Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1881, Page 10

! 4 ¢ author traces the development of the atomic, see “two Inres which wy! * all kinds, ling begun its winter season will n . chapter will _ danustively. i THE .CHICAGO TRIBUNE where clear and readable, and the Ilustra- Hong ara numerous and readily comprehensi- ble, ‘There Is nothing in the volume. that cannot be easily understood by any person of ordinary hitelilzence, (The, portions of Rrentest Interest to tho average householder or eltizen are those of fouse-ventitation and housedralnage, Defects In these matters ars. verhups. the most potent oxtrinsie sources of disease from which people sulfer, and while we many depend upot the pitblic suthorities: for the general systems of dratiice or sowerngo and for tho yentihation of public buildings every houso- an matorlal which shines of its own light, like Phosphorus, —Walter Crane contributes eighteen picecs to tho winter exhibition of the Grosvenor Gallers, ‘i =Mr. A. H, Bicknell, of Roston, Is at work on a large histdrical painting of the battle of Lexington. i —Auguatus St. allegorical figures i decorate the pedestal of Qaudens fa working on the in haserellet Mis Far- tngut. ‘Lho erltic of the Revue dee Deve | holder onght to be, It a imensnre, his own Monies devoted a pago of praise to this | sauitary Inspector. ‘Tho Information con statue. fi tained In this volume will enable himtomore or lesa full this function, ane fn tits tts prineipal useftiness consists, ‘The defects of the bonk are slight; one or two unimpors tant historical errors anda certain vagueness of opinion on some questions, suelt. as the proper method of disposal of storm water, aro, all that we have notierd Ih the rapid per rusal we Inve been able to ative it, Tt ty, on the whole, an excellent work, and deserves 6 wide and general elreniation, Tho inaditet manuseripts by da Vinel, twelvo In number, written in reverse, 95 Was customary witht the pi ntes, whieh have long heen anong the treasures of the Wirary ot tho French Institute, are being publi: in fac aimile, with thelr necompanying sketehes and Wiustrative drawings and dingraus, —The French Under-Secretary of State for the Fine Arts, lias decided upon the creation of a Réportoire Universal des Giuvres Atk ‘This will bo an Lyportant work, and SCIENTIFIC NOTES, the, one rea val gato artiste fave ‘ec Prof. Nordenskjoid ts again thinking of collecting for several years, have been and fresh enterprises, At present a ship is being ASH be furnished by official Inventories, ex- triets fram catalors of various kinds and alatementyof arlsts or owners of works of arth It will be kept rgtdly, ng far as possthle, wp todate, and will enable nny une, to ns- certain the’ location, atthentielty,. and other facts about all ancient and modern works of note. Chis will be very usefith In important sales. Already about four hundred thousand notices have been collected, —The Boston, Draughtsmen’s ani Artists’ ‘Association, which was formed about two years ago, and now has a lntge meinbershtp ofthose engaged or Interested In design of Dullt at the Lenn estuary, in whiel ho in- tonds to strrton na new Arctic expedition In the stunmer of 1382, —Prinee Borghese, tho Itallan African traveler, lias arrived near ‘I'rlpolls from Wadal. ‘This ts the first timo. that a travelor from Darfur has reached the Mediterranean by way of Wadal and Born —The Roman Academy of Sciences has awarded hale of tho’ King Humbert Prize, now awarded for the first tine, to the German astronomer, Dr. Wilhelm ‘lempel, Director of the Acetri Observatory nt Florence, for his observations on nebule, —The Revue Selentifique acknowledges that tho meetings of the Irench Associntion nnd the British Association will have to yteld piace, for 1880, to that of the American Asso- elation fer the advancement of Sclence, which excelled on account of the Importance of the subjects discussed, and was also marked by a niumeratis attendances and the innnifest- ation of a great Interest in its proceedings, —Lund and Water states that the Inte tr, Frank Buekland tas bequeatited his val- lable Musou of Economie Fish Culture to the Nation; aud on the decease of Mrs. Buck Jand a sii of £5,000 will revert to the nation, fo be applied for the purposu of founding a Professorship of ceonomio plsciculture In comucetion with the Buckland Miseum and the Sclenca and Art Department at South Kensington, . —The base of tha Mont Cents Tunnel atthe Freneti entrance shows sueh_omlnous ‘signs, of sinking thet the Paris-Lyons Mediter- ranean Ridlway Company Intdnd. to - have another entrance to the tunnel bored, which js to bo situated at about ane kilometro's dig tance from the present entrance, apd isto reach the old tunel at a spot abont 600 inetres from its mouth. The work has alrendy been commencot. —Mr. W. I. Preece has determined, with a very elose approsimation to nectiracy, the fren protected by a properly adinsted Umht- ning rod. . Ils conclusion Js that a lighting rod protects n conte spaco whose hight is the fength of the rod, the base. belng a elrelo most promising program. ‘The Association occuples rooms ina pleasant quarter of the city, and holds meetings every Saturday ovening, at which tectures are delivered or papers rent. Lecturesarealrendy announced Trom Dr, LB. Joy Jeffries on “Calor Pereep- tion,” from Mr A.V. S. Anthony on * Wood Sr and from other gentlemen on nilied topics; and one Saturday eventing in each mont: {s devoted to an Informal extiibl- ton of paintings, drawings, and other works exccuted by members of the Associntion, Ne. Frederick A, Bridgman Is about to hold? an exhibition of his pictures and studies. It is little to say that this artist ins deservedly become famous, and that the dis- play of 206 of his works will probably be fa- niows also. Ils title to tho rank of ‘an avlo Palnter and an artist fs already recognized In his awn land and by other lands, Mr. Bride man was born in Alabama ju ls He wasn steel engraver in New -York n 1862, and a student of the Brooklyn art schools, | In 1s hia sailed for Paris, and entered the Keole do Beaux Arts. Soon his pletures appeared tn the Salon, and were well bung. During the Franco-German war he opened nu studlo in Pont-Aven, and afterward tra’ Pyroness, where ho met Fortuny, andin Eeypt. The tnfluence of Gé: been a fores in the vounz Amerienu’s devel- apment, but Mr. Bridgman's works possess pictorial suailtties to whieh those of the nu- thor of “1'Alméo” are strangers, ‘The Salon catalog, though incorreatly describing hhin as having been born it New York, makes no mistake ‘in annomielng that he received a third-class medal In 1877, and a second-class medal and the ribbon of the Legion of Honor tn 1878, and that ho is now hore concours,— | laving ts radius equal to the list of tho Vow York rod, his was the conclusion arrived at by New York sost, al Ann Snow lars when cummed in xing hig protectors to the masts of ships, ; SCIENCE, } : —An International Congress of Electricians lins been cuted by the French Government, fommect in Parison the ith of September, 18815 and an Tnternational Exposition of Elec- trielly ts to be opened on the Ist of Anzust and {obo closed on tha 1th of November, ‘She Government leaves the expenses of the Exposition to. be ped hy those who particl- pate Init, but ita believed that the whale finanelat responsibility of the aitale will be assumed by a French capitalist. ~The simplest Post-Offica Inthe world Is In Magellan Stralts, and has been established there for same years pust, It consists of a sinall cask, which Js chalned to tho roel of Uhe oxtrome cape In the stralts, opposit Terra del Fuego. | Evel passing ship. sends a bont. to open the cask atid to tike Jettars ont and place others into lt. ‘The Post-Ollce ‘ts nating therefore; it Is under the protection of the navies of atl gations, and tp to the present thers iy uot Case roport In whieh any abuse of the privileges it atforda has taken place. *=t'he Dolglan Academy: of Setenca,hius ro- celved a report on Lie researches made by ML. THE ATOMIC TIEORY=SANITARY ENGINEERING. Messrs. D. Appleton & Co, have given, as the twenty-ninth volume of thelr Interna- Honal Sclentitic Series, “The Atomic The- ory,” by the distingulshed Parisian chemist, Adolph Wurtz, and translated Into Enulish by E, Cleminshaw, M.A. F.C. S. ‘ils sorles 1s a popttlar one, designed for general compretiunsion and to. so. present a snbjuct which reaches far’ Into the domaln of transcendental phystes, Hf the term Is allowna- ble, and which In its detalls Is° hardly unit: Jar to the majority of practleal workers In the speclal field to whieh it pertains, ns to make it rendtly anderstandable by the aver- fige reader, would seem to mmoke it a very diifiewt task. We cannot say that this work fully inevts all the conditions; It presupposes acertain amount of ehemleal knowledge and of general seluntitic culture on the part of Its" Toador, Dut for atl who are Iikely to want to Fabre reenrillng ie slteenacs ‘a ale cont Te ‘ cit!’ anhiyers are ec! able, 8 Hively yea Hite bee ate para wok us coal absorbs: mapldty: trp ta 100 thnes its own volume of oxygen, the alr which the infners Irave to breathe fs deprived of oxygen tou hurtful degree; theatinosphere of amine is also furthor vithited by tha gaseous carbon compounds given off by the slow combustion of the con, Mf. Fabre concludes that a sup- ply of abr is moro essential than that of ight, aul that even the best ventilated mines re- attire better ventilation. —A now process of tanulng, In which bark fs wholly dispensed with, wd inorganic come pounds are used in its place, Is comlue tito use In Germany. ‘he special feature of the process {s the netlon of chromic acl, for tho ponaration of which a number af substances, all soluble In water, are brought together In the mixture so us to effect the decomposition af bighromnte of potash, Lhe new process requires only fram four to six weeks for its completion,” against the several months neoted In the bark process, Tt has been teled at an exparknantal tannery ino Glisgevw, Scotland, with favorable results, THE SADDEST HOUR, ‘Tho saddest hour of anguish and of loss _ Js not tht aungon of supreme despule. When we can tind no lenst light anywhere To wid tho drend, biiuk shadow of tho Crosa, Not in that luxury of sorrow, whon Woe sup on sule of teurs, and drink the gall Of metnortes of days buyand reerlt— Of lost dulixhts that cannot come agaln, wltogeter, is largely historieal, ‘The theory from Dalton, who was practically its orginator, down to elaborately perfected: thie, He notices each discoverer and each step in the Invesil- gudion; the shnple ides, of Dalton that the combining proportions of -hodles represent tho relative weights of thelr ultlmate pare tleles; how it reevived a needed expansion so ay to inetudo the discovery of Gay Lussae, by the hypothesis of molecules of Avagidra, adopted by Anipére, the sinnort given to the theory by the discovery of Dulong and Petit of the relations of spectic heats to atomic. ‘welghts, nnd.by chat of Mitschertech of Iso- morphism, and how these are dependent on, the Inw of Murlotte, together with all the modifications and systems of notation, ure ull shown forth and logleally developed in thls work, Thu classification of the simple bodles: according as itis modified by the present ae- cepted system of utomic welghts, and a dis cussion of tho suggestive verludic uy of Mendelejetf, are also contained in tho first portion of the work, ‘The second: part com mionees with tho sublect of atomilelty, or valency of atoms In combination or thelr gaturailng capacity, ‘The secant chapter shows how this differs, ag a relative property of atoms, from afinity or chemlenl energy of coinbination, In- the third tha constitne f budics as deduced from the atoms ‘y ds discussed, and the fourth and last “chapter is upon hypotheses upon Dut whon, with oyes that arg no longer wot, Jnst: - chinptse, its. apatt, Ay couenes bin Wolcekloutin the grene, wide world OF mon, Include on cnmense range of spevula And, smiling, Joan toward et bright to-morrow, Thon backward shrink, wif sudden keonre- pret, ‘To tid that wo ara Icarning to formuts a Ab! then we face the suddest hour of sorrow, ELbA WiTKELER, Prince Gortachakom, Naw York Fee 2 Princo Gurtachakolt ts fully ontitled to the reputation of bulug the Nestor of Kuropenn atutuamen, Ho was born ti Libs, ne a poriod when the atato of altutra iu Peance had plunged ull Envope inte in statg of profound yuxiely and Vaat contusion, fbree yours after the overthrow of Napoleon vt Waterloo he abandoned hls studious at the Lyocuin Zarskog and entered spun the diplumntio curcor whiah bas siueg maga bin ony of the most remarkubly men in Burope. In Js3t he was sont to London a6 Beerotury to the Mueslin Binbassy, ‘two yours later found tin Picnipotuntiary at Vieni, wheru tho duath of fig ullictal superior threw at power Into bls hands which ha wullzed for tha wuke of hig country, wand pot a fittle for that of hls own personal age grandizement, [twas hy Vieuna that Gortachit. Koll tat wbowed bhusel? a pawor in latiueneing the atfulrsat Rurope. in lil he proceaded, to Stuttgart ag Aiutaasnduy Bxtraondinaty, and conduoica with dullcuvy the uegopntions for the on in which philosophers and) thinkers shave inal ges eliployed: themselves, (ils be Hkely to attract the attention of tho reader, Itis Intoresting as showlng how tar. the modern researches’ on atoms ave progressed, and low by ubserving the qualities of matter scleutifie men have been able to even ¢stiinate the dimensions of these: witinate particlys of which nmttar ts come posed. ‘The Ides of tie Infinit AiviaibHllhy ot tnatter on which ong of the popular medical systems of the ay, tarecly depends seems to have no rend selentiiie foundation, ‘Tho -theory of vortex atoms of Sir Willan Thom son scemnstoxive even nimathomationt demon- stration of the Sadly sibility ov dudiyiduallty ‘of ulthnate atoms, As ths onv of a series of uniform clegance, lt is useless to conpll- ‘ment the nppenrance of the work, ‘The translator has done tls work well, and pre- served the characteristic clearness at the French without impalring his ugiish nisl, ‘Thy book fs one that has been lows nueded, and, whatever defectslt may possess, Gey are not such as materially hupalr tts value, Amertean Sanitary Engineering [sn bret mers . vrlugo between the Grand Wneheas Olga isu by one of We ablest sanftary engl | and. ut Ss tonybery, ers of tus country on the two mili st ihe nay peered a PS att Ay of ventilation and drainnge. ‘These tlo | the tnformation ha hud proviausly obtatned not, tis true, meludy all the matlors that iv Florence for the purposeoft causing the downs Tall of Ferdinand Lynd the upraiing of King Kryucis Josoph. He returnud to Vienna aa Am bassador tn 2834. in whluk hing the Raster question, which be hud belped to fan, burst into he blaze whieh was not oxtinguished until, two the title of the work might cover, but thelr -discussion ts abundantly suiicient for its 120 pares; and, Indeed, wubsht vastly be made to tl a very uel larger” vol- uma ‘The twelve lectures which make up the volume wero recently delivered, as ts reurs lator, Sobaatonnl full hetoro tae, Allee. stated In the brief prefice, before the Sehool | woe conduoted thy menorybla defeuse of that - of Lidustylal Sclenee at the Mussae 14 | powortal atrongbold, [in kid, when the Princo, pisetta clisttute of Techuology, Boston, and in part had already appeared In-the columns of the Santuiry " Bngivcer aul, Uke American alrehitect and Building Neu; thely yopube “ Heation inthe present forms In response to .a.deunnd by ty readyrs of those journals, Pues book by intended to call attention (o the stibjects it deals with; nog to treat, thes ax. XNoyertheless, we bellove that Shece are few of the general seaders into . Shose hands {tiny cone who will not thi “$bfull to them o¢ valuable apd novel facts, auod the applicatlon of the knowledge it can- waa KUL at Vicnni, the Conference of Parla was" held, and it was owlng to hie inttucnce thar Huss aia consynted to accupl the Cour great polnts waleb formed the bidis af the treaty hut was there dibotssed und signed, In the anima year by supersted Count Nusuiroda ‘aa Minister of Foreign Atulra, aud provvedud to dt. Peters- burg lowauing oftice, When France wad at tho feut of Germany, aid when the bid been exhattajod ly a territe win, Gortscho> Kol suw hig way ta strike 4 diplojaaths blaw for the ndvantage of Russia, He fsguud Ue celve brated cirenlur to tho representatives of Musas in the capitals of Europe, informing then: that jatter country Db 1 rf Tivagin no longer Intended to abide by that por Cora tmny by ot the highest importaner, Sun's | sir ue tie teeny ot basis wen bot eto re: Rilkakta sbort-cumlugs tre durgely | spevt the noutrallly of tho Linak est,—one of as to j{snoranee, ett Feat will the very. pointe which hy blinselfbadud isu his It sufichently — c! th. Hiaperur te acecpt in ‘The Turkish Guyer go fur to reduey thi very Inudt consilered cates disinee ugnicn ta Tea 1s rovaleut, agency for evil ‘The following | dependence: but Englund dul wot vousider (t ex- See eee eee oe tha diityrent lectures will | Dedient, without nuviny theuldor Franca again, afford an idea of thy scope of thy work; | 19K9 108, avcond war with Russhs ta pompul It to keep the ‘Kreaty of Paris inviolate. Diplowutio negotiatlons oy tho subject ousucd, of i move or tess anb-ucriinonivus tuture; and flaully a con. Terence wus huld do Londoa, whieh reaulted ty Ahugait uyrelug to mality hor intention, Gartes chukoll’s last prominent public action was his takuugu seat in the Burlin Congress of 1873 06 Hussian Plonipotuntiury. ‘There be. wiruyi bot Jong wad wtoutly to secure terms of poco which would Luve procticully turned the ‘Turktwh Bias Pity into a Russian province, As it wis, bis pere “Intraductory ™ (one feature), Ventilation “of Bunidinga "| (two lectures), "tho Pinata oy ‘Towns,’ “Details of Sewerae,” & The ,Yontilation of Sewers” “Cho Ventiladen and Cleauling of Sewers,” “ House Drainage?” two lectures), * Apparatus Used for Mouse rainige” (two loctures), * Public Privies and Urinals.” ‘ihe titles niust sullice, fur, 08 might naturally be inferred from the size of the book, anything Hke adequate treatment | iinavity secu tor Bi we: 7 5 of thase ‘sub jects, within iis compass, does tayeout toanti Turks could iiford top ad or furthur yl- | up ta this date thoy are nut wholly tuldiled, and nobotfer much pppUrULLY Krank OF Condensallen, “Lugetylelseverys £ iaay posslbly Lom tho baale of wuother way, IULTGREN’S TRIAL. Much Talk of Which the Prisoner Understood Nothing. Opening Argument for the Stato by Dir. Mills. +4 Leonard Swett Begins His Speech on Behalf of the Dofendant, Tho Criminal Court was givon yesterday to hearing tho arguments In the case of Claus Tult- gron, charged with tho tnurdor in July Inst of Aaron Johansen. ‘Tho ovidenca had been cane eluded tho day before, occupying four days, MU, SULLS opened for the peuple by thanking the jury for the considcraty and, ho- belfeved, cunsclontious attention they hud given to the case, and be wont onto spunk of tho enormity of tho erline of murder and tho necessity of meting out jus- Hee tu murderers. In tho cago in question not only hac Jobanson beon outraged, but the pub- lle nt targa bad, and heaven tteclf hud bec wronged, The moment tho murder was ane notnecd every energy had been bent to ferret out the murderer, apprehend and punish him, whieh showed a hunlthy sentiment. There were two facts mating the ense of moro than ordinary = importance, Ono was that the death of a poor, friendivss, strangor had ocatrred, and the othor was that In the vindication of Justice nnother death would probably occur. The defense bind en- denvored to add another fact, and in opening tho cnse bad placed great stress upon the idea tut ‘the evidence upou which a conviction woutd ba naked waa largely clreumstantial, All ovidenve was circimstuutia, and must noeds be. ana bo did not seo that thisense differed vary materlully from othors, The {nets were estab: Ilshea by the elements of inforenco, and tho evidence could not bo othorwisy than circunt- stantinl, 1t wns finpossible to look {nto the minds and hearts of tndividuunls and discover thoir motives. Wo could sco tho plstol ralacd, and hear the report of it, but coulit rot seo the billet sped to the brain. In ho owense tho clrenmatances led up to tha fers, and the in ferenees wero clenr, Just aa they were in tho cue In question, Mr. Sills then read from Whenton's Criminal Evidenceon the questionsof “rensonabledonbe" and *clreumstantint evidense” to sustata tho: views he had expressed, aud from this ho wont on to bricily review THE RVIDENCK AGAINST TILE PRISONER In July, he sald, Hultgren was a wanderer, with out money or a home, which ho himself adnit- ted. He inet the dend man, who by his industry: bud nequirod money, and nt Saturday oven- Jug they were together, tut between that Uma and UW o'elock no living being hid been nble to. account for iultgren's whereabouts, Johun- en's dead body was found next morning, dl- vested of everthing, bls money stoteo, and everything possiile done to destroy his fduntity, No stranger would have taken such preenu tlong, but it was very natural that Hultgren should, since he was with the dead mon tho lust time ho wag seonallve. Thon agnin fhultgren, ponnitess and homeless before the murder, turned up afterward with i roll of bills, and wag golug around puytne for beer. Where did hoe get the money? Was it not a strange colncidenco, 100, that 2 part of the money wis known to have Deen the pruparty of tho murdered man? Chit pitched $5 Dili wag tho deuth-warrint of the prizuner, and It seemed provigeucial, almost, that it should have turned up and been go thors, oughly Identified: Butas strome ag this crowns atanve was,itwas nostronger thin the defendant's own conduct utter thy mugdor= wandering around frow plice to place, and display! razor which he sited ied done him serv fore, or “helped him out.” Tt was the weapon which had hyshed poor Johansen’s dying groans, {conclusion he usked the jury to bold tholr oplilong fy abeyance until allot tha arzumants: hid Deon heard, and predicted that in the onl o verdict would be reacted which would redound tothdir credit; and to the vindlcutton of tho ennse of Justice. Mr. DeWelf followed for the dofendant ina roviow of the evidence, und set up as his iidl- vidual theory that Johansen bad been at the swimming pond during the evening of the murs der,. which aceounted for his belig undressed, ind that some persons took his elothos and Valiables and ran otf with them, and that in the scuilte which faltowed in realaiming the clothing: Jobatiwen was killed. Ho was satisted that Hult- feu taut bad nothing to do with the crime, and in amtlyzing the testimony concluded that there wis nothing init to fix tha guilt upon bin, He: spoke for abot two hours, and was Hatoned to with close,ntiention. ' LEONARD SWETT followed for tho“ dutdiso with one of his charao- terlstia arguments; Ho suid ho" was fn on awkward: position, for he had never seen the prisoner befare he caira lito court Monday, and ud never spoken to him, becuse hy could not, He wasn howyer, and had beon omployed by tho Swedish people to aco thatthe prisoner had Justice dony bin, and be appeared sty as penenin betWeon the jury and tho defendant, twas «a pleasing “comment —wpen our {natitutiona that an Investigation into who had killed Jobunson—tho poor and frlend- lees—hutl been been mide, Beary tiie was, subservient to | good, order an good guyerniment.and he was glad that it wasse, ‘The prosecution could not go furthor ithun he wonld fn commending the punishment of ertine, and if tho prisoner was guilty of inure der tio wanted bin to 4a te the gibbetgand tho crows.” Itremained with the Jury, however, to puss tipon the question of bis qullt, 0 Stato’s attorney bud epencd the easy very much us un oyater oponed when It held on the thehtest, | In fact, he bud not opened (tall, except to any thitt Hultgren bud killed Johansen, Ie went ou to return some of Mr. Dilly’ compliments, saying thut thore was not 2 imun In Amerten of Mr. Mills’ aye who .wng bis cquul nan prosceutor.’ Continuing, ho raid tho Swedish peorte, who were defending -Voultgren wanted him hung if They wanted Juatico done, und ho was gullty. nothings alsa. 4 ‘The speaker thon entered upon tho merits of the cuse, taking up first tho question of * circum stuutial evidence.” Phere was no diqerence between positive and clreumatantial evidence, The fowest possible positive or direct ev dence waa tha testimony uf one mun who saw the decd doe, and alrcum- etuntial evidence upon which to convict could not be lower nt lenst than ¢hia standard. In the case In question it was lower, and be read from suindry authorities to establish Nis posi- dou, All he nuked was thatthe Jury avo to it that thy clreumsninthil evidence waa eqnel in watxht tothe lowest possible dircet evideuco Mpon whieh 2 convietion could be bud. The tria! of wt caso to him was very much like a play, und the jurymon were the audience, ‘hey hid to beliave what thoy savy, Jat us ho did woon be wentto athoutre, ‘Tho Stite had employed all ‘of its powcr ‘to torment the dofend- ant, ndvorting to is vane taken to Foon one might ostensibly to a darts have hh identify Johansen in his cofin, but roally to frighten him, uct on his nerves, and forog him to adit Sarnethhig. alll thoy sot out of him, however, was the identiticatiqu, ANOTHEM DISADVANTAGE OF TIN DEFENSE hid been tat tho prisoner had been fnduced to imuke w Btulement before the Corancr's Jury, which was charoterized us an outrage, wnt which he never heard of until after be had been oxumlued tn the Criminal Court. It turned ent, however, that tho poor, ignorant follow told tha Bune story. tipon both examinations, oxcopt as to Whore he slopt Sunday night, natwithstunding that nut a stone was lefe unturned to frighten: and extort confesslons trom bin. Tho speaker next took up the ovitence aud proceeded to nnglyze it in detail aud theorize a8 to how Joningon cue to bis death, ‘Po assume that the ofles beard at the swinming-pond were thogo of tuo deceased woul bu to tho id: vantuze of Dis wide of tho case, but wy dit not bellove anything of tho -klud, for tho tine did “not admit of | it. Jt was its much a mystery to him how and who he was killud ns it was who killed hin. Phe prpseuliah eld, however, that be" had beon ted by tla doar friend, the defendant, beepise he (Hultgren) wid out of mone; ange ho bad a-razory beotuse ho was last Boon with bin; anid, fhnilly, becatise be was found withs marked Dillon bis porgon. ‘The Jury would buve to be: gutlviied that theae evidenced af yullt bad been proven boyond a reasonable douby, He did not qneun to Bay Ubut some of the eyidenevs or puluts wade coulil not bo thrown out and @ conviction obudned, butsuch as were retained aa faute would have to bu proven beyond iw reasonable Moubt fn order to convict, Was Hultgren out of money, is charged? Ho did not think the evidence showed this.und calling upon the Court for acopy of ‘Tip Tauuns, which was fur- ished, rund trom it, during which fo took Oo- easjon to uatnpl ene ae paper upon ite faith- fulsveport of tha Seip The evidence really showed -that te hud money; that be trewtod onv of the witnesses to. beers 0! Ubat Just betyre the murder he was wick und hougnt deliuietea for Limactl; and that he bud been patd mousy from his employers fran thing ty Utne, ef whivh ho. bad spent only a amall pros wordon, ‘The next point, the prisoner's having Wragor, wis not dlsputod, but it hud nothing te do with the caso unlesd ft wus proved thut it had Dean used by bla to cut the monrdered inay's throut. it was very natural for tho man te have displayed the weapon In its innocunt bragging aud vatoy while be wus drunk, but tewould not do to hang uvory person who bragged of hls wtrongih iu wwaluon, [Luughter,) ‘Lhe razor aud nat veya to the vas, Cur it was 10 tostho~ uy that its bide did not bave uy blood on it. ft dad teen latroduced to be Houriahed in the face of the Jury us tha deadly weapon, but be thinked God thut tho scheme bid been frustrated. Ho but uot koowo whether the jada of u razor Wok marked with Uloed ar not until’ it had- aceldentally cote to hig knowledge that the prosccutian bad bad an exumlnation mado, All tho bludo contalued was Limberyer phyese, bread, and dirk, (Laugh> ter, At this point the Court, it being quite late, ordered an Sadjourument until this worning. Mr. Swett, tt js thourht, wil avcupy most of tho foroucon, nud Bir, Silly will’ cust epralk £0 several hours, an'tho chances nro that the caso ql nat got te the Jury until inte this aftornoon, thon, VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, The Kontt Carolina Ten Varm, To the Editor af The Uhteago Tribune. CHARLESTON, 8. C,, Jon, d0.—I notleo in your paper of tho Zid ust. a mistake which it may bo as welltocorrect, The name of tho person to whom you alludo In your notice of tho ten farm in South Carolina i not Livingstone, but Mid- Aeton—Henry A. Middleton, descendant of Henry Mildieton, the second President of Con uxress, and nephew of Arthur Middicton, tho signer, ALI M ‘ " Bowaro of Eli, To the Editor of Tre Chicugo Tribune. Chicano, Feb, 4,—The kindly disposed aro cautioned against the appeal for td and nssist- ance of nian hy the name of Julin Janson, 9 “ Dano" by nationality, 30 to 40 yenrs of age, Ito shows Jotters of recommendation from seve eral geutlemen, among them folters wiven ins Dy tho undersigned two or three yenrs buok, and berore sald Jnusey proved himself to bo a cheat and a fraud quite unworthy of trinat. Pb Tunney, 480 North Stato atroat. Docking Horace? Tasin,. To the Editor of The Chicaga Tribune, Cnrcaao, Feb. 4—Among a. certain class of the community tho practice of docklog borscs’ tnils fg coming Into vogue, Whatever the mo- tives of tho perpotrators be, !t cannot be donied that tho mutilation of the animals entills pum and temporary unfitness for any kind of work upon them. Should this practice be allowed fo “goon tindisturbea? Would not such an act of ernelty call for swift and adequate piunishinent? The nitention of the public is horowith eulled to this wanton practice: and If theso few nes wilt nct as a detorrent to prospective evi-doers, L shull bo any ie Fepalll or my protest ia behalf of the ‘aumb rules, B® The Druggists? Act. To the Euitor of The Chicago Tribune, Cnrcaaog, Feb. 4.--Some very crudo notions concerning the proposed pharinncy act for thls State aro prevalent, if we miny judge from Statements made by a correspondent ina recent issue of Tus Urinoxe. Any person who will take the trouble to read tho bill, as publishod In your Journal, will seo that tho Governor is con- stituted the sole nppalnting power of tho Board of TAAruIAgs subject to no dictation whatever from tho Btate Pharmaceutical Assovintion, whieh body is authorized almply to recommend auitable mimes; that ull yxpenses attending the enforcement of the act ire ta be borne by the druggists thomselves (who nelther asic nor do- sire wn approprittion from tho Btute, having so expressed themselves at n meeting of thelr rep- resoutative asscelution recently held Ae Spring Held; and finally, that, {f pagsed, the Taw would npply to such -sutca OlsU1s: only us pertain to tho “prnetiee of pharmacy.” A_ penalty is provided ngainst any person other than a registered pharmacist keeping o hurnncy of atore for “retailing or compounds ng medicines,” which obviously does not gludg poisons designed for use in the arts paint-dealors, phot I= y riuphers, ar members of othor trades emplo; polsons tor other thin medicin urpases. ‘The proposed act is based upon the moat citotent and equitable pharmas centient legisintion of otherStates, and Is prina- rily dosigned to protect, tho public from the periis nttonding tho dispensing of medivides by Incompetents aud impostora. We vory justly endenvor by legislative means to Bectire protec- don against medical quaokery and churtatans; why not agalust pharmaceutical? Is not vam petency In the druggist who dispenses medi- eines quite as Indispensablo to the public health and safety as in the physician who proseribes? P, ESOELUARD. Landlord and Tonnnt. ‘To the Editor of The Chteago Tribune, . Cn1caan, Fob. 4.—f havo been vastly amused at George A. Shufcldt’s subliieignorince of tho Inw as regards tho rights of landlord and tenant. He ought to read the statutes In regurd to the subject, and he will find that every tonant is allowed—as exempt from execution or dise treas for rent—nll necessary clothing, fuel, beds, bedding, housenold furniture, and ail other arti- eles sulted to hla or her. condition in life, and under this Inw no Constable dares to scizy any of these examptions at his peril, From this wesee thit Mr. Shufetdt's howl nbout a dick mother's piilet or a baby's cradle being acized for rent ts allbosh. Thu hiw ng it stands protects dend- bunt tenants too much, and the landlord ‘to pro-, tect himself requires his tenunt to sign at lense ylving privilege to eject for non-payment of rent, and walving all exemptions under atare- auld Inw, Tha Inw of distress gives no Hen on cradles or pullots, apd untess a tenant slams a Tenge ho is not able for rent on accotint of * exe emptions,” and tho landlord? has nu recourse except hy civil sult, and nll tho tenant hus to do fa to. appeal, and, as fe every day tho cqea, tho; landlord 16 both: minus his rent and promises for years, ‘Tho tonunt enjovs tho benefit of the tw, while the poor lundlord paya cnormous taxes and curses tho huy that deprives him of control of bis own property. Mr. Shufeldt has hud little oxperl- ence a8 ft Inidjord, or ho would not preach tho way he does, The average property-owner's experience {3 auch that he will not rent his premises uniess ue, tennnt aligns whne Is catied n “out-throut” lovso, beonuse It kills den beats. ‘hls Is not Ireland; and no landlord ovor aelzea bubjea’ cradles or sick mothers’ pallets excopt ho ja tho “scum of hell.” ‘There aro thousands of guises in Chienwa to-day whero “rospectable” deud-beat tonants aro ‘keoptnug possussion of property and not paylug rent, simply because tholr “grasping landlords” did not mnko them sign a “cut-throat” lease; and many of thom are “bonorablo” business-met, Every Inndlord shoutd make a_tenint sign a printad lense before be gives posacssion; and no tuntter what tha “inw" muy bo as regards tenunte, he can force the tenunt to keop up to bis contrict, Ifthe grocer, buteter, baker, and candleatiakinaker iid the same they would nut logo mouvy by bud debts, Yours truly, A. J. McDoNanp, Linegar’s Bl Again. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Troomtnaton, Ul, Feb. J—Woutd It not be well for our Solons to count the possible cost of nobangs in tha modo of taxing raitrouds and Niko corporations? If 3fr. Linegar's bill uecomes: aluw, thon tho whole syatuin will havo to un- dorgo tigation In the courts tinluas the Lvense system fa manifestly to the adyantago of tho corporations. Substantially evory law-polnt in tho present modo of ‘assvssing and taxing bus beon docided by our highvst courts of Judicature, ond we would be throwing away the results of yeara of Inbor to adopt a .now mode. Our Inodo of taxing capital stock and other proporty of corpurutigns operates on tho corporations ne- cording tu tholr wonlth,” It hus bocu approved by thoSupremo Courtof tho United Stites in tho State rallrond tux cage in {te U, 8. (2 Otto) Top,, 575, and by our uwn Supreme Court in cases too numerous to mention, Theso cases were vontested for years simply, bocause the iutere est or uso (of tho money wns worth more than the cost of litikavon, and if a system of Neonsing corporations to ralan revenuy for State purposes Is udopted tt may result in loavlug the State Tronsury empty for sovors) yenrs, unless tho mode ts ninifestly infavor uf the cosporations. Inelther event, tho people nist lose by a chunae, ~ There might be vw serious sonstitutlonal objeo- tlon raised to.the proposed bill, und wo eanavold’ all trouble by retaining the taxing machinery that we have Just got in running order, What nee cossity fa thoro for n change, anyway? Lt takes 8 varfable muount to ran the State Government and inatitutions, and van this he done by tho ie conse eyatum? The present modo ts cladtic, and auitod to probable exigencics or. posslbio ro- tronehment, Nothing could be more milsohievous, after the battle tv won and the faw and Bourd of Equinl- zation suutnincd, than te propose the aipalivat amendment, let atone an entire change ln the manner oC taxing corporattons: and It fa to bo hoped that tho represuntultyes of the people will alt down on Me, Linegays little seheme for fresh [tigation. Fro Dono Punttco, Vacelnia and. Vaccination. ‘To the Editor of Ths Uhicago Tribune, Cuicany, Feb. 4.—The following are somo of tho more prominent facets concerning vucctnia and vaceloution, and whl doubtiess bu {iutorest- ing buonuae thoy give Information on a current toplo, . Vavolnia or cowpox (from tha Latin, yacca, a cow) la a disenso of the cow, which, cammunt> cated to mun, duatroys, in the majority of cases, the suscuptibility to sunull-pox, In cascs In which It’ does not completely pro- tect ugalnst small-pox it renders Mt,aa a rule, mild and dovald of danger (varloluld), Vaccinution is tho proceas by which the pooul- lay specitic dlacase, cowpox, 1s transferred tu miun by the intreduction of & virus. Ibja to Edward Jenner, who promutaated bis sicutery, nv 1798, that tho world 48 indubted ‘tor thy oloploymont of vacelnation as a means of Proventing stunil-pox, In the year 17) Henja- tuin. Waterhouse, af Boston, tliat Professor: ia Harvard University, introduecd the practice tate Mis country. 4 ‘The nutural bistory of vaccinia is as follows: () Third day, rod’ points, ailuhtly clevated (pa piles), apvarynt where the Virus wis fasorted, ts) Fourth day, panulea mvre developed and reddened. (3) Pitth day, vestolcs (bludder-itie dovelopuicnts) discoverable, Those vesicles aro Uke thos of smallpox, 4) ‘Khe voaluled Ine crease, are pitted in the contre, und an the elzbth dey uttain to tholr Cult development, () A red arcala ts apparent on thy seventh and olebth days. Increasing in redness till tu and tenth daya: The ¢onateuts of tho y become purulent. There ty fover, local titel » The glands may be swe 4) Fre this tue on the fever subsides, tho redness dimiiahos, and w dark epot appears ou the cen- tro of tho puck, (7) By the ufteenth day the puatule ts couverted tnto wy binek, bard scuh which on the twenty-fifth day from the duto of the vaccination usually falls off, () Tho scar ty SATURDAY, FEBRUARY '6, 1881—SIXTEEN. PAGES hain cteristic, presenting a series of depressions or pits, . Sometimes vaccination is Incomplete, Tt is thon called vaccinofd, Tn this care tho vealotes, swollon in size ana cone-Hiey in form, develop ton quickly and dry too rapidly. Vavelnation should nover be undertaken by those not practically famillar with vaccinia lest ag person incorreatly bolteve himself to have hail veritable and complete eowpox, and shelter himself unidor faleo accurity., Many rashly ox- pose thomaotyes who are this tocesved, Vacoiniu tn tho cow may be produced by {nod- culation with the amalt-pox virus taken Crom innn. The disease thir produce in tho cow trunsforred to man entised vacoliin inthe Intter. Returned thus to mun it beeames a discnse In- Rigniticant os Foran severity, Horica ant sheep are affected with an eplzodtic analogous tocowpox, —« The protection afforied A cowpox voing from some unknown entisa teas thin It was formerty, revaduinntion from thne to tlioo t4 advisable, Vacelnation overy five years, or at Bhine of apectal expusire, is yencrally advos ented. : Vacolnation with virus obtained tircetly from. tho cow, wollo securiig absolute protection from human contamination, protiably affords a krenter protective influence agninst muall-pox Though it produces grentor locat aud gonoral effects, P ‘Tho best ngo for primary vaccination ts be- teen tho second and third montha of infancy. The cht) should be In good health, but the operation should not be delayed on this account if thore Is tnbllity’ of exposure to small-pox. » Hf en person bis boen exposed to siall-pox vacolnaition will prove protective owing to tha Wifercnec in tho stuges of development of tho two discnaes, In yaceinin the atare af develop: mont, or {ucubation, ns it iscalled, [s the briefer, ‘Tho two diseases aro nover cucxistent, » Da. dases L. TUCKER. ‘Trial by Jury. * To the Editor of Vhe CAtcago Tribune, Cmoaco, Feb. 4.—An inoldent which occurred fi. one of our Chicnzo Courts some years ago Mtuatrates moat furctbly the offect of the tine honored privitege of trint by Jury. A farmor from Jowa drove a small hord of atock to the Chiengo market for anlo; it was bo- fore thy organization of the Stock-Yurds, and the murket was the gomewhoro on tho Wost Bide. In the course of a few days ho hind sold alt of his herd excopt one fine miich cow. Now a well-to-do citizen happened to want Just such an aniinal, and ho strolled into the marketplace, Tho seller and the buyer came togethor, The farmer represented tho cosy to bo of the Dur- hain breed, to be 6 years old, and warranted that ahe would give sixtecn quarts of milk por day In the two milkings, night and morning, Sotho citizen pald $4U for his prize and drove the cow home. The farmer, having sold all bis stock, conclided to romalu in the city for a week and ace tho sights. ‘The first tine the cow was miliced she gave elght quarts, and ‘the eltizon siti that was right; sho wis surely going to ninke up tho sixteen quarts at the noxt milking. ‘Chis was at night. And thy next morning sho gave only six qua “How fa thia?" niid the aitizens | ho warrauted her tu give sixteon quarts and sho gives only fourtecn,—thit’s 0 false representation, n violn= on of bis warrant, Hint tu make a atire thing of It, he would try the cow another day, aad tho result wns only thirteen quarts. |" Now I've got him,” suid the citizen. Tho rac), the Rwin- dler, tha rogue, to sell mo x cow, warranted to give alxtcen qunrts of inlik per aay, and atio comes down with only thirtegtn. 21 ave tho yige abound bofore he Is n day olor.” And ho went and hunted up a Inwyer, or rither a man who hidn license to practico hu and bung out an attorney's sign. And he stated the case, and tho tnwyer said he had av undoubted right of netiou,—that tho fellow cotld be made to smart for tho awiudle, ete. And so tho citizen put down the tues and n suit wns communeed, a summons Issued, and the defendant brought into court. ‘Yhe declaration was of tho usual tength in tho old common-law practice, and contalped 2 mins of words, nbout ten pages, which the mnin who wrote it cauld not understand, and which tho de- fendant who ,was called upon to answer it thought wrs compiled from tho Lamentations of Jereminu. iowever,* tho farmer,” who was now chnnged to * the deféndunt,” hired alawyor also, aud the lawyer put in a ples for bis client, a ho plea was “just as comprohonstbten, tho declaration, and 30 the cise wis put at Issuu, und one day the tral caine -about. Tho Jutgo . wasontho bench yraveand dignitied, tholawyera Jovked anxious, aiid the ollonts fearful, ‘Twelve good men nnd truc—they were supposed to bo peers, (thoy lookedsohigh-toned and arlstucratlo wero sworn to answer questions ns to thelr ignorance and inidiferouee. in tho mutter befere, the Court, Pinintilt’s lawyer tackles Juror number ono, asks bin when hoe wns born, who his grandfather was, and whether he over raised cows, Did ho know the defondant’s attorney? Had be any projue dices In favor of a farmer nguinst a rosident of tho city? Hud he ever -beon sued for a false warranty? [ad be been a iife-insurance ngont, oitiver of 1 savings bank, or Mayor of any Inrgo elty? Mad be rend the nowspapers, or nuything about this cae? ‘fo ull of. which the juror ans are with wsort of o nogative shake of the “Can you read? |... “Nein,” said tha furor. “Do you nnderatand the English language?’ “| knows noting pout bitin,” coplicd tho peer, “Wo'll tako lin,” sald tho attorney. And wo,” sald tho opposing counsel. And 80 they went through tho ontiry fatunell, after consiin= mg A Bae uduy, tho panel was announced tu ba complete. ‘Otenurso there had been tho usual number of sé," 0 chatlenges “to the array,’ hullenges For caus ang peremptory chullenges before the cus i {nto the huppy ix at which the Court dirbeted the pintntit’s counsel to open the cuuse, and he opaenod [t with w venzoanee. Ho told tho jury how thisehurp, cunning risoal of a furmor bad aiwlndled and chontud his clfente-at innocent, harmless mun of tho alty,” Actually sald him a cow for HU, and warranted her to give sixtcon quarts of milk aduy, ‘That ke would provo the warranty to bo false, fraudulent, and malicious, mide on purpose to chent and steal from his ellent one or two splet of milk avery day,—and wound up with a demand that tho jury givehin at least $100 damages. » Tho piniutid was put on the staud to prove his case, aud bo swore It through that tho cow ouly gave fourtwon quarts, and not sixtcon, No amount of coaxlug or milicing could got anothor qunrt, and ho rested, The defendant's counsel opencd, and he tald down tho lawand expounded the trots, anc called his client us a witness, Tho defendant swore thatho bad minda no warranty at all, that jhe had told the plaintlit thay she was a good cow, and bud given sixteen quarts, allof which wna truo, As there were but tho two pnrtics who knew anything about the mutter, this wos the wholo of tho evidence. Tho plaintitt’s counsel then summed up the cage. It rook him an hour to denounce tho inonstrous fraud which, had becn perpetrated on his ciicnt, He sweated, and tolled, and struggled to tho and. * ‘Pho counsel for tha defendant then summed up the cusvon his part. Ife was u yoteran in the gervico; lls hity was gray but his cyo wae not dimmed, Ws forin wis erect and graceful. Ne baud a full command of language and of xesture, Te was an orator if hob n-lawyer,: The court-room was packed to hear him, It looked! as if all the -idlo mon in the city wore there, and the surplus jurors. dio beyan in mild tones aud with modurite Veep Ma naked tho Court ta in- struct the Jury that the plaintil must catublish tho case on bid part by. n propondorauce of evie dence. Nomere equality in wolght would do. Ttimust bo the beaviost. “And, ns he had failed in this particuiar, bo could not recover, And then he went to the jury on tho tacts. As ho warmed tu the subject the words and sentoncos roiled from bis mouth like a torrent of Hquid . id the perspiration fell from big brow Uke n shower fn April, and be wont for that pene. He raised him befora tho Jury, and ox- ibited tho minn who would try to lio bis client outol twa qui of milk‘ per day us a nig #o bankrupt In morals, so utterly tost to allaenso of honor and right, that be would brow opon bis futher's yrive to steal tho nully from hip colllo, - But exhaustion camu at lust, and the spucch ended, Then cue tho plaintif's turn again, and he Aveut for the Grangury sald that all titers of tho soil wero mud-alllé and shovel-handleg; mado a business of cheating and swindling, and squid alte ii the Ponttenthiry or be sent to the Le ielattire. He claimed his damuges, and that thie Jury sbonld tind for the plalntit for the full Bmount luld tu the declarauon. Thon the Judge Instrugted tho jury,—that is, be read to them frou twolve closely-written paras of lexal cope paper the propositions which each party 6u tuitted. ‘They wera go contrudictury and con. fuse that even 9 fairly lutelligent man could hot couprehend the bulf of thom. Tho jury stured, however, nnd looked wise; then they touk tho Instructions and ited out, and thoy out all nigot; but when they came in next morning it was Obverved that at least twoof tho number hud back tyoa. While they bud dis- dyreed at Hrat, it vcoms that a vordiot waa toally nade np iy some mininer, probably by the use Hf Wclub, or a convenient gbair, or spittoon,.and the verdict was €100 for tho plaintim, upon which Judgmont was entered and a cuplas fsqued aguingt the dufondant, To avold golug to jailhe puld (tt, So the man lost the price of biycow aud €00, and that js what juries samotimes do, . Baun Pity, od. re WHICH? Yor Ihe Chicago Tribune,” nae a With a bullet shot through my brain— A Samper pole in my boart— Ora pol Boe BALE fron) a single grain (4 : OF some vile chemical art? > " To boldly open my eyes Fol BY Bets And finKe Into uiiknown space— Or to dle the death tit a criven dies, With my mantis over my face? * Todlowith iy oyoson'thesun, =, of inlocn inte deeame that, on Barth begun, Witendya ivory? ae! And thus tha wonrlsome round ovor and over repost, ‘TH [t weegs to echo tn avery sound, and juto my braln to beat, Which js the golden key ‘To upon the uated Lor mo? bo re SE Oskanoorse ioe sae R4uSsTLis. 5 REEKING WITH FLLT Why Are Landlords Thus Allowed to Violate the Laws? Small-Pox at the City-Hall and at tho - Poor-House, BE MEALTIC DEPART= MENTS A vialt was pald yesterday by ono of Tin Trinung senltary Investignters to the fraino Duliding No, 204 Milwaukee avenne, complaint WITERE’S Tr of whoso condition wns left nt the oflico early in the day, Tho building, which stands on tho core ner of tho nvenne and Halsted street, is threo storics in bight, and ts occupied on the ground flour by a handsome atore, and above .by tenes ments. AS © goneral rule, the stench from an Mlereguinted tenement-houre Is not notleed tn tilit is entered, but in the present enso tho ro- porter had no’ sooner renched tho sidewalk in front of tho house than he found bint self enveloped in oxbulfitions of a very malodorous character... Without watting to {Investigate the causo of this open-air un pleasantness he mounted tho stairs, at tho heud of which was to be seona frozen up sink hilt Micd with congealed kitchen grenso and sonp- water, Mounting tho second Night of steps, tha reporter discovered in tho pussnge ubove another sink jnwhich both the water and waste-scrvices were In netlve operation, ‘fhe condition of this alnk, from which uimunaited not only the simeil of dewor-ias but nlso an oder very commonly met with of late in the collars of tonemont- houses, was disgusting, the ovidence being lear that {twas used as the dumping pluce of offal of tha vilest description. Inquiry wags tnade of cach of tha tennnts on this ttooc in reaurd to thin disgraceful condition af nfatra, but thoy donled: being tho culprit, and some of thom con- fidentially accused others of lhnving catscd tho nulennes, She preponderance of evidence, hows ever, wos decidodly aginst one worn, who, thera wis renaon_ to belleve, was misusing tho Bink In this way for the purpose of annoying ‘kone of hor neighbors, against whom sho bne had a grudge for some time pust. ‘Questioned as to the condition of tho prom[ses in'the aunitapr tima the tenants stnted thot thoy were very unhealthy. Tho atmosplere comity inat tho front windows, thoy sald, was very bid, and fa the hottest weather of summer they were often obliged to keep thelr windows closed in consequence of it, ‘AF YOU'LL COME UNDER, THE SIDEWALIC WITH ME,” one of the tenants said, © Twill show you where tho stink comes fron." ‘Tho Invitation was aceepted, and the lady led the way down a pair of staira loading to tho area at tha alderof the house, of from which were n seriva of conl-holes and water-utosets. Tho lut- ter weru In an indesoribably fithy stete and bore out the evidence of ono. of tho tonnits, who atated that thoy had net been cleaned out for years, Their Ueiny ont of service lind orusctl thelr usuze to be transferred to tho floors of the conl-sbeda, whieh In consequence were covered with viloness. | * “Why don't you got your-landlord to clean this place out for your” “flo won't do anything. Last July the stench arising froin these places was horribloy cyon tho people walling along the streets stopped to com plain of ft to tho owner of tho stores round nbout, hut he would not do anything. The Heulth Dopartment was also notitied soverat thes of tho nulaance; but fiat it na ittantion, - Thoro [g no doubt that in the spring thie place will causo n great deal of sickness In the nelga- borhood,"” : “Iscu thora aro_no trapplugs on tho waste- pipes up-stalrs. Does your landlord ever have your eatch-bnain cleaned?” “Hedoca not Yor may bo surowhon ha doesn’tattond to this frigbtful place he would ot do anything to that, fe does nothing at all for hia tenants.” ‘The pluce le a voritalle plugue-spot, and «| should at oncu recelyo the nttoution of tha Health Depurtment, which should use no haif- wuy incasure in putthur it into decent order, ‘Tula will probably necessitate the removal of at 1 ast a dozen londs of filth, but the advantayo to bo sxained by n thorough cleansing of the place will amply’ ropay tho trouble taken, as the neighburhood jaa densely-populated ono, and the sidewall, under which so much of foulness is concenied from the eye, fs traversad dally by thousands of peoplo. SMALL-POX. Thero was a practical [lustration of ‘amall- pox about noon yesterday in the Henlth Oflce of tho City-Hall, At the time montionod a inin Bomewhnt spotted about tho forehend en- terod the oflicc. Mo appeared ta be a lttto My ‘ond fn order to satisfy imeclt that thoro was nothing tho matter with bim,, ho hud detormined--upon making @ call upon Health Commissiosvr Dd Wolf, | Odicer,.Crosby. was be- hind the desk attenllug to otlles business, and Morkt waa engaged in vaccinating aman from tho Stock-Yards, Brock MeVickur. was busy trying to transtute {nto English a butcher's bill, in which bacon wus spelled * bavhon,” and had partially succeeded, when tho man stalked in. “what do_you want?” usked Mr. MoViukar, “Bou, Dy, De Wolf," responded tha stranger. “Ho's outside,” nnawered tho Secratury. ‘Tho min ent himself noxt to Crosby, entertaining: bim with a sullor’s story. ilo lad been there perhuns . ifteon minutes, when Dr. -Do Wolf came in, Why, — you," auld be, “yan'vegot the amait-pox, whnt ate you doing hero? It gcemod as thongh an carthquate had struck tho office. Brock MeVickar got out, while Cros~ by and BSinelafr tell over the poor Italian apple woman, and even City Clark” Howl, When ho heatd of It left tho City- Hut, fottowed by a large number of frlends and nequalntances, and ‘Lom Bronan, whose office ndjulns MeVicke nr'd, had all-tho monoy and his room: fumigated. De. Do Wolf bustted the man tuto his private ollice, locked the. door, and telephoned at once fortho umbulacce and hAd hlin taken to tho Pest-House, Tho man's name Js 13, Melander, 8 Swede by birth, fle was a boarder, up to some threo weeks ayo, ut the Hotel Brooklyn, Nos. 410 nnd 68 Tinols ptreot. At tht timo i. became: wu hot-hed =for the dls. case, and ho took it, nnd from dint tlmo on boarded at No. 20% fitfnols streer, which ha toft yeatordny morning to go to’ tho Health Office. Who caso is x tight ono, but Just a8 contauinus as If mare Bevere, Some better provision should bo mado for re- colving such cases nt tho City-Hall, ‘Che infec- ton a nan cin spread when {fn such a condition ig Incaloulabte, and hu ought not to be tolerated Jn go vrawded 4 plice for an instant. Othor cages reported were those of Mary Vels, a Bohemian woman, 2 yours old, restdtng nt 17 MoMullen court, and Mary Hard, $7 isle stract, ft littl ele) 7 yenrs old, who’ hus never beon yilae olwnted. Another case was reported frony Jie ‘Twenty-fourth atrect, but not nuthenticated. Thore were other contagious disenses report> ed us follows: Diphtheriit at ill sWhite atreat, WwWIChivago avenue, 407 North Stata, 4 Nucth Clurk, two cuges 1t623 North Chirk, and 49 Hare mon court; scurlot fever at 44 Hubbard aud 438 West Van Buron street, Tt was atnted about three weeks: ago in Tite TRIBUNK Uont amall-pox had appearod at the Poor-Housv, und the patient had been placed In an-ontebuilding, Five other Inmutes of the Poor- House ‘caught the disouse before the thrat wtiont was removed, and Alnee that tyne thore hava bean cloven eases tall, but Dr. Spfay dated: reported that be bad the diseusa under control, and he felt na niurin, None of the putionts have been reported ng having died, and, at lust necounts, noug wore expected Jo die. All aro in the brick bullding formerly weed a3 care SntOT ha whicb was ftted Up a4 4 poste ound, it is ubout itty feot from the Poor hee Bullding ang about suo tren tho Insane Asylum, All of the amall-nox pationts aro from the ae ‘Tho report that a party of county alliclals contemplated’ sloigh-rido out to tha Insano Asyinin Inst ovening, and were Soaroil of by tho aniall-pox reports, {8 not core recto such purty wis conteurpiated, Sena eee WHITE ROSES, * * For The Chicago Tribune. O my love, and art thou dying ? Oimy pure, whito Losol See, my heart, so towly lying, Pain and passion knows, Omy love, how could ho go _ Wheo 1 cluug and klased bin 60? Snowy Roso, no pure and tender— Oderous beart of inuak— Rear the mesenye, 1 he send hur Through the quivering dusk, Tiear, O hear me wheo tery) _ Help me, loses, or Pdle} ~~ Snowy petnis fall above mo, > + Gaver pain-gnd wot : wa If no longer ho doth love me, - Shroud ino like thy snow. » ». Fold uve close, aaa still, and deop— Hold we fa eternal w eget , Prauguy, ta... aubR MENZOITH, rs : ae Sr eer 1 {. Bay of Cireus Performers, ‘A corrospondont uf tha Hoston Herald, in re- porting w tulle With a circus manager iu thiselty, “In the momorandum book I found that tho highest galury’ palit ty. Buy, perioriey was 3150 0 week. aud the lowest &20. ‘Thore wore only two names in tho entire list credited with getting tho smaller amount. The biggest sun will bo ree ceived by Mine, Ducketll, ‘We advertive,’ sald ine manugor, that we pay hor $1.40 a Wweok, Fit tel you why, . dy uddition ve the 454, which te set down there, We pay all hur travelling und hotel expenaus, and place at ber disposal a car ‘riugo, in Whluh abe rides from hotel to trun and from ‘cleus tu hotel. Beskies this, we pay ald tho expenses of keeping and transportiog her atx horses, und wo seupls wtony te look after them, So, that he really doos cust us Slovevery day of her life: and $1,000 a week iy pot much of un exayxoration nfter wll, Chung yeta ean a week, and Tom Thumb £25. Mine. Cordova, tuo ane Ncelved Let for bor sery [arias targeat nutuber of the performers scem to run, In pal of sulury, traut €45 to 875 per week uplece. The jabosora With the show got from ¥25 to $14 = i mouth aod thei’ bourd, und the buvses of thy yd tha ol 2s et yartot ‘ tr Me aytinonts cach reesive sings S200) Nintelte wit ie acon fro vase pats < poopla are Hot se old atte 1} All. and Wie'the stories of thelr stareation get wig te pretore bn eainp it tins, rete y ontion of tnt bmidat tings WHO aro boku pan euuine awuy Coom bogeys THE \PERA GROWLER, gas 1 the F ra nnd Other Follies, pe ae The Chteago Tritune, AG0, Fos {Youre "Some Ope: editoriul in Tne \uuowe of Feo, wot command the thnike yf the publley ang a great many peopte tuthinkIng. 1 fn nlorer music and tho dranivend, white not teh, - afford to, attend the igh-priced enteric? ments now and thon, ne Art lo not they matter of principle (at Prinetpad, Ania do not bellove it Is right or any mane FW tonttempt to extort mung) from tho eine he enuse he or sho Is enlowed ith sone remerka blo power, Adlmittttyg that years of Dard Tebop fre esxential to develop a thorough nrtis there any reagon why an artis. shoud bef froin #54) to SON por Mike fortwo ue eee hottes' Rorvicen? " Adtuntt lng, lv, that tig ee sonsong tire confined tom few months: qa Hrohies cagentitt to proper preeeutation Ri P ue operand aro expensive: that travetn expenses uid hotel pile nn largo; ti tact, a mately clin aoything nnd everyting: em nny ono honestly say: that they ever got’ tot inoney’s Worth—KJ—at wn opera orn thentee Saray Bernhardt played to large nudionens at x ver howd, She nud her “company sone french? How imany of her tuuditorg unre stood her? ol butayo bad ibrettnay’ Pulte exelined. That fs so. 1 almast forgot that, Hut as you cold not rend or underane Feeneh, You wero ablizel) to gies. nu nnd share of Your pratended reali of the transis ton, and were ablized to keep your oye: Q Ubrotto, whereas, Sarah's Co you tulgsed the ‘artiat by trying to and thereby misaod the graniest fext at play. Might Just as well set up a skeleton, and work it after the fashion of i Judy sbow so fay Aw You wore concerned. Still it wad fushlonnige And coat 83 por hend! OF course the publte ts te Liame, Bo long as the pubile will pay those high, prices, Just so log wil mangers: Rake them ang ve thon, LE tho publio would nat pays do you suppose wo should bo without oped Without Gerstura, or Hernhnrdts? Not n pit of {1 We should hive thom all. There aro no doubt plonty of men and women not yet ¢atars" it ne offieind sense, but who pos: tho talent and tenrning reqniait to reach tho kont If thoy could only be brought out. But managers are ahy—thoy nro not yoing to aint the markat © with high-priced ~"sturs “x0 toag ns thoy cun help it. It is not. bust ness. Let the peoplo stay awnys refuse to pay ovor $1.50 for tho best seat, und Yor can restay stired you Will eventinlly get tlio hest seats fur $Lor tinder, Louk overtho ° brilliant” aude ences nt tho thentra, and next day you cau seg the same Drilliants ecuttercd tround varle ous stores and offices porfornilag clerical intor, When sifted down you will find wereat many of those so-called © briliiants "on the male aie aro drawing small salaries, and can't aiford sy persont, $4 for curriuge, $2 for wioves, and 4 forinoldentals, notwithstanding thoy enjoy (all these, Hduteate tho public not to be vietfmize, and you wilf confer n blessed boon, The publie ought to soo for itself, but it don't. Let us ine wist that intread of paying $3 to Uston toons netist und twenty supernumerics, wo shal} have several artists at once anil fewer super numimerios for balf the money, ‘Tho reform ean be brought about If noclety can be taught to know that tho grout pubile tloprecate boing indo fools of, ‘Tits Growin 0 of Mor Majosty!s Oporn, and Ballet-Dans clnge Td the Editor of ‘Ihe Chicago Tribune, Crtcago, Feb. 4.—1 buve beun threo times to “Tor Majesty's Opera” this week, and in bobalt of myself and othors I desire to protest against tho Introduction of ballot-dancing into thee operatic performances, nt lenst without soma previous announcement that these aro to form a partot the avoning's entertainment, Thore are people of refinoment and character in this clty who havo a love of music, and who ko to tho opera to hear the works of great com posers Iincly rendered by superior artists, and not to.svo n lot of women, indecently clad, make Timodeat exhibitions of tholr persuns, and sich people aight not to be compelled cithor to re intin “aud witness these porformances or to Jenvo the house, and be thereby deprived of the musieal ontertalument for which they have taken tickets, - Whilo tho ballet-danclog of very young chile dren, exhiblted Inat evening, ta, of vourse, tes olfensive to. decency than that af matured fe mates, and hag, of course, much of grace and churm of movement, it ba, if anything, muro objectionable in tt moral nspect, beenuse of the wrong done to such “ittle ones” by allowing them to take part fu such exbtbitions, und tho Klad of Hto and training to which they aro theres by neevesarily subjected: and no man, who ha nny sunge of duty toward young ehttdren, would destra to give bis ‘countenance of upprovul to any euetrextibitions, Tier Stdleaty opera troupo do injustice othe people of Chleago if they suppose Chit it $3 nee casiry to ndd such ballet performin thea to thelr program in order to secure attenitanes, With such singerd and actors ns Gersiet Belocea, Cary, Campanini, Ravel, ond us Puente, and ating orchestra Jed by Ardith company hus no need to offer any further ducomunts, and feast of all any of tho kind to which Ltnve altuded, "vynese builot performances aro not only ob: Jovtlonnblu In tuomecives, but serve to praloay Tho upera npnecessarlly, 80 ud to make At cad et avery kite hour, therepy gertously Impurity tho comfort and convenlence of their auience Tt the eompnny will continue themselves to the logitiinate business of the opera, and expen! all the monoy which they pay. for this ballets danuiug in adding te tho quallty and appear aneg of tholr very. shabbily-attired chorus, 58 thik ull tho lovers of music in our comrounly will bu much obliged ta thet, It would seen that the company, might st Jenst antiounee certain nights when there woul ho no hallut-dancing, and whon those who de airy music and not legeshows can attend wilte out annoyance, ‘Unless some change fa mado in this regan it will deprive meand many others of the op portimulty of attending these operatic rer anges. 1 Cs be A Standoo™® Growl, ‘To the Lilitor of The Chicago Tribune. Ciicauo, Fob, 2.—Pormit me to call your He tention and that of the general public to an out rugo perpotratent by * Her Majesty's Opens Com pany "on a certain class of theatre-zolng peo plo, that are not willing or able to nay exter gant prices for ents, and by buying: Inlaston tiekets take tho ehunecs v whatever nay not be reserved for peoply pales a higher price, A ‘tho writer of this and somo, friends arn with frst bulcony admission tlekets at Ld aplece went Igt Night to Bee the apel bt tofelo."” thu-bonse wits q very poor one, ane, of the last five rows of sents Were not, tnken # all. But nevertucless have wo been forced.ty tand tp before all this emptiness ulenaug) repeatedly declared our willingness to cheer! tet 1, orate ‘the seats fornnybudy tat bad o bot title to tham, I don’t believe “ Her Majesty's pert Cons, pany? will gain anything by compelling, he a to stand three hours on their fect behind cary Uenches for 81.70, while policemen, watcha ushers, boys, id oven tha clonners of the oe are comfortably suatud, A Supscutpet a The Wrong Night. To the Eultor of The Chleugo Tribune Cicada, Feb. 4—Tun ‘Tripuxe of Feb} advertised Gorster to sing In * Don Glovanal on Wedneanay evening, Feb, 9, and, acting cordingly, I purcbased a row of sents for wy! ‘ and severul frieuds who- were to como pee distunue outside of the sity: to) bens qf a . According to pul aaa tae teeater dock not rit In_ that oper and, npon inquiry at tho tox ollice, 1a tormed that ¢ ey know nothing avout Me that they will nelther rotind my money m art change iny tickets, ‘Tuely notice may OUTLEBPONDEST othor people from boing treated ns bat your C . —<—_———— FAITH. Bor The Chicagu Trius. This morning, when the falling ral Lent bard syratnst my window. pater Pethaushe L Leas ae steal tuusia breathing a rofralns «God gives tuo-ralu—-God gives the raial” The forked Ughtaings flercoly leapt, ‘Tua thunder nover ceased or sleph And tearfully the morning wepts But backward still tha rofralu wep! ite © God gives the ruin—God gives the ry ‘The durk’ning cloud, the blinding lath Hho ttniuder's earidt un tho yt Proulal ied Old 4 hor a wwod of act et Priva sung, with nmicust y ” Gou rules the storm—dod rules tho storm And then my fainting beart xrew, strong Though aut tho tompest ‘swept alongt Above {ts wild, tumultuous souk Teatch a strain the hits prolong: God rules the storm—Gyd rutles ty ‘ Many BreaTtoN Fi tinea a What an Earthauko-snock Wot! . fn Hondo and Mf the Torentoarttiqy q hy A cul! uBHe wWlnor trombiings 4 a: GUgneat tom weltue inche Gentlenuin't 5 tho possibility of a: serions* whoc! sty oo whien would entull a frightful cali ijag drody of thoumaida of persons IN eat cbh © doslrabla residences" of tho very Wty noter, only oue priek thiek, | Hu colt, Bingle souks would Kill Bod,uo0 peoples Suipeey: that, ngconting. to high eoloents Ye England wustJa thao past Lave 1 shukeu, ' —————$—$_—— ‘fro un ta 95,000,000 mites away. YOU sp! ralila Dr, Dale cough sirup for 2 cee ¥ a.