, 1874-12-27

h1v 10 n. ii. Il
ond erroneo1s onjuion existing in favor of
0A1 n11rv1,G ru- GAsrs.
,,a +,,,,a dco}orizinr tbom this poipt needs
aar,a fnrt,or ei,c;1atinn That it is not efroc-
.;,.n =; .1e;n1, .nr,ront tbrongh tha mefltuu of
o,r o,fnrtories: why it il noe efrective is not
yevc oosv tn explain to ueopIe unacauaintcd
;tL o5,an;s,rr. ueyertha]ess. the following,
;nstrs,;nn nerhnns viii. b.; analogy. explain tic
resson. We know that, in bastinc a pieco of
mott or in ro,stnu a Joint befora al opcu-grato
g." re,ta,n smell II given OF. aud that 1t il
nof rnssyo-v If tia meat be fresh: If, however.
t1a 71,aot ba hnrnr or come in actual contact
Win the t.o We immediately exclaim against
..tha burnt smell" which peryades the house. 1t
!. nY-c;aajv inns with the process Of driving the
cntra,s of tie hoy and afterwards burning the
evolved: the smell IL rather tl,.n
d;ni,,is},ed Some into the nature Ut
the [,,.e. nva1yctl from this driving process, End
the general principlcs OF their combustion, is
nocesoarr to \ further understanding Of the sub
iect of ti,ejr deodorizatiou. aud to avoid falla-
cious reasoning in designing any scheme for this
rurpose. Combustion, or what is popu1arly
known as fire. ja caused by rapid combination
Of tho various sases evolved from the burning
body With the oxygen of tile atmosphere. De-
comnos1tion. or decay. is the slow combination
will oxygen OF the gascs evolved from dead or
ranic rodieu, Row. opinions differ considerably
amonr authorities as 10
r,ir .er1A1 COMPOSITION OF THESE CASES.
e.nressible in chemical formula. In the case Of
combustion Of luoryauc substances, the coInpo-
stion Of the resul,ant c.ses is pretty well known,
but in tic case of decumposing animal matter,
and aleo combustion OF aulnal matter, the
re fnre T!'n most recent and relable experiments
seam 10 have deter1. ned t;las the gases arising
from decomposition, moro especially sower
cascs arc -7mmouiacal in nature
1;.st is compounds in which carbou and
ammonia arc the princpul INGREDIENTS, aud
IS carbon has u great affinity for oxy-
zen. a considerable },ortion of these gases
could probably ba burut. though not without o
GREAT stencil. on account of Iberatn: tbs am
non,a, WHICH is the principal ingredient in the
yar1ons sre.che5 arising from, combustion or de-
comuosition Of organic compounds. As this
analogy. therefore, exists, being decomposition
and con,l,usIou Of organic mater. it reasonably
follows that What would act as . deodorzer il
the case Of the gases evolved from the one would
also act etic,e;,tly in tho cases of tha gases
oyoIyeI from tie other PROCESS.
E.Eru As pEopon1zEr.
It has been satisfactorily proved that earth
if sunp1ied in proper quantities aud the rictt
1van,,er. ia 4 great doodorizer of sewer easss
anJ gureIy nothiuc can be cheaper re-
member. tl,eso eaaes are tho product of slow
combustion or Accommodation. Is it not reasos-
able to infer that in tie case Of more rapid CON-
b,,s,ion tho SAM. medium earth. wonltl nroye
an cxcel1ent deodorizer3 Further on il, tie
conrae Of thase articleg nlan will be euccosted
1vi,crah,y Yhia could he .ccnun1ishad and adantel
~ ,ho GonIoriz,,,on ri tho c,aea arisinr- frnu
the processes Of drying the ,.tankings" and
blood at tho stocE-lards. There ls much
more to be said On ths subject
af.er . faw ror,,rha an tl,a hvpien,c asnrrt ri
t,c onat,;on. the detailed reauitS of the e.ami-
,or;ar ~ tl,as c,ocl- Yards n.cliro.l,ouanu hv
: HE TR1BUSEs commissioner will be given.
When the subject OF
THE STENCIL NUISANCE
WAS agitated in these columns some years age,
an eminent homeopathic physician OF this city
wrote letter. stating that the result Of all ca-o
ful examinations and experiments went to prove
that. however much OF nuisance, 8 smell such
us that IRON the Stock Yards was no. unhealthy
ut laast it had never been proved to
have had any i'll effect on any per-
sons bit very few of an byste1ico-
nervous Temperament; and that tho latest work
on hygiene Handbook of Hygiene, Wllson,
1871 supports his views, stating on tue author
itv Of DR.. Parkes, Professor OF Hygiene at the
Army Medical school, Netley, Eng. tint ~ tho
efiuvia produced in tallow-maklug aud bone
burnine. though sometimes very Offensive and,
therefore an undoubtcd nuisance in inhabited
districts. do not appear to have produced any
serious efiecIs which have been recorded. Owing
to their bcuc slowly oxydizcd. such yanorp NAV
l. az