Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1875, Page 3

K | THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1875 —BIXTEEN ' PAGES. ' 3 3 —————————m—m—m—— . THE STENCH NUISANCE. Ferther Facts and Theories Relative to That Subject. ' A Closs Observer Visite Various Packing-Houses, Eto, peodorizers Which Do Kot Deodorize, and Gas-Constmers Which Do Not Consume. The stock-Yards and Bridgeport smells Not Likely to Bo Abated. In continuation of the examination of the ipe-houses, &c., at the Stock Yards, the first our list, 28 being the nearest in position to shose of Mesars. Fowler Broa. and 8. W. Aller- ga's, i the fertilizer manufactory of Qbendorf, ghepberd & Co. Thisis a small place, in which fbe owners claim, by somo eecret process, to ex- {rsct & valusble chemical ot of the “tankings® wbich they obtain direct from those packing- ‘pouses which do - not treat their refose “‘tank- e sfter they are boiled in the lard ok, The owners sefused to explin thir process of maoufacture to “the ariter, but from guch facilitios as & hasty glance throvghtbefactory afforced he was convinced that fheir spparslus was eimple, and that bat very fittis smell emanated at that time from the fao- 7. Other parties. Lowever, informed him that o times tbe smell from the factory was. strong. The pext visit paid was to the Chicago Render- jog & Fertitizing Companv’s factory, in which nw blood and the *tanking™ (i. e., cooked sommils), 28 received from the packing-houses, o0 manufactured iuto tuo fiushed fertilizer suady for merket. BTORER'S PATENT PROCESS s emloved thionghout, and may be deseribed 18 follons : The blood and ** tankings ™ are re- caired at tho outeide of the factory in separate fanks, sbout which no objectionsble emoll was poticed ; they are then mixed togcther by man- eallsbor aud elovated by o chain of buckets sout 18 fect sbove the ground level, and dropped into the upper end of a long revolving drviog c7linder set with its axison & elight in- ine. This cylinder —made of wrought-iron—is §feot i Cismeter by 50 fect long: at its mpper wiis connected with a furnace (somewhat simflar to & reverberatorv), 1 which is s soft- el fire. Over the surface of this fira is blowa 1 sheet of flame formed by the ignition of Pitts- purg ecreenings, which are ground fine and then Hown into the furnsce Mong with the blast from aftorvvant blower. This produces a long flame, which extends for some 10 feet_into the unrer edof the drring cslinder, and heate, and thus . TAETIALLY CRIES THE STUFF fneide, liberating tbereby most of the gases fherein contsined ; these paes through the Jeogth of tha drriog crlinder, and ont at itslow- wrend, wheoce they go nu the emoke-stack, ‘ng o their course, however, ovar anotaer at the base of tho smcke-etack. which is thus to burn the gases, and thus deodorize tiem! That they are certamnly burnz, anybod:'s posa ean discover, if the inquirer stand a ehort disranse fom zhe Luilding #ad in its lea. This is sufiicient auswer to the gnestion of the deod- cinstion of tho gases. If tho **tankings," s received from the paciing-houses n the mummer-time, are someabs: etale, apd tho resclsant smel] a'] the stronzer, & powdored coal biss: is added to the fire at the lower end of the &rying eslinder, the theors évidently being that {ho stronper the smell the greater the quantity of tobe consumed, and the stronger the fire required. That this I8 ngt neceesarily trie xill ai once te recogmzed by the reader who bas studicd the article on * The Stench Nuisance " in Tex Ta1pUNE of last Sundary, for he will remem- * berit stated that when partial decomposition has commenced, & new clasa of gases are evolved from the animal matter, and it has, wé think, been plawly proved, ihat such gases are otill less combustible than those eriaing from freshly- killod saimals. To return to the description of TEE FERTILIZER-MAKING.® TFrom the lower end of the drring-cylinder the s:afl 18 elevated into s revolving screen, which separates the coarser from the *Goer particles 1nd feeds the latter ioto an Archimedean ecraw, which canies it forward ioto s pulverizer, whenes it falls as a fine powder into & brick chamber. It isthen fed by band into s bopper- communicating with a bot-air pipé of zalvan- imd iron, which is eupplied by Lot sir blosn in br another Etartevant fan.” 'his last Liast tlows the pulverized fertilizer Into s largo heap, sod the bisst, being bot, dries it for the last time. No smell is perceptible from thess latter operations, though the finished fertilizer bas inly sn odor of ammonia, bat not in a larze goistity. T Superinlendent siated tint their ectilizer contained 13 per cent of ammonia from 4 £o 8 per cent of moisture. THE AMOTNT OF ** TANKING " AND BLOOD rendered per diem is from 80 to 100 tons, and 109 tous of this raw matetial gives abont L0 tons of fertilizer, .the 70 per cent of deficiency beicg somposed of moisture (or water) aod gases, ks moistare probably formine 30 per cent and ths gases (part ot which arc barnt, and part es- taps up the chimney-stack, unburnt) 40 per cent. fbo whole of tho power is derived from & 75 power sieam-cogine, which obtains its eam, at & preseure of £5 pounds. from a single baler 16 feet long by 5 feet diameter, with & Ersmite measuring 5.feet by 4 feet G inches, fre<doois and eah-pit doors cach of nn area equal b onetwelfth the ste, and consuming 00 pounds per d;xx of twenty-four hours of woee, 0., cosl. no attempt is made to oot smoke, this is frequently very thick and AT LYBNY. W'NETLL 2 LIDDY'S Pucking-house 600 hoge per diem are killed, and ibe eotraile, after having boen boiled in five boke, four for lard and ome for tallow, are outeide the building into a large vat, o0 thess *¢ tankings " are carted away daily botbecesdering-houses. Steam is provided for ail bviwo boilers which were made by vine, and each measure 14 foet long by 4 feet inches dismeter, wich firo-gratos of 535 feet, fire-doors, equal to ope-thirteenth the s of fire-prates. Average pressure, 45 Pouods per dsy of tweaty-foar houra, kept Hpby the consumption of 6,020 pounds per liem of bifuminous coal. This packing- bouss wag kept in as good order and Hewnliness as any of those surrounding; 1bs amell was not 80 strong as to bo objoctiona~ , ind tho ordera appeared to bo enforeed that s fectllizer manufacturers shozld da:lv empte &8 vatg containing the ‘' tankings" and " Tho Thompson & Ldwards Fertilizing Compeny uso the samo process as the North- . Fertiliger lhnuilchlrin;i' Company, whith we believe is aleo patenied by them. It Suslets of thzowing the ** tanking,” as received - tho packing-houses, iatotwoiong wronght- cvlmders gesred tozetherat one end and ferolsing about goven tims: a minate. The i8 charged into the cvlinder &t one end, (}.\mnng it:l whole leneth, and is dis- rora the othor cad in a dried form 83 a “fertlizer.” g is then She DISTRIBTTED IS NELPR Yhen manvfacturcd during tae winter, and an llllxnunt of common eait (chlorido of sodium) 4ded to tix thip ammonia £ud provent the fertile from heating. In the Eummer time this it izer in either sold just in the form in which .Comes from the drying cslinders, or mized .Mlemam pronortion of ground bones avd h&nw warket 88 suporpbos;hate. Ths gases hoich are evolved from tho diving * tankings " e, of coures, a vers strony smell; they Consequently carofully kep: from sny &l irto the” outer air, and led from one 2 of the drring cslindais, throngh & Zue, iato L"“d contact with “a very bot flame produced by Ignition of petrolenza or heavy hydro carbon, i8 known in the t:ade as * black 0il.” This vy oil i8 blown b mesns cg’:mm jots, aud Uoe8 & Bucseasion of lonz flashes rapidly re- Pealed, Thyp g saprored to burn the cbnoxious l!:“d thus deodoriza them, the rrinciple be- '® rame 28 it Sturer's patent, though the m'fln 26 gomewhat different, and, pa'baps, efficient. The samo objection, however, with this procers, viz. : that the obnoxions I8 8imolr remozed fr.m the Jocality of tho H.m‘ 19 the open air by means of the chimper- o thence to | edutributed by sentle *son'= Losler " over sufferiug Chicago. From every 30 Tay SR8 Cf “tankngs receivad at the manu- lhm'" V121014 tons uf fertilizer are produced ; %W‘dne > moisturs, combustib'e and in- Qnt: tlle organic gasos, thus boing 60 yer i l.lmls Romowhat loes than that of Btorer's o5 hotgh the swouut of ammonia con. in tho fertilizer, B per cout, is ulso leus than that resulting from Storer's pro- ceas. These fiaures ara based on tho state- ments of the BSuperiatendenis of eacn establishwoent, and are ounly of conse- quence to us in the present investigation 2e indicating which o1 tho two establishments is the greator producer of foul-cmolling gases. At Thempson & Edwards' works power 13 provided by a 12-horse-poswer stcam enzine, supplied with steam from & borer (Devine’s mak:)12 feot long by 8 feet 6 inches diameter; mre grates 4 ba 4 feet ; fre-doora and ash-pits egual to one- eleventn area of firo-grate ; avoraze pressure G0 pounds; amount and kind of fael used, 4,000 pounds pef éay of twenty-four hours, of Wil- mington coal ~ At MORRBIS, WATXELL & Co.'8 packing-houss, 130 head of cattle are killed per Giem. , This is the onl7 houss investigatod by tbe writer where cattlo are killed’ and packed. The entrails of the animale, after boing boiled in four tanks for tallow, are then thrown outsids the bmlding, and thence carted away, to bo used a8 a fetilizer on Mr, Chedwick’s farm (whero that was the writer waa not informed), tha heads, boofs, and tallow sent to Mr. Morris farm, and the blood t> Stein, Hirsh & Co.’s starch manufsctory, where it is used ju the mauufacture of ~starch, sod the refase, wo believe, dried - into chips, which sre nsed in the purifyine of sugar. Thero is but little smell 2hout the premises, but tho vapors from the ta'low-tavks are sdmitted into the open air with perfect freedom, and uo attompt at coudeneaiion. A boiler made by Devine, 14 feet long by 4 feet diameter, fire- krate 4 feet G inches by 4 foet G inches ; fira and ash-pit doors equal to ono-twelfth ares of fire- grate, nearly ; amountand kind of foel nsed, 3,000 pounds per dny of ten Lours of Midway coal ; pressuro of steam. ueufie 50 pounas. At the grea: Chicago Packing suj Provision Com- pany’s (Hutchineon's) packing-houso, TOE GREATEST PAOKISG-HOUSE IN THE WORLD, there is room and apphiances for killing 12.000 hogs per diem, thouph at present only about 9.00 hogs are being killed. There are no leas than 26 lard-tapks of the following eizes: 10 messuring 25 feot hich by G feet dinmeter, 10 measoring 20 feet high by 6 fect diamotar, and G meesuring 12 fest high by 6 foet diameter. Afier being boiled in these tanks, the *tank- ings™ are put iato gix prassos, and any lad or greaso remaining in them is thereby obcained. Each press measares § feer by 5 feet, end the “tankings” when removed from them zre dumped as usual into la-go vats outside the baitding, to be caited away to tho fertilizér manufactories. The blood is carted away in its raw slate to bo traated by some chemical manufactuiers for its albumen, and. this beiog extracted, it i resold to fertilizer manufacturers. It is intonded, mext goring, to fix anparatus for -manufacturing the whole of the *tankings" into fertilizers on the spot. This apparatns will chielv consist of twelve drying-cyl'nders, each 12 feet lone by 5 feet dinmeter; a horizontal shalt, earrving & number of arms or etirrers spaced about 12 inchos apart thereon, runoing through the axis of each evlinder, and moation given therato by brvel goaring o one end at the ra's of 40 revo- lutions per minata. A furnace will be placed at one end of the crlinder, fired from the end on the ‘ueaal plen adopred in setting an ordinary rteam-hoiler. and apother farnace will bo placed just balind the former under each eylinder, but fired from the side, the object beme, ef courrs, to keep up as strong and uniformiy-distribute heat a3 poseibla andor the whole surfaco of cylnder. The gares are to be DEAWN OFF DY A PAN TLOWFL and forced underneath the fires of the steam beiler-furnaces to be consumed. Ulless it cau be shown that tho plan on which the gises are 10 be burnt in the steam boilor-furnaces is d:f- farent from that adepted at Thompson & Ed- ‘warde’, or vt the Northwestern Feitilizer Manu- facturing Company's works, it _caonot be an- roved of. 28 it will not ba suoccessfal in deodorizinz tho gases. It i8 of very great importance that the public should krnow that the greatest packing-house in the world is anont to eract apparatss for manufacturing their “iankings" into fertilizer, and that, in the orinion of the writér, ruch anrparatus is nct likelv to deodorize tho larze guantity of gases sire to bo evolved, and_tlat conseqnently the smell which is now so intonsels intoleratls. is Iolv to b Iargely increased whon these works srein operation. It maybassid that all the % tankings™ produced at this houso are sl- ready rendered in tho varioms fertilizer mannfactories in the immediate ~ vi- cinity, scd that erccling tho rendoring anparatus. a8 nronosed, next spring, will lo merely transferring the manufactare of tho fer- tilizor from varions factoriea to the placa whera they are produced. A sufticient angwer to this is that those fer!lizer manuiactories which arg now supplied with Hatchinaon's *tankings ™ woa'a not stop work if that supply wero to be cut off, bat wonld immedialely tirn to the new packing houses, which are continually in process of erociion, aud _receive their necessars suprly from them. Tho power necersary for this establishment is derived from two engines, ono 25 horse-powcr, tha other 80 horse-power; suprlied with stesm from one battery ofiseven boilers and one of three boilers. The saven boilers each measure 16 feet by 4 feet G inches, and the thros boilers 16 feet bv 4 feet 2 inches, eize of the fire-grates in both batterics, 4 feet by G inches ;. in fivo out of the seven boilors the Are-doors and ssh-pitsaro of the samo 8iz», viz., one-tenth the aroa of fire~ grate, nearly; in the other two boilers the fira- doors are each one-fourteentd the ares of firé- grate, nearly, while the ash-rit doors aro the samo size. Average pressuro of stosm, 35 pounds poer day of twenty-four hours; and _consumption of fuel, 60,000 rounds of Wil- mington and Vermillion coal per diem, when o seven-boiler battery is in use. All the boilers are made by Devino. AT TEE PACKING-TIOUSE OF GEORGE HIGGINS 2,400 hops per diem are killed. The entrails, or, chnicelly speaking, *“offal,” are boiicd, a3 in other houses, in thirteen tanks. each measunng 12 feet high by 6 feet diawmecter, for lard, and, after being pressed as in Hatchinson's house in band pressce, the * tankings” aro sold to Thompson & Edwards, who also take raw all the blood produced. No sttempt is_made to con- denso tho gasos and vapors arising from the lard-tanks. BSieam is supplied to the establish- ment by three boilers, each metenring 16 feat long by 4 feet G inches diameter, with firo-grates each 4 fect 6 inches by 4 fect; firo-doors, oae- fourteenth, and gsh-pit doors onc-tenih ares of fire-grate; average pressire of steam; 49 pouuds; amount ani kind of fael used, 20,00 pounds per day of 2¢ hours of Wiminzton coal. AT A. TOTSFORD & CO.'S packing-house, the cffal is treaied in the same mugner as in the last-meutioned houses in nino lard-tanks, each measuricg 18 fect high by G fest m diameter, the *tankings™ being afterwards pressed ard sold to the fert:lizer manufacturers, Bome 2,009 hogs are killad at this house per diem. Steam 18 provided for this honse by three boilers, two eich messaring 12 fer long by 3 feet 91nches in diameter; firo-grates, 4 féet G inches by 4 feet G inches; ash-pit doors, two- fifteanths of thaaea of firs grate. The othor boiler messures 15 foet long bv 4 foet 4 iaches in @inmetor; £ro-grates, 4 fect 6 inches bv 5 feet; fire-doors and nebi-pit doors, oné-twelfth of the zres of fire-grate. Average pressure in boilers, 40 pounds per rquare inch; amonnt sod kind of fuel nsod, 10,000 pounds por day of twenty-four hours of Watmington coal. At 1. D. Mfuzem’s packing-house somo 2,000 hozs are killed per diem. Tlo offal, afier being treated in the ususl war, in ten lard-tanks, f8 dumped outside, witit- ont being ed, and carted away with the raw blood by the ferielizer manufscturers. A 33 lorsa sfcam-2ngive Emfid“ all the power neces- sary for the estabhishment, and is supplied with steam from three boilers, two measaring 18 feet long by 4 feet 6 inclies in dismeter, and tho other 16 feot long by 4 feet G inches in diamater, with fire-grates 4 fect & inches by 4 feet 6 inches ; fite- door each one-Lelfth tho ares of fire-grate; averago pressare, 40 ponuds per syuato inch; amoant and md of fusl used, 12.030 pounds por dsy of tweuty-four bours, of Hocking Valley coal. At the packing-houso of ABIOUE £ €O.. 1,000 bogs are lilled per diem. Tho offalis boited in twelvo lard-tanke, each mossuring 14 foet long by 6 feet diameler, in the usnal way, and then thrown out as in Murphy’s bouse, witbont pressing. Bioud is sold raw as in the last mentioned place, asd in_ fact the msjority of the packing-houses. A 30-horse power en- gine proviges all the power, supslied with steam from thres boilers. Each boiler measuresl: fect long by 4 feetG inches diameter ; fire-grates, 4fect G Inches by 4 fect 6 inches; fire-doors, each, one-thirteenth tho area of fire-grato; average pressute of stcamin_ the hailers, 85 85 pounds per £quare inch; amount. and kind of fuel nsed, 16.000 pounds )ic: day of twenty- four hows of Wilmington cosl. AT E H. MYERS & packing-houss there 18 cavacity for killing 1,000 hogn per digm, though at the time of the wriler’s ~isit only 500-hogs wore being killed. The offal and blood is disposed of preciscly as in the case of th last two packing-houses deacribed. There aro six lard-tanks in thie honso, each measuring 14 fect long by G feet Jn diameter. Power 15 derived from a G0-horse steam engine, supulied with stesm from two boilers each measunng 14 feet long by 4 fect dismeter, with fire-grates of B1aet by 4 fect 6 1uches, fire and ach-pic doors cach one-tacifth the area ol fire-grate ; avorase pies- gure in boilers, 55 pounds ver square inch; amonnt and kiud of fuel ueed. 6.000 pounds per day of twenty-four hours of Pittsburg coal. The bouse 18 kept in & cleanly siate. but no provisiva is made for condensing the vapors from the lard- | tanks, AT RICEER'S PACKING-IOUSE there is eapacity for lulling 1,800 hogs per diem, though at preseat 700 only are being kided. Tha offal, after bewng boiled in eeven lard-tavks, is dumped ioto a drying-cylinder 15 foet long and 5 feet dismeter (ligelow's patont dryer, we he- lieve, it 18 called), steam jacketed and con- structed on precigely thesame principles a8 those in use in Messrs. Fowlar Bros'. house described in Tz TRIBUNE of Dec. 27. The blood is fust steam-dried in a seperate tack, and afterwards mixed with tbe ** tankings” and sold therewith a8 “the fertilizer. The foul vapois are theoretically ezhausted by a fan and forced into the smoke-stack of the building. Practically, = ortion escapes _into tho Luilding whild the drying-cylinder is being charged, produciug nearly the same intoasity of stench as at Fowler Broa." odoriferous establish- ment. The other portion, which is forced uo the chimuey, forms an itom, andnot a sma'l ove, in our " stench nuisance” in Chicago. Steam ia provided fo: all requisite purposes by three boilers, two of which ovly were in use at.tho time of the writer’s viuit. ~ They each measura 16 foet loog by 4 feet diameter ; {ire-grabes, 5 fsot by 4 feet G inclies ; firg doors and ash-pit doors, cach one-fourteenth area of fire-grates; averazo pressare in boilers, 45 pounds ; amount and kind of fuel used. 16, pounds per day of twenty-four hours of Waluut Hill coal with all boilers in use. 5 THE NORTHWESTERN FERTILIZING COMPANY come next'on our list, and special intersst at~ taches to their proceedings, not ouly on accorint of their being the house to which the credit is given of raising tho greatest of the many smells which come from the Stock-Yards, bt also be- causa they claim to have speut no less than §5,000 in experiments having for their object tbe complate deodorization of the objectionable gares. The “tankings” and ** cooked” blood, as received from the lmching-houms, aro thrown eoparstoly into six large eylinders (same pro- cess 28 that ueed 1n Thompson & Edwarde’ fac- tory), ead well heated and thoroughly dried; tuo vapors evolved being conducted through suitable flues into & coal-ol flame which i8 supposcd to_consume them, and sond up tha chimney an innocuous, if .not a perfectly in- offensive, vapor. Each messures 30 foct in length by 8 foet diametar, and the cylinders are all “connected togother by suitable gearing ab oue end. At times gome raw renderings or offal is boilod for tallow in tallow-tanks, and smell ensuing, rushes up a chimuey-stack into the open air. Though the emell igsuing from tho chimney-stacks of thess works is bad, decidedly bad, the writer is bound to confess tbat it is noc the womst in the whole place, 88 manv poople seem tothink. Yot these works are 3 very strong proof of the dictum iu last Sunday's TRIBUNE that-to barn organic gases i3 not the proper way, nor an oficacicus wayv, to deodorize them. Beeides the -‘tankings” aod bload, other sabstancos held in stock on tho promises ars sulphate of sods, sulphuric acid, sod dried bones (thoss latter being calcined in Phila- delplus). Of tbese substances tho solphurio acid and sulphate of sods both smell, moro or less ; indeed, the fumes of the former wheo in =ny but inconsidarable quantities aro dangorous to the public heslth, especialiy if the gas arizes from tho spplicat:on of heat o tha =cid asin maoy chemical works. In thess works, how- ever, the quantities used are 80 smalland at such 2 temperatara 8 that no evil rasulis can be ap- prelended, and the sme'l therefrom is but very glight. Thoy are used in differont pro- pottions for rnl\mlncburinfi differont clussas of fertilizers , sccording to the soil, climate, aad mariet to be supplied. Power forall parpases is provided by thred steam- engincs of 90-hotss powor, eollectivelv, supplied with stoam bytwa boilers measuring 16 foet long Ly 4 feet dismeter; grate-surface,-5 feet by 12 fect; firo-doors (eizht in number) oach ouo- forty-fifth ares cf fire-nTate: averaze prosante in boilers, 30 pounds; amount and kind of fn~l ‘used, 10,000 pounds per day of tweuty-four bours of Wilmirgtou coal. . AT THE PACKING-TOTSE OF TADOR & BRENOCK 500 hogs per diem aro killed. This house for- merly manafactured a forillizer, bat it is un- derstood that tho nuisance was g0 gredt that an injunelion was obtainel to stop the manufacturo until greater facilities were had aud adopted to consuma or otherwiso de- odorizs tho gases. Accordiogly, the firm are now erectinz the apparatus used ot tho packing- houss of Tobay & Mocre, on Eighteenth stréot, which, 1¢ Is clsimed, is tho’ mast elicacious of all tha various rchemes ib ase. It consists of a tank, in which the Llood is ** cooled ™ by s:eam, being agitated or stired throughout by o re- volving shaft earrving a number of short arms. From this tank tho blood is placed in & band- prens; theoco, after a good . squeeze, removed into the horizontal eteain-jacker~ ed drying-cylnder, enl, ou issuing fiom that, it ia ready for maricet. 'The **tankinga” aro first prosstd after boing drawn friom tbe lard-tanks, and then dried in thedriing-celinder, swhich fits them for tho market. At present ouly thio blood-tank i3 set uo, and snch gases sud vapors as drise therofrom are allowed 1o escaps into the net-gtack into the open air. Whon finishod, it i3 intended, we beliove, to turn ihe gases cndgr the boilers. A 90-horsepoweréteam- engino pravides all nccessars power, supplicd with steam frem two boilers, one 16 feet long by 4 feet diasmeter, tho othor 1% feor lonz by 4 fest diamdter ; firé-gratds, 4 feet G incoes by 4 {eot G inchies: fire-doors one-thirtaenth the area of firo-grato; averazo pressnio in boders, 50 pdands ; consumption of coal,two tons per twenty- foar hours of Wilming2on cual. There are thrao lard-uanka, each measurmg 12 feet long by 6 faet diataeter. DAVIS, ATRINEON & CO'8 packing-houso bas six lard-tanks, each measar- ing 14 feet long by 6 feot diameter. After boil- ing, the “tankinys” ara dumped outside the building and earted nway to tho fectilizer maua- facturers; the blood is likewiso dispatched but without any cooking treatment, Bteam is sup:licd for overy purposo by two boilors, each ‘measuring 24 feet (1) in lengtih by 4 feet diame- ter: firo-grates, 6 by b feot; fire-doora and ash- pit-doors, cach one-soventeenth- area of firo- grato; averago boiler pressard, 50 pounds amount and kind of fuol usod, 16,000 pounds of Pittsbure coal per day of twenty-four homs. The pext visit waspnid to a building of three rooms, which went by tho suphonious namo of * WILKIKSON'S OUT SIIANTY.” May the writer be forever preserved from esor arain haviog occasion to coter such a placo ! What are kuown as the * small guts ” are col- lected from tho various packing-bouses and hers cloaned and sortod by band with the agancy of hot water, which is supphed by a boiler 10 feet long by 8 fect 6 inches dismoter. These entraila ere then shipped to” Baitimoro, and tho refuse emply taken outside into tho country, and, as the writer was informed, ** dumped 1nfo a hole in somo field or other.” At the packing-house of E. . ORVIS 4 CO. there isa eapacity for 1.000 hogs. Tho *tank- ings " and blood, as at most other houses, are dumped into vats placed on tlie outside of tho bu.lding, and earted thenco by tho fertilizer mannfacturcrs. A 80-horse power steam-engine provides all tho power pecessary. It is supplied witl stesm by two boiters (ot:e only in use), one 14 foet long by 3 feet 10 inches diaweter; the other 12 feet long by 3 fees 8 inchus dismeter; fire-grates, 4 by 5 feot; fire-doora and ash. pit-doora, one-sixteenth sres of fire-grato { wveraga pragsure in boiler, 45 pounds ; amount sod kind of fuel wused, 2,000 pounds per diem of Wilmington coal. Thers are four lard-tanks in use, two moasuring 12 feet high by 4 fect diameter; one 12 feeb high by 4 fest 6 inches diamater: 2nd 0ho 12 feat high by & feet dinmeter. The packing-hoasa of BEAVY 2 EO. is one of tiie fwo lIatest erected, and js not yet “in full swing.” There ara three lard-labks, oné 12 fect high by 6 1eot diamoter, and two 13 feot high by 4 feot dismeter. Capacity of houae, 860 bogs per diem. No provision is made for condeneativn_or deodorization of prasos arising from lard-boiling. * Tankings” and blded sre dumped outside in the ordiniry way. A 10- horse-power engine provides all the power neces- sary, and (ho stea is supplied ai & presscra of 45 pounds from a boiler measuring 11 feet long by 4 feat G inches diameter; firo-grate, 4 fect 6 jnches by 4 feet; fire and ash-pit dQoors, on>-thirteenth the ares of fire- grate; amount snd kind of fael used, 3.000 'pounds per dav of tireaty-four houts of Wilmington coal. The last house visitod was that of DOYD, LUNHAY & CO., . . which has & capacity of 1,000 hogs per diem. "This house has also only just got to work. There are but two lard-tanks, each measureing 14 fest high by 5 feet 6 inches dismetor. . There is no provision attempted for deodorizing fool vapors ; an the contrary, a furnace is erected for singeing bogs for the English market-instead of scalding 89 usual, which promises to add® one more. distinet porfams to the nosegay so often esented to - oor mnostrils in the aty. gxu boilar in use measnres 13 feet long by 3 feet Ginches in diameter ; fire-grate, 4x4 foot ; fire- doors each one-thirteenth,, and ash-pit-doors one-tenth area of fire-grats; average boiler preesore, 50 pounds ; amount and land of fuel used, 2.000 ponads per day of Pittsburg coal. The description in detail of the \'zrions pack- fog-honses and fertilizer manufactéries at the Stocz-Yards is now completed. In our next ar- ticle the general conclusions to be drawn from the observations mude will be enumerated, for wiich we hiavo ot spaca in this issue. _cap of coffeo? CHICAGO TRADE. Condition of Business at the Beginning of the Year. Real Estate, Coal, Jewelry, Gro- ceries, Ete., Ete. . Althongh the holidays have gone by, the trade of Chicago is by no mesns ata standstill, as will be perceived by the following information relative to the condition of sevaral leading branches of business in this city. —— REAL ESTATE. WARREN, XEENEY & CO. Apain we ara plassed to notico the. improve- ments that have been going on at Sonth Evans- ton, during the past yesr. Through the influ- ence of Warren, Keeney & Co., many now fami- lies havb been addod to this growing subprb, ‘which has facilitios, either for church, school, or society, equal, if not superior, to any other guburb around Chicago. Its streets and houses aro lighted by gas, and soon it will enjoy Lake water. Many new houses bave been built dur- ing the year just gone; also, a blosk of stores which supply the families with the vecessgrios of life. Warren, Keenoy & Co., bave sold, during 1874, 81,250,000 worth of property here, and have had oo troublo in obtaining the prices ssked. This firm are anticipating a lively trade daring the coming vear of 1873, and are anticipatiog many new improvements which will add to the beautv and growth of the towa. The success which they havo achieved during the pas: year urges them oa in the good csuse, and ers 1878 has dawned they hope to have made South Ev- anston a suburb than which none can be more beaatifal. FAITHFUL MANAGEMESNT OF REAL NSTATE IN- TERESTH. Probably the yoangost of our resl estate bro- kers of position and charactor 18 Mr, T. B. Boyd, rooms 18 and 14, No. 146 Madison, who desorves mention among ‘our moro succossful brokers, and as affording & good illustration of the rapid- ity with which the real estate’ interest is somo- times mado to develop in responsible hands. Boginniug but four years ago, Mr. Boyd hss, by the faithfal and able management of the larze interests of somo of our principal property- holders, and by gradually establishing & perma- nons roputation befors the public for integrity and_responsibility as a broker and dealer, devol- oped in that brief period a business aggrogating transfers and sales to'tie amount of hundreds of thoosands of dollara. As au honest and trustworthy sgent, in whoso hands propertv- Lolders «cau_roposs their interests with entiro safety, Mr. Boyd bas shown Limself worthy tho confidence of tiie communitv, and wo cheerfully recommend him to the patronage and encour- szemont of our citizons having roal cstato inter- esta to be cared for. SUBURBAN HOXES. Itis not custom:ry howadays in referring to the roal oatate interests of tha city to omit men- tion of ths popular subuiban home bus:ness of Ira Brown, described mote at lengt! in a former holiday article. Mr. Brown inaagurates the new year bytho publio sunouncement that ha will still adhers to this original metliod of sales by enay installmsute, 8o that rich aad poor contem- plating investments in suburhan lots for home- steads or commercial purposes, can still secura tho casy terms of purchase which, togother with his known and triad intagrity and the nojquas- tionable character of all title deéds issued by bim, have heratofore made his oflice, 142 Ta Balio street (Room No. 4), the real easate head- quarters of s large clags of the community. Ar. Brown's most active and most popular business at proscut is probably at Park Ridgo, though he s alo very Jarze interosls at Evaaston, Glen- coe, Thoroton, Lake Side, Hydo Park and Des- plaines, the uniform s2ale of priccs and choica of lots being chmacteristic of the busincss at each of \sa places. —_—— COAL. BOME BTATISTICS OF THE DUSINESS OF MESSDS. BooLE ¢ co, The subject of caal in this bleak Northern cli- ‘mate is always an wmteresting husiness topic, and it may be thas a few items touching tbia great commercial intorost as represented by the old firm of Bogls & Co., Noa. 149 snd 151 Aadison street, will ba appropriste, This office, now mecipnlating, it is said, a tonnage, maibly in anthracite, sufliciont to afford domestic sapplies to n population of 50,000 pereons, was ongically estabiishad by Daniel Bogle, in 1800, st No. 52 Fingsbary stroet. Tho businres developed by geomotrical proportiors, under the vizorous ‘managoment characte:istic of eatly commercial erpitises in Chicago, to & tonndgs of 40,000, in 1870, and to the cnormous aggregate of 100,- 000 tons, wholesalo and retail, tho presont soason, The great docks ocenpied by the firm, lmegarinfi’lm foet of river-front, are located at South Halstéd street bridge fand . Chicago avouuo bridge, the former being the main wholesals and shipping depot, connecting with the railrosds. The equipment of the firm m teame and Iaborers, and all fzcilities for prompt filling of 1atail orders, ia also £aid to be etabir- ate and completa, tha general ofiice cconecting with docks aud sonthern oflice (9315 Twenty- second street) by 5 mites of telegiaph, The bulk of their cityand country trade is in the Dbest production of the anthracites of Pennsyl- vapis. They ateo handlo larze amounts of the Erio and other bituminous coals. A. . MILLER, Amorig the many very lLedvy losers by tho great fire, who have by their energy and pluck placed themselves in the front rank, we aro pleased to motice A. H. Miller, tho woll-knowa jeweler, whom the New Year finds in an elegant store, No. 61 Washington strost, reads to wel- come the many friends and pa:rons whom nine- tesn yeara of coatinued buasiness fn our midat have gaived for hitn. Mr. Miler hasalways been & favorito dealer from the many advantages he is able to offer prrchasers, 1mporting, as he does, all his own foreign goods direct. GILES TROS. & CO., = the well-known jewelars, 266 and 263 Wabash avenue, report their trade to be in & very satis- factory condition. Their Decembur sales wero largor than any pravions month, owing, proda- bly, to tha fact thit they aro constantly recoive ing fresh movelties from Paris. In paesing through their large stors, filled on every side with tho most elegant and costly goods, it hardly seems possible that the firm has passed through twb great fires, but have with undsunted energy risen Phenix-like from the ashes to renewed prosperity, an example of perseverance wurthy of imitation. ———— . GROCERIES, ETC. : * FAMILY GROCERIES. BOCEWOOD DEROTIELS, In groceries, our North Side readery bave long siuce learned that the firm of Rockwood Bros. hold out inducements worthy the considor- ation of every family. Starting in business ten Jears ago, thev ara well and favorably konown. After the fire they opened at 72 North Clark street with a fine stock: always selling at low prices, they have workedup au en- viable reputation. and now have the leading procery trade of the North Bide. As business bins increased they have addod to their stock, and improved their facilities, aiming to supply . their customers with the best the market affords af pricos that will 1nstre their continued patronage. The housa buy all their teas direct from the 1m- porting and jobbing tes house of Foater & Itockwood. HONG KONG TEA COMPANY. Who is there that does not relish a fragrant And who is ‘there but realizes the extremo difficnlty experienced by consumers in securing a perfectly pure articlo 7 The difficulty is not confined to coffee alone, but poor and sdulterated tea and epices ars palmod off on the unsuspecting purchaser, often 8¢ & high prico. Among the mauy aeslers who begiu the new e with Jargelj-increased facilifics and a rap- diy-growing trade mav bs mentiohed the Hong ' Kong Tes Company, Nos. 1 aud 3 North Ciark strect, whosa buriness success is iargoly due to the excellent quality of their goods, and the low rices which rule in their estahlishment. Deliev- ng. a8 thoy do, that the only way to prosper is by dealing in’ first-class goods and gelling at small protits, the prospects for 1875 may be.re- garded flattering. g CONCERNING DENTISTRY. AN IFTERESTING DEPARTURE FROM THE OLD BYS- TEY OF CHARGIES. Bomé two years azo Dr. W. B. McChesney, & well-kngo#m dentist of this city, enjoying a large practice, aod known to the profeseion as & mas- | ter of the scientific and mechanical datails of | the business, undertook a revolution In prices, sonounciog his ability and determination to sup- ply fitat-cluss dental work, in the materials rec- ognized as standard by all dentists, for one-half, one-third, and one-fourth the exiating system of charges. The announcement awakened public intereat, and multiplied the patronaga of the es- tablishment till, at the present time, a forcd of fifteen skilled operatives i roquired to turn out the work of the office. =~ The fact that a consid- erable proportion of this patronage is from thoughtful and cultivated people, and tho fact that a thousand intelligent citizens are ready to attest the fidelity and character of Dr. McCherney's professional work- manship, and the eminant satisfaction that has attended the trials of his work, wonld indicate that he has done the community a service in his effort to practico legitimate detistry at prices within the reach of all. The teeth used by Dr. McChesney are Justi's and White's,—the game asarensod by the profession throughout the TUnited States,—their plates (excepting gold and silver) being the rubber composition based on Cummin's patent, used as stan by two-thirds the dentists of the country, and faruiehed in Tull gets, a8 is now well known to the general ublic, at 8, being, ‘it is eaid, aboat one-third ho price commouly asked for precisely the same product. Dr. dcChesasy's rooms are now on the secoud floor of the building on the south- et corner of Clark and Randolph streeta. 4 MISCELLANEOUS. GENTILE'S PHOTOGRAPHIC 6TUDIOS. An institation of a popalar character, entitled to mention as representative in a special way of one of the arts and industries of tho city, is the establishment of Gentile, tho eminent and de- servedly popular portrait and lsndscape phe- tographer, whose studios, in tho beautifal build- g soutbeast -corner State and Washington streets, opposite Field, Loiter & Go.’s, have been thronged with cultivated and fashionabls people seeking photos for holiday occasions. Ganile has one of the largest snd best-arranged operating-rooms in tho world, The new patent ekylight ia most admirable in ite'affects, as shown in the new style of 8o Francisco Cabinst lately introduced. which are perfect gems in photog- rapby. ‘I'ne hfe-size crayon portrait of Salvini, the great actor, was taken duting his rbeont vigit to Chicago by Genule, and is prouounced by his friends to be the most perfect and satis- factory likencss extanc. Tho majority of the dramatic artists, and mnearly all the opera tronpes, bava apprecisted Gentile’s gonius, as Dphotographs in bis studios attest. In hus copy- ing departmont it is quite a mattor of surpriss to study the wonderfnl cbange from the old daguorrotyps taken twenty years ago to & brilliant Life-like portrait of modern style. Althongh tue stadios are losstod on tho foarth floor, thev a1a made icstautly accessibla by the swift water-culance elevator, which is of itself one of the atiractive feetures of tho building. Gentile, who has devotcd muany yaars of paiont stidy toacquire the art in Europe, superintends in person tho taking of all pictures, andemploys 08 naaistants only the bost artists to ba obtained, By the most excellent work, and courteous at- tontion, tho paironago of Gentile's establish- mext has developed m a brief space of timo to very large proportions, and is justly claimed to taks precedeuce in the photographic art in Chicago. . THE MTTHODIST BOOX-CONCEZY, Among tho mapy firms who have steadily prospetod eince their organization is the West- ern Methodist Book-Concern, No. 57 Washing- ton street. The instituiion was organized in Chicago in 1852 with a emall stock, and now thoir elegant and commodious store, filled with the best and choicost volumes, speaks louder than words of the practical succeus of tho es- tablishment, 1t boiog now the headquarters in the Nor:hwest for all books and perioaicals rub- lished by the Methodist Episcopal Church. 5her make o 8pecislty of pastors’Sabbath-school, and collego libraiies, althongh tbey keep a full stozk of miscellaneous books and stationery. Megsrs. Hitcheock and Walden ara the msaa- agera. THE O3DEN HOTSE. So much Las boen said of our firat-class hotels as toleave comparatively unknown to fame hotels usnally ranked as sacond-class, which wonhl ra- flect credit upon any city in the world. A visit to the Ogden House, corner Wasbiogton aud Tranzlin streets, a **$2 per dar” boure, exten- sively patronized by resident merchants and ; business mon, and an excellent transiout cus- tom, reveals = style of equipmont and furvituro practicaliy equal fo the costly privileges of the highest-pricod establishmonts. Largs, clean, pleasant rooms. farnisbed io the modarn stvle ; hallz carpetod throughont, mainly ia comfurta- ble B:uoeols; polits, well-bred servants, aud tables always provided with tho laxuries of tue dinoing-room. Messrs. Forrav & Barber ara en- titled to the cradit of = first-class management, which now distingnishes tho Ogden House a3 ona of the real public homes of the city, dbpirashisvang ‘Wm. A. Butters & Co., Auctioneors. The Sunday TRmUNE desires ta call the attention of its numerons readsrs to the firm of Wm. A. Butters &Co., the oldest saztion firm in Cairigo, having ex- tablished thomsolves In ths city ningtoen years ago this wonth, Since them they hava prograssed gradually until they bzve become the leading suctioneers, doing a most sacesafal bnsiness until the graat fire of October, 1871, at which time they met with savore losres, They tre nowlocatod at 103 Eaat Madison strect, conceded to be the ost central point for their busi- ness in Chicago. Having enlarged etheir facilities for conducting tha auction businen in zll its varions branches for the year 1875, holdiog their regnlar trade sales of dry goods, woolans, clothing, boots aud shoes on sich Tucalay snd Thureday throughout the year, at which sales are usnally found the country merchant, snl many of our wholezalo snd retail doaldre, who ate looking for spsculaticns in the mi~glas stocks of goods to b disposed of under the hamiNer. Their sales of furniture, househald goods, and other merchandisa aro held on regular days of each week, Wednesdays aod Saturdays. Tueir ¢ Regu- Iar Satardry Sale,” estshiiahed upwards of eightecn years, has become ona of the fnstitations of Cbicago, They'are largsly attended by those detiring to far- nish cheaply, and others secking borgzias, as almost eversthing in the way of housefurnizbing goods and aD endius variely of other morchandise is conatantly sent to theso malos to be koocked off to ths highest , bidder by those who know that every article will be sold when put u, and that the pro- ceeds of the sale of {heir wares witl be in thidr pockets, " in the shape of grsenbacks, in & {sw days sfter. Bat- ters & Co, aro genulne mediums between tho buser 204 the seller, workinz for a commission, snd, 43 & matter of cocrse, using all honorable efforts to ob~ tain the highest price for everything they sell, Their promptoess in making sales, and tho immediste ettlements with consigmors, 3 general knowledge of the market value of goods, and their universal falr and confidential desling, have won for them 3 wide repu- tation and the confidence of tixe puolic. If you wish {0 purchase or sell any kind of merchandisc, consuit your own interest, and patroniza the well-knowa auo~ tiorisers, Win. 4, Batters & Co. —_———— Fur Penciling. John H. Merckell, practical English furrier and far penciler. 351 West Randolph, near May street, restores faded mink and sable furs to their orfyinal color, and warrantsd not to fade, His ipecimen of workmanship it the Exposition commanded the admiration, as well a8 the patronage, of hundreds. Far rerairiog at- fonded to, Bostof trimmings, Cbarges moderats, sl g Mt The “Golden-Sun” Fire-Place Héater i8 Just &s cheerful and uses but half the fucl that an open grate doos, and at the same time heats ths rooms above, Cuill and sce it at once at Bangs Drothers’y Btito and Van Buren streets. —_———— Coale IN PENNSYLVANTA. ° The Philadelphis Inquirer ssya: * Rccent ex- plorations between Pottaville and St. Clair have discovered such immense doposits of antkracite, in sddition to and underiying those already known, that we may look upon the supply of coal iu that region as practicsily inexbaustible, At 3 dopth of 1,900 feet, passing tarouzh numer- ous veins of various size and ouality. the 80~ called Seven-foot vein was reached, snd was found to bs 13}4 feet thick, aud of excellent quality. Beueath this came slternate lar- ers of slate_and coal for 8) odd fect snd then the Mammoth vein, 21 feet thic; beneath this again o layer of slate, and then what 1s thought to_be & 19-foot vein of cosl Below them. it is believed, is the sohid rock. Al together, there would seom to be & depth of pealy 70 feet of coal ; and these veios are of s0 vast an extent that gaperations of men may dig from them before tha fuel problam wilf sorionsly distress us. The probable ares 100,000 sqnare miles, i of coal lands in Colorado is alarzer 8pace than the six Now Eovgland States. The ascertained arca of lands aboundingz in coal 18 somawhat less than that of the State of Connectict. Of fifteen mines workiug, one near Eriz, the Bowlder Val- ley mine, works about 100 men, takiug out about 230 tons per day,—the miners worzing by the piece, averaging daily wagea of 85 each. The ven, worked at from 5 to 50 fect below the surfsce of theearih, ia ncw Y feet thick. T!Ja vear's yield of the mino mrn}m"‘ed reaches 250, 000 tons, worth ot leas: §1,000,000. A CALIFORNIA STORY. The Opportune Remittance. A Few Days’ Experience of a California - Miner in the Early Time. From the Virinia Cly(Nev.) Enterprise, It was away back in 1858, when our old part- Dner, Jep Smith, awakened one beautifal morning in the pictureaque town of Mokelumne Rill, in old Trolumne County, California. It was & beautiful June morning; California’a matchless gun was shining in amber akies, the bitds wero twittering from the treo that ehaded Jep's win- dow, and the purfumea of & garden of rare flow- ersstole in through tho open window like in- cense, Bn@ Jep was not exceadingly happy on this soft moraing. Ho was a stranger in Mokelumae Hill. He bad reached there ou the evoeing previous, coming in from Jackson on foot. He was not in very good health. He bhad docont clothes and s carpot-sack, with an extra collar, but hao was a total stranger, and his excheqner showad exactly the zamof €3. Of this amount ho knew the bill for supper, lodging, ‘and breakfast would consume jnst one- balf. These reflections passed throngh his mind a8 he dressed himsslf. Mesnwhilo he discover- ed himself to be whistliog *“John Anderson, My Joe,” and he savs he learnad by experience that ‘when & man swakens from thiuking fit he gen- erally finds himself whistling. He descended with reasooable dignity the stsirs to the bar- room, answered the host's nod and good morn- ing, refased quictly a proffered cacktail, passed into the dining-room and ate his breakfast me- chanically, for he was still thinking. Dreakfast over, bo psid his bill, sud, sdding an estra quar- tor to it, mud: “A cigar, if you ploass,” The cigar was farnished and an extra one urged by the landlord sud accepted by Jep. The odor of that cigar is still fraziant in Jep's memory, for it was a courteay to him whero, though he ware a gaiot faco, his heart wang ex- ceedingly heavy. Jeplit bis cigar, and, tsking a seat on tho Lench outside the door, waited for the Columbia staga o etart. Jep was gcing to Columbia himse'f, but he was going on foot, sud ssmehow did not wish to burt the driver’s feelings by miking him drivo by him without asking um to ride. While waiting, snd wateling, and thinking, he was not aware that he noticed anything, but later in the day he romem- bered thai the uear leader was a stylich gray, bat pigeon-toed; bis mate was n brown with n star in the forehead and a quarter erack in the off fore hoof. Tho wheelors were basa; tho off cno bad a splint under the righs koea, apd the near one kapt workiog his head up and down asthough he had s sore neck under the collar. Tue near inside rein on the leaders was twisted, and tha biinders on the ulf-wheelor were too tiaht over bis eyes. Tho stego rolled away, and sfter a little furthor delay Jap picked up his carpet-sack and took his way in the dirac- tion pointed out by tha red dist which tha whaels of tho coach throw up in dnst. Jt was a bot June morniog. Tho sun was a volcano in heaven ; tho earth beneath seemad Tiko 3 vast plawm of lava as yct not balf coolad. It was 7:3) when hs 8tartod; at 10 & man by the wavside told bim it was 8 miles Lo Blokelumoe Hill. At 1 oclock hs st down a mo- mest to hold one foof, waith was chaf- ing with the heat, in a stream which babbled across the road:and herae a passer-by iuformed him it was 13 milns £3 Mokelumne,and “’pout 21 to Columbia.” Passing a grocery, he stopped and asked for a quarter’s worth of ciackers, and, whon they wera weighed ha touk four of them (bo slways rememoered tho num- ber), and, putting down the quarter, walked oa. In the mormmg bhe had hummed soitly littls songs to himself as he walked, but ths songs had long been hushed, aud he now tradved gritaly on 1o silonce, Aboat 3 p. m. be stopperd at a hoves and asked for a drink of wator. There was a solitary man in the open docr and s solirary dog on a chaio outside. 'he dog was a Nexfozua- lanl, and thongh he baricad fariouslr and surged fievcely upon his chair, hia looks baiizd him, for is long face spoke in every linnament that o was dying for a rordp. So Jep waiked up to him aud_ stroked his shaggy head sad oxprossod to bim iue beliaf tuas bad humor was all a bInff ; that he not hurt a Listen, and the dog put bis pawe ou Jop's steulders and licked bis face. “ha osnar apcloyiized for the dog ; said he haped he wen'd Lo worih something aowre time, though ha fearsd ha was too good hoarted to ever be of any ac- count. He tendored tha waler, Luk, takiog s second Jook at Jep, asked him if he would net prefer a drink of cool milk, sud, withont wsiting for an_answor, tarned and went to his milk- house hard by and brought & piut of the be erage, He was half gardenar snd bhalf daiy man, tod lived all alone with his doz. 'fh wera probably much ahke. Both iried to leok grum aud sullen at strangers, but they were both too good-hearted to maje acy attempt =t being savage s succass, Jep swallowed tne nulk with- out taking his lips fiom the cup, and thanking tbo man aud shakiog the paw of tho dog again tradged on. ; About 4 o'clock he stoppéd once mom to in- quiro the way. The man of wiom ho acked told bim it wea 11 miles by the road to Colambis, bat by taking a trail which was plain_he_comid says 3}¢ miles. This was a. cousiderstion, and in answer to further inguiries he wae told the trail 1ed over a hill inright, then over aaother boyond, and thers at the foot ot the secord bill he would grrize tie main road again whers it crossed the Stanisisus. He took tha trail, but bas never taken one since where & rosd could bo followed. The first hill was an Alps to bis tired imba—ths second & Himalaya. Ho sys to tois day the chaparral aud manzanita oo that last hill will be the last things bo will rememberjon eartb, so horably hot nnd dreary did they seem to bim. Bu tho nver was reached at last, and for a quaarter the ferryman lacded bim on the further bauk. By this timaho wae tired, indeed, and sherp pains began to pierce his limbs like peedles. Up that endless hill from the rivorLe climbed, and 8o weary had he growa that he was obliged to stop and rest every fifty or sixty yarls, Neac the snmmit he cama 10 a hittle cottzgo, bialf hid in 8 clump of traca boside tho road. Seeing & woman op the piazza, ha entered the gate and apcroached her to ask for acup of water. Ho was lame, begrimed with eweat snd dust, and Daggard with fatigue. Thé womsn was young and pretty, and was propably some miner's pet just 1mported from the East, for she was svi- dently frightened at tho ttranger's spproach,— which a Californis girl would not have baon,— and little nameless tricks about her drcss made Jep believe shehad made herself 83 pretiy as ossible, and was waiting & young hus- Peads “rotarn. Sho was dzessd 1o simple white, with a blne ribbon around her neck and a 8ash or ribbon of the same color ronnd ber waist. and had s little bunch of bright Howers—pinzs, Jep thought—at_her throat. Hor eyes were brown and her hair likowise, save when tho sun- light tmined it togold. Jep tried te ask for water, but his tongue was so parched he conld only whisper. The look of fesr changad to ono of infinite_pity at Jep's request, and she fairly rang to get the water. Jep used to say that the flash of womanly pity in_her face had made him partial to brown Dair and eyes ever sco. 'Again he took up Lis march ; and now ths ena was almost set, aud soon it was gone, aud tho night closed swiftly down. At last be discerned | lights and soon found himselfin a liitle towa. Sapposing bus journey was over, ho asked for & hotel, and was told there was none nearer thiu Columbia, which was yet 2 miles away. Two miles! Conid be ever walk 2 mileamoro? He continued lis journay, sud at 9 p. m. foand hiz- self in the express office in Columbia. It was Saturday night, and the miners were thronging the oftice to sell their dust. Atlast he made his way to the counter, and, while wait- ivg bis turn, so fearfuily did his limbs Ynin bim, that be supported himelf upon hia elbows .on the counter to rest himself. At lenzth, in answer to the sharp_**Well, sir, what can I do for you ?" Jep asied for a letter. There was ao letter for Jep Smith, no package, no nothing. This was terrible. K2 had certainly expected a letter with a remittancee, aud he nothing. s resolution was guickly taken. Ho turned to & civil-looking miner bezide Lim, snd asked him if he wou'd tell him where the best hotel in town was, His ides was to go straight to the landlord, tell bim all avout the Smiths, and beg his indal- gence for a week or two until his remittance came, The miner said politely, “Iwill show you, ir, a good hotel.” @ followed the miner around the cornor, and in & few minutes was broaght face to face with a woman who seemed to histired eyesa very Ama- zon. ‘The miner baid: **Mrs. McGraw, this zentle- man waots poard and & private room for a week, or perhaps tendase.” The woman eved Jap for & moment Lefore she answered, and in that mo- ment bis resolution was taken to say nothing of ‘his depleted purse, for he knew it would not an- mwer with Ler, and he was too weary to go furtber. The wolnan époke at last : ** Aisther, we bas bnt one privata room, aad it comes very high.” Jep looked up frank and ciear as he zvswered: **Madam, moncy is no object in the worid with me st present; all I waut 18 a place by myeelf where I can be quiet for & few daya.” “Very well, sir.” said the woman shortly. +Have vou had supper?” Jep weut to the supe per-table, drank a cup of tes. but could not eat one monthful. He lelt the table, found a bath- honse, and in a bath 28 hot as ha conld bear ex~ perienced instant relief for his aching limbs, Ha slept that night like & mi!lisnaire. Descending next morniug to the bar-room, the landlord, the husband of the Amazon. was on watch. He wasa short mab, with sbagzy ese- brows and s fearfaily broad pair of shoulders. Jep refnsed the drink proffered bim by this hosg, and sat down to think things over a little. Hard~ ly was he sested when a man came from the breakfast-room. ** Four bits,” esid the host, shortly. ** Railey, sir,” said the man, **I have ot the coin now jist, bnt I will bring it to yeea to-morrow.” * You will? " eaxd the hoat, sen- tentiously, and, coming irom behind the bar, ha laid one tewible haud on the man's neck and with owe kick rased him almost to the ceiling. Then, seizing bim with the disengazed haand, he. hoisted bim at arm’s length and tussed him through tho door and over the sidewalk, apparently miths ontan effort. Ho then, withont speaking, re taroed bebind the bar, and again took up bhit watch without the slightest trace of excitoment or emotion, 28 1f what ho had done was 2 nocess sary and frequent accompaniment of hoteb keeping in tho mountaias. Meanwhile Jep was calenlating what might ‘bapren in caso his romittance was deisyed, The week wore away without incident. Thero wat breahfast and dinner snd sapper every day, and tho Bridget who watted upoa tha tabla at ev dinner wonld come up to Jep andsay: * wc'g yees have some of the roast poark, or the roas{ bafe, or s bit of the baked heart?” Thoso thres dishsa were indsliblyimpressed on Jep'a memory during that week. "The gecond Sunday cam and Monday, aod Tuoeday. The expresa zuah& Colambia sbout 8 p. m. 'That Jast afternoon Jep, as he passad through the bar-room to go to the express office, noticed the hoat and hoalcsa in earnest conversation, ac- compatied on ths part of tne man with violens gestures and dark glances at Jep, 88 he moved slowly out of the room. The erpressman mas him tiis day with s swile. * You are all right to-day,” he eaid, throwin, on the coonier s roll of dogble esxlea. **'Will yon give wa small gold aud silver for throe or four of thess F "' Jep asked. 71be expresswan obliged him, sod, Sl 1ng one pocket fall, ke purchased a ciar (he h2d not smoked before for ten duys) axd started for his hotel. 81 As he entered. t2e landlady came to kim, fiush- ed-and gvidently trootled, and besitatingly com= aen “Misther Smith,” gaid-she, I bave bsen talking with the old man ; vou don't know, may bo, that a,new married !mir bad come to tha house, and we was wonderin’ would it make you any trogblo wero yees to give up your room for & might to these."” Jop always doubted about thero being any pewly-married couple in that housa that day. and bel-eves it wzs a vlan to tranefer Lim from the private room to tha corral but he did vot stop to discuss tia proposition. Ho morsiy taid: » It does not mattar, Mre. MeGraw. Ishall bave to leavo town to-nicht. I sm going to Sonara. How much is my bill 2" Tho wonian was #o much surprired andin- cradulona thas ehe could nct speak for a moment. She comniencad at Jast: we8 Luow yess had our fuest roowm, Misther Sigith 2 “Adeliahmfl 10um, Ala ply. ¢ And yees have borrded tha whole timo,™ sha costinued. S *Your table is puverb, Madim,” * Uunder the circomstar ertho bl ;s unreas: avnd 8 hall2?” she ssked. Then caws Jep's triumohal mamant. Thrust- ing his band to tho bottows of his pockot. ba withdrew it {21l of goll. Tusslsg a 32 piecs ta the stupoad womwan, ha x=id: s, MeGeaw, meeant that, avd, baliove ma, your kindnusr 1o ma will never be forgoiten.” Then the yoor wozn e tht, had possausad L4 he it. Drbpping hor eluows uman tha coanter, elic erisd out s 2 L tiuld tho old mon yees wau all righ Dath fullowed Jon down thastaps. and invoked all matner of bleseings upan him. and tho * oid mon,” 28 ko wruog Jep's nand, said : b might bo veen wonkl be fraveling nai got broke, If yees evor d033 1at@ m7 houyy yeur home. for wa both know s lexaa tue mem=ut wo claps onr cyes woan him.” Tint Jep thinks o this day that if his momey had hung Sre anoibar sy there wonld have boen anothar mac thiewn out of Lthathoasa, or elsatie faatost feot-raze wonld bava boan seen that was ever ruu in Coicm: " was Jop'sTe- £1id Jep. - Bgngament With the tatz. & Journal. 014 ¥e Stinger was geicg to hed a little wavy tho other night, and not wishing to distirb frs. Me Stinger, who baas tongas Lika s rat-tall glo, he tionght it just as woll not to turn on tha grs: Hs got aloxg vary weil until Ha resclied the door of tho chiamber whera hie patiant wite 1sy sleoping. Eere ho paused a myment, balsncing 0o his heeis liko a pola on a jusgler's pose, ‘Then be made a dash for it. Inondor to make 3 boe line acrase the fleor. Mrs. MeStinger, with bsr neual exemplary fortituds, had placed the rocking.ch: iti such giftad ekitl that noman . came irto the Toom withent running aver it ; 0 the frat thing he kaw N Siiager stahbed his tce-nail off ageinst the rocker, which knoex- ed the caat against the crazy bone of his kneo, aud msde coc of the lonz arma prod him in the stomach. Simuliaoacusly bo fell over the cliaia erosawics, zuod it kickad Rim behind his back bo. foro he conid get p from the figor 68 he stood cn all famwe. The on;&gemsut wss ncw felly opsued. When a men Bogins faibng over a rocking-chair in & dark room bs onsht alzays to havo three days raticns and f roands. Befora McStinger coull gat tp swraizht bia tmoa coms dewa on one of ks loag rockers behwd, 204 tho back of the ckir cunia down on hia head with & whazk ths: Iaid bim out tlat on tha flaor ;. and, before he eculd move, the chair Ficked him three times io the tenderest part of his riba, with the sbarp end of the rocker. This mada bim perfectly "furions, snd Lo scrambled wp and made 3 blind rush at the chair, determined to blow up tho ewomy™ worke. He ran squars against tha back and it reckod forward with him, {urning seompleis someraanit over the handles, throwiog Me Stinger balf way across tho room and landiog on top of him, dizgiog into his abs domon like 2 bull's borns, as ke lar spresd out onthe under side. It wonld bave becn & good thing for Me Stingarif ho had laid still then and Jot the chairlave itsown way. It lay fiat on itaback, with thalong psints of the rockurs embraciog big abdomen, and didn’t s22m to want todo anyfhing active jnst than. But Mo Stin- ger conldo’t make ap hisind to givait up yet He roliad over sidaways and npzet the chair. It fell with acrash on its side. givinz bims farions dig in the liver, which made himstraight~ en out his Jeas spasmodieally, barking one shin {rom the instep to tbo kuse on the rocker which bung m the air, acd settig the chair on its feet again,_wheara jt stood rocking backward and for- ward @ hiz, like a wary old ram wmaking feints of butling ite adversary, in order to throw him off bis guard. Ths blow io the side noarly finished Mc Stinger, and while Iying thera rub- bing his wind baci again, be was just beginning to redect whetber his houor required him to pro- coed any forther in the affair, when Mra. j s Stinger saddenly bégan screaming all the names in tha crimes act, uunder the impression that the Charley Ross abdctors were trriog to commit & burglary, bigamy, robbery, aud every thing elst onher.” Up to this time she had been s less with terror, and bad lain there trembling; shedding perspiration and accamulating shriak ink power. untill sbe bad gained the screaming capacity of a camel-back engine. Shoe had just rosched her third sforzando fortissimo acceler- ando, and was beginning 10 wonder whether there was & God in arael, when old Mc Stinger succeeded in get:ing to his fant oace mare and became dimly visible to Mra. Mc Stinger. With ond last wild parting slriei sbe sprang from tha bed and made adash for thodoor, near which tho rocking-chair atill stood meracing the whola universe with o butting motion. Mrs. Mc Stin- gerhad no time for investigation just then, and she pitched into and over the rockiog-chair and clear on down staira, the chair after her, turning over snd oser, and Kicking Mra. Mc Stinger every buomp uptill they both landed ia tho hall below, whers the chair broke all to atoms. This ended the fight. * 1If wives will Jearn from this sad story not to leave rocking-chairs standing aroand the middle of the room for their poor husbands to fall ovex, we shall not have writtaa in vain. ©ldMXc Stingey! -— 5 % “You have a pleasant home and s bright fire- gide, with happy children sitting arcuud it haven'’t you ?” said the Judea. *Yes, sir,” sail AMr. Thompson, who thought hs saw a way out of the dificnity. * Well" uaid the Judgs,” *jt the happr children wit around, tha choerfal firs- gide until you return, they will stsy thera jnst forty-three days, as I ehall have tu send yoa up for that time,"—Cincinnati Times. 1 A witty Washington ladvwas introduced tos foppish *yoong fellow who was aflicted with 8 constant cough, and after & short conversation gald to him rather abruldiy, **Aro you nots hack-maa?” Three sisters of Dubuae ars soset in their temperance principles thas they make tha hired girl Bmell the breath of cvery gentlewan caller and report the reanlt bofore sdmittance to the paricr can be obt