Show marriages QUARTERLY RE returns TURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN ENGLAND I 1 the registers of the united kingdom show that persons married in the quarter that ended in september last that the births of children and the deaths of persons of both sexes were registered in the three months ending on december 31 tile the recorded natural increase of population in 92 days was or daily exclusive of foreigners 3 emigrants sailed from these islands in the mame period so about emigrants left daily and allowan allowing for defects in registration which las has only recently been established in ireland the increase at home homo has been about daily the estimated population in 1865 of L england scotland and ireland is the corrected death rate of the quarter is 2220 per cent the marriage returns are for the quarter ending in september 1865 the rate was much above the tiie average weddings were more rife than they were in the previous summer or iu in the summer of any year since reg registration began this implies that the great be body y of the people were prosperous persons married in the quarter that ended oia on september 30 1803 the rate of marriage was 1732 or above the ave average rame the increase of marriage was gel gei general i ral rai but it was striking in yorkshire where the woolen trade flourished in an extraordinary degree lancashire wag wai was also recovering from its depression in london the marriages exceeded by nearly 1000 the marriages in the summer quarter of 1863 20 births were registered in the tho last quarter of the year 1805 the birthrate birth rate was or above the average the daily births were 1046 or 81 per hour the number has varied little in the fast three summers in any of the divisions As the births were the deaths 1213 the natural lucre ase of population was in 92 days or upon an average daily about 1536 5 emigrants of english origin sailed in 92 days from the port ports of the united kingdom at which there are emigration officers sailed to the united states to the american colonies to Austi australia alia and 1193 to other places on an nn average english emiera emigrants ants left the country daily dally deaths d t lis ils was registered in tile the quarter and the mortality was at the rate of 2281 2 per cent annually the mortality was lowest in the southwestern countries 19 hi highest hest in the northwestern north western 29 thus lus ius the annual rate was 10 per thousand higher in lancashire and cheshire round the mersey than it was in the countries between the bristol channel and the channel Chann which aich divides england from j france it is gratifying to find that the mortality rate of london 24 is lower by 2 Q in 1000 than it was 26 20 in the autumn quarter of the previous year the tho mortality has been excessively high through tho the year in prosperous yorkshire it is still 2 above the country average 23 but it is somewhat lower than it was in the autumn of the previous brevious year As a general rule the mortality m orta lity has been higher than their average in the countries north of the dee deo and of the humber and lower than the average in the countries of wales and of the midland and southern regions of england around tile the basin bashi of the severn trent and thames the great towns of the united king kingdom dom may maybe be arranged thus in the order of the autumnal mortality rate rato per 1000 bristol 24 london 24 dublin 26 birmingham 26 20 Edin edinburgh burkh 29 09 hull 29 leeds a 33 salford 34 manchester 36 30 glasgow 40 liverpool 41 the mortality in 63 of the country districts was waa 18 during the same season of the world THE GREAT BRIDGE AT ALBANY the bridge across the hudson at albany i is s now near enough completed to allow the passage of trains ovar over it it is a structure which for size is equaled by few in this country it was begun in june 1864 and the labor continued vigorously until february 18 when the first locomotive the I 1 augustus schell john dykeman engineer passed aver over nuin it in perfect safety on the of february another engine drawing two loaded cars also passed over it on the the informal opening took place the extreme length of the bridge from where it leaves the tiie track of the hudson river railroad on the cast side of the river to where it ilc touches the track of the new york central railroad on the west side is feet or nearly a mile nille its heig heigh lith th from high water mark is 30 feet the height af of the tower over theldrah thet thel draw from high water marks marics is 80 90 feet the tho draw consists of two spans one hundred and ten feet each and when quarter open two vessels vessel of the largest size can pass through at the same time the entire bridge rests upon twenty abutments the abutments fentsor or piers are firmly located nii nil and d aro are capable of withstanding any sa s1 shock look that the heaviest spring frosli freshet ct can bring to bear against them they The yaro yare are aro constructed of limestone one stone being anchored securely cutely to the other by means of iron bolts the north side them are in a form of a V being made so in order to break the force of heavy blows of fields of ice southward on the breaking up of the hudson every spring four of the spans supported by abutments are feet each fourteen of them 72 71 feet each other two com composing P osing the draw feet each there are one or two items connected with the which will not prove uninteresting the curious these consist of feet of timber used in the work 1000 ties and tons of cast iron the time consumed is its construction was about twenty months and its estimated cost is about twelve hundred thousand dollars st louls louis dispatch tim THE county clerk and tax had to loan out of their private funds to save sav eShelby shelby sheiby co tene bankruptcy earthquakes IN CENTRAL ail air ERICA trica the mail rece reee received ved at Rea realejo lajo feb ath brings the tho startling intelligence that the towns of granada and masaya had been beely visited by y frequent r and successive shocks of eart earthquake quai e twenty one having baving been experienced in twenty four hours eight of which were of alarming severity the inhabitants of granada were said to be in the greatest possible dismay abandoning their houses and sleeping in the open streets and plaza no less anxiety was felt in costa rica elea although the cause of alarm there seems to proceed from another convulsion 0 of f nature in a different direction the volcano turrialba Turri alba some seven 1 l leagues eab gues from cartago was in a very ac active t ve state emitting volumes of smoke and dust the thunder from these eruptions caused many a sleep sleepless less lesi night to the unfortunate inhabitants within tho the surroundings of the mountain several severe shocks of earthquakes were experienced in san jose costa rica during which time the wells well S drying 1 I up caused great anxiety and inconvenience inconvenient ce falls of volcanic dust prevailed to a great extent throughout that region of costa rica and evi eve n within af a few v wmiles miles of punta arenar arenas this most terrible arise from the veins bein being boffill so full fuli of blood bloods that they swell out ates paes press against the large nerves and thus impede the circulation of df the vital fluid in small nerves this detention which is lite literally rally tally nervo nerve ache 11 the cause of this unusual falness df the veins is that the blood is so impure so thick so full of disease that it cannot flow by natures ordinary ag agencies len gen geneles cies cles in proportion aa as it is thick it Is cold and this abnormal state is Indi indicated dated by feebleness leness eb of the pu pulse se in cli ell olera patients it is very marked and exists days ays ass and weeks before the attack tie tle the foi lowing following is a simple method of treatment ni ent when a person is attacked with branit cramp get some hot water nater quietly and elpe expeditiously j for nois noise band and exclamations t ions lons 0 of f grief f and alarm still further disturb the jervious ner equilibrium put the sufferer in the water as completely as pbs possible sible sibie and thus heat is imparted to the blood which sends it coursing t alon aion along I 1 the veins ns and the pain is gone chife whilo while the water is in preparation rub the cramped parti very briskly with the tho hand or with a woolen flannel with your mouth shut but why keep your mouth shut you can r rub harder ader faster taster and more emmic effic efficiently antly besides it saves the sufferer from meaningless and agonizing inquiries A man in in pain does not want to be talked to ho wants relief not words if all could know as physicians do the inestimable balue of quiet composure and a confident air on tho the part of one who attempts ito to aid a sufferer it would be practiced with ceaseless cea assiduity by tho tile considerate and the humane PARIS IMPROVEMENTS jents dents the tl Tho expenditure of the city of paris apart from that of the state for works of public utility during the year 1865 IM is given giten officially as two hundred millions of francs or eight millions sterling the application of this sum is as follows public promenades and plantations water supply and se sewers wens religious edifices hospitals municipal ru buildings atad public schools 2400 OW road work total or concerning EMERY enery tho worlds supply of emery has within a short time been prospectively doubled hitherto two places cape in the island of naxos and tho the A of smyrna have furnished nearly ail nit ail all tho tha emery used A few years agoa ngoa ngo ago a mine was discovered in north waie wale and another perhaps the most important deposit 0 of f tho the kind in the world has just been found near chester mam mass this latter yields emery of the fine tine finest kt kind and which does not rust upon exposure to the air it is also reported to be capable of doing one third rework mo than any other oilier emery in the r world oria orla it its iti i non liability to oxidation alao also ultes it great superiority this mine Ts is now worked or preparing for work and in stead stend ish emery being the favorite brand american is likely to take its place |