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religious lfo Of our tne, aa thla oho Of tho "Ao-
t.ta1 proaonco," tonas to atlll moro forcibly ON

religious lifo Of our time, as thia ono Of tho "Ac-
ttal Proaonocy" tonas to atlll moro forcibly ON
phasiao tho absurdty.
:. j. THE WAR OF THE mED1cos
has como to IN end, and nobody Is hurt. Tho
lust not Of tho farco is fully worthy OF tl,oBo
Commissioners re.aasolnblod At tho Tolnplo
rlecc rooms on tho dny appointed, and
thon. Tho latter read tho argumc11ts which thoy
tost against tho injustice which had forced them
to appear thorc to answor charges, nndor circun,-
stances which they pronounced "tho most OK
traordnary In tho history Of medical jnrlsprs'-
donco." Ono Of thcm,, at tho conclusion Of h.s
meeting Of tho Society, in Juno, committee DO
appointed to Investigate tho claims and prcten-
Bons of homeopathy, y,-prolroring aid from its
practitioners in prosecuting the inquiry; but tho
proposition was not acted on. Finally, the Chair
man Of tho Prosecuting Oommittoo summed up
tho evidence. md Btatod TINT tho doofsions. In
tho varions casos would bo given At future
tine! Aud, with thfa most lame 2 and impotont
t9 curtain fas On tho
from 1t arc, that certain homeopathic physicians
hayo had good 1cnl of gratuitoua advertislng,
anl that tho Massachusetts, Medical Society haa: :
fallon of immensely In pfostlge' Inlay r., Ml3 as
rendered It's dooialon, recommending tho oxpul.
sion Of tho ofrettding n1oE0bora-ED. TnrnuNE.1
THE AMERICAN SOCIAL soiESoE Assoo1AT1oN
hold its eighth general mcoting IN this city laat
wcolx. Several Of tho pnpers read and discussed
by tho Association woro of so much moro thnn
ordinary interest aB to call for Bpoc!al mention.
OF theso. mono was moro conspisuously impor-
tant than TINT road on the third day BY Con :.
Census Of 1870" It was litorally crammed with
information. Tho various offocts of tho lato
war upon our present population, and tllo
Indications Of tho census 10 relation to tho popu.
lntion Of 1000. were exhibited at length; but
Of oi1ootivo increase BY birth in the various parts
, ~ WV AMoNa TEE DIFFERENT RACES
Of our people, ana in tho difforont Glasses nnd
prodiclcd that 1880 would show deoroaso Of
Germans and Irish, and m inoreaae Of English,
Welsh, and SchndnavfanB. He Quoted tabloa
Of figures to ahow that te focndsy Ii OF to Tor
thoconcluslon that the German fnhabitauts OF tho
nt e1sf as ere ne5sang RAPIDLY ta
due Z not morey to poonliaries Of ocatIoa s
occupation, but to qualltios Of stock developed
under the conditions of amorica.
Con. Walkers paper called outa good donl of
discussion, /. lilo course Of wlliol, DIR. Edward
Jarvis saId that ho had made careful study Of
the
VITALITY OF INHABITANTS OF VARIOUS NATIONS,
and had found that tho chances for lfo were
much groRter among Rone raceB than among
Of ohildroa Of 1rlnh parontagc, . much smaller
proportion lived to DO 20 yeara OLD than was tho
caBoe with million births of children of othor
.natlonalities. Il wo ,wofo to import Irish
sva9 efS v. yo,aE ad9 soaan'' e e sa saao g6 gs
Eoohps E Gaea at h'F tho subject from osf pnsey S
utilitarian point Of Wow, 1t was better to import
scandinavians or GormRns for work than Irish.
These statements arc very likely to DO correct,
Init fT,nv nra mt In AEcordaNEG with tho com.