Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-05-12
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CHICAGO CORRESPONDENTS.

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tfonalfsm-Chtca cago oTheologtcai sem
inary-The Earth Closet-The Com
mOde-The Earth Closet Company
TriaI between steam Fire Engtnei
and Chemical Fire Engfnes-Anoth'
er rTrial-Amusements
CHICAGO, May 2.-After a rain storm, COO
day or two, and slight frost, we have warm
weather again. Union Park was moved f0ui
days ago, and shows a deep green IN the
bright sunlight. Vegetation is taking fresl
start, and the promise OF good crops Wa'
never better.
is more active than last week, in almost al
branches, and everything shows The reyivlng
influence of warm weather
CoNGREGATIoNAIIsNI.
The city has been stirred religiousiv. for
three days-from Wednesday To Friday in-
clusive-with meetings of the Fifth Trio niiial
Convention OF Congregational ministers aud
delegates at Farwell Hall, and as whc,
within a Wheel meeting OF the Nationai PA
grim Memorial Convention, addressed Icy
/ Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon, Professor IN ic
Divinity School, Rev. Dr.. j r. Thompson
and Rev. d. Patten of New York, and !; ~.
DIR. Truman NJ. Post of st. Louis. d. y p
cons address was mainly historical, and cor
rected some misapprehensionsG Gad misrepr
sentations in regard to early Pilgrim hisiol,
and was replete with interest. Then followed
The Anniversary exercises of the
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
Which is becoming quite favorite school
of thefprophets and is increasing in strength
and influence.
perform an essential service for my read
ers-in describing comparatively new spl,h-
cation Of an old principle, in
THE EARTH CLOSET,
which is destined to supercede cess-pooi-.
priyy-sewers and water-closets, and wors a
greater sanitary reform than has been
achieved for a century. The principle oi fhr
earth closet system IL, that d-y earth t. thr
best deodoriZer and dis.nfeclant OF organic.
focal and offensive matter, absorbing and
assimilatIng il. 1t has all the advantages
the wateT-clOset. without It's evils, at far l,.s
cost. The contents of water-ciosets au4
priVies infect the air, and are carried b.
meath the ground into our wells, poisonihe
the very water we drink. PRODUCING typho.l
fever, dysentery, scarlet fever. and choiel
infantum. One of the most Distinguish.
physicians SAYS: "Dig cess-pools and pri,y-
vaults and you open graves for your children.
and each cess-pooi viii claim one victim st
east, as often as once in ten years
THE EARTH CLOSET CoMMoDE,
occupying no moro space than ala arm ch.ir.
and weighing from 60 to 100 his. can be PAT
into any room, from cellar to garrci. can be
moved from room TO room. or be kept in a
bed room, dressing-room or closet, without
the least offensive odor. They can be put ~
as fixtures in the house, and no house should
nOto be huilt without them. They pr vent an
foul and poisonous gasses, and convert the
offensive smells and liquid wastes Of pri'ies
Into inodorous and valuable manure. t. the
sick they are Invaluable, il not indis pon-ablr
preventing the depressing effect produced by
the water-closet or the night chair. The
earth can be used, after drying. repeatedly.
have examined earth that has been u-ed iu
a large commode for three months, having
been Changed from the cOmmodc To- lafre
box and after drying, from the box t. the
Commode again, half zen times, and tn
earth, thus used, was dbsoiU eg OdoIess
The material-esrth-i abundant. and
needs only TO be dried, puverizea ard Lrpt
under cover. These earth closets are Al
ready in use in parks, factories, hotels. ho--
pitfalls. insane asylums, rail-cars, del.ot-.
workshops, and countless private residehces.
and whore their merits are fully known, on
the score of health, convenience, comfort
and economy, must supersede watcr-clo-cts
and privies altogether. The Riverside Com
psny, laying out and building suburban yi-
lace-virtually a part of THE cIty-lavc
adopted the Earth Closet system over a.
area Of thice square miles. dispensing with
privies and water closets entirely, and with
except for surface water, and the
result must be a greatly improved condition
of health. Those who wish further iniorma-
ton in regard to the system, shonld call upon
or send for circular to Messrs. WarinC, Fet-
row Il Wells, l09 Dearborn St., Chicago, gen
eral agents for the Northwestern states of
THE EARTH CLOSET COMPANY,
who are eflecting great reform 10y intro
lucng the Earth Closet generally, and arc
really performing the work of a sanitary com
mission for the Northwest.
CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINEs
There was an exciting trial last "Wednesday
afternoon between the engine OF the United
States Che omicSl Fire Engine Company ana -
steam fire engine of the Fire Department, 10
see which could pnt out a fire tne quickest.
Two buildings had been erected IN the Lake
psra, 2nSs0 is~t two stories high. and dlvid-
ed into eight separate compartments. Each
was filed with tar barrels ans
shaviugs saturated with kerosene. The
chemical engine played three ftreams thro'
A half-inch nozzle, and the steam engine
played one stream through an inch
and a half nozzle, and threw twenty times a.
much water as the chemical engine
Nd, and got the fire under control about i've
minutes the soonest. But the Fire
department. began to play over minute first
md their bnildings got fully ON fire minute
atest, and they played much the most skill
ully. And as the test was not satisfactory
% the fire commissioners,
ANOTHER TRIAL
) to be made next Wednesday afternoon.
There was n tremendous crowd at the last
Iial and doubtless Will be at the next.
AMUsEMESTs
ire lively at the theaters. Hackett. at the
opera House, in his character Of Fallsiaf.
.raws a crowd. Lucille Western, at McNick-
RS, attracts fair audiences, and Dicis Dariinr
delights full houses nightly at AIken's Mu-
eum. b.
A BUSINESS MAN WANTED.-A general agent
s required by one of the most successful Fire