Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1876, Page 10

10 THYE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, D be proud. As this alteration has been fully de- scribed in the columns of .THE TRIBUNE it is only necessary to say In this connection that the entire effect under t{e blaze of gaslight was re- marksbly fine. . The ornamentations ‘were chaste, not con- cealing but more fully revealing the umnlb:‘o—l tural beauties of the arcade. orna'munh table spread in the ladies’ ordinary was b e prettiest displsy of eatables of which oue co: 3 conceive. There were ds of fruits and ¢akes, and standards of choice flowers. The ornamental meat dishes were marvels of con- struction, and were all-Gesirned and prepared in the Plankinton Hotel kitchens. The supper tables were laid in the billiard room, . and thore was no delicacy, in ssason or out of season, abeent from the mepu. The floors in both dancing halls were covered with white canvas, which gave 3 heightened effect to the DISPLAY OF DRESS. The toilettes of theladies on these great oc- casiuns are usually considered of paramount importanee in describiog the scene,and Is often- times the criterion by which the entire affair is jndged. To attempt the description in _deuu of 100 or 200 ball dresses is simply impossible, and nothing less than a detailed description doca them justice. Itseems enough, them, to 52y that on this occasion the dresses Were in keep- iner with the elegant surroundings. There was amarked quictness manifest f_ the dress of matronly ladics. _This implies no lack .of rich~ ness, however. On the contrary, the dresses— for the moss part, black—of our wealtbicst and ‘most fashionable Jadies were of the richest vel- vet or eilk, or a combination of both, and t.h; umam;;nflm were dismonds, point lace, an natural flowers. a\"v'c:dv.h united with refinement and the study of dress as a fine art_secure s simplicity of style that charms the fastidfous eye. Limited means with a large amount of good taste and good judgment will secure the same resuits, Elab- rativn in dress is, however, perfectly in keep- ing with grand balls, provided every detuil i3 perfected with exquisite Dicety ani harmony, BS was the case in very many instances on this vecasion. This elaboration serves to heighten the effect of the party 2s & picture by affording striking contrasts to graver costumes, The soiletics of some of the young ladies were sharminely designed and tastetully adjusted, and deserve a correspondivg description, but this cansot be done withi justice in the limited space of a society letter. ~ Milwaukee is justly celebrated for good-looking young ladies, aod tleir air and winsome faces iit with animation caught from the surrounding scene and the in- epirmg dance music were the chiefest charm in all that charming victure. And the gentlemen! Is tncre not aword to be said for them! To deseribe their dress' is easy enough, for, with tne onc exception of a soldier’s uniform, they Jooked all dressed pretty much alike, Mr. Sherman, the proprietor of the Plankinton House, and the various Committees of Arrange- ment Lave resson to congratulato themsclves upon the successful realization of an ideal ball. PARIS. - IN GAY ATTIRE. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Panis, Nov. 25,—Paris i2 now in all its splen- dor. The fashionshle world, enticed by charm- ing weather, throngs the Boulevards, the Bois, 20d the Champs Elysees, and magnificent equi- pages and toilets crowd all the favorite thor- oughfares. As this gorgeous panorama unfolds before the view, Parisian taste displays itself in il its varging shades, and no previous season ever prescuted greater variety and beauty. Costly furs are now replacing the feather trim- ming, which served for garniture or carrisgo costumes during the late warm weather; but the latter has increased in favorfor opera cloaks and tollets “d’interienr.” - . TOE ELEGANT CLOAKING ‘materials which have dppeared this season ren- der velvet less deawrable than formerly, but many Jeaders of fashion prefer the latter, and, truly, nothing can exceed the peanty of a black velvet paletot with its appropriate trimmings of chinchilla. Theso are sometimes quilted in arabesque designs, presenting an artistic “finfsh quite at variance with the stiff diamond pattern 50 lone in use, and which is now only service- able for quilting linings. The fur of the Asiatic castor is gmm!.ncnt among fashionable trim- mihgs, and has_considerably enhanced in value, ajtnough less elegnnt than'many which can be obtained for half the price. Ac tion for ROUGH AND UNEVEN SURFACE3 f ©f materials for strect ents, has intrnded one among the pretty fabrics that is much used, although conspicuoudly singular, with nore- summendation” bug it novelty. ' It {5 vaguely czllea * Exotique,” and resembles a thick mate- lasse, whose puckered surface suggests the ides of having been m:e?ed in water and dried by a zareless process. Cloaks still refain their fall sLages, batare cxtremely long, and the pring- pal chanee In fashions generally is in materinl rather than in form. DRESSES ARK MORE CLINGING if possible, and the **corselet Grec,” which I de~ seribed last weck, proves more successful than euy other ¢ontrivance for producing the desired elfect. Skating-costumes occupy particular at~ tention, as the furor for that amusemcnt has not declined, although many accidents have oc- curred. Last week Mme. la Vicomtesse de « Pernetty was seriously injured by falling at the riuk of the Faubourg St. Honore. Her arm was broken, aud other serious injurles sustained, which will oblige her to exclude herself from sodety this winter. She is the daughter of Baron Hausseman, to twhow Paris is indebted Ior the mngnificen{ improvements which were completed during the reign of Louts Napoleon. TOR SEATING RAGE. The opening of tue immensg rnk on the Rue de Clichy will be one of the events of the ‘sea- son. M. Mayer, of the Grand Opera, will direct the orchestra; and a1l the arrangements are on & ieale of grandeur that even surpass those of ihe Faubourg St. Honore. The brilliant recep- tions at the Palais Dorsay will commence next 3unday, sund continue feeklyduring the scason; end it is announced that the Duke Décazes ~ill also give there several grand entertain- nents this winter. EVESING DRESSES wre marvelously beautiful In their fllmy textures wd tloating embroldery, and some now fa prep- wration for a suvremefy aristocratic reception Flichis to take Jlxm next week in the Fau- oourz St. Germaln bave embroidered “bou- guets jetes” of richest hues on grounds almost. invisible. These are varied {n design, and some of the bouquets are entirely white; othersshaded blue aad rose, but those of natural colors pro- 3uce the most charming cffect. THE FREAKS OF FASHION erenot confined to tollettes alone, but some- times enter society with a serio-comic aspect that converts even the most solemn occasions Into chilling comedies. A Parisian confec- tivner. invented black and white ices and cakes when Louis XVIIL died, of which be sold large quautities to gorrowing Yarislans, and anassed an_immense foriune by the experiment. No Legitimist’s dinner was complete without mourning cake and mourn- ing ices; but now we have mourning bon-bons 10 assuaze the grief of those who otherwise might reject such indulgences. Black paper with white embossed cypress leaves is formed icto cornucopias and boxes for confectionery, and sweetincats imitating violets liein the cen- tre of bouquets of other purole flowers for thoe whose sorrow has sssumed a lighter ehade. MUSICAL. Another star has arisen in the musical world at tee theatre of Verese, and the triumph of Mlle. Ada Adini, in ¢ Dinorah,” heralds 2 brill- | ‘?t flgl&ral Ior‘ t.g;'m bc;ntéu!én an.lsLM‘ She was educa D iy, . Muzio, musical- Uirector of the Itaiian Opera-in Paris. " - Alda was announced for Saturdsy at Les Italiens, but the indisposition of Ame. Gueymard caused it to be postponed until Tuesday, and the Forza Del Destini ” was given instead, which was not zncx‘fualy recelved on account.o} the disappoint~ zen ; The long-anticipsted opera, *Paul and Virginfa» bas proved the flak musical event of the scason, notwithstang % the difficulties sustained q; the manager of the Lyrique in its perfectfon.t All the ~theatres are crowded nightly. MATHILDE, g - D ' FIVE YEARS. Flve blessed years we two haveloved each other,— Five happy. holy years! And thotgh around us oft the storm-clouds hover, And though mine eyes are wet with many tears, Still, knowing I am held in fond esteem by thee 15 more than recompense for all to me. Five blessed years, in sunshine and through shad-- ow, T've held thy memory dear; - And, thongh thy form s hid from my wealk vision, By ardent thonght I bring thee nesr; Am{'. when to leaf and bloom I £peak of thee, They bresthe in whispers soft thy love 1o me. Five bleased years! My patient heart, still wait- i Seu%gn'z by oze the shadows fly, As toward the upland hills I'm hasting, To meet and dgreet thee by-and-by. C: Pive years, and bat a token of thattime to be ‘When I ehall scale their loftiest heights with theel LeNa CLoun. Wauszean, 1., Dec. 3, 1876. —_—— ‘Rome Sentind: This Louisiana business is yperverting the morals and humanity of the na- on. A BRome cat last week returned a count of seven kittens, and then the lady of the house assumed both ministerisl snd jndicial powers, and threw six of them out into the canal. CLEARY'S HOSPITAL. Another Wail from the County Building on Har- rison and Wood Streets. The Story of a Man Suffering from . Atrophy of the Muscles of the Neck. How the Discharged Patients Are Robbed of Their Clothing by Hospital Attaches. And When They Kick Abont It Are Given the Raiment Left by the Dead. The Brutal Tortures Inflicted on Suffering Humanity by the Beastly At- tendants. Something About the Way Pa- tients Are Tossed from the Hospital to the Poor= House. And How They Are Treat- +ed in the Latter Charita- ble Institution. A General Indorsement of Many Complaints in Mr. Ohren’s Letter. ¢ PRELIMINARY. ANOTHER PATIENT HEARD FROM. To the Edltor of The Tribune. Coox Couxty HosPITAL, WARD A, PAVILION . No. 2, Bep 29, CmIcAGo, Ill., Dec. 9, 187%6.— Considerable anxiety prevails among the citi- zens of k County on account of the publi- cation fn your issue of Sunday, Nov. 26, signed by George C. Ohren, who was formerly a pa- tient in this ward. He presents to the public such startling incidents concerning the ill- treatment of the sick and dying in this charita- ble institution as to throw a shadow of doubt on the truth of it. ‘The fact ot Mr. Ohren belng a professional reporter, and having presented his letter for publication after leaving the Hospital, bas caused the public to believe that he was writing for money, and that his statements are entirely without foundation. Theo editoriel in THE TRIBUNR on the following morning so thoroughly confirmed the statoment that an investigation was about toensue. On Weduesday morning, Nov. 29, Mr. McLaughlin, the Warden, thonghtfully got ina fewwords,, denying the statement, and trying to convince the public that it-was utterly falee, by assailing the intentions of the reporter, saying that he was writing for money, and that he had made his brags to that effect. He concludes by say- ing that he will not admitof an investigation where the witnesses are jail-birds, hospital- beats, and those of a disrcputable character. He doubtless mgans that such were the subjects used for witnesses in the Hale and Corner in- vestigations at the old Hospital. If such were the characters used there as witnesses, I believe the Warden was the man who subpeenaed them. But the public are mpressed - that he alluded to the patieats here, whol names appeared in Mr. Obren's letter as wit- nesses, in which case he is trespassing on the characters of those whom he knows nothing abont. 1, for one, authorized my name to b¢ used, snd it waa saggested that the names of those be used who resided in the city, and who had friends to prove their character. Tam in posseseion of all attain- able facts concerning Mr. Ohren's intentions, as well as the trath of his stafement. He was brought into this wardina - LELPLESS CONDITION, 5 suffering with & severe attack of rheumatism and gont. 1bathed him and put him to bed. He at once commenced to find_fault with the manzer in which be was treated. I told him Idid not blame him, but he muet grin and beat it. On the_fol- lowing day he said to me that he thonght'a little item in one of the nrind}ml newspapera concernin; the nagement of this institution woul bring its autborities onalevei with humanity. *‘Oh mo," I replied. **There've been so many complaints published concerning it that the people are thoroughly disgueted and will not read any more jail-bird appeals.™ Iassured him that if he got aletter publishd o onld Lase 1o pay dear orit. He was astonished at my remarks. “How- ever, being better posted on the subject than my- self, be resplved toytry it anyhow. A few, daya followed und he bad elicited sufiiclent from other potients in nddition to that which came beneath his own observation, to encourage him to make the at~ tempt. A few days later he remarked, *‘If the letter T am writing proyes as valuable asI think it will, Tae TRIBUNE will be glad to got itatzny ffl“' and, if I dont decclve myself, get $30 for it.” After bhe had suffered soveral days for want of something fit to eat, he remarked, ‘‘I'll have reve nge on this institution if Thave to give this letter away for nothing. " He made the same remarka few days later, and the day he left the Hospltal he declared he wonldband in his letter for publication, but would probably receive nothing for it. He had sufticient moncy in his posseselon to transport him 10 hus relatives, where he intended to go for a per- manet care, and had no need of any more money at the present. He had been hers over a week be- fore learning that I had written a leiter on the subject of ras(d starvation, which had not yet been presented for publication. He at once de- termined to get me to assist him, and by, such means he would " - ACCOMPLISH A GOOD WORK. 1 had previously deftroyed my letter, but being five months a patient in this ward I wns enabled to assist him to a great extent, and therefore I did the dictating while he wrote it down {n shorthand. Of course he took advantage of a thorough education to spread it out consider- ably, without materially changing it, and added asmuch theretoas could be elicited from other patients, which Iam not responsiblefor.:. How- ever, I am willing to take the responsibility of proving the truth of the letter as far nsTam con- nected with it, and 231 only propose to confirm the truth or falsity of tho stitements, it is unnec- essary 1o go over it very extensively. Your read- ers can refer to the issue containing the ten-column article, and 'wmiP"e my statement therewith. Be- fora proceeding farther I wish to confess my igno- rance and insbility as a writer, as1 never went to school a day in my life, and never had an oppor- tunity of- learning anything st home, snd your readers should only sympsthize with me atthe result of many blunders, | PERSONAL. 1WAS ADMITTED into the County Hospital on Eighteenth strees on the evening of July 12, 1876. I was placed in Ward A, in bed Number 10, suffering severe- Iy with & neuralgis, or what I considered a san- stroke, The next morning I awoke feeling very much relieved of the pain, but it still lingered in my neck, and Icould not raise my head off the pillow. It hung as though my neck were broken, and has been hanging so ever since.” A thorongh examination of the case resnlted in a verdict from the physicians that my disease was progressive muscular atrophy of the muscles of the neck, which verdict has been confirmed as later symptams develpped. Concerning the old Hospital and its manage- ment, I bave little to say. However, I can cansclentiously confirm Mr. Ohren’s statement in regard to it. “Your rcaders would not like to be brought througl 2 field of briars and thorns for the sake of reaching a grassy spot, and it ‘would be as much like raking up Beecherism to mavagement. It should be distinetly under- stood that, &s often as I speak of the old Hos- pital in my letter, it is withont any intention of dwelling on that nnpleasant subject. ‘The moving from the old Hospital to the new took place Oct. 12, which was & very pleasant bot rather a cold day. 1 requested the doctor to allow me to walk over, which permission was attempt to describe the old Hospital and jts- nted. I am therefore mnable to testify to | patients whom I loft remaining at the 5!’1.; great extent to .the character of ?uhlc, scemg the Warden coming, fl‘a the vehicles -inm which the rest of the | into the ward like so many wild decr, an paticnts were transferred. The majorlty of | the Warden 50 Ifinomnt dsto nsk mo what the patients in Ward A were brought over | ilicy were afraid of. lie gppeors to have rar%:nmn in on open wazon. About five patients, placed in | RoW 1o zive the Poor-Hoise racket. Ir{xexdutuigci alying condition, with blankets over them, were brought =t onc load, which, including their baz- Ea;:e, little as it was, was more than could be rought at once with comfort, judging from what they sald themselves concerniug it. One patient Thaving consumption, ‘ WHO LAS 5INCE DIED, was told by the doctor to wait for the ambualance, In a mowment aftorwards the nurce asked tho con- sumptive patient if he was able to rido in the wagon, to which he replied, **Certainly, " and wage Lrought in the wagon with the first load. He lived for several weeks after moving, and then died in the last stage of the disease. 1 do mot think the movlnilnjnrcd him. Those with fractured Imbs and_otherivise_helpless were brought over in some kind of an’ ambuylance, the gharacterof which I know nothing about, bnt nn intimate -friend of mine, suffering with a fractared limb, and whose veracity 1 cannot doubt, says he was brought over Inoneof them which might have been made far more comfortable than it was. Mr. Wheelock, 2 Slflcn! in Ward G, suffering with heart disease, ied the day after wo moved outof Ward A. 1do know whether he was moved from the old Hos- pital, and if s0, whether he was injured from ex- posure. Isatup with him one night two weeks previous to moving, at which time ho had strong jopes of recovery. Iam unable to say whence AMr. Ohren obtalned his information concerning the two deaths hastened by unnecesSary exposure, The first meal 1 ato In the new Hospital was sup- per, which 1deylt out to about twenty-two patients in the dark, owing to the 'gus-pipes being unsc- ess. on account of the cold air in them. We had abont half enough of supper, Consisting principally of corn bread, and 1 do not remember what else, This deficiency was excused on account of the house help having mnot yet arrived. The uext morning we had a Grst-class® breakfast, and for three days thereafter we had the best of raast boef, fried "potatoes, bread, bLutter, coffee, etc. On the fourth day the rations commenced to di- ‘minish in quality, quantity, and varicty, and have continued eo until tho present writing. The firat ten days after moving the patients were all com- pelled to remain in their beds, owing to the new rules, which grc\'emed them from being nllowed their own clothing, and the Hospital uniform was not in readiness for distribution. Myself and one -other” patlent were allowed onr clothing in order tp wait on the balance, who wers in bed. 3r. Ohren was bronght {nto this ward on election- day, nud, s might be expected, the convalescent atients were talking politics to a great extent, ut two patients in this ward voted. I bathed him in the iron bath-tub, WHICH LOOKS VERBFILTHY on account of having been uscd before the white paint had thoronghly dried onit. The water in which he bathed was fall of rust, which came from tho hot-water pipe, owing to a deficiency in the water apparatus, and frequently the hot water has to be carried from the pantry. He asked me if he would not be allowed to rhis own shirts, I respondod with a sumile, Jou are s panper now, and dare not wear citizen's clofhcs." \When patiénts are admitted they are first bathed, and then thelr own clothing taken from them and \srap- ped in a bundle, without regard to thelr quilitly. The stockings are placed in the shoes, and the shoes, bat, pantaloons, and vest aro placed inside of the coat, which is used as a wrapper, the sleeves of which are ticd together in order to pre- vent the bundle from coming open. In this msn- ner the hat is always mashed without regard to its velue. The bundles are then taken to the basement under Pavilion Nowmber 4, and. iwithout any- thing around them, thrown ona pile on o dirty stone floor like a load of pumpkins. The vermin on the clothes that are inhabited with ench is al- lowed to 20 from one patient's clothes to those of another. and thus all of the clothes are in danger of being Inoabited with the nnwelcome incividu- ale. T'he entire pile of clothing is complctely cov- cered with cobwebs that link together and veil which has to be detached Lefore the clothing can be removed from the pile. The resuit of this cartless manner of depositing patients’ clothes can be readily imagined. - When the gmtlenta. after being dllchl\g&fl. F\) after their clothes, they fre- guently find that all of them have beon stolen ex- cept the hat, which, being a stiff-crowned one, is smashed eo that a thiel would have no use for it. The most of the good clothing is generally either &tolen by patients, as they are discharged, or by outsiders or Hospital gmployes. Those that are not stelen are generally unfit to put on_after being so-deposited. ‘The test trouble arising on fic- count of clothing being stolen is caused by the ‘manner in which the \Warden expresses himself on the suhject. When a patient h3a a firat-class suit of clothes stolen he notifies the Warden to that effect, who gives him no consolation. but tells him “UThat’s too thin; yon are talking for a good suit of claghes because your own werc of no account.”™ Atfhr o repetition of this_ kind, tho pa- tients club together and declaro they. will ‘‘rail-ride™ tho Warden from tho Hospitsl to the County Agent's office and back, and thus, as 2 consolation, they are offered a dead man's clotbes, which, if they will mot accept, lesves them in a naked condition to leave the Hospital. ‘The bath-room is in the rear of the pavilion, and patients swarming with vermin are taken throngh the ward thereto, and their clothing taken out through the ward which gives the vermin an op- portunity to infest the clothing of other patients ho get Lop nearit. When patients SWARMING WITH VERMIN are admitted, they conld be taken throngh the basement underneath the ward, and thence into the bath-room In the rear of tho pavllion, and their clothes taken back the sameway. 1 am the patient alluded to in Mr. Ohren's letter as having oceasion touse a box of biue ointment. There are other patients in this ward, who are now using the same stufl. The so-called healthy-looking tramps in this ward are, as & majority, citizens of Cook County, but on an average at loast.seven-tenths of the patients in the Hospltal are not citizens of the county, and one-third of them are professional tramps, This result I figare from the time I was admitted. 1t s unlawful 1o deprive a non-citizen of the county, who Ju sick, the rights of our char- itable institgtion, Ziowever, it is lawful to charge the expense of such patients to the county or State in which they reside. If the latter wero done, the paofile wonld take & deeper interest in the weifare of the inmatea of the Connty Hospital. In eddi- tion to such an advantage, the county would not be head over heels in debt, on account of supporting the poar people whoarenotcitizens of Cook County. It is neediess to say that when many patients are apparently cared they decline to leave, contending that they are not able to work. Their excuse,is certamlya good one, and can be attributed to the fact that they huve not had saflicient natritious diet to give them strength to walk to the street- cars. ‘These patients are gencrally given the Poor- House racket, and then thoy go away, but enly to gcek the free hospitalitics of some other county. The physicians are very careful in discharging such patients, 28 they are afraid they are not sufficiently nb;e!m chance their Jodging on the curb-stone with safety, p THE FOOD. THE NEST SERIOUS DEFICIENCY is in the food, which was the original cause of Mr. Obren’s letter, and which is even worse than he describes it. In one instance a patient, ‘who got a rotten egg for supper, was compelled to vomit all over his scanty meal. These rotten eggs are never substituted by good ones, and consequently one-half of the eggs are thrown away. - The bill of fare allowed to patients who take their meals in bed is of 'a greater variety than sllowed to those who eat in the dining- room. There is seldom any sweetening in the worthless tea or coffee, notwithstanding thers is plenty of sugar, and sugar-bowls, end tea- spoons, in the pantry, which, it is claimed, are not allowed us. From personal observation I am led to. betieve that there is about two bushels of bofled potatoes thrown away daily after din- ner which ought to be peeled and fried for supper, and at supper a sufficient amount of mush should be cooked, 80 2s to allow someto be fried for breakfast. Such is not the case and should be investigated. Our brealdast consists of bread and molasses and coffee. Excluding the meat called *black- smith'a apron,” which is unfit to eat, our supper consists of bread and molasses and tea, and little mush, which is dealt out by the grain, Nomilk hasbeen seenonthe tablesince the Hospital was erected. Many patients who can- Dot eat molasses eat their bread dry, Dinner could be greuflx improved at the same expense. However, we do not complain of the noonday meal to a great extent. The gral game at dinner never resul?d in anything worse than a fight with table-forfs, and until enough of rations, such as they are, is furnished, the fork-fighting game will scrve as dessert until “something better s substituted. There. have been patients in this ward who, 28 a last resort to prevent starvation, have been compelled to send to the neighboring ga—oceflea and purchase provisions, and have them cooked on the ranze. There are con- sumptive cases in this ward who are only in the firet stage of the disease, who bave been told by the attending urhysiélnn that if they were out of the Hospital, where they could fet nutritious diet, they would recover; and if such ‘patients are not allowed rations that would cost R, e B, O, mor i 2 prora m 7 Tives, who dare say that such 1a ot 08 Welf DELIBERATE MURDER}Y In PBastern hospitals, beef blood is used for con- mmgma cases, which cures 2ll of those who are not beyond the first stages of the disease, but here boof-tea is mot even allowed them as a general thing. One of the medical oflicers once told me that we had his sympathy, and that he was sor he was not authorized to give ns more an better food than we were getting. 1 told him his aympathy did not sstisfy my appetite. One morning we were short of coffee. took anotber patient along with me 2s witness, and went to the Warden's office for an order for more of the liquid. Finding him not in, we started for his {amily apartments. and met him in company with Dr. Kaufmann. They were picking their teeth after eating a hearty breakfast. 1asked Mr. Mc- Langhlin if he intended to starve the patients to deathin Ward A. **No," was his lond reply. ** and you don’t look like a starved man.” Ttold him I hiad been the happy partaker of 2 sumptuons repast at the second table us walter until quite re- cently. T asked him for an order for more coffec. He mattered, *Come along with me.” We re- tarned tothe dining room and discussed the matter right and left on our .wsy thers. The few questions and gnfi less_mnswers, away muttering **“Tfe truth 13 ye get too much to cat.™ The meat requires a cup of coffce to each mouthfel to swill it down, and yet he isesidently not willing wa shonld ave enough of coffcc. e has forbidden patients from going to the kitchen after more than is sent to - them, ‘saying there are men employed for that purpoze, and we must scnd our order with them; hutlt-gey do not come in our sight to give ns a chance, T caunot procced until T glve that ment another black mark. The verdict of the Pmcnm on the subject, who'are petter judges of butchery than the Warden or Commissfoners dare be, declares that it ia the lowest grade of boef -in the market, and cost two and » half cents per pound. It is first put ng impraperly, which in addition to its poor quality, renders it very tough. The beef ten ia then botled out of it, which takes all of the substance {rom it, and maKes it still tougner. 1t s then put in some suitable place and roasted to a crisp, which malkes it stfll tougher, anrl leave the toughness of it to anybody. ~If it ain’t mighty tough to be eerved up for beef ateak, it well repre- sents the stako to which the beer was tied to on butchering day. One day o piece of this meat found {ts way into the ward,ana a sick paticat, not ‘having sufficient strength to cut it, handed it to the patient in the bed next to him, who was unable tomalke n dentinit, The plece of rock was then paseéd from one bed to another, until it went clear around and had .been.struck with about ffteen kaives, and was then returned to the paniry with- outadentinit. Such pieces of meat onght to be fastened on the end of a hickory stick and scat to the Stock- Yardsto knock beef in the head with, Whi cgnnot we have somo other kiud of meat than beel? The question is gnawcred. ‘becauee any other kind of nieat does ot have as low a qaality of the unimal, but if the beef were what it ought ta be-it would cost considerably mare than any other kind of meat. To conclude this unpleasant subject, I wish to cmphasize agaln ontha “‘ BLACKSMITH APRON.” »*Blacksmith Anvil> would give it 8 better nams, A fair sample of a piece which I removed from a sick patient's plate, two inches long and one and- a-fourth inches thick, T took to the residcnce of a physician on Ogden avenue 3 few days since, in- tending to get his testimony concerningit. He was absent from home and I returned much dfsap- ponted. It is unnecessary to relate the langusge of hig wife on the subject. "The pantry was formeriy left in charge of a con- valescent patient, who was too familiar with the *+oig I and little you™ game for his own. good. The-iniqulties of the "emmany Ring are nota comparison with those committed by that usufroer who once hada fat_livingat the expense of the suffering slck in this ward, but has since been dia- charged. pantryman mow {n charge is & convslescent paticnt, who is quile an expert at the range, sand manages to divide ‘the milk, ctc., 20 28 to go a long distance, However, there being only half enough of milk furnighed, it ishard to sutisfy all for whom it la intended, The beef tea, gracl, ctc., Iam un- able to say much about, as I hava resigned the un- pleasant position of waiter, Howaever ecarce it maybe, to the best of my knowledge those few for whom 1itis mtended all manage toget asmell. ‘This matter brings ma to a quesiion of carelessness on the purt of somebody, and s fow practical eug- gestions are nacessarp, There are consumptive cases in this ward, who claim that the Doctor has ordered milk for them, and who have not had a smell of the cowposition since the new Hospital was erected. ‘The manuer in which orders are ie- sued for &pecial diet ays not sufiiciantly substantial ta cause then: to be carried out. When thore are a dozen patients allowed milk, beef tea, grael, oys- ters, eic., and all taking a diflerent article of the list, itis nheolnl:lf necessary that the numbers of such patients should be placed on a card, and the quality and-quantity of spocial diet bo attached to each number. Otherwisc it should be prescribed in a book the same g8 medicine. Ly this medium of ordering special diet, there would be no quar- reling among the patients in regard totheir negloct- ed stomachs, and which wonld cventually show where the fauitis due, and wonld not throw the blamo on the pantryman unless it bolonged there, orgive any occasion for fanlt-finding after the system was well- inaugurated. However, this is not the cage. Any ‘pum:m wnnflng'!gficlfll diot getajt, swhenibe docs, invariably through the medium of a'verbal ofder. In many cases when patients ask tho doctors if they cannot be allowed milk or other_delicacles on the . speclal diet list, the Doctor responds, in presence of the nuree, **Certainly, if it fis to epare,” Then the nurse tells the {:mtr_ymm to furnisn such En.iunr with such special diet, as was requested by 1m, providing he has it spare. In consequence of this' manner of prescribing, it is frequently the case that thero s A NOTHING TO EPARE. It was through this kind of carelessness that Mr. McPantlin, who in a convulsion cried out, *‘I'm dying from neglect,” was so peglected, to which 1 can testify. He wanted milk; he got it and yomit- ed it np, _He wanted beef-tea; be got it when it was to A%lrc, ‘which was scldom the case, and like- wise with the oysters. He could not cal anything on the regular dlet list. I will deal further with hie history before closing. THE DEATH LIST. SOMETHING ABOUT THE MORTALITY. Inow come to the history of the numerous deaths mentioned in Mr. Ohren’s letter, and some that have occurred since he left the Hos- pital, which needs explavation and modifying toa slizht extent. The colored man who died in bed No. 3 was brought in at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. He was in the last stawo of con- sumption, and on admittance was ina dying conditton, and was momentarily expeeted to die from that time until nis death. At supper time Xasked lym it he would have something to eat, to which he replied: *No, but I would like to bave a pair of pantaloons and slippers in order to go to the closet.”” I asked the nurse for thetwo articles, to which hereplicd: *Take the slippers from bed No. 21, and let bhim go without pantaloons.” I gotthe slinpers, but owing to his fect belog- swollen con- siderably from the effects of dropsy, as he claimed . was . the canse, they would not go on him. I totd him the ther- mometer indicated 80 degrees, and if the closcts were warm he could go without pantaloons or slippers. However, ‘a man in his conaition should not be allowed to go to the closets, but should be accommodated with the necessary material at the bedside. The hall door leading into the ward Was then open in order to. allow me to pass in with the waiter containing the sick patients’ supper. The. hall door leading to the open front portico of the building was also open. ‘When the candidate for the Morgue got up he staggered for a moment ina ' draught equal to that of a hurricane in Texas, and then returned to bed and commenced breathing harder. About 9 p. m. Dr. Ross, in company with a s of thirtcen students, unbuttoned the shirt of the dying man, and used the stethoscope on his lungs, and I think gave his breast a icw slight strokes with & ' rubber hammer, and remarked that he was = afraid there was _ ‘something ~ ve much wrong, ‘with this man’s Jungs,” and turncd away. None of the students touched the patient, and Dr. Ross only examined bim in accordance with his own flut{i I do not think the examination im- um\;‘ed im. He died about forty minutes after- wards. 3 Cohcerning the Swede who died In bed No. 23, T know little. It appears as though his inhabliity to speak the English language was the cause of the physician not coming at an earlier conclusion con- cerning the natare of his disease. 5 The patient that died with heart-disease in bed No, 14, told me that hetook a cold from exposure, by being taken to Rush Medical Colledge in a bug- E{, to form the eubject of a lecture concerning s disease. Immediately after being return- ed from the College, he retircd to bed and remained there withont eating scarce- Jy anything unti] his death, which occurred five days thercafter. He ate 10 cents’ worth of rock-candy a few days previous to his death, which ugpuamly made him Worse, The physicians say that, owing to the nature of his disease, he had to d.ial ?nyhflw. They bave a peefect right to their opinion. Inow come to the history of Mr, McPantlin. He was admitted into the old Hospital, having Bright's disease of the kidneys, and was trcated by Dr. Meyer, and discharged by that physician on g rainy Saturday in my presence. I insisted on the pa-. tient to remain in the Hospital until Monday, Lor ‘e 8aid he was afraid that if Dr. Meyer camein and saw nim there, after being discharged, he wounld be —sure: to be sent to the "Poor-House 8s & beat. He says the gh(ak:inn who since attended him ontside, after belng diecharged, told him that he should have remsined jn the Hospital aweekor two longer. He was admitted into the new Hospital the day before we moved into Ward A, from the old Hospital. He wasa medical case, and says_he was told that he would have to go to the ol Hosg‘lml as the medical wards had not yet bfifn moved. He sssured them that he tyas un- able TO UNDERGO TIE HARDSHIPS of athree-mile tramp to the old Hospital, and was then put in one of the surgical wards, where Dr. Meyer was {n charge. He says he told Dr. Meyer that he had been the means of fixing him for the Morgue, to which the Doctor asked him if he was able to pay his hoayiul fees. Dr. Meyer once dis- charged me at9 o'clock at nigxht for “being ont in the hall after 8 o'clock p. m.. I have excused him since Ilearned that he got the Warden's consent to do so, A little circomatance was related to me bya visitor a fow days since. He was talking with one of the patients in one of the surgical wards, when Dr, Meyer tapped him onthe shonider, and . said: * Yomng nmni ou'll nave to sit at your own bed. " . McPantlia was sent. into- tais watd by Dr, Meyer the. day after moving Intoit, and, onac- count of having no written permit from the proper authorities, he was declined the privilese of going to bed nntil he wns examined by the medical phys- cian’ when he made his evening ronnd, ge £at sronnd in the ward all day, complaining that Dr. Meyer had fixed him for the grave, which he ex- pected to be in before anoiher fortnight, - he asked several times for o bed, but ail in vain. He improved wonderfully for about three weeks thereafter, and ate his meals m the dining-room the greater portion of the time, He then took a backset, and. continned getting better and worse {from then until he died. I have often heard him say that the water was up to his heart, and that he ‘MBER 10, I876—BIX'TEEN PawnS. was liable to aie any moment. I was absent ’“, the time of the convulsion that came upon bim, “l:sl’[: itis enid lie eried out, in & struggle for breath, am dying from neglect!™ 1 ngpenrcd in a few mo- ments.aiter the struggle, and he told me the lan_ puage he had nsed during the_convnlsion, which 1 believe to bo trune. The day before he dicd he hat strong hopes of recoveriag, sod. intended to g to Iis futher's, in Montgomery, Ala., In the near fu- tare,and wrotea lctfer to hia brother in Now York to that effect, which I mailed for bim in a letter-box on Qgden nvenue, and ho was dead befors roturn- ing therefrom. The Ietter was marked **in hnste,” Whieh gave me to understand ibat e was stiil in donbt In rezard to his recovery, and whic would scem ns though he wanted the letter to reach his brother in haste, fcaring he might die before receiving an answer to it. 'The letter was in anewer to one recelved by him the day Previo;sa Iobtained the nddress of his brother and hande it to one of the medical officers, who said.hie would write to hiin copccrning the death. ir. McPant- lin had fricnds in the city, who came to sce him several daya after his death, and ore astonished at not being notificd of the fact. I will conclude his history by giving a little Jan~ uge frem his own lips. He was a hard tgl:'llnkcr, which was the originsl cauge of his disease, and he drank considerable from the time he was discharged from the oid Hospital until hea was admitted in to the now one, and drink a doliar's worth of whisky during the two weeks previous to his deagh. Whence it came I Know not. Hesuld that the physician who attended him ontside told bl he could mnot live over three montns, and perhaps not one. He blamed it all on Dr. Meyer, However, he said that he gave Bim credit for being the most. diligent. attentive, and skilful physician of his age that hb ever knew, and’ (ro;n "”"«i"l’l experience X can alvo sy that much 1o his credi! "Mr. Oagan, the old man fn bed number 6, alluded to in Mr. Ohren's letter as having said that they were killing him by inches, to which I concede, bas since d%cd. A'tew doys before his.death he ‘was taken ont 5 THROUGH THE COLD HALL, placed in a privato ward, which had never had a fire in 3t, and Jeft there for several hours, and was then brought in. Ile was taken ont once mete'and Drought in sgain about 8 o'tlack p. m. 1 went to Dis bedside at the close of anpper after the dishes, and, fnding he had not eaten anything, lduked him'the cauee of it, to which he replied: ‘'Iam freezing, and too cold to sit np and eat,’ and then he told me that he expected a visitar soonm, His way of expressing himself when he expeeted to die was by saying ho expected a visitor soon, mean- ing the angels, whom he was well prepared to meet. He i3 with them now. I understand he was taken Into the private ward to make a confession ta a Catholic priest. . For this pn:‘puu 8 screcn is usually furnished to place sround the bed of the patlent, and why it was not used on this occasion am unabie to say. The case presents itself to me asamystery. ‘1cannot underatand what bosineas ho had with a Catholic pricst, 83 be was a Baptlet, and was lnat employed as sexton of tne old Baptist Church near No. 107 Coventry street, where he boarded witha friend, Mr. John Palmer, one of the North Chicago Rolling-Mill employes, who can answer the m{!(eflofls questions_concerning him more explicitly than myself. Mr. Osgan was fickle-minded, and could notxpeakabove a whisper. For this reason I think he wa® misunderstood. When he sald he wanted to be buried in a Baptist graveyard, and the word Catholic havinga some- what similar sound in a whiapering voice, was tao readily listened to and acted upon. A patient was brought into this ward abont a fortnight ago. He was put in bed No. 10, I could not Jearn of anything particular ailing him, ex- * cept that he had the rheumatism in one arm. The first few days he ate his meais in the dining-room, and. being uneble to cot the meat, I performed that unpleasant tagk for him, To my certain knowl- edge he took a slight cold, but whether from going throngh the cold hall to_the dining-room or from the clfacts of a draught through a defective window over his bed, I am unable to say; but after taking cold he took his meals at his ‘bedside. I anderatand he had two diseases. .One was said to Do rheumatism {n the heart; the other I &know nothing about. He dled in a few doys alter taking the cold. 1 do not - know whether the eilects of the cold bad nr‘nd-lhing 1o do with hia. death. But if it should prove true that deaths resnlt from taking a cold Dy going thonzly the cold ball to the dining-room with half-naked feet and a pair of_pantaloons and 4 light gown, and eome without underciothing, then there shoula pe heaters placed in the hall. The difference between the temperataro in the ward and the hall is about forty degrecs at _times, which needs explanation, When the ontside hall-door is ciosed, 2nd the ‘ward-door s left open, the hall 18 not 8o cold as to ‘e dangerons; but when tle outsfdo door i3 open, which is often tho case, and the ward-door closed, the hall is said by those whom I have consulted on the subject to be forty duireel colder than the ward. The cruelty towards the dying man whom I have just described the day before his death, when Warden came to the ‘foot of his bed and in o sarry monner gsked him if he knew he was going to die, to which he replicd, **Haw long will 1livet" *‘Not very long," the Warden muttercd, and walked away; just in time to clear tho fist of & patient whe wa3 about to knock him down for ad- dressing a dying man as he did. The patlent im- mediately asked how in the devil the Warden kuew 80 much about it —e— THE PHYSICIANS. EIND AND ATTENTIVE. This brings me to the subject of the physi- cians. As Mr. Ohren was highly insulted at the manner in which the doctors intimated he was 8- “hospital bum,” he evidently deemed it proper to give them ail he. could rake up against them, and as much more as his consclence would allow him. -I mever lheard them go by the nick-name of ¢ Pfllsy” and “Knock-'em-stiff.” ° The physicians are both perfect gentlemen, and do the best they koow how; and if Dr. Ross, the attending physician, makes his nsual rounds, the subordi- nate physicians cannot neglect or injure any- body; and it would not be to their interest to doso. They take more interest in patients outside of medical aid than the other authori- ties. They even write letters for the patients sometimes, and in some instances take their full history, in order to write to their friends in case they get worse, and confer many other favors which ought to come from another source. Coucerning the inhurfhnity of treat- ment towards patients by the doctors in fixing gome gmencs for the Morgue, on account of the iuterests secrate in " their disease, spch s exaggerated and without foundation?and now, as I have given the physlcians nothing but praise, it should be nnderstoud that I am not talking for beef-tea or milk-punch, Ionce told Dr. Kauffman, that my blood was out of order 30 that I could not sloep at night, which is the case at the present time. He likely thinksI am mis- taken; perhaps he is right, but { have not had any- thing in me for several waoks that would produce blood. However, I roll,and rab, and scratch, until 3 o'clock every morning before going to sleep, which Ican prove by the patient on my laft. I hope the Doctor will notice this remark and remedy the flmion]ay which so interferes with my slumber. 1f T con find anything against the Doctor I will ont with it. I do not have to sugar them for a pass. — ‘INHUMANITY. BRUTAL TREATMENT BY THE ATTENDANTS. Now I come to the chapter in Mr. Ohren’s letter describing the inhumanity performed ‘on 3 -helpless patient, who has since been sent to the Poor-House. The scene was a falr specimen of the treatment given to our soldiers fn Ander- sonville prison. I fully corroborate the impor~ tant portions of the history of the suffering man, who was not treated as such. The patient was admitted a few days before belng sent to the Poor-House. He was very lousy. I helped to , undress bhim and bathe him, and then had to purchase blue- olntment to rid myself of the vermin with which my own clothing became infested. His disease was nothing more than a desdening from the ef-~ fects of whisky. When he was first ordered to be sent to the Poor-House, he was dressed up and takeu to the front hu.l], and thio wagon hav- ing gone, he was sent back and left until the next Poor-House day. The day was rather cold, though if he had becn dressed warmly, which he was not, and theambulance was such as it onght to have been, he could have been taken there withont danger. But there is no excuse for those who were dressing him to raise him from the floor by the coat collar, and nearly break his arm in try- ing to get it into the coat sleeve, and then to drag him like a log to the wagon, to undergo a ride of fificen miles to the Poor-House. The man wae 8o stupid he could not help himself or speak, except at times. Occasion- ally he could ¥ay a word, aud o few times he man- aged to wallcto the closet alone, bat, the last. time he got there, he could not get away, owing to hav- ing become chilled. While he was being dreased X remarked, **They will have that man ina fair way for the Surgical Department soon.™ _This {s & case of heartless cruelty fowards ‘a man abont to be sent to the Poor-House. Now I present a case returning from the Poor- Hounge, which describes the heartleas author- ities _of that institution just as they are. Mr. Lewis Keiser, a German, 27 years of age, « who is a shoemaker by trade, while attempting to rescue himself from the flames of the **bigfire™ of five ycars ago, jumped ontof s second-story window'and fell on the pavemest. . From the ef- fects of the fail he is subject to eplleptic its. He waa sent to the Asylumn until he was -pronounced cured, and has until recently followed his trade, He was admitted into the County Iospital about five weeks ago, sulferingseverely with a dysentery, ‘which appears fo be incarable. Dr. Kadffmann bronght mm into a field of safety,and; as the fits to which he was subject come on him two or three times daily, he was often tempted to swear when - heartless ' batients would tease and tantalize him, which they did continually, snd by so doing made him very troublesome. . At his own req‘neu to get into a place where he conld rest cacefully, he was sent to_the Hospital. At the oor-House he was gone about three weeks, ond has since been readmitted in the County Hospital. ‘I'ke history he gives of himself since he Jeft for the Poor-House, three weeks azo, WOULD BRING THE TEARS into the eyes of an infidel, and his own bare word would go farther among intelligent people than the oaths of those by whom he was 50 il)-treated, 1 will glve his history as he gave it to me. His dysentery not being entirely cured when he was sent to the Poor*House, it was necessary that ho should have medical treatuent, a8 was expected ho vould. Otherwise he wonld not have been allowed ?u go there, He found hisway into this ward at7 o'clock _Sunday evening, Dec. 3, having Teft the . Poor-House ~on Saturday morning. wag aromsed from wmy ‘bed at see- ing o crowd of paticnts surrounding the hall door, and, as I went to gec what the excite~ ment was_abont, I mnoticed all of them with pale faces and_evidently choking with tears, as they shook the hands of a living skeleton. I stared at the nnfortunate man for a moment, and then asked, **Is thisLewey?" as he was called. Inan- swer to my question, he took me by the hand and nooded his head, as If to say he was apnable to apeak. When Lattempted toloosen his hand he would not lat go lest he should fall on the floor. He had got thas far asslsted by one of the Hospital em- ployes, as a pace which would have been a sounrce of “amusement to a snail As he ap- proached the ward he womld nat give any ono a chance fo ask him any questions. His first words were muttered out in broken German. . ** Dot Shurman Toctor, vas is out der Poor-Haus, hio only makes une haondret und foofty dollar ayahr, und he aind word nodings.” His story in every respect concerning the management of the Hospital at the Poor-House agrees. with what Lhave heard from other intelligent. patients from the same place. If the ability of the doctor ho alluded to i3 in_proportion to hissalary, Ipity those who are so un{ogwnma a8 to depend on his skill for treatment. BMr. Kciser says that there were fiftecn deathd in the ward he Was in durug the three weoka ho was there, and most of them 4o D1BD FROX NEGLECT. - ok as The ward is very lousy, and patients as gici bimself are mot allowed to o to bed in dsy time,” but are compelled to sit all dsy on a hard bench. He was made 'to go to tho closets night . and dav, waich are detached from the Hospital, and, owing to his diseasc, he was compelled to go there every half- Thonr day and night. © Thewashing kettle s nlso de- tached from the main building, where pationts are made to go and warh in the snow in the morning, when the thermometer is nearly down to zero. The victuals arc anfit to eat: are moldy, and smell f0 that patients arc compelled to vomit at the smell of the dirty stuft. Patlents are made to zez upat 5 o'clock in the morning and make their beds. The nuraes are patients, who are not pald for dolng anything, and consequently abuse the other pa- tients, and treat them like tke victims in a Stat Prison. The paticnts occupying theward are prin- cipally those wha have been butcherod Lo piecos by the doctors on account of thelr disease being that which eame from a disreputable sonrce. In consequence of such hatchered-up cases, the smell ip-the ward {s suticient to turn the stomach of an ostrich. When patients ask the Doctor for his attention auy closer than he is disposed to de- vote, he gives them a ghort enswer, which cuts to the beart. Mr. Keiser told the Doctor, on being admitted at the Poor-House, the nature of his dfs-. ease, and that ho had been taking modicine at tho County Hospital, and that he needed” more medi- cine to keep his bowels from runuing away. The Doctor did not heed his request, and, after the patient repeated it, the Doctor gave him a short snswer, and told him if he did not like the treat- ment he was getting he should leave. At thisun- kindly romark he' was allowed to start for Chicago on foot in the snow, which was knee desp, ond _without sufiicient clothing ta keep him from - freezing to death. After getting oue- fourth-of a mile, his strength gave out, and he 1aid down 'in the cold snow, and was picked up by a milk-wagon on the way to Chicago, which brought himto and left him with a German somewhercin the northwest part of the city, wlio kept him over nightand treated him very kindly, and gave him ginger-tea, etc., which brought the unfortunate man into his right mind. He then gave him snfli- ciont money ta pay his car fare to tho County Hos- pital. On his way he was overtaken by 8 ft, which resulted in & severe fall, swelling one of his ribsand upper lip, and BDIHH!{F his * tongme slightly. He was picked up by & policeman, and brought to the Hospital and left in the Warden's office. The man in charge of the office knowing whence he came, puthiminag # DIRTY DISSECTING-ROOM, .and left him there, saying he would have to sleep onthe hard stone floor untilthe next morning, when he would be retarned to the Poor-House. . The poor creaturc had not had a bite to eat daring the day, and, after staying three hours in tae dis- secting-room, he asked if he could not have some supper, to which he was told if he wanted any- I‘lrng to _eat heshonld havestayedin the Poor- Houee, where he belonged. One of the subordi- nato employes, knowing his condition, took him to the dining-room of this ward and left him there. After catinga scanty meal he managed to getto the ward by holding on to everything that sur- reunded him to keep him from {aliing. He at once asked me to helfi him to the elosct, which Idid, and there learned from personsl observation that the contents of his howels consisted of nothing but blood and slime, and after each passage his bowels had to be replaced. I helped Him undrees, and put himto bed, with & rubber blanket under ‘him, and was sarpriged in the mozning to find the Dblanket covered—the entire length of - it—with slime, which came from him while aslcep. Hé was compélled to get up about'every half-hour during the night. After he was put to bed, he whispered to me, and agked it he wonld be aliowed an egg for broakfast. I attempted to assure him that he. would, whenhe hushed me up, saying the nurse would hear me, and then told me that he was afraid the doctor would not allow him to stay, and #aid thatif he was returned to the Poor-House they would kill him. He asked me to inter- cede for him, and try and get the doctor ‘to allow him to remain. He then asked two other patientsif they would speak to the Doctorand get his consent to stay, He said if they would allow him to stay he would sit up with the crazy patient at night inthe grlvlm ward, as soonas he got ablg, and would belp sweep and carry coal, etc. 1am happy ta say that Drs. Kaoff- maun and Skinner were very kind to him, and re- £olved to keep him here, and are now giving him medicino which has greatly improved his condi- tion. He hasan uncle bythe nameof George King, a laborer, st 120 Wabaah atrcet, Toledo. 0., where ho wishts 10g0 assoon as heis able to travel. Itishoped thatthe doctors will writa to his uncle, and make such arrangements as are nec- essary to have him recelved there with safety, and then forward him at the county’s expense, The Connty Hospital and the Poor-House appear to be door-yards for each other, and, when the two get to quarreling, Rush Medical College intervenes and demands peace. I have yet to see the first in- stance wherein they have failed to settle peacefai- Iy, Consequently, it is hoped that Mr. Keiser will Tiever more bo sent to the Poor-Honse. It should be understood that I take his history from his own lips, which I believe to be trae. . 3 'WANT OF CLOTHING. ‘The history of Mr. Keiser links me on to a short - sentence concerning a deficiency in the County Hospital. ' In consequence of being short of panta- Ioons, shirts, etc., he was compelicd to wear his own clothing for one whole day after being admit- ted, which was in a filthy condition, - owin; to his discase being 80 severs, an on account of the two dsys' bard- ahlrs which he was compelled fo undergo his -clothing was very offensive to the rest of the pa- ticnts In_the ward. One patlent who was dis- charged from the Poor-House Hospital rezained admittance in the County Hospital. He claimed to' be an Hospital case, andwould be as long as ho lived,and wanted to know why he conld not as weil die in the County Hospitaias in the Poor-House Hospital. The case prosentsitself 8 a mystery. He was hauled up and down from the Hospital to the County Agent's office unnccessarily, aud he told me that he was considerably injured from the ex- posure which was imposed “upon him for the sake of investigating his case. He had been dircharged from the Poor-House Hospital for going -to the Town of Jefferson on election day to vote. (%mm likely he is of different politics from the Warden who discharged him. He claimed that, as e had been a nurse in one of the wards for several months, and had nearly worked himself to death, and did not recejve anything but bis rations for his labor, he was allowed more privileges than the-| rest of the patients. On one occasion, whena pa- tient was beinz sent from the County Hos; to the Poor-House Hospltal, tho driter refused to ale Jow him to ride on account of his being lousy, and he would have been compelled to \vnfi; had it not been for the kindness of the clerk, who gave him car fare. This is told to me by a patient who claims to have witnessed the scene, INVESTIGATION ? A SHAM JURY AFPEARED Kl in the Hospital shortly after the publication of Mr. Ohren’s letter, to make an investigation. It was simply immense. It was ‘called a Grand Jury, and it was most certainly very grand, for it was ruled in a grand fraudalent manner. The first indication of their inquisition was shown by the nurse, as he‘brought some mops into the ward, and cried aut, * All hants on der mops; ‘we're goin to hev fisiters dces efterncon.” The patients were all very backward, and paid no at- tention to his remark, leaving him to mop the floor himself, which he did at the expense of considerable perspiration. The first duty the Jury performed was to fill .their long aching storuachs at the county’s expense, and the ques- tion presents itself as a mystery how they man- Eed toleave afew potatoes and turnips for ¢ patients’ supper. This well-performed dut; ‘was the only good thing they did, and it on"n{ tobe répeated dally. if the paticnts could be allowed the remnants of the sumptuous repast, The djnner was the means of proventing fhem from doing their sworn duty. It wwcetened them £0 they could not conscientiously say 3 word aminet the institation. [s the jury and the Warden made the tour of the premises, the gestures of the arm and the chattering. together with a emile, which extended down into their wmoccasins, evidently showed that they were intimata friends. and the paticnts are now betting that the aathor: tiea of the institution emploved the jury in order to whitewash the management. which might be Dlack-Dalled If they givoan honest jury the op- portunity of investizating It. 1f euch be the case, the matter was premeditated and well concocted. The first juryman entcred the ward abont 2 o'clock P. m., in company with one of the medical officers, who by his appeatance kept' the patients in check from freely éxpressing their opinion, They only conversed with three patienta in the ward, one of whom pointed them to me, saying, **‘That bo; with harns on his back is the, oldest Ppatient in thi ward, and he can pitch you a yarn." They did not come neak me, but the juryman was imme- dintely eecorthd to the rearend of the ward, and Into a’little rodm containing a crazy man who was out of his mind\ They then went out of the back door Into the 10f, and it was believed no further investigntion wohld cnsue. But while the patients were discussing that question and criticising the muuner in which the/investigntion commenced, in mrlm! half a dozen\fore which caused consider- able 5 . CONFUSION AND LAUGHTER among the patients. ° I tarned {0 a patient near me ond -’m:‘ \:There's only two empty beds in the ward." *Yes," was his reply, *‘and yow'll have \ to help souse 'em in the bath-tab, " 2 showed i a ot of blue olntment, Lmmcdlstely him T was the only patient in the ward ghe 2red perform the unplensant task of sousing tha, U4 safety. They did not look asif they had ey fl;h oceasion to judge of anything good to eat. prod Irst asked ta patiente, Who bad recently heeq, mitied, how they were treatod. Thay A0 fed ou' snceial diet, had no tomplalnts to %1% as vet, They then tackled the pantry-man, e allowed first-class board, and, £ giving them g 1.0 vorable answer, they shook him by theheey: % Lie hus since been unable to perform pio Snil Thoy taok his name, and grected bim with g aty. and eald they wonld pray for bis recovery." 3o clicited a llitlc fovorable_information fram « 05 tlent' who hiad been slandered In M. Opecsts - ter, and who declated he would get cven whs 12 if posefble. Ife sald the reporter was insans L3t farther tried to impeach the trath of hiy sricp i by smirching his character, which stinds 2 b above that of the majority of the patients Jyuch ward ag heaven does above earth..One of th = came to me and asked, **Vox you doi’ mit gy eattle_on yur ‘pack, Whilo -this Germct was addresting me, on Trishman came np s cther side of me and aaked: ‘*Are yez afe. havin’ cnough of Back date nowspapersin pups, T could excuse mysclf from the former inqug o™ the latter was beyond a hearing. By this douje, handed game they did not getany information S, me gvaak me for any. Thoy then loft. the wio having occapied about five minutes therery, "rh while passing ont of the door, ona of the s cant “sbams muttered: *-If these patients o plain of what they have to eat, they oughy glacee. x:d nppenmt{h:;t dmi had’ o the kitchen, and apparently judged the ration e for patients. by the repsst of the wasid: o teble. Nor did ‘they consider tI i tion day was the hoapital “n,hx.'-d(,';'%"'f‘a it would appear as_if they had ocen‘lméfl to'investigdte the Institution on Friday, Bave mackerel for dinner, in orde tsaf i %8 Dot see the meat that we are suppased to Jem o However, dinner is not 8o bad that we nesq 1 complain very scrioualy, though It cogld be. greatls improved at the same €xpense. Dut when wa il gt bread and molasses for supper, and tho sy, or breakfast, excluding the meat, ‘which is unf to eat, and without euflicient liquid to swjj) it down, thep let them dare say we get enongh to eat. . _As the jury bade us sdicu the moonlight of heaven s shining in tho'l's countenances at ' bright prospect of returning”s verdict in favor of the mismanaged Institution.. E. F. Gorp, THE GAME OF-CHESS Cress Dingcronry,~—Chicago Chess Club, Nos. g3 and 65 Washingtar street; open from9a, mty 10p. m. Chess players meet daily at the Tremont Han:)e (Exchange) and the Sherman Hogse (Base. ient). , %y I All communications intended for this department should be sddressed to Tax TatsuNz, “*Chess.” S ONE Sl Lidariey °7 7TO CORRESPGNDENTS. ~. -~ T *J. H. T."—Does not R takes P ch lead 1o the same résult i your problem?, Glaiice agali'at yonr solution to Problem No. 53and see wherein you have erred. RIS . ‘“E. B."—There are no formulated roles an regulations i regard - to problem:compoaition.! Your last has_anosher solution by 1..Pfo R 3, 5, Bto Q4, 3..B 10 B 4gete. > : i *4* No correct solutions to Enigma No. 13 have been received. Several correspondents have sent in solntions with the key-méve and all minor varj. atigns correct, but have failed in mastering, the. main leadér (the pith of the Problem). 4 Correct solution to Problem Ne, 3 WoH. Oyington, D. 1. Kiskeas, B Dapmrgel Swarth, E. 5. Watts, G. S. Powell, and 70 Adams street, city; C. Brodie, Austin, 11l ; Kt., Tarner IIL 5 C. G.; Columbus. O.; E. Bischof, Freeport, ENIGMA NO. 54 (Author Unknown.) # C TPaite. ik 52t QB g T8LQBE Bishopat Q B i Rnlent ot K n Eakalolss Roightat QB 7 FawnatQE8- . Pawn at % PawnatQE2 : . - Whlte to play and mate {n three moves. PROBLEM NO, 5. BY MB. P. HEALEY, LONDOX. Black. = N\ 70 77 7 BEE e 2 7 % A b _® fivs 7 ¥ 7;/,/'/1@ i o e i ‘White. - White to play and mate in three moves.. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 52. White. Black. 1.Riakes QP 1.PtkasB - 2..BtoKS 1 3..Moves % 8..Ror Kt mates ' ~ SOLUTION TO ENIGMA XO. 13, * White. Biack. LRk LBk IR takes P , B Or K takesR 4..Qmates . . ey 5 3..QtoQBeqch o 3y 4..aut%l B’%cmte S PO ‘The variations consequnent upon any other de- fense than 1..P to K 4 are comparatively easy. THE ‘‘CAFE INTERNATIONAL.” ‘This celebrated resort—the Mecca of American cliessers—now occupies the basement and first oot of the large building, No. 204 Bowery. New York. The basement is used mainly as a billlard room, and the front of the ground flooras a restaurant, | but it fs with the space in the rear of the Iatter that we have to do. Here ara located the chess® tables, some. thirty in number, under the super vislon of Capt. McKenzie, aesistod by Messrs. Mason 8nd Becker. The charge for the use of the ‘boards and men 18 10 cents per day, hat the habi+ taes, of course, prafer to ‘‘commute™ at the rate of $1 per month. No chargo is made.for thowe who'do not play, but come mercly a5 tators. Everything is Bere subordinated to cheas, Con- versation (s carried on in subdued tonee, gver-ex: cited individuals are promptly squelched, even dishes seem to ciink more un?fly‘ and Caivas reizns* supreme, worshipell by as faithful degotces 33 ever any zoddess of old could boast. Here msy generally be found a greater number of the maz- nates of the gume than anywherc elsein this coua- try: McKenzie and Mason, who have yet toseuls which {s the better player, and at the sametimo * decide the champlonship of America. The former astont, genial %}entlem:n of commanding pres- ence, with full blonde beard and mustache; the latter slight and young looking (he is young, bat older than he appears), smooth face; as great 8 contcast, these two, as conid well be found- Bird, partly, almost fat. with a fringe of seft, flufty, “light whiskers about his face, but quits destitate - of capillary adornment ‘on the sof hishead, in the place,” etc. Few, very fev: are the men who have piayed as much and as well as e, but he has not becn very successful of late, aud this has perhaps soured his temper somewhal, for he is perpetually at loggerheads with somel or something, and perpetually writing letters {0 the papers edmplaining of unfair treatment, after the 'mannes of Englishmen. ia general. Ensor, Delmar, and Becker, strong players all three, sad well known by repatation”thronghont chessdom; Perrin, the veteran. and Gilberg, the problemish who occasionally come over from Brooklyn ford triendly tiit; Stanley, once chempion of Americs, now a mere wreck of his former self, still occa” sionally stniking out some combination that shows traces of bis old power. In short, all the stro#s: est players of the vicinity muy be found here; and chessers from other placce, when visiting thiscity, invariably make -this theiwr objective point, 404 Mr. Lieders, the proprictor, spares no effort ta, make such visits pleasant and_cnjoyable.—Ned. York Correspondence Hurtford Times. ¥ —— : CHESS IN NEW YORK. P Game played between Maj. Wernich and Mf.' Mason in the Clepper Tournament. * : “ ¢ TETROFF'S KT'S GANE. * W Alte=3a3. WERSICR. | Black-)E. Masos I Ptq i 1..Pt ¢ . 2! a. tto K home 5 R el siz“ig serE 88, e GG OCCOFEEONRFOTCS - wa:sgmnpw mhso 2 §75O) bas S e g B nom Rt P takes K¢ 257" (8) The Maj ‘;\nd mates ;Z an‘:'t. hable. a) 1e-Major’s courage is unimpeac! R (b} Tho termination, %lkc mas:peut Mr. Mazon's finishing touches,’ is s elegant. as it is conclasive. (c) In prescience of what he cannot cseape. The . finish I3 charming.—¥. Y. Clipper. : Stgnor D. de Vivo has become the lesses and- director of the New Orleans French Grand. Opera-House, which he intends to- open:on of . sbout the 15th of December with a grand 1ta i OpEra company,