The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

IN this dead mart
FROM cabins, windowless. faint voices
And specters start.
pause and turn. upon the hillside's
Where ola And NJ vi. vision sropes
far down
The dark'ning slopes;
But now the night has closed upon the
OF buried hopes
Denver Republican.
The Hour OF Death.
In the course of an article dealing
with the daily rise and fall in the activ
ity OF the vital processes-of human be-
ings. the British Medical Journal re-
ferred to some statistics compiled by
DR.. II. D. Marsh. Of New York These
indicated that the wave of diurnaI eff
cheney. or the range Of mental and
physical activity, varied absolutely with
the habits Of the individual as regards
work and sleep. and that in the case of
individuals conforming to the habits of
the majority Of inhabitants of civilized
communities. the hour of greatest eff
cheney was likely to be q. m.
DR.. Marsh, curiously enough, In an
examination Of the records Of death in
New York City, likewise made by him,
showed that p. m. was also the hour
at which the majority of 23,439 deaths
from disease occurred.
1t is certainly notable that the period
OF the twenty-four hours at which the
average man Is most alive should be
the same as that at which his death is
most likely to occur, and the apparent
inconsistency has led to search for
the hour of death.
The general result is to Indicate that,
before any final statement can be made
as to the hour In which death is most
likely to occur in any Individual. ex-
tended and thorough Investigations Of
the point will have to be carried out.
At present the evidence Is somewhat
conflicting. Thus it is found that Fin
layson, using some statistics compiled
by the Glasgow city chamberlain, found
that Of 1900 deaths recorded in 1865,
the greatest number occurred between
8 and a. m.
Schneider, writing in ''virchow's
Archiv" on deaths in Berlin, concluded
the most fatal hour was between 4 a.
m. and a. m. The number of deaths
upon which he based his conclusions
was $1,000 Berens, arguing from 1000
deaths In Philadelphia, concluded in
favor of the hour between a. m. and
Z a. m.
In 1896 DR.. C. F. BeadIes published
the result of an examination of the
statistics of Colney Hatch asylum.
These showed difference between the
two sexes as regards the hour of great
est mortality. Thus, among 1000 women
the most fatal hour was between and
In the evening, while among 3,424 men
it was between and 6 In the morning.
1t Will be seen that the statistics here
quoted tend to favor a belief in the
fatality of the earlier hours of the day,
as against DR.. Marsh's conclusion. On
the surface of things, it seems unlikely
that any particular hour should be more
fatal than another, and 1t is clear that
those who have investigated the mat
truly comparable units.-Paris Edition,
New York Herald.
Queer Attack of Heart Trouble.
There's that heart attack again!"
gasped woman as she grasped her
hand tightly over the region of her
heart. She was seated, with her fam
lily. at the dinner table and received
immediate assistance to a lounge in
the next room, while one member of
the family started for smelling salts
and another for stimulant. The sick
woman lay feebly gasping for breath
and finally said: I'm sure you'll have
to send for the doctor; I never felt
Just like this before. There's no pain,
just a queer little f1utter; I can't
stand it. The doctor was summoned
and in the meantime anxious members
of the family began to disrobe the
patient, when they were all startled by
finding tiny, tremulous mouse con-
cealed in the folds of the invaIid's
wrapper, and which rodent welcomed
the chance to escape with a spring and
a scurry that nearly brought out sew
feminine contingent. = Philadelphia
Record.