Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-05
AGE OF THE SEXES.
How to Tell the Long from the Short Lived.
Boston Post

| ATE OF The SEAES.
How to Tell the Long from the Short Lived.
| Boston Post.
! DR.. Lambert, President of the Popu-
lar Life Insurance Company of New
York, gave an interesting lecture in the
Bay State Course at Music Hall. on
"Woman and her Nature, Duties.
Needs, and Entitlements.
| DR.. Lambert discussed the question
OF the comparative length of life OF
American men and women, and between
people OF this country and those of Flu
rope. He showed statistics to prove
that, contrary to the popular opinion,
the people of the new were longer lived
than those of the old world.
The English girls, SO often spoken
of for blooming cheeks and robust forms
owed these qualities to their outdoor
life, the damp GOODNESS of their native
island, and their fondness for the ma
tional beverage, beer. There probably
was no place in Europe where so many
old people could be found as in New
Hampshire, and three out of four of the
people who had reached the age of 80
years in New Hampshire were women.
The constitution Of woman was sub
stantiaily the same as the constitution
OF man, and the duration of their earth
~ existence, as general rule, on the
| American continent, was the same.
Gliding into the peculiar marks and
formations OF the body as indications of
long or short life, the lecturer said that
if lady wore heavy ear ring, and the
ear was pulled down in consequence,
presenting distorted appearance, this
indicated short life to the owner of
the weak member. On the contrary.
should the ear retain its natural position
over heavy ring, the strength of the
gristle pointed to long life to the
owner.
And SO with fingers. If a hand had
very short fingers, that was sign of
longevity, whereas long fingers were
indicative of short span of life. It
was not fonnd that the proportionate
number of men and women dying at
the different ages varied materially.
After reaching the age of 20 girl was
as liable to live to good ripe old age
as man at the same period. AS a
rule, female beauty and longevity were
not companions; those azure eyes and
very fair faces that carry off short
lived young men, are not long-lived.
| Another wonderful fac6 was the con-
slant change going on in the body. The
air of the hall was at that moment full
OF Particles Of the brains and organiza-
tons of those present. Every day,
every hour, aye, every moment, worked
change in every living form. The
speaker said that he would like to see
women Withdraw from the postof6ces,
counting-rooms, and other positions of
labor, where they were nalf paid, and
young men put in and paid double the
amount paid women. Their the men
could support the women.
Every man had woman beside him,
and should work for her, instead of hay
ing her earn her living outside of the
household. The young men, he thought,
ought not to be crowded out of the
places and sent West. Men of long life
usually had some great and strong prin-
| ciple in their characters, some stamina
which symbolized vigorous and en-
during vitality.
A Contingent Member Of Congress.
Washington Correspondence Rochester Express
Among the curiosities of the 44th
Congress, is "the Contingent Mem
ber." A contingent member is, of
course, member contingent, who is
member, provided certain contingency
is brought about. This kind Of legisla-
tor has been somewhat of a century
plant in politics; but, if our western
country continues to fill up as rapidly
as it has during the last ten years, the
contingent member will be regular
monthly rose. His name is Patrick
O'Hawes, and he halls from that lively
little state, Nebraska. The facts in the
case aresimpiy these: The Ninth Census
of the United States, as far as Ne
braska is concerned, was very imperfect
~ taken. It was discover ed that the
United States Marshal did not visit at
all portion of the unorganized terri
tory of said State, which covered an
area of 60, 600 square miles, but only
made the rough guess that it contained
about 235 inhabitants. This was a
manifest miscalcnlatiop, for the eighth
census taken in 1860, showed that the
same territory contained 1,765 inhabi-
tants, and the State has grown at the
rate Of thousands monthly. Naturally
the Nebraskians got riled, and ac-
cordingly at session of the Legis-
lature held about two years ago,
the State resolved to take its own
census, the consequence being
that it was found that the population Of
Nebraska footed up the neat little sum
of 228, 900 human beings, which is a
fraction of over $4,000 inhabitants more
than the basis of representation at the
taking of the ninth census From the
testimony of the marshal and the as
sistants who took the. ninth census, and
the second census taken by the State
authorities, it appears evident that the
State was entitled to another member of
Congress- Attic next election after the
taking of the next census, Nebraska cast
q, 1856 votes for Congress; at the same
election Rhode Island cast II, I'll votes,
and Rhode Island had two members.
In 1872 Vermont cast 80, 434 votes for
President, and yet Vermont has three
members, while Nebraska at the same
time polled for it's single member TO-
/ E.