The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-16

Mr. Emil DIrrzscH Of Chicago, who hold
thedi-ma! ole, 90. Coroner os Cook county from
December. 1874. TO Docember. 1875 hus COLI
lc'iei and revised hl. Three i,ruill E,pYi9s
and published them on tinted iaper f'r the
benefit OF the world al large II II seldom oar
good fortune 10 como atros- a more humorous
book. Mr. Dlrt2sch's great nutiyr rheerfulne-s
Is apparent iu every line II his official reports.
H. s1es the comioAl sido Of every suicide. mnr-
dor. or sudden denth from unknown cause. ami
faithfully records his pleasant impressions in
orlcr TINT his fellow citizens If Cook county
may share in the fun. But that Is not ALL His
deliberate ESSAYS in waggery arc far exceeded
hy the Unconscious humor 81 the reflections in
tended TO be philosophc. poetic. or practical.
The rather melancholy profession which Mr.
nietzs,h cnivrns has nevor before yielded to
literature anything comparable to these reports
Coroner l.ot1s'h rightly considers that the
salary attached ., the Office in cox county
$4,000 year-is mere riitancc when tho
amount oi scholarship. sentiment and cu'hu-
siasm which hc brings to the work is taken into
account Compared with the four Coronors
ani their deputies in New York hc writes
"ihc Coroner of this county had to perform
three times Tho amount of thoir work. Accord
INK 20 N'w lori. papers. all ~ thom held only
LOOP in1ues,s fof the performance o. which
they divided among themselves the handsome
littc sum II 81 GOA IN fees" Vet the Vow York
Coroncrs are not men like pietzsoh. They car.
nothing about statistics ami philosophical lc-
du"tions. Il struck D.ot2-"h ono Fourth Of
July That he could 80 q valuable sorNi'r 20
statistical science by tahuluting all the gunpow
der accidents that occurred on that day ia tho
United States ot America. "A tho Coroner Of
this county, sent out letters 90 the Cpron'rs ~
~ /
counties ~ tho country. re- iuestng Thanh 10 -tato
% me- the number ~ fatal accidents connected
with tho celebration in their resp. tive r,'ali-
ties Il j. repr'Heh 10 the profession. he
thinks that only seyeutv-thr'n nf has cnlleaeues
responded to the invitation, and those few re-
sponaes were all from uninlpnrinrt Western
counties The other gentlemen he 'front.'
cally expl9ine. "cspc tally those of N"w York
and surroundings Plilair,phin. Boston. ond
other largo cities 81 tho Fn4i. wor" too hu-ily
engaged in collecting. their ouorrl0us Coron"r's
fees Ia he,tow any attention upon such t'in's rs
the subject matter alluded TO-" Ne' lac oher-
ish"s n, III will, for h. g,ns on t. say:
May TIA Lord rresrrvo than in he1lti md
COOL spirits during tho itu'' pi ilrir 20 harvest.
On rnty tn"y b" r'Nl'i"l without orr 'sition!
i'ui wa hHm.,Y huv iy hca! ana siNr lrais'
h"nis of tNr l'.'-,lilr- VIII lHNf $50 r' DHrd
the srlary of to- Cnrrrnr ~ C.y. count, that
the only pea-lre amt rr,rrution hr can indulge
IN Is the c'li" 'lton OFT -nli-'''r' maternal.
Mr. DleN4oh give. '''o Comfy Arorn y the
following good-uWuroi ilu' rau for refusing
g. allow an cN'ga hi'l whir1h4 Iavlp u. iu;
For 'w' lays The C'r.Yo" a.t n ne ehoriG
t,ulty AN'rn'v. Mr. Il. ru w. % Nu''.n vino
ggu'cljtni len.'r. i"rlti i"r w. .r. r. 'e
extra rW nlIi have % h'uou'ru' t"Ntrl.