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month and ears open till the very end Of"
the mass, and then hastened back to the

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house to. prepare his breakfast for him.
which she did most willingly, after hearsa hslesass
| ing him say mass.
| 1t is stated that this prit.stIfs still M.
ing IN France, where he found "a Sare,
welconr.---Ph7adeifdia Catsoiissstsaa-
ard. aa ylisa9 ssssa mooh g'4aa "a
! PolsoNEp BY HAm Shortly after.
1 the death Of DR. j. NJ Witherwax, which
occurred on the 18th of June. the Scott
County Medical Society yaprminted acom-rI
mittee, consisting Of Drs.. j. ". II. Baker,
lINen, FarQuarson, Cantwell and Freneh,
to investigate the causes which led to his /.
death it having been the opinion Of sev
cral medical gentlemen that he died from.
The committee. through DIR. Baker.
lhavc prepared their report. in Which
| they unanimously concur In the opinion
that the cause of Dir. Withcrwax's death
was rightly surmsed, and that the pois.
on was introduced into the system
through the use of hair dressing or dye.
| For four years previens TO his demise
Dr. Witlerwax had used the dressing al
most daily on his hair and whiskers, snd
frequently during the whole period suffer-
cd from pains which were similar to
those produced by lead collie. Is a.t,6
Drs Hazen and Cantwell each made
/ four separate analyses Of the liver Of Dr.
IW., and one Of the kidneys, AMI foantr
lead in the tissues Of those organs each
time Their report accompanies tlatof
the committee. 80, s.. !. Il.
In the report, Or. Baker, 'as Chairman,
cites many instances given in prominent
medical works and Journals, in which ili.'
dividuals have died from diseases pros
duccd by use ofhair dyes in which symp1
toms very similar to those manifested IN
the case OF DR.. w were betrayed,
Furthermore Il established that conges.
ton ofthe brain is not uuff@isenily pros
duccd by these dyes aa y raa ~ .siag
| 1t is stated that nil the numerous hair
| dyes in use, except one, contain lead
The one exception contains nitrate OF
silver instead Of lead, and that, while Il
docs not poison the system, crisps and
dries the hair---to its injury, of course h
The lead used on the hair is absorbed
by the skin and thence conveyed to The
different organs in the body, and effects
its work Of destruction by poisoaga The
magic combs. hitch ara warrnIItcI To
turn gray hair black, are made Vi lead,
and DIR. Baker cites ar instance Of the
death from lead poison OF an individual
who used them. '" sA t''s'n"
3 And so tho committee clearly demon.
strates the fact that the use ohmost hair
dyes is dangerous. to life--producinS
painful diseases, which sooner orlater re.
suit in death. Gray hairs arc rehonofablc.
1t is said-and healthy, might be added.
We'd bctterlAllTw them whom ~thc
bleaching prooesaf commences oni0ur
eraniums,- DartaPort lIova 6qqs3ftstf,
Aug, II. =.
ISuAarrAxrs aors THE GIpsB --si'her
arc on the globe about ] .2SS, ,Q0O, ,0nnperg
| sons, of whom 360.Q00,pQ0 are OF the
| Caucasian race J52, 900, 900 Of the Mon
eol race; 10000, 900 are Of the fFthil
opian race f78Uoo0o0 of thar NJ sioy
race, and 100000 OF the IpapE American
race. u Naaaesf Il. 4aue a,gt tf.,s.f
There are 1000 different religions and
36l2 languages spoken.
The yearly mortality or hclglobcfs
3aa, ,333, 1898 pcrsonsA This ia 1t the rate
Of 0l,5i4 per day, $500 per hour, e0 per
minute, :. +. ,aststy ty,.f,t,.h :; i ,,.s
SO each pulsation Of our heart marks
the deccase OF some human creature. oH9
One fourth of the population slies NJ
or before the age of . years; eneshalfat
or before I,iseagsei eeor.s salf1sw era
i nnh orriv 90. a
the age Of 100 yeats, one ii .5cpAttaih,
the agc of 90, and one in TOO kycs totlie
are of60 years saAoO9 sHola @ahi
Married men live, longer thans, single
ones. In 1000 person, 65 marry !; aud
more marriages occur in June and De-
cembcr than in the other inoiitfis. as''s
Professions exercises great 1ilinaeiSre
on longevity. 9A5s sHl ~ soiASf1l. adl
In 1000 individuals WHO mriye Ii aistAe
age Of 20, AZ arc prizes orators og pnli
i lie speakers; 10 are agriculturalists, 33
arc wofkmen, 3a soldiers Or military
employers, ss4idvocatcs or engineers, ~
professors, and "a doctors. sei
Those who deyota their lives to the
prolongaton Of those of otpegs, die The
soonest ''" y ff'@' V''3.a @NA
fafrhcr are a35, 900 900 of sChustmns,
1900, 900 islueiites,s G0,0pQ.QQQ yAsiaiio
religion, 100. 900, 000, 3fohammedans, and
200 900, 900 Pagans. In the Christian
Churches there are lT0, ,0Go, zoo who pro
fess the Roman Catholic faith, 10, Gee,
. 600 who profess the. Greek faith, and
50, ,000, 900 the Protestant a., sB .sa,
Sheet -Music--Snoring. ~ N
Paper Cats Newspaper attacks. W
A superior Gqrn'extraciorc-771,hc sefow.,
A legal convsyanee77-ihc rolife- van.
The child Of thu, scar Tic lpfbog buoy.
A little man caunot lie 8 Long ip bed
Ringlcader-ThS Papon at The maTrrgiia'se
service. 80
| Ola mails disprovc the provetb.-@" Man
proposes" -" .''
Slight of.hani-4DcclininS masrinno-
tnial offer. gl m9ib QuiEiahtp al iTi
Cnbs-"Thc land cf tile iles, and tho
home OF the slave, 'sisd z1ar sdf 10 nuii
o. Babies are thu conro sastachclltoiltae
bonds Of ofmatrimeay, slho lntsrestlAsdpc
at yandom.nll silliL ga ssH s4om grl