Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1877, Page 7

CewbE THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1877-SixTomy PAGES # 3 How the County & Undertaker Makes Money on His - Contract. edical Colleges Taxed $25 per Pauger Corpse—Mr. Bonfield's Story. 1o Tue TRIBUNE of yesterday a brief state- eut was made of the way in which it was said fye County Undertaker, Mr. Bonfield, disposed oiftbe bodies of fricndless paupers to medical collezes, charging for them $25 each. The mat- terwas developed through the two students bo weut down to Jolict to capture s convict sullto practice on during the holidays. It isa ell-known fact that the study of quatomy in medical colleges requires practical demonstra- tion. For this purpose, subjects are procured €gporever ft is possitle to obtain them. Pody-snatching, 88 it is termed, is extensively practioed 0 some places. Columbus, O., and Pittebury, Pa., Drobably send out & greater pumber of subjects to medical colleges than any otber places in the United States. They havea trade all over the country. In New York City, of late years, this traflic bus also develobed to o considergble decree, but there the business of gkeleton-manufacturing is now carried on to a Jarge extent, Which was formerly monopolized py Paris. However, the New York skeletons arenot as micely bleached as the French, aud Jence they do Tot bring the same market price, and sre not nearly s0 much Ia demand. 5 b Chicago supuarts some half-a-dozen medical i collenes, come of which are largely atteudod. The total number of students studying medi- cine and surzery in this city will probably agere- gate ncarly a thousand. Each subject Which is demonstrated upon is generally divided into freparts for disscction, and, to satisfy the paniber of embryo physicians and give them a cuflicient knowledge to commence business upon, it requires about 200 bodies 2 season of Sit months. Thus far this session less thau thirty Sodics bave been distributed among our colleges, and the term i8 about half over. Tne demand for snbjects is great. This State is supposed 1o have legislated in favor of the doctors and soience, ond aainst body-snatching, by enact- jugalaw which is supposed to give away the bodies of friendless paupers to the medical col- leges. THIS LAY 18 DEFECTIVE jothat it compels the burial of any man who ex~ TR P TR s . county must pay the expenses. The law pro- wides that the bodies shall be distributed pro rata awong the colleges, but it is not manda- tory, sod is weak, Dbecause it allows the undertaker 10 use aiscretion, sud he has a corner on the business of s@ling subjects to colleges. The Catholic priests take adeantage of the law by having all who may bo of that faith® who dic inthe Poor-House, request. tiat they be buried. The county burial is no imposing _ceremonial, but is a decidedly cold - auq beartless aflair. 1f friends should desire to ¢ recover a corpse they wonld baye hard work ofit inthe Cook County Potter’s Field. It is located iu the Town of Jefferson. The grave is 2 treach, T R S)d1ect long, six wide, and six deep. This is tilled up with bodies three tiers deep, encased in the meauest of pine coflins. Whén 2 body is dissected the flesh is carefully gathered tozether 2nd decently buried. Thebones are usuaily put tozether, and toe skeleton is allowed to honor 1he sanctum of® some young sawbones who has wonitin the classraffle. Certainly. there is ‘mare honor in being _strung up in a doctor's coset to frighien cluldren and servant girls thentobe buried ignominously in a puuper's v p§l r. Banfleld denies that he receives or has re- ceived §25 each for corpses which he hus fur- our medical collezes, but the fact re- mains that he has received that amount this ‘vear for every body that he has sofd. 1AST YEAR THERE WAS A DEMONSTRATORS' ASSOCIATION, i which divided the subjects pro rata among the college une were favored, and all shared aiike in proportion to the number of studeuts. Then the County Undertaker received 310 for the bodies,which was zot an exorbitant price cousidering the unpleasantness attendant upon he busi . But then camne a strike, for Bon- ficld discovered the defeets fn the law which rave bim the diseretfonary power. Both sides etaced emment. counsel and Bonfeld fually found that he came out ahead. - He tnen put up the price to $25 per stiff. The money lias always beeu paid to him by the colleges, sudn advance, for Do corpses _are delivered by dim uotil the cash has been first paid. What Iias been staved above is true, and from suthori- ty wiich Mr. Bonficld cannot safely dispute. Tie truth §s, he is tzking advantage of a defect in the law, and be takes good care tograb every tody which comes in lis reach that nas cied either fn the ‘County Hosital, or Insane Astlum, or Poor-Iouse, and demands his own prize for them. Since the law intended that our medieal collezes should have the bodies of Iriendless paupers, its spirit should be carried out in the interest of science, and the Couuty Undertaker not flllu“;]cd to profit by sclling them at an exorbitant figure. EI :'nn‘: to et some information,” sajid a TRIBUNE reportcr to COUNTY UNDERTAKER BONFIELD eterday morning, ‘‘about the extent of your Liitoees for the connty.” C “Well, I am not doing much just now,” was the reply. ol ¢ How long have you held the position{ Since a year ago last March.” 1 «How many bodies have you handled?” % “] think the number to date is 1,070.”7 91 uWhere do they mainly come from1” 3 “The dty.” “The hospital P “No; from here, thege, and everywhere. TPoor peeple who die and ywhose friends “are too T hnrrv;hcm.”' “Panpers . %1e.. Lisey reccive aid by being buried, just 2 they do when they are alive.”? i Ilow many bodies do you get from the hos- pital 7 I couldn't give you the correct number. Last month I think there were four."z: * And how many from the Poor-Honse?” *None at all. “Tpe authoritics therc bury those who diainthe Poor-House aud Insanc Asvlum. I have nothing to do with those insti- 1utione.” “\;uu handle the unclaimed dead, do you B e 4 The law requires you to turn them over to the modical conexeat” * It doesn't require me to doit. It says the undertaker may do so with the bodies from the juil, hosyital, ete.” . . P ‘; Doyou take charge of those Who die in L it . * I wonld, I suppose, but I have never had a case from there. Yes, I did—a chuld.? *Da you bury _everyho he Warden of the Hospital i z Undoubtedly.” lll:;wv many” dp you get from there in a mouth ¥ » " “Tuis month I haven't had any. I hardly ever get any from there. The students take them, T mygss; butIdon’t know really what becomes of them. In the summer I bave more burials than in the winter. Since the Hospital Was moved onto the West Side, 1 have had very few. e ‘li'Haw,; you ever sold any bodics to medical colleges?' o. Icouldn't sell them ony. They are led fo them, and can come and et them,” “Who pives rou your arders to bury people " Warden of the Hospital.” o Where do you bury them?” “ At Jeffrson.’ 3 » “Does any county official see you bury them? “I dont put the bodies in the gronnd. There {5 a sexton there, and he attends to that.? “Then all you'do is to furaisn the coffin, and deliver the corpses on the groundi® & - “That is all.” “How much do you get from the gounty for doing thatd® 7 \ “1 get $3.50 for every burial.”” ““Have you always réceived that?” *No. Iusedtoget only $1.40, but now the coffins are lined. and have pillow.” £ What js the price of a coflin?" *“Well, they cost on the average about GUor 65 cents—bizy and little ones. In this county business there are nine or ten small ones used tooue hig coflin. If all were larze 1 couldn’t do the work for §3.50. But the majority being small, the expensc is lessened, and therefore on be average price I can make a profit. I get as nuch for burying a baby as for a man of 300 Pounds.” % “You have only told me the cost of the coffin What makes up ihe other expenses? ™ “Well, I have to take the bodics out to the cemeters, and to do that I hsve to keco 2 horse 2ud wagon to atieud to this business, snd have 1o pay 4 man to Jook after it.” “How much would it cost to bury a man out there?” o *One man®”" o “Yestt &1 wouldn’t do it for less than $10." *“You wait until you get three or four on hand eiore vou have a funeral?” i . “Yesh presses sueh a desire before his deathiand the |- urced over to you | The Coroner, the County Agent, snd the u get $3.50 for the unclaimed dead?” only get $L.40 for them.? ou co not bury many of the unclaimed ¥ **No. Iam burying only very few now.? * Do not the friénds of paupers bury them sometimes ““Yes, They bring an order fom the County Agent and get a coflin, and that is all I have o do with the matter.” ““But you get §3.30 from the county all the samet?? + ¢ “Yes. Ihaveto deliver the coffin wherever the body is. It is warth about $5 (o take a bady to defferson. Burlals by fricnds help me out.” ** When you deliver bodies at Jeferson, does ¢ipt for them » & Certainly,” “Whot? “The Warden or his assistant.” ++ You pay nothing for the digzing of praves? *No. The paupers or half-insfué people dig twenty or thirty at a time.” “If'there wa3 an unclaimed body in your shop, aud an oflicer of a medical college came }‘;‘,L“ and demanded it, would you let, bim have “I suppose T should.” +1t is claimed by these men that they cannot get any cadavers from you without paying $25 apiece for them. 1s that truc? Uhey are liars.” ::{:ou nevcirlsn]d}x body ! Nerer. have frequently cha delivering bodies.” & e m?dthe"m for + How much " ““Ten dollars.” 1sw't that pretty steep?? “No. The worl is done at pight, in unsea- sonable hours; and then there is the notoricty.” “There is uo risk?" _ *“No, but then this thking bodics through the streets Ina wagon is Iiable to make gne noto- rlous, and I charirc the doctors according to the trouble L have. All the bbdies, cluimed or un- claimed, come 10 we, and these doctors have beea bothering me ever since I was appointed. They want bodics here and there, all over town, and they cxpect me to deliver them, aud think that all I have to do I8 to ohey thcir orders, If thereisa scareity they begin to kick about it. Every time they got a budy Llose the $3.50, which the county would have paid me for the burial. This doctor busi- ness s all nonsense. There is nothing in it. They aet bodics from the County Hospital,” You don’t charwe them $23 apiccet”? * “No. ‘Thayis a lie” = ‘411 theg applied for a cadaver, and vou had one, you would biave o objection to their tak- i “ Not a bit." When the reporter was about leaving Mr. Bonfield, that eentleman referred to a possible sensational article, which he deorecated, and when Tae Tuisexk representauive finally went away, Mr. Boulield Jooked as if he Lad some- thing on his mind. FATHER CURCL Why e Was Oblized to Leavo the Soclcty of Jesuits—Hlis Views on the Tielation Be- tiwoen the Holy Ste and the Italinn Gov- ermment—A Letter from the General of the Compuny of Jesuits. . Corvesnnndence of the Churehman. GEXNEVA, Dec. 1.—The .ereat interest which “basbecn awakened in Europe by the events connected with the withdrawal of Father Curei from the Jusuits warrants a more detailed stptement of them than I have yet scen in the American papers. _Father Curdi is a Neapolitan by birth, and lias belonged to the Company of Jesus for fifty- one years. Ile is, therefore, well advanced fn life.” He is distinzulshed for his ability, learn- ing, industry, and cloquence, being both an able writer add an sttractive and powerful preachs He was one of the founders of the Ulvilta Callolica, the great organ of tne Jesuits, and went with it to Rome on its removal there after the restoration of Pius IX. No one who recalls the twenty years from that date to the Vatican Council can_forzet- the service which that paper did to the Ultramontane cause. On the arrival of the Italiaus, in' 1870, the Jesuits removed their headquarters io . Fiesola, near Floreuce, and took with them the Citlita, and Father . Curcl, its editor. He became dis- tinguished in Florenee for his sermons ami lectures, and bis Advent and Lent discourses were largely attended. But in'spite of the prohlbitory rules of the Company the fatker was bold enousl 1o express, in a preface to ““Lectures on the Gospels,” as well as in private conversations, some views on the Prcsn:uv. situation of the Roman Church, which were suflicient to call forth a warning from his General that he must obey the Jesuit rules and publish nothing without his approval. He was obedient. But be conceived some views on the relation betweea the Holy Sce and the italian Government which be telt compelied to express. He could not utter them in public, but in 1575 he addressed o confidential memoir to the Pobe, of which he retained a copy. And this was the substance of what be advised: He contended jhat in theactual state of things the restoration of the temporal power is a mani- fest impossil . _The Kinedom of Italy is an established fact. Thoonly reswit of the present relations between the Chureh and State has been to drive the Italiau Government into an alliance with Germany, and to allcnate multi- tudes from the former Who_ste devoied to the unity and indepen of Ttaly. To win them buck. concord must be establiskied between tire two Powers. It is Jaetter 1o do it now, because ‘the vresent King is more fricndly to the Clifffeh than his successor will be. That the Pope. by surrendering an illueory and harrass- ing position, could thus become virtual King of Ltaly, and that he, with the Bishops,and clerzy .controlling the minds of the people, using the press, while accordiug free discussion aceord- ing to the Coustitntion, would be able to re_the deputics, the aristocracy being secured, seemed quite Teasibleto the writer. “Thusthe Governmeet would become thoroughly Catholic, and woula win to it ull the othicr Catholic countries. Nay, even England might, be expected to join fn such a * [oly Alliance™ —a_covert - compliment, perhaps, to certain notorious iufiuences now prevailing in the Brit- ish Colouial Oflice. Pius IX,, after reading this Utopian pro- gramme, caused a copy of the memoir to be made and sent to the General of the Jesuits, Becks, with the indorscment. * Tissue of im- pertincoces and follies!” . Under the storm that was rafsed against bim, Curci was forced to apologize and to promise that he would say nothing more in public on the subject. - The ir- reconcilables, not satisfied with this humilia- tion, sccured the withdrawal of his livonse to reach. s ‘While, however, he was making his peace with the Pope, a copy of his memoir was made from the manuscript_at the Vatican, and_published in the Jievista Europea, The letter, it appears, was_purloined from the Pope’s table, copied in the night, and restored in the morning by avalet of noble rank. It excited no general attention and called forth no reoly. But tols gave his enemies the opporipnity of churging him with having authorized the pub- Tication. He succceded if proving the contrary, but nevertheless he was required to withdraw, his memoir under the peualty of expulsion He offered a private expianation and submit sion, but tiey demanded a public retraction within & certain time. He suffered this to ex- pire without accepting the alternatise of reca tation, and though he was not formally petled, he was forced to retire from the tz\l;u‘ > M. We give below a translation of Padre Bee! letter to Padre Curci: FiLsoLe, Oct. 22, 1877.—Reverend Father in Charist. P. C. (Paz Chiisti): I havereceived the Ietter of your Reverence, in which you inform me of your desire to receive from me your dis- mission from the Jesuit compauy. It is always a sad act for me, the duty of sundering the sacred bond which joins a member to our com- any, but in the present case such an act brings o m¥ heart an atiliction which I cannot express inyords, g ) Your Reverence bas, for some time past, enter- taiued certain opinions which you were pleased to call political, but which in ‘reality touch the mosy sacred nterests of the Church and the mode of governing it in the present circumn- stances; and to sustain these your opinions you have_dared most rashly to constitute your- sclf o judes of those whom the Lord has made the ruicrs of His Church. Against the will of sour superiors, you have eeen 1it to sustain, and what is £iill worse, to insinuate to others, and to set forth, both by word of mouth and in writing, idess that were eravely oflensive to the vicar of Jesus Chirist and a scandal to the faitnful. After having time and agein admi ished you, both by word and letter, but al: in vain, and lately seemny these your principics and maxims publisbed and discussed in the public prints of all parties, and recoznizing the duty of giving satizfaction to the ngx{' Father, of taking away, or ot least diminishing, the scandal given to the faithful, and of manifest- fgr publicly that our company, which protesses, according to the orinciples on which it is tound- ed, the greatest veneration and the fuliest obe- gience toward toe Holy See, dues ‘not sanétion, but on the other band reproves and rejects all those opinious set forth by ot of her members, 1 have believed it my duty to command your Reverence to retract and condemn them publ But, your reverence, instead of obeying, as you solumniy vowed to God and to the superior of our order that you wouid, ask me the rather to Qismiss you trom the company. Cousidering tnat your rence has lived in the company for fifty-one years; that in it you have received your literary and religious educa- , that with your rare talents have ren- dered to religion in geveral, and to our com- pany in particular, signal services, and that Jou might yet render more. if you were but wil ing. tofollow the paths of obedience prescribed m -our fundamenta] rules; and secing you now de- termined rather to abandon the order than to wive up your strange ideas, 1 cannot. but deeply regret youg demand to be dismissed. But,” since_you will not humble youreelf to obedicnee, but have declared that you are no longer wiliing to reccive orders from me, snd, semel et iterum, have asked mc to ** cut'the slender thread ? which still holds you to the Sficict v, there only remains to me the sad neces- sity of in the name of God, and ‘With the authority gtthe Holy See, the dismission you have nsked for. Indischarging this sad duty, I pray the Lord: that your Reverence may, in the hour of death, find a quict conscience, and peace throughout au eternity, “which God grant may be a happy one. The servant in Christ of your Revercnce, PieTRO BECRX, Geueral of the Company of the Jesuits. To the Rev. Father Carlo Curdi, S. J., Kome. A MILITARY MASS. A Sunday at tho Totel des Invalides. New York Erentng Post, Ona bright Sunday moyning the writer and his traveling compunior had taken an omnibus at St. Sulpice, intending to get out at the Pont de Jena, and thew walk over to the other side of the Seine. On arrlving at the Pont de PAlma we noticed so much stir among the idlers on the quay that it seemed worth while to stop aud learn the cause. We soon found that some- thinz of Interest was drawing peovle in the di- rection of the Hotel des Iuvalides, where the First Napoleon sleeps, guarded by the few sur- viving veterans of his urmies, in_one of the erandest resting-places provided for the ashes of mortal wman. Supposing that the persons whom wo saw strolling toward ihe gates were waki a holiday visit to this celebrated tomb, we decided to take Lhe oppor- tunily, as we were so uear, to see it also. To our disappointment, however, the tomb was not open to visitors at this time, and we were obliged to content ourselves with seeing what we could as’we walked about the adjoining buildings aud grounds. The Hotel des Invalides is an fmmense buila- ing or group of bulldings, erccted by the * Grand"Monarque,” Louis XIV., as an asylum for wounded suldiers. It is said to contain mort than twenty courts, and bus an imposing {front ou the esplunade of more thau 600 feet. The fumous Tomb of Napoleon is in the erypt of the church, beneath the dome. There, too, are the tombs of two of the Emperor's Mar- il Bertrand aud Duroc. ‘Ihe ereat court, called_the Court of Honor, into which we now passed, {s n bare, open, quad- raagular plaza, surrounded byan arcade, on the inner walls of which arc rude Trescoes represent- iug seenes from the_carly and in some respeets legendary history of France. The quadrangle was at the time comparatively deserted, but knots of old warriors in their simple uniforms of. blue were gathiering at different points. Some ‘were sitting in the sunshine on the benches be- tween the piliars of the arcade, perhaps recount- ing to ong auother for the thousandth time the story of Austerlitz and_the Pyramids, of Mos- cow aud Waterloo, and otheg chapters in the lustory of their_eventful livess Gray, stern, battle-scarred old fellows they were. Some, 100, were drawn in little carriages, while others stitl were wheeling themscl¥és about In old- fashioned velocipedes. In a Iittle while a drum-corps of boys, headed by an anclent-looking chief musician, formed fn front of the chapel doors at the mfldle of the side opposite the entrance gateg of the court. Under the arches ow the n;,-htlconflmny of Tnvalides*was drawn up in (wo, ranks, ail wear- ing white searis across the body and carrying. nou-commissioned officers’ swords and short lances with the tri-color flying from each spear- head., At a signal given the drums were beaten, After a few prolonged rolls there was silence for a monient, and then, at the word of command from a finc-looking old officer, theso veterans ot a hundred battles marched or hobbled into church to the sqund of the drums beating their loudest through the lofty disles. Half way up the nave they halted, opened ranks, and faced inward, and quickly alizning themsclves on citber side stood steadily at *carry arms.” The officers then, two by_ two, all in gala Gress and preceded by o gorzeously attired Suisse, with halberd fo hand, 1narched in between the opou ranks. ¢ They were a goodly company of men still, and conscious of their own grandeur and_ im- portance. As umy[pnsscnl up toward the chan- cel, the two lines of veterans presented arms. Ioafew moments the commandant entered, and then all the officers took their seats in the space nearest the choir. A loud roll of the drums, and the officer in command gives the word “order arms.” Then a tine military band strikes up, and after its stirring strains have ceasea the tones of the organ at the end of the church are heard, at first soft and luw, then swelling loud and full, and at’last gradually dying away. The priests in thelr ‘Zorzeous vestments are in their places before the altar, at either side of which how strange the sight!—stands a soldi, with lance upright. Between the pri aud the congregation, halberd still in hand, is geen the stately fizure of the Suisse. The sol- cmn prayers aro offered up, and the ar grows heavy with incense. And now the music has ceased, sud every sound is hushed as we reach the crowning point of the ceremony. The priest is about to clevate the host. Suddenly the Sulsse strikes his stafl fiereely upou the marble pavement. Thedrums furlously beat a salute. The soldiers present arms, then come to the & carry,” then ground their arms in & peculiar way, and fall upon one kuee supported by their pikes. A little bell rings once, twice, thrice, pertect silence, and are all bowed to the rround. Again the bell rings, and we rise. The soldiers shoulder their arms, and the band breaks forth agrain in victorious strains of martial musie. After this an anthem is sumlz, and the priests retire from the chancel. In a few moments the officers rise, aud, preceded by the Sulsse, pass out in reyerse order through the opened ranks. ‘The company of veterans closes up, faces, and ‘marches gun with drums beating, the drum corps halting just without the-doors. The lances are lest in the vestibule oa the way, and the speetacle Is over. 2 3 A few minutes later the officers réviewed thie compuny in the Court of Hopor. It was @ sin- gular sight as the column passed stiflly in re- view with the music of drums to which the aged veteruns could with difticulty keep step. 1 noticed several wooden legs, or pius ratlier, among~them; but the owners and their com- rades wene through all the forms with pre- cision, and were then dismissed to their quar- ters. ‘Whether what has been described is still o regular Sunday obsersance at the Hotel des In- valides or not I do not know. But it was worth much to have scen it once, for it was very sug- gestive. One cannot but feel, after seeing such a ceremony, that he has pained a new point, of view, and become acquainted with 3 peout phase of Statdelimion. Of the mental attitude of the men who took part fu this service, {t is of course difficult to_say anything. But i Ma- caulay’s New Zealander_ or “the inhabitant of anotlicr planet were to look in upon this singy. lar combination of priestiy devotionand wilitary parade, might he not be cxcused for doubting whether the divinity thus worshiped i3 really the mild being whom Christians are wout ta style the Prince of Peace, or some Mars, some srod of war of the peoples to whom in our cour- tesy we give the name of heatben? e Chenp Telegraphy—A New Company Organ- ized~The Capital Placed at Ten Millions. Phitudeiphta Times, A new telegraph company, with the title of Continental, and with a_capital of $10,000,000, divided into shares of $25 each, and laving for its avowed object tne reduction of telegraph ates, has filed articles of incorporation with lie County Clerk of New York A num- er of prominent Philadelphia capitalists are morving actively in the orgarization of the new concern. Baid a zentleman ye:tere. * The capitalists bavini the matter in chare claim, sud buck their argument by forming e company, that a perfect systemn of ime-simile or autographic telegraphy hus been invented, which will for- ward the messaze in the original handwriting of the sender, making a more accurate and reli- able trausmission, also a much more expedi- tious one, than is possible uader the present system. It is guaranteed by the fac-simile in- vention that, compared with the present general system, the capacity of a rupled; and thus, togs..er Wit improvements in batteries, the development of currents, and other cheapening inventions, has lessened the cost of telezriphing to one-tenth of what it was twenty y o, anized,—with Alfred Nelsou. former Treasurer of the Atlanitic & Pacitic, a5 President; Albanus L. Worthineton, of Trenton, Treasurer; J. G. Case, Seeretary ! aud James G, Smith, inventar of the sutographi. system, as General Manager, —and will begin operations at once by runuing a hine from New York to this city, 833 sub-sec tion of the first section, which Will eventually include all pownts bewween Boston and Washe inzton. Itis the intentivn of the direction of the new line, and it is understoed to be neces- sary under the Smith system, to- place forty poles to_the mile, with No. 6 wire welghing 560 pounds to the tnil> The loss of insula: tion by the increascl mumber of poles is granting your request, and of giving you, - " their perfod of hibernation. An finmense bu more thao compensated by the superiority of the Brooks fnsulator, made of Le Bastic Glass, which'is nearly flexible, and, consequently, less brittle and less l{ablc to break than the ordinary glass insulator. Right of way has been obtained through New Jersey. the most difticult State in [ the country in which to obtain chartered rizhts, and the Company I prepared, or will be in & short time, to begin the work' of construction between New York and Philadelphia, In time it will be made a nutfonal Jine. extending to all parts of, the United,States, and the corporators clnim thiat they will bring telesvaphic facilltics within the reach of the public generally, through medium rates and fair profits to the Company. THE FURS WE WEAR. The Nature and ITabits of the Principal Far- Bearing Animals—How They Are Caught and Skiuned, und Whither Their Peltrles e Correspendence New ¥ork Post, Furs compose the only specics of merchandise in the country the export of which is remuiera- tive, and without them even what market, ex- ists for other ariicies would specdily disap- pear. In fact, the fufluence of the trade per- meates ail classes; everybody talks fur, and every available position in the accessible parts of the territory is seized upon by free-traders for the collection of peltrics. But while many are gathered in this way, and’ traders speedily grow rich, their furs form scarcely a drop in the bucket when compared to the vast collections of the Hudson’s Bay Company. ltis only a vast corporation, possessed of unlimited means, long cxperience, and fmmense facilities for trans- portation, that- can hope Lo compete with this last great monopoly. Bold would be the trader who would carry his goods to the Mackenzie River; futrepid would be the doyageur who sought a protit from the lonely shores of Great Bear Lake! The Company, duringithe season just past, have made their usual shrewd and abundaut preparations for a successful winter's trade, aud the comie spring, no doust, will show a cor- responding result in a more than average cateh. Aud it may not be uninteresting fn this connec- tfon to mve a brief sketeh of the various furs traded by the Company, and the average number of each species annually exported from its territories. PINE MARTENS. T'he fivst in point of value is the pine marten, or iudson’s liay sable, of which about 120,000 skins, on an average, are exported every year. ‘Thie_Tartens or sables from this region aré not considered 50 valuable furs as_ the sables of Russia, although there is 1o doubt that the varietics are fu reality oue and the same.species, the difference in temperature sud other local causes readily accounting for the better quatity of the Russtan fur.e In fact, the diflerence between the two is not always discernible, the lighter colored skins being usmally dyed und sold us Russian sublel Tlie winter fur is the most_valuable, aud the Indian trappers say the first tall of rain, after the snow disappears, spoils the marteu. When caught the animal i3 skinned like a rabbit, the veltry being fnverted s it is removed, then drawn over a flat; board, and dried in the sun. ‘The animals haunt_the pine forests, especially where fallen or dead timber abounds, and are mostly caught in the style of trap known as the dead-fall.” This consists of a small eircular fence of wood about fourteen inches high, This circle is left open on one side, and scross the aperture a small tree-trunk is Iaid, with one end resting on the ground. Iuside the eircle a forked stick lolds @ small bait of meat. This forked spick is set 50 as to support another small {)Ieu of wood, upon which 1u turn rests the balf-uplified loy. Pull the buit stick, and you let slip the smull supporting oue, witich in turn lets 1all the hor- izontal logz. - Numbers of these traps are crected in the woods, the trapper sometfines havine a line of dead-falls ten or fiftecn miles in_iength, and visiting them once a week. A wood marten skingas Worth in trade from $2.50_to $3. The best“sking come irom the far North, being darker aud finer furred than otaers. THE FISHER. . The fisher §s mucn like the pine marten, but larger. - Just why he is called a fisher I canmot imugine, as he does not catch fish, or go near ' the ‘water except when compelied to Bwim o stream. He climbs readi apped like the marten, Tue tall is very long and busby, aud at one time a large trade was carried on in them, only the tails being worn by the Polish Jew merchants. About 12,000 are unuually cx- ported from the territory, The ayerage trade price is from 32.50 to 33. The fisher in full Winter coat, makes a finer sult of furs thau the sable. 5 MINKS AND RACCOONS, The mink is vastly inferior to either fisher or marten in the quality of fur, and its habits are entirely differeut. It frequents streams and water-courses, and feeds upon fish, crabs, ete. The Indian hunter catehes it with a steel trap, baited geuerally with fish. The trade price 13 about, 50 cents 2 skin. _About 250,000 skins are exported, the majority of which ultimately go to the Continent of Euroy The Taccoon is i scattered over the territories of the Company, about 52 skins being purchased and exported every year. Tne raecoons are gencrally siot, but a fow are taken in steel traps. The fur is not very valuable, being privcipally used in making carriage-rugs, and in Jining inferior cloaks and coats. COSTLY ¥OX FUR. The most valuable fur traded by the Company is that of the black nud silyer foxes. Tnere ure whree species of_fox found in the territory,—the black or cross, the silyer, and the red foX. The two former are considered to be only varl of the latter; as fn any large collection of skins every intermediate. ting of color, changlng by regular gradations from the red into the cross, and from the cross into the silver and blaek, may be found, rendering it ditticult trader to decide which of the yaricti really belongs to. The Indians also assert that cubs of the three varietics are constantly seen in _the same hitter. ‘e silver and cross fox skins bring from £40'to $50 enchi; the red fos is only worth about five to eight shillinzs. About 50,000 red foxes, 4,500 cross, and 1,000 silver are annually exported, The silver fox fur is almost entirely sold to Chinese and Russian dealers. TAE DECLINE IN DEMAND FOR BEAVER-BKI To illustrate the difference in the trad beaver now as compared with what it was before the introduction of silk is the napping of hute, 1 may mentipu thut in 1743 the Compuny sold in England 25,750 skins, aud_more than 127,0( were_exported gnd sold at Rochelle, in France. In 1758 Canada alone supplicd 176,000, and in 1503 azain 125,927 skins. About 60,000 arc now brought annually from the Company’s territories. So much was ihis fur in demand hefore the futroduction ot silk and rabbits’ furs, that the poor littie rodent in some districts is eutirely exterminated. The principal use made of the furnow is in the munulacture of Lounets in France, and in making cloaks. Tie long uair is puiled out and the under-fur shaved down close aud even by o machine; some of it is still felled fnto a kind of cloth. The beaver is a very difficult animal to trap, but is, nevertheless, rap- idly disappearing from the great fur preserves of the North. - The musk-rat is similar in many of its habits to the beaver. Indeed, some of the Species build their-houses precisely as the beaver does. The hunters generally sbear them through tne walls and Yoofs of their dwellings. Tae annual destruction of these little animals, though immense, many hundreds of thousauds being yearly exported, docs not serve greatly to diminish tieir numbers. The Jur is of very little value, being used in‘the coarsest maud- tactures. Large bundles of the tails of the musk-rat are constantly exposed for sale in the buzaars of Constautinople as articles for per- fuming clothing,. o TIE LYNX AND SBA OTTER. The Iynx or wild-cat is found in considerable numbers throughout the terntory. Its rar, however, though prettily marked, is not of muclt yalue. - Of woll skins about 15,000 are annually exported, and of the laud-otter about 17,000 skins are often procuredy The fur of the sea otter, thougzh the wbst valuable fur traded, is very ditlicult to obtain. , The avimal rauges along the sea coast befween California and Alaska, and appears to be a connecting link between the true seal and the land otter.” It is gunemlly caught in_uets or speared by the udians in the sea. Nearly ailfthe otter furs go to Chinia, and a guod skin 1s worth about $200. CHEAP SIS, The coarse fur of the wolverine or American glutton is used mostly in the manafactare of mulls and linings, and’is of comparatively littlc value. Ouly a smail exportativn—about. 1,300 skins yearly—is made by the Company. Some years dgo tue caprices of fasnion introduced the fur of the skuuk inta popular use, aud for a few scasons the traflic in that odorous peltry was euormous. Now, however, its use is almost wholly abandoned, and ouly about a thousand skins are yearly collected, The Indians meneral- ly shoot ‘the skunk, and always skin it under water. MUSK-RATS. BEAR AND RABBIT SKINS. i 18 The skin of the bear—black, brown, an grizzly—is always o demand, and is used for Innumerable_purposes. The umber of bears killed anuually is not easily determined, but, at a safe average, It may be estimated at 9,000, The greater part are killed in winter duri e3 Kins ex- ported by the Company there arc sold annually ness is also carried on in rabbit-I the hundredsof thousands of rabbi s in Loudon about ¢,3| which ai in the furtrade. The natives of the t‘:l’ri‘ifi‘g manufacture large quantities of these-skins into bed-quilts, the pelts being cut futo strips gnd braloed into thick braids, which are then EOW- cd together and covered with cloth, making a quilt unsurpassed for warmth, e BUPEALO SK1Ns. ‘Animmense anoual export, which et - erly_come under the nggd'"cr for, ign:zcatagmh‘; the Company®In the shape of buffalo robes, Ii the autuinn of 1870 the line of forts along the Saskatchewan River, inthe plain country, had traded 30,000 robes before the Ist of January; and for every one traded fuly as much more. 1n the shape of skius of varchment had been pur- chased, or consumed in the thousand samte of suvagelife. The number of buffaloes anpually killed iu this territory scems incredible; 13000 are said to fall by the Blackfeet alone. The forts of the Company are Yearly filled with many thousaud bags of peminican, and to vach bag two animals may be counted. i The catalogue of quadrupeds in the Com- pany’s territory cmbraces inety-four different animals; but I have uoticed the principsl ones to whose fur the corporation confines its trade. There is a small traflic doue in the robes of the musk-ox, and the furs of the ermine, siflioe, titeh, syuirrel and chinchilla, but it is inshruifi- cunt compared to the staples of the trade, ———— CHUECH-DEBTS. Houw s New York Rector Clearod Off o Debt of $145,000 In Two Mouths. . New Fork World, Dec. 21, = Five years ago the st of last November the congregation of St. Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal Church, which for nearly forty years had worshiped in the old-fashioned bLuildi “that stills stands at the corner of Lafayette place and Great Jones street, first_occupled its new church at the Corner of Madisou avenue and Forty-fourth street. The old church was established in 1836. The first rector was the Rev. Mr. Keliey, who was soon succeeded vy the Rev. Dr. Louls P. W. Balcen, who was inturn. suceceded about thirty years azoby the Rev. Dr. Samucl Cooke, the present réctor. Among those rezularly attending the old church were Stephen Cambreleng, the Iawyer; John W. Meserole, Beutamin Loder. Judge Szmuel Jones, William H. Vanderbilt, William B. Astor, Schuyler Liy- ingston, who was one of the vestrymen; Jona- than I. Coddington, at one time Postmaster of New York; and Miss Jay and her sister, Mrs. Banyer, wealthy ladies who lived in Bond street. As the tide of population tended up town the congregation of thechurch dwindled, and it was decided that the church must go up town also. The old building was sold for $125,000, but a mortgage which had rested upon it reduced this sumn nearly half. Four lots at the corner of Madison aventie and Forty-fourth street were bought for $150,000. A loan was obtained from the Equitable Lifo insurance Company, the laud being mortzaged heavily. Throuwh the personal efforts of the Kev. Dr. Cooke, the rector, money was raised to _build the new church. The architcet, Mr. James Remwick, was employed by the Building Committee. He caused to be construeted a brick church of the Byzantine or Moorish style of architesture, oc- ing the entire four lots, with a Tectory con- necied.” The cost of buildings, induding the lots, was about $400,000, and upon its comple- Liulu the Chureh was something like $170,000 in debt. ‘The pews were sold by auction, some of them bringing 2 premium bf 81,500. They are beld by an annual paymeat of 10 per cent of their cost. ‘The annual rental is about $40,000. Be- sides paying the interest onits debt and its run- ing expenscs, the Church during the last, five f’ s had paid off $25.000 of the priucipal sum, caving about $145,000 still unpaid. Of this amount $125,000 was the Equitable Insurance Company’s Illornfiu’;&, $6, was owed to a bank, and §14,000 to members of the Church who had bought pew certificates and had failed to take pews. The §25,000 which was paid to- wards liquidating the debt, was wholly derived from the net proceeds of pew rental, - When Dr. Cooke returned from his summer vacation at Newport about two months azo he concluded to pay off the whole debs. He ad: dressed notes to sach members of the Church as he thought would be most likely to give moaney, making appointinents to meet them. When he met them he set befarc them the finuncial condition of the Chureh, and asked them to give what they saw fit toward metting rid of the debt. He first called npon Mr. William H. Vander- bilt, who ave his check for $30,000. With this as a beginning, Dr. Cooke continied, and a week ago las’ Sunday announced that nearly enough had then been given to B3 off the debt. On Sunday last he told Mr. J. V. Cautrell, the sexton of tae church, that the whole amount had been raised. Dr. Covke last evening said that be could not give the names of the con- tributors, as he was bound in confidence not to do so. 3r. Jacob Reese, the Treasurer of the church, was able to furnish the following partial it ! nelius Vanderbilt. . iliam H, Apple e ieorge Kent Dr. S A. M A o ranging from o few hundreds to 35,000. The Intter sum was sent to Dr. Cooke, with the in- juuction that the pame ofits giver shouid never be made public. The monev is all in bauk, and the mortgage will be taken up some time before hristmas.” The debt being paid, the church will be consecrated at_such time next month as Bishop Potter can make it _convenient to offici- ate. Efforts are being madé to arrange appro- priate exercises in celebration of the paying of the debt during Curistmus. ‘The success of Mr. Kimball in frecing churches of their load of debt has stimulated others to undertake similar worts, and fasy Sanduy morn- ing the Rev. Dr. Lacker, of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, at the conclusion of the regular service, invited the gentlemeu members toTemuin for afew moments in the church par. lor, and there made an appeal to them'to sub- seribe for the extinzufshment of $§22,000. The appeal was 8 successful_one, and about $13,000 was fmmediately subscribed. THE CASE OF DR. TY Neio York Letter to the Philadelphin Ledger. Thie Hizh Church Episcopalians \ in some characteristicaily plain talk about the irregular methods resorted to by the Chureh of the Holy Trinity to relieve itsell of the mount- ain of debt with which it is loaded down, and which Mr. Kimball is endeavoring, in his own peculiar way, to remove. ‘The alle- gation is thbat the Rev. Mr. Tyng, in als- ing with the regular services last Sunday to let Mr. Kimball bave his way, bas self _open to an adwonition from the op, and, if report be true, there will be no of influence brought to bear upon the Diocesan to have the admonition cnforced. In contradistinction to these methods of the Church of the Holy Trinity, attention is also called to the fact that only a fow weeks ago the St. Aucustine (Houston street), cost $250,000, was consecrated and made a tree church forever, without having a sinale cent of debt placed upon it. ‘Lhey.say that was a High-Charch enterprise exclusively. It is true the money came out of the treasury of old Trinity, but it is contended ‘that the church would have been built all the same if Chiurehly means bad been resorted to and not these sensational methods, There is thus a the residenceof their parent, and were attacl “to the Great Beyoud, rested on the dusk{ face 0! deal of trouble in this world, and_cburch men a5 well as the politicians bave their shure of it. ———— British " Intcrests—Lord Beaconsfield's Per- sonal Policy. Loxpox, Dec. 19.—The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian telegraphs as fol- lows: 3 anticipation as to the meeting of Parliament on the mfi of January has béen officially con-" firmed. 1f Lord Beaconsfield's wishes had been fully consuited, Parliament: would bave met ata miach earlier date, 0 that the Czbinet might have Iud the penest of the counsels of the nation in the proposed nrrungements for peace. Seeing that there was ©o hope of carrying 3 mijority of hie culleazues with him in his Eastern policy, Tord Beaconsield desized to rely upon hls oia influence 1 Parliament, for, apart from the Dtility of such n conrse. it relieves the Prime Min- ister of much responsibility. Two or three prom- Inent menthers of the Cabinet take thelr etand on the plea that mo questions which are heyotid the competence of the inistry have yetcome be- fore them. Thete is a [uriher and more sub- stantial _reason thst the Premicr's iniluence Withs the bulk of his party would oring upon them an uncomfortable pressure in fxvor of his versonal policy. The puint has now been fought in the Cupinet with the result of a compromise. Inatead of a December scssion, which the Premier was known to desire. Pariisment will meet three weeks curlier than usual. ‘The date, however, will be 100 far off toassist the Ministry in the delibera- £1jons that are nuw engaging their atiehtion. sud which have Indaced them to sit. this week enper- manence. - % medintion proposal fs alrendy dead. even {honen Parkey may yield to the pressnre which 13 now bring applied ta her ta sccept the conference Dronosais to the full. instead of her prescnt offer to Diace her own reforms under the cuarintee of En- Tope. Russin is backed by the more influeatlel Powers in her demand that Turkey’s overtnres for peace hall, in the first instance, be adéreased to Rer. One of the projects with which 8 sestion of the Cabinet is credited iy, thar if Russia will .consent to refer the ultimate terms of scttlement 1o tac spproval of the powers, her amoar propre shall be gratificd by a direct appeal from the vanquished enemy. is more than doubtful whether the Czar's ggf‘e{;:::n'. will zgree to this arrmazement. So that the real dificulty Lord Beaconsfleld has to confront fs a sinzle-handed pesce, which would Dot be objected to provided it respected the Ylews of the Cabinet; and theslabors of the Forelgu Ofice of late have been mainly directed, not simply to ascertalning definitely what pro- posals, heyond those of the late ‘Conference, Wwill atlaly Russia, but in what respect she is pre- pared (o respect'those other British interests Which were not exhausted In Mr. Cross’ enumera. tion. They are understood to relate matnly to the extent of Armenian annexation, the fate of the Turkish fleet, and the nentralization of the Dar- danelles. The future of Bulgatia and the proposed. rewards to Russia’s allies are not preciscly British Interests, and are ontside of thoe Issucs which, according to the views of onc section of the Cabinet, make it absolutely necessary that this country have a3 voice 1in the terms of beace. Though the Government aro willing to forego thelr treaty-rizhtto a voice in the sottlement, if their views and intetests be fuily admitted, there isat presentno sigm from Russfa that she will inany way bind hersclf. The Premier ihus comes to be credited with a personal policy, of which the leading idea is to compel Kassia o Tespect our interests in case of a single-handed peace. No oue sugrests that Lord_Lieaconsfieid Would go tothe cxtent of an immediate declara- oF war, but ne would enter on a course of warn. ings and threatenings which would inevitably lead to'war if Russiadid not give proof of uncxpested moderation. Itis thia phase of the question which bas occupied 60 much “time during the Cabinet sittinga of Friday, Monday, and fo-day (Tues- duy). " Nolittle akperity has been shown i these diccuspions in conscquence of what may be ro- garded as an act ,of flagrant. party-dislogalty b 3 very prominedt member of th Minstey. * v stated that onc of the most active opponents of Lord Benconsfield's poiicy has recently exchanged opinfons with Earl Guanville and the Marqais of Hartington ng to the prospects of a coalition Ministry inorderto carry out the Glad- stone-Salisbury policy. The two Liberal leaders arv eald to have thrown cold water upon that sug- gestion. At the present moment ofiice Ia not pat- ticularly desirable, und, if 1 judge nghtly, neither of the noble Lords is likely to be in favorof a coalition Government. The mews of the over- tnres above referred to bas but just cozed out, and, if the incident has caused 28 much indbrna tion ln the Cadinet asithus n the Conservutive clubs, Downing street must have been a very ‘warm corner’ during the past few days. [NoTe.—The forczoing probably gives a ver: fair idea of the political situation here, thougl there are many other and conflicting rumors, one of which is that Enelaod’s overtures,to Germany for joint action were refused in almost contemptuous languaze.] A Méxican Monstrosity. The tMazatlan Occidentut, o Mexican paper, contains an account of auextraordinary pheaom- cnod in human nature. The mother of tnis living curiosity s named Antonia Garcia, resid- ing in Rosario, State of Sinaloa. Her husband is Lorenzo Rodriquez, a native of Chapuderos, District of Coucordia, in the same State. About, uine years azo Antoniagave birth to twins, boys, who still live. Two years wfterward she gave birth to three children, all of whom had reached a natural state. Abont n year ago she save birth to another child, which promisesto develop into 2 monstrosity. This boy child was born at Copala, and us svon 2s the phenomenon was known to exist the parents had good grounds to belicve that it would be stolen, so they moved to Rosario. The child, ncvording to the story of its progenitors, was born without other defect than having an indentation on its skull in the shape of a cross. But in a little while the head commenced o grow cnormously, and at the cod of one year wasdrom twelve to fourtcen inches in diameter? The indentation, in another sense, may be said to resemble # haud-erenude, in the forin of a_cross, commencing at the forehcad and running back to the nuca or nape of the neck. The other part of the cross extends from ear to_car. . The indentations are from two to three inches in width and slizhtly covered with huir.. In the night-time, by putting a light across the head, tho brains and other material can be plainly scen, as if alichthouse were shining upon them. The eve-lids of thiscreature instead of being above the eye are below, and almost encircling it, woing upward. The' fore- head has almost disappeared on account of the deformity of the head, The whole body is ex- tremely rickety, and the skin appears to stick to the dry bones.. The moftstrosity weiehs a little over teu pounds, is bealthy, and promis to live Dr.. many years, and is beloved by its parents,. Rio has offercd to make a seientific study of the phevomenon, and the result of his investigations will be ziven to the pablic.- it oont Two Children Dic of Hydrophobia. New Orleans Picayune, About threé months ago two of the children of Mrs. Ferlin, residing on Jourdan avenue, pear the levee, wore playing in tue ireen nea by a savage dog, the property of a eolored woman, named 3Mne. Pierre, and severely bit- ten. One of tho two,a little boy, aged 2 years, was bitten In the arm and facé, and the irl in the ankle. The dog, at the request of the own- er, was killed immediately, and the children at- tended by a physician. A few days after the children were, it was thoaghit, well, and _played around the house as usual. One month later the boy complatned of being ill, and, after a few days, died of what was dectared by the physician to'be hydrophobia. Just one manth aud two days after the death of the little boy, last Sat- urday, Victorine told her mother that her lex, at the place where she had been bitten, pained her. Hardly had the child been removed to her bed than she complaived of violent pains in the stomach and expressed an ardent desire for water: but as soon as the Hquid was handed to her she repulsed it. ‘The next day, whenever any one would approach, she would complain that = their breathing was so vioicht that it annoyed her - extremely, d during the four duys of her illness, when: erauy of the dogs of the house would euter Ler room she would seream and order it taken away. On Wednesday the pains increased con- sidcrably, aud, after terrible agouy, Victorine dicd at 2 O'clock Thursday morning, . i R Aung'Liza Wins the Good Fight. Minsowri Brunswlcker, “Doctor, is I ot to go? saunt "Liza there is no hope for you.” “Bress de Great Master for Lis goodness. Isc reads.” 5 = Muc doctor zive a few directions to the col- ored women that sat sround ’Liza's bed, and started to leave, when hie was recalled by the old woman, who was drifting out with the- tide. “Marse Johu stay wid me till its ober. I wants to talk ob de old tmes. 1 knowed you when 2 boy, lone 'fore sou weut and been a doctor. 1 called vou Marsc Jobn dens I call you de same now. _Take o' ole mammy’s band, honey, and hold it. Ise lived a long, long time. Ol¢ mars- ter and ole missus hab’ gone before, and de chiljun from de old pluce is scattered ober do workl, T'd like o see *em *fore L starts on de journey to-night. My ole mag’s zone, and all de chitlun T nussed at dis bredst bas gone too. Dey's waitin’ for dere_mudder on de golden. stiore. 1 bress de Lord Marse Jobu, for ‘takin’ me to meet ’em dar. Tse fought de good fight, and Ise uot afraid to meet de Savior. No mob wo'k for poor gle_mammy, 1o 10w’ trials and tribulations. Ifold my hand tichter, 3larse Johm. Fadder—mudder — marster — missus— chillun—Isc ewine bome.” The soul, while plutning its wings forits flzht of the sleeper, nnd the watchers, with bowed heads, wept silentl d. L — ‘The First Ulater. Donizettf was really the inventor of the Ul- ster. One dgy, at Paris, he sent for Lis tailor to méasure him for 2n overeoat. The tailor found him at the piuno, surrendcring himgself to the rapture of combosition. Nevertheless he was persuaded to_quit the belovad instrumient and deliver himself up to the wan of tape and chalk. The tailor made the first measurement, then, stooping, bezan to take the length of garment. *To the knee, sir? ¥ he sald, timidly. “Lower, lower,” said the' composer, in a dreamy voice- Tne taflor brought the measure half-way down the leg, and paused inquiringly. “ Lower, lower." The tailor reached the composer’s ankles. Lower, lower.” B “But, sir, you won't be able to walk.” # Walk! Walk? Who wants to walk? D—n it, sir (with an_ecstatic lifting offithe arms), 1 never walk—I soar!"” v A Filter to Purify Alr. New York Tribune. - At a recent mecting of the MewYork Academy of Useful Arts, attention was called to a sim- ple metnod of filteriug the air of an apartment. The abject is to free the air from dust, exces sive dampness, and possibly, from the germs of malaria. The contrivance consists esaentially of a fibrous woven fabric, strengtbened by brass- wire. is_to be applied to windows and ven- tilators, and may be of service on railway-cars to esclude dust. It has the merit of cheécking drafts, while odmitting wir. Its general use might tend to prevent the spread of malarial diseases, ond modify the dangers the* dirty streets oceasion 1o the ealth of city residents. c——— An Old-Timer. Your correspondent has just come from the scene of the wonderful discovery made by Prof. J. H. Kerr, of Coforado Colleze, The few min- utes that I bave Lefore taking the train for Denver permit me_to make two or three points for yourreaders. The parts of five w&‘iues have been found. The largest. about 120 feet in length, seems to have breakfasted upon the emailer ones. A large part of the larzest aoi- mal exists ouly incast. Where the bone bas not been_exposed ft&shows its bony structure very finely, This d was near the fate to the Garden of the Gods, on a low ridge of the cre- taceous formation. The discoverv is as valuable 2s It is wonderful. | FANCY ARTIOLES. Wit ud Ty Cods s, Holiday = -~ (roods! ‘We have now open for the inspection of the public a la.rgs and choice assortment ot % ¥ Go0Ds; SUITABLE FOR oliday Presents! ‘Which are offered at much less than the prices usually ob- tained for these goods. In the other departments of our business we have made im- portant reductions with a view | to furnishing to our customers during the Holiday Trade Osefuland Serviceatle ATTRACTIVE PRIGES! In our SILK,DRESSGOODS, CLOAE, SHAWL, HOSIERY, KNIT GOODS, GENTS’ FUR- NISHING, GLOVE, HAND- KERCHIEF, LACE, and RIB- ‘BON DEPART’S, will be found meny desirable novelties at prices specially designed to prove that “IT PAYS T0 TRADE 0N THE WEST SIDE.” GARNON, PIRIE & C0. OROCKERY, CHINA, Etc. Burley & - Tyrrell, 83 & 85 State-st. DINNER SETS, LUNCH SETS, DESSERT SETS, TEA SETS, Vases, IMantel Orna- ments, Artistic Pottery, - in Unique and Beauti- ful Designs. Bronzes, Bric-a-Brac, Fine Glass Ware. Monograms, Crests, and Inifials En- graved to order. Silver- Plated Ware, Fine Ta- ble Cutlery. Improved German Student Lamps. T WATCHES ,\_n.ww_m.—l:fi.—— ESTABLISHED IN 1856, A H. MILLER, * MANUFACTURING JEWELER & SILVERSHITE, Has the finest stock of Dia- monds, Watches, Chains, Neck~ laces, Lockets, Jewelry, Silver- ware, &c., to be found in the city. Being a practical Jeweler, he has advantages over other houses, and can always give LOWEST POSSIBLE- PRICES! AL . MILLER, Corner State and Monroe-sts. TO BENT. FOR RENT. DESRABLE. OFFCES [§ TEE TRIBUKE BUILDING TO REINT. Applyto WM. C. DOW, -Room 8 Tribune Building,