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The DALLES CHRONICLE

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the conclusion that these local causes can be
removed by sanitary reform = at least
directly.
We must bear in mind other factnrs
which help to determine the result. Wealth
and pove rty may be distributed very un-
evenly, and poverty has sanitary ills of its
own to bear. Crime has its own haunts
aud its own table in the list of deaths.
Personal uncleanliness is beyond the reach
of the most maternal Government. Intem-
perance depends in part. no doubt, upon
sanitary conditions, but not wholly. Den
sity Of population means facility Of con-
taglon and lmpurity Of air. Above all. dif-
1erences of occupation, often correspond
lrg to difference of locality, affect the sta
tlstics Of mortality. Add to these the con-
slant migration that is going on from place
to place, from district to district, and tend
ing to alter the distribution Of age and sex
throughout tine country.
IhlS last factor Is so Important that we
must dwell upon it for a moment. In com-
pairing the death rates of the same place at
different times. we may take it for granted.
Tor practical purposes, that the distribution
OF age is the same. e., that the proportion
OF the Inhabitants at the various stages of
life Is unaltered. But in comparing the
death rates OF any two places, we must al
low for variations. A district into which
there is constant migration will nat
urally have fewer old people proper
tionately, and a lower death rate, and
conversely. The country districts of En-
gland, for example, are being constantly
denuded of their young, active, healthy
population, who flock into the towns, and
hence the death rate of a country district
Tor the purposes OF comparison will always
require TO be lowered. with equal degrees
OF healthineSs population that contains a
larger proportion of very young children or
of very aged persons will have a higher
death rate than population in which the
proportion of such persons is lower. The
Edinburgh Review
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THE DEATH RATE.
Some Very Interesting Figures on IL
Important Subject

Some Very Interesting Figures on This
Important Subject.
The time OF death which comes "as n
friend which implies the gradual decay of
natural powers, and that only, may be set
at so years of age for the ordinary man.
Now, II all lived out their full span Of 80
years. the death rate would be 12.5 per thou
sand. 1t need hardly be remarked that such
an ideal is still low on the horizon. There
are causes, active at every time and in every
place, which prevent its realization. In an
old country, for Instance, as England there
are congenital and hereditary inflaences,
there are current contagious which battle
every precaution, there are, in spite of all
our safeguards, deaths which are caused or
hastened by privation, and there are thos
many additions to the catalogue which are
made by accident, by violence, by vice and
intemperance. Against all these it is i'm
possible for the "best administered" system
10 guarantee those who live under it.
What Is the margin which must he al
trar-Generals returns, we find that certain
areas, and not small areas, have death
rate below 16 per thousand. In that part of
Surrey which Is extrametropolitau the
actual death rate in 1888 was 14.3, in Sussex
it was 14.6, while in extrametropolitan
Kent Berks, Hunts, Worcestershire,
Rutland and WestmOreland it was be-
tween 10 and 16. This being so. we may.
for practical purposes, concluded that the
aforementioned causes account for the
additional deaths in these districts above
a rate of 12.5, and we may draw the further
conclusion that in localities in which the
death rate exceeds 16 per thousand there
are some local causes which aggravate the
mortality. But we must not hastily draw
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NO USE FOR CAVALRY.

Magazine and Machine Guns Will Sup
! plant Cavalry in Battle.
Magazine and machine guns would seem
| to sound the knell of possible employment
of cavalry in battle. No matter how dislo-
Gated are the infantry ridden at, so long as
they are not quite demoraliZed, however
ruse the cavalry leader-howe favora-
bic to sudden unexpected onslaught is the
ground-the quick firing arms of the future
must apparently stall off the most enterpris-
ing hOrseman. Probably if the writer were
arguing the point with a German, the
famous experiences of Won BredOW might
be adduced in bar of this contention. In
the combat of Tobitachau, in 1866, Won
Bredow led his cuirassier regiment straight
at three Austrian batteries in action, cap
tured the eighteen guns and everybody and
everything belonging to them, with the
loss to himself of but ten men and eight
horses. 1t Is true, says the honest Of
hcial account that the ground favored
the charge and that the shells fired by the
| usually skilled Austrian 9unners flew high
but during the last 100 yards grape was sub
stituted Tor shell, and Bred0w deserved all
| the credit he got.
Still stronger against my argument was
Bredow's memorable work at Mars la Tour,
when, at the head of six sQuadroaS, he
| charged across 1000 wards III open plain,
rode over and through two separate lines of
| French infantry, carried a line of Cannon
numbering nine batteries, rode 1000 yards
| further into the very heart of the French
| army, and cane back with the loss of not
quite one-half his strength. The TO dten-
| ritt, as the Germans call it. was a wonder
| full exploit, second Balaklava charg' and
| olOodier one, and there was this dstinc-
| ton, that it had purpose, and that that
| purpose was achieved For Bredow's
charge in effect wrecked France. 1t ar
rested the French advance which would
else have swept Alvensebpn aside, and to
| its timely effect is traceable the sequence
OF events that ended in the capitulatou of
Metz The fact that, although from the be-
| ginning of his charge until he struck the
| front Of the first infantry line, Won Bre-
dow took the riffs fire of whole French
division, yet did not lose above fifty men,
| has been notable weapon in the hands of
| those who argue that good cavalry can
| charge home on mistaken infantry.
But nevermOre will French infantry shoot
! from the hip a, Lalont's coascripts at Mars
! Ia Tour shot Ia the vague direction of Bre-
dow's squadro:.s. French cavalry never
! got within yards OF German infantry, even
! in loose order. and the magazine or repeat
! ing rifle held reasonably straight will stop
the most thrusting cavalry that ever heard
the charge" sOund.-1he Nineteenth Cen
| fury.
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weeks should bring no tidngs to her of John
Allalre it would seem to mean an eternal
farewell to the Dreadnaught and every soul
on board of her. In that event there would
reason, st nding between the fortune she
was to inherit and Lew Barker.
But in order that Mrs. Allaire should in
herit 1t was necessary that she should sur
vive her uncle. 1t therefore became Lew
Barker's interest that the life of this unfor-
tunate woman should be prolonged until the
estate of Edward Manson had vested in her
There were now two chances against him ::
MOlly's death before that of the testator, or
the return of Captain John which latter
event was always possible in view of the
TACT that lie might have been wrecked on
some desert isle; and yet very remotely pos
slblr, for it seemed but visionary not to re-
gard as certain the total loss of the Dread
naught
Such was the position of Lew Barker, such
the outlook for him, and that, too, at mo-
ment when he saw himself reduced to des-
perate eXpedientS.
Any way there was as yet no sign of any
failure OF supplies at Prospect Cottage, and
for this reason: After Molly's luDacy had
been judicially established it had become
necessary, in the absence of her husband. to
name committee of her person ard estate.
Lew Barker, on the ground of propinQuity,
seemed to be the natural guardian and had
consequently been chosen, and in his capa-
city as such committee was vested with full
| control of her estate. The money which
Captain John had deposited 20 cover ths
expenses of the house was at Bankers dis
posal and he had made use of it for personal
needs. 1t was. of course, an inconsdeTabe
sum. as the Dreadnaught was only to be
absent for five or six months, but there was
also Molly separate estate, and although
II only amounted to few thousand dollars,
Lew Barker, bv making use of it to fight off
pressing claims would be able to gain time,
and this was an essential point for him.
Therefore this dishonest man didn't hesi-
tate TO take advantage of his position as
guardian and appropriate the property of
his ward and relative to his own use.
Thanks to these trust funds, he was en-
aOleG to secure brief respite and to launch
new schemes not whit less disreputabe.
Having once set foot uron the highway
which leads tn crime Lew Barker would, If
necessary. follow it to the end.
Moreover. the return Of Captain John was
now less and less TO be feared. Week after
week went by and Hollister & Co received
no news of the missing ship. But how had
She persisted? Opinions differed but little
although it could be only matter of con-
| jrcture. True it was that since the sailing
| of the Dreadnaught several merchan tmen,
| bound for the same port had necessarily
gone over the same course. Now. az none
| of them had found any trace of her there
was nothing left but TO accept the most
REASONABLE hypothesis. which was this ::
| Overtaken by one of those dangerous
| hurricanes, those irresistible typhoons
which often burst ulOn the waters of the
| Celebes or Java Sea, the Dreadnaught had
| gone down with every soul on board. On
| October i. 1879, it would be seven months
since the Dreadnaught had sailed out of the
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END OF SAD YEAR.
This series of misfortunes to which the
Allaire family had fallen victim placed Lew
Barker in such peculiar position tn at it
becomes necessary to draw attention to it,
1t will not be forgotten that. while Mrs.
Allaire's own property figured up but q
modest total, yet she was the sole heir Of
her rich uncle, Edward Manson, still lead
ing life of retirement on his vast esta tie of
uncleared land, banished, SO to speak, to
the most inaccessible portion of the State of
Tennessee. This eccentric character was
still under the self-imposed ban of a life
cut off from the rest of the world. As he
was not quite 60 years of age, 1t might be
necessary to wait long while for his money.
Nay, possibly he might modify the testament
tary disposition of his property should he
learn that Mrs Allaire, the sole relative
left to him in the direct line had lost her
reason since the death Of her child. But the
news OF this double calamity had not reached
HMM fact, it was not possible for it to
reach him so firmly resolved was he neither
TO write nor receive any letters. True. it
would have been possible for Lew Barker
to override this Introduction on the ground
of unforeseen changes in MOlly's civil status,
and Kate had given him to understand that
he was in duty bound to communicate with
Edward Manson; but he had enjoined
silence upon her and taken good care not to
follow her advice.
The condition of things was really very
simple. III Mrs. Allalre should die cnildleSS
this property would descend to her Cousin
Kate, sole relative qualified TO take from her
by inheritance. Hence Lew Barker recog-
nzed the fact that by the death of little
Walt his wife's chances OF succeeding TO the
property Of Edward Manson had been mate
rally increased and his wife's chances were
his own. In truth, 1t did seem as if the stars
had sought to turn the tide of this enormous
fortune toward him. Not only was Molly's
child dead, not only had Molly lost her mind
but in the Judgment of the physicians nothin
save the return of Captain j ohm would be
able to work any change in her mental con-
ditiOn.
For the fate of the Dreadnaught now
seemed almost sealed. II the next few
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THE CAL/FORNIANS:
CAPTAIN AND CAPTAINS WIFE.
WRITTEN FOB THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
VERNE.

clned to side with Nancy when the latter
thus got rid Of callers whom possibly moth
ing but idle curiosity brought to Prospect
Cottage. In this way the captains wife
gradually became isolated from the world.
Poor Molly" thought Kate, IF her con-
dition grows worse. if her lunacy loses the
mild character and she becomes subject to
outbreaks, they will take her away from
me; they will shut her up in an asylum and
she will be lost to mel On, no! God grant
that this may not happen! Who could pos
sibly care for her with the same devotion
as | pr
During the third week of May Kate pro-
posed that they should try an occasional
walk In the neighbornood, hoping that her
cousin would gain some benefit from them.
Lew Barker made no objection, merely d.
reeting that Nanny should go along with
them.
Mrs. Allaire, therefore, left the cottage
one day, Hates arm being affectionately en-
twined IN hers. She permitted herself TO
be led forth like a person without wish or
viii, going whittier she was conducted,
without taking any interest in anything.
At the outset these walks had no appre-
clable effect upon The patient. However,
the mistress soon began to observe that
MOly's emotion gave evident signs of
modification. Her habitual composure was
interrupted by symptoms of mental excita-
ton, which might be productive of harmful
results. On several occasions the sight of
little children, whom she met in the street,
threw her into state Of violent nervous ex-
The morning call., 1891-07-05
POINTS OF PROGRESS.
What the Worlds Busy Workers AR
Doing Along Various Lines.

What the Worlds Busy Workers Are
Doing Along Various Linss.
1t is estimated that at least 1000, 900
pounds of rubber are Annually used for
bicycle tires.
A ship-canal to connect Venice with the
Gulf of Spezia is under discussion. 1t will
be about 10 miles In length, and will cost
$3.50, 100000
The telephone cables laid beneath the
streets of Berlin are estimated to meet the
requirements of 10000 subscribers, the pres
eut number being 5000.
Coal in the Province Of Almeria in Spain,
is SO dear that there is great rejoicing over
the discovery of an inferior quality In a
large vein near AlbancheZ.
A recent English invention is a machine
which bends tubes without the necessity of
filling them with some yielding material TO
preserve an accurate section.
Among the novelties is al indatable rub
Der chamber for bathers. 1t passes around
the bust underneath the arms, making it
possible for person TO float in an erect
position without fatigue. 1t can be inflated
when deslr. d by means of tube attached
to the neck.
The Chigneeto Ship Railway will not be
completed as soon as was expected. The
company has asked the Canadian Parlia-
nent for an extension OF the time until July
/, 1888
A new college of agriculture Is to be es
tabished at Mildura, Victoria.
cable between Spain and the island of
Porto Rico is projected by the Spanish Gov
ernment
There Is to be new steamboat service be-
tween Flushing in Holland and Huh, En-
d.-Philadelphia Record
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AUTHORISED MOVEMENT.
Now Is a Very Favorable Time for Agi
tating It.

Now Is a Very Favorable Time for 4 gi-
tating It.
''Do you know" said a prominent dry
goods merchant with whom | was riding
uptown in Il Broadway car, that there
could never be better time than the pres
ent for the resuscitation of the old anti
corset movement. Those long three-quar-
ter coats that are so very fashionable just
now have caused the introduction of a new
corset on the market that is ten times worse
than the old affair. These new coats are
only really stylish on figures with very long
waists and slight hips, ana TO accomplish
this end the modisfes and dry-gOods stOres
have now for sale corset that laces on the
hops straight line from the waist down.
ward. The effect of course is to give the
wearer the appearance of much greater
height and so lead 10 the stylish effect"
Talking with one of the best known snr-
seGna in the city about this new corset, he
said:
Women always will be fools when it
comes to being in the fashion, and if these
new cnrsets lace, as you say, on the hips,
they will directly compress the stomach the
most delicate part of w0man'S anatomy.
Women. as a rule. to-day are not lacing as
did our grandmothers, and, l am glad TO
say, are going In more and more for physi-
cal culture. That OF itself is the very best
anti-cnrSet movement. as when YOU thor
oughly cultivate the muscles about the waist
they will not De bound. Women, [ think
will in time not lace, but they will always
wear eorsets, as only by such means can
they fit their dresses, and these they will
have tit IL they die for tn. Y. TELEGRAM
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port of San Di.so, and the conclusion was
Irresistible that she would never enter it
again.
Andrew HOLSTER looked upon it as a
matter of DUTY to see that Mrs. Allaire, now
she was robbed Of her mental faculties
should have all hel material necessities well
provided for. He was aware that Captain
John had before his departure set aside
sum. based upon an absence of six or seven
months, quite sufficient to cover all the eX-
penses of the house. But realizing now
that this provision must be pretty nearly
exhausted and not being willing that Molly
should fall burden to her relatives, he re-
solved to have an interview with Lew
Barker on this subject.
On the afternoon of October 18th, al
though not yet in the very best of health,
the shipping merchant set out for Prospect
Cottage, and having reached the heights of
this quarter of the city, In due time entered
the front gate of the villa. So far as the
eye went there was no change, except that
the window-blinds of the ground floor and
first story were tightly closed. 1t had the
air of an unoccupied house, silent and mys-
ferrous looking.
Mr.. HOLSTER rang the bell OF the outer
door and waited patiently for some one to
appear But no one came. In fact, il
seemed as il the caller had neither been
seen nor heard. Could it be that there
really was no one at home? A second pull
at the bell was followed by tue noise Of
opening side door. The muIattress came
in sight, and an exclamation of irritation
escaped her the moment her eyes had fallen
upon Mr.. HOLSTER, which, however, was
unnoticed by him.
The girl now walked toward him, Blu,
gave no sign OF any intention of admitting
him.
us Mrs. Allaire not at home ?" he asked.
'She has gone out, Mr.. HOLSTER" an
swered Nanny, with a peculiar hesitation
in which there was visible admixture OF
fright.
''Why, where is Molly ?" cried Mr.. Ho Ills.
ter in tone of insistence.
"She has gone out walking with Mrs.
Barker"
II thought they had given up those walks,
which only seemed to excite her and bring
| on nervous attacks"
YES, that's ST" replied Nanny. "but fol
The morning call., 1891-07-05
WOODEN JOISTS.
Professor Goodman Says That General,

Professor Goodman Says That Generally
Speaking They Are Better Than Iron.
In his recent lecture on fire prevention
Professor Goodman states that, generally
speaking, wooden joists are better for build
ing than steel or iron joists. The two latter
materials, he explained. lose their strength
at not very high temperature, whereas wood
would sustain heavy strain for much longer
period when exposed to great heat. Besides.
when wood has Ouce been charred it does not
burn so readily again. Iron and steel soon
expand under the influence of heat Brick and
stone are Objectionable, The former become
fused under great heat, and the latter is liable
to crack or fly wien suddenly cooled after
heating. The draw back to tiles is that when
fire plays upon the joists of floors fitted with
them the loists expand and allow the fire to
play upon the joists through the tiles. Port.
land cement is Objectionable, as it flakes off
when heated, but If wire-natting or bars ara
embedded in concrete this defec; is remedied.
A 1oist padded with slicate of cotton and
ineased in S.lamander plaster "a mixture of
silicate. cotton and plaster Of Paris, the
professor holds, is splendid fre-proofing
material. Such a material is not only a
non-conductor, but it is elastic, and would
yield with the joist. In an experiment mn
dertaken by Professor Goodman it was
found that a joist of this kind withstood
very fierce heat for eight to nine hours
without sustaining any serious damage
| The Builder.
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Deaf Mans Novel Contrivnnce

A Chcagoap explains in the Tribune the
coDlrivance used by deaf man there for
telling when the doorbell rings. He was
visiting the mans home, and, happening to
remark about the bell, lie was invited into
the kitchen. where the bell was located.
Here" he writes, found queer con-
trivance screwed against the wall about four
feet from the fipor There was an electro
magnet whose armature was connected with
a pair of levers so that when the armature
was attracted a catch was released and the
hook tipped over Hanging upon this hook
was section of cedar post about eight
inches in diameter and about two feet and a
half or so long. he pushed the armature
toward the magnet and the log dropped to
the floor with reverberating bang. You
can't hear that, can you'll l inquired. No,
can't hear il; but we feel the jar when it
falls That was Il new idea to me, but
felt sorry for the people occup wing the fiat
below"
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PURE BOSTONESE.
English as She Is Spoke by Residents
Our Modern Athens


Our Modern Athens.
The Major had much fun with the con-
ductor of the "grip" or cable-car, which he
boarded at State street.
This car to Washington street?" he
asked meekly OF the conductor. The latter
took his little dog whistle from between his
lips only long enough to reply:
Cert and then placed the whistle back
there again. The abruptness of this re-
Spouse to civil inquiry encouraged the
Major to again test the conductors vocabu-
larry, which he did with The following re-
suit:
81 believe the fare is cents ?"
Correct"
MAY smoke on this seat?"
''SureW
Il believe State street parallels the lake,"
''Bet yer life!'
"Does this car go near the Union Depot ?"
'NIXeyp
The conductor blew his whistle and
punched up his fares. all unconscious of the
sport the Major was enjoying at his expense.
Boston Traveller.
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Jenny Lind was once on visit to a small
English village, and went on Sunday to the
little church. The villagers had never hea nd
OF her, but when "Te Deum" began she
joined in the singing. Soon every one ceased
singing under the spell of the unknown
voice, and she finished the hymn alone.
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CHAPTER VI.

with every soul on board of her, either
through collision or by shipwreck before
she had reached Singapore.