(Jive Thank*. 1
Gtva thank*! for tho rhnngriful neanotis, 11
For tho promise* of tprtogi
For the perfume* nml the fruitnge I
That the tnmmer blowamii tiring.
Give tlmnk < ! for the nutumn lmrvoiit,
For the ripened fruit and gritiu. '
Give tlmuks! for tho winter season, J
When the days are short again.
Give tlmnks ! fur the harvest garnered; C
'Th>n the tired eartli cau rest, a
And we'll gattier round the tlrosido ; j
With tho dear ones we love heat.
Give thanks ! that the M i ter knnweth
When the thirsty soil needs rain. I
Give thanks! that ottr choicest blessing*
Are tho undergrowth of pain. i
Give thanks! that the hungry birdtings t
Are well fed from nature's yield,
That no care for food or raiment
Have the flowerets of the Held.
Give thanks! for tho midday sunshine, 1
For the glory of God's light, r
For tho social hour of evening, I
For the silence of the night.
Give thanks ! that the hand of friendship j
Will uphold us when we fuiut;
That the love of little children
Hath no sinful, selfish taint. , - 1
Give thanks ! that the earth is lovely;
Give thanks! that each life is blest ,
H ith its trials or its blessings,
For lie knoweth which are best!
Mrs. Bardwell's Tramp.
A THANKSGIVING STORY. I
" Are you going to meeting with '
me, ma?" askisl Mr. Hurdwell, laying '
down his Sunday hoots as he spoke, *
reaching after a the blacking brush.
" Xo, I gti'\ss not," she answered
slowly. "It wouldn't do me no good, 1
and I should ho worriting all the time, !
for fear the turkey was burning or
the water done out of the vegetables." 1
" It will be a lonesome Thanksgiving
without Samuel," he continued, pol
ishing vigorously on the rough
leather.
There was no reply. The clock
ticked solemnly in the corner and the '
old gray t at purred loudly in the rock
ing-chair. She was not unused to 1
filling domestic interludes with her
unchanging song.
" A l-o-n-e-soine Thanksgiving!" he
repeated. "Sam was a smart young 1
chap, but high-strung. I'm most
afraid we were too harsh with him.
Seumntha. It is ten years since he
went olT."
"Ten years since you turned him out
of the house," she answered, shortly.
"So, no. Don't say that, Semantho.
Of course I was riled up about his
taking that butter money, though I
don't believe the boy meant to steal it;
and perhaps I faulted him moro than
I ought to, but I never meant to drive
hiiu away. Well, well, it is too late
now. Like as not he is dead and
buried before this."
Mrs. Hardsell went hastily into th
pantry, and there was a sound as of
some one sobbing; though, perhnjft, it
might have been only the rustle of
the dry leav s upon the dead grass.
A little later a dim-eyed, sorrowful
faced man ■ lamb red into his ricketty
wagon and jolted uncomfortably down
the street.
Steadily the hands swept round the
dial of the clock in the old brown
house at the Four Corners, till both
pointers stoo l at twelve and the din
ner was an assured success. The
turkey was done to exactly the right
shade of golden brown and with the
pluui-pudding and its rich sauce
flooded the kitchen with fragrant
odors. The cranberries, with their
perjielual blush, were Hanked by mince
and tart and custard pies, each a won
der of culinary art, but dwindling into
insignificance beside the mammoth i
chicken pie that overshadowed them
all. A plate of snowy biscuits stood
upon the dresser. Some passing im
pulse had led Mrs. Ilardwell to make
one of the "dough men" that little
fjammie used to delight in—a creature
with an impossible head and arms
that stood out like a sign-post;
but. ashamed of tho momentary
weakness, she hurl hidden it, .as
•o<>n as it was baked, on the high shelf
In the pantry. " I'll lay tho table in
the sitting-room," she soliloquized
"it will seem more like Thanksgiving;
but I will put on tho blue plates, bo
cause they are easiest to wash." She
drew out the old-fashioned cherry ta
ble and covered it witii a spotless
cloth. The quaint blue earthenware,
with its pictures of tall young shep
herdesses with their crooks, of raggerl
boys chasing butterflies across the
meadow, and of strange birds, whose
anatomy would have astonished Audu
bon, were disposed upon it; and as she
worked she sang, in a high, cracked
voice, her favorite tune of China:
" Why do we moors <lpr*M!ng friends,
Or ehske at Death', alarm, 7
Tie ba nt the vole that de.ne wnds,
To-oo c,-all them to-oo hie erme,"
rolled forth in well-known quavers.
Just as she gave the finishing touches
to the table there came a knock at the
outside door. Opening it in a me.
cbanical way, .Mrs. Jlardwell saw a
young woman, in a faded calico dres*.
with a little boy beside her, standi up
on the threshold.
"Please, may wo come in and rest a
little while and get a drink of water?"
asked a pleasant voice.
" Well, yes," she answered, in a
hesitating, absent-minded way. " I
don't, as a general tiling, harbor
tramps, but seein' it is Thanksgiving,
you can come in and stay awhile,"
"Asa is hungry," remarked tho
child when, seated beside the lire, ho
surveyed the good .things in prepara
tion.
"Ilush! hush! Asa!" whispered his
mother, quickly.
"That is my husband's name," said
Mrs. Ilardwell, peering curiously into
the hoy's face.
Something she saw there—it may
have been the innocent look with
which childhood always wins its way
closest to our hearts, or it might have
been some fancied resemblance to the
boy lost ten years ago; but it sent her
into tho pantry to take the dough-man ;
from tho high shelf and give it to little j
Asa.
A moment later she heard the
rumble of wheels upon tho frozen '
ground, and, fearing lest her husband
should come in before the child had '
finished eating it, she went to the door
and railed to him that he had better j
put out the horse at once, as by that i
time dinner would lie ready. After he
came in and had sat down near the
stove, he held cut his hand to the hoy,
who. bribed by the promise of a red
apple, climbed into bis lap. Stroking j
the bald head softly with his dimpled i
hands, he asked, with childish wonder.
" What makes your head so funny? ,
Did H.HI forget to plant any hair" I
l on can have some of mine. Can't he,
mamma?"
"1 had a little bov once about ymr
size,"began Mr. Ilardwell. Then,at a
signal from his wife, tie put down
the child and followed her into the '
sitting-room, closing tho door behind
him. i
"Seeing they are here," she said, in
a timid way, quite unusual for her,
" hadn't we better ask them to have
dinner with us? '*
"That's just what I was a-thinking
myself," he replied. "We shan't tie
none the poorer for it, I reckon."
So the wayfarers received a cordial
invitation to sit at the hospitable
tioard.
As the woman took off hor old, j
weather-beaten hat, she gave it a lit
tle shako in front of the window, as
if to dislodge some possible bit of
dust; but the action must have been
understood by some one outside, for
in a moment the door opened and a
tall, bearded young man entered.
" Wh—what?" began the old far
mer, in uneoneeAled surprise. Hut his
wife, with the mother instinct which
is never quite dead in any woman,
dropped the dish of ma le d potatoes
on the floor, its she cried out, "Oh!
Samuel."
And so the whole story catne out.
After his boyish folly, ten years bef >re.
he ha<l gone West, burning with re
sentment at his father's last words—
"that their house Was no home for a
thief." He had been fortunate in af
once getting a good situation ; but,
In fore many days hail passed, the old
love came back, and lie had written a
penitent letter home, asking for a for
giiing message from the father and
mother whom he hail left alone in the
■ld brown house at the Four Corners.
Hut no reply came. The letter was
lost on the way and had never glad
dened the eyes of tho sorrow
ing couple, who were in Ig
norance of his wherealiouts. Day after
day, week after week, month after
month he waited, till at length he con
cluded that his parents were inflexible
in their determination to cast him off.
i Life prospered with hiin. He married
the daughter of his employer and en
tered into a business partnership witli
him. Before the wedding ho wrote
home again. Probably tho clerks in
the dead letter office never guessed
with what a burden of love and hope
I tho missive was freighted. 110 had
named his little son Asa, after the dis
tant grandfather, and this last year
the longing to see tho old homestead
ha<l lieen so strong upon him that he
hail persuaded his wife to do a
| littio masquerading, in order to
gain admittance into the house.
The events of the day hnd come to
pass as he hail planned. "And the
Prodigal has come bark, father," he
said, as the old man took out a red
silk pocket-handkerchief under the
shallow pretense of a cold in the head.
Hut what need is there for me to Ml
what followed ? Of course, the table
was reset with the beat green-sprigged
china, and the little Asa hail the seat
. of honor, and was allowed to eat all
i manner of unsuitable food. He liked
s the turkey dressing so much that he
. passed his plate the second litne, say-
ing modestly: " Please give me some
• more of the clothes."—/ ndtprndtnt.
f *
There are 124 theological setsiaa
v riea in the United States,
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
W*mnn' Itlchu li Narway.
Women's rights are obtaining recog
nition in Norway. The parliament lias
passed u law, which the king has j
signed, giving women the privilege of
attending the universities and apply-;
lng for degrees in all the urts and
sciences; hut the right to hold office in 1
the service of the state and of partici
pating in the competitive examinations
for such positions is not yet accorded :
to them.
———
I.nff Pitprr for DrPafi.
Lace paper is coining into fashion
as an adornment for actresses' dresses.
A correspondent writes of having seen j
in Paris a magnificent stage costume
enriched with the loveliest lace eye )
ever beheld. "The dress," he says,
"was displayed on account of that
lace, though this latter was not worth
more than twenty-live francs—for it
was paper, wonderfully stamped to
represent trains of furhias, and looked
Just as much n piece of real hue as
a Paris diamond by night looks like an
old mine gem." Parisian actresses arc
said to wear paper lace a great deal;
It is tough, soft and very effective. To
wear a costly lot of hire, which maybe
ruined in a night, when very cheap
lace paper looks as well, is considered
the height of folly by intelligent for
eigners.
% Hrclpp for ihr i nmpletlon.
Here is a recipe to make women
pretty. It is from a New York
letter in the Washington Critic; A
celebrated beauty, whoso complexion
at sixty was fresher than that of
our women at thirty, told me her
secret this summer, and it was divided
Into two parts : First—She never
U.ssl washrug or towel on her face,
but washed it with her hands, rinsing
It off With a Soft Sponge. she us<sl
clear water in the morning, but white
Castile soap or very w arm water at
night, and after drying it on a soft
towel she would take a flc-h-brush ami
ruli her cheeks chin and forehead.
Second—lf she was going to he up late
at night she always slept as many
hours in the day as she < xprctcd to be
awake beyond her usual time. She
finished her little sermon on beauty
preservation by saying; "Soft water
and sound sleep keep off wrinkles anil
spots, and girls should give more at
tention to this than they do, for
" With lh# rem. njj of th crtnr." fwt
U I ht (Sing bf \Ur IxSIUI frx-t"
Of Traionm.
During the lad five years one more
article of attir" ha-! • > "ino indispen
sable in a well-appointed wardrolte—
the tea-gown. Soincmonths agotliere
was an exhibition of ladies' hvgu ni<-
clothing. Foremost among tins should
have t*en the tea-gown. We would
draw the attention of those who I<><-
ture for the National I! -alth i.ty
on riottiing, dress and deformities, i ■
this garment. The ci. torn now is
among ladies of "ton" to wear a tea
gown. which, it may be explained
for the uninitiated, is nothing more
than an elegant form of dressing
gown, the whole afternoon, an 'l even
when rn fimilU to dine in it. As its
use usually enables the wearer to dis
pense with the corset, the hygienic
value of the tea-gow nls apparent. It
has been stated that sotne ladies wear
Corsets even beneath the tea-gown, but
they are in a small minority. If the
tea-gown he the pioneer of other gar
ments which may expunge corsets
fr< >m the list of ladies" clothing it
Should indeed 1e welcomed. This,
however, is unlikely. Still the wear
ing of it is a fashion which it may lo
hoped for the sake of those w ho follow
it may !>c more than ap.uising fancy.—
British iMOtil J'mrtuil.
F*hiw VolN,
Cuffs are not worn at all.
Real Chantilly lace is becoming the
most popular of black lares.
Artificial flowers, as a rorsags bou
quet, are considered ta<l taste.
Gold chatelaine watches, heavily
Jewelesl, are coining into fashion.
Jerseys, and velvet jackets very
much resembling them, are in high
favor.
Long cloaks are correctly worn with
plain skirts, untrimmed save around
the bottom.
Suits of rloth In the dark red and
ooppcr-red shades are seen in nuint>ers
la New York.
Chatelaine hags of every description,
odor, shape and muterial are in use for
street costumes.
Cashmere remains the favorite ma
terial for second-best dresses of young
girls and matrons.
Velvet and plush turbans with soft
folded crowns come ready made In
Colors to match suits.
Table rovers of coarse netting, over
light-colored silk, are the latest thing
ia decorative art.
The most popular braids for soutache
embroidery are the Russian tubular
ami square cords.
Chatelaine I sign of plush, velvet and
alligator skin, with bolts to match,
will be much worn.
Sleeves are made tighter than ever,
and are generally buttoned on the out
side seam to the elbow.
Some pretty fancy wall pockets come
in the shape of an old-fashioned bel
lows for blowing the fire.
Dark red plush skirts are worn
under polonaises and overdresses of
dark blue and dark green cloth.
Dark furs are most in demand in
England; here the light and yellow
furs bid fair to lie the favorites.
Short mantels are dr rlffiicur with
rich and dressy costumes, which must
never he covered with a long clonk.
The short Talma mantles worn in
Paris are of Ottoman silk, black or
colored, plain or figured, and are bor
dered with feather bands.
What was formerly railed the Gre
cian way of arranging the hair at the
nape of the neck is now called the
" Langtry knot" after the celebrated
beauty, who generally twists her hair
in that fashion.
There Is a great variety in buttons,
although tln-y an- not conspicuous or
naments this season. For indoor
dresses small ball-shaped crocheted
buttons, or wooden molds covered
with velvet, are used. F<>r outdoor
garments there are large buttons that
look like tortoise shell, hut are really
made of horn; there are flat buttons
of colored metal; and there are c ombi
nations of metal and pearl in tints like
colored silver.
Silk chenille fringes, tipped with
tiny hall* in bright color*, arc seen
ujv.n Imported bonnet* an>! hats of
velvet "plum" pompons ; smooth and
glossy chenille and st!k ornaments are
also used. Th'-se are about the sire of
an "egg" plum, and a bum h of tliem
in shaded colors of olive, old gold, Ver
million red, dark bronre brown and.
pale blue, set at one side of the crown
of the velvet capote or hat, is all the
brightening it requires. The linings
to these are sometimes of red, old gold,
or any one of the colors of the p >rn
js<ll s. and sometimes the lining Is of
plahied surah, or plush, showing a rich
Mending of all the shades.
FK V RLS 01 111 OCbIIT.
It Is a delightful help merely not to
!>e hindered.
Fortune brings in some boats that
are ret ste. rot.
lb- who knows only his own side. '
the ease km w little of that.
To persevere is one's duty and to
be silent .> the i rst answer to calumny.
Lay by a go | store of patience, but
be sure to pu ( t where you <an find it.
lie ttiat will n-.t h.k l*>fore bim
will have to look behind him—with re
gret.
To correct an evil which already ex
ists is not so wise as to foresee and
prevent it.
Action may not always bring hap
piness, but there is no happiness with
out action.
Slumber not in the tents of your col
umns. The world is advancing, ad
xanee with it.
A weak mind is like a microscope,
which magnifies trifling things, but
cannot receive great ones.
The more an idea is developed, the
more concise bonnes it# expression; the
more a tree is pruned, the better is the
fruit. x
He is a good man, people say thought
lessly, They would be more chary of
such praise if they reflected they could
ticatow none higher.
THK FA M 11,1' IHXTOR.
To heal rut fingers with rapidity
wrap them In a cloth saturated with
alum water.
The follow ing remedy for a •* black
eye "is given by Dr. Foote't Health
Monthly: Moisten dry starch withhold
, water aud place over tho closed eye;
cover with a piec# of coarse brown pa
j>er soaked in weak vinegar.
A sure cure for chapped hands is
something greatly to be desired. Try
this: Wet your hands in warm water t
then rub them all over with Indian
meal; do this twice, then in the water
u**l to wash off the meal put a tea-
Spnonful of pure glycerine. If it is
nt pure it will irritate the skin.
For cmup administer a teaspoonful
of strong alum-water; repeat the dose
even-fifteen minutes until free vomit
, ing occurs. Put the feet and limits in
hot water and then wrap up in flannel;
} place on the chest it poulUce of oat.
meal sprinkled with mustard, lb ware
of cold draughts. As the attack de
parts administer a dose of magnesia,
rhubarb or castor oil. When chiidrcii
are liable to crbup, always keep the
alum-water solution ready oc the wash -
stand.
SCIENTIFIC SIR A I'M.
Wa know that flour containing a
largo portion of gluten makes a finer
loaf than that from flour poor in this
constituent; hut oatmeal, which con
tains more gluten than flour, will not
make a loaf at all, thus showing that
the gluten of oats is not identical with
the gluten of wheat.
The vertiele thickness of clouds
does not generally exceed half a mile,
but cumulus clouds are sometimes
formed of enormous magnitude and
height. It has been computed that
the tops of cumulus clouds sometimes
attain the height of four miles, while j
their bases are not more than half a ,
mile above the earth's surface.
Mr. Vacher has assured the ISriti-h
Medical association that milk from
tulxTculoua row;} must he regarded as
dangerous, hut the transmission of
consumption hv milk Is almost incapa
ble of proof la-cause so many other
possible sources of the il ease exist
in all cases win re pr mis become af
fected. A wise ci,nr . is to l<oil all
milk to be u-ed as food.
A remarkable statement was made
recently before a scientific body in
liondon—the statement given as on
the authority of Mr. Veitch, the well
known authority on " Conifers® " —that
the cones of many of the species on
tlie Pacific coast never op< n unless
ojm-uwl by a forest lire, when they fall
out and replenish the burned waste,
"They hang on the trees for many gen
erations—even for thirty years."
A new electric light has appear**!
in Paris, which is called ".Sunlight''
on account 'of its mellow luster. The
light is formed by inserting two car
lsins in holes bond into a block of
marble in such a manner that the
points of the carbons arc separated by
a thin partition of the marble. An
electric current is passed through the
carb us. and 111 tra\, r-ing tie- -hell of
the marble causes it to become white
, hot, emitting .1 most agreeable light.
Curiosities of Tasie and Smell,
Hunger, which is usually associated
with the "mouth watering" and other
palatal indications, is really located in
the stoniai h. and can only !• appeased
by the presence of s, lid matter there.
Si me tribes of Indians dm* tbeir
recognition of this fact by swallowing
earth when d barred from fmd; in the
{Southern Mat. > hunters take with
tin 111 pills made of cab ined oyster
shell, for use in ease tie :r provisions
1 evbau *<d while erasing the
j r.l re ; t! • trajiper of the far Wi-st
mix- • hair < w ,c'i i- w holly in< apahle
of !;g -'ion, with his p< mini, m on a
uilar princ jih.-iij erstiti,,imly in .st
ing that it must be the lur of the x, rv
animal from the flesh of which the
compound has been made, t ■ smj,art its
ps uiiar virtue; Kainsi hatdab - stir up
sawdust to give !> b to their train-oil
whentheyar r, need to !iv , n that ex
hilarating 1 leverage; and the < ingalheae
Vcddah* mix j> uncled wo -l-tilnT with
honey wic n tlmy 1.111 get nothing else.
Thirst, again, r ally belongs to the
stomach, in spite of tie dryness of the
mouth and tin at which calls our at
tention to it. tin- b irig en gen d ri-d by
the lack of due fluid proportion in the
Contents of the blood-ves-els. lh'th
i human beings and animals have been
seen to drink until tlmv could drink nc
longer, without slaking tlicir thirst,
whin the throat was •ut and all iwed
the fluid to e cape. Many animals
never drink, but absorb sufficient moist
ure for their tissues from the air or
1 from tlmir f >d ; there is a parrot in
! the zoological gardens in TP gent's
park which lias lived there fifty-two
years without a drop ■ f water. Snakes
will go a year or two without {food or
water, apparently suffering no incon
venience, and a ■ tie has lived three
years without cither.
Tin; ta*te and smell of many things
are identical, so to speak; so that cither
sense would immediately recognise
them, if they had only hfea exhibited
to the other previously. This is espe
cially the rase with vinW, ros, orange
lemon and most vegetable es- ntial
oil*. If we take one long "sniff" at
the musk plant, wr cannot detect any
odor in it at all on a second inspira
tion; and tlu'fe would socm to he some
thing jteruliar about the scent of sweet
briar. since it eludes many people's ol
factory nerves altogether. The idio
syncracies of individuals with regard
to these two senses are nutnherleas and
entirely inexplicable, Some faint at
the perfume of i*ertain (lowers, while
distaste amounting to utter abhorrence
of certain ordinary fmsls ha* ls-en
known to I* hereditary in families.
The reflex action of mental association
may aoetmnt for tlii*. in some igno
res, hut certainly not in alt. lleot
favors the afitltanons of both senses,
and cold blunts It, It being notorious
that the delicate flavor and bouquet of
choice wines are destroyed by over
icing them.— Alt the Year Hound.
At the Season or Thanksglvlas.
Oh, Charity, d*ar rommuger,
From hahveu's court* derosod,
And to oiy earth-born hearts tb# fift
Of Ihy Rarest ioflosnos lend.
Touch nod urimss ths .liunUsnng ayaa
Which do uot wake hi see
How other eye* grow dim with tmn.
And heart* droop wearily.
Remind on, when Father'* grao#
Hath blc*sed with many a gift,
That there are those whom we uiaj> My
From aorrow'e gloom to lift.
Quicken our *ym(>athy—our lorn,
Our mercie* let u* ahars,
Let the glad *un*ldne of our liven
Spread o'er *ad live* of oar*.
Sweet charity, we will not ctosn
Our hearts to thy soft voice,
For every impulse born of then
Must make some heart rejoion.
Then come, come quickly, Charity,
And all throughout our land
On waiting hearts—or cold or warm—
Lay thine own biassed hand.
J/. L>. Brine.
I*I'XEXT PA IUG A I'llß.
The good that men do may be in
terred with their leuies, but the nofllns
of som* men are not crowded.
Aw oman has to settle a man's cof
; fee with the white of an egg, hut she
ean settle his hash with a look,
j A philosopher says; "This world
belong to the energetic." Thank you;
but how can wc get possession of it?
When a woman wants to pet rid of
her husband fur an hour she sends him
ujistairs to get something from the
pocket of on® of her dresses.
-aid a loving wife to her hn-band:
"Ho you know, dear, that butterfly
ornaments ar" very fashionable?"
"Perhaps s ~" lie gruffly rejilied; " but
grub is the great desideratum."
Absent-mindedness has been cojj
shb red ttie mark nf a great inan, but
a fellow never feels very big about it
when he lugs a napkin away from the
table in his handkerchief pocket.
"Look at you!" rhr., ked Mrs. Eeomi,
is the nurse let the l,aby tumble.
"Tw • inches nearer the wall and that
I child would have smashed a %'J)
statuett* and the hall lamp." And
then they picked up the baby.
A young gentleman, who was look
ing over a pretty girl's shoulder vrhil®
■be was playing cards, observed ;
"What a lovely hand!" "You may
have it, if you want it," murmured
she, anil all the r**t of the evening ho
was wondering what her intentions
were.
The state of \Vi*conin paid during
fbe last b-i al year £;i/!22 for the
-■ alp' of wild animals, of which £{,375
are alleged t , have been paid to jer
sons who r< ar wolves for the sol®
purpose it s. uring tiio bounty on
( tiu-ir scalps.
A pretentious person said to the
leading man of a xillage; "How
would a lecture on Mount Vesuvius
suit the inhabitants of your village?**
" Very well, sir. very well, indeed," ho
answered; " a lecture by you on Mount
Vesuvius would suit thrin better than
a lecture by vou in this place."
A lion-tamer Iwing pursued by his
infuriated xvife, took refuge among his
animals, whereat, after the manner of
the small boy to his companion who
takes a position l>eforo a plate-glass
window after he has thrown a stone at
the other,she railed out tohitn: "Cow
ard ! cow ard!" " I wish you were
| only a tiger." said he, "I could soon
teach von to lteliave,"
At a recent fashionable werluing,
after the departure of the happy pair,
a dear little girl whose papa and
mamma were among the guests, asked,
with a child's innocent inquisitivenens:
"Why do they throw things at the
pretty lady in the carriage?" "For
luck, dear," replied one of the bride
maids. "And why," again asked the
child, "doesn't she throw them bark?"
"Oh," said the y ung lady, "that
would le rude." "Xo, it .wouldn't."
persisted the dear little tiling, to the
delight of her doting parents who stood
by, " ina does."
Children** Chance* of Life.
An English writer on vital autistic*
"aleulatrw that of ten children horn in
Norway a little over seven reach their
twentieth year ; that In England and
the United States somewhat lews than
seven reach that age ; while in France
only live reach it, and in Ireland Uwa
than five. It Is also ascertained that
in Norway out of 10,(K t*>rn, rather
more than one out of three reach eft
the age of seventy; In England on®
out of four ; in ttm United State®, if
both sexes lie computed, leas than on®
out of four ; in France, less than on®
out of eight; ami in Ireland, less than
ono out of eleven. Further, it appears
that in Norway the average length of
life of the eff.s th e population Is thirty
nine; in England, thirty-five and a
half ; in F rauee, not quite thirty-three
years; and In Ireland uot quit® twenty,
nine.