, 1864-05-24
OUR DUSTY STREETS.
Breaking up and ReeeRposltior-Our Dilen
ma--Strcet SFrlnkliDg Municipal Dnty.

Breaking up and ReeeaposItion-Our Diiem-
ns--street 6Rt2nklipg Municipal Dnty.
Higher and higher piles the dust cloud In our
rIty, sweeping through the streets like tornado. !
With effects scarcely more palAtable than ths
breath Of the hr famed tirocoo OF tho desert, or
now and then lining Itself along laxIly, lowering
lor {ew seconds Ike dense fog In tho valleys
depths, and hiding from sighs onr aequainancas ss
II II separated By wall Of brick and
mortar. It would bo di7eult to co1jurc up mora |
tho1uuRh choking than re hare hsd to submit to I
d1t1rK the pAet day two, except the one that Is
coming for the n1sancs Is steadily on the Increase
Dust. lnte1mnable DUST IL tho lot Of tho citizens
OF chicago, AID thsre Is no signs that the inAlc-
tion will b terminated, for the vary water Cats
themselves have BEEN choked OF.
1tis angular thing, this dust. The divine pro-
nunc,Amento, "Dust thou art, and unto dust thou
shalt returu, ia fact in natural philosophy, and
may we'll serve a. an answcs to those who assert \
TINT the Bible Is m unsciensihc book. Not alono
ae1 the eeparatton Of the soul from tho body, but
At erery moment Of our lives ne turn to dust. /
Eves1thlnR in existeneots subject to that gradual
process OF dislntegradou Of the secondary nEgrega-
q It, Ths9 y y y shs
etituents. becomes loose. Dr. powde,-dua..
Clote up EooiH, unAe II Anp11fioua ~ ta9 9a[
fun Of dnst-dsengaged particles whisa
late entess0 ING INC ,GomPoniMMon M 9t sas
1eorS. Nsns ann iu5aisafe: H. InG otea.o '
slble Otherwise. which files 81 ffom ou1bodtes,
are laden With so1d patdces Hnieh settle ooTala
Tie product Is dust, nd s7en where no friction i
found tbs oxygen OF tho atmosphere ID silently,
perpetnally Il work on the surtsces Of 81 bodies
oxides which are ret free aB dust are then blown
away By the self ssme atmosphere and settle down
On III surrounding oejects. Every wagon that
its ,Nhesls On the Eosd which u ltseh broken up
an9 polTef1xen oy soe e5usaanG q taoso Mneeo on
and AmonE ~ tsoasa q Hxss sns PAaks Wnlsa
shoe, and The pavement; u shott " ale Ill con
etanuy enRagea y tae oastnese 2! 9analsctus1ngg
e1at H., ,,,.. A.n H.. =. .&oa,, +. .,o,.1
utens md l o orssnisn ssouna ps - ss
T. E. nos oal .ec
been resolved Into IT, primal chaos. So i Hould
not Tie e
eozbaes many Of shess PARTICLES t % Into elod ss:h
of fs sunlight lo On ,he ls1,5s Of he plant
1ated forms into tho solid structure Of To pIsnt
I md eye1y Inspiration Of our own organisms Gives
&c to sae 1aSsanss 5SS ssan ~ S1d r.
solids OF the body. Tho dust enaanalons tom
Fl Seaiss sa,asls :pd R i9aat%s.s lssc%SIns "a
more Inorganic chemical proeesses with new forms,
taEs On rrssh oszanizations snd assume new prep
void. Lie md desth, ion fosm.tlon and destruction,
cpmbirAt,on and decomposition. Arr compliments
to eaeh other. aud alwa1r keep exscdJ dc evea
but cach keeping his dietnely assigned place, and
working to prescrve the har7uoniea OF nsture:
Ttne, tle changes ,,e ot.en lneonRrshsnsibls, md
''' :1aa i@pesasi esic ce...s dead and turned to cay
or =. sb.tenrals % has,t rnsv - a,ona pee9 b,,re,
Of u stinfs afe nanipusad to beconne shc sWceses:
..ne vi r IL mnd 4 tornorrnw INV nicxed m n ths
iowh assin.I.'ed % !ss osean!sP. md iex 6oal.
not cyen to PARTICLE ef d1.ts il e1is,encs Is do
:asS = Is "a: af I'd 9axs Ret "
. the fst tf Time irselr sha} be no moro. and Ii,
Ghn,e ftsre1nrl Of nature drop out to make Foois
hr.ss ~ the crest Fasher Of Iii '''4 'A'N' >A'
Int = truce to nhlioa oohy cycu ~ wo write, til,
aest es:,:aass !tss{ isiS eas asai.s.!ee:, M
rGoa e n2os nad eeanF aad S sSnes e
Then by ss,eto effort o9e M hss snceeeded Il 81
I nr,hoS al % xIiunT n Tor he b(Ind, ths 1ettei
= stsnai1g up II bold al .,!o-l:1is!ee :. .wa !
* .ne 1ecst,,s ssa hs ~ sht+.n WV. .,.,n.
ss nnenaunSs. u I fhe npjssnee ,his year is eteass
9ass ~ 10 20 aoaoa i1sea 1ae 1nel5 RMa
L he % doEds Of dust thfoaah whieh they ase CON
sds doss b]oeE; 70. on y ths stssst eass k'eF
D, An enoEt has beea made blythe pfop.1eto1a
ees E. r.; ts1s fa 1snt 70 ens
,n is Wiling 10 Be- taxed hea7ily to sprinkle thol