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Murder of the InnOcents,

Professor Chandler, in recent lee
ture in New York on health and health
laws, went into comprehensive expla-
nation of the duration of human life,
and the causes leading to the premature
cessation of life through the want of a
proper supply of air and water. Even
under the most favorable circumstances
the organism wears out. If it is used
it should last, on an average, three score
and ten years, but it does not. Dr.
Playfair, as shown in the statistics of
Liverpool, found in the case of the gem
try-the best fed, clothed and housed
that the average duration of life was
forty-three years; in the cases of the
tradesmen, nineteen years; and labor
ers, sixteen, the average being only
twenty years. That is, the human or
ganism is so poorly protected against
causes of death that It averages to sus-
tain itself only twenty years. In study
ing sanitary questions, one of the first
points is to get at the facts, and for this
reason what are called vital statistics
are carefully collected, calculated and
studied, in order to ascertain the facts
connected with death and disease.
In 1882 the number of deaths in New
York was over 81, 900 in population of
1000. 900, or, as it is techically spoken
of, 32 per cent. in the thousand. It is
important to know how this death rate
is distributed among the ages, as it is
the first point in determining how to
prevent death, and we find to our horror
that nearly-one half the deaths are Of
children less than five years old, show
ing that the causes leading to this great
death rate are dependent not so much
on the action of persons themselves as
of those who should care for them.
Between the ages of five and twenty
128 per cent. more die, SO that before
reaching manhood 81 per cent. of our
population dies. For the remaining
period it is distributed more equally
from twenty to twenty-five about per
cent. from twenty-five to thirty, per
cent. from thirty to thirty-five, about
8 per cent. from thirty-fve to forty
q little over per cent. from forty to
forty-fve, little less than per cent.
forty five 20 fifty, 9 Per cent. from if-
ty to fifty-fve, the percentage is %;
from fifty-five to sixty, 81; from sixty
TO seventy, about 2 ; and from seventy
to seventy-five, little over per ce2t.
Then the number falls of. In fact, all
but 5 per cent die before they reach
the age of three score and ten. While
the mortality in New York is 80 in ,000
we have reason 10 believe that under
favorable circumstances the inevitable
mortality should not be more than II
in 1000; that the mortality is nearly
double what it might be il everything
we could do were done 10 diminish II.
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WELCOME TO ROYALTY.
by TENNYsON,

Inc son Of him with whom we strove for power
mEose VIII IS lord thro' all his world-d0main
VINO made the serf man, and burst his chain
has given our prince his own imperial flower.
Aexandrowna
And welcome, Russian flower, a people's pride.
10 Britain, when her flowers begin to blow!
=, FROM loye 10 love, from home to home you 90,
Hrom mother to mother, stately bride,
Marie AleXlndrogna.
Inc golden news along the gteppes is blown,
And at thy name the Tarter tents are stirred;
ElDurl and all the Caucasus have heard;
and all the sultry palms Of India known,
Alexaldr0wna.
The voices Of our universal sea
OA capes OF Afrio as on cliffs OF Kent
The Maoris and that isle Of continent,
ana loyal pines Of Canada murmur thee
Marie AlexandrOwnal
FAR empires branching, both, IN lusty lirel-
Yet Harold's England fell to Norman swords;
Yet thine own land has how'd to Tartar horIts
Since English Harold gave its throne wife,
AleXandrOwna
For thrones and peoples are as waits that swing,
And float or fall, in endless cbb and flow;
But who love best have best the grace to know
That love by right divine is deathlcss king.
Marie Alcxandrowna
And Love has led thee to the stranger land,
Where men are bold and strongly say their say
See, empire upon empire smiles to-day,
AS thou with thy young lover hand in hand,
heXandrOwna!
So now the fuller life is in the west,
whose hand at home was gracious to thy poor:
Thy name was blest within the narrow door;
Here also Marie, shall thy name be blest,
Marie AlexandrOwna
V.
Shall fears and Jealous hatreds flame again?
Or at thy coming princess, everywhere,
The blue heaven break, 0nd some diYner air
Breathe thro' the world and change the hearts OF
men,
AloXandrowna?
But hearts that change not love that can no. cease
And peace be yours, the peace Of soul in soul
Aud howsoeyer this wild world may roll,
Between your peoples truth aud mauful peace,
Alfred-Aleyaudrowna
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RHYMES of the WOman,s Crusade.

The woman's movement has brought
out the poets. There is one specimen
which concludes
When this whisky war is over.
Wen all get drunk again.
The Brooklyn Argus mans attempt is
in this way
Ohio's ransom speeds apace-
Is daily growing surer
Since woman dulcet voice essayel
The praise of Aqua Pura.
Proud state RityIng nation prays
For some assuring token;
Thy nose bleached to its native hue
Thy whisky vessels broken.
Rev. Thomas X. Beecher thinks that
religion suffers about as much as the
liquor business by the sidewalk prayer
meetings. "The specially bad feat
ure, says Mr.. Beecher, is the prosti.
tuition of prayer; making of it side
walk pastime. " And then he asks how
the following would do as On additional
stanza to Montgomerys hymn:
Prayer is the Buckeye womau's dodge
To stop the rum-shop-door,
They hear her prayer and run away,
And never drink no more.
The Courier-Journal sings "Oh,
woman il our hours of ease, you
know we'll do whate'er you please ;
we'll promise to renounce the sin Of
Bourbon, brandy, rum and gin, and go
so far as to refrain except when temp
ted from champagne; but have
some mercy, do, my dear, and leave,
oh leave us lager beer"
What will not woman do, says q
Brooklyn paper, for the man she loves {?
Her hand was the first toreach and drag
The bottle from the shelf
at is your curse, dear John, she said
And drank it up herself.
This from the Commercial Advertiser,
New York:
There was refOmer named Lewis
Christened Dio (my narrative true is),
Who led crusade,
Providing folks paid
Fifty dollars to " see Dio Lewis.
Another MARBLES:
saw the tear drop on her nose,
Pismatic glomes shed
saw the bow Of anguish bend
Ger her curl-tanged head.
saw ihe conflict Of her soul
The pain that wrung her brow;
"Take back the bottle, john she sobbed
II cannot smash it now.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

The Virginia senate passed a bill IN.
propnallng $4,000 for the purpose of epeonr-
aging actual land purchasers and settlors -
come to Virginia. The board Of immioro,ion
VIII nave authority to send three commission
erS. TO Europe two or three to be natives q,
Europe now residents in Virginia.
The committee on elections bovo fin
lshed examination of the case of pincbb,ct
against Sheridan, for scat from onisiono
ana 1t is understood will report next woel
that the record evidence on which both claim
ants rest their respective cases has NOT ann
Oied the committee to decide between them
IL Is reported that the dead body
round in the road near Independence, Mo n
rev days ago, was that of Albert Pinkertop, a
detective who had been trailing tho robbers Of
the iron Mountain train at Gad's Hill in Jan.
uary last. He is supposed TO have been killed
by the Younger or James Brothers, or some Of
their friends living in Clay county.
The Farragut prize money is to be
paid without further delay, the prize list Lay-
ing been forwarded to the fourth auditor The
total amount Of prize money proper is $780,
OOO, and 100000 additional bounty for III.
destruction OF confederate vessels. The num-
Der or United States ships taking part in the
engagements is forty-four, and the number of
officers and men sharing in the prize awards
Is between twenty-five hundred and three
thousand. The Farragut estate will receive
one-twentieth Of the whole amount. or ab.pt
S35,O The three division commanders will
receive one-ffteenth each and all the other
officers in proportion.
The naval drill at Key West is over
The orders have been issued for the immedi.
ate dispersion of the fleet. Admiral Case will
transfer his flag from the Wabash to the
Franklin. The Wyoming and Wachusett will
exchange crews. The Shenandoah and Ticon-
deroga are ordered to New York, the Wyoming
to Washington, and the Wabash to Boston.
Admiral Case will proceed to the European
station with the Franklin, Juniata, Alaska and
Congress. The Lancaster is to return to Bra.
I'll as soon as ready, and the crews of all
homeward bound vessels except the Ticonder-
oga are to be discharged
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
Vars Waste.

Give me the money that has been
spent in war, and I viii purchase every
foot of land upon the globe. will
clothe every man, woman and child in
an attire Of which kings and queens
might be proud. 1 will build school
house on every hillside and in every
valley upon the earth l will build an
academy in every town, and will endow
It a college in every state, and fill it
with able professors; | will crown every
hill with place OF worship, consecrated
to the PRONUNCIATION Of the gospel OF
peace / will support in every pulpit an
able teacher of righteousness, 50 that on
every Sabbath morning tho chime on
one hill should answer to the chino on
another alomd the earih's wide circum-
ference; aud the voice Of prayer and
The song of praise should ascend like n
universal holocaust to heaven. Rgfus
StcUeRS.
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FORELGN. y

~ 80
len hundred and fifty-six bales of
~'0n have been landed at Elsenore from the
wy Olarles A, Farwell, stranded on voyage
'Vn savannah to Renot.
Ile Earaday, built especially for lay
: aole', will begin on the 18th of April to
a' On board the cable to be laid direct from
'eA Britain to the United States.
dispatch received by boat from
A,'na says it is reported there that the Span
4s I0S' very heavily in tho battle at Qui-si-
"VAFa near Puerto Principe. The Cubans
'uaied IN possession Of the field at night,
-' Killed and wounded falling into their
MARSHALL Jewell, United States min
s''" st. Petersburg has signed declara-
.-l'Spec'hg trademarks, giving American
-'-4iac'Orers equal rights with those Of
s+,A' Ibis is the first treaty signed in both
m . '"bhoh laibuhbes'
'le Duke OF Edinburgh and his Rus
O''ue mad rousing public reception on
-I a'rlyal in London, last week. Notwith-
''a,nS a binding snow-storm, the streets
NY Hmmed with spectators from Padding
'''oh 10 buckingham palace, to witness
'O'al eortege pass, and not since the
WA T1'SlVlng over the recovery of the Prince
",es' Aas the city witnessed such a pop
'E demonstration.
- 'le french assembly, NJ. DabirCll,
'a''VllS', moved that the assembly take a
,., .',n the first day of July to decide the fu.
S,,. ,O'm OF government Of France. He urged
+ 'S@, l." was impossible to make constitution
gnD. ,ryu' llr't settling the question whether
,g, N.Y. was 10 be monarchy or republic. The
'n caused great excitement in the cham
heated debate ensued. Duke de Bro
.,.i 'pVAe against the motion and it was OBJ
|u ~ 10 by $50 to $50.
N 1O ureat Eastern will start in Au-
s,ay @y the Portuguese telegraph cable
,h,., NV, d hnal decree, that was no reason
S,,% V''e'enco in equanity by injunction. 8.
81, sOuBn the court might enjoin state
|, "Om doing injury to third persons un-
him, unconstitutional state law, suit
Ss., estate officer to enforce acontrat OF
NM w .., was either suit against the state,
0b., ''u'u not be entertained, or suit
n ,t.,, IOmlnal parties without interest,
~ SaOua o. u. be dismissed. The restrain
sabp'o \" ',ncent' p Cape Verde islands, to Per-
~, aletter from India saws more excite.
tSb'' s,4'lS In the streets of Bombay nov
s@ \, w. '0n seen since the mutiny Of 1857.
a,.,l,, i, 'ne lower classes, Arab and African
ss6Da ~ made attacks on the Parsees,
b ~ y 'ue'r houses and committing every
Ahh A ~ l,'epredatiOnS. In the attacks many
b ,,r %uOS are reported to have been killed.
&,ns,,' authorities seem scarcely equal to
@h SS Ssaoy and the troops in the city are
@onsa lent numbers to preserve order
As0' y UI the Mussulman's hostility to the
Nn1on. wa. ,. one OF the latter wrote a bool
y ,,,,a.' IT, religions in which something was
the character of Mohamot.
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compensation charged for trons,orti,,,,
iifeighls and passengers over each ~ sno3
iiheb OF railroad. and into the reasopoIIonos-
LieIeoi, and is, as soon az practicable offer
suon s investigation and inquiry, to trepare for
"o v"nerh or operators Of each of guch limos
asehedllle OF reasonable maximum rates for
cnarBes Tor transportation of passenpers and
cars on ana over such lines respectiyely. This
schelule IS to be duly authenticated Inv tLe
board OF commissioners, and to be nrnfcS
anu Kept posted up in each of tho Offices and
uepot oil such railroad company, corporation
VI VI person they may, from time to time and
au 9lteli as circumstances may require, change
anu revise the schedule and shall give notice
VI such changes and reyisions in the same
manner. The house proceeded to tho con- cnn.
sideratlon Of the bill to amend the several
acts relating to the cnrreney, and The estab-
isi nslment OF free banking, which was contin-
ueu 10 The hour of adjournment
In the senate, on the 9th, bills to re-
move the political disabilities of Thos. Hardi-
man. OF Georgia, and Wm. l.. Cabell, Of Texas,
were taken up and passed A resolution was
agreed TO- ins.ructing the. secretary Of wsr
to transmit to the senate a report of the board
OF engineers who made the examination for
Ihe Drldgo over the Mississippi river at st.
Louis "A bill was introduced to authorize
tle settlement of accounts between tho Allan
I Iic anu treat Western railroal company. Of
ucoIS'a' and the United States, upon the
same Dabls on which similar accounts ere aet-
tied with Tennessee railroads The commit
tee on public lands reported, with an amend |
ment, the bill to confirm the purchase of A
POftlJn OF the site at Fort Hudson. Nashville
Tenn, and provide for the donation of the sana
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q Old Hickory"

A correspondent of the Jackson Miss.
News tells how Gen. Jackson got his
title of "Old Hickory" He says he
gothic story from Capt. William Allen,
a neighbor of the general, and who
messed with him during the Greek war.
During the campaign the soldiers were
moving rapidly to surprise the Indians,
aud were W thout tents. A cold March
rain came on. mingled with sleet, which
lasted for several days. Gen. jackson
got severe cold, but did not complain,
as he tried to sleep in a muddy bottom
among the half-frozen soldiers. Capt.
Allen and his brother John cut down a
stout hickory tree, peeled off the bark
and made a covering for the gene raj,
who was with difficulty persuaded to
crawl into it. The next morning a
drunken citizen entered the camp, and
seeing the tent, kicked it over. As
Jackson crawled from the ruins, the
topper cried "Hello, Old Hickory
come out Of your bark, and jine us in a
drink"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
An Editor Who is Deaf.

We thought everybody in the state
knew that we were deaf, but once in a
while we find one who is not aware OF
the fact A female book-peddler came
to the Office the other day. She wished
to dispose of a book. She was alone in
this world, and had no one to whom she
could turn for sympathy or assistance
hence we should buy her book. She
was unmarried, and had no manly heart
into which she could pour her sufferings,
therefore we ought to invest in her
book. She had received liberal edu-
cation, and could talk French like a ma
tive we could not, in consequence,
pay her less than 50 for a book. We
had listened attentively, and here broke
inwitb: "What did you say? We're deaf.
She started in loud voice, and went
through her rigmarole. When she had
finished, we vent and got roll of pa
per and made it into a spaaking-trum.
net. placed one end to our ear and told
her to proceed. She commenced: |
malone in the world" at doesn't
make the slightest ulllVlCHOC W uS' W.
are husband and father. Bigamy is
not allowed in this state. We are not
eligible to proposals.. ooh, what a
fool the man is" she said in low tone ;
then at the top of her voice, 81 don't
want to marry you, ! want to sell-a-
book" This last sentence was
howled. "We don't want a cook, we
remarked blandly; "our wife does the
cooking, and she wouldn't allow as good
looking a woman as you to stay in the
house five minutes. She is very jeal-
ous." She looked at us in despair.
Gathering her robes about her, giving
us a glance of co tempt, she exclaimed,
IT do believe that if a 300-pounder
we're let off alongside that deaf fools
head. he'd think somebody was knock
ing at the door" You should have
heard her slam the door when she went
out. We heard that,-Sant0 Clara
(CaL) Echo.
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The New Gable Steamer.

The screw steamer Faraday, which is
designed entirely for cable work, al
though only of four or five thousand
tons, has as much cable room as the
Great Eastern. There are several points
of novelty in the construction of this
vessel. She is made perfectly symme-
trical fore and aft, with rudder at each
end, so as to move in either direction
with equal ease and accuracy. This is
of the utmost Importance for cable
work, as it enables the cable to be
picked up with the least possible expen-
diture of trouble and time the whole
of the paying-out machinery becoming
in few moments paying-in machinery.
She has no keel at the bottom, but two
bilge.keels, or keels running along the
sides, so that the tross-section is very
nearly rectangular. This arrangement
diminishes the rolling very considerable,
and allows more room for tanks. She
is driven by twin screws, whose axes
converge; the object of this is to OBJ
tain greater turning power when the
screws are driven opposite ways, which
is possible, as their engines are indie
pendent. The axes of the screws would
pass the centre of gravity of the ship
at a distance of twenty-seven feet. In
this way the head of the ship can be
keptto the wind whenshe tas no way on.
The woods Of Florida are reported to
be white with the snowy flowers of the
dogwood, the borders OF the swanps
golden with the yellow iessamine, and
the farm-houses buried in q bed of
peach and plum blossoms, while the
warm air is burdened with the fragrance.
AN Irish editor, who speaks with the
air OF a man who has discovered a new
fact by experience, says that the way
to prevent bleeding at the nose is to
keen your nose out Of other peoples
business.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
GENERAL.

Sb 4. S.'s'aent has sent the nomina-
b.n', senate ' Of Daniel B. OliFe, collector
IeAs,oo revenue for the fifth district OF
wa MUSE Judiciary committee bave
10 eaa & 10 provision should be made out
@nD'o,a award for relmbursins insur-
stag 0s va'', Tor any losses under policies
'ssn ''@ destroyed by confederate
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A MONTREAL paper, speaking OF a re-
cent dualin explosion, says, in a most
pathetic style, that the bodies OF the
victims were spread over many rods,
"here a piece al d there a piece"
New-York tribune., 1874-10-27
SALES FROM 81 O'CLOCK p. ". To CLOSE oR BUsi-
NESS, O'CLOCK p. ".
10 O'CLOCK A.

o s 6s. Registered 1881 U 5 6.2O Coupon. lsoo "a,
5000 ll77s 6UO0.......... lIot
U s 500 Registered. 1865
New-York tribune., 1874-10-27
Dr-rYnrNG sTATIgTICS.


BrpISs STATISTICS week ending satu,tay Oct "a 1874
,,a Tsror. "a the Department Of Builng Walter W. Aams
The Bureau Of Inspection rp9s' nv @
o new building. Al an OF Sl9s,5oO OF TINS nun
her 10 are dwehns eDenen and aud are frame
budnr w,ds) the number Of bunSs pfcposeo oI :.
tera,ion "a the estimated cost OF when w ai
bulldogs alterations ooV Numpe VI speeA
APPLICATIONS and other strucure. % am
or :. retrts Of buildings urveTed Avs
,rore unsafe 2s made safe "a taken down notices serted
81: voaons OF Law reported II: Violations removes 'A'H
notices served % violation eases sent 10 sttorhe OF h;,
FIRE RscAPEs AND lEosN1DA y.ns,,o rep ~
,pg as r.auirny freescapes and also resfHhhAuoh oi
257 buliina previousr reportei rsqarng ssse
ior. aud alarms IL 1903 Of which. the ss hssths oeen
found TO have teen complied WITH TIE ea 40
been served 20 eases sen. 70 no ear 81
egr,.. ami 678 6utbgs heretofore pro'ded WIZ oa.Sus n
escapes Re- have been ihooagly reInsgea 70 s n oo
lions available the event 1i t o. % ss o :, les
ssuetsd and eunng pa ntI tng repairs 20 iron s'i gdr
"a ,f.. were s.e1 which were reected 10 theae
peshs su n.n, have officially visited and in
speeet with reference to dsrs vsn;sO1s ala means o.
ana the regulations enforced where Teiuif'a- w
Of a n noted IN either.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-27
MONDAY, Oct. 26-P. NJ.

NJ.
High noon was struck in the Stock Exchange this
morning promptly at 10 O'clock the first prices hav
ing been the highest of the day. The market opened
amid much apparent excitement, and with good
deal of noise at q slight advance over the closing
quotations of Saturday only to quickly relapse into
dullness, which continued UP to about II o'clock
D. m when, Pacific Mail taking the lead. prices
sagged all round till near the close at which there
was a faint rally, and the market wound up at
small fraction above the lowest prices OF the day.
The leading stock. and the one which suffered the
heaviest decline. Pacific Mail, OF which
about 2S,0OO shares were sold. 1t opened
at 49, sold up to 46l. down to AT. and finally closed
at Al. The official announcement that the steamer
City of Peking, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
panys line, had been disabled on her outward trip
to the extent of the loss of two blades OF her pro-
peler and had put in to Rio de Janeiro for repairs
probably had some little influence in depressing tho
stock, A report that the City Of Peking had met
with an accident was current in Wall-st. about
a week ago: but the truth of the rumor or statement
at that time was stoutly denied by the officials OK
the Company. 1t seems a little singular that with
telegraphic communication between this city and
Rio the Company should have been whole week in
obtaining news of this mishap to its finest ship. The
Peking made the run to Rio, distance of
about 5000 miles, in 20 days, which. consid-
ering that she had been disabled. is very good
time Next to Pacific Mail in prominence to-day
was Western Union Telegraph of which an equal
number of shares were sold This stock opened at
sos advanced !. dropped OIL to 79i and finally closed
at 79s Lake Shore again active and showed
decline of ] from Saturdays closing prices. Wabash
fluctuated between Sol and 29i. closing at 30. Tho
sales of this stock amounted to about 1900 shares
Union Pacific was also comparatively active and
sold up TO S4i down to 49,. and closed at "a, which
is decline Of from Saturday evenings price
The aggregate of stock sales to-day was about
10000 shares. The opening. highest. lowest. and
closing prices Of leading stocks sold to-day were a.
| follows.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-27
Mem Publications.

TOHN PAUL" BOOK IS SOLD BY SUB.
WANTED Adares. Tor cali on) COLUMBIAN BOOK COMPANY
Hartford or Chiczgo.