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The herald., 1898-06-26

1869 eprsons upwards of so years of age. OF
that number 40S were men and 661 were
women. OF these, 50 males and 121 females
had aspsed the age of 80 years and seven
were over 100
Women Live Longer
Note the great preponderance of women In
both these reports. The same disparity in
favor of the gentler sex has been observed
in European statistics. In recent census
of French Centenarians 1t was found that
or 213 persons over 100 years old, only &C
were men. An amusing comment on this
has been going the rounds of Paris to the
effect that the surprising longevity of
women is due to their loquacity. Constant
chattering. 1t is said, causes an active cir
culation of the blood and a consequent re-
newal of the tissues.
Seriously, however, physicists have come
to the conclusion that the reason so many
women have attained a greater length of
life than men is that they have passed
through less turmoil and trouble and have
had more calm and less impassioned exist
ence. This advantage on the part of the
female SEX" says DIR. French, SIS probably
due in part to the fact that women as a class
have more favorable environment than
men, leading more quiet and regular lives.
having fewer bad habits and forms of dis
sipation to sap their vitality. and being less
exposed to death by violence and accident;
and in part to a greater endurance and
tenacity of life which are inherent in the
female SEX"
But besides the accidents, dangers and
temptations which beset the average male
citizen, wars are an important factor ir
shortening his life. The very flower of the
male youth, physically speaking, are draft
ed into the army, and we cannot doubt that
the wars of the first Napoleon and subse
quent ones in Europe, and those of 1872
1916 and the civil war in America, have killed
off tens of thousands of the most promising
candidates for human longevity.
Marriage Factor
We find also from statistics relating to
longevity that the element of marriage is
not to be neglected. Darwin urges matri-
mony as one of the greatest aids to long life
and DR.. Stark says that bachelorhood ought
to be classed with the most unwholesome
trades. One of the specifics, therefore for
long life is marriage.
Hufeland, a German authority, remarks
that women live longer than men. and
married women longer than single, in the
proportion of two to one. But while mora
women than men reach 115 years, beyond
that age more men are found.'
A record Of 4S,54O deaths kept in French
parish was analysed, and it was found that
forty-three married men to six unmarried
reached the age of 80, and the proportion OF
married to unmarried women was 112 to Il.
A Berlin physician says the percentage of
deaths among unmarried men between SC
and 45 is 81 against IS per cent among mar
The herald., 1898-06-26

| temperate III tlell iieipitS anu h'SN tiiNNA'
in the open air"
One of our notable centenarans, Fran
cisco Ignacio Garcia, died about year ago
at the age of III. He was born in Mexico,
served in the Spanish and afterward in the
Mexican armies, and immigrated to Los
Angeles in 1925. He had consequently been
resident of this city for seventy-two
years, being veritably its oldest inhabitant.
Some Interesting Facts
The researches of Prof Humphrey have
developed some interesting facts. He ex-
amined the claims of a number of centen-
arians in Central England, and his data
showed that NEARLY one-fourth of them
were first-born; nearly one-haf were of
placid disposition; 10 per cent were in af-
fluent circumstances; 80 per cent were poor
and so per cent were in a comfortable con-
diton of life. Only A per cent had bad d.
gestion, and only II per cent were of low
mental power, "A per cent being of aver
age intelligence and 10 per cent possessing
high intellectual capacity. Sixty per cent
were moderate eaters; 30 per cent were
small eaters, and per cent were large eat
ers."
Ten years ago q Boston editor sent
blanks to people who had lived more than
fourscore years, inquiring as to habits.
food teeth, eyes, hearing. ETC., and received
over $500 replies.
Nearly all of these people were early ris-
ers; most of them ate meat; fully two
thirds drank tea and coffee; the men have
generally used tobacco in some form; the
majority have used spirituous liquors IN
moderation; blue and gray eyes predom-
mate; badness is rare; the teeth are usual
ly gone; they continue active and more or
| less occupied in their old age; the men ae
mostly above the average in height.
Out of 1000 men, 461 were farmers, 3O7 en-
gagged in other laborious occupations, and
the remainder were commercial and pro-
fessional men.
DR.. Evans, London surgeon, says that
in old age "the active, fluid. sensitive and
elastic body of youth gradually gives place
to induration, ossification, rigidity and de-
crepitude, which terminates in natural
DEATH" He states that the most important
change is in the blood vessels supplying the
brain. The arteries become lessened in cal
iber from earthly deposits upon their coats,
and the smaller ones become at last con-
verted into smooth, bony tubes.
Hence the supply of blood to the brain is
diminished and it's functions are impaired
causing loss of memory, confusion of ideas,
inability to follow a long train of thought
instability of passing impressions, etc. The
earthly salts which block up the arteries are
contained in the food we eat, and DR.. Evans
thinks 'it would be possible to so select our
food and drink as to retard the deposition
of earthly salts in the system, and thus de-
lay old age
The herald., 1898-06-26
Hudson Medical Institute

Junction Stockton. Market and Ellis 9tnp
San Francisco. Calif.
The herald., 1898-06-26

1869 eprsons upwards of so years of age. OF
that number 40S were men and 661 were
women. OF these, 50 males and III females
had aspsed the age of 80 years and seven
were over 100.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
9.---New head-dress of quilts and ribbon.

ones (this mode still obtaining as largely
as ever. composed of lace matching that
on the bodice, the pattern being outlined
with tiny diamonds. Round the waist
was a band of black ribbon velvet, bear
ing buckle Of diamonds in front, and
slide matching il on either side At the
back from yet another clasp fell long
ends of black accordion-p leated chiffon
the edges ruched with velvet rose petals,
matching those on the inner hem of the
train. single row of tiny egg-shaped
diamonds was all that was provided in
the way of relief for the severely cut
outline Of the decoletage, and let / am
bound to confess that, so far from losing,
the gown seemed rather 90 gain thereby.
Madame further informed me that the
lace sleeves were removable ones, and
that for very special occasions the gown
could be worn without, thus taking on
still more smartness. With this end in
view, a pair OF palest mauve giants de
suede were provided, the tops being Of
lace drawn in with narrow black velvet
ribbons.
Need 1 say after these two examples.
that L left the establishment with my
theories as to the colors which do or do
not suit blonde and brunette considerably
modified?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
ALL FEMININE TYPES.
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR ROTH
BLONDES AND BRuxETTEs.
: THE LATEST" FROM NEW YORK CITY
How Dark-Complcsioncd Girls Can
Wear Mauvc-BIue BccomingIy-
Orange Now Popular Color
Latest TaiIor-Mades Have Cnpes.
dor the Dispatch.)

NEW YORK, May 2S.--The bluest OF al
things mauve the mauyest OF all things
blue. exactly describes the fashionable
hue OF tho moment. whether it will con-
tinue 20 hold tho field Of favor. which II
has, so TO say. taken by storm, remains
10 be seen; but for the present, at any
ratio. It is first favori;e. and not TO pos
mess gown OF this color is to he, in a
MODESTO sense. distinctly out of II. SO l
&as assured the other day by one Of the
heading modistes. but" said /, remon-
stratingly. at IS only a color for blondes
This pervenche OF yours; how about those
a does not suit? Are their good looks.
then. 10 be sacrificed upon the altar Of
sn implacable fashion," Madame shrug-
yed her shapely shoulders. "Eh bien,"
said she, with a twinkle in her eye, 'it
Is only here that you commit such be-
tlses. We know better we Parisiennes.
I'm proof Of this she forthwith produced
for my edlhcation q gown of the debata-
bile color At the first glance / straight
way fell In love with the creation" as
Madame termed It, and proceeded 10 take
many and copious notes for the benefit
NJ my brunette readers.
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION.
Hire, then. is a detailed description. To
begin with. the material OF which il was
ronposed was Of the newest make OF
rashmere-a material so soft and lustrous
An appearance as TO lead one to rather
more than suspect that silk entered
largely into it's composition. The skirt
WAS sheath-iike in cut 20 just above the
Knees. and thence 1t fell to the feet with
On effect so full as to be almost 1ounce-
hike Indeed, az first / thought IL was a
1ounce since the fUlness was set in UNI
her boullionnee Of French gray satin;
but Madame assured me TO the contrary.
The lining was OF giace silk I'm shade
Which matched the satin, and II was fur
aher beautihAd. not by one but by in
Vulnerable and tiny frills. reaching from
ihe hem to the boulionnee on the re-
verse side. This II was that gave the
tnimltable "set' above mentioned to the
Bower part Of the skirt. Save for the
3oullionnee. Of other ornamentation there
was none. The bodice, at the back
was plain and tight-fitting; in front.
hugo square Tevers of the gray satin
opened TO disclose a pouched vest Of gray
rhlffon mounted over cream satin, and
most exquisitely embroidered with cut
steel ana StqulnS. Inc sleeves, winch
were tucked from shoulder to wrist, had
sor foundations the pervenche cashmere,
ahe tucks of gray satin being appliqued
thereon. each one set into a band of the
steel embroidery The neck was finished
on either side by a rather high ruching
of the chiffon; but in front this became
merely the veriest tucker, adorned with
q very long and narrow steel buckle
mounted on a piece of gray velvet, but
without ends or bows.
TO PROTECT BRUNETTES.
When / had feasted my eyes sufii-
clently Madame called my attention to
the fact, which 1 had already discovered,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

that not even a suspicion of the perven-
che hue appeared anywhere near
the face"-nothing but gray. Al artists
know how kind gray is to the brunette;
how it whitens the sallowest neck and
face and tones down TO positive re-
fnement the most obstrusively cream
and-red complexion imaginable. And yet,
with all this, that gown had nothing that
was patchy in its appearance. There
was nothing of the skirt and 'blouse
bodice" about it; and when I saw the
hat destined to put the finishing touch
TO its charm my admiration for Madame
deepened rather than lessened. This. too,
was of gray. a crinkled. satin-like'
straw, with a moderately sized and very
straight brim that turned up sharply at
the back, under a mass of cornflowers
of just the identical shade of the gown.
Again you see no pervenche near the
face. In front the hat was draped with
gray chiffon in somewhat darker tone
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
To Make Mock-nisoue so,r.

Season one pint OF strained tomsloe,
with a little onion juice and Just a aus.
picion Of ground mace. Heat I'm "A dou-
BILE boiler one quart Of milk Rub %.
gether a tablespoonful and halr OF but.
ter and three tablespoonfuls or -four.
Stir in the hot milk. When entirely
thick and smooth add 10 the tomatoes
an eighth OF a teaspoonful OF bicarbonats
of soda. Pour in the hot milk: add one
teaspoonful Of salt. dash of pepper and
serve at once. If it Is necessary % keep
this soup warm, keep the ingredients
apart until serving time.-Mrs. s. T.
Rorer, I'm the June Ladies' Home Journal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
2---New pompadour couture with side parting.
bbon. 4Curls correct for both day and evening
/. Here is the magistrates contri-

bench. Here is the magistrates contri-
button:
zone expects, as a matter OF course
that the mother will shield the degene-
rate son. The tendency OF all the Wo-
men who appear before me in court
wife, mother, sister, sweetheart-is al
ways to cloak the misdeeds Of the man.
"A woman will forgive anything In a
man-except another woman. Occasion
ally she forgives the man even this last
cardinal offence. But she never forgiyes
the other woman.
"Of the women who come before me
as prosecuting drunken husbands or sons,
s. per cent. are prepared to condone the
offence.
'Under the stress of anger, resentment,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
Crock of Ages, cleft for Me.n
baltimore AmericanJ

When Mr. Gladstone was dying,
Augustus NJ Toplady's well-know1 hymn
was sung. after which the great states
man vas heard TO murmur. "Our Father"
The hymn was one Of Mr.. Gadstones
favorites It is found in all Protestant
collections Of hymns. The words are as
follows:
Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let rle hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and tile bood
From Thy wounded side whi.b flowed
BE Of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath and make me pure.
Could my tears forever flow.
Could my zeal no languor know.
These Tor sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone;
In my hand no price / bring,
Simply TO Thy cross 1 cling.
While draw this fleeting breath.
When mine eyelids close in death.
When ] rise 10 worlds unknown.
And behold Thee on thy throne.
Rock Of Ages. cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
The hymn many years ago made such
an impression on Mr.. Gladstone that he
turned it into Latin. His version, in
Latin Is as lOlONS.
Jesus, pro me perforatus,
COndar intra tuum latus,
Tu per lympham profiuentem,
tn per sanguinem tepentem,
In peccata mi redunda,
Tolle culpam. sordes mund2.
Coram te nee justus forem,
Quamvis tota vi laborem,
Nee ST fide numpuam cesso,
Fletu stillanS indefessO:
Tibi soil tantum minus;
Saliva me- Salvador unus!
Nil in manu- mecum Zero,
Sed me versus crucem zero;
Vestimenta nudus orc,
OPEN debilis imploro;
FOntem Christi quaero immundus,
Nisi laves, moribunduS.
Dunn hos artus vita regit;
Quando nox sepulchro tegit;
Mortuos cum stare jules,
Sedens judex inter nubes:
Jesus, pro me perfOratus.
Condar intra tuum latus.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
HOMIE AND HOUSEHOLD.

Home and the household sre natural.
ly woman's dover, dispute Il who nil
The bachelor clerk has neither; IN. "a
maid has hers delegated 10 her. WbloS
is preferable? When the succession ~,
man bachelor dies. people ask, 'D.d ~.
leave anything? How much. and y5o
got it?' When the old maid died il u,,
understood that she left nothing: o,i, =
tender place I'm the memory OF noss
whom she mothsred and looked after 4,
her true-hearted, unsensh way 10, a.
many years. BE their fate what II NAV
Julia or Jeanette or Louise. Vho,.
parents, according 10 their own s+,,..
ment, are perfectly able 20 support item
go on equipplng themselves with iona
graphy, bookkeeping. or some other ma.
chine-like arts and start IN on the NO.
man-withering treadmill Indepcnia,r.
like the fateful fruit, once eaten u fbsv
may not turn back. 5ut those OF tosi
sisters already indoctrinated can 20 thsrp
to take heed and have care what t6sy
do.
There IS something 20 gain By braroh.
ing out" they say, "but infinitely NOR,
to lose. Consider the cost and Y YOU
don't actually need 10 leave the family
tree, don't do IT,"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
Italians and Cinnamon Join the Dis

springfield Republican,

Springfield Republican,
A gentleman who has attended several
OF the flag-raisings. and has observed the
flags in many quarters of Boston, says
that the Italian quarter is as abundantly
draped as any other, and that a flag
raising he saw there was the most en-
thusastic OF all, except the one he saw
in Chinatown, near the north end of
Harrison avenue.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

and sense OF outrage, the wife /. A..
mined that the law shall take ~ sr-
course. She Will have no mercy =. iVn
drunkard who has beaten hsr US
starved her children. leave :, - Aa
to fix the extent Of the pDnls5,u hsr
Shall II be month. three months a-
months7 She generally weaken, 'n
this, but perhaps, allows him to h. q,
away to jail" "a
wOMAN's WHOLE EXISTENCE
And then, the great question o, ,,..
she is here for. The student has -.
time settling that. An advanced 49,, T.'a
vdual furnishes the following tr.a.,u-
on the subject:
MEN have the faculty OF sep,-..
themselves from their business =, ~
their pleasure, at will. Women IN
not this faculty. The occupation tho,
a certain sense, Is Of a mans life !, "a
side issue, Is apt 20 be a woman's 49,
existence. Whatever a woman does -
does wholly and entirely, not In
Continuous calculation. harping 90 -,
and means. without humania4ng -
ences, blunts the sensihuties. IN. ~,
maid in her benighted CO." s
ence had plethora OF bs,,,-
niZing influences sandwiched In -
the vexatiOns and trials OF he,
The very nature OF her duties svp,,,.s
sap and juicyness that kept her 80
growing hard and cold. WITHOUT e,,l,..-
ofttimes, the unenlightened ope -
much that culture gives-namely. Co.
lty. sympathetic interest. and som.tb,,.
to vent that interest on. The bslhs'1s
clerk has no such vent. She IL lrnrnr.
to care and annoyance in her stpuIs..,
round, but there Is nothing tender a.
warm and heartsOme IN her M. m
things that concern her touch the on,a.
crust Of her being only; nothing surs :,
the core.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

Makes shirt-waists like new-Elastic
Starch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
FORGIvING DIR MnsDEEDs.

Then magistrate jumps up and claims
the floor. 10 throw into the controversy
his own wealth OF experience gathered
through much study Of the sex from the
The record-union., 1898-11-28

DR.. H. H. LOOK, N. E. COR FOURTH
and K. Eye, ear, nose and throat.
DR.. J. ]. PEARCE, OsTEOPATH, ston
Building, Rooms and g. Res. 1920 o.
The record-union., 1898-11-28
Fun in Congress-.

When the establishment of the mint
was under discussion, in Washington S
time, there were some amusing debates
in Congress concerning the devices the
coins should bear. Here is an account
of one funny squabble over the design
for the silver dollar:
A member of the House from the
South bitterly opposed the choice of the
eagle, on~the ground of its being the
king of BIRDS" and hence neither
proper nor suitable to represent nation
whose institutions and interests were
wholly inimical to monarchical forms
of Government. Judge Thacher, in re-
ply, playfully suggested that perhaps a
goose might suit the gentleman, as it
was rather humble and republican
bird, and would also be serviceable in
other respects, as the goslings would
answer to place upon the dimes.
This reply created considerable mer-
riment, and the irate Southerner, con-
sidering the humorous rejoinder an in
suit, sent challenge to the Judge,
who promptly declined it. The bearer,
rather astonished, asked, "Will you be
branded as a coward?'
certainly, if he pleases," replied
Thatcher. II always was one, and he
knew it, or he would never have risked
a challenge
The affair occasioned much mirth,
but finally cordial relations were re-
stored, the irritable Southerner, con-
cluding there was nothing to be gained
in fighting one who fired nothing but
Jokes.-Youth's Companion.
The record-union., 1898-11-28
Destruetion Of spanish Squadron.

Captain Chadwick, writing in Serb
ner's Magazine" declares that the
quick destruction of the Spanish
squadron was largely due to the fire.
Quent bombardments in which our
ships had been engaged:
These had sometimes been long con-
tinued, and had been, to the crews, a
most effective fire discipline. Our men
had thus become accustomed to being
frequently under fire. and had also the
experience, which cannot be overval-
ued, of frequently handling their guns
against the enemy. They soon grew
out of reckless expenditure of ammuni-
ton and settled down to deliberate
and careful handling of the guns. San
Juan and the frequent engagements
off Santiago thus more than repaid US;
when the Spanish ships appeared our
men went through what may be called
an everyday experience against an
enemy which had scarcely fired shot
for months. 1t was in this that the
quick winning of the battle lay. Our
fellows had lived with their guns,
sleeping alongside them at night, there
being always a sufficient watch to fire
and load, and one who was looking
through the port, peering into the out
side darkness for the possible enemy.
The phrase outside darkness may,
however, be misleading, as there was
no offsetting inside light, the snip was
darkened so that not light should
show, the absolutely necessary lights,
as at the compass, ETC., being screened
so that but a mere peephole was al
lowed the men at the wheel. 1t is
extraordinary how invisible a ship
may thus be made even on fine night,
and if seen at all, all sense of size is
usually lost; the largest may be taken
for. a torpedo boat-but no light must
be shown; the faintest glimmer Will
reveal. Our torpedo boats frequently
picked up our ships while blockading,
and we were new to the work, by the
The record-union., 1898-11-28
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A Notorious Usurcr.

Some remarkab BILE details of the career
of Ferdinand Linke, the King Of the
Usurers,s' who recently died in Vienna,
are given in the London Morning
Leader from its correspondent in the
Austrian capitals Linke came to Vi
emma from the ghetto Of a provincial
town in GaIicia in the early sixties, and
began a money-lending business on a
very small scale His loans We're
small, but the rate of interest he
charged was enormous, and he soon be-
gan to accumulate capital. In the ear
lier part of his career he was content
with from 60 to so or 100 per cent. in
terest, but as he grow older in rascal
ity he extorted as much as 400 or 800
per cent. from his foolish victims. BY
these means he became a millionaire.
Linke underwent several terms of i'm
prisonment for usury, but the greed of
gold always drove him back to his IL
legal traffic in money. He lived alone,
guarded by a number of savage blood
hounds His doors and windows were
barred and bolted, and his ill-gotten
gains hid in different parts of his house.
Linke's will has been made public. He
has left all his wealth to his only
daughter, whom he so neglected during
his lifetime that he was obliged to un-
dertake menial work for IS. week.
Linke, however, with the instinct of a
miser, attached the very characteristic
condition to the acceptance of his mag
nificent legacy that not a farthing of
it should at any time be applied to any
charitable purpose.
The record-union., 1898-11-28
He Would Not Be Insulted.

Jim O'Brien, a patrolman in one of
the downtown police districts, stepped
into Stanley's shoe store on Christian
street to buy a pair of shoes He was
a regular customer and wore a very
heavy style of shoe. Stanley was busy
at the time. but there was a new
clerk who came forward to wait upon
O O'Brien. The latter picked out a pair
that suited him and prepared to try
them on. 1t was rainy day, and
the customers socks were a trif1e
damp. The clerk accordingly proceeded
to sprinkle thesinsides of the new shoes
rather generously with powdered soap
stone that they might slip on more
easily. He didn't want them, he said,
and proceeded to draw on his old pair
As he was walking out the proprietor
said: We'll, Jim, did you get suited p"
Jim turned upon him a face red with
anger. mo, Oh did not git suited,
Mr. Stanley" whats the trouble
Jim?" well, sor OF loike We purity
well, an Oh 1oiked yer shoes afore this.
an mebbe Old kape on loikin' ye an
yer shoes. but Or didn't come in here
fur teh be insulted Oh kin sthand a
joke as we'll as the mkt wan, but whin
a little whippersnapper loike that puts
chloride of lime on my feet, Oh don't
name to sthand fur it." - Philadelphia
Record