The daily gazette., 1879-07-11

Secretary Sherman Is In miserable
dilemma. Just as he is on the eve of
his departure for Maine, where he in
tended TO make some stump speeches on
money questions, with puff or two for
Secretary Sherman's financial achieve
ments, he gets notice from Maine that
they don't want any finance talk from
6heman's standpoint. Maine is badly
torn up, and the Republicans haven't
yet forgotten last years campaign, when
the money question about broke up the
party. What they want up there is
some horrible Southern outrage fresh
from the vivid mind of Blaine, and they
don't propose to fool with anything else
II they can avoid it. As matter Of fact
there is no man in this country who can
grind out more atrocious and thor
oughly pitiful Southern outrage than
John Sherman when he gets his power
full intellect down to that kind Of bust
ness. But Sherman is uncomfortably
placed now, with personal campaign
on his hands, which would most likely
20 to pieces if Southern outrages are to
be made the important feature Of the
eampain leading up to the next Presi-
dency. On that issue nobody will want
Sherman for candidate; the general
rally will be around Grant, and sherman
is not now prepared to 60 into Maine and
work up lot Of third-term enthusiasm.
On reflection the Secretary of the Trea-
sury may find himself too much occu-
pied with public business to &C to Maine
at all--Tmes.
Societys schemes to force everybody
into wedlock are still progressing. A
French savant, named DR.. Bertillon, has
turned up with startling array of fig
ures, most enough to set the world 10
marrying ha nd over hand. He has ran
sacked all the mortality satisfies OF
Europe and has come to the conclusion
that marriage is a health-producing
agent that it conduces to longevity and
v, TO some extent, an insrlr ancc against
disease, crime and suicide. He says
that bachelor Of rs has not q better
prospect Of life than . married man o.
- that among widowsrs of from rs Il
~ the rate Of mortality Is as great as
among married men Of from IS to 90
Taking the French bills of mortality
he shows that while the annual deatl
rate among married men between q
and % years of age is rather under II
per 1,OO0, bachelors of that age die q
the rate Of l8 and widowers at the rat
Of IL per 1000. These figures apply :
the whole Of France; while taking Pari
II appears that the rate for men Of be
tween ~ and Is years Of age is Is I pc
1000 for married men, n per LOCO fo
bachelors and 32 per loo for widower
With advanced life the difference got
on increasing. With regard to Grim
DR., Bertillon asserts that ofienses again
the person are 80 per cent less al
against property - per cent. less anon
married men than among unmarrie
The difference Is still more remarkab
among women, amounting to 22O p
cent. The number of suicides is at {
rate Of 82S per 1000, 900 for widowe
273 per 100000 for bachelors and
oer 1,0O0, 900 for married men.
Helen Petrie, the Grace Darling of t
Shetland Islands, died recently. d.
Ing great gale in 1856, when, in sii
Of the islanders, the last of the hon
seeking fishing boats was capsized, t
OF its occupants were drowned, and
other two, clinging to the oyerturI
boat, were drifting out with the ii
she and her sister-in-law, with her fat
One-armed man of seventy ye;
- steering, put off in small punt and
.f0ctNd the rescue which none. on sh
would venture to attempt. She recei
the medal Of the Royal Institution
this feat. t..