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Diplithcrfn and Similar Discusses; DR.. a. W
Wight, of Milwaukee, Wis, on "Tho Maunge.
ment OF Contagious md Infectious Discusses lt
Milwaukee,; DR.. r. 8. snscs, Ut Mobile, AIn., or
"M1lnicIpnl Sanitation as rracticcd III Mobile
for Preventing tho Spread OF rclow-Fov
u1t. NJ wotr ON BMALL-rox.
| DR.. ]. II. Hill, Of tho Chicago Health Depart.
| e. Do Wolf. Health Commissioner OF tllat clty,
OH "Tho Results Of Attempting to Check tho
Area Of small-pox Ia Chcago." Tho fnaiu
points In Dr.. Do Woif's paper nro M follows:
One htitldrcd md forty-suvcn Thousand imml-
grhnts hafo bctn received At and distributed
from Chlcago during tho year 1850. Unlike ports
OF outry OIL tho scnbonrd. wbcro those strangers
may DO quurantincd nud provided for until
ready to 70 forwursl Chicago receives them II,
their trans.t to tho Northwest from four differ
ent lines Of rnflfont1, and purm'ts thom to dis
perso themselves about tho city at their pleas
uTc. Tho puasHgo fr0n European ports is now
80 rapidiy ,nndo TINT tho Individual inay con.
tract small pox two days prior to inkinx shp at
nrsnleM !tor SxaMplo ind ls,nl himself III chi
II ths tnainer s1nAfl-pox hns bepn brought to
GhicA4o sx times tiur!uE tho pRst year. Again,
70 hor population 5o.0lo souis caoh year ai,,cs
1hs cosmopolitan multitude of i1n.ntgrant apd
With peculiar peril whDn exppscd To inuurslOus
Ut ennlt.pox, and ahoutd bG remembered Id d
as basjs for tIo ,iscnssfon Of r. thn a4sf,icct
and satament Of tho yi1ws e entarSn n9 III
tngth0ns r. c,npoyod ~ this city for preventing
pronsitions wcsi ,n1v fop, tr u1m'g t
All plysiclnns and houscholdors should bo ro-
ho per MI 81 sst t9
4. TfWn frnu ieco, cora,+fo,. ~ ,o,,no,
prynIcnre of Tho snsG r., innntia,,o ot 9eG;Fa
70 our population. tacro is re.lson sair' 10 ieir
IIscoyerci beforo so a',nrstiv a,os eve'g en99
be removed 10 tho hospital; ami every louso % in
wmss pntsns !. found at per!ol to, lato fnr
disn,isscl fru,,, st1rveiilanea. ''''' 10 o''' VI
sn resap o' .o rho Ehoa SaS 70 as. takS
.Entniy uftor Ic4il,, shouli be wrapped il, al.cSt
sair.e s 1a' witl, a. PR s csHt solution of carbolio
alroctlon. 90 THO h0uuu, furniture, and cloth
nc|S ea 1,s sh1ln be isatsd In t sphro,!s
llcG observation fur eight hours. tcj Tho cG,t-
valescssit nniuro leaving hospitA Or tlonEc!lc
pnyinK especial attention to tho Ii.LIr, anu, il
!rnin tho hospital, NIL eiothiny should 10 pGr-
feesllS Y, fresh .,r funtlgate.l:
vncolnntion should be compulsory. nnd rtgor-
onsly executed, i necessary BY police power.
IN cpldonic or snlall-pox twice during tlp rngt
lot,r ycnrs " fAithtul execution. 10 tho utmost
ateta,!. nf , tnS nl0yu proRran,. although IN ono
portion nf tho prcss anil aoinu citizens, thn for
Hily sanitary service ever performed ono daily
s ho oessrs IL sc aozs L prisSty oM S%
Giles wero Invaded. -.
The results, however, justified the means, and
There have been but three Instances during
tnn pMst lnur years, 50 far ~ Anl informed, Of.
, 1880-12-10

floA March, to73l, April, sl0o hid, No. rcd an,
eG,,nfs, NO. Wh!tn pt,ac Receipts, whoas s4u bn,
, 1880-12-10

OsTEoo. Dec. a.-lRAfS-Whcat stcady. Corn
Quiet, Western tnl1oi, sg4aYc.
, 1880-12-10
AN IMPENDING DANGER,

W1tNtSoToF, Dec. e.-srlul1s TunrExT1NE
Firm a. &c,
, 1880-12-10

nRY.D0CIt MEMORANDA.
Tho propeller Annlo L. Young occupied AIlllor
Osoihess' largo dsy-loQk yesterday, To-day
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". LOUIS No.. Dec Y.-FLoult-Dul aad lower, n
n,tAsS-Whuat dull and lowcst No. . tsa, 1l.0l45a
SiG. ltJe dull At B{e bia. ' -@" ~
WuiEKY-uult II t!l1
n!;d !;dSlslpSs-pork duls Has nskod Dry satt saeat
H1tsH H1s9 9ttyt D1Jeeh VtNet Autux uQISX NatsIT
0un Ast''z1 S'1as1,9A l.url uUnIIual1y ii G&
, 1880-12-10
THE WEALTHY "TtMES,"

TIE II EHET TH1 TVWES,
ST. Louis, No., buc. U.-An attcmpt Wis natlg
to-day by COUNSEL Of piatntlGs to Induce Judge
Lindly to reconsider bis order Of yesterday md
to appoint Hcculycr Tor tho Z 1i'nct ut once. and
to huld Col. Cnndts9, lta lnanngor in contempt Ut
court, oecanso tho papor was Issued from tho
nllco nf tho Republican this luurnlnE, blIt tho
Court refused to .lo 50. Tho Wholo casS viii 10
heard Tomorrow,
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nkfAuaF. Alcas bA1. 1.A-FlAUA-QuIet
1aAIa-WhsAt MVaki Jauuas1. tl.H}4, EFahtusr,.
, 1880-12-10

~ toKutfl0r, ss0. 600 bushels. This ntuount tto.
;auCte1 From the nggregato capacity OF U,0S5U0J
bitahtlh. leNvGs tho capacity now nyn|iRbIt, In
shippers !, iaes ,u00 bushels, -
l..st Wintor tho iieot wintcrlng hcrs Ind corn
c0pacity 0t 4.bto,0D 6nShuEA, or III, exeess over
bushels. ~ '''''''
, 1880-12-10

llEcitflIr

nu1fALo. Doc h-Ausincss ~ copplets stand.
f9ntt ETcoa " Gfnln uns0ttIedl The lack Of f,rs
1aooess Trade. Quotations uoullaalIy unchangsd.
, 1880-12-10

No sens0 In having sickness In tho family II
you will use Hop u!ttors In tllno. Ask thoso who
kNRtY- "''~
, 1880-12-10
nm; 1SH1.,tosD :; ;;;!! r1lEn.E.rAi,1r:
KRIEAL AND DEl.lRTURE III ri ,,y,,~

e1c1pi.aN 4rti1MNA ,l.pF ItnN pF ltsREMEycn v.,
sijeo sijnHe 'su''day nsccp.esI isaitaMnSss-fsa.n,,.-
, 1880-12-10

N!hFa!ut1!1F night to U!l1nuD OnIy
&Un taaurunJ u!9tt runs to PtUra oaiE
NAbMsh, 81. lst,slla 4: Pacific lsn1l.r3r.
OGpHtc9Tlanr StGHhftuHdA Arctor-nyS TlwpntJ. .ttnI.
T1ckot Ulllco, " EInek-Bt. " " ~ st'-
, 1880-12-10

IN. ,f,n. ,EfnaenEo :s,1 g. Nnrti,,,r.,,,, .
Fl sp'y i ?:s:"s: ss,:c,;
59as gtsea.e "ss ssloi rsse4.,: :Gssss'
liSa.o 5 Cana.ss n ss ~, ,nna sa,o.ss. "'sa IL
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
Controversy i'm a Street Car.

The conduct of some of the drivers on the
street cars in Galveston is certainly very rep
rehensible. An old lady got on the street
car, and es soon as she set her eyes on him
she called out:
"You are the very driver that refused to
stop the car and made fun of me-"
Yesterday afternoon ?" he asked her.
YES; yesterday afternoon.
"On the corner Of Twenty ty-seventh street
and Avenue L ?"
"Yes"
ION the northwest corner?"
"Just about that corner"
"At three o'clock 2"
Eyes, sir, at three o'clock"
"Was it a blue car, with bay mule hitched
to it 2"
"Certainly blue car and bay mule, and a
donkey with a red pimple on his nose and
mouth like a catfish ust like yOurs-driv-
ing it."
"And you craned your neck this way, and
opened your mouth until one could read the
makers name on your false teeth, and bawled
out, 'Stop-that- Stop that carp
eyes, you scoundrel," she replied, drawing
back to hit him with her umbrella.
"Then it wasn't me, for | am always polite
to ladies, even if they are 95 years old, sport
porcelain teeth and sass car drivers. Ia
Ia" and he jumped over the dashboard to
swap cars with the driver coming the other
waV
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
For Ladies Alone.

Can you let me have twenty dollars this
morning to purchase a bonnet, my dear?"
said lady to her husband one morning at
breakfast.
By-and-by, my love-
That's what you always say, my dear
but how can l buy and buy without the
money!"
And that brought the money. AS one good
turn deserves another, and her wit was so
successful, she tried it again the next week.
II want fifty dollars, my dear, to get new
dress for New Years"
well, you can't have it; you called me a
bear last night" said her husband.
"Oh, well, dear, you know that was only
because you are so fond of hugging"
1t hit him right again, and she got the
money and something extra as he left his
pretty wife and hurried off to business. " 1t
takes fortune to keep such wife as you
are-bm H's rO1th it."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
Nissouri's Contingent Headed for In
diana.
st. Louis Globe-Demorrat.

St. Louis Globe-Demo,rat.
Every morning and every evening, but
chiefly in the morning, the trains for Indiana
carry out a contingent of ten, twenty, or
thirty tramps, ragged and seedy and forbid
ding of appearance men as fill the
crime department of our telegraph columns
and startle the quiet occupants of city kit
chens with their unwelcOme apparition. For
once in their lives these gentlemen pay their
fare and have money left for their meals 1t
is shrewdly coniectured that they have
money enough to support them in Indiana
until the election is over. This exodus is the
vanguard of the army of tramps imported
into Indiana to vote for Hancock. 1t is the
response 10 that appeal made by the Central
Committee to the States having large Demo
cratic maiOrities to give Substantial assist
ance to Indiana 1t is not alone from st.
Louis that this army is recruited. Kentucky
has Democratic majority and to spare, and
even far off New York is not so far off that it
could not send a few recruits to celebrate the
festival Of determination between Fox and
kelly-between Tilden and Tammany. In
80 good cause one man counts for as much
as another, and a waterside hummer from
the docks of New York may be relied on to
vote the Democratic ticket as faithfully and
as numerously as tramp from Missouri.
The Democratic Committee is evidently
desperate in its intentions and fixed in its
resolve that no fraud or infamy shall stand
IN the way of victory Much depends on the
election in Indiana, and few hundred i'm
ported repeaters may change defeat into vic
tory-a few thousand may place the victory
beyond question. The appeal of the COM
mittee has evidently been construed as
demand for substantial assistance in the
way Of voters, and if the importation is not
checked the election in Indiana may be deci-
deG by crime as villainous in its nature and
as perniciOus in its results as the bull-dozlng
OF Louisiana. We warn the Republicans OF
Indiana to keep their eyes open on the
frontier, and to keep the jails ready for the
accommodation of the invasion of rascaldOm
which is part of the programme, and ofwhlch
the first faint notes of the overture may now
be heard in St. Louis
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
LOngfeILOW'S Latest.

Mr. Henry w. Longfellow's new volume
shortly to appear, is made from poems writ
ten during the past three years, including
The Iron Pen Helen of Tyre" "BayarC
Taylor" and Robert Burns" The following
are the dedicatOry verses:
With ftvorng winds, DER suniit seas
We sailed for the Hesperdes,
The land where golden apples grow;
But that, ah that was hong ago.
How far since then, the ocean streams
Have swept us from that land of dreams,
That land of fiction and Of truth,
The lost Atlantis of our youth
Whittier, All whithero Are not these
The tempest haunted Hebrides,
Where sea-gulls scream and breakers roar,
And wreck and sea-weed line the shore?
Ultima Thule! Utmost Isle.
Here is thy harbOr for awhile,
We lower sails; while we rest
From the unending, endless quest,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07

u The Irish correspondent of the London
Times writes: "The potato crop is simply
magnificent What few men can recollect
seeing is now seen on all hands-fields be-
ginning to wither naturally, without a sign
of disease. This chiefly owing to the change
of seed, the Champions being planted on all
hands from east to west, and fully bearing
out the good things spoken OF them. The
price of oats and cattle has doubled since last
year, and that of pigs more than doubled.
Oats are good crop and tnrnips and man
Colds never looked better"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
Price of Peaches.

A man with grip-sack in his hand halted
before Detroit fruit stand and priced a
choice variety of peaches. When told they
were twenty cents a dozen he whistled to
himself, walked softly around and asked:
Are you a Baptist?"
Hardly"
Neither am l. didn't know but if we
both belonged to the same denomination
you'd throw off little. Do you lean on the
Methodists?"
Cant say that do"
"That's my case. never did take much
stock in the Methodists. Twenty cents a
dozen is an awful price ON those peaches con-
sidering how tight money is. / expect you
are Universalist?" ?"
No"
Neither am l. Can't you say fifteen cents
for dozen of these?"
Hardly"
" Aren't you an Episcopalian?'
mo, sir"
Neither am /, but was afraid you were.
I've been sort O. looking you over, and |
shouldn't wonder if you trained with the
United Brethren. Come, now, own up"
"I never attend that church." was the
steady reply.
"Nor I,:either Say, what are you any
how?"
"Im a hard-barked sinner"
mo! WhoOp! That's my case to a dot.
I'm called the wickedest man in Washtenaw
County knew there was a bond of SYM
pathy between us if we could only find it
out. Now, you say Cnly fifteen cents a
dozen?"
The fruit dealer counted them out without
further objection
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07

Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who has had several
lecture engagements at the East for the fl st
half of next month, has postponed them, in
order to put in his work in connection with
the campaign in his own State. He will
sneak at South Bend Mishawaka WalkertOn
and other points in his old district. Mr.. Col
fax saws Indiana is doubtful but the Repub-
licans can carry it if they continue to work
hard; and if, furthermore, they will thwart
all the plottings against an honest election
and o fair count.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
NO BITTERNESS.
The Quiet Way in Which two Old Cen
tlemen Discussed Politics.
Petroleum World

|
Grandfather Lickshingle and Deacon Rad
spinner, two patriarchs in this community
were walking down the street together yes
terday. 1t was remarked that two sucl
venerable men We're not often seen together
and people raised their hats to them us they
passed along and spoke to them reverently
There's entirely too much bitterness IL
this campaign, Deacon" said Mr.. Lickshingle
land | regret it exceedingly. Now when we
wuz young men and took an interest in poll.
tics, we had none of this ere everlastin' cat
haulin'"
Indeed we hadn't acquiesced Deacon Rad
spinner. Take Jackson's campaign for in
| stance. There wuz a lively interest taken
| by both parties, but there wuz none of yel
bullyraggin' like we see nOwadays."'
That's fact, deacon" said old Lick
shingle," but between me and you | never
| thought much of Jackson"
HE was mighty good man. Lickshingle.' y
He was small potatoes compared to some
men we have now, deacon"
What dye mean ?" demanded the deacon.
well, there's Garfield" said Lickshingle' y
"Garfield be DANCED. You know mighty
well, Lickshingle, he couldn't have been
lected hog-riv in a hill-town in Jacksons
day"
Hes darn sight better man than Han
cock"
go slow, Lichshingle, go slow" said the
deacon somewhat agitated.
"Oh, know what Pm talkin about re-
tOrted Lickshingle, as he stabbed the pave
ment spitefully with his hickory cane. Han
cock is a stoughton bottle, that's what he is. !"
"An' what's Garfield? Great guns, what's
Garfield? Didn't he lay Cheap John sort of
pavement around the capitol and charge
the government 81 100000 for it 2" and the
deacon's eyes blazed with indignation.
"See here deacon" Look at your man
Hancocks letter to Sherman Didn't he try
to blow up Washington with glycerine :?
Say, didn't he? Oh, l read the papers, old
man, an know what's going on"
"HancOck's good an pure man. Didn't he
fight like bulldog in the war of the rebel
lion? Where was Garfield skullin' in the
time of disaster? In Canady, by thunder, in
Canady |"
What wuz Hancock doin' with stillet-to
in his boot the night Lincoln was murdered?
Answer me that. If Wilkes Booth had fail
ed this Hancock was ready to finish the job.
Don't talk to me! Don't talk to mer
Its a lie" howled the deacon, as he
whirled around and faced Lickshingle on the
street.
Its as true as holy writ, an any mans a
liar that says so" retorted Lichshingle, too
much wrought up to be particular as to his
phraseology.
You're bald-headed old scorndrel," yell
ed the deacon.
You're an old leper, an can wipe the
ground with you" howled Lickshingle, grip
ping his cane and advancing
Friends jumped in and the two furious old
men were dragged away in opposite direct
ions. The deacon squirmed around in the
arms of his captors, shook his cane at Lick
shingle and hissed:
your man Garfield would never have gone
into the army if he hadn't been drafted, and
he wouldn't went then, only he thought he
would be able to desert-the onery son of a
gunw
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07

There is lake ON the ssSawtooth noun
tains, Idaho, that has probably no equal in
the United States. 1t is about sixty or sixty
five miles from Bonanza, and at an altitude
of nearly $4,000 feet The lake lies in basin
among the crags of the snowy Sawtooth, and
is sheet of perpetual ice 1t was discovered
in August of last year by party of prospec-
tors, who named it the Ice Lake. The sun
seemed to. have no effect upon it except in
places adjoining the shore. 1t is simply a
great bowl in the hard m ountain rock, brim-
full of ice, upon which. the rays of the sun de-
scend with no power to- penetrate.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07

Albany EUening Journal: There is not a
man between Portland and San Francisco
stupid enough to believe that Hancock stands
the ghost of a chance of carrying the electoral
vote of Maine. If the disgraceful fusion be-
tween Democrats and Greenbackers should
be held intact it would be of no avail. The
Republican temperance men who were silly
enough to vote for Plaisted would alone be
sufficient to reverse the verdict; and as they
are as friendly to Garfield as they were hos
tile to Davis there is no shadow of doubt how
they will vote in November"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07

An Irishman went in great grief to a neigh
Dor to lay out his grandmother for burial
Accordingly that night couple of ladies
went over, when to their astOnishment the
man met them at the gate, informing them,
No hurry; she amt dead yet. But ye may
begin bilin' the water to wash her"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-10-07
IN TOWN,


have a friend across the street:
We never vet exchanged "A word.
Vet dear to me his accents sweet;
am woman-he d bird.
And here We twain in exile dwell
Far from our native woods and skies
And deW'y lawns with healthfIll smell
VI here daisies lift the laughing eyes
Never again from moss built nest
Shall the Gagged woodlark blithely soar
Never again the heath be pressed
By foot Of mine forever more!
Yet from that feathered, quivering throat.
A blessing wings across to me;
No thrall can hold that mellow note
Or qQenCh it. fame in slavery.
When morning daNns in holy calm.
And each true heart to worship calls
Mine is the prayer, but his the psalm
That floats about our prison walls
And "a behind the thwarting wires
The captive creature throbs and sings
With him my mounting soul aspires,
On Music's strong and cleavine wings.
Ny chains fall off the prison gates
Fly open, a. with magic key,
And far from lifes perpleXing straits,
Ny spirit wandcrS, swift and free.
Back 10 the heather breathing deep
The fragrance of the mountain breeze.
| hear the winds nelodious sweep
Through tossing boughs Of ancient trees
beneath a porch where roses climb
stand now a. used to stand,
Where cattle bells with drowsy chime
Make music in the quiet land;
Fast Fades the dream in distance dim.
Tear rouse me with a sudden shock;
10 AT my door erect and trim,
The postman gives his double knock.
And great city's numbering noise
Arises with confusing hum
And Whistling shrill of butchers boys:
My day begins my bird Is dumb.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-01-23
Irish Lullaby.

I'd rock my own sweet childie to rest, in q
cradle of gold, on the bough of the
willow, .-- .e,--ss r. -
To the sho- heen sho of the wind of the
west, and the sho hoo 10 of the soft sea
billOw.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here beside your pillow.
I'd put my own sweet childie to sleep, in q
silver boat on the beautiful river,
Where a sho -heen whisper the white cas-
cades, and a sho hoo 10 the green flags
shiver.
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mother is here with you forever.
Sho hoo 10! to the rise and fall of mothers
bosom it's sleep has bound you,
And o, my child, what cozier nest, for roster
rest, could love have found you?
Sleep, baby dear,
Sleep without fear,
Mothers two arms are clasped around you.
Alfred PercerGl Grares.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-01-23
THE TWO SISTERS.

Mabel Clarence looked exceedingly
well in her lovely toilet of crystallized
lace, and Ermine's bold, handsome eyes
rested on her in smiling approval, as he
stood beside her chair, and leaned his
head near her and talked in desperately
earnest devotedness that set all the
other young ladies angrily jealous.
"Your character of Frost is tastefully
chosen and artisticaly represented,
Miss Clarence. Do you know you
ought always to wear white? I wish
you would
She lifted her blue eyes in that dis
tracing way that had played such sad
havoc with mems hearts.
Then she rippled out dainty little
laugh.
"Such an idea, Mr.. Ermine! Sup
pose should ask you to adopt as your
every day apparel that elegant and be-
coming bandit chief costume you have
on?,'
He dropped his dark brilliant face
nearer her sparkling one.
swell? Would I not accede to that
or any other request you might make of
me? What happiness to be under the
orders of so fair commander
And the tone of his voice, the glow in
his handsome eyes made her pulses
thrill with the hope that had more than
once come to her since this glorious
king among men had come among
them, for the first time in years, max
ing the magnificent old ancestral home
fairly scintillant with mirth and gay
ETY..
Then she laughed.
"Would it really be happiness to
serve under my flag? Then consider
yourself under imperative orders to
promise to do something for me that 1
have fancy for you to do. Mr.. En-
mine, have an idea you could not Sc
lect any imaginable disguise in which I
would not recognize you. want you
to try something that will prove
to you that I can detect you under the
the completest mask
Her lovely blue eyes were even more
coaxing then her sweet, persuasive
voice.
Her cheeks was delicately flushed, her
dainty mouth smiling, and Ermine
thought how passing fair she was.
So there was tinge Of something
even more marked than usual in his
manner as he answered:
"I take up the gauntlet, Miss Clar-
renee, and warn you beforehand you viii
not write success on your banner unless
Il dare not fatter myself, dare I?-that
your eyes are sharpened by
What he would have added was most
effectually prevented by q sweet, fresh
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-01-23
The Heart as q Machine.

The heart is probably the most eff
Gent piece of physical apparatus known.
From purely mechanical point of view
it is something like eight times as eff
ficient as the best steam engine. 1t may
be described, mechanically, as little
more than a double force pump fur
nished with two reservoirs and two
pipes of outflow; and the main problem
of its action is hydro-dynamical. The
left ventricle has a capacity of about
three ounces; it beats Is times minute;
and the work done in overcoming the
resistance of the circulating system is
equivalent to lifting its charge of blood
little short of ten feet (9.923 feet).
The average weight of the heart is lit
tie under ten ounces $3.50 oz.). The
daily work of the left ventricle is, in
round numbers, ninety foot-tons; add
ing the work of the right ventricle, the
work of the entire organ is nearly one
hundred and twenty-five foot-tons. The
hourly work of the heart is accordingly
equivalent to lifting itself twenty thous-
and feet an hour.
An active mountain climber can ave.
rage 1000 feet of ascent an hour, or
one-twentieth the work of the heart.
The prize Alp engine, Bavaria" lifted
its own weight 2,70O feet an hour, thus
demonstrating only one-eighth the eff
ficiency of the heart. Four elements
have to be considered in estimating the
hearts work: Q) the statical pressure
of the blood column equal to the ami
mails height, which has to be sus-
tanned; (2) the force consumed in over
coming the inertia of the blood-veins |;
(3) the resistance offered by the capil-
larry vessels; ~ the friction in the heart
itself. This, in a state of health, is kept
at its minimum by the fabricated Serious
membrane of the pericardium. Scien-
tifc american.