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are not locked up by the extreme cold and long winters of the north, nor 

 worn down and exhausted by the .sultiy and long summers of the extreme 

 south, from the effects of which the short and warm winters are insufficient 

 to restore the constitution. A writer in the New York Tribune in January 

 last, boasting of the climate of Jacksonville, Florida, states that on the 

 21st of December, 1868, the mercury ranged at 85°- 101°- 91°, mean 

 temperature for the week, 86°. He says it is " always comfoi'table in the 

 shade, but excessively hot at mid-day in places exposed to the almost 

 vertical rays of the sun." With the mercury at 101°, in December, it is 

 reasonable to suppose that the shade would be comfortable. On the other 

 hand, in Portland, Maine, July 5, 1868, the mercury stood at 9S°-110°- 

 94°. East Tennessee occupies a golden mean between the extremes, which 

 in climate, as in all things else, tends to happiness and safetJ^ 



In all the elements that constitute a health-giving and pleasant climate, 

 we boldly challenge a comparison between the figures shown by the re- 

 cords of the East Tennessee University, and those shown by the records 

 of any other institution east of the Pacific Ocean. 



As proof of our superior climate we give below the rates of mortality 

 of the different sections of the United States. 



RATE OF MORTALITY. 



Lowlands of the Atlantic Coast from Delawore to Flori-), 

 da, inclusive, including two Counties along the coast,... j 



The lower Mississippi Valley, comprising Louisiana, and^ 

 a breadth of two counties along each bank of the river r 

 northward to Cape Girardeus, Missouri, ) 



The Alleghany Region, including East Tennessee, 



The region surrounding the Alleghanies. extending to thel 

 lowlands of the Atlantic and the Mississipi valley, I 

 and therefore including Kentucky, Ohio, Indinia, Illi- t 

 nois, and Missouri, J 



Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, 



The Pacific Coast, 



Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, 



The whole United States, 



It will thus be seen that our per centage of mortahty in 1860 was 1.08, 

 while that of the North Western States was 1.32 ; and in 1850 ours was 

 0.96, while theirs was 1.10. While the per centage of the whole United 

 States was 1.27 in 1860 and 1.31 in 1850, ours was for those periods 1.08 

 and 0.96. The number of deaths from consumption in Massachusetts 

 from June 1st, 1859, to May 31.st, 1860, was 4,845, in a population of 

 1,231,066, while in Tennessee, in a population of 1,109,801, the deaths 

 from the same cause were 1,430. 



