The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-06

n Rua Sal nt
in the Bagnoe quarter noticed cab stationary mid
die of the street, with driver the box He looked in
and found the coachman lying down the
hce in dying state He but just to speak, gave his
Castan said his carriage belonged to the Bagnoes
station and begged to be taken to his brothers. Rue
There he expired without being to give anv further ac
of himself An examination of his body left no doubt
that he had been murdered He had serious wounds
of which inflicted by blunt others by sharp
instrument The probability that while returning home he
assasnated for the sake of the money might be
the of the day No trace
of the authors of the crime have yet found Casn was
man of excellent characterize Of the Daily
News
The Paris Chamber of Commerce has published curious
statistics relative to the consumption of various articles
food Dress &c. in the French capital The of
and mutton consumed annually by the Prsians valued
l53OO00 of francs (f6 20000 and of bread
(93,8000OO) The Pasans spend money however on
wine of which they buy 900 worth (e7,6sO,00O)
year. Notwithstanding this there large consumption of
beer upwards francs worth being drunk YEARLY
The consumption of chocolate is ncreasng its annual value
amounts to 900 of francs e640o0O Another f
vorite article of food pastry There Paris 622 pastry
cooks whose receipts amount yearly UPWARDS of 2
100000 of francs ss4OOO0) About half this spent
yearly in confectionery bonbon &c Besides this 0OO
0O0f 100000 spent every year by the Parsans
taurants the amount taors corses 49,
100000 for gloves 600 for hats and bonne
for false diamonds 100000 for false teeth 900 glass
eyes, 100000 for masquerade dresses for permery
and cosmetics 900 forfans 600 for artificial flowers
and Is 100000 for buttons.
Jules Simon has long been known as perhaps the most
eminent and the most moderate well as of the most
Jealous of the phanthropsts and social reomer France
He draws startling picture of the various influences which
work nure and deeriorae the physiological condition
of his countmen andwhch seriously and unless
died. must he considers ultimately compromise their political
position if their national existence Neither his facts
his arguments altogether many them indeed have
been long before but he arrays them in effective FORM
well adapted compel attention and excite uneasnes
shows strong grounds for believing that the is
ing physically and increasing slowly and that the
work produce these tendencies be checked
teracted long predomnence in Europe
and her status among the great peoples of the earth
The Irish and the German he says, only multiply
FAST but spread the whole EARTH The French do col
onze do not emgate they increase slowly and increase only
at home Relatively, compared with every other European
Except perhaps the Spanard they diminishing The
rate of increase of the population slight beyond example
England doubled her population the first fifty years of this
century that of France only from 100000 36OOO
Ooo 80 cent against 100 cent Yet during all
this period Ireland peopng Australia Canada New Zea-
land and the Cape well as her island France
spreading nowhere outside of her European limits The in
crease though varying the whole faster during
years prosperity industrial In
1854 and 1855 the deaths exceeded and largely exceeded
the births Marriages too are on the decrease There was
for every 108 inhabitants 1884 and only for 122 in
1862 The births diminish aso between 1929 and 1888 they
averaged to marriage: between 1851 and 1862 scarcely
than g. But this is not all the quality well the
numbers of the people presents most unsatisfactory appear
anceudged at least by the few statistical tests that it
sbe exactly apply 1t is true that life frightening the
owing the advance medical science and improved
hygenc conditions; but health vigorous sanitary of the
people, is apparently the decline Conscrpts by
tall they used be has been found necessary
progressively lower the minimum standard of height for the
service Thus it was in
l70l. 624 metre 1918. l576 metre
1903. ..........1,59 S 3" 1860. ........... $50
But this is not ALL Of the 1926 900 young who annually
their twenty year liable the conscrp.
on only 200 found be short for military
vice, below feet 10 inches (French, feet inch
h the standard for drummers formerly but 81 900 others
found be afflicted with diseases infrmes
which dsquay them for the CONSUMPTION That say
just onehid of the entire male population found reach
ing manhood to be either small scky feeble
to be enlisted in the army.
The which, M Jules Simon's opinion this
satisfactory hygienc condition of the French
trbuted three. First the CONSUMPTION which, by with.
drawing from the matrimonial market every year from onethd
to onehaf of the sound and healthy young of France and
rendering marriage impossible them for twelve years.
and often for M leaves the work of keeping up the popua
ton and procratng the future generation great
to the inferior and eebler specimens of the Secondly
the increase of and other species urban indus
tries which drains the population from the rural districts
and concentrates in cities and in the crowded parts of
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