Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-06
France.

PARIS, Feb. G.-M. Gaab:tis yesterday
took POSSESSION of his official Fe;iacrcc-tht
Palsis Bourbon. 10 vi to day ST Ter he
first tine IS president cr the Chamber Ct Dep
u.ics.
The Rapubl:1ua Franchise says :-Pf2tilept
Crews message, which will b! read IN tic
Chambers 20 day, will not be accompanied 5y
any mibi.leral statement. The message Will
affirm HAT II is necessary tina. tic ESacntl9e CT
,he government should keep Itself II acc1rd
With ihn vii! oil the nation So that the pcopc
may rui5uc their laboTs free lrvm all acxic:y
respecting the form Of eoVcrpmcn5. Measures
will bo aunoui cd. intcuter 70 throw ot!tslo1
ever The past, end th3 message sill coicu &c
6y calling upon all citz:us t. maolicss :pHll
OF coGcord aud cooGdeuca - iha government,
PARIS, Feb. G.-An clicial cole i; published
cu the sutisc! of tho ltussiaa plague. 1t says
that the danger Of its extension TO FfaDco b.
aDd is not scriouss aud measures will Go taken
to prevent lis transmits sion by sea. The gov
crnrlcnt will also participate with the other
powtrj in studying tho character ol the cpl
defnc aud the best means for o0mbstIios it.
After tho rosdiog Of President GrevS's msa-
sa3o 10 day, tho ministers will moVc for one
weeks adjournment OF The chamec:s.
ENGLISH LoEuEv1TY.-The oItarnsl c.usos
Of bsd health have been defined rs being rcduci-
bic 10 seven grest classes. These s:e s!mospher-
icsl variations ply steal accidents; organic roi-
sons; crro:s in feeding, drinking and breathing;
parasites or foreign living organisms injecting
the body; occupations and modes of life; ner-
nous CT mental impressions. IL has been OBJ
served by q scientist that Of tho twenty fur
million eight hundred and fifty Thousand people,
into binnt ho iiui
the bea;hicst class wss the professional; and
then follow in order Of hegthfuness tho sgTicul.
tural, the domestic, the commercisl, ard the in
dustrious classes. 1t is among children under
I've years Of age, however, that occurs the great
cst amour. OF mortality; and in fact, the nor
tsIity Of young infants is known 10 BIO il such q
deplorabe state ss to require much study End
thought for its solution.
With reference to occupations snd their toad.
ercy to shorten life, tho value of fresh sir ss q
preservstlve Of health is instanced by tho fact
thst tho rata Of mortality among grocers is COZ
siaerab!y loss than thst among diapers. The
disease which destroy the draper is pulmonary
CT. sumption. While The grocer bustes about
his business with the shop door open all day,
the draper lives in Il close place, with The shop
door for the most part claed, and bresthes,
moreover dusty, close atmosphere. The heat
sid coeeness which Are the general character.
istics of Diapers shops, account for the general
~ unhealthy appearance of tho attendants in
them. Publicsns-Who az class are very com.
PORTABLE we'll housed, clothed and fed, and not
obliged to 90 cut in all westhers-shculd, it will
te thought compare fayorably with other !rsdes-
men as regards longevity.
Such however, is not the csso, for, in spite Of
sll those advantages, they die go much foster
than tho rest Of the people, that IN England 8
hundred and thirty.eght publicans die il pro.
portion TO hundred CT the whole CT the com.
munity who are employed in seventy leading
occupations. With aspect TO sesfsring men, il
seems that deaths By drowning in the British
mercantile marine have sensibly diminished
during tho last three years. though there sp-
pears to be full average of diseases caused by
poor jacks reckless intemperance. It may hero
DO mentioned on eminent medical su!hority.
That the mortality in large hospitals is in pro-
dgious excess Of what 1t ought 10 be; due, it is
said chiefly to ovsrcrowding, consequent on
want Of spaee IN ci.ies like London.