The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-25
THE OMNIBUS.

DEAD STREET.
The labor is over and done
The sun has gone down in the west;
The birds are asleep every one,
And the world has gone to its rest
Sleepers on beds of down.
Meath cover of silk and gold,
Soft, new blown,
Slept the great monarch of old!
Sleepers on mothers breast,
Sleepers happy and warm,
Cosy as birds in their nest,
With never thought of harm
Sleepers in garrets high,
Meath coveret ragged and DID,
And one little sleeper all under the sky,
Out in the night and the cold
Alone in the wide, wide world,
Christless, motherless he;
Begging stealing to live and whired
Like waf on angry
Dead-fOr the want of a crust!
Dead-n the cold night air
Dead-and under the dust,
Without ever word a prayer;
In the heart of the weathiest city
In this most Christian land,
Without a word of pity,
Or the touch of a kindly hand!
THE MoRGUE PARIs-It is not generally known that
the of Morgue is derived from the second wicket
inner gate of the Chateot prison. which called La
Mogue and where new yarrved prisoners detained
for few minutes in order that the warders might obtain
good view of them lies morguer ur ais for the purpose
of Identification. Subsequently, all dead and unclaimed
bodies found in the of Paris in the Seine were
brought to this prison gae and this custom continued until
1904 when special building called the Morgue erected
ne OF present
the point of the island behind Notre Dame consists of
superintendent clerk, and three assistants The first
receives G84 per annum the four latter G48 each-smal
pay be admitted for the revolving and hard work
they have to perform. The superintendent is very
markable man, possessing keen desire to identify dead
body the bind man. at the General Post Office has for
decpherng very gble addresses letters The slightest
mark the body clothes of the deceased which would
remain unnoced by casual observer as clue to
him. by which communications made the rela-
ves friends of the deceased Great exacttude prevails
in the organization of the establishment process verba
containing less than twenty particulars relative the
SEX age of DEATH etc. of the deceased is drawn up
by the superintendent and should this means and the
exposure of the body for three days fail in leading to its
Identification it is buried the expense of the city the
establishment the Morgue receiving ST. Soc for each burial
The striking and melancholy fact connected with the
Morgue is that the number of dead bodies brought within
its walls has been increasing during the latter years in
rghtfu ratio and of all proportion to the increase of
the population. Thus, in 1916, the number 302; in
1856 45 in 1866 1885, and in the first nine months of 1867
69 Of the 733 bodies deposited in the Morgue in 1866
486 men, Sc women and ISL infants Of AS who
identified 285 committed suicide by drowning, 10
homicdes SO hanged themselves committed suicide by
firearms by Knives by charcoal by poison died from
starvation and 80 from sudden death IN the streets The
greatest number of bodies brought to the Morgue in June
and july the fewest in December and January Gambling
on the Stock Exchange stated to be the most fruitful cause
OF Scde the great facility that exists IN the Paris Bourse