Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1876, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. ATGUST 2, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. e e certain persons who may be in‘leresled in threatened exposures have visited HILpRETE in his retreat at ‘Windsor, but with what re- galt is mot knmown. Hiprern's threat is anderstood fo refer particularly (o the details of the & Ildermanic transactions with the 1road aad gas people, ead it may be orse: A f‘zfll Le could communicate something of public inferest on these sub- jects, gince there is no:. mpch doubt fhat, if there was a xing, me:unr:'m was ope of the principal members. The trontle about all this 1s that Hronero stands in this connaunity in very mu.cl.\ the psme attitnde as Jaxe Reax; and, while ufe robsbilities of (he case would exact public srederce in any esposure he might make of sorruption in the recent City Government, he would not be Delieved in court and before a jory except as bis statements should be cor- rab.omlcd by other e\'ia]eucc,A personal or document At the same tzm:_:. we have o objection to 1rLprET’s .l'.old.mg the rod over anyhody who has been implicated with pim in local blackmail or bribery, and we weuld even enjoy seeing Lim use the rod ublicly, though not at the expense of his ovn immunity and his return to this city. A community that has suffered FrLoxerd and got rid of bin , does not want him again at quy price. TEE THOMAS ORCHESIRA fuat pertion of the musical public which ap- preciate the best music will be glad to learn from au article in theNew York Tribune, printed elsewhere, that there is every prospect that Mr. Trrovote THowas will be cnabled to reorgan- jze his orchestra and resume his place at the condictor’s desk during the coming fall aud winter season. It would be a thousand pities that such = incomparable organization of usicians, drilled, disciplined, and seasouned by Jong years of practice together, should be sud- denly disrupted, with no possibility that auy othier man could gather them together. There 5 no leader in this country who possesses the executive ability and the musical intel- wence to direet such an orchestra except Mr. Tuomas. There is mno other leader of whom we have sny Inowledge who Lias the courage to clevate the standard of music, and persevere in devoting this skilled talent to the production of the best in his art. It is, therefore, a matter for congratulation that Lis workis not 1o be a failure after all, and that be has wealthy, cultivated, and influential [riends suflicient to step in and rescue the or- chestra from disintegration. It would have heen 8 sad comment upon the musical taste of this country if it had failed to support this orchestra. It would have been tantamount to a confession that, while European countries can: maintuin several first- class orchestras, the United States could not support one organization devoted to the pro- duction of the highest class of music, as well as of that which ranks as popular. In bis recent dismissal of his orchestra, Mr. Tnouas undoubtedly followed not only the true course, but a policy which was forced upon him. He organized his orchestra over ten years ago. No man can tell how hard he has labored with it, what hopes he has built up with regard to it, what obstacles he has had to mect and over- come. There is one obstacle, however, which no conductor can contend with unless be has an immense fortune to fall back upon (which is never the case), and that is want of support. Air. TioMas has worked these ten years hope- Tully, industriously, courageously, but without remuneration adequate to the entertainment he has offered. A man in any other walk of life, conducting business for ten years with- out profit, would Le compelled to seek some other occupation, or to go to the Poor-House. Mr. Tnoxas could not be expected to do less. Art s Iong, but bread and butter is longer and a good deal stronger. 1le, therefore, very wise- 1y assumed the position that if he continued his Jeadership of the orchestra e must be guaran- teed against loss, and until such time preferred fo do something cise. No pru- dent business man WUl question the gooq sensc and prudence, not to spealk of the necessity, of fuch a determination. There is but one eriticiem that we have scen’ ‘made upon the step he has taken, and that has been made so often that it has become as monotonous as it is unjust. The following from a Philadelphia newspaper, perhaps, ex- presces this critleism in its most geperal form: It was very well for Mr. Tuouas to play such masic as pleased im and the few whoappreciate the kind of music he most loves; but it would have been morer sensible and more politic if he bad chosen such 2s the masses of the people would have preferred.” The fallacy of this eriticism lies in the fact that the Tnoxas or- chestra was organized for the production of the higher forms of music. If the people want negro miustrelsy, the minstrel companies can furnish a Detter article of it than the Tuosas orchesira. If they ®ant ** Yankee Doodle” and *“Old Dan Tucker,” they can have it to their hearts’ content from a thousand diffcrent sources. If they want waltzes, potpourris, medleys, and fan- tasics, there are orchestras in every city capable of producing them as well as they deserve to be produced. The radiments of music wre ex- cellently represented in every city, town, and village where there is a singing school or a norma) institute. The music for the masses is cheap, and plentifu), and excellent everywhere. Therc is no room for Mr. THOMAS in this field. He could do no more and no better than thou- gands are doirg already. But in hisown depart- went of art be virtually stands alone. No one :an do o well as he. Is it not, therefore, the height of absurdity to growl at this organization of musicians, who have made a study of the Lizher form of music, with the view to its performance, be- cause they do nut play the *Three Blind Mice ™ and the * Anvil Chorus,” when these and kin- dred music can be heard anywhere and every- where at less expense and cqually well per- formed? The criticism is 2s unfair as it would be o abusc a greut painter because he does not paint daubs by the square yard for the auction- Toum because they are popular. If there is 2ny root for eritivism in the premises it should be applied to Mr. Tnouas’ constituency of hearers, who profess to be admirers of the best in music 20d then fail to support him. There are people enough in every city, and their num- ber is being constantly reinforced by those who Liave been educated in wmusic, to cive him a re- munerative support. He looks to them for that suppurt. 1f he were looking 1o the masses for help, ke would give thie music of the masses. e— THE RUTELESS TOXICODENDEON. It is about time for an enraged public to rise op fl_ml repel this invasion of sacred rights and privileges. Au iusiilious foe has penctrated the Pleasure-grounds of the people, wickedly in- t:,-m upon spreading desolation and pimples throuzhout the community. It is the ruthless dendron. Armed with its lurking elands of poison,—a poison said to be as bafefal as that once attributed to the Upas-tree of the Malay Islands, contrived to steal into the most eherishedof all underthe false pre- tense of being a respe. ommonplace kind of a shrob, when, m fact. it was nothing more nor Jess than a vegetable desperado. Br what specious promises or under what de- cejtive guise it induced the park workmen to femove it from its native swamp and transpiant It along with tise other und more decent bushes, will prubably never be discovered without the st probin jnve In such an agera- ated case as thi , 21! opinion should s faw en its @urse; yet we ean searcely refrain from hazard- hg the conjecture that McCAFFRET had a hand ;H’il‘—teflu}.fl)’, if there was any wmoney in the johs. Without at this moment entering into a fur- ther exan: e means by which the rathless To m obtained am entrance ‘ato Lincoln Park, it may be well to consider some of the frightful consequences resulting therefrom. To-day being Sunday, and recog- nized in Europe and America as the working- man’s Jioliday, thiere will be doubtless scveral thousand people who will go to the park for a breath of fresh airanda g ¢ of green woods. Afany of them will have read about the Toxico- dendron, aud when tirey arrive there they wiil cye askanee every plant that they sce growing above the clean-shave: lawus and commons,and they will go a lone way around to avoid every «lump of trees that could by amy possibility serve as an ambuscade for the poisonous Rhus, What fears will Dharass the minds of tender maids who, with their Johns, and their Jameses, and their Augustuses, may seck some sequesterd nook where the vulgar throng can- not jeer at their love-making! How difficult, how nearly impossible, it will be to find such a desirable spot, without being confronted on ap- proaching it with the terrible shape of the ruth- less Toxicodendron! Suppose, on the other hand, that a young couple were scated conveniently near to onc another on the shores of the miniature Iake,and, to the music of the rippling waves, were whis- pering such sweet nothings as are usual on these occasions,—suppose that by aud by he should muster up sufficient hardi- hood to put the one great question of 1life to her, plump;—suppose tlat she, not wishing to carry matters to extremes, should suddenly uttera pretty scream and ex- claim: “Oh! that horrfd poisonous what-d’ye- call-it! Look! It's right behind us.” Would not this be a proper juncture for the exercise of profanity on the part of the discouraged youth? And should not a shrub whick can so vilely cause an interruption of a pleasant con- versation, to say nothing of the consequent fm- moral peroration, be stamped and crushed out of its worthless existence? * Then think of the thousands of other people §ho, with their wonted carcléésness, will have passed over the paragraph coutaiuing a warning against the ruthless Toxicodendron. When mammas trundle theirinfantile offspring intothe ark, and gayly break off branches from plants ortrees as playthings for their little darlings, the dangerous character of their depredation is doubly appalling. It is not the gray-coated po- liceman that they need fear, though they scan the neighborhood ever so furtivelyand exhibit the most conscious tokens of wrong-doing. The real enemy of whom they should beware is the ruthless Toxicodendron,who does notdismiss the offender with a stern word of reproval, but who nflicts a sure and a summary punishment, and, which s worse, not upon theoffending party, but upen the innocent accessory. If somebody’sbaby should, during the coming weck, break out in ugly pimples all over its blessed little arms then let the guilty parent remember her tres- pass against the regulations of Lincoln Park on the previous Sunday, aod endure agonies of re- morse. Lucky it is for her that the poison is not fatal, when properly treated. Yet, after all, there need not be so rmuch fear of the Toxicodendron. It is not lkely that more than two or three specimens exist in the park, aud they are, if existing, confined to the lower cnd. The gurdener, who ought to Kknow his business, asserts his disbe- lief of the whole story. Ilc says that it was the Virginia creeper which poison- ed several persons recently, and states positively that he has removed every one of the vines. If that be so, then visitors to Lincoln Park may take courage. Mothers may destroy the trees and strip the bushes with impunity whenever the guard is not looking; lovers may continue their iunocent courtship undisturbed | by earthly fears aud isterruptions; children may romp about the walks and lawns; and the ruthless Toxicodendron will survive only asa myth, to be recalled to memory while telling storics on the doorsteps summer evenings, or while spending a Sunday holiday in Lincoln Park. The patfonal wealth of Frauce and the re- markable habits of thrift that characterize its people are in very remarkable contrast with the Dhard times prevailing everywhere else. While all the rest of the world is pinching and econo- ‘mizing, France is recklessly and lavishly pitch- ing her millirds about as if they were pennies, The war indembity amounted to five milliards, aud clie war cost nearly ten mubards, aud yet there are now two milliards of money in coin Iving in the Bauk of France. In our money the war indemnity was $1,000,000,000; the cost of the war, $2,000,000,000 ; and therc are now in bank, $00,000,000. The recent city loan of Paris, emounting to $75,000,000, was taken at once, and more then thrice the amount was offered. The Paris correspondent of the Edinburg Seofsman writes that the French budget which is mow under discussion excecds £100.000,000, or over $500,000,000, and et mects with no serious opposition, except in the matter of the War estimates, which the Budget Committee thinks should be slightly reduced. Tbe War estimates amount to $110,- 000,000, which the Committee are secking to re- duce about, §4,000,000. The only criticism upon these extraordinary estimates comes from the Imperialists, who do not object to the estimate itself, but are inclined to improve the oppor- tunity of taunting the Republicans with the charge that their cxpenditure vastly excceds that of the Empire, to which the Republicans retort that the increased expenditure is owing to the recklessness of the Empire, which fncreased the public burdens and lost all the tax-payers of Alsace and Lorraine. The wealth of the French peaple, especially sfter the exhausting drain produced by the Franco-German war, shows a most remarkable degree of thrift and absence of extravagance, which have not usually been considered characteristic of them. SRR AR e There Is every reason to believe that the charges made against Dr. McVICKaAR have been manufactured out of whole cloth, and were trumped up to satisfy resentment and rev at his efforts to break up the old scavenger ring. The circumstances all lack confirmation of the stories which the scavengers teil. One point is particularly worthy of note. At the time when one scavenger says he agreed to pay Dr. McVicrar $100 for & certain contract, the Doctor did not have the power to confer the contract upon him, being but one member of the Board; and, as soon as the Doctor becare posseased of exclusive authority {n the matter (that is, when the Board was sbolised and he was made Commissioner of Health), he took immediate steps to take the work out of this person’s hands and place him ona footing with the other scavengers. Both these crcumstances are in direct contradiction of the asscrtion that he had agreed to take moucy froin the man who now charges it upon him. As to the story of another seavenger, that he saw McVicrAR hand back a roll of mouey to Dowxey, saying he could not take money, but would accept DOWNEY’s horse, it is simply pre- posterous. Nooue who has ever known Dr. Mc- Vickan has denicd him his full share of com- mon sense, and no sensible man would place himself in the power of a scavenger in this care- less way. The probability is that Dr. McVICRAR, in introducing reforms into the scavenger work, where, from all accounts, they were needed, en- conntered a vouple of conscienceless feflows, who took this means of bresking down his pur- pose. This is probably the view the Council ‘Committee will take of the affair. - — e —a————— American menufacturers are urged by the New South Wales Commission now in atiend- ance upon the American Centennial to send specimens of their products to the )letropolh._m Exhibition which is to be held at Sydney begin- ning April 10,1877, The importance of our trade with Australia and New South Wales is not what it easily might be; and, as the present Exhibition is to all intents and purposes that of a Continent, it is to be hoped that the invitation wiil be generally accepted. Manufacturers h:'w- ing wares at Philadelohia can send them in No- vember to Syduey in time for the opening of the Exhibition there. A ood show of agricultural implements st least may be expcc'ted. The population of Australia aud New Zea- land is now 2,000,000; the agzregate import and export trade fo 1574 (tbe latest date for which we have statistics) smounted in value to £35,000,000 sterling. Very little of the trade went to the manufacturers of America, thougl with our dircct line of communication from San Francisco much of it might have been secured. ‘We hope there will be a general improvement of the opportunity offercd at theSydney Exhibition to acquaiat the people of New South Wales and ia with the cheapness and exzellenc products. Further information Secretary of the Sydney Exhitition, No. George strect, Syduey, New South Wales, pleased, to know that a combination las heen formed to put up the price of silks. The reason of this fs the partial failure of the production of the silk-worm during the last year. But there is one thing which the silk men must not ignore, and this is that.silk Is by no means a necessary and indispensable article; and, if those who have stocks on hand undertake to discount the short production, and realize unreasonable profits on be found to fall off in a Jarger degree than the use of sillk in tl mously during a few years, partly on account of the extravagant habits of the times and partly it cheap. But, as it beeomes dearer, the tenden- ¢y to ecconomy will assist the people in dispens- fug with it Jargely, and those who are ruising the prices are likely to overreach themselves. —_——— PERSONAL. Licct. Cameron, the African cxplorer, has been made a Commander iu the British Navy. The executors of Poole, the famous London talor, are stirring up the golden youth of New York with Jittle bills, Ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise saysinz letter declin- ingtoattend a soldiers’, rennion: *'I never ex- pect to leave my yoom' till I am carried to my grave.™ Mr. William Winter's criticism of **Sardanapa- 1us™ leaves the impression that he considers him- eclf superior to Lord Byron, bothasa dramatist and as a poet. It is a question whether thic art connoisseurs of Boston admire more Rosenthul's chaste **Elnine” or the shameless **Cleopatra” now on exhibition at Brainard's gallery. It is rumored that the New York Tripune stock has changed hands, and that Mr. Whitelaw Keid will be succeeded as editor by Mr. G. W. Smalley, at present London corres pondent. Albert Rhodes has an article in the current num- ber of the Galary, entitled **Shall We Drink Wine®" e plends for the more general use of wines, especially those of native production, which he thinks mizht be sold at much lower rates than those now prevailing. The American Register wants some enterprising publisber to forma scries of French novels suit- able for the perusal of youny girls. ‘This would be to advertike that the novels were not adapted for the tastes of the class which indulges most largely in literature of this description. Mr. Murray, spesking ubout a dinner in the Adirondacks, observes: *‘The trout looked a Tittle euspicious, they seemed rather thin and old, a8 if they had been kept for a long time for com- pany, like Jir, Tilden's reform principics, but I took them in—the trout, I mean,™ A New York pawnbroker criticises the incideat in **Daaicl Derands " of the recovery furtively of & diamond necklace which Gueendolin had pledged. The critic wants to know how Deronda could have secared the necklace without & pawn-ticket, and how he could have secured the ticket without the knowledge of Guendolin. James R. Gay has made the trip by water in an open row-boat from Boston, Mass., to Detruit, 3Mich., by way of the St. Lawrence River. The time allowed him was 120 days, and the money depend- ing on the result was §3,000. Gay made the dis- .tance, estimated at 1,600 miles, in 109 days, beiug eleven days ahead of time. r. Morris, cf the Union Square Company, has allowed himself to speak rather freely of the Lyon- Claxton-Stevenson scandal, He says that his at- teution was first attracted to it by a fight on the stage between Mesars. Thorne and Stevenson, and that. on remonstrating with the latter, Stevenson said he **Joved Mrs. Lyon (Claxton) deeply.” ‘The recent tragic death of a young murried lady near the Steliro Pass of the Tyrolese Alps hasbeen explained. She was u young Englishwoman, and vras married to 8 Frenchman named Henry de Tour- ville. Itwas proved on the inguest that she had thrown herself over a precipice while he was stand- ingby. The suicide was caused by wedded unhap- piness. A Shakepearean scholar of doubtful reputation writes to the New York Sun that ** bearded like o pard " means simply **bearded like a pardner”; that the word ** partner™ was printed **pardner” Dby Chancer, and that our Western frontiersmen have restored the abbreviation to {ts original mean- ing. Butthe Sunexploits the communication by putting over it the head-line, *‘Dearded lke Shakspeare's pardner.” Sir Salar Jung, during his recent stay in Paris, visited Notre Dame. One of the attendants show- ed bim the coronation robe of the first Emperor, suying: **This is the robe Napolcon 1. wore at Dis coronation, and which the Emperor Napoleon IV., atpresent in England, will wear when he comes over to his coronation.” **One must never sey this or that will occur, nor call any one King who cannot dwell in his own country," replied Sir Salar, philosophically. Mr. Ball. the most eminent Boston sculptor (after Story), arrived from Liverpool a few days ago. Mr. Story has lived so long 2broad that he is scarce- 2y known Ly untraveled Americane, and his best works, with one or two excepsions, are never seen in this country. Ball, on the other hand, is but lit- tle known in Europe, compared with his reputation athome. 'The two are now competing for the Bos- ton city statue of Josiah Quincy, which is to be placed in front of the City-Hall, Mr. Hermann Welgel, a well-known citizen of Toledo, fell over the precipice ut Niagara Falls, on e Canadian side, » few days ago, and was in: illed. The fall was eighty feet. Mr. was standing with a party of friends looking at the rapids. He leaned over the precipice. His wife thonght him to be in a dangerous position, and, clutching bis coat, she implored him to move fur- therback. e jerked away roughly, and, in the act, losing his balance, was precipitated below, That was a considerate managerat the Olympic ‘Phestre, New York, who shut in the scenes on the performance of **the famous Bell Family™ last Wednesday night, and eame forward with the fol- Jowing neat speech: ** was an experiment, ladics and zentlemen, and you kave seen it wasa failure. We willnot let them ¢ry your paticnce any longer.” The Bell Family was compused of two young men and one youug woman. who at- tempted to imitate the performance of the Vokes Family, and fmled most dismslly. Mr. John Brougham's burlesqueof ** Po-ca-hon- tas™ was written while the duchor was stretched on abed of suflcring and discase, the words being. taken down ut dictation from his lips. It was promised as a Christinas piece for Wallack's The- atrein 1863, but as late as November not a line had been transcribed. The author mot only kept Iis word 28 regards the picce, but he also apvearcd in the principal purt, thongh he bad to be taken to the theatre as an invalid and be hield up in the wings until the time bad come for him to go on. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Gardner House—S. B. Little, St. Lonis; D. C. Marr, Boston: J. G. Mott, Michigan City; J. and F. J. Gilmore. Boston; John B. White, Green- wood: C. T. Dickson, and family, W. T. Judkins, and David Judkins, Cincimnat: M. I Crowder, Louisville: ~ A. Beymer, Corn- ing, vakcley, Omaha: W.' B herman_liouse~The 3 vork; J. IL Coflin, Washington: G. M. Dunn ington: Simeon Cameron, J. Kayand the Hom, E. Bo: =] Jr., Harnsbure, Pa. W. Snow, Bosto ton; D. . Hast S, Louit; V. Garcla Torres. and George Verbrugghe, P Paul; F. G. Swan and Dr. James Ashbury : Coies, London, Eng.: Prof. E. H. Vonliaum- haner and Dr. ~E. M. Von Baumbiuer, Netherlmds; K. M.~ Seeley, Pitts- o ew Brunswick, Albert Lc!;' Gen, Kansas City; 4. 111 ; J. J. Janewa ... Grand Pacific—T. Ii. 'Armstrong ar.; S. D. Carpenter, Otum 3. Hencke, Milwaukee: D. L. Hall, Cleveland; Willian L. Garrison, Savery. Des Moines: IL M. uig; C._ Cole, San Francieco; New York; ichmond, Va.: the Rev. ¥. O B 1 “Baird, San Franciscas, the e C. Ti. Cory, Mississippi; Capt._J. T, Whiting, De- J. Ward Gurley, Jr.. New Orleans: . F. Stevens, Smith's Mines, Lake Superior; Capt. B. W. Watson, Michigsn F. Jennings! sm " Chaplin, > Hn ———— The ladics, will be iunterested, thongh not ! the goods they now have, the consumption will | temporary decline in the production. The | country increased enor- | beeause the amount of the production has made | BRIDGEPORT SMELLS. The Best Method of Getting Rid of Them. James Turner’s Gas-Consuming i Prosess---History of His Sci- catific Experiments, A New Invention---Carbonizing an [ncombustible Vaper. Artificial Butter-Making---An-~ othier of the Industrics of Chicago. The stench nuisance is one of the oldest prob- lems with which Chicago has had to deal, and is not yet solved to the satisfaction of the citizens atlarge. The latest effort to accomplish some- thing in the way of overcoming the stenches ! from the rendering-houses was the appointment of a committee at a meeting held week before last in the rooms of the Health Superintendent. i This committee was to nominate various other commitiecs, who were to have charge of certain districts, and give the matter such close per- sonal attention as had unever hefore been de- voted to it. The committces have not yet been appointed, and nothing effective has been done. Meanwlile, during the pausc between the acts, it may be well to give the public a little explicit information upon oune fezture of the subject ! that has never been geuerally known. It should be stated in heginning that ajl these separate and distinct stenches from the ren- dering-houses are composed solely of the GASES ARISING FROM TUE ANIMAL MATTER that is being turned into grease and tatiow. If these gases could be disposed of before leaving the rendering establishment it is evident that thecity would no longer suffer from the stenches that have for years saluted our nostrils. Aund, further, it should be stated that, while the ren- dering-housces generally have made no effort to soget rid of the moxious vapors, there is one establishment which may be safely quoted as an Tionorable exception. The one referred to_is that of Mr. James Turner, situated at No. 536 Archer avenue. Mr. Turuer has invented and put in practical operation a method of con- suming the gas, so that none of it is allowed to leave the place. TIE UISTORY OF HIS EXPERIMENTS in this direction, if related fully, would be of rreat interest, not only popular, but scientific. “or years Mr. Turner was persecuted and or harrassed, aud even indicted, for run- an cstablishment which was declared to be u public nuisance unt of the stench, and he at length made up his mind fully cither to get around the dif- fieulty by destroying the smells or clse get out of business entire The idea occurred to him early in investizations to consume the gas, and acccrdingly be tried the experiment of run- uing it through vipes into his furnace. That was about three years agro. Dr. Rauch, who was then Sanitary Superintendent of the city, be- came very much interested in the subject and entered heartily into the experiment with Mr. Turner. 1le was succeeded about that time by D iller, who also expressed himself weil Ppleased with the method adopted, and read a paper before the Convention of the Boards of calth in New York, giving the result of the experiment, which ‘Was considerable of an ad- vance ou what had been attempted previously. But Mr. Turner was nol content to stop here. He found that the gas would not jn reality burn under a temperature less thau 1,000 degrees. The gas would, under a slower firc, simply filter np through the flame aud ccals without. being impaired, and wonld mount up the chimnely, whence it would be blown with the wind only to sink awain to the earth with all its’ pristine viciousuess of odor. What he wanted to do, thien, was to make the gas of a quality that would burn at an ordinsry heat. Analyzing it, he found that what it lacked to render it com- bustible was carbon. So he started in to add carbon to its ingredients. This necessitated a more complex upparatus Nothing daunted by the diflicultics, he proceeded with the determi- nation of accomplishing the result desired, and TIE DID ACCOMPLISH IT. As the apparatus now stands, an iron pipe is connected with the top of each lard-tank. These pipes meet, and, ruuniug downtothe floor, pass througha ¥at of cold running water. The ob- Ject of passing the pipes through the water is to reduce their temperature, the gas and steam in the pipes being of course very hot at the start. The steam 1s by this means reduced to water, and. passing out of the vat, is separated from the zas by & very simple process, as follows: There is another pipe running upward, conne ed with the main one, for the purpose of carry- ing off the gas, the water continuing on toward sewer. The gasis prevented from follow- he water by means of acoil or bend in the pipe, which readers that portion of ft always Bl of Wator, o that tbe gas is unable to pass. he gas, then, follows along the other pive, up and out of the build- ing, to a small SE | situated about 50 feet Irom the main house. Here it is conducted into an iron tank about 1 foot in diameter and2 to 8 feer deep, containing ‘gasoline or other light carbon oils. The gasoline immediately farms a chiemical combination with the gas, producing A COMBUSTIBLE AND INFLAMMABLE GAS Another pipe leads out of the tank to tie fur- nace in the basement of the rendering estab- lishment, and the g3s passes into the furnace, and is there consumed, burning with a blue lizht, and leaving no odor behind. By this sim- ple and beautiful process two valuable ends are served. The noxious gas is prevented from es- caping to aunoy and injure the health of the comniunity, and it is made to serve a useful urpose as fucl to maintain_the establishment. an anything be casier or morc praiseworthy than this method? Yet, notwithstanding his invention, which is certainly worthy to be ranked among the great improvéments of the_age, Mr. Turner is not without detractors. Having practically experi- mented until be had arrived at this result, and having tested in_his own establishment its utility, hie obtained a patent, to which cvery in ventor is entitled. For this he has been abu: not a little, and the other rendering men of this city bave persistently refused to use this device beeause they were unwilliug o pay him a roy- alty on his patent. 5 It may be remembered that {n November, 1872, an order wus passed by the Board of Health prohibiting all rendering houses from rauning inside the city limits or oné mile out- side, without a suitable apparatus for consum- ing the gas. Just before that there had been some discussion in the papers and a good deal of public feeling on tne steach question, and a committee of citizens was appointed to wait on the Board of Health and ask for relief from_the nuisance. The Committee met the Board at the rooms of the latter, and inquired if there was not _some remedy for the stench with which the city was atliicted. To this Dr. Ben Miller, who knew_of Mr. Turner's efforts in that direction, replied, giving a sketeh of the new plan for consuming gas. It was in response 0 an urgent public demand that the order above-mentioned was subsequeutly issued. Some days after the issuance of that order several of the packers and rendering-men came up to Mr, Turner, while he was at the Chamber ol Commerce, and asked him what he would CHARGE THENM FOR USING WIS PATENT APLAR- ATUS. He replied that he would put the price low so as to accommadate all, and asked how many pack- hed to use it. They did not know the exact nunber, but said they would find out snd let him know in a few days, he in the meantime agreeing to fix his price for_the apparatus. It was the next day or the day after that Mr Turner went up casually to the Board of Health rooms and saw there 2 copy of Lis patent lying open on a table. Heasked Mr. Hooke what the Board wanted of his patent, and that gentleman reptied that Dr. Miller had been showing it to the rendering men and explain- ing to them how near they could imi- tate Turner's method without infringing on his patent. Soon after Dr. Miller himself entered, and, on being asked, confessed that he had been doing as Mr. Hooke said; but his reason for so doing was that the rendering men had charged him with being a partner of Mr. Turner’s, xnd Le was obliged in self-défense to explain the method to them. 3 Well, the result of this giving of information was that the rendering wen decfined to buy Mr. ‘Turner’s patent, but went to_work and turned their gas, without carbonization, into their fur- naces. That was as near as they dared come to the patent process. But that DID NOT BY ANY MEANS ARMINILATE THE 'STENCIL It simply sent the smells up the chimneys of their establishments, whence they were wafted in whatever direction the wind chanced to biow. If the wind was in the south, the { stenches rosc up over the city and settled down as soon as they found a denser atmospbere. This is why for "the last year it has been impos- sible to locate the origin of the smells. Dr. Miller, in one of his recent reports, stated that he hid traced the stenches to the corner of Hal- 4 sted and Thirty-ninth street, and Leyond that the investigation would require a balloon. Thus the matter stands at present. Mr. Turner’s is positively the only rendering establishment which consumes all ‘the #as generated. Asun interesting side fact, it may be stated that Mr. Turner has still further per- fected his apparatus so as to produce fic for lighting pu es, and with th lights his entire establishment. Thiis quality of gas is simply produced by run- ning the gases in its secoud stage,into a gasome- emerging it 6 tirough u tank 2 The gas tius burned is of un excellent kind, and he thinks he could roduc sl’{ ough {rom his place alonc to hole of Archier avenu While visiting Mr. Turner’s_rendering house yesterday 2 TRIBUNE reporter becomeinterested 1 another branch of that gentlemau's exten- sive business. It was that of i BUTTER-MARING. Let not the delicate-stomached reader stare! Butter is made,—and very good butter too,— out of the fat of animals in the rendering house. Itis a thoroushly scientific operation. Sume years ago, M. “Mewe Mouricz, a French Scientist, was commissioned by the French ernment to make some rescarches with o view to obtain for the use of the navy sud the poorer classes a quality of butter that could be pro- duced ab 2 much less orice than the market article. He proceeded onstrictly principles. Having obtained several nilch cows, ne put them on a strizt dict for several weeks. found that while they decreased materially in weight and gave Iess inilk, the milk always contained butter. Where could the butter come from? Certainly not from the food of the cat- tle, as they weré given scarcely enough to sus- tain life. "He came to the Iogical conclusion that the butter whichhe had obtained had becn gotten from the fat of the animals. That fact established, his next idea was to copy the nalural operation of butter- mnaking by using cow’s fat. 1le soon succeeded iu transforming this fat into butter by the process. In Mr. Turner’s establishment the French process is substuntially carried out. The clearer pieces of fat are first ground up between two cylinders, and dropped into a vat, where the wass is steamed at a gentle heat, generally about 100 degry From here it is transferred e 10 a hydraulic p1 and subjected to a high degree of pressure, whichi climinates the stearine fronl the olcomargarine, leaving the latter in the state of natural butter, minas the salt. Mr. Turner intends to go into_this manu- facture extensively, and has wready found a wmarket for all his product in Englaud, whither he is now shipping in large quantities. 1t is needless to say that the butter is in every way equal in flavor and healthfulness to the best of the ordinary grades,—in fact, it is claimed that it contains much less water and animal sub- stance than the ordinary batter, those being the ingredients which render butter rancid; aud also, that for the same weight it furnishes more genuine butter, A REREL LIE NAILED, The Atlanta (Ga.) Times (Confed. organ) mukes the assertion that Gen. Hayes, the Re- publican candidate for President, surrendered in a cowardly maunerat a fight which took place between his brigade and the rebels for the pos- session of the Welden Railroad, near Peters burg. The Confederate concern statesthe cir- cumstances of the capture as follows: Gen. Mayes, the present Rudical candidate for the Presidency. was captured during the War ander circnmstances by no means creditible to his gal- lantry us an officer. His captor was James il Price, now a laborer on the on Lookout Mountain. Wal was a private in Comrmu' 3 Georgla Regiment, infantry. . ‘The captare took place a fe flays & ac blow- ing up at Petersburz. The Federal troops held the Weldon Railroad. Ficlds attacked them in front and on the left of Hayes' command. Colquitt moved to the right and attacked them in the rear. The Federal troopy surrendered after a briet resistance. The ammunition of onr men was nearly expended. The Federals were armed with seventcen-shooter carbines, Fields was not attacking that end of the line, yet 3,200 threw down their arms before this single brigade. In chargingthe breastworks, Price saw 2 splendid Federal flag. This he tore down. Haves was standing pear it. Pricc ordered him to surrender. Hayes asked.: **Are you suoflicer?” Price replied, with &n oatli, powling a pistol (which he carried through the Wear) at him, **Jt don’t make a bit of dilerence, you surrender, or I'll kill you.” Hayes' answer was, ‘*I surrender.” Price then un- buckled his sword, cut off the inki Jeathier might be useful. and thre: word away. Carrying the captured flag, he marched Heves off toheadquarters. This flaghad a silver piate on Price does not recollect the inscrip.ion, only that it was presented from Portland, Me, He cntoff the plate, and on hix return from 'the War, Tad it mede into finger-rings, which he presented to the Lookou: Moenutain lass: Price’s address is Rising Fawn, Dade County, Ga., carcof C. W. Toward. The truth is, that while Gen. Hages, the Republican candidate, took part in a number of hard-fought battles, and scveral times found himself in tight places, and once or twice ran narrow escapes from capture, he mnever wes taken prisoner, but assisted in taking 2 good many Rebel prisoners. “An ex-soldier, who knows the facts of the case, in a letter explains that it was Gen. Joseph Tayes, of Massachusctts, and not Gen. R. B. Hayes, of Ohio, who was taken prisoner at the Weldon Ruilvoad fight. He thus explains the case: The Gen. Hayes who vas coptnred in that en— . doseph Hayes, formerly Col- ¢ Eighteenth Mussschusetts Infintry, First Division. Fifth Corps, wounded in the first day's battle of the Wilderness, 2 brave and compe- tent ofiicer, who at one time comminded the bri- gade of regular infantry in the Fifth Corps with Sreat credit to himself. ¥ believe he was the only Sficer not & graduate of West Point who ever com- manded that brigade. The Kichwond papers of the date of his captare gave him 2 very compli- mentary notice for his_gentiemanly conduct, etc., which notice was reproduced in many Northern papers at the time. The Second Corps was ordered to make an attack on the north of the James River as a feint, while the Fifth Corps captured the Weldon Ruilroad, about 2 miles to the left of our line at that time. Our corps wus, therefore, detached from the amy, The encmy discovering this, worked throngh the woods sround to the rear of our extreme right, and in the_afternoon of the sccond day attacked ns from the rear, capturing nearly all onr forces so far us the cnemy's line extended, among them Gen. Hayes. Itwas a similar movement to the one made on the extreme right of our Jing in the day's battle of the Wildernes: of the Sixth Corps were captured, Gens. Shaler and Seymonr being among the namber. 1 am not con- versant with the particulars of the surrender of Gen. Hayes, being upon the left of the line; but having served with lim and knowing bim per- sonally 1 feel justified in saying he did no more nor Jess thun any other brave oifieer would have who xaw &Il hopes of escape cut of. The Corps, having returned from the north of the James River, reficved the troops of the old line, and that night’ established our defensive line with the rest of the army. Two daye luter the _enemy assuulted our position, and were eoulsed with severe loss. ————T———— GRAND SUMMER-RESORT HOP, Swecfal Dispatch to The Tribu: Ocoxoxowoc, Wis., Aug. 19. e hop at Gifford’s last night was unquestionably the largest and most pleasaut affair of the scason. Seventeen out of the twenty dances ou the pro- gramme were danced to enchanting music far- nished by Bach’s Orchestra, of Milwaukee, Hutchins, Milwaukee’s cclebrated cornet-player, being one of the musicians. Guests from Draper Hall and the Townsend House were present, and joined in the festivitics inamanner showing due appreciation of the greatest social cvent of the scason. Among the maoy hand- somely-dressed ladies present who deserve to be complimented on their social and terpsicho- rean abilities as displayed throughout the entire evening, I remember the following: Mrs. J. P. Carr, Mrs. J. G. Kelly, Mrs. C. P. Thompson, Mrs. William Eoff, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs, Henry Brentano, apd Miss Sylvester, of St. Louis; Miss Norris, Miss Fess, Miss Elsic Ferzuson, s Mason, and Miss Hattie Allen, of Milwau- ee; Mrs. L. A. Banpell, Miss Booth, and Miss Manse, of Chicago; Miss Fanay Mann, Miss Lula Anderson, Mrs. Charles Kittredge, and Miss Mary Draper, of Oconomowoc. Among those present who cid not join in the dancing, 1 noticed Mrs. William Hyde, Mrs, Wallace, and Mrs. Ada, of St. Louis, aud Mrs. H, B. Arder- 80n, of Oconomowoc. —————— MOONLIGHT, See the bright moon gently rising, Andts rays of silver pley On the fcecy clouds of evening; Beauteous ending of the day. Tear the light brecze eoftly eighing, As 8 love-sick maiden grieves; Spirit-voices genlly dsing, "Mid the rustle of the leaves. Fading softly, fading slowly, Day leaves Earth; its dying light, As a vood zonl, pure and holy, Yields to the eternal night. Aveust, 1876, D. H. McNoLTy. ———— A Saratoga Jetter to the New York Graphie (Ind.) says: Mr. TILDEN, now here, fs evidently annoyed at the Tallay silts ind fovestigations pendink agalnec him, ‘They tend to disturb his personal manazement of the camipalgs, commend the polson-challreut reform 1o biy owa lipe, and furce novel and Atartling {ovestigations on the country. TILLEN'S doctor FLYNY, & celcbrated author on physiology, accompanies him everywhere a3 physiclan and physlcal trainer. Tiie sum of money TILDEN (s now expected to spend for the November campuign 18 s31d 10 be $1,500,000, Af least that {s what an of Lis aupporiers told me to-day. A Exploration. STANLIE. A Wonderful Discovery by the Great African Explorer. The Dwellers upon Mt, Gammonbara- gara Prove to Be Fugitives from America. Capture of Boss Tweed While Acting as Medicine~Man for Kabba Rega. Stanlie Writes from Tripoli for Another Box of Books on African Ex- ploration, 70 the Editor of The Tridune. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—The accompanying letter of Heary M. Stanlic was kindly handed by its recipient to the writer, and the latter, believi that any information concerning the latest Africau discoveries will interest your readers, | s)xbmibs the same for publication, by permis- sion. W.C. H. Caxr Mericay, Eastr: BERT NivAxzA, CENTRAL AFE v letters to the Zerald. bearing date respectively Jan, 1, 1876, und March 3, 1576, have perbaps been read by you, and in that'case yon will have ascer- tained the extentof my accomplishments in Cen- trul Africa up to the dates mentioned. 1t has been my ne. since dispatching the letters afore: passed through a se- nderful for hele: and, having mven you my word, before starting upon this expedition, that Tshould const ler it one of my first duties to correspond with yoa, I will now fuliil] my agreement. In my letiers to the [ferald, ¥ mentioned the failure of my attempts herctofore to explore the uz3, the zoal of my asy.rati the_hostility of K varo, the country Iyin adja- ing my £o doin, Rowever, of iny frm fricnd and pperor of Wazaiida, who furnished rith the'neceseary means. hay enabled me to overcome all abstacies in my path onward. The Emperor having supplicd me with 50.000 warriors for the purposc. 1 resoived to give buttle to the Unyazo people, for Isaw no other way of suceessfully exploring Luke Albert save from the castern side. Kabba Rega, having received notice of our approach. had prepared for oor coming. and 1 found his forces—an almoet countless host— drawn up in battle-array at the foot of the great mountain Gammonbarazara. After an obstinate contest, daring which 1 myself, with my elephant- rifle, slew 127 of the enemy. the Unyaro peaphe fledin disurder, leaving some thousgids of their number hors d2 combal. Scekabooby. my lieu- tenant, und chicf ofticer of Mteser since the decapi- tation of Samboozy in conseguence of bis having deserted me at mbaka, proved of invalusble assistance; and many of our people performed prodigies of valor. The results of this great vic- tory will, of conrse, be of the ntmost importance to me, a3 1 shall now be enabled to prosccute my explorations upon the lake without hindrance. Now, L will relate to you an astonisiing piece of news. "I have previously mentioned in tmy letters that reporis were current among the Wagainda that Gammonbanazara was occupied by a race of white negroes, Having this in mind, 1 watched intently during the battlc for some of these strange people, who, being known &s the medicine-men of - Kabba Rewi, would, I fancied, tuke part in the aifair. Discerning, as 1 had Roped, a very tall, flesiy, white-faced man, who scemed a leader of his fel- Iows, mingling in the thick of the [ray on the side of our opponents, 1 ordered Hunkidori and six trusty Wazanda tocaptureaud take him to the rear. if possible, ‘Thiis was done, and the incident for- wotten until after the battle. when, rememberin: the captive, 1 hastened to him, wishing to learn fometaing of the strange phenomenom,—a white ack. TUpon coming into his presence, I looked intently at him—when snddenly s thought fashed througi my brain; my feclings overcame me. 1 thonght, Has Fortune reserved for me this crowning feather from the cast side, the savaze King of U cent to the lake, prev T kind in the cap of very! 1advanced, 4 thousand emotions sw n my bosom. “The captiv TIsaid: - This, I believe, fs — “iam, It was Boss Twen! 1 immediatiy had hie bonds taken off. and,after shaking his_ hands heartily, we sut_down together under an nmbrageous tree, when he unfolded the strange storyof his adventares since his escape from prison. Twould Iwere privileged to tell it to you now, but must reserve £0 important an item of news for the Jferald. T have no time at present to dwell upon the wor:- ders of ihis Enchanted Mouatam, wnere Tweed. Steiner, Thicme, and many other fagitives have taken up their residence.—thar presence giving rite to the strange tales 1 have heard regard- <aid ihe sceming appartion. ing a race of whitc people in the heart of Africa. You will hardly believe ne when I tell on that th¢ Phenix, the Dodo, and the' Unicorn—those supposed extinct birds and beast—are of the ** animated natare that inhabits Gammonbarnmra. You should see the outlandish animal called by the nstives Howkam- yreyeout, which has hut on , placed in the centre of its forche: which has the tecth ofa shark, the limhs of a rhinoceros, and the body roo; and which fecds only on a fluid hich it extructs from a plant known in Africias Mliks. and corresponding to our milkwrek, You will forzive me if { close tais leties rather abruptiy, when I inform you that Kankipauki. King of Unliori, desires an andience, aud must be conciliated. Remember me to all inquiring friends. IL AL STANLIE. Mex.—On the back of Mr. Stanlie’s letter, the following notes are to be observed. Pub them if you think best. Their writer _seems to have forgotten their existence. W.C. H. Write Bennett can't Deastly hot here at Tripoii —those beastly names the worsL U ely names—also another box of buol vant Jist of un African e BUY NO HEALTH-LIFT. until you have seer: Dr. Reilly’s new apparatus. Dr. R. invented the original Health-Lift, and improved Maun's Reactionary and Marsh's Spring machine. But he now believes hie has perfected an apparatus which more nearly than anv other fulfills therequirements of his system of Cumulative Exercise. Those interested vill do well to examine Dr. Reilly’s Cumulative Reactionary before pur- chasing. g ‘ST, IGNATIUS.” An admirable course of instruction is always insured to the students at St. Ignatius College, No. 413 West Twelfth strect. Competent pro- fessors and a wide and useful range of studies are mnong the features of this sterling institu- tion. The taition for a term of ten monthsis but 360. The Rev. J. 8. Verdin, 8. J., will fur- nish catalogues and otber information concern- {;“g gn: next session, which comtnences Septem- er ——— H GIVEN AWAY. Tn order to introduce the splendid retouching of bis celebrated Lerlin artist, Stevens, the photog- rapher, 75 Madison street, corner State, will give to every customer, for one week only, & cabinet picture, handsomely framed, $x10, or one dozen best porcelain-finished card de visite photogruphs, ———— A WORD TO OUR READERS, We can recommend James P. Dalton, No. 192 State street, as one of the oldest, Jurgest, and most relisble dealers in stoves, furnaces. ranges, refrigerators, ctc., in Chicago, and a good place to buy. ————— THE OLDEST FIRM IN CHICAGOD. 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