The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-11-19
Concerning TitIeS--"HOn." and prof

The Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
has just received legal opinion upon the
weighty question whether its members
are authorized to prefix the title of Hon
orabe to their names. The abuse ofthat
privilege by minor colonial officers seem
to have rendered necessary some official
declaration on the subject 1t will occur
to our readers that the use Of this prefix
has very considerably Increased in the
United States within the last few years
lime was when 1t was confined to few
persons OF high political or judicial posi-
ton. and carried with it certain degree
of dignity and importance but nowadays
almost every one holding an Office in the
gift of the people seems inclined to call
himself the Hon. Mr.. Soand-so. The
result is, that the designation is fast los
ing whatever of significance may have
formerly attached toit. Titles Of honor
exist here by the sanction Of usage OF
custom only, that of His Exceilency,"
applied to the President, forming no ex-
ception to the rule 1t would be breach
of etiquette and nothing more for for
eign ambassador to decline to address
Mr.. johnson by that term. Twenty-Five
years ago the President aud Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States. the heads of
the Federal Departments, members of
Congress, Governors Of States, the judi
geS of the superior courts Of record, and
In some States the members Of the Up
per House of the Legislature, were al
most the only persons upon whom the
title Of Honorable was conferred. But
the list has since received so many addi-
tions, and the word been brought into
such contempt by some who assume in
virtue of their Offices toadOpt it, that there
seems good reason to believe it will 1T no
distant day disappear from our political
nomenclature.
The title of Professor has lost much of
its former importance since teachers of
the art of self-defanse or Of the culinary
science have adopted it; and the Rev.
Albert Barnes and Henry Ward Beccher
have more than once declined the affix OF
ID. ID. to their names in consequence OF
the very indiscriminate manner in which
that once coveted honor has been distrib-
utcd by American colleges. Sensible
men will soon begin to initiate them and
discard the Hon Already Mr.. Seward
has made a coumendable move In that
direction, by ordering that in official com
munications issuing from the State De
partment the last-named title shall be EN-
ployed as sparingIy It's possible. 1t is tO
be hoped that his example may produce
a good effect in other quarters. 1t is
better to fore go the sweet satisfaction Of
| being addressed as the Honorable, OF
| Professor, or Doctor, than to see these
| titles made ridiculous by ASSOCIATION with
unworthy claimants -Nelo York SIN
CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH. Very
few of the sudden deaths which are sale
to arise from diseases of the heart dc
really arise from that cause. To ascer
tain the real origin of sudden deaths, al
|. experiment has been tried in Europe
| and reported scientific congress at Siras
| burg Sixty-siX cases of sudden death
were made the subject of thorough
post mortem examination In these case:
only two were found who had died from
disease of the heart Nine out Of sixty
six had died of apoplexy, while there
were forty-six cases of congestion of the
| lungs-that is the lungs were so full O.
blood they could not work, not being
room enough for sufficient quantity o
air tn support life. The causes that pro
| duce congestion of the lungs are colo
feet. tight clothing. costive bowels, slttlne
still until chilled after being warmed with
labor or a rapid walk, going too sudden
~ from close room into the air, espec
tally after speaking, and sudden, depress
ing news operating on the blood. =
These causes of sudden death being
known, an avoidance of them may serve
to lengthen many valuable lives which
would otherwise be lost under the verde
OF heart complaint That disease is sup
posed to be inevitable and incurable
hence, many may not take, the pains they
would to avoid sudden death if the,
knew 1t lay in their power