Year: 1874

one of the retorts, and the same closed
for the space Of three or four hours,
the usual heat applied, so that all the
moisture and gaseous ingredients may
be driven of, partially condensed,
passed through the purifiers: while the
nitroeenized compounds will be collect
ed as ammonia as usual, and the hydro.
carbons add their share to the duty Of
Illuminating the city. The retort
shall then be opened so as to admit air
to the heated matter, in order to burn
as much as possible of the carbon re-
naming into carbonic acid escaping.
If any respectable party or association
expresses desire to preserve my ashes:
they shall be placed in an urn, or other
substantial vessel, and delivered to the
same. If no such desire is expressed, l
direct that my ashes shall be delivered
to the Central Park Commissioners, to
be used as fertilizing material on one
of the aower-beds near the music
stand, in the Central Park. The Pres
ident, Vice-President, and Secretary of
the New-York Liberal Club are here
with appointed as executors to see that
this part of my will be duly fulfilled J"


BAD WATER.-The London Lancet
speaks as follows of poor we'll water !;
The dangers Of bad milk are engrossing
so much attention just now, that there
is reason to fear lest the far greater dan
gers Of bad water should for the time
be overlooked We trust this serious
error will not be committed For one
sample of dangerous milk thousand Of
dangerous water could be obtained in
almost any part of the country. Let
it never be forgotten that very few
rivers or wells are safe sources Of water
supply. and that many APE as unsafe as
loaded firearms. The shallow wells of
villages are among(t the pests of the coun-
try, and it is hi h Viu1e that jealous
and we'll organized crusade should be
brought to bear upon them. 1t is sick
ening in most country places to observe
the uniformity with which the cesspool
and we'll are madeto stand side by
side, as though each was necessary for
the other; and to think Of twenty feet
or so Of foul, sewerage-reeking soil
through which the water percolates to
its tetid bed! The question should en-.
gage the attention Of every health officer
and will. in too many cases, tax his en-.
ergies severely: for it is one of the
hardest sanitary problems. It is always
possible to provide u city or town with
good water, but, in village, where
houses are few, money scarce, ard in.
telligence scarcer. it is matter of ex,
ceeding difficulty.


The time is not far distant when the
great West and Southwest will legislate
for their own interests and then New
England will find her mills without
grist, and the money gods of the East
will be no longer masters of the situa-
ton.


"Now, if New York is not given a
better administration of her municipal
affairs. if her population is to be driven
from the island by the want of quick
transit: if her people are to all become
a set Of note-shaving and railway bond
stealing harpies, if there is to be no en-.
terprise and public spirit within her do
mains. why then she is likely, in the
years to come, to be mere shipping
port and old-fogy town, while Philadel:
phia, Boston. Chicago, St. Louis and
New Orleans grow up to be the great
cities of America. If the great West
and Southwest legislate business into
their great cities, disgusted with the
greed and sloth Of New York, the great
bank stockholders and money-lenders
may N find the%selves in bad fix.-znte,
| Ocean.


! Sliced Bread Puddtny.-Cut some
slices Of light cold bread, and butter
them, then spread preserves of any kind
over them, and repeat until you fill your
pan or mould Beat four eggs, pour
over the bread in the pan one pint of
boiling milk, then the eggs; place the
mould in boiling water, cover it with a
cloth, and let it boil twenty minutes
Serve with nice sauce.


| Potato Soup-Two and half lbs. of
peeled potatoes, cut once or twice in
two, boil in three quarts of water for
half an hour; the91RYt in two teaspoon
fu's Of salt, some PEPPER, and four oun.