Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-10
HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY OCCUPATIONS.

The first place among healthy occupa-
tions is held by ministers of religion, the
death rate of this class being 555. Next
we have gardeners and nursery-men, who
stand at 500; farmers and graziers, 631 !;
agricultural laborers, 701 !; schoOlmasters,
| 718; the other trades which follow closely
on these being grocers, coal merchants, pa
per manufacturers, lace and hosiery man.
ufacturers, wheel-wrights, ship-builders
and ship-wrights and coal miners. The
| figures of mortality of all these trades
is under IT'S. On the other side, that
of unhealthy occupations, the first place
| is held by the trades which are con-
cerned in the manufacture and distribu-
ton of intoxicating drink, which, as is
we'll known, entail many temptations to
use it to excess. The list of unhealthy
occupations is headed by the class of inn
and hotel servants, whose figure mounts
up to 2,2O5, being nearly double that OF
| the medical profession. The highest place
next to them are held by the general
laborers and cOster-mongers, haWkers and
street sellers, the former class with 1920,
and the latter with 1879. 1t is probable
that both are largely made up of broken
men, the wrecks Of other callings. Inn
keepers, publicans, spirit, wine and beer
dealers follow with figure of ,52l and
brewers with ], 1861. In support of the be-
chiefly due to alcoholic excess. DR.. Ogle
has compared with them the mortality as
signed to diseases of the liver, the organ
through which such excess chiefly de-
clares itself, and has obtained results
which are entirely in harmony with those
of the trade returns. Next to the trades
concerned with alcohol, the highest rates
are furnished by occupation, which in
volve the breathing of dust-other than
coal dust-and especially of sharp and
gritty character, or largely composed of
mineral matter next, those in which
there is exposure to lead poisoning, as
with plumbers, painters apd filemakers.
The earthenware manufacturers, who are
much exposed to mineral dust, have a
figure of 1,742; file-makers, who work
upon leaden cushion, reached 1867, and
plumbers and painters, who are also ex-
posed to lead, reach 1,2O2-CAahn6ers'
Journal.
THE MULLEN TEST IN CoNsUMPTIoN.-
The success attending the treatment of
consumption with mullen leaves by Quin-
Ian, of Dublin, and which has been so
widely published, has led him to make a
that in the earlier and pretubercular stage
of pulmonary consumption mullen has a
Mountaineering and curative power,
greater than that of cod liver oil, and
equal to that of Russian kourliss. In
cases where tubercles are we'll established
or cavities exist, the mullen has great
power in relieving cough; phthisical di-
arrhea is completely obviated by the mul-
len; but it has no power or effect on the
night sweats of consumption, which are
to be combated by attropia sulphate.
Three ounces of the fresh green leaves,
or about ten times as much of the dried,
are boiled in a pint of fresh cows milk,
and after boiling a moment the infusion
is allowed to stand and ''sipe" for ten
minutes, when it is strained, sweetened
and drank while warm. This quantity is
taken twice or three times day. It is
generally much relished by the patients,
who regard it as pleasant article of diet,
rather than as medicine. The smoke
of these leaves, inhaled into the respira-
tory passages, relieves irritation and spas
modic coughs Chicago Tribune.
THE LAWYERS STRATAGEM.-A New
York hotel clerk vouches for the truth of
the following story: A country guest at
a certain uptown hostelry, having a dread
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