Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1874, Page 4

e s all the men who belonzed to tho Louis P} ] THE PISTOL-POCKET. and T elipped off quietly and walkeq “IHE STENCH NUISANSE. Where It Comes from, and What €auses It The Packing-Houses the Chief Source of the Efffuvia. A Hinate Inquiry into the Camses Pro- ductive of the Foul Gases. Together with a Mention of S})mfl of the Attempts at Deodorization. With a viow to ascertain what was actually being done or what was contemplated to abato tho horrible smelle which every eouthwest wind sprezds over the sonthern half of our city. Tas Tamuse iostructed its scientific commissioner 10 investigate the varions packing and rendering houses, fertilizer mantfactories, snd other smell-producing cstablishments in and sbout the sity. The first visits were paid to the TSION STOCK YARDS, where the largest packing basinees in the world ia done, and the greatest portion of the entrails of the animal are mavufactared into fertilizers. In this article aro given tho results of such in- Vesugavon in all the packing and rendering- hoases,. etc., which form tho large group of bnildings sitnate immediately on tho west sido of the Union Stock-Yards, and which are trav- ersed longitudinally by two lines of railroads. ‘Preliminary to the detailed description of the processes adopted in each packing-house or fer- tilizer-manufactory for disposing of the blood snd entrails, or, technically epeaking, * offel,” of the swine which are Lilled, it will be of intor- est to examine the various eteps by which TRE USEAPIY PORKER is trnusformed from the living avimal into pork, ettiter ealt or fresh, and stowed away in barrels or sent immedistcly into market, as the case may be. I Amving at the packing-house, the herd of awine aro drivenup aun inclined plane on the outeide of the building, thetop of which com- menicetes_with the interior of the building tinrd Zoor) by & door opening into a small peu fro: which 5 boy selects Lis victim ana aitaches a spring-cateh aid chain to one of bis bind legs, by which o isswung undn to a rail, thus haog- ing bead downwards. In this position ME 1§ **STUCK” by the same boy, zud dieswithin five minutes thoreafter. _Another boy slides the dead anumal along the rail on which 1o fe hung, and ab a sig- pai from tho foromsu releases the epring caich aud chain sttachad to bis hind leg, and lets the desd “porker” drop into a largo trough full of hot water, which scalds him and thus loosens tho Lairs. On arriving at the other end of the. trough the hiog is caaght up by a revolving rzko and turned over on toa table on which men serape off the hair aud bristles, which are col- Jected in barrols and thus sold; these may bo tormed THE FIRST PRODUOT OF *‘TOOR PI0GY.” Tho lesd snd trotzers are then removed, and the snimal s then bung up again, the whole of the entrails removed, and the carcavs then left hanging for twenty- four hours, uutil the whole of the animal best has evaporated. Iiis then cutup into the various market forme, such as sides, shonlders, hams, etc., and those porticns whicl are to bo ealted aro sent Gown 2 slide into the cellar of the building, where the salring is done by hand. and the various forms, hams, sides, etc., piled in separate beaps, after which they ‘are packed in bariels and exported, in many cases direct to ‘Liverpool, England. THE ENTRAILS. Peturning now to conside: the dirposal of the entrails, wefind that they aie eorted into two portions. both of which are thrown into large tanks, and sre boiled thercin for lard. the larger of which portions consists of Iunge, heart, liver, head, feet, ectc., the emalier portion of the boweis or ** small gute,” ete. At this point the first offensive emiell is raised. The lerd-tanks are frequently very badly clesed, or else left entirely open om the top, tho covers being removed to facilitate their rapid charging. Through these opemings the stcam snd organic vapora eseape into the room, and io soms packing-houses the odor therefrom is very sirong, au THE UNCTTOUS VAPORS hang for & long; time underneath the flooring ot tho rtory abova tho top of the lard-tanks. After il ths lard hos thus been extracted from the entraily, they are then removed from the tanke, beizg known techuically as * tankings,” either to undergzo drying trestment on the premises, fitting them for the use of the fertilizer, manufacturers, or they are simply dumped into 2 vat outside the building, where iaey rerain ua- til the mavnre muuufactarers ehall cast them away. Inall the packing bouses TIE STEAX AXD VARORS arising from the lard-botling are earried direct into the chimney-etacks, 2nd thence, being rap- idly discomivated throngh the air cn the princi- ple of *+diffusion of goses,” speedily reach and euvelop tho southern portion of our city. Wero these, however, the omly vapors * which reschi us from the packing-louses, the sterch nmisance woald scarcoly exist, 28 the quontity of sunch vapors is mot large, but to this oiast bo added those vapors which arigo hen the * tankings” aro subjected 0 & dsying process, either before or after Leing_sold to tho fertilizer manufacturers, aud glso thoso arisiug from the actual manufacture of the “ tankisgs” aed bilsod into fertilizers. MO THA BLOOD IS DISPOSED OF. So farthe macner of disposal of the entreils of the hog Luos Leen described. Before classifying the various smells which, united, form the hor- nd stencl: €0 often troubling our city, the man- ner in which the blood is disposed of should be mentioned. In most packing-houses this runs direct from tho snimal into & vat, placed on tho ontside of the building, whence it is carted away, cither to Dbe dried rud then used in the manufactare of fertilizers, or to be treatod firet for tho extraction of its albumen,—a snbstance of considereble use in the zris,—ond of its color- ing matter, which forms the substance of = rich dye. In other cases, where the *tankiugs " are driel on tlo promises of the packing-house, tho blood is sleo dried, but eeparate from the * tankinge," 1n open tanks with steam. ‘The Topora atising from the dryiug-processes ara in ona or two cases led into & condenser ywhero they zro supposed to be con~ densed by u stream or jeta of cold water, which Piay upon them and then carry off the 'smells in solution into the drain, aud thence into the South Branch of the Ohicago River; but in inost cages _they aro either led direct to the smoke-stack or chimroy. cnce they escape Ioto the open mir, sud “wing their peedy flight " 0 the nnfortuuate city, or eles thoy ara firat led through the furnaces under the steam boilers, whero they are supposed to be burnt and. thus deodorized, and the resulting product of ;l::’.: tc!?mb&“hn escapes into the open air along 8 other i i o other e and smoke arisiug from Tha 2 CATAZS AND ATTZIPTED NEMEDIES, aerhe reader iu now probably i & position o no- retand, firet, fhe causes of the stench nui- £ance, und, secondly, the sttempts at deodoriza- tion which have been thus far made, All tho cauges may be summatized thus s o irat—The natural smell arising from the eol- ection together of a number of live swine, such 25 may bo noticed nearany piggorv; this i prace {ieally o sligbt, compared with _other ceuscs, as {0 be harmiless at & little distance from theStocke Second—The smell of the fresh pork § i 2 in_quan- :1\!;:: such 28 mar ba noticed ¢ I:n:_v bntghe;!s eroy Or mest murkes: ihiy nlso may be_cousid- (e ey ioiy bamless to the general public of v Third—The emell arisin ilit The sing from the boiling g:fl}fifilfl ia the iellow tanka; this may [ Sl oy oa 4o bave & Targer etiaro in the strong * the gon.2ndabout each ‘packing-houss than in el stench which visits the cury. stotn « a0 umell from boiling the biood with o lmy be considered a8, in the case of aiToct 1he ymmoa, & 12 Bo 80 siight 26 only to e te neighborhood of the Stack- from the attempied co bustion of gu808 and vepors reforred toin Games s Ermouts T DRovoRmATIen 0 VO & The attampts which have been or are baing mede a4 deodorination of thase gases or vapore nd the canses from which those passs arise. oy classified sbove, may bestated thus: Cauees Nog, b 2‘113.‘, and 4—No attempts made to pravont the smolls, or deodorizing the gases, arising there- As proviously, stated tho gases arising Cansa No. 5 havs been oxporimentsd og rom, from with & view to deodorization in two ways—con- densed in_and iotimately mixed with water, and thenco led by underground drains to tho river; and burniog the gases in the farnacos under the xsteam boilers, Tho process of condensation may bo considored successful as carried out at tho peckmg-house of S. W, Allerton, as vt very little sméll from Causo 5 is perceptible on his premiscs. The outlot of the drain at tho Chicago River has not yot been exnmined by the writer, but, if upon euch examination, it proves practically odorless, this plan 13 a decided suc- cess = if not, it merely removes Causs 5 to an- other poiat, where it muy. with equal foreo, ot~ tack tho oifactories of residents in tho city. Ttemedy No. 2 appeats to be sumply ** confusion worse confounded,” for the burning process intensities tho stench, and wives to it 2 pungency which it did not beforo possess : in fuct, so far from being s remedy, this is sctually another cause of stench, and is conscquently clzssified 2bove e Causo No. 6. Asthere is a wide-xpread and erroueoas opinion existing in favor of BUDNING THE GASLS, ond thus deodorizing thom, this point needs eomo furrher elacidation. That it is not effee- tive is plainly apparent. ihrough the medium of our olfactories; why it is noc eflective is not vory casy to explain to people unacquainted with chemistry; uevertholess, tho following illustration perbaps will, by anslogy, explain the yesson: Ve kuow that, in bastivg & picco of meat, or in roasling & joint befors an open-grate fite, a certain smell 15 given off, sud thatitis Dot unsavory if the meat bo freshi; if, howover, the meat be buror, or come iu actual contact with the fira, we immediately exclaim 2gainst s+the burnt smell” which pervades the house. 1t is precisely thus with tho process of drving the entrals of the hog, and afterwards buruing the masesevolved: thesmellisintensified rather than dimivished. Some investigztioniuto the nature of the gares evolved from this drying process, zod the general principles of their combustion, is neceszary to a Iurther understanding of the sub- ject of their deodorization, and to avoid falls- Zious reasoning in desiguing goy sehemo for this purpose. Combustion, or what is popularly known as fire, ja caused by a rapid combination of the various mases evolved from the burning bods with the oxszen of tho atmosphere. De- composition, or decay, 18 the slow combination witls oxygen of the guscs evoived from dead or- ganic vodies. Now, opinions diifer considerably among authorities as to THE ACTTAL COMPOSITION OF THESE GASES, expressible in chemical formulie. In the case of combustion of iorganic substances, the compo- sition of tho resultaut gascs is pratty weil known, but in the cose of decomposiug animal matter, and aleo combustion of ammal matter, the gaxed, ovolved are of & verv compheated pa- Ture. ‘Tirs most recent and relinble experiments seem to bave deterrned thas the gases arising from decompasition, moro especially sower gases, - ere carbo-ammoniscal in pature; tiat is, compounds in which carbon and ammonis are the principul ingrecients, and as carbon has 8 grest affmicy for ox; gen, a conmderablo Lostion of these gaaes Gould probably be burnt, though not _without s great stench, on sccount of liberating the am- o, which is the principal ingredient in the various stenches arisiug from combustion or de- composition of organic cumpounds, As this analogy, therefcre, exiats, being decompositioa and combustion of organic matter, it reasouably follows that what would act as s deoderizer in the case of the gases evolved from the one would also act edic y in tho caves of the gases evolved fram the other process. LARTI AS A DEODORIZEE, 1t has been satisfactorily proved that esrth, if supplied in proper quantities and tie right mwanuer, is a great deodorizer of sewer gases, and surely nothing can bo cheaper,—and, re- member, theso gases are tho product of slow combustion or decomposition. 1 it uot reasor- abie to infer that in tie case of more rapid com- bustion tho eame medium, earth, would prove an cxcelleat decdorizer? Further on in the course of these atticles a plan will be suzgested whereby this could be accomplished and adapted to the deodorization of the gases arising from the pracesses of drying the ‘ tankings” and bleod at the Stock-Yurds. There is much more to Dbe Eaid on this sudject from & chemical point of view; bur, after & few remarks on tho Lygiemic aspect of the question, the detailed resuits of the exami- pation of the: Stock-Yards pscking-houses by TrE TRILU: commissiouer will be given. ‘When the subject of THE STENCH NUISANCE was agitated in these coluins some Feara ago, an eminent homeopathic physician of this city wrote 2 lester, stating that the result of all caro- fal examinations and experiments went to_provo that, however much of a nuisence, a smell such 25 that 3rom the Stock-Yards was notunhealthy ; at least ‘it Led never been proved 1o bave Led any ill efcct on sny per- sons bat & very few of an bysterico- nervous temperament ; and that tho latest work on_ hygieno (Handbook of Hygiene, Wilson, 1875) supports his views, stating on tho author- ity of Dr. Parkes, Professor of 1lygiene ot the Army Medical School, Netles, Eng., that *the efliuvia produced in tallow-msiing and bene- buraing, though sometimes very offenxive, and, therefore, an undoubted nuisance in inbabited districts, do not appest to have produced any serious effects which have been recorded. Owing to their eing slowlyoxydized, such vapors may be detected ac very lony distonces.” At tho s2me time it must be remembsred that efinvia arising from decaying animal matter or decoru- position of organic snbstances is vory decidedly dasgerous and unbcalthy. THZ CONCLESIONE, therefore, as to the stench nuisance, from 2 Bani- tary point of viow, may be summed up thus: Lf- sluvia arising from rapid combustion, burning or boiliog freshis-lilled snimals, or organic mst- ter, is uot unbealthy per se, nor productive of ill effects, excent upon peculiarly senstive. ners- ous individuals ; but if snck animals or organic matter shall beallowed to become partly deciyed, or even if the process of decomposition shistl Liave comenced just before the cooking of ibe said substances, then the efluvia arising therefrom mey be considered daugerous to the public health. In the informetion which follows, it will he noticed that some Tromineuce is given to duneneions and other perticulars regarding the steam-boilers in use in the packing-houses, thongh beyond the lLimits of jurisdiction of tho City of Chicago. Tae TRIBUNE'S commissioner thonght it advisable to examino their boers, with a view to the PREVENTION OF THE SHOKE NUISAKCE, and for the purposes of companson with those aircady messured in the city, the results of which~ appeared partly i last Sunday's ivguo and parsty in this. It sy bero bo stated that much emoke is frequently apparent 1ssuing from the chimneys of the pack- ing-houses, and that in no single instance i3 any spparatas or contrivance afiized to the boilera for tho purposo of preventing it. At Fowler Bros'. packing-house the ‘*tankings,” after passing through the lard-tanks, are wheeled i barrows and dumped into two steam-jacketod cvlinders through = pair of 1%-inch charging boles on the top. Each of these clinders messuress 14 feot long and 6 fect in diameter, and through tho centre of cach, longitudinally, a stenm sagitator revolves, consisting of a shaft of 134 inches in diameter, steam-pips projecting throngh each end of the cylinder, with a number of arms or stirrers fixed thereto, partially also of 1lg-inch pipe. These hollow ehafts and srms are kept fnl of stcam as the agitator, revoives through tho mass of ** tani- iogs.” The steamis introduced through one ond of tho agitator while the other is connected by gearing, etc., with the engine. A Root's blower forces the steam: and vapor from the drviog *tankings " into o condenser, wherea jot of cold water §a supposed te condenss tho gases,and they aro then ellowed to go into the smoko- stack. The blood, after being steam-dried in 8 tank, ie aompea into the dryine-cylinder with the rest of the ** tankinga.” As the charg- iug holes on the dryiug-cylinders are kept open for & considerable time, & great amouns of gas sud vapor escapes into tho building aud croates, tola stranger, a suffocating stench. This, however. is not of much cousequence to the public at large. The writer does not consider this system as satisfactory in its action as that at Mr. Alierton’s bouse. 'The power is provided by a forty-horse-power steam engine, which also servea all tho other purposes of tha hon o Uoilers are two in number, made by Devine, each meesuring 16 fect Joug by 4 feet 6 incues in diometer, with fire-grates 6 foat by b feet G inches ; fire-doory, one-eiginteenth the ares of firo- grate; pressuro on boiler, 60 pounds to the square inch; amouut and kind of fuel used. 13,000 pounds per day of 2¢ hours, of Walnut Hill cosl. Prico obtained for the dried tankings and blood mixed, or * fertilizer.” &25 to €30 per ton. AT 8. W. ALLERTON'S PACKI}G-TIOUSE 1,800 hogs are killed per diem. This house was the cleanestand had the least wmell abous it of all the pecking-bouses visted. Tho_lard-tanks are six in number, and cach mossure13 feet high by G foet dismeter. The * tankings " are taken from these into two oylinders, each measuring 14 feat lou%by 5 feet diametor, steam jackesed and fittod with agitator running through tho centre of each drying cylinder, in the samoman- rér 08 thosa in Fowler Bros.) house, and geared on the oulside in ths sams manner, but the agitator arms and shaft sare 8olid, so that mo steam circulates throuch them. Thero {8 no faa or hlower in Allerton’s houss to expel the stesm from the cylnder ‘casing by a torced dranght, &8 in Fowler Brog'. fimn.' 'he steam aad vapors from the drying tankings" enter a_kind of standpipe, whero they &ro “condeneed with water and conveyed awsy by an underground drxin, Tho *{auke ings” tako eight hours to' get thoroughly +cooked " for lard before being pus into the cyl- inders, Tho blood is first dried by steam in a truck for sbout fifteen minutes, and then in one of the cylinders for about six bours; the blood apd tankings ara not mixed together until they are thoroughly dried, and if the operation Las been properly done, and the blood and ** tank- ings ™ were gito {resh at tho commencement of their treatment, the products arequite inodorous. The power necossary to run the drying-spparatus is 15-horsc-power, .and for the wholo packing- houso _30-horse-power steam-engine is in uss, which runs_one elovator, the drying-apparatus, saltpotro mill, sansage-niachine, nd hoists the hogs on the rail on which they are kilied. The cost of the whole drying-apparstus as described was about $6,000. Steam for_all the purposcs of the building is provided by two boilers, moas- uring 14 foet long by 6 feotin diamoter. with fire-grates moasuring 5 feet by 5 feat, and firo- doors, each one-thirteenth zres of firo-grate; av- erage boiler prossure, 50pounds per square incli; smouut and kind of fuel used, 10,000 pounds per day of twenty-four hows of bituminous (Wil- mington) coal. Water is obainod from sa ar- tesian woll 1,300 feot deap, which flows 400 gal- lons per minute, and supplies both this and TFowler Bro.s’ honso. The system of drying pur- sued by Mr. Allorton seems to work quite inof- fensively, tha only objectiouable feature being the dischiarzo of tho condeosed gases into the Chicago River. If no smell is there percoptible, at the outlet of his sower, the system ho uses may bo pronounced & suce THE GOOD SAMARITANS. and an 2 Certificate, Affidavit. An Address, To the Public : In consideration of the publicity which our Society Lias ettained, and the miercprosentations attonding the ssme, tho Good Sameritan So- ciety, of Chicago, incorporated Nov. 28, 1874, and having for its ofiicers, Alra. Annie E. Wal- bert, Presidont; Slrs. T.J. Blutbardt and Mre. H. Raster, Vice-Presidouts; Mrs. Elvira W. Spaulding, Treasurer; and Mra. M. R. Buker, Secrotary, desiro to call your attention to the fol- lowing statoment. At the date of iccorporation, it was boped that all disreputable and diecordant elements had been expelled from the Socioty, and that our work could progress, but s thoroagh investigation of affairs at the Home resulted in- developing the fact that Ars. Ellea Wheoler (Superintendent of the Sewing Department, and Acting Jlatron pro tem.) wastotally incompatent to conduct the affairs of the Ifomo, aud it was therefore resolvod fo reiustuée Ars. Anoio P. Platt as Superintenont, said lady heving beon legally elected as Matron Sept. ;but who had declined election 28 Superintendent. The Society were mot by a positive refusal on the.past of Mrs. Wheelor to recognize or aekuowledge the sathority of the oficcss. On Dec. 16 Mry. Wal- ‘bers, President, and Mre. Bluthards, Vice-Preai- dent, visited tbe Home for . tho parpose of re- ceiviog an inveatory of goods, stores, linen, ete, but were perempiorily re- fused any list of housekecping articles, records, or inventury, belonging to the Socisty. On the sameday, at tho request of the ofticers, Dr. P. Henrotin, X, County Physician, called to ascostain whattbmates wero it subdjects for tlre Coonty Hospital, five of whom were pro- vided with permits. At tha request of the Fros- ident, a woman with two children, who had loog been ill, and was desirous of returning to her frionds in Logansport, 1od., wera supplied with passes. When the Doctor called for the patients, Mrs. ‘Wheeler refused positively to let them be re- moved, and immediately sfter called to her aid Sergt. McCauley, of tho Webster Police Station, togother with reporters of tho Times and Inder: Occan, stating to thom that scenes of an un- plessant character had been enacted, whicl statements were published in the Zimes and Inler-Occan the following moraing a8 facts, and which were absolutely faise. A special mesting of the Socicty was then called, at which the situstion was discussed and o Committze atpoiuted to wait upon Mrs, Wheel- er, with the roguest that she should eignify wil- lingness to comply with the rales of the Society or teave the Homo. Tho Cominittes found Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Spaighs, sud sach inmates ae they had been sbie to ioflucnce, in a state of open mutiny, dofying and ignorivg all legal au- thority. Obedionce or compromsa [OEL being effected, measures were immediately taken to for- cibly eject tae rebellious ones from tho premises. Complaints beiug made befors Justice Hiuedale, a werrant was issued, aud plaved in the hauvds of Constablo Gleason, for the arrest of the riotous and disorderly persons, the needed assistance oen furmshed by Supt. Jacob Rehm, of Dolice Department. the C: Tho Home, the leage of which is in the hands of the President, Mrs. Aunie E. Walbert, till April 1, 1675, is now uudergoing a thoroughreno- vation, preparatory to # continuation of the work, &s organized by the incorporated Society, whose circular we hereby append : GOOD SAMARITAN INDUSTRIAL HOME. Opened Sept. 5, eorncr Menomnnee and Hammond strects, near Lincoln Park, The Ladics’ Samaritau Suciety of this city was orgavized to give to girls and women who are without- employment, home, or friends, a helping band, sympatby, and coausel, ‘The Associution is nun-eectarion, philanthropie, and cos- mopoliten. Its Industrial Home, eorner Menomines and Hammond strests, was opened Sept. 5. We Lave now in activo operalion 3 Lwiudry, 3 domestic and sewing department, and propose to give those uuder our cliArge & portion of tho beuefts of their lubors. We bave orgznizcd, in copnection with our work, a Ladies’ Bureau for the protoction and sssistance of Wworkuig women, An industrial home where instruction will ba given in the various Lranches of {udustry aud & moderato compensation paid for_lzbor, to be furnirhed to thu uncwployed. Also, a bonse ‘for the emplored, with Luard ot & nominsi price,—such price to ke detenuinad Ly the means of the apriicant. All deserviug women, Nomeless snd friendless, sick or unfortunate, to b awvisted, Applications to be made to tho Ledies’ Buresu for bookkcepers, _salcawomen, dressmakers, sowing- womcn, housekeepers, uurses, aud domestics. The dice of the Good Sarauritan Societs aud Ladfes Bureau is at Room 3, ¥os, Glund 53 LiSalle street, Rolief Building. NrLTA G, RooD, Office Secretary, “ No person ehall solicit funds or supplies for tho Good Samaritan Beciety unlese furnishied with a certificate, signed Ly the Prosident and Secretary.” Legal measures will be Lenceforth taken o prevent any unauthorized use of the name of the Good Sumariten Society. Thanks are reiurned for the 100 cssh dona- tion received Jast week trom ** A Friend;" also, for the unsolicited liberal donation of supplies 80 generally furnished by friends of the insuta- tion. We havo now thirieen inmates and comstent applications, many of whom we shall admit as roon a8 the Home is in working ordor. Cash in Treasnry, $100. Tho number of applicants for assistance being greatly iu excoss of our means, aa appeal to far- ther support is made to all who sincerely approve of the epirit in which the Socicty Las been formed, and desire to aesist in upholding a charitable imstitution based upon that grand idea »o Leautifully embodied in the puflb?a of the Good Sumaritan. V. DESROFIN OGRUIFISS. To the Pubite : 1 hercby certify that on Wednesday, Deec. 16, Iwas called upon to examino certaiti women, sick, or zbout to be ick, at the Geod Samaritan Home. 1 examined fiso partics, and geve a permit for tho Hospital for them all, as, after carerul in- uiry, 1 considerod them ,only subjects for_the oepitel. Whilo there, the President, Alrs, Walbert, sod Mrs. DBlutbardt, Vice-Presi- dent, scemed most suxious to make all proper and charitable provieion for these unfortunates, and, on the other havd, I am not uccustomed to give Hoapital-permits to any but those whom such perwit would benefit. When the Hospital-ambulance colled, hirs. Wheeler refuted, in my preseuce, 4o lot the wo- wmen go. I left the matter inthe bacds of the partins thomselves, aud only oue availed herself of the opportunity. In fine, while thore I saw nothing but what would give me the highest re- gard for the oficers of the Association, and thera i8 0o doubt, in view of their zilments, tiie abova women would bave been much better cared for at the Hospital tian at the Homa. F. HESROTIN, Jr., County Physician. Tho_address is signed by Mre. O, P, Biaker, Mrs., W. Buthoo, Mrs. Olive Yale Richmond, Alrs. W. M. Brewer, Mrs. Floyd Cooley, Mis. 8. P. Wheeler, Mrs. DBriggs Rrder, Mri, Willia %mgl,g't Mre, Fanuie Wheoles Wood, 3xs, Aunie . Platt. DS, WALLERT BWEADS, Stato of Tilinols, Cook County, 86, Tins duy appeared befors me, 8. C. Hinsdale, aJustics of the Peaceinand for £aid county zod Siate, Mre. Anme E. Walbert, President of the Good Samaritan Society of ' Chicago, and 1ede oath that the foregoing statoment is trus in subsiance and in fact. Witness my Laad this 26th day of December, 1874 5. 0. Hrxspare, J. P. The First Presbyierian Chusch, of Newark, N. J.. owns more beer-shope, and concert-halls, aud Tree-and-Essys” of the *pretty waitar-girl " variety, thon are controlled by any other proper: ty-bolder in thay glm. It also owns tae land whets Lhs Newark Upara~Hodse now stends, THE CHICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1874—SIXTEEN PAGES. TALLEYRARD'S MEMOIRS. The Story of a Long-Deferred Work. The Dealh-Bed of Prince De Talleyrand— His Reconciliation with the Church. Why His Recollections Are Not Yet Pub!ished. Paris Correspondence of the New York Times. It is alwaya a difticult thing to overtake error when sho has once made o fair start, and fre- quently truth chases her about the world for months befors finally runming her down. I have vory frequent opportunities for learning tha truth of this saying. More vhan two years ago I announced to the worla that tho long-ex- rected and anxiously-awsited ¢ Memoirs of Prince Talleyrand * would not appear for many years to come. Yot more than once since I have bad frequent occasion to correct a popular rumor that they wore about to appear. This was once more atated some six weeks ago, and I am now receiving journals from all parts of the world snnouncing this as a fact. For this reason I shall now try to *‘ close the incident.” Prince Talleyrand died on the 17th May, 1638. During Lis last illuess, aund inspito of bis 84 years, Le preserved sil his senecs, scd also his finesse aud wit. When confined to his bed, a5 he had every reason to supposo for tho last time, tho Priuco began to think about making bis ponce with the Church. So far as bLis future state was concerued ho caved little for the ex- ‘commuvication that hsd boen pronounced against kim, but ho did care for the effect that it would Liave upon the publie, and Lo did not want 10 be the menns of throwing a ehado of discredit upon the Church in the bosom of which ho bad been nurtured. Besides, ho knew that the fact would create a difiicalt posttion for tlose he left behind him, particularly bis niece, whom he loved most touderly. He concluded, therefore. to mako hus peaco with the Church. He wrote & paper with bis own band, but heatated to send it. Urged to do so by those around Lim, Lo always put it-ofi’ owtil the morrow, aud scemod €0 Lo awaiting certain signs of his exd, which Le know could not be far off. On the very day of bis death, 31 De alleyrand called for the puper et bo had written two mouths before, and to which he had given the beading of ** Retracta- tion.” This was addressed to the Pope. After reading it once, Tallestandemilod, and, with a peculiar look st those who =0z about his bed, de- clacod thet they wora probably nght; that be liad been overcome by their arguments, and that he would now eend the rotractation to the Pope. He made a copy of it in a firm, bold band ; then wrota a letter to accompeuny it, also addressed to His Holuvess. In this letter the Princo caid: My memoiry, long siuce comploted, but which, nccording to my last wishes, will not appoar until thirty years ajfter my death, will explain to pos- tority ‘my conduct dunug the torment of tho tevolution.” ‘The dying man put this lotter and the copy destined to tbe Pope under znvelog)e. remittiag tue otber copy to Monsiczneur De Quelen, Archbishop of Paris, who hind hurried to Lis bedzide 38 so0n as his iliness was regarded as sorions. Tis copy was placed 1n the archives of the Episcopal Priuce, whers it now remains. Tho * Retractation” has been the cause of much comment. The Prioce sai Mora and more tonched by grave considerations, led 10 judge with kaugfroid thy cousequences of a revoiu- tion that bas carried awsy everstuing and lasted for fifty vears, T haye come, at. the ¢id of o preat aye aud alter o lopg exgerience, to blune the excesres of the centary to whirh T huve belonged, and to frankly con- denin the sorfous faults that, in this long weries of years, have troubled 2nd afilictod the Cathoie, Apos— tohe, and Romau Cliurch, 2nd in which I bad tue iais- fortine to particiae. Dispensed Dy the vemorable Pius VIL from tho exerciss of ccclestaiacal functious, 1 huve sought fn_my loug politicel ezreer occasions to render to reifyion and 10 many honorable and dis- tinguizhed members of the Cutholic clergy all the ser— vicos that were within my power, Never have I ceased 10 regard myself a8 a chuild of the Church, - I again de- plore the acts of my life which have aitlicted (contriste) ber, and my last wisies will L for Ler and for Lot worthy supremo head. Tslleyrand directed the lotier to the Pope in his own haud, and then awaited death with an air of eatistaction. e knew that it wus coming, and it is probablo that he had oxpressly waited for the supreme moment in order to show that 1o cared nothing persoually for the maledictious of the Church, but Lad taken this step to pre- vent them frem falling upon those ha loved. e dropped _off as caimly as sn infant that goes to eloep. Tbe day befora bis family had beeu very 2nxious, and durivi the moroing had urged him i0 send on the retractalion. When ho said “ to- morrow,” they despoired, for all believed that this way bis Jast duy on eerth. But the Prince sbowed no sigus of concern. Luotor in the day the Kitur came in, and Lows Philippo rushed at onco to the bed. Despite the agouy he suffered trow anthrax i the back, and despite his fceble- nese, Tulleyrand made a moven:ent 4 if to rise. The King pressed him gently back. **Sire,” bo said, **tuis is the greatest honor t my house hes over recoived.” Ho talked as long 23 thoy would permit, miowing thet bis intellect was clouded neither by age nor illness, and when the King seized both his bauds, he eguin tried to o, As Lowis Phifippe turaed away in ®tears, “Lalleyrand called him back, and, beckoving him vear, snid iu a low ton Sire, it is uscless to mako the usnsl perquisition; I Lave barned overything.” 1t was tho Jast picce of malico on the part of Prince Taleyrand Perigord. Ho kuew thut ibe King wouid nover have come had it not been for cer:ain papers in Talleyrand's posseasion, and the wily diplomztist kuew that the seals of State would be placed upon his pagors an bour after his death. He gave ihe King to understand that he had long minco set bis house in order, and that sll the perquisitions in the world would not got az the facts of history he wished to preservo. The look Le turned toward tho King as the latter weut oat of the door told tbose around the bod that the old man felt ib- wandly consent at the last shatt Le Lad launch- ed, and satisficd with his lagt bon mot. The day of his death thore was 2 ceremony of first com- munion ut the Church of the Assumption, and after it the young gizls iu their white robes were brought into M. Da Talleyrand's room, and ell knelt betote his bed. The Prince stretched out both arms towards the children : ** Sublime ocontrast of lifa ! " he said to the porsons zround, gready moved by the scene. * Sublime con- trast of life; the oid man who quits it, and youth that bas just placod ita foot wpon the threshold!" No Sllu:rpfipzru were found among the effects of 3. De Talleyrand except those he had himself docketed sud “directed to the Foreign Ofiice. Nor wero his Memoirs found iu the chateaa. Louis Phxlipgu Was very caxions to hear what Talleyrand bad to say aboot the monarchy of July, but before he could get any information upon the subject ha had followed Charles X. into exile. It was thon that the world lezrved somothing abont the 3femoirs that Talleyrand had aonoune-~ ed in his letter to the Pope, and which be bad raid were nos to be published until thirty years after his death. ‘The manuscript had beon placed in tho bonds of 2, De Bacourt, the Prince's exeeutor, * the most honest man ho had aver known,” to uge the expression of 3L De ‘lslieyrand. Efforts were made to indace M. De Bacourt to violute the Prince’s wiehes on the ground that the world bad much to gain by having the jndgments of a man who hnglu!d 80 large » part in the histery of hiscentary. I.De Bacourt refused. As the term fixed by Talleyrand expired in 1868, rumora of the appearance of these Memoirs wero then eurront. Those who had seen the mannseripts, or who pretended to have doue 8o, Baid £0 much sbout the work that tho curiosit of the Emperor became sroused. It was said that tire Princo had attacked the Bonapartes, 2ud particularly the First Nupoleow, and it scoms caly natural that such should be the case, sinco Napoleon treated the Prince ronghly on more than one occasion. But the Emperor 6aid at first that he did not think it possible L. De Talley- rand should have gone beyond tho limits of per- misuible xpprecistion respecting his uncle. Thiy was understood to refer to a certrin rumor. It will be rememiered that the shooting of the Duc D'Ecghien in tbe moas of Viccennes Liay never yet boen cleared up. Napoleon said tuat the Duks never would have been shot if M. De Talleyrand had not invited the acst as A necsssity. in a note, and not even then if o final order staving the execution had not been mado away with. Dut the note in uestion wes never found. Notwithstanding, there is o ramor that it exists, and that it some- how came into the handsof Queen Hortenwe, together with mlui impurtant papers regard- ing the Dauphin, Louis XVl The story goes that Talleyrand Lkoew of the existence of these papers, aud hence those in the sccrel compre- Lended the remark made by Napoleon IIL He folt very sure that 3. Do Talloyrand would not g0 tco far in hig criticism. He askod to ses the chapters before they were published, snd found that his judgment was correct, Bus the Princa had sadly maitreated M. Guizot, AL Thicrs, sbd Fegime, and they wero then in the opposition. ‘Anho was trying to win them over, the Emperoc doclined to irritato them by the pubiication of {lioss afemoirs if ho could pogsibly prevent it. He procured o prom:so that they should not ap- pear until the men troated go harshly had had timo to dio. In a fow years moro nouo of thew could bo left. M. De Bacourt and the Leirs of the Princo were in favor of the Empire. Itis «aid to e beon after this, if not on acconut of it, that tho Emperor revived the aucient title c[l’ Duc do Montmorency for Princo Talleyrand’s beirs. The term fized at the Emperor’s request was Liventy-two years, and hence, in cage there is 1o further dolay, the demoirs will appear in ths year 18%0. Tho#o of us who live sixtcen years more can hope to read them. Tu o previous letter I have given some of these details, and for the purpoes of explaining why the roport of the publization again came before the public. In 1872 the Memoirs were anpounc- ed, snd I bad & commission from a publisher to nefrotiato for _advance sheets. We wero then living under a Republic, and everytlung connect- ed with the Empire was hateful. ~3lore than oue ‘man who had been ennobled by Napoleon I1L prov- ed falee to him at that noment, aud many, alas, voluntarily gave up even the secrets of the pelace to gratify the passions of the hour. The Duc De Montmorency was thought likely to do the same thing, and 1o wasasked to consider his compact with the Emperoras broken by thedthof Septem- ber. M. Do Bacours wasdead. **Bat do you kaow, ™ said M. De Montmorency when ths ;\roEnuitmn was made, © that you are doing an act that will tell against your own friends—thoze of the late Opposttion 2*” That was just what the Repub- licans wanted, for although the Monarchists had aided them in attecking tho Ewmpiro, they now wanted to throw Monarchists and Imperalists into the same waste-basket. The Dulko roplied tbat Lo bad entered into a solemn engagement, and that tho fall of Napoleon IIL. could not now affect the mattor. Of course he was uccused of doing this for the purposo of protecting the Royalists, who might arrive at power and put Heory V. upon the throve, and it may be that this was one consideration, although 1'prefer to believe in the former version. This is the his- tory of tho Tallesrand Memoirs, sbout which g0 muck has been said. POSTAGE STAMPS. How They Are Made n1:d Distributed. New York Letter to the Dujulo Express, Every United States posiage stamp iu nze in made here in Now York. The coutrect was held by the American Baunk Note Campauy from July 1, 1861, until the samo duy in 1873, That was for three terms of ~four years each. The Continental Dank Xote Compsny at that time offering to co it for one-half the amoant reqaired by tho other Compauy, the con- tract was awarded to them. The oftice of the Continental is at the corner of Greenwich and Liberty streets, but as it was desirable to have the postage stampsmado in a perfectly fire-proof bunding. the fifth story of the Equitablo Life- Insurance Building, on the comer of Broedway aud Codar street, was reated by the Company for that purpose. T'ne oftico hero is for the use of Mr. Deniel M. Boyd, the Government agent, and Alr. Cliarles . Steole, the agent and superintendent appointed by the Company. ‘The facts given in régard to the making: of the stamps were Ob- iafued by your correspondent from Mr. Heury Dowen, Mr. Boyd's assstant. Two pas- scuzer elevators run to the top of the building, and, upon leaving them, the only entrance to the postage stamp rooms 8 by means of a door which is constautly kept locked and ed by s janitor, who always sits inside to zuswer the bell waich is just outside. On the night-hand side are the offico and printing room, aud away 1o tho loft, at the frout of the buikling, are the other rooms used in making the stamps. In printing steel plates aro used, on which 200 stamps cro ougraved. Twomeu are kept bard at work cuveriug them with the colored inks and urging thom to a man and & girl, who are equal- 7 busy at printing them with jarge rolliog hand- preencs. Threo of these little squads are em- ployed all the time, althongh tun presges can be put into mso in caso of necessity. After the smail sheeis of papor npon which the 200 utamps aze engraved have dried sufliciently they are sent into another room and gummed. The um used for this purpose is a peculiac compo- wition, made of the powder of dried potatoes and other vegetables mixed with water, which s better than any other kind, for in- stance, gum arsbic, which cracks tio paper badly. This paperis alsoof a peculiar texture, scmewhat similar to that used for bauk notes. Aftor haviug been again dried, this time on little racis, which are faoned by steam-power for about an hour, they =zro put between wbeeis of pasteboard amd pressed in bydraulic presses, cspable of applying a weight of 200 touns. The next thng is to cut the shcets in half; each sheet, of course, when cut, coutains a hundred stamps. This is dons by a girl with & larzo pair of shears, catting by band being preferred to that of ma- chinery, which method would destroy too many stomps. They are then passed to two otber squads, who, in as many operutions, per- forato the nheets betweca the stamps. Next they are pressed once more, znd then packed sod lsbeled, and stowed away in another room, preparstory to beiog put in mail- bags for dispatching to fulfill orders. If a single #tarap is torn, or in any way mutilated, the whole sheet of 100 is burned. About 500,000 are burned overy wock from thi cause. For the past twenty years, not a single shact Las been lost, such care is taken in counting them. During the process of munufactaring the sheets ate counted eleven tunes. There are 36,000 post-offices throughout the country, and they uso in tha course of oue year 700,000,000 postage stampe. A weei or two since 64,000,000 Linisved and 87,000,000 unfin- ishied statups were put mto the safes. The New Yorlt Post-Ofiico =zlone uees 120,000,000 n year, somewhat over ono-sixth of the whole Dumber used, or equal to the emount roquirad by 6,000 other ofices. Four times a rear tho differeut Post-Offices sond an_order for the unmber of stamps thoy expect to have ocza- sion to use during the coming three months. Of coursa, if they run ont during that timo, they are at lberty to scod for more. The ofice bers in New York is supplied differ- cntly. Twico s month sa o is ment for abont 500,000 of vuarious denomina~ tions. Thres-cent stAmps ave, of courmvo, in much greater demand than thoge of any other value. In answer to tho orders the stamps are made, and sent to the offices, and there counted immediately in the presence of a witnoss., An accompanyine blank recoipt is filled up snd sent to the Third Assistant Postmoster at Wagh- ington, who has charge of thiv brenchof the Post-Oflice Oepartment. —_——— Catching n Bob.? From the Detroit Free Press. Yesterday afterncon when Mrs. Blaine, of Fifth strect, asked the doctor if her boy Suzmuel \—.-m‘xlddh\'e, tho doctor looked very serious and rephed: *He may, xad if ho does ho will lmow mors than ever before.” Samuel is aged 13, and since the snow came he bas been enguged fa *‘ calching a bob," as the farmers call it when they jamp oa to & fanmer’s slaigh. He was over on Fourth streot yesterday when & farmer’s team camo slong With & hay- rack, and Ssmuel took a seat on the *‘binder.” He rode a suore dietance and_ then let go and stepped into the coils of a ropa dragging bebind, nod before he knew iwhat was up he was drag- ging along through the siush. Ho gave an awful yeil a8 he realized bis wituation, bus tho farmer loss his hearing vears ago, and sas oa bis oat as 61T 03 the Cardiff giant, while tho Thorses ambled alongz at an cven pace. “Whoop! Hay! Bayyou! Oh marder!™ volled Samuel, au the slash ran up his_panto- Joons aud bis back was raked on the knobby street, but the farmer was thinking of home, mweet home, and he didn't reply. ** You, theta ! Whoop ! Hi! Ho! Grashus und blazes I roared Hamuel, as hoslid on his back and e1de aod felt hie coat goiug over his head. The farmer drove up Foarth to Labrosee, and thon wont west, and there wasn't a hub ora pond of water that Samuel Blzine did not find. Some- times Lo was on his back, and thea he would glids for awhile v'other ide up, and he kept up & yelling which mado peopte run to the windows. Somo boya observed his mituation, but thoy thought it was a new kind of & way ** to catch a bob,” and they yolled * Bully for Samuel Blaine! " +Say! I'm being drawad to death—stop yer hosses ! * shouted Sam; but ths farmer waa Thioking of a grave on th hill-side, and he neser turned his head. A man stopped on the walz 20d velle **Sey! yon've gota boy there!” but the farmer nodded Lis head aud Eept on. Iioally, as ne wwrned into Eighth street end Leaded for Michi- gan avenne, ho looked aronad. Secing Samnel coming up hehind, rolling over and over, he but the *‘bud ™ to bis horses and went three blocks further and drow np at 3 grocery. ‘Whon they diacovered the boy's situation they eaid ic would take forty pounds of glue to mend him up, and one an advised llling him at once, 50 28 to save Mrs. Blaine a doctor's bili, but wiser coaneel preveiled and they cerried him home. His mother couldn’t recogpize him at first ; she eaid they couldn’t paes Lhat mud aad slusti-bedraggled form off on ‘her as her beloved Samuol, but when finally convioced that it was be, ehe dug the soow out of his ears snd walled : h‘;g'hl Bamgel, <hy did 3o try to oatdk s | Two Affecting Domestic Inci- . dents. If There’s Any Moral to the Tale, Let Those Point It Qut Who Are Concerned Therein, To the Bditor of the Loufstille Courfer~Journal: Irolated on soveral occasions the following little episode to my frionds, Who, secing at once its moral tendency, 2nd how fragght it is with lessons of wisdom, caution, and warn- ing to the old and young, not to be dirregarded with impunity, advised 1ts immediate publica- tion. Ii is very common on a windy day, or atany other time when a mau's coat-skirts ara disturb- od, to see tho handle of 2 diminutive pistol pro- truding from what the tailors call **the pistol- pocket.” I believe myself that the original peageful useof that pocket was for the handker- chief or for tobacco ; but the tailors find it more profitable to csll it **the pistol-pocket,” and it docsn’s make much difference, only that young sprouts, who adore tailors, may find this an addi- tional incentive and suthority for applying an othervise innocent pocket to this particalar par- posa. Inall likelhood they would not think of a pistol at all without such authority. The same display may be observed in all public places, even in the Court-House, when a speakergets ex- cited cuough to shalie aside his coat-narratives. Now, thero 18 noparticular objection to all of this. 1f people will think it looks fierce, war- like, or smart to ¢ about them these little things ostentatiously: or otherwise, let them do 0, Theydono harm. They never hurt any one intentionally. So far as any danger is con- cerned in thess weapous, pop-guns in berry sea- sou are just as much to be feared. And would it not be justas well for all parties to lay ina supply of berries and pop-guns, and carry them about all the tme? No serious accidents could thon possibly happen. With these woapons we have heard of parties fighting, but very rarely, and then only when berries were out of season. But wa never heard of sny one being hurt, who wag infended to be hurt, by one of them. Yot accidents may happen (thercio the ndvantage of pop-guns aud berries is apparent); what tias oc- curred may again_occar. And though one ac- cidont be tho single exception, yeb it carries with it its teachings end warnings. AND THIS BRINGS ME TO XY STORY. Now, then, some time ago, everybudy buying pistols, my friends snid, ** Why don’t you get & pistol#” {eaid, *Why so?” They said, * You will - certainly need one.” I observed, ‘‘All right,” ond bought a pistol. It was & nice, little blue owitzer, with six chambers, jusé the sort the bovs carried around in those pocliote. I was pleased with her looks. I took ber out instant- 1y, and opened firo at a_knot-hole in the old stable. 1 put every shot straignt through the hole. I know this, because, ot of the two yol- leys (six shots cach) I fired I couid find po mark of ashot oa tbe.stable. I searched on tue inside, opposite the Lole, but counid find no shots. The reason clearly was that tho wood was old and soft, and the balls baried thomselves, leaving no.gisni. I was porfectly satisfied with my pistol, and Josded hor up; but bavng no vatent pocket, laid her aside to wait for any cmergency which might tarn up. Nothing hap- pened_for momo weeks. But one day, looking Jout, I ssw s mangy, brick-dust colored dog prospecting around the premises. I slways hated that dog. He had been a nuisance for along time; besides which, I had a grodge agasinst ita owner, my neighbor. I wanted to kill his dog and spite him. 1 ecut my wife in for the pistol. She brought it out to mo. Then she ssid, “I know whata shot yon are, snd I know what a deadly weapon thatis. Don't, please don't, kali the poor dog. Shoot off his tuil, or ears, or oue leg, just enough to teach him to keep out ; but don't kill Lim. Issid, “No! That dog must die. I muost pre- serve the eggs on the los. "I's a duty I owe the childreu ; besides which my neighbor loves thac dog. That ie encugh to seitle nim.” THEN I TOOK THE DEADLY WEAPON. My wifo uwpged her ears and shut her eyes. ‘I'he dog was about fifteen feet off. I fired one shot at him. He sprung up frantically, rusied {0 a tree, pranced up with bis fore-paws agziust the trupk, and peored anxiously amoang the branches, then Le czme back secmmngly diszp- pointed. ' Ho appeared to thiak there was somo mistake. Thero was no equurel evidently in that trec. When he got within ten feot he looked up at me expectantly and wagged his tail. 1 let drivo the second shot at him. This time he starsed off barking furiously and bystorically, and ran around the lot in an astonishing manner. The ouly way I can now account for hus conducs wwas that be Lad boon raised on rabbit-moat alto- gether, and thought thero wes & rabbit just Suead 0f him, After going around full nlt and selping insanely for sowrs five minutes ho seemed to give it up, snd came bask soaking bis head and wagging his tail, plainly eaying, *3istalten sgain! - no rabbit on these premises.” He camo within five feet of me. I said, **L think he is dying now: e is evidently mortally burt, 1l put tim out of Lis misory.” Then I took deliberato aim, resting againet the post of the pinzza, and fired the thurd round. Ha cidn't die. On. no; notat alll Hoonly went tarough his original echedule more franticalls. 1o fact, allhis previous efosta in the way of running seemed _ridiculously tame compared with the prodigions leaps on this occa- sion. Then ho camo up on tho pinzra, acd tried to jump up on me playfully, I said, **Take this deadly pistol in, 1f1shoot athim agaio, this dog will expect f0 be mvited to dinner. He is gotting moro cod_mora familiar exch time T Choot.” I was afraid homight soit the piezza with Dis blood ; but I saw no eigns of blood or wounds. Then I gathorod an armful of rocks sad brica- bats, aod opened on bim. Ho seemod somewhot astonished at the firat round, but, overcoming his surprise, Le sppearad o appreciate danger, and struck ont for the fence. This he went over at a einglo leap, assisted by 8 half brick, which took .him -‘on tho fly.” He didn't come back at an oarly day. N¥OW MARK YOU THIS. Horo was & dog belonging to another man. Not my property. For reasons of my own I Qesired to Kl toat dog. ‘To protect my eggs and poultry I doomed that dog to death. To spite my neishbor 1 pursued him: with foll intent. Yot £ couldn't kil that dog. BSee now the sequel aud my luck. e owned #n old Muscovy drake. He had been on the premises fur 2ges. At a timo *¢ whereof to the coutrary tho momory of man ranneth not back.” Hisage was fabulous, Ifo was ugly. ** Ugly " doesn’cgrazo his looks. He bad red, iaflamed eses ; 2xd he bad & way of rutiling his head-feathors %8 if always in a ter- yificrage, 26 I Lelieve be wus. Bus bLis looks srere a3 nothing compared to Lis morals and man- uers. He was the most unmutigated black- guard of = drake shat cver I heard of. He Was a thief and o bully. He wa figuting everye thing. Pitched bottles with dogs were coim- mon, until the dogs got to furling their tails and leaving every time thet drake came in wight. He would go to tho fence and smerl and try to bark ut the passiog dogs, so as to bau- ter a fight ont of them. If thoy took it up, he woudd Hght them through the slats until all the doys adopted the opposite side of tho sweet iu their promenedes. He actually thought ha coald bark Jike & dog, aud kept up practicing at it zil the time. Then he attacked the cal? whouever it was fed, L1l finally e killcd the calf. At all evenis tha calf is desd, and its deatn lies bo- tween that drake aud siarvation. I think tho forroer. t, spite of all this, 1oy wife loved that drake. She didn't dare go out whero that drako was withont & batchet or ax ia her hands. Yct sbe spolie wall of that drake always. Sho idol- ized that drake. Sle wouldn't allow acy one to say one word against him; nor did any one dare to meddle with ke old dragon. If I wisted that drake dezd, I bad not the courage to sayso. I can eay now. I pined to bury that drake under oue of my grape vines, beceuse I had heard such a corpse would help the growth of vine astonish- ingly. . A BHOT AT THE DEALE. - Well, one day after dinnor, I was in the piazza with the two boys. The drake was just below looking firee 2s usual and trying to coax a fight ont of a game-coci, and_apparoutly diegusted ot hus failure. Somebow I gotto thiniung about thnt dog regretfully. Teaid: * Frank, bet vou couldn’t hit that old drake with this littlo pistol.” Frank said: **T am out of tobacco just mow; Tl go you one packaga I hit bim firet xhot.” 1 V03 out of $obocco also ; and was datermined not to be responsible for apy accident. SoI said, ** Dope.” ‘Frankfired; and the old devit squatted. That's all, Iis dido’t movo one peg out of hus tracks— juat squatsed where ho was. Then he rolled up his fierca eyes at us aod tried to bark like a dog. Then ke went to nibbling grass, naver lotting on that anything was the matter. He was a proud old draiie, he was. And he hadnoides of showing ifhe washurt. No one could tell from any sign he gave whether B waa hitor not. Still, amowing what 5 baughty old cuss he was, wo taoaght pos sikly s might be Lurt sfter all. 8o, the boys ! for tobacco. And just here, 5 wrhistlivg gently. Ve doy b til dark. On our Coma back o tiite % 0az wey I obenrved o “* Now mad you, boss, if that o1g davilig you can't say ti:at [ did 15 ; ] Fiace Torld to do wath it. orca"nfehilafi"fmg s burt, and shoald bo very, 10 think that Lo was. Yer, 1 oo L i {3 for the vorst, let this bo a Léssar gy %y 5V 61 how very pernicions it tho use of op 1nto what frightful dangars Just the oos of gratifsing this 0xpensivo 2o fonspe? may lead you.” ‘Thna T leorareg ociess b neved. Yon will observe from (i "0 leave unimprovad sny opnorianity ré:ls i R 'ome advi intis it o ico and pointing moralg for ,,5 THE DRAKE'S DEIS; About dark we returned lfin‘fi: T fo wifo sitting on the lower stop with thy, ool BY in lier Iap and & bottle by ber sidy, 2% 0Wants ‘She said: **Somothing is ovidently the . with tho dear old drake. I wondor op; ZL namo of heaven it can bez" (Harg. poiy L2 eneaked off to bed and covored up the pe i Lsaid, hopefully: * Oh, I expect "ty poss-) bt » slghs it of indigestion.” thing he remarked : ** Now you kn that. How could suck a thing st tba Didu't littlo Dolly only last week farpa ol 6 dozen of marbles for kim to cacch, and gl l? swallox each and every ono withont sipid Don’t T know he swallowed two sitver 087 And didu's T bava to knock him_domg sio! axin order to rescue the kitchen forky g,';: him? Iudigestion, iddlestckst” 8aid: * Perhaps it' B ugabont." aps it's the measles; Uuuu;‘, She shook her head. “ measles.” No smpiony « “* Diphtheria, perhaps ? She said: *Drakes don’t have diphtheri . She thought it migit beero .m;;:ifi,;:k ave a little rattle in his 2, iR throat, and Ereathay Tasked: * What are you giving him?" Site showed me the bottle and sai Tan pentine. 1 bt giten him w0 tablesontyy alread ut it doesn’t seem t X! m}"’ frids 2 t0 do him any g, propozed: “ Let’s give him mor the hmt“e'l bl_lo may ;}:}ez’l‘ muextn&qum;‘:‘,‘ account of his age, e algro tler drakes, 0 o we gavo him cheerfally one-halt (this exponse of the turpentiae ys nt’i:m“:“i: me then). Then the old devil tried to back. rolling at me one vindictive look out of hia eyes, foll back folorably dead Iiwas baigy m;l:za nft‘,nl;nt bo was clearly dead. 1 tearfully romarkeds “Let us old fellow at tho. oot of thet- Tagbale il vine. Let us utilize his carpeo withoat delsy, Tegrets are vain. It is nseless tomsamby loss. ~ His time had come. He was old egougy to die, aud old enough to repent bhis wickedzeis and I' have no doubt he did repent-einestels when he found he waa called to hand in his bil, Lot us hide him at once under ground. 1wl s00the you to know he ia decently buzied, snd reliove thie other unimala of their fears of him" But she said: *Not so; I must Lave hi feathers off firet to remember him by (fo givaths dovil his due, his plumsge was hsndsom enongl). Next, to have a post-mortein exsmic nation, for I am determined to find ous what killed this drake.” T onty said, - Oh, my! certainly; why not?* Then T slid off o bed. s THS DRAKES DEVENGE. Well, it turned out that when the fecthen were off _a small hole was discovered nuder oz wing, 2ud a_correspunding hole uuder the opro- site. Then T heard hor uay, whisperincly, whis 1 pretended sleep, *‘Allrizht, my dear, Use fonai out bow 1t_13, but you are mot done with thit { drake vet.” As usual, she wes comect. Next: morning I heard her send word to the bateher's cart, ** No, wadon't want any beef this marning; " and she eens tho same message every moniog for four days. Atdinner I sawon the tsblo what Isupposed was = goose, savory with eage and onrons. 1 asked, * Why! whero did you find o goose?’ She only emiled grimly and said, “ That iz the old drake ; do carve him, eversbody is huogrs." Ieaid never a word; took the carving: and tried to plungo it ia his breast-bone; broks off ono prong first effort ; turned him over ac} tried to find soma vulnerable spot in his armor; came acro1s one of tho shot-holes: inserced the prong and essayed to wrench Off one Win; sprained my wrist ; I gave it up;all retired trom tablo hungry, Each day for four daysdid we retire from table hungry (that is, the two Loss and myself retired thus, I have reason foke- lieve the others were fed between meals, 30d didn’t feel it; raiher saw the pointof s joze) We thres were becoming emaciated. At length the boya and I got a blacksnuth's raspand raspel off the meat from the old scoundrel's Lones "Then we pounded this up and madeit intoa kind of hash, and lived on it tolerably forsevenl day:;‘. The bones we sent to the phosphals works. Here now waa my drake ; didn't belong fo a1y neighbor against whom Ihad spite or enmity, bat my own property. THE MOBAL TEACHING - _ of all ths isobvious. Don't indulge in the pro- ‘miscuous use and carriage of these little pistly for while poeitively and_surely they will oot “fetch what you send them after,” and woilt they are by %o means ‘' bound to fetch sumé thiug else,” kike Eemis’ Allen peppe:-box, of which we read, yot they might do it accidentaly, and that “something else” may tarn ontto® your own friond, Or your owa Pproperty—yox own druke—the awful consequencesof whictl bave dotailed. Yours respectfully, * VIEL Strange Tastes. 3 The London AMedical Record has ths follov- ing: “The incident of the homme alsfouw chelte, the men who swallowed a fork in Partin Apnl Iast, has inspired Dr. Mignon with thsides Do difficult 50 imagisre anything more. than the catologue (given in tho Union e for Nov. 3) of tho objects swallowed by eithel veritable lunatics, or what_may be termed sasé idiots. Among the very indigestible nd uncor; Tortalle items catulogued we find fifiecn & medals, hair rings innumorable, 175 francs shoe-buckle, 9 inchos of » sword-blade, VeI sharp sciasors, eighty pins, 8 baby'a buitie, (3 caator of & night-stool, an entiro set of du:mmn (tbe size or which, now:bve:, lu nn:fl:fl ), I Tonis d'or, & fiuto 4 inches long, 8 gl thirty-five knives, a clay pipe, from 1,401:; kfim pine, 2 barof lead weigaingapound, 3w oy :‘{; and (in three 1atances) s table fork. Ext G most extraordinary of all these cases 0cCL the instareo of & couvict who died 3 1773, and on whose body » Docropsy W P formed. Toe nlom;cg s O] l_fiy &‘:i’m and occupied the left hypochoa o fuobe 2nd il regiona of the oa side extendisg 0 the pelvis nearly s for 3s the foramen OTR%i it containod fifty-two differont objects, W&_Ew‘m altogetner 1 pound 10 ounces. Amang 'l was the part of the hoop of a barrel, i i ipg; L For theso 163 cades into three catogories: L % cign bodies which passed throzgh the ""5: ;‘y tent of tho digestive canal with m‘fih‘" injurious results, 2. Foreign bodies whil e passed through the wholo extent 0% Uizestive track, with more or less seriomareniiy but nitimate recovery. 3. Foreign bodi oy have passed through the ‘wholo :hg.-,v‘.xv:m T causing serious disturpance and fatal aWiS Cases in which the foreign body Liss not ety pansed. 5. Coses in which operations bare E5 i porformed, It is a romarkablo fact thet the & of death caused by tho prosence of foreigd X4 o 10 the digestivo tubes are lesa numerons To, might bo expected. Ont of the 163 G2 ,oniy find ten deaths from this canse. TOL o must be added two deaths after npcn&u}% et ing . altogether twelve, or 7 & e cent. There appears, therefore, 10 5% - yereat cange for the surgeon to to over-fllfl‘ g in theso cases, but to remember ‘h»'wmm there should be somo complicati Ao the geoeral health, or some 5 otertet tion, it will be ag well for him not_to aletls and zbove all things not to parform gt enve as o last resoarce. Of thin lass ‘:g:‘m e Ji. blignon relates five cases; mgd iz, Bell iug those which Mr. Neal. in 185 inzlSS'.', thought themselvos obliged w’,’fififi the ono in order to extract & bar of l”dw long, and weighing 1 pound; the otber to wamé with & bar of lead nearly 12 mcwIl beck and weighiog morethan 9 ounces. In oy caecs the syptoms wers veory ”nm{niu et ing violent pains in the stomach, T peper] «long the vetabral colnmp, sickness, 804 B0 rostration. The foroign bodies could 10 ’!’el: through tho abdominzl “u"n b gurgeons aecided npon performing tbo ng. g thinking that the sufferans had o d;u"‘ ! Liaf by expulsion per anum. Tho su operatious was fortunately complete. ————— i at tht A eurious question has arisen lately Castonr-House of Basle, in smmu&% P Custom-House officers’ demsud for L Imedicaments on 8 consignment of T.ourdes, ic was replied that th a medicament, properly lpmxvfl £ tax ter, to which the mystical power - Houst givea medical properties. rr.hm!ll“w MJ sothorities levied the duty, severth i ent U that the id was sens e eacd and Is lh_ardnru.nb?neg::“‘hzw such, while the guestion of its does 1ot concarn the Custotn- at Brest in long and 1 inch wide. 3L Mignon has claseifad .