elimination of bitumen shich thig coal hus suffered renders it especially dest ruble for & great many purposcs. It coneists Very Jargely of carbon.'snd make a most agreo- able fire, becauee it never offends arainst clean- livess. On accowsnt of its frecdom from smake, good heating powers, aud durability, it is gemerally preferred for domestio. and most other purposes to the soft coal. escopt where the latter 18 so0 plentiful aud cheap as to” farnisb an economical armiment 1n' its favor. Hence we find that, notwithstauding the great distance to tho anthracito beds of Pennsrivania, aud the roundsboit and expeasive route hither, and the presenco in our immediate vicinity of vast quantities of wood soft coal, fully one-third of the coal used in Chicago is hard coal. It is & curious circnmstance, and illustrative of the alleged origin of the anthracite beds, that the coal in them as we pass westward, by almost insensible degrocs BECOMES BITUMINOTS, and no bard cosl whatever is found west of the summit of the mountains, and the soft coal be- comey more aod more minous as we reach thie broad plains of the Mississippi Valley, whero the deposits seem to have remeined compara- tively fice from eerions interoal disturbances ever einca the “ carboniferous eroch” of the i ‘T'hie character of the surrounding avd superimposed strata bas impresxed itself on the coal deposits, aud clay, slate. sulphurous, and other impurities are found according a8 the neichboring strata contain moro or less of these substavccs. .Itthms bappens that coal from many of these regions is muusmtablo for certain epecific purposes, as the reduction of iron ore or the manufacture of iluminating gas, aithough theso same couls differ in no respect from other suitable coals, gave a8 thev have been desiled by tha pereolation of fluids charged with these impuritics. The amount of bitumin- ous coal of the varions grades between the Alle- gheny Mountains and the ““Father of Waters ™ i8 £imply enormous. Various calculations bave been made as to the mumber of tons which these basips coniamn; but, sowethinT nfter the man- ner of what the astronomers tell us of the dis- tance of the fixod stars, that number ie £0 great 23 to be practically iucomprehiensible. ~Tae greater part of TIE LOCAL SUFFLY of moft coal for Chicago is brought hers from T- Jinois and Indiana, over distauces varying from 50 to 150 miles. _A considecable quantity of Li- tnminons coal from Obio: and Yenusylvania is obtained for special purposes. ‘The gomi-bitam- inous coals from the vicinity of the' anthracite Tezion are reparded with great favor for beating purposes .whers the burping surface is gmall, and 1t is much used on steamboats and tugs. Fhe gas° companics -endeavor ‘to * obtain a coul that s - free :from - impuritics, -and. most of their coal comes from Western Pennsylvauia. It is thonght that some of ‘ths coal ‘cobsumors sllow their prejudices to gmde them as much 8s tiseir judgment i the omvice' of coal. At sny rate, this is o favorite theory among some of the dealers who eek 10 ivtroduce new conls. A good idéa both of the nature aud amount of the Gosl supply of Chicago is given by tho following table, wbich shows the number of tons of coal received in 1873, togetber with the roads which ;tmfg :l't it, and the amount brought by each: ived by XXnois Chicago & Northwestern Railread... Itrols Contral Rallroad. .. €iicago; Rock Island & Pacific Railroad 700 Chscago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad... 64 Ciicago' & Alron Rail 201,817 Chiczgo, Danvillé & Vinceunea Raiiroad. Take Shoro & Michigan Southern Railroad 299 Tittebirrg, Port Wasne & ChicagoRaflrond.. ] 70774 Fittsburg, Cincinnatt & St. Louis Bailroad. .. 230156 Total. - veer 1,608,267 Of this amount about 510,000 toas wero antlracite. In view of the great intorests affected by the question of the postibility of -using Iilinois cval in tue working of iron, the solution of that ques- tion is one of . - _ ‘TOE INPENDING FRODLEMS of the day among the-iron_aud coal men. A great many experiments arein progress through- cgions aiming at_some practicable mothod of purifyivg the coal. Inasmuch as thero ure 4 vadety of impuritics, as already ex- plaiued, what will answer 1n oue case uiterly. fuils in another. One class of impurities is disposed of by coking tho coal. The coko of gontd of the Obio conly 18"esteented " very” higaly by manufacturers. Th 350, of the Streator coal in this State has heen gnccessfully used in the *Joliet iron aud Steel Works,” by the A. B. Meeker Compsny.” Promising- esperiments are spoken of in other localities, whercby the puro coal of what js known as- ** slack,” au immenso amounat of which has hifherto gone to wasté at the motth of all eofecoal miges, is collected by & chemical process end converted in the ordina- Iy.wey iuto ® ‘very pure coke,.. The mstter of utiliziog *elack ™ is an-ola problem in the En-~ lish mives, snd Euvglish patents innumerablo fava been granted sice the beginning of the csent centary for that purposo.--No-consider- 2ble degice of success has yot beon attained. - Enough bzs beensaidto muko ‘evident the i conl folds, offers a vast, epecial,” and tin; Id for chemical research, Indecd,. thewhola subject of conl consumption thronghout the world sug- :gosts. & reprosch to chemiscry. In the malter of the “COMBUSTION OF COAL, bich has wreathed itself scrved sndl uufpdiog Jaurels on other aa.made.. if wo. .except the discovery with Selas :and uss of illuminating. gar, but little progress. The talt ebimneys of mrinds of factorieshava for years carned -awsy to utter waste, uotold power in the carbon-laden smake, end unburued gascs, and half-usod heat.. T combustion of cpalbasbeen and i characierized. especially in ziznutactnring esteblishments, by 8n_extrava- ance, thnftieseness, and wagt of gystem that iszrace modern political ‘economy, “The inge- puity and practical ekill which have £o regulated Al 8iz6 rad shipe of theorificd in the gas-burner 3 to secure perfect and smokeless combustion, Which bave in the Argand lsmp provided moans for obtzining = suflicicnt Sapply of oxygen to gecura ‘the eame ' end, and -whish bave ‘placed chimness “on our keroscue’ jamps with Jike happy resuits, have bat Litde yet in the spplicadon of tho.same prisicifies 1o the more importaut. deyzriments eith- of ranges, grates, and factory furnaces. er bas s titho of what should be dooe, bee: in tho ccoromic uliizition of the hest pro- nea by o:ir present imperfect methods of com- bustion. The ferce bcat of ko blast-furuace and the ‘cupolas of the fonudries is allowed to diceomiimte itself in space 8. goon as it does its first work, instead of veing made to do minor .work for which a tionsand smaller fires are now ‘maintaized. More of thay * "INTELLIGENT ECONOMY «whicH,; inseveral of the iron manufactories, has coanducted tRe unconsumed inflammable gases the rhores of the * Central Sea,” in their woird | whichwera cicaping from theblast-furnace, round to the boiler-room aud - thereuved them to meke stedm, is s:ill needed. Chicago consumes 140,- 000 tons of coal per month. Her advantages of position and travsportation are such as to pre- vent *“ conl famiues,” or even apy very serious flucttations in the price of that commodity. But 1o suggostion, flattering or otherwise, 1 connec- tion with this subject, 18 more evident than that the city’s cconomic, senitary, nnd acsthetic needs dewand a progress in practical chemical knowl- cdge in keeping with the progress of all other departments. Itis a glorious opportunity; and Chieago ucver neglects her opportunitics. SONG TO THE WIND. Spirit-volce of the wondrous wind, Stealing eoftly throngh the air, Leaving 1o trace of thy course behind, Or thy ghostly presence anywhere, Tell me whither art thou golug— Wisere thy journeying path do: Tell if it ledds o'er oceans flowing, Or where the mountains kiss the sky; Whirper to me,—oh, tell me true! T'vea ereago of love Lo ive to you. Tell mo Is it in some bright fs Or, mayhap, by a desolute shora, Whero wiid waves wash the yellow strand? Is 1t where the tall trees rise, Toweriug up, like Iz it where the evening 2 Are set in rivers of ¢l on gold? Whiaper to me,—ol, tell me trie! I've 3 message of love to give to yoa. lie; o {hy wandering ' o'er: There’s a matden over the ees Whom I've not seeu this many o year; Waft her s message of love from me, Whisper it gently into ber ear,— It will make ber liappy, 1 koow, Coming as swift a3 the cagle Lies ; The rosca thzt bloom on her cheexs will glow In the foy that o'erwhelms hor hexrt’s surprisn ; Whieper it oft, carry it trur,— s a sacred trdst 1 give Lo you, Spirit-volco of the wondrous wind, Stirrng the lewves on tie forcst-irces, Switter than all that man desfgued, Carry my messago over the b ; And when tuy journeying course is o'er, And you rest in a bappier, brighter land, Or die away on some desols?e shore, I chant theo 2 requem Jond and grand, © ber 0y messaife, Carsy it rug,— u sucred trust 1 give to you JaMpes LAvALLIV, CuIcAco. HUMCR. Polito—** Pleasc, Ei long euough, I'li iici you. —fwenty-five cents worlh of groen water- melow, judiciously administercd, will keep your neighbor's boy off your gate for n while. ZA'rastc couple, newly married, marched into a druy store ad called for roda water. Tho obliging cierk ‘jnquired what sirup they would bave in it, when the #wain, dehberately leaning over the conuter. repliod : © “*Stranger, mouey 15 1o object to me : T iv it —*“Sixty da thrashing-machine! ” exclaimed a boy. when he saw the card ou one for ealo; * why mother ouly puys $2 a pair for Lier slippers.” —When Bismarck tirst spoke to Kullmann in prison, the latter dechned tbe Prince’s zequaint- ance and said be *d:d not kuow him3" so Bie. way cut as well as'shot. politiciau, wishing to complimont a woll- to-do farmer, smd: *You must have begun Iifo early to sccummlate such 2 estate s this 3" - Yes,” replied the farmer, * I begau lifv when 1 was o mere buby," —The Houstou (Tes.) Chronicle gasly exclaims: “ Glory to God!. Two dollars reccived at tlus ofiico yesterday ! Drinz in your wasu-bill.” —A'spread-cagle barber announces that b # Professor of Crinicuftural Abscision and Ci ologicsl Tripsin.” It is not ofien that four » Rtghepriced words got into a single sontesce, if you'il get o my cora Ly 2% Dow't cry, mylittls feilos, dou't ecy,” waid kind-hearted strenger to » ten-vear old, who was Dbusy churning bis tears with hoth finta s nard ax Do could. * 1 ain' torted tho urehin, of my éyce.” enappinaly 12- shin' tae dirt out —There is ope consolation in being bald. When a policeniua_strikes vou on the Lead witi his club_the doctor doesi't havo Lo waste any “dway from tho worndl. ** And what' tinie cubtin bair s —Beginumg at the b your favorite study, %0, Clronology. i of the creation of the worl’ got £0 fur a5 that, grandpa, —Tue Detroit’ Lribune haa just moved inte n brand-new stono ofiice, and prints a gicture o1 it with & man going up Flairs two eleps at & time to wlup the editof, and a woman coming_down strect with e pieco of poetry for i to print. —A gentleman of meciunical wirn of mind took off the gas-meer to repair it hitelf, aud piit it up again upside down. At the end of tue quarter it was proved with muthemutical cor- reetness that the gas company owol him $5,50. " They cume pretty néar hanging an_Eusteru man at Skellville, Fia., because thoy discovered 2 tooth-brush aod o bottle of Lair-oil i his satchel. n10g. “0, wo Laviu'c = €aid no custed Tank could vome sround there Dutting ou the airs of.a Napolevn Donaparte. . B —Charivari pictures two Deputics standiog en costume dé.bain on 6 verse of a Iiver yeiept uiversal sulfrage. ™ Suppesé we take 2 head- er?"'says one, +Dic eupnose we don't como ‘out azain?” replies the otier. 4 —IlitLorto worn-out straw hats have_been i ttorly beyoud utiliFation. cwaver, and How & Dpro- nist “propobis to chop and ‘fcod borscs with them up -by them. ot : p —The transition from dopressing sadness to exuberant joy is often very short, aud thus revuls &lon of fesling iv esperienced iu ity must power: fal form ‘wilo reading a loug and hartowing ae- count of the violent death of Bomebody, and fAuding ab the close that tho victim was a book- agoni.—New Tork Worid. " [nportant old gent (from the country, who thinks the lofuy bearing of_thosé Londou bar- maids ought to be ™ taken down o bit”)—* Glass of ale, young woman’; ‘nnd look sharp, plaase !” Haugbty blopde (blandly)—'*Second-class re- Ireshmente lower dovn, sir!” —A Job's Comforter—\agd— 0, Uhcla George, I can gce at Joast three gray -liajrs on cour liead " Unclo Georeo (witlh scufimient)— Ab, my_ dear, ail my Lair will be graywoon I” Eth Never mind, dear Ubcle George! Thero's 80 very litile of it that ic won't much matrer {” f ~—XNot baving been sufficiontly thrashed whon & boy, Liobert U. Jolinson now writes to L mother: Tertwith, my dear mother, 1 rend youl some bireh, in Returu for the other . Tigot when a2 urohin. Y0y can now aue, at your age, What the dierencals:, ‘Froui that canié 3 —&That is this for?” ssked the colored por- ter at tho Aotol, Long Branch, the other day. holding out a 25 cont note _giver bim by the gentléman nddréssed for_carryiug up s trugk. ** That,” said the gontleman, taking the note and puttivg ‘it back 10 his pocket, ' was for -your trouble, and this is for your impudence,” and he kicked him 11 feet 9 wches'aud o balt ino the Lallway ! W —An Iiitbman found 2 Government biankot Tecently. aud, 1olliug it up, put it uider Lis arn and wa off,'sazing: ' Yis, that’s motue,—~U fo' Jathrick, and S for McCartay; be me sowl, bu. this learnin’ is a foine thing, as me fayther would sav; for if I 'badwt an edicativn I wouldn't Lave Leen afther findin' me blankob.” ~—Thit was shrewd ady icc of a learned lawyer to pupil: ‘- Whea tlig fcts aro in your favor, but the Iaw opposed 10! you, come out strong on the factd; and when the law is in yvour fuvor and tho facts opposed to_you, come out strong on the law.” *Bub," inguired the student, “ywhen the Jawand the facts are boih agzeinst me, what shall Ldo?” * Why, then,” said tho Iawyer, “talk afound it.” —Tile pride g mankiud is great. A night or two'ago, 4 fanily in New Yor: was awukeued by il noises in the house, sud, on turning out; kaw o eldest Lopeful rusbiug abouf in his suspenders, 'Lrapdishing »_ nvew wesson, and shionfing, ‘* There's & man in the hooso!™ A ling search failed fo show any foundation for. the young mau's warlike. demonstration, when he mildly informed the breathless and exhausted tribe that 1t was his birthday. * e was 21, __ _. . —Doddington was v letbargic.” Falling asléep one day, after dinner, with Sir Richard. Temple, Lord Cobbum, aud gevexal ofliars, one of tho party 1oproached him with his drowsiness. Ho denied having beou asleep, and,.to prove he ' hai not, offered to repeat all Lora Cobbam had been saying, Cobham challenged him 50 do 80:: Doddington repeated s story, aud Cobham owned. Iic bad been felling it. *Well,” smd Dodding- tog, **and vat I did not hear o word of it; but L went to sleep because that I knew about this timo of the day you would tell that gtory.” ————— . Bismarch # The -following bulléiin on Princs -Birmarck’s Roshh was issued ab Kiesingen on Jaly- 23 “Of the two .wounils, Lhio bne nesrest-to’ the *exterior bone of the forearm is already complete- 1y, aud tho otlie:, complicated by being scorcbed, i'almost entisely closed. - Still, in consequence “of the blow- received upon_ the under forearm, this part is still: paiufal, and 2lzopether the srm isweak and mumb. Moreover, the Princa can not lower bis arm wishout a painful seusation. The gencral state of health is sausfactory, sud thie L'rizce now drinks tho waters daily.” | | non-medical, to the above topic. | mneans keep themoal [ phere, of av ho: PROPOSED- COUXTY HIOSPITAL. Suggestions by a-Physicien in ‘Regard Thereto. Toocation of the Buildings—Provigion for Epidemic Visitations. Disposition of the Wards---Ventilation --=The -Stellate Plan' of Building, The Edifice’ Not to" Exceed- Two Stories in Height. Distinct Kitchiens and Laundrics s=-Drainage---\Water= ‘Supiply. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sms: In your issue of the 19th inst. you bave invited tho attenlion of the public, medical and Few subjects areof more vital importence to the commuuity than how to ‘care for the sick and the maimed among its number, and cspecinlly for that class that-murs depend for assistance on the phileg throphic endeavors of others. When artisans, sud thosa who caunot pay for private profession- al attendauce, are overtaken byaccideot or pesti- lence, every other member of socicty is moro or lesy dirctly conceriied i réstoring the aflicted to health sud usefuloess ; in o word, no one can aford to bo indifferent or meutral on such a quertion, and doubtless many are able to render a fow hints regarding tho best mode of carrying ont the objects involved in estzblishing a Connty Fospital, sud I feel-that it moro especialiy be- Looves tho members of the healing art to give the County Commissioners tho advantages of their science and experience on “the subject. With the view of bréuking the ice, and inducing others to ventilate their opinions on hospitalism, 1 beg space to indicate tho torics which ought to receive tho most careful 2ad couscicuiions con- sideration ere the Commivaioners comunit them- gclves Lo the adoption of any plan. 1t isnot +imply a question of erscting an edi- fico wherein to shelter and treat the disabled and sickly among us. as would be the aspect of the question in case of a campaign, but how to doso 80 a8 to meeb tho requrements of advanced medical and sanitary sciences 1 tho treatment and preveution of dicase, and to construct o ng which will not perpetuate tisase evils espericuce has found xo0 constantiy con- ant 0a crowding the sick into one dwelling. : of meurring tho chargo of ar- ho assumed thal nono are more competent to speai ox cathedra: mpon these poitty then medical men: thongh, 2t the same time, 1t in conceded thot meny non-professional persons ate competont to weizh accurately the safient peims in fhis question. Even the prozpeclive recipients of tho benefits of such o chanty may be allowed s voice in the matier, as they ot only hiave their share of the expenses but their ‘vory life' may depend on tho meats to he found in the place. Wictn- sy statement, I will proceed ots which, T think, should throughutit the dis arran; on fusther prelimi tever bo lost Aud— L—TUE LOCATION OF THE HOSPITAL. 1t will be admitted on ll bands that the Connty Hospital #hould be conventently situated with reference to the majority of tiosé who will avail themselves of its privileges. This point should be considored independently of losal es- travagant claims an:d fancifal notions -ol the picturosqae. It eloald be aquiet’ Jocation, “where neither tho uoizo, of machinery vor the tho din or dust of maunfacton grate npon tho senses of. the i attendant on_tie doctor enupport mo wheu I iysist upon tLe importanes of this requisite. for quict and rost aro incout- parably more valuable to many patiente thay auy article in the mafern medica. This jdea. of ublence of nuwme stould oven bo carried. out it regard to tho i & neitler the fou fromi the adjoini lugy aud wervous, apartuicuts, My disard tho wh mway bz tho exact geo- g al.puint chosen with regard to the Topdiation, it chould als' e on a moder- ately dedatel gositi i, of - possib'c on a e dlbe side of d Lii, . Lowaver diwinutive, where ‘o #lopo would Tie hecurcd for the rougl drainage, is of primary imporiauce. Lvery studemt oOf sanitary reiencs knows the imporiance of thuso items uider all éirenmsiances, but it would be diflicult to overraie them where a hospital is con- cerned. p - IL.—BUFFICIRNT ACCOY; thould be'prosided, with & v i ordinary and currcut wants of the rivl,—that is, the averaze amount of medical and srgical es among the hospitsl-gcing: population of the couity,~but it weuld bo short-sighted if ot fatal ceonomy if arpla provivion were not alvo made for cpidemuc visitatious, However uupalaleole this subjeet may be,’ it ‘forces itself our atleption from tme to time; chew it does o, = vhero . arg direcied to for c bije hospitals? Aad, [z ton thero, one of Tiegard.ng it trom s dollar.ana-cent roint of TIow, Lhe juterest on tho outiar-of wfov nitrve ings of- tho hospital would bear comparison with the mortey extended o FeALUr rinbing ] ti Sitber “tlig public nor nedical jrofession wunld ever louhe the eight.of tuese empty wirds, nliloatth they stnod uitoccupied foréver ; bul notbing - would giadde thio bitatts of- buth w0 mucl-when the' dread i ers over thipeople; s to hnuw thut in reacditiced 3 AND ATFEOTRIATION OF ; ¥ e WALDS . zhould ho made with strict reference—1. To sexes ; 2. Medical cases ; 3. Surgical cases’; and 4. Tuspoctions of contagious' (zzmovic) dixeases, Notling but tho mast straightolied circutistatices can . justily ~ovérlooking ‘théto "diskiuctiousy for, whero theso Lave been iguored, the most disastrous conecquences havo -resulted. By all i well “as’ the acmoe- In ¢l aggregations of-"dick,” the'" & 1t fof! them purely medieal cases under the care” of' n” “puro’’ plysician. and surgical ecases: under. - the “tunder mercies”. of .lum wao wonid. rather fistdlo - Calpel than a wtetlioscipe, will | very naturally tako plico in appoiuting the atloats to: Lheir Koveral places. Science, cun- venience, and -stuccessiul resulis demand the foregoing classifications. 2 - In"tho treasment: of~contazious dircases; sc- grégation, or ixolation, is thé mperatire law dic- tated by humenity aod expericnce; ‘and, even when tho arraugements adwit of rigid clasaifica- fion of dizeades in tho several wards, the privei- ple oughe to be carried out to the oxtent of b: ing a8 few paticuts 1 ono apartment as is con- sistent with' tha entire accommodation of the bouse. But I think my profeesional brétiwea will-bear me out When I state that, not only slould 1fectious diseas be contined _to keparaie wards, but that theso wards should.be.in a buld- ing scparated from ull others, _ IV.—VENTILATION OF THE WARDS. Tnder tbis head, there -are ‘thres con- siderations: 1. Plenty of brenthiug-raom.. 8o . that, --in’ the eyent '~ ‘of . ‘the ward ' being at any.” lune: . crowded and the adumission of cold. air intolerable, there would still bo enough cubic space .for each it maté to breitho for many. hours, withort impitation of his being a spicide-of s man- gldyer by tho exhaled carbonic aci hag” re- Feating in & modified form the- tragédy of the Dlack-Hole of Csicaua. . It has'bean found tbat ihe- pir 1¢meins tolerably pure 1f not less than G0 cubie feet per.bed. be.allowed:' but: more would bo bettof, especinlly-if provisicn be not mde for admitting - frevh sir otherwise_tban by means of open doors' snd “winduws, Fixed ar- rungement should” be® tbadé’ to fenei tho air of spariments by tlans gniled to Winter and sum- mer. In both seasons it. sbould. be darived as dircctly as poesible from the outeide; but, dor- ing the severe monthe of winter, th air should ctantinople is swrounded by immenso chres ot particular faibi be heated before ndmission. ‘If the usual far- naco and -register systom be found adequate, or too expensire, stmple'and: eftivient plan will be exhibited by the writer, whoreby common fire-places’ or chamber-stoves can’ be 'made to formsh fresh but warm. air. Having secured fresh -air, cold or warm, the next important etep is to get rid of the foul air, whicti must exisc where in-breathing auimals aze congregated and much artificial light is needed. On sccount of the heated stato of those gases, they hover about the'upner sogions of the room, and it ought, therefore, to be from near-the ceil~ ing that ‘theso uoxious vapors find their ontlot.. Two ways prosent ‘themeelses. 1. Orvamental opening: along the cornice cpnnacted with con- duits, ‘leading to the outside; or, 2. The win- dow-tops may bo built eo near-the ceiling that the simple lowering of . the .upper saah would: ive exit to the unpet strata of .air in the root., u- ono_hospital, with' which’ the writer is nc- auainted, the windows of the ordinary wards are ‘pus in eo high that no one when standing on the floor can look out at them; and this was found: to work admirsbly well. In aroom 14 fect high.! the upper 8 feet ‘of the -side wail of 1t should: contain the windows. - V.—Next to getting rid of noxious effluvia as' fast ag it in fermed, 14 the daty to confine itsinfln- ence to the walls or_buildings where it takes its orign. ‘To do this I bex to propose for the Com- missiones®’ adontion'the STELLATE PLA¥ OF DUILDL The accompsnying sketel will at once give the idea, - The small equare tower in-front, A, wonld form tho cntrauce hall and examination-room, ou the firee floor, conenltalion-rooms on the second. aud operative thoatre w the glass dome above. 1 and C may be the medical and general wards, with oficor's Tooms at the central oxtrem- ities. "D would be puitable for a surgical ward. E E nredetached wards for donbtfal znd cou- firmed cases of contagious diseases; and, lastly, T, to Le devoted exclusively 10, and-without bo- g ueed ot suy time for auy other pur- pote thun fovers. "It would seem desirable to rench tho _ iofected parts of tl:e - bowpitnl by ' indepentent - approaches; Lut all necessary precsution would bo exercised Ly contectibg the contagiols waids with the, goueral building by a cqvered way, as indicate by the dotted lines. 4 Iu the meantime, these bmilings need not be more tian one story -bigh,—provision being made, howover, to add another utory, if the de- 2nd for room is urgent ; but ia no caxe should thero'be more thab two ‘storics in “euch build- inge, and for theso two reasons principally, wz.: The deep shudoyw . cast on esch other by high houses : and, 2. Thut the long stairs end | many corridors of such -imply_eu expenditure of strengib and - money uncatied for, without giviug an cquivalent sdvantage. Rather build a sow biock for hoepital pirposes than heap story upon etory. e Hotel 3idi, near Paris, affords an exceilent exampie of low buildings. VL—1 old that thero shonld be for every hos- pital three distinct cooking kitchens and three distinct lundries. - Uherc i no ‘safety to auy one engaged about the establishment if there s anythius in common in theno - departments for each clags of ward. Nothing spreads infection k0 readily a8 soiled linennod culmary utensils. Tuousando bave lost thewr hves Iroin neglect of this precantion in ordinary lfe, aul 1t is moze necessary to ba siricrin these particulars in s5grogatious of tho sick TU.—LRALAGE .from the building should demand ‘the most careful attenbion. to two particulara es- peaatly: 1 In baviog the waste-pipes thor- oughly trapped o efilavia-proof: aud, v baving no cesspouls whatever in i precivets of “the” edifices. - It may seem io some rupertluous to refer to this items: but, when cessprols are to be found within o few feet of uonse-doors, and even in tho centre of Litchen-loors, in this district, the above refer- euce to the pomnt will not appear #o outre. VI1I.—l1Lhera should be an unlimised supply of bota 5 - TOT AND COLD WATER " with every modern eons-of -applyioe the eame for fire and cleansing purpones. ~ Wiereve the wiater is dravn from, the utmost vigiliece toust e exercised that 1t 15 uot obtained iyom- boring in the vaighborkood of draws and cesspools. In certain woils aud subsolls, the percolation be- tweon theso 14 not ouly cerinin, but frauzhbt with incalculably danzers tw the Lealth and lives of every oue in the estallistunent. The writer has on Irequent -Gecasious witnessed the ravages of choléra end typhsid fovsr parpetuated from Do other cauke than the contamination of welly by the liquid from tho pnvies percolating thirough the ground to the nater-snnply. 1n conclusion, 1 would observe that while, on the one Luud, extravagaucs is Lo bu deprecated, on the viber it cavnot Lo too much insisted on that miggardly ccoomy in earrying out such ob- jects is abortive, nugatory, and saicidal. Hopng 1hat this may elicit o full Opinion of tho topics Luuicd at, [ am, yours, &c., ¢ WILLIAM SAMCEL Mizranp, M. Rdisbuigh and Pasia. SING TO D, 1833, 0 sing tome, desr sistor,— 1 am weary of toil aud strife, “And my sout would cateh a gleaming Of & higher, purer Jife. O ring 16 iné of heaven,— But pot fu thut furof fnd - Wizere thestreams of cryatal waters Cast pearis upon thiratrand, . “Batafag of 3 heaven noater, 10 iho Bind Ly rhortals Where the pilrim, faint and weary, Oft 1nay fech tho breath of God, 1 camnot walt for angols o row the fecry uear, Biit Lwould fetl their presence Flen'in this eartlly splicre. - Within the beart amusic, Tithi the heart in love, S¥nicn makes the darih an Eden, Like thy Puradize above. . - Iwanbwiton my spirit ., T fcél the power diviue, Lphat wifl litt iy soul fecm & =7 To reslus where glories sl | Then touch, O Maso of Heaven, Finwe celiatial ¢horus sigain, A ro my drooping epirit T s I gladdest airs ; “Cucaco, Mant A: Britson, g ' Moslem Cenicterics. Tiis o cardinal article of faitn with all the Mohammedaus that she cornse sad the grave are acred, and the result is that, neithor beiog dis- turbed, their cemoteries tratch ovar vast bracts, often sltogather disproportioned to the citis or towns from which™ they nre nqurielied. . Con- Yo~ yaids, suggesting to the mind of a strapger that ' the principal busiuess of Stamboul, as indaed of ' all civilization, fies Locu, for -cgea entirely of & mortuary gharacter. Theyproscnt s strangeand oxtremely gloomy appearince, their. white mar- ble columus, surmouated by tuibaus, shimmer- ing like ghosts . thiouzh and- abovo the proves of ~cypresees ihat always mark tho.last zeposo of the Motlem sleepers.. The ehape of the carved tutbaus indicates the condi- tion of the dead: The Pillany. marsing tho. graves of_women aca turbauless, those over, tho untharried b : o at f Tho rose monuménts almost nvriably decoto soung kirls, since celibacy igthodght discredit-, 2ble in- Mussulmavic esuntries, aud the highest Provincd of tho oposite eex to b the bearing . and rearing of cliildren. The' iuscriptions aro’ in Tetters.of gol; and abound i such Lyperbole ‘of cotdmiendaliou. that an Luplish-speaking | person miglic natarally suppose that some 0f the, tapus of hig'owa™ race had been translaied jita tho Turanian tosigae. Few carved eulo- gies are bestowed "npon’ women, aud the im- | Wedded are treated with tho slience of char- ity, becanse, to thd “Ottomanic miud, _their Ibftiest functions have heen Wnfulfilled. ~ Sepul- Mes of waalth and dis- tinction are railed in 2nd environed with the | ompipresent cypress; snd tlie tombs of, emincut drpmitaries aré lighted with lumps kepl-constant- Iy butning, » oextein esnctisy Lidsing been asvo- ciated witlh fire by numerous: echioold “of the- ology bafare mnd “sinca the: days of the Roman vestale. - Not'a sipglo ft0rd_is “removed under any olrcunistanco” from o Mohsmmsdun grave, for such removul {6 coreldered the despest k- lege, aud no amount of- pisatres could putchase a'raod of s Mohdmmeilan burial-nico. The . Orient {8 not yet- ruliciently enligbteded to see the advantage which we ro- clearly perceive of turning old grave-yards into building'sitew: and using the dust of “our forefathers as a basis for profitable specalation.—Harper's Mugazinz. REKLAM BROTHERS. Something I saw exhibited in the window at- tracted my-attention, and induced me to enter the shop of Messrs. Reklam Drothers. It was certafilly not the twcket inscribed, * First floor to let unfaroished ;. it was rather, if Iro- memoer rightly, & delicato little tazza of gonuino - Venetian glasy, curiously designed, and rich in dainty opaline tints und reflections. Iwasina bumblo way, end for my own gratifi- cation simply, a colicctor of trifles of that kind. The Meesrs. Reklam were German Jews,—or Polish, I'm not- sure which,—dcaling in oid pic- tures, curiosities, articles of vertu, and antigui- ties. "Thoir house was situated -iu a dull street in the Soho district. Fashion and gontility bad, 10 doubt, in times past made their home there; they biad long since vanished, however, leaving in their stead a sort of 'divgy respectability, and anairof trade of rather. a torpid . character. Shops and privato houses were much in- termingled, but there were few evidences of business being very nctively carricd on. The street conld not bonst much traflic, for, althougl s thoroughfare, it led to nowhere in particular, and offered small advan- tages asa short-cut. It was bounded on the north by Oxford street, and on tho south by an intricato tengle of .courts sud alloys. Tho louses wero of s substautial, spacious, old- -fashioned class, with rather dimly lit rooms. The coutents of the shopalmest defy cnumera- tien, ‘They wero’ such, however, as aro usually 16”6 found in tho posscssion of traders in curiosgities, had been collected from all parts of the globo, and pertained to every period, with the exception, perhaps, of the present. There wete weapous and armor, of course, in great abuudanes, with carvings in wood avd ivory, pointings and eoamels, chiva and glas gems, coins; embroideries, lace, antique- furni. | turo, feathers, idols, siuffed animals, ekins, moenstrosities of all kinds, and other multitudin- ous objects. I was impressed by the extent and valuo of tho collection. It filled the shop quite to its remote corners, leaving only a little patch of vacancy in the centre of the floor. Even tto ceiling was crowded sod umbrageous with pre- cious things—among them, pendent lawmps of every device, and chandeliers that were perfect’ thickets of crystal. Mr. Aaron Lieklam, whith. whom I first becamo acquainted, was by 1o’ means the picturesque Jow of fiction. Mo was pot bent with age; he woro no tlowing beard or long draperics: no velvet skull-cap crowned bim ; Ins £kin was not of parchment, nor was Ins face Lollowed aod dinted by the hand of time. Ho was simply drenscd, and-had the sir of » Lordon tradesman of reputable position. In avswer to my in- quirios, I was wafted by him to the upper floors of tho house. The-two drawing-rovms were altogether empty : loity, waingcoted chambers, with heavy cornices aud richly moulded ceilings. ‘They lod £o a third room, loug and narrow, lool ing on to the leads and skylight of the back sho; ow, and boasting a mido-view of a small garden boyond, in which languished g plane-treo and rome lilac busies of rather wan aud sickly appearance. In the rooms aboye, I was given to undetstand, tho Brothers Ieblam resided, still among storesof treagures siwmilur to those crowd- ing the ehop below. Aaron Reklam did not quit mo until I had pledged myeelf to become the tenant of the va- cant first tloor. What woved mo to this step I do not even now clearly undorstand. It was true that I was at the time under natica to quit the lodgings I had occupied dnring some. years. "The bouse was to be pulled down, o tiat & new street might be constructed. or wome other met- ropolitan improvemeut of that wature carred into effect. For this purpose an act of Parlia- ment hud been obtained, aud all due farms ob- served. And I was 1w a ‘sluggish sork of way,— for there was no special need for haste ; [ had #till some weeks Dbefore me,—looking ont for lodings. Still, as I bave said, I engazed to be the occupant of the apartmenta, Next day, repenting of the bargain, I entored thie shop ngain, resolved to excusc myaalf, and now, forthe first time, £aw Nathan, the elder brother, who -received mo with all politeness. To get off was impossible; besides [ saw that the rooms. bhad their advantazes. In short, I took possession of tiem, trusting to have kome degreo of cowmfort. After a day or two's expo- rience, 1 lind nothing to complain of butace tain degree - of mydierionsncss which pervaded the dxeiling. Ono or other of the brothers was often bangiug ‘about, as if Listening or meking observations; end occasionolly there wers loud and unpleacans quarrels in 20 unknown tongae, which, for cuytiing I knew, migat be Hebrew or Polish, They were certainly a strange people I had got amougst. At times I meditated running away ; but such a step would bhave invoived forfaitnro of all mygoods. I therefore held on. Somo months had - passed in this fashicn; there bad been no change in the situation of af , and [ lind #dded little to my stoci of glservations con- corning the Brothers Roklam, their proceodingy, sud-ways of life, except in this respect: T hs pot failed. to note that all their coltection of treasures, notwithstaudivg their business, was almost altogether at a stand-still. ‘They were tradesmen - nypparcntly posscised of sn abundanco. of wares, but they really traded in nothing. No customers ever eatered tha ehop ; or if they did, it was only to quiz it again rapidly, without auy -ealo or urcimse having been effected. Eometimes, wdeed, the shutters remained closed for days togather, 3 - Another thing I remarked, too, was tho late hours thoy kepr,. They were seldom absent from the bouss, zad they nevor, 80 far = I conld as- certain, recerved any visitors. Yet they seemed to be moved by an estieme repuruance to retire % & egulptured <ose at the top.’ to rest. - At ol times of the night I could hear them stirrivg i the house, restless in the shop, ¢ pussing up and down 1hio staircase, or pacing “pand fro the floors bove me. Thir move- sents were generally of astealiliy kind, as thongh .30y wero seeking to make as liitls noiso as pos- sible; it might be out of -consideration for my comfort. But, now and then, their disposition to quarrel asserted itself. The domestic arrangements wera by no means ( effective, vut they answered my moderato wantd. rowas no regular femalo sorvant—only & & of charwomau; who cama in the moming to preparo breakfast, and sznin_appeared for o Buort time st night, 'Lbis suited tolerahly well, for I did uot diso in tho houso. 0Odd jobs and erranda wero exocated by awmall Jewish boy. Tho disappearanco of this httlo follow way the first thing that 2truck mo with surprise. Then, I * had fresh cou¢s for astonishment in scoing that the shop ehutters wera now very scldom ramoved. My landlorda bad, as- 1t secmed, sbandoved all attempt to carry on publicly their trade a8 deal- - ers iu sutiquities ond . curiositice. Dut they ; wtched mo, £ ielt ‘pensuaded, more closely than ever. I was conscious that my rosidence nnder tholr roof was becoming more aod more paiuful a0d unendurable. A The eummer-time bad arrived, and for somo days the weatherbad been' aliust insnferably suitry. I could searcely breathiein my murky, oppressivo spartments. The molded ceiliiyr and the parclied walls secmed now to absorb all the air as wolkau all the Tight. I was eittieg in_the third room at the - Lsck of my bed-room, I ‘remem- ber, which - was comparatively cooler than the others; for it was not sabjected ‘to she fierce glare of the afternoon sun, as they'were. It was night; a very sull, airless, summer night. Tha moon was shininy turough & sultry mi I was smokivg a cigar. 1 had abandoned o after article of drers, and was certainly inTather an unattired copdition. But cloth clothes were not to be-borne‘in such weather. 1In quest of more air, I had stepped from my window on to thie leads bemeath,—tna roof of Mes:rs.- Bekdam's back shop. - The plano-treo nd the Jilac bushes, looking more E:llill “than e astue’ moonhzht ‘blanched their jcaves, were on .my. left hand. Defore mo wis tho raised skvlight of the shop below, tho dusty panes reddened: by the cleaming of o lizut burping benecath. Searcely tlunking. of what 10, a8 1 smokied, I leaned over tho skylight, and-endeavored to- peer through its- glass, 1 could discern, but ouls iu s vagite sort of way, tha figures of my Iandlords mbving hither and thither. and emploved § know not precisely how. Thero-was no mistaking the fact; however, that they wore very'busy.” What tuey wero doing, was by no means clearto me. ~I'Btood for some” moments observing them. - They were surround- ed by papers snd bouks—do mueh T could clezriy porceive—and by various packsges sud buudlps, which they eoemed to be pasding from rizbt to left, a8 thongn they were counting-and. taking nots of them; but'even of this I could mot be quite cercein, Orra sudden, and- aceide ot osHbly heve been auy 140 the matter, Aaron Reklsm raiscd bis oged from the tablo be- Tore bim, and fixed them on 'tethylisht above, ‘I'hen I became conecions that. Lie-hnd-perceived my presenco, _Prorably; my-fizure; soen with e moonlight bebindl” mwe, vreseute I dark ob- ject; that was only to be expldied by -tue facy that some ono was looking-dowy npop. him aud observite hus proveediogs: or 1t mizht bo that~ heha am'ft me br the Tkt of ‘my éigr, For a moment 1t _8eémed to me thers gleamed \upon me the susOBA £1ase of his prominen sciu- , for there conld ( | tillating green eyes. Then ail was darkness. Ho badturned ori the gas. I could sce nothing more, Ineoms trepidation, I retreated..ta my bed-chamber. T elept very ill that night, I.remember; not merely becauso of the oppressive Lea: of tho weather, and lack.of freshness in the sr; but I was greatly disturbed in wind. Moreover, forehead burned, wy heart best distressingly; L wasina state of feverish restleseness. When sleep at_last camo to me, my dreams wera ter- nible. Iunderwent an agonizing nightmare,— the Brothers Recklam haunted me. I could never lose sight of their pallid faces. In all kinds of strango. eituations, their gleaming, ‘menacing eves seemed to follow mo, snd find mo. out, to ecorch me up, and piarce me throngh and turough, to bring to bear upon me all kinds of pangs and_tortures. 1 became convinced that tliey were bent upon my destruction, now by this means, now by that. . Thoir only hesitation was a8 to the kind of death they should inflict upon me. They were at o loss to decide upon one suf- ficiently painful. At langth, as I thought, tkey had resolved upon my assassination, by a varied system_of intense and horrible craelty, to be gradually applied, with 8 view to my greater soffering. I awoke in adreadful panic. Itscemed to me that a rope circled my reck, and that my land- lords by slow degrees wero tighteniog it more and more. I experienced an agonizing sense of suffocation. Iumy alarm, I koow, I leapt from oy bed, and stood for s_nmioment swaying to nnd fro upon the floor like a drunken man. What had happened? I asked myself. . Sometbing dreadful, I knew. The was & strange crimson light throbbing and flickering in the room. -Tho air waa thick with smoko, and tho atiling fumes of same drug or spirit of extraordinary pungency. I conld hear, too, wild cries in the street without, lond knock- ing at the outer door of tho house, and the roar- ing, crackling sounds of burning wood, snd the licking and writhing of monnting flames. . The honso of Mesars. Keklam Brothers was on fire ! There wns nov a winize toloso. I haatily gathered about rao o fow articles of dress. My alarm and agitation were extreme, but I had the onse_to perveive I could only Lope to escape with life—if even that was still possibla. I at once sbandoned all thought of rescuing aught elso from the flames. Yot it was, even in that moment. of panic, with a sigh of deep angmish I turned my back upon all wy kousohold: treasares and possessions.. One glauce'of farewell, aud then I hurried from them to the door of my front room, leading to the staircase.’ It was locked on the outside. 8o also were the two other doors that permitted egress from my tments. The possibility of my escape had been forescen sud provided ageinst. I wasa prisoner, and the firo was drawing every moment nearer and nearer to me. Already tho smoke ‘was go deose, Llinding, and stupefying, thas I was crouchiug ou 1ny ktiees, to avoid iv a8 much 28 possille. A Much valuable time I wasted in laboring to prige the locks of my doors, and in convincivg myeelf that thoy had" really besn made secura againat me from withont, Thew, with desperata violence, and with all fhe strength I could muster, T dashed s heavy chair agsiust tho door of the front room. . The panelling was completely smashed, and through the opening thus made, 3 thick volumo of poisonous smoke poured jnto the room, Dut still the lock Lield fast, sad till my escape was prevented, even had the staircase without re- mained passable, which seemad most doubtful, for already it was burning furioisly. The window was now my solo chance. I looked out. Thers wasa sea of upturned faces ~—orange-hued, from the reflection of the tlames. The' polico liad driven back the crowd, , £0 a8 to form & semi-circlo of epectators, witl eatticient space in froat for the fire-ongines to be worked frecly. The roadway was flooded with water, which mircored brightly the red sky and the leaping fire. Every neighboring window was crowded Wi seared lookers-on. It was a strange snd most exciting scene. The uproar when the denso throng below caught sight of mo at the window was indeed alarming. 1 was cheered "and_applauded, as though I had been a opular candidate for election upon the hustings. Y}ut above all theso cries I could plainly hear ihe mechanical pulsing sound of the engives in’ full work—the rusti aod gurgle, the hiss and splash of falling water—and tho kcreaming of thy flamas, which secmod to issuo chielly from the floors above mo, and from the buut-out shop at the back of the house. ‘ Trembling all over, I stepped from thé win- dow-il! o to the projecting corniceof the shop- front below. I thew let mysslf down gradually, and, after clinging to the ledge for & mémicat, dropped several fest on to the pavement. I wag saved from falling by the sturdy arms of a police- maa. I was haif-suffocated, and my eyes smarted terribly; my Lands were torn’ and bleeding, ond both aukles cecmed badly sprained ; otherwise, I was uninjured. In right, I suppose, of my nurrow escape, and my lawiul interest in the catastrophe, I was per- mitted to remain near the firo-engines and to ratch the progress of the conflagration. I was not condcious for some time that my dress waa ‘most incomplete, and that I was up to my insteps in water. Suddenly, I found Aaron Reklam close beside me. ' I started back when ho observed me— Dot merely with surprise, but also, as I judged, with alarm aod aversion. ITe was in astate of extreme agitation. “ I pever drossed go qnickly in my life,” ha said, in a tremulous voics, and ho rubbed hig hauds {ogether nervously, He was bareheaded —I conld note by the light of the flames his par- tial baldness; but his attirs was comolete in otlior respects, even to the neat adjustment of his shirt-collar aud neckerchief. I could not doubt that hie had never undressed at all. 1To turned bis gleaming eves full upon me ; his gaze sremed to me more baoefal and male. ficént than’ever. * Fur & mowent [ slmost dread- ed persoual violence at his hapds. “‘Yon've had a narrow cucafic," he £aid. * Very narrow.” He looked as though he grndzed me my lifo most bittesly. ** It was an accident, though it broke out in two or threo_places at onco. Tcan’t think how it happened.” Aud nf.!in be glared at me. *‘You can't either, [ supopse ?’ he asked. *¢I cannot tell,” I said faintly. * It will o the ruin of me—of the firm—the complete rain.” **You'ro not insured 2" . “Yes, we'ro insured, bnt not for”the full amount,—not nearly—only for a trifle.” **Aud your brotuer, —1Ir. XNathan,—is he safe?” * He wiis, s moment ago. But be went back: I told him thero was ‘lflchly of time to savesome documents of value.” . ** And he's not been ecen since 2™ " #Xo, not since. TDut it wan only s mament ago. He'wall tight. Nathan knows what he's about ! ‘A he borrid truth then burst upon me. The place had been sot o fire for the sake of the in- sitrance money, and I had been decoyed to be a lodger, and destroyed. in order to give a color to the procecding. While this passed through my mind, Nathan Reklam mado bis appearance at tho open privata door. With a wild ery, Aarou rushed towards bim, and shut the door. 1o wished to bu tbe solo beoeficiary. The con- fusion was so great that few took heed of the brotliers. | Thick c¢londs'of dust now mingled with the smoke. The crowd was driven farther back by sume yards. Even the firemen were forced to rétreat. * Tho outer wall af tlis houso had fallen. _I remember nothing more. I was found, as I afferwards lcarned, siretched sénse- legs upon the wet roadway, sod was carried, upon the shoulders of friéndly_by-. standers, to & neighloring tavern. Thore I re— mained’ some days in an alarunyg conditioa ot exhaustion and deTirum. The Brothers Reklam were not sgain seen alive. It wasgenerally agreed that thev had both perivhed in the fire of their owa coutriving—ret- ribution Lad overtaken them in a terrible way. No trace of them was cver discovered in the ruing ‘of tho building. Nor were any relics found of the treagnres that bad ouce filled their premises to overflowin: My own belief wi aud is, that these Liad becn carefully and stealthe 1ly romoved some time befure the fire broke cut “Briel narngnghs in the nowapapers wers do. voted to the *Serivus conflagration in Soho— T'wo Lives Lost.” Nothing was ever said pub- licly, huwever, as tothe suspicious nature ot the occurrence. At & later date, T was'enabled to ascertain that JMeesrs. Reklam's bouse and its contenis had been insured to a very large amount. . Of the carly history of the brotlers, I could lesrn noth- ing. The firemen made no sacret of their opin- iou that the fice wa tho resalt of design, The- flawes, they said, had been ecen to burst forth simultancously from three distinet parts of the bouse. Sometling at50 they did not hesitateto sl lege 28 to the employment of naphtha of turpen- tine to quicken fthe action of tho fire. And they copgratulated mo, as I con- gratulated myself, upon my almost mirzenlous escape. No relatives or representatives of the brothers ever appeared to claim the amount of the insur- ance monsy. No one, iudeed, even ventured to own kindred with thie deparied Reklans. I hava often been told that I knew more_abont them thian anybody else. Well, I did not know much; but cerzainly, to my thinking, I knew enough. Had any claim been made upon the policies, T was informed tbat the officea were fallv prepared 1o resist it, simply on tho ground of fraud, and of thi,.a4 in tn0 many cases, there was held to ffi very !affilci’ent evideace. I have exharnsted, owever, all my infurmation on the sub) Clambers’ Journal. ik o