Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-14
E-nn -l. Pr,I,-i.Irh.n ?,

1 The necrOlCgy of the old year will Q, re7d with uournful interest by those who cra.s fuil li health and vim oyei
 the threshold of the new year. In the
 fur- h-t 1f deaths will be recorded The .leIIsy O. many a young and hearty man or woman who on the first of January lSS2, looked hopefully forward to dec a.les of happy new years and st had tC -i.rumh 70 tue gvim spectre, stricken ,v --g,.eu accident or horrible disease. 2 raysiciau of this city has made the lH.r wena ot death a speclal study; by
 aareuj observation and lengthy consul . .aS,u with his brothers he has acquired : fund of il,e-e- tluC tacts ana supposl- | 'iuas regarding the fatal moment which ! aIl hum sujty sooner or later have Co ex- | periecce.
 -Oue ri the ,aiH-s O- winch 1 am con viuced." said the doctor iu conversation ! yesterday, 'is that death IS painless. msu thar tts moment of dissoiutl7- IpprolcEe, ss -sc;-'sly ts it
 terslt Whatevar iethe cause of ueatu u, rr-rLa- Hy lingering walady or sudden . -.a'e-He. dissolution comes alths . tl-oa.L syucope ul aspLy1i.. lu the ! l-'..r el-e. wien resulting from disease. -le F-u- gle is long, prOtracted and ac- 'amraucl hr an the visible marks Oi agony aLicn the imagination associates with tle closing scene of life she r.~c.rl and pAllid features, the cold, carus skin. tEe uPsurned eve. and the lp..v. ..l0riru~, -uttling respiration. Death does not strike sll the organs Of tue body st Jh, sa me tune; some may be slit Q survive others, and the lungs we ,le 'a-. to give up the performance .f r-.Ir lus-li ,us. Is death approaches th. latter ' scome gradually more and more oppressed. tbc air cells are loaded with ag increased quantity of the tiuie which naturally Iul-cHtes the surfaces, t.a. atmosphere can then no longer come fr-. tact Uj.b the minute blood veS- -a' spread over the air cells without G--t rarmDatiug this viscous fluid hence ,ha rattle. Nor is the contact sniff .l.lrlv perfect t1 change the black yar.~- iutl the red arteriai blood; an u. prepared fluid consequently lssUs~ rrn tla .ungs into the heart, and is t'DHea transmitted to every organ ot the .af. The brain receives It and ItS en- ---.s appear Co be lulied thereby into S. .---susral tranquil sleep filled v.-. 5.u@ which impel the dying Ca rrr-rr out the names of friends and tta .csurations and recollectiOns Of urs. .. The rustic 'babbles of green f-iJs.' sr5 tde hero expires amid WIS., sims o- battle.
 D.-.. .o-tr-. cl..f--s ou stanley. on
 H.r ..s last y.or,i- gf 'i8ruicu-
 LONGEVITY OF LIFE
 fv.ry large number of deaths are at.-llu-rd tu old age, continued tbe rlr-irIau, ''yet few, even of the oldest, .a.D purely u- exhaustion or gradual de c.t.- some positive disease, ID most cases, .r,-s.ylus tbe small remains of vitality Irt death from actual old age IS not lm- ua--i .i- aud uust be the sweetest death os a. a sleep indeed that wakes m eternity. Ia regard Co longevity, it K as-er. .i that the'Uuited States IS more favorable Go long hie than any other country. if | cannot abide entirely by tLat opal uiou. | can at least agree that ti- country has and can produce ten cagrUuaus to any one Ot any other IlrG. and tLiuk WashingtOn's bfIa. servants affirm my statemafErtv-tLree a.,.a-e os human life 5svioUis-,, tb.. year. 17-qusrteTI, TI,iGa-nalf betorereach- 1ng se",sfbase Wuo p@ss tbelE L ,.l N... fr.- Sod Coz .fr. h-f, tl. leu.u species. In every lNuO per. sons only one reaches beyond the nine ti. s. Iu every iuUouly SIX reach the age O. s.Xty-ise, and not more than one ID I-I Ivts Co e.ghty years. or the up- wards Of l.CUWnNOD inhabitants Of the rIal- orc-thlrd de every year, 9l,S24 every day, 3.75J every hour and sixty -vrr- minute. Married persons live Iurr.r taau single. tall men longer than short ones and women have more chances 0l life iu their favor, previous au U.irs Hiry years of age, than men have. bod fewer afterwards. Persons ala are bora II spring generally grow u ore robust than those who come 1nto .re world at other seasons. Deaths are more frequent by night than by day
 HOURS FATAL TO LIFE
 -Uave tIe hours most fatal to life ever been a-ecciaiued y
 .ls-. -u a certain extent. | have the dat. lr-r Ct some very interesting con ....-.ur- asccrtaued In 2,S-O instances 70. death at all ages. The examples are ... ..u IT. u an conditions Of life and uurug period of several years. 1T .Lr deaths uf the 2SSo had occurred l.dI.-ealy at any hour during the 2i .l.r-, I2l would have occurred at each u.Ur. bUC tuis was by 10 means the ease. There are two hours ID which [ Q. proportion was remarkably below U.i- ru. UilcmS. ID fact namely, from midnight Go ] o'clock, when the I,a-l. -sle -} per cent. below the ..a-.--. anj from noon Go J o'clock, ..l they .,re 2l'i per cent below .... :. .t a'c.acz a- nl.. luClu~lyC, and
 -.. -. -.. 2. u.. there fS @ gradual lU- .r..-, ir -ss former ai 2}is Der cent
 .r. . average. rn ,ue latter ot 3ls ...r.r Tla maximum of the death K
 -... ? -. a Gc'cIees So. ul., when it IS iN ... . above the average; the next,
 - a b1ur before midnight. when
 .. .- % per cent. ia excess; third ..r- r excess is that from 9 to 10 .s... .r -ua urrGinL. being tIis per r.... ..ge. From 10 a. m- to 3 p. m- l.e Leail are less numerous, being l6l. -.- r.li below the average, the hour ....r. noon being the most Fatal From 8 o'clock p. m- tO p. m- rne deaths ari-. .l per cent. above the average. luI tle fall from that hour tp II a. u ave-lging 6l per cent below the mean. During the hours from to ff o'clock II the e-.Dlng there is minimum of Gl per cent. below the a-e-aEe. Thus the least mortality IS Gu-io- midday hours. namely from 10 tlIn-rI.rk. tle greate1t during early morning hours. from 3t0 6 o'clock
 .sBy.tlr-way." remarked the doctor as his visitor got up tO leave, "i said just now that America could produce more eases of lon sevity than any other cOun- fry. must except the coldest regions Of Ru-sia. as understand there IS a level c.rrt-. lF about i0O leagues square, -.r-r- .l ( @ s-utn on the borders of -l.e-la. where a year rarely passes in y.Iie. r-ue person does not die at the ape Uf lSO n ted a Russian physician whether fine report could he depended urHu. and ur s4 q they are kept by the priests Hf fhc Greek Church, who, Ter reasons co. faith, are most rigid in ri'
 .ari C., the eXacritnde of age of thelr de q. in one yea-, the foreign doctor
 o' ma. i1G ? SO & of 100 years and up- ward. dlCi DO Cue Russian empire. The oldest vas l3j years, and there were III above no years old. l regret to own -bar au American record can be beaten ll anything but in this instance the iui Gi the Car walks over the course Many happy new years
 Good vegetables and beautiful tiower' cannot be crowu from inferior seeds r our rcalers would procure the best, .hav should purchase only those grown and mt uD by old established and reliable parties. D. M. Ferry < Co, of Uss-oi,. Mich, whose advertisement ap- ~----1 m 1u- columns, have been in the -.aI l1-.uess for 27 years. and we h4se-e are as well and as favorably -.-avr as any house in their business ID -ls Uu--ei States. Their trade extends t. every hamlet in the country, and -r.r pride themselves in sending out ar.y tle vs-y best of all varities of seeds We would advise all purchasers