together, he rebuked the
foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou deaf and dumb spirit, I charge thee,
come out of him, and enter no more into him.

"And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him; and he
was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

"But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose."--Mark
ix. 17-27.

"And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his
speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

"And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his
ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

"And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha,
that is, be opened.

"And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was
loosed, and he spake plain.

"And he charged them that they should tell no man; but the more he
charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

"And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things
well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."--Mark
vii. 32-37.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

The Tenth Census Report of the U. S. of America for 1880 contains some
interesting statistics of the deaf and dumb, and apparently show a
considerable increase as compared with the whole population.

1850. 1860. 1870. 1880.

Total population 23,191,876 31,443,321 38,558,371 50,155,783

Deaf Mutes 9,803 12,821 16,205 38,878

No. of Deaf Mutes in each
million of population 423 408 420 675

Out of 33,878 there were 18,567 males and 15,311 females. The number of
native deaf mutes was 30,507, and foreign 3,721. White, 30,661;
coloured, 3,217, including 3 Chinese and 37 Indians.

CAUSES OF DEAF-MUTISM.

The intermarriage of blood-relations is doubtless one cause. In one
school for the deaf and dumb 25 per cent., in another 20 per cent., and
in others 15 per cent. of the pupils are said to be the off-spring of
marriages between blood-relations.

Davy mentions the following case observed by Meniere:--A married couple,
being cousins, who enjoyed excellent health, had eight children, of whom
four were born deaf mutes, another was idiotic, another died when five
years of age, and two others suffered from absolute deafness, which only
made its appearance later on.

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