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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CORVALLIS. OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1879. NO. 52.
VOL. XVI.
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each Insertion.
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All notices and advertisements intended for
publication should be banded in by noon on
Wednesday.
R. WOODCOCK,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
(OdVtLLlS
UKEOllir.
OFFICE OX FIRST STREET, OPP. WOOD
COCK Jfc BALDWIN'S Hardware store.
Sjecial attention given to Collections, fore- .
closure of Mortgaged, Real Estate cases, Probata
and Road matters.
Will also buy ami sell Citj Property and Farm
Lands, on reasonable terms.
March 20, 1879. 16-1271
F. A. CHEXOWETH. F. M. JOHNSON.
CHENOWETH & JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
(OKAI.LIN .... Oltlt-OS
September 4, 189. 16:36tf
J. W. RAYBUR? ,
ATTORNEY Af LAW,
touv tliUs, : OKI .":.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CORVALLIS
Livery, Feed
...AND.
SALE STABLE,
Mil ii tit.., t o val 1st. Oregon.
SOL. KING,
Porpr.
OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and rvWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED
Third. to oirer superior accommodations in the Liv-
r erv line. Always ready for a drive,
""Special attention given to the Collection
of -Note and Accounts. 16-llf j OOI TEAMS
J&MES A. YANTI8,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
( OBVALLIN, -
0BE60H.
tlTILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of the State. Special attention given to
matters in Probate. Collections will receive
fotnpl and careful attention. Office in the Court
ouse. 16:ltf.
DR F. A. VfNCENT,
DENTIST.
At Low Hutent.
My stables are first-class in every respect, and
competent and obliging hostlers always
ready to serve the public.
REASONABLE CHARGES FOR HIRE.
Particular attention Pm to Baardlnc
i
ELEGANT II ARSE, CARRIAGES AND
HACKS FOR FUNERALS
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879.
18:lyl
COHVAIiLIH
( REGOtf.
rFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER
" Max. Friendlev's New Store. All the latest
improvement. Everything new and complete.
All work warranted. Plea e give me a call.
15:3tf
G. R. FARRA, M. O.
PHYSICIAS ARD &URGE(M,
raFFICE OVER GRAHAM & HAMILTON'S
v Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-26tf
a M8AM AMI
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
All business will receive prompt
attention.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY-
CorvaUis, July 14, 1879. 16:29tf
NEW TIN SHOP.
J. K. Webber, Pro.,
MAIN 3t,. - COUVALLI8.
8TOVE3 AN a TINWARE,
All Eind.
t&t- All work warranted and at reduced rates.
12:l3tf.
W. C. CRAWFORD,
DEALER IN
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
.JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE,
u etc Also,
Musical Instruments &o.
SST" Repairing done at the most reasonable
rates, and all work warranted.
CorvaUis, Dec 13, 1877. 14:50tf
GRAHAH, HAMILTON &C0.,
(oaVALMS ... OREGON.
DEALERS IN
I rugs, Tr taints,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS DTK STIFFS,
OILS,
CLASS
AND
PUTTY.
PURE WINES AND VI
FOR MEDICINAL US
And also the the very best assortment of
Lamps and Wall Paper
ever brought to this plac.
i AGENTS FOR THE
AVcRflL CHEMICAL PAINT,
SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER.
Woodcock & Baldwin
(Successors to J. R liny ley & Co,)
JTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand a large and complete stock of
Heavy and Mielf Hardware,
IRON, STEEL,
TOOLS, STOVES,
RANGES, ETC
Manufactured and Home Made
Tin and Copper "Ware,
Pumps, Pipe, Etc.
A good Tinner constantly on hand, and all
j Job Work neatly and quickly done.
Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co.,
: for the sale of the best and latest im
proved FARM MACHINERY,
of all kinds, together with a full assort
ment of Agricultural Implements.
Sole Agents for the celebrated
ST. LOUIS CHAftTfR OAK S'OVES
j the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the
Norman Range, and many ol her patterns,
! in all sizes and styles.
1 S& Particular attention paid to Farmers'
wants, and the supplying extras for Farm
Machinery, and all information as to such
articles, iurnisbed cheerfully, on applica
tion.
No pains will be spared to fnrnibh our
customers with the best goods in market,
in our line, and at the lowest prices.
Our motto shall be, prompt and fair
dealing with all. Call and examine our
stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac
tion guaranteed.
WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN.
Corvallis, May, 12, 1879. 14:4lf
LANDS! FARMS HOMES
f HAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim-
proved,) STORES and MILL PROPERTY,
very desirable,"
FOR SALE.
These lands are cheap.
Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale.
Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under
he Soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made
final proof on less than 160 acres, can dispose of
the balance to me.
Write (with stamps to prepay postage).
R. A. BENSELL.-
Newport, Benton county, Oregon.
16:2tf
ALLEN WOODWARD;
Druggists
and
Apothecaries,
P. 0. BUILDING, CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Have a complete stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Oil,
6LASS, ETC., ETC.
gohool Books Ntationeny, &o.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
mw Physicians' t,eeriptloac rat
imnm compounded.
We buy for Cash, and have choice of the
FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medicines
the market affords.
MB- Prescriptions accurately prepared at half
the usual rates. 2Mayl6:18tf
FRESH GOODS"
AT THE
BAZAR or FASHIONS
Mrs. E. As.. KNIGHT.
cobvallis, sees.
Has just received from San Francisco, the larg
est and Best Stock of
Millinery floods,
Dress Trimmings, Etc.,
Ever brought to Corvallis, whch I will sail at
prices that defy competition.
AejeMCy far Mtmrn. r r rllM
ratterns.
26aprl8:17tf
Cor val Sis Lodge Jo 14, . A. M.
Holds staled Communications on Wednesday on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good
standine cordially invited to attend. By order
W. M.
Bsr.nia lads No. 7, I. O. O. Y.
Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in
their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Mem
bers of the order in good standing invited to atr
tend. By order of N. G.
ROBERT N. BAKER.
Fashionable Tailor,
"FORMERLY OF ALB VNY, WHERE HE
has given his patrons perfect satisfaction,
has determined to locate in Corvallis, where be
hopes to be favored with a share of the public
patronage. All work warranted, when made
under his supervision. Repairing and cleaning
promptly attended to.
Corvallis, Nov. 28, 1878. 15:480.
Grain Storage !
A Word Jo Frmers.
TTAVING PURCHASED THE COMMODI
ous warehouse of Messrs. King and Bell,
and thoroughly overhauled the same, I am now
ready to receive grain for storage at the reduced
Rate off" A cts. per Bushel.
1 am also prepared to Keep Extra, White
Wheat, separate from other lots, thereby enabling
me to SELL AT A PREMIUM. Also prepared
to pay the
Blarhest Market Price.
for wheat, and would most respectfully solicit a
share of public patronage. T. J. BLAIR.
Corvallis, Aug. 1, 1878. 15:32tf
FRAtKLW CAUTHORN, M. D
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Corvalliw, Oregon-
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
of the Eye. Can be found at his office, in rear of
Graham, Hamilton 3c Co.'s Drug Store, up stairs,
dav or night.
June 3, 1879. lf.-23tf
II "E. HARRIS,
One door South of Graham A Hamilton's,
CIIKT Al.t IN, (BBti..
GROCERIES
PRO VISIONS,
AND
Dry Goods.
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878.
l:lvl
DRAKE & GRANT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
C"KVAt Lift.
OttlCUOSk.
UE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
and well selected slock ol Cloth, viz:
"W-e of t'tjluml Itroad
v lotlis, renort asslmercs,
. oli Tweeds, and
American iltlnir -.
Which we will make up to order in the most
approved and lash on a Me styles. No puins will
be st ared tn producing good fating garments.
Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have
them cut out, will do weil to cull and examine
our stock. DRAKE A GRANT.
Corvallis, April 17. 1S7'J. I6:16tf
Boarding and Lodging.
Ph lloma th. Beaton ' . Orcgo..
GEORGE KI80R,
"RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRA V
eling public that he is now prepared and ia
readiness to keep such hoarders as may choose to
give him a call, either by the
SINO E ML. DAY- OR WEEK.
Is also prepared to fu-n sh horse feed. : Liberal
share ! public patronage solicited. Give va a
call. . GEORGE KISOR.
Philornatii. Alirifcife: 1879. 10:1811
Adiniri'l Nelson.
Albert Ptgai-Ij. Williasi Ibwik.
PYGAIX & IRWIN,
City Trucks & Drays,
HAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND
Trucks lately owntd by James Eglin, we
are prepared to do all kinds of
City llau In if. j-lt-verltir of
Wood. K to.. X2i c,
in the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat
ronage solicited, aud'sausfaction guaranteed in all
casest ALBKRT PYGALL,
WILLIAM IRWIN.
Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:altf
J C. MOB ELAND,
(crrv ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PUKTLAXU, KE09I.
OFFICE Monaates' Brick, Ftret street,
between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf
THE STAR BAKERY,
Street, iorvsllla.
HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR.
Family Supply Store !
Groceries,
Bread,
Cakes,
Fie,
Candies,
Toys,
Kto.,
Always on Hand.
Carvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. Utf
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson -was a great
sea captain if ever one lived. When, on
the 15th of September, 1805, he hoisted
the flag on board the Victory, had ar
rived off Cadiz on his birthday to take
command of the Mediterranean fleet, he
meant fighting. There was no suspicion
of hesitation in his tactics. The force
nnder him consisted of twenty-seven sail
of the line and four frigates, which he
withdrew from the vicinity of Cadiz to a
station sixteen or eighteen leagues to the
westward, "in the hope of inducing the
enemy to put to sea." These were the
days of dash and manhood, and great
must have been kelson's exultation
when, on the morning of October the
21st, just at daybreak, the combined
French and Spanish fleets, consisting of
thirty-three sail of the line and seven
frigates, were seen ahead to leeward
twelve miles. The Admiral lost no time,
for before twelve the British fleet, in two
lines, was bearing down on the crescent
shaped position of the enemy, and then
it was that Nelson hoisted the signal,
"England expects that every man will do
his duty." The only fear was that the
enemy might run for refuge, therefore
Nelson notified to Collingwood, "I in
tend to pass through the van of the ene
my's line, to prevent him from getting
into Cadiz." There was an affectionate
anxiety about the impetuosity and deter
mination of the commander, so Captain
Blackwood proposed that the Tenter aire
should go ahead of the Victory, in case
that vessel might draw the principal at
tention of the enemy's fire. "Oh! yes,
let her go ahead," replied Nelson; but at
the same time he had clearly no inten
tion of allowing any such thing, for he
would not permit an inch of canvas to
be taken in, and the Victory continued
to lead the column, closely hugged by
the Temeraire. It was Collingwood,
however, who began the fight, on board,
the Royal Sovereign, commanding the
lee division, and the feeling of the two
brave men at this important moment
found utterance almost at the same in
stant. "What would Nelson give to be
here!" exclaimed Collingwood to Roth
eram, and at the same instant, without a
spark of jealousy at the enviable posi
tion of his friend, Nelson observed,
''See how nobly Collingwood carries his
ship into action."
But at twenty minutes past noon the
Victory was in the thick of the fight.
Scarcely a minute after the ship got with
in range, seven or eight ships opened a
terrible and destructive fire upon her.
The Admiral's Secretary, Mr. Scott, was
shot dead, and soon the mizzen topmast
of the Victory was carried away, and also
her wheel, necessitating the process of
steering by the relieving tackles below.
Yet no hail of fire destroyed the daunt
less and dogged courage of Nelson and
his sea-dogs. When a splinter from the
fore-brace bits passed between Nelson
and Hardy, and tore away the buckle
from the shoe of the latter, the Admiral
only smiled and said, "This is too warm
work to last long, Hardy!" Still, warm
as it was, the English Admiral was de
termined to make it hotter. The Vic
tory's sails were hanging in ribbands;
she had lost full fifty men in killed and
wounded ; but soon it was her turn to be
gin. Determined to pass under the stern
of the Bncentanre as the only mode of
breaking the line, the Victory's helm was
put hard aport, and there was scarcely
space for her to go clear. Sailing close
to the larboard side of the Bucentaure,
the Victory poured in such a well-directed
and tremendous broadside that the
French ship heeled two or three streaks
on receiving it. All this time Nelson was
pacing the quarter-deck with Hardy,
their walk being bonnded aft by the
wheel and forward by the companion
ladder. The distance was only about
twenty-five feet, and it was here, when
the Redoubtable brought up that the
fatal bullet struck Nelson. He feel on
his knees just where Scott had fallen,
and said, "They have done for me at last,
Hardy; my backbone is shot through."
The victory was all but gained when
Nelson was compelled to go below. In
that dreadful moment he thought of his
men, and caused his face and his stars to
be covered bv ms handercnief. in order
that he might pass unnoticed by the
crew. ijonuon Telegraph.
Pekpuexity op a Newly Maeried
Couple. A rustic bridegroom left his
bride on the station platform at Troy,
and bought a ticket for Chicago by way
of Albany and Susquehanna. When the
train was made up the affectionate pair
settled themselves in the rear car and
began to drink beer and make merry.
When the conductor came along the
groom handed him the Chicago ticket,
whereupon this dialogue ensued: "Con
ductor "Where is your other ticket?"
Groom "Why, I ain't only got one."
Conductor "Well, is this lady with
you?" Groom "Why, yes, of course
she is." Conductor "Well, where is her
ticket?" Groom "Why, Mr. Conduc
tor, she is my wife. Don't you know,
why we just got married; my wife, don't
you see; we don't need but one ticket.'
The conductor could not make the be
wildered groom understand the rules of
the road, and that it would require two
tickets to carry them to Chicago, and
finally when the train reached Sche
nevus the bridal party were put off.
They took the next train back to Albany
in search of the man who had sold the
ticket that was not good for man and
wife.
A converted brother who does not ex
aggerate his forsaken wickedness when
relating his experiences.
The late Bishop of Exeter was sitting
one day at luncheon with his wife and
another lady, when the hostess inquired
anxiously of her husband if the mutton
was to his .liking. "My dear," replied
the bishop, with his courteous little bow,
"it is like yourself, old and tender."
An Ogden paper, in speaking, of a re
cent accident at that place, says: "It is
feared that the boy's injuries will prove
quite fatal." It is hoped that the re
porter's account is exaggerated, and that
the lad's injuries will ptove only moder
ately fatal.
Alfonso,
I saw this noble youth axd boy-king
to-day. There are two conditions that
place a country before us in a humiliated
shape; one when governed ostensibly by
a boy and really by a clicque; the other
when presided over by a womanly man
and governed by a cabal. Why Spain
should be as she is may be found in the
character of her rulers. To-day, when I
saw Alfonso driving out, I never felt so
proud before in being a citizen of the
United States. If we were to walk up
and down the sunny side of North
Charles street during a balmy afternoon
and try to engage a heedless girl in a
brilliant conversation, made up of ex
clamations and grins, he would no more
attract attention than any other young
man similarly engaged on the glorious
Sabbath in that rueful rue. If there is
anything manly about His Majesty it
comes from his mother. When I first
saw him in Paris he was predisposed to
lollypops and mixed candy. Subse
quently at Addiscombe, in England, he
took to small indulge ncie like Ferdi
nand VII, who embroidered petticoats,
said his prayers backward, and restored
the much-talked-of and little-understood
"Inquisition." If there ever was a mon
arch that looked not an inch like a king,
Alfonso is he. I conclude with his com
ing bride and queen, both for her choice
in a husband, a home, and certainly a
rickety throne. They tell me and what
better authority than this prothetic
"they" can you have? that Alfonso still
sighs over the grave of his lost bride,
"La Reina Santa," as these people
piously call her. Certainly she was a
lovable lady and a true Christian woman,
who won the affections of these people.
If I may accept the whole story about
the coming bride.she is equally endowed
with her predecessor but is more way
ward which in a woman is a great at
traction to a commanding man who loves
to control the rebellious. There axe
preparations going on here for the
nuptials, that are intensely interesting,
and in some instances peculiarly profane.
After an active physical indulgence in
calisthenics and a few mental lessons per
day, I hope to be able to master the
language and laws of society here, and
then tell you, good reader, more of Spain
the Spaniards, their signs and symbols,
their hidalgos and high-jinks. Madrid
Gorr. Baltimore Sun.
Besieging the Prussian Headsmn,
In the Kleine Herald a daily news
paper recently started in Berlin by the
Prussian railway king, Dr. Stroasberg,
is published an interview recently
granted to the writer by Krauts, tne
state executioner who beheaded Hoede ,
last summer. While "Monsieur de
Berlin" was chatting pleasantly with Ms
visitor about the decapitation of the
would-be regicide Kraut's first perform
ance as a headsman a knock was heard
at the door and a footman in a splendid
Hvery entered the room with the request
that the Scharfrichter would be pleased
to speak with him for a moment in the
passage. Krauts went out with the
lackey, and after a brief interchange of
sentences in an undertone was heard to
say aloud, 'Tell Her Excellency, the
lady Countess, that I am very sorry, but
J cannot, dare not do it." Interrogated
upon his return by the visitor with
respect to the mission of the mysterious
man-servant, he Replied with a smile,
"Oh! it was only a request from one of
my 'sympathizers,' such as reach me
several tunes a week. ' You may often
see the handsomest equipages in Berlin
standing at the corner of the Mulock
Strasse. They bring me lady visitors,
young and old, pretty and ugly. Yes,
yes; many ladies of the highest aris
tocracy have called upon me and have
insisted upon seeing my wife whon I was
not at home." "And what did these
ladies want?". "The merest rubbish.
Hair cuttings for instance a blood
stained pocket-handkerchief, a morsel of
bread from the headsman's breakfast
table, for one of my gloves." Krauts
himself is a fine young fellow, decorated
with the Iron Cross for valor in the
field. "Like most subordinate function
aries m .Prussia, he was a non-commissioned
officer in the army, and received
his present appointment upon his dis-
ALL MR:8.
Laziness is a premature death. To be
in no action is not to live.
Ulsterettes is the latest name for top
coats, which reach the tops of one's
shoes.
The mortality at Key West last summei
was less by one-third than in any year
since 1861.
The manufacture of cork soles is an in
dustry that has grown to large dimen
sions in Williamsport, Penn.
The reason that old slippers are thrown
after a newly -married couple is that the
chances of matrimonial happiness are
slippery.
At a "Horticultural Fancy ball" in
England a gentleman personated an
onion so naturaUy as to bring tears to
the eyes of the company.
No one objects to seeing that the In
dian summer here, but out in Colorado
they say they would rather see the In
dian somewner' else.
A button on the male garmenture that
never comes off except when the person
whose mission in life is to sew buttons on
is near at hand with her utensils.
In the museum at Walkley is a strik
ing bust of Buskin, which was executed
by a Sheffield grinder. The humble
artisan has left the grindstone to study
art.
Mr. A. A. Parker, of Glastonbury,
Connecticut, husband of the remarkable
Julia Smith Parker, was quite intimate
with Lafayette. He has just published a
volume containing reminiscences of the
eminent Frenchman.
The Chicago Journal says Jane Grey
Swisshelm is the only person in the
United States who knows everything.
Possibly; but the Journal should bear
in mind the fact that nobody is as old as
Jane Grey Swisshelm. Buffalo Ex
press. Now is the- time of the year that the
young bride fondly gazes at even fish
knives, and a pair of sugar tongs, a napkin-ring
and a clock, and sweetly
whispers to the wedding guests, that
"the other presents are not displayed,
owing to the wish of the givers, who hate
publicity." rPhila. Bui.
The Counte de Paris had a narrow es
cape October 19, strange to say, not far
from the spot where the Due d'Orleans,
his father, was killed by a similar acci
dent. The horses of his carriage took
fright near the Porte Maillot, startled by
the engine of the tramway which goes to
Courebevoie. Both horses and carriage
were upset, but only the coachman was
slightly wounded. The occupants of
the vehicle escaped without a shaking.
charge as a reward for faithfnl and (-Upper and Professional Classes " pub
gallant service. He is married, and the
proud father of a fine little boy, and heir
apparent to his important office. With
a touch of quaint piety he introduced
this lad to his visitor's notice as "his
successor, please God!" and observed
that though he passed an uneasy night
before the morning fixed for Hoedel's
execution, when he looked into his
"client's" impudent, sneering face, he
"thanked God for making his business
so easy to him!". 'W!m$t
HUMOROUS,
I lie Comparative Mor.alMy of Rich and
Poor.
Dr. Drysdale, Senior Physician to the
Metropolitan Free Hospital, called atten
tion in the Social Science Convention re
oently in session at Manchester, England,
to the comparative mortality of rich and
poor. How came it, he asked, that in
Great Britain, in the face of improvements
in every direction in the domain of of hy
giene, there still remains a death ra e in
our cities ranging from thirty down to
twenty thousand of the population an
nually? If we look to one city, London,
for instance, we find that, with all the ad
vances recently made in that wonderfully
healhy city, the death rate was actually
22.2 per 1000 in 1856. and in 1876 a little
higher, or 22.3. Many persons have asked
on reading such figures, "What is the use
of medical science if it can effect nothing
more than this?" The real cause of the
non-effect of the -countless hygienic ad
vances was -indigence. Viilerme, the
French Medical writer on hygiene, found
some thirty years ago, that persons over
40, if in easy circumstances, had 4 death
rate of only 8.5 per 1000, whilst the mor
tality in a similar class among the poor
was more than double, or 18.7. He also
showed that in Paris, there died, between
the years 1817 and 1836, one inhabitant in
thirteen in the thirteenth arrondissement
chiefly inhabited by the poor, and but one
in 63 in the second or rich quarters. The
most accurate statistics ever compiled on
this subject are from the pen of C. Ansel,
Jr.. entitled "Statistics of Families of the
Yon cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself one. ;
A woman who remembers last Sun
day's text, but is unable to speak under
standing of the trimmings on the
bonnet of the lady in the pew next to the
front.
It is said that an Oakland man's night
mare turned out to be the shadow of his
wife's foot on the bed-room wall, in
stead of an unearthly monster with five
horns.
A lady is one who can draw a promi
nent hair from the side of -her piece of
mince pie and drop it quietly upon the
floor without mentioning the fact to the
agreeable hostess.
There are more roads than one to
Heaven, but the man who parades his
religion as a business advertisement will
never be able ,to even strike a cow
path. A married woman who- never said:
"No wonder girls don't get married
nowadays; they axe altogether differ
ent from what thev were when I was a
girl."
lished in 1874. The author collected in
formation concerning 48,044 children of
the well-to-do classes in England and
Wales, including members of the legal
clerical and medical professions, as well
as of the nobility and gentry. He found
from these inquiries.that in the first year
of life, only 8.45 per 1000 deaths occur
red among the infants of the easy classes
in this country, as against 140.49 among
the children of the general population.
The death rate then, of the children of
the comfortable classes in this country
being 80 per 1000 in their first year, we
found it to be 250 per 1000 in cities like
Manchester and Liverpool, and as high
as 300 in poorer quarters of our cities, and
in Berlin, actually 500. From one totve
years of age, 46.84 children of the upper
classes die of 1000 born, and as many as
113.69 in the general population. During
the remainder of early youth from five to
twenty, the difference is not marked;
but 65.47 per 1000 deaths occur among
the richer classes, as against 74.04 in the
general public. Between 20 to 40 there
die, among the richer classes, 125 per 1000
and 124 among the general population;
and between 40 to 60 there die 147 per
thousand among the rich- against 168
among the general population. The gen
eral result of this calculation shows that
the average age at death is among the
r ch in England and Wales, 55 year,whilst
it is not probably 35 among the artisan
class. So that M. Ansell estimates that
in one year- their die in England and
Wales under the age of 60, 368,179 person,
which figure-should only have been
048 if the population had all been in easy
circumstances. Thus some 142,000 deaths
annually in England and Wales are due to
indigence. Health is very imperfectly se
cured in the lower grades even of re
spec-table citizenship. The public registers
have demonstrated that mortality and
disease diminish with every rise in the
scale of wealth.
Healthy Women.
A writer, in urging the necessity for
more attention to physical culture, notes
as a favorable sign the fact that "the
pale and interesting" type of female
beauty is fast losing its popularity, and
that men of position and influence are
declaring for the healthy standard of
womanly beauty, such as was ever recog
nized by Greece and Rome, This is cer
tainly an important and happy change
in public taste, and already the effects of
it are to be detected in an improved con
dition of feminine health; for it will
hardly be denied that on an average the
women of to-day are physically superior
to what they were a few years ago when
tight-lacing and similar destroying cus
toms prevailed. Young women take
more exercise than they formerly did.
They ride and walk more, and are in the
open air. They have not the insane
dread of the sun's rays which they once
had. But there is much room for im
provement yet. Many homes are still
presided over by invalid mothers and
wives, who furnish a constant spectacle
of sadness and misery to their families
and friends, and are a subject of un
limited expense to their husbauds. In
such homes the greatest of all blessings
that could be hoped for would be
the health of the mistress restored; but
too often it is the one blessing that never
ames.
American homes, more than any other,
perhaps, in the world, have been sad
dened by sickly women. If this shall be
so no longer, it will, be a great blessing
to the nation. And .the remedy is simple.
American men are as strong and healthy
as those of other nations; there is no
good reason why American Avomen
should not be. All that is needed is a
proper attention to dress and exercise.
Let women dress, as men do, so that then
bodies shall not be squeezed and pressed
together, but have free room for motion,
and let them get nnt into the air and
sunshine, as men do, and exercise their
bodies, and the race of American women
will not become extinct, as at once
threatened to do. Oh the contrary, it
will be improved, built m, and beauti
fied, and a time will shortly come when
a healthy man will ' not have-fc hunt a
whole country over to find a healthy
wife. We are on the right track now; all
that is needed is to go ahead, and the
results will soon be manifested. Women
will die to be in fashion ; therefore let
the fashion of female beauty lie vigor
and strength, and all the ladies in the
land will be swinging dumb-bells, prac
tising archery, riding on horseback, and
walking for a wager, but they will be in
style.
Blushing and Turning Pale.
Blushing is occasioned by sudden
dilation of the small blood-vessels, which:
form a fine network beneath the skin, and
when they admit an increased volume oi
red blood cause the surface t appear
suffused with color. Blanch 'ng is the
opposite state, in which the vt .sels con
tract and squeeze out their blood, so
that the skin is seen out of its bloodless
hue. The change effected in the size of
the vessels is brought about by an in
stantaneous action of the nervous
system. This action may be induced by
a thought or unconsciously by the oper
ations of imprQsuons producing the
phenomenon habitually. In a word
blushing may become a habit, and is
then beyond the control of the will, ex
cept in so far as the will can generally, if .
not always", conquer any habit. It is al
most always useless, and certainly seldom
worth while to strive to cure a habit of
this class directly. The most promising
course is to try to establish a new habit
which will destroy the one it has desired
to remedy. For example, if blushing is,
as generally happens, associated with
self consciousness, we must establish the
sway of the will over that part of the
nervous system which controls the size
of the vessels by calling up a feeling op
posed to self consciousness. It is ,
through the mind these nerves are in-
fluenced. Then influence them in a con
trary direction by antagonizing, the
emotion associated with blanching
Thus, if the feeling which causes the
blushing be expressable by the thought,
"Here am I in a false and humiliating
position," oppose or still better, antici
pate and prevent that thought by think
ing, "There you are daring topity er
feel contempt for another.' Avoid go
ing on to think what that "othef " is, be
cause the object must be to eliminate
self. Constitute yourself the champion
of some one. a,ny one, and everybody
who may be pitied, and the ever zealous
and indignant foe of those who presume
to pity. Most persons who blush with
self consciousness blanch with anger,and
this artificial f.tate of mock anger will
soon blanch theface enough to prevent
the blush. It ouiy requires practice in
fhe control of the emotions and the pro
duction of the different states at wilLvtle
sort of expertness required by actors and
actresses to secure control of these sur
face phenomena.. Blushing and blanch- i
ing are antagonistic states may be em
ployed to counteract each other, control
of the physical-State of the blood vessels,
being obtained through the emotions
with which they are associated. Landou
iMncet.
Nothing makes a youngster so mad as
to be dressed up neatly, with clean face
and nicely-cnrled, and forced to be a
gentlemanly 9oy, while all his chums
are running around the streets bare
footed, with port-holes in their breeches,
and having a high old time 'generally.
Sac. Bee. . .
A certain.Scoteh country minister re
moved from one parish to another, and
on Sunday "exchanged'' with his suc
cessor in the former charge. At the
close of floe service an elderly woman in
quird what had become of her, "ain
minister." "O, we're exchanging," he
replied; "he's with my people to-day."
"Indeed, indeed," said the matron,
they'll be gattin' a treat the day."