EDITOR'S OUTLOOK. LOCALITIES OF LIFE. The mountain top is healthier than the valley, because the air is purer, made so by its constant renewal of the winds, and by its exemption from impregnation and saturation with the effluvia arising from decaying refuse of vegetables and animal matter. Elevated situations are generally exempt from the ravages of consumptive disease. One in a hundred of all the deaths in the city of Mexico, which is ten thousand feet above the level of the sea, is the result of common consumption of the lungs, whereas in our seaboard cities, not fifty feet feet above the surface of the water, the proportion is twenty in a hundred. The prominent physiological reason for this is that the air is lighter, contains less. oxygen; but as the lungs live on oxygen, as it is the oxygen which they bring in contact with the blood at every breath, it is that which purifies it and gives to it its life giving power. One result is inevitable; each breath of air not giving a sufficient amount of oxygen, instinct prompts a deeper breath, a fuller breath; the lungs are compelled to make greater efforts to take in a greater breath of air, this distends them more fully, the blood vessels on the sides of the air cells are straightened out, hence a want of a free circulation of the contained fluid, and a free circulation of the blood is an essential element of health. Many physicians have advised systematic and forcible and deep inspiration as a means of filling out and developing the lungs, doubtless to great advantage. The lungs always begin to fail at the top, just under the collar bone. In examining persons after death from consumption, the lungs will be found decayed at the top, three times out of four. In process of taking air into the lungs, the lower portion is first distended, as in filling a bladder, and the upper part last. In the ordinary breathing of those who are most of the time in the house, only the lower portion of the lungs is filled with air, as the breath is not drawn in with sufficient force to fill the upper part, hence this upper part is soon attacked with consumption. Therefore, whatever course of life is pursued which promotes full and deep inspirations, most promotes the arrest and cure of consumptive diseases. And, as in the event of disease, the lungs do not take in as much air as is needed, for the wants of the system what is breathed should be the purest possible, and that is outdoor air; therefore those who are out of doors most, whether day or night, hot or cold, stand the best chance of getting well; in fact there is no hope of warding off consumption that is threatened, much less of curing it, without a free employment of outdoor activities for a great part of every day. A consumptive who “ camps out even in winter is far more likely to get well than one who remains indoors, keeping his room at the same degree of temperature all the time. Remember that in our June number the second season for our Summer Recreation Bureau will be inaugurated, in connection with which we shall add a Shopping Bureau, for the benefit of those who desire to entrust their shopping with us by mail. It will be in charge of Madame Annette Josephine Page, an experienced purchaser, and every care will be used to have everybody pleased with the service. LITERARY. The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst and his courageous and masterful fight to compel the officials of New York city to enforce the laws against vice and crime, are the subject of a valuable article by E. Jay Edwards, in MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for April. Mr. Edwards shows how from a rather secluded, study-loving preacher Dr. Parkhurst suddenly developed into the most aggressive and resourceful social reformer who has appeared since the days of the anti-slavery agitation. A series of portraits of Dr. Parkhurst and other pictures add to the interest of the article. Another valuable article is by Archdeacon Farrar, on "Christianity-True and False." Consenting that men of the loftiest motives have seemed to array themselves sometimes against Christianity, Dr. Farrar shows that what provoked their antagonism was some abusive custom or institution that, parading falsely under the name of Christianity, produced a fatal confusion of mind. Besides these two articles there is an account by R. H. Sherard, of a visit to Zola in his Paris home, an account consisting chiefly in conversation wherein Zola tells the story of his long life of poverty, struggle and heroic industry. Excellent views of the Paris home, wherein, to compensate himself for his early hardships, Zola now lives in almost barbaric luxury, accompany the article. The DELINEATOR for May is called the College Commencement Number, and contains three articles especially interesting to students. "A Girl's Life and Work at Vassar" is the title of the first of a series on The Women's Colleges of the United States, "A College Commencement" is most attractively described by a graduate of Smith, and there is a fully illustrated paper on "Commencement and Graduation Gowns." Under the head of "Employments for Women," is a sensible article on Women in Journalism, by Edith Sessions Tupper, and Eleanor Georgen treats the subject of "Pantomimic Expression” clearly and practically. A further installment of "Some Uses of Crepe and Tissue Papers"introduces some pretty articles for decorating a Spring Lunch Table, the third paper on "Wise Living" gives some good advice about eating, and the many ways in which daughters can help their mothers is told in the second chapter of "Mother and Daughter.' A Leather Wedding" and a " Logomachy Party" are entertainingly described. Some New Desserts are given, and on the "Tea-Table Talks" many seasonable topics are discussed. "The Culture of Fuchsias" is the subject of the Floral article, and there are many new designs in Knitting, Crocheting, Netting and Tatting. The subscription price of the DELINEATOR is $1.00 a year. Single copies 15 cents. BLUE AND GRAY for April has a widely deversified table of contents, in which military news and reminiscences are almost overshadowed by contributions of general national interest and patriotic import. Miss Octavia Dockery concludes her series on "The Sugar Plantations of Louisiana," this month's installment being devoted to the manufacture of sugar, and profusely illustrated with plantation scenes and views of modern machinery. "An Ill Wind" is a quaint story of Western life, introducing a graphic pen picture of a flood on the Ohio River, by Emma Rebekah Rice. 'Education as it was," by the late Judge William Pope Dabney, recalls the old style schoolhouse and the crude, harsh methods of the domineering pedagogue as compared with our present luxurious and effective systems; Major William Howard Mills contributes an interesting paper on Fredericksburg and the Army of the Potomac," indicating the growth of fraternal feelings between North and South, and in a similar vein is a paper noting the spread of the "United American Veterans," a new military order composed of veterans of both BLUE AND GRAY. “The Progress of the World" of the April REVIEW of Reviews, contains a timely discussion of the question why the English game of politics is more exciting than the American game. This question is suggested anew by the resignation of Mr. Gladstone and the intense interest aroused by that episode among Americans, to the partial neglect of Washington politics. Other topics covered in " Progress of the World" are, the Seigniorage bill, filibustering in Congress, the outlook for Bimetallism, the Wilson bill in the Senate, Louisiana and free sugar, the Senate report on Hawaii, the triumph of the Brazilian republic, the Bluefields incident, the prosecution of election crimes, the present positions of the Democratic and Republican parties, the fight against the House of Lords, the Russo-German commercial treaty, the services of the late Dr. Poole, of Chicago, the death of Louis Kossuth, and many matters of international interest. The complete novel in the May number of LIPPINCOTT's is “The Autobiography of a Professional Beauty," by Elizabeth Phipps Train, whose hand is light, but firm and sure. This work of a little known writer is remarkable for the freshness and brightness of its style; the heroine is conducted through manifold social and moral dangers to a safe haven. Gilbert Parker's serial story, "Trespasser," reaches its fifteenth chapter, and will be concluded in another number. "Her Concert," by Dorothy E. Nelson, records a pathetic incident in the life of a reduced gentlewoman. In "The Young Ravens that Call upon Him," Professor Charles G. D. Roberts gives a strong and careful sketch of wild life. "How I Gained an Income," by A Bread-Winner," records an experience with a lesson that should be useful to many. The April CENTURY makes a new departure in printing a story told wholly in pictures. The artist is André Castaigne, whose World's Fair pictures and other drawings for The Century are well known. The subject is the course of the emigrant "From the Old World to the New," and the scenes represented are typical experiences, "In the Fields 99 66 of Old Europe," Hard Times," On the Deep,' ""The Land of Promise," etc. Next in importance to the Fair is THE BOOK OF THE FAIR, by Hubert H. Bancroft, in which more fully than in any other work, is reproduced the characteristic features of the great Exposition. in a manner worthy of the subject. Without the Fair there could be no Book of the Fair, but without a Book of the Fair, which renders perpetual the beneficial influence of the Exposition, the grand display would soon drop out of mind, and its influence become in a measure lost. OUR DAY, a record and review of current reform, published in Boston and edited by Joseph Cook, comes to us full of good things and is timely in every particular. The department of "Vital Points of Expert Opinion" is a popular feature of this publication. The leading divines of the country are regular contributors to its pages. The March-April number is now out. vi BABIES ought to be fat and show their dimples when they laugh. Thin babies are rarely interesting simply because they don't look well. Scott's the Cream of Cod-liver Oil and Hypo- Weak Mothers It gives respond readily to the nourishment of Scott's Emulsion. It gives them strength and quickly restores health. Why should you go contrary to your physician's advice by allowing some inferior preparation to be substituted for SCOTT'S EMULSION? Prepared by SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New-York City. Druggists sell it. GENERAL NOTES. We have received from the Denver Surgical Instrument Company, one of the Denison Inhalers and Exhalers. Upon investigation we.notice that its claims are not extravagant. It is not a cure-all, though if used assiduously, according to the Doctor's directions, it comes nearer being one than any of the thousands of things so advertised. His gymnastic, antiseptic and oxygenizing inhaling method is of course antagonistic to nearly all chronic respiratory diseases and is certainly more reasonable than trying to reach them by dosing the stomach; yet it is for lung disease, especially tuberculosis, that Dr. Denison puts forth this his latest invention. Its effects, when persistently used, with effort and during long breaths for the respiratory act, are not like those claimed in the high altitude treatment of consumption. Price $3.00 each. Just at this season, when people are planning where to go to spend the summer season for the benefit of their health, we want to call attention to the Warsaw Sal Baths, located at Warsaw, N. Y. Location is generally looked upon as an important requisite, especially if the elevation is a good distance above the sea level. These baths are 1,500 feet above the level of the sea and has a beautiful commanding view, Too much cannot be said of the wonderful and effective treatment one receives at these baths who have such ailments as rheumatics and nervous troubles. Write for a beautifully illustrated album of views to W. E. Miller, Manager. One of our subscribers wrote us in this wise: "Can you recommend any book containing prescriptions of highest authority for the cure of catarrh and relief of hay fever ?” We simply ordered the letter sent to F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, who offer $100 reward if they do not successfully treat catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure stands very high. Professor Birkholz, of Chicago, as will be seen elsewhere in the Journal, offers to cure bald heads, or no pay. Try and see if his verification is not true. The Buffalo Lithia water is one of the best on the market for the troubles it advertises to cure. When they make a statement that a dyspeptic can eat bacon and cabbage easily by the use of this water, it, perhaps, seems incredible, but, however, it is true. They have such testimonies to prove their guarantee. THREE QUEER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. A most remarkable thing in connection with the extension of the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway southward to West Palm Beach on Lake Worth, is the fact that, although most of the work was done in the period between April, 1893, and February, 1894-the long sub-tropical summer of more than six months' duration forming the greater portion of it—not a case of sunstroke or malaria occurred among the 1,500 and more men employed daily during the progress of the work. Many of the laborers were unacclimated, being Italians imported from New York and Scandinavians from the west. The weather during the entire summer was pleasant and even exhilarating, the southwest trade winds serving to moderate the heat to a great There is never a hot "land breeze" in the lower East Coast country of Florida, for the water area of the Everglades west of it effectually prevents it; and this influence, together with those of the Gulf Stream and the southeast "trades," nakes that section cooler in summer and warmer in winter than the same latitude in other parts of the world. extent. |