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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-31
Financial.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-The Posts fnapoial
arii:ls ssys: The Stock Ex,hanee markets are
much less &C iva than yesterday. u. s. bonds
are higher for the 4, AMI ,x:sndsd 6; the
other issues are unchanged. State bords are
neglected. Railroad bonds arc irregular, but
generally l)wer. Tie share speculation thus
fat to day has resulted 10 loWse pric,s, the
gross decline raging from }'ls. and tho net
tall for tho general list. 10 the money market
call loans rage from to per c)ot.
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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
TEsE rREsHDEST's CosplTaos
(Ofioial Balleiin

(OflCial Balletin.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION. Aug. 81, $50 q. 10.
Inc President has passed TRANQUIL night and
this morniog his condition is quito as favorable
as yesterday at tho Same hour. Pu's, 100. tenn.
peratafo 9S.l respiration IS.
(Uoofiial Bueio.l
EXECUTIVE MANSION. Aug. 81, 10:45 o. %.
The surgeons regard the Presidents condition
this morning with Increased satisfaction and en-.
oouragnent. The pnrotid swelling has steadily
improved IN Epnearanoa, aud it is thought that
the patleot has ia all other respects gained
ground slightly during tho past "a hours. Ee
- titus lac hhvlog I1ist, comfortable day.
Among tho members of the Cabinet and the
Presld 5 personal friends there is O growing
iee'lns OF encouragement and condolences, and it
se6Ins TO DO the general impression that By Sat
ufda' or Sunday when the elupdular sRoliiog
shsl! have CEASED to be hindranoo the palieut
will enter the stage OF on1a'esosrcs. Postmaster
Geoersl ) ames called at the Executive Mansion
this morning. bat upon receiving tho bulletin
at thu door, he slId: That is good enough I'll
20 to 'ho Department and 20 to work" aud
tho drovc a9ag without coming up slsra Dr..
Asnow tXp"u:s 10 return to PGi!Ad&lphis this
Afternoon.
(Olioal }a;le;ia)
IiHe'ollh Z haNSlUN aug. 81 90 p. II.
At the dressing OF the President this m ,rnng
tho carotid fw,lliug Was lcu2d to b., dlsohsrg-
ing Freely IL looks well sud has materially
diminished ia sZ'. The wouad remains 10
a5Gu: The same atatc. Ills general cor6itirn is
evidently moro favorable than at this hour
yesterday, Pulse -. tcuprau'e 9S 1, rcspi-
ra.i5n H.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aux. 81. 2:3l .. NJ
ln al lotcrvn " with reporter OF the Alsocia
ted pr;ss ST D p. m, Dr.. Bliss said that the
Presidents oondi'ion is highly satisfactory, and
hat he ii IN king v,r7 favorable progress 10
every way. The pAro'id sso!li1g hss been re-.
ducod TO two thirds II i's maximum sz, and is
| steadily diminishing. The patient continues to
tHko food Will and has m ado slight gain n
strength. The question OF his removal from
the Executive Mansion is again being seriously
considered. TITO President Limstlt wishes to
20 10 Mentor, but althtush no will deub:l sss DO
taken there eventually. the FIRST removal will J.,
to shorter dilianoo. [: will tax, place at tho
| earli:s. possible nlOmon,. The patients pulse
at noon went down to 95 for the first limo sinoe
tho S.h OF August aad is still below 100 with
oil tho other Symptoms co,reepobdingly fav0ra.
ab'c
WASHINGTON. D. G.. August al.--Tho fol
loving was sent this afternoon:
LoWelI, Minister, Loadoa:
Tho Presidsnt's condition ia y:ry euoourar
lng 10 dap. Polls, down to o., lower than it
has been Tor scv,ral weeks. Temperature aud
respiration normal. M adverse symptoms ap-
plrent at this houI, :. p. m.
iSig1ed.) BLAINE, Secretary,
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Wicked for CIerxymen.

KeV. -. Washington, u. G., written: I
oelieVe II 10 be sll wrong and even wicked for
clergymaR or other public mon to he led into
Rivlsg Testimonials TO qusck doc.crs or vile
Suits called medicines, but when really mer.
torCu' article made of valuable remedies known
to ell, that all pbysicans use and trust in daily,
We eht u!d freely commend It therefore cheer
fully md heartily commend Hop Bittsra for The
good they have done ina and my tiisnds firmly
bailey az they have no equal for family use. +
Will not be withcu ut them.'-Eep York Baptist
IFeekLy.
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Vicc.Prcsident Arthur

NEW YORK, Aug. 3i.-Vico President Arthur
mas Oeen s! hcmo al the morning.. hoprevail-
Ing opinion seet0s to DO that tho Republican
State Convention will DO held s. Saratoga or in
this city, aud that General Arthur will not re-
tlIn tbs Craftsmanship of the committee. A full
attendance At the meeting OF the committee j.,
expected to-day.
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WILL The EARTH BE A COMET ?-It is not
altogether impossible. Gays Professor Draper,
that tn, earth may become a comet. IL is
altogether moro probable that it was a omit
before Il became steady goiog oil world. At
any rste, scicpc, furnishes DO mora reason Tor
tho one inference than the Other. 1t is known
that tho nebu';c visible in tho hra 1ens are iu
various c)nciuons of word form aliun, SONS Of
them slowly revolving around a centre Of their
own. some with nuol,i indicating ooolirg aud
condensation. while others arc but euormt W
masses OF matter in gaseou, slate. Tho
siruo ure Of the earth leads get gists to tho
o5tc:uSIon that It was onco fry, gnsous aud
afterwards molten m,sa, rq hiring 40 iccan-
C IVAble timn before M for ouuied ., 10 fern
CRU I, while sma!lar bodirs. hks its satcl tics,
o1oling sooner. have pass d through tho 10
spec ise stages 81 EXISTENCE, and are DOW with
out lie on thtir surfaces. and, as graphically
described by Professor Waits 10, arc "turn cut
cind;rs rolling the heavens"
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Drowned.

New York. August 3l.--Muiael ksnny.
aged 30 y,srs. ~ho lived at Morris aud W1sh-
loetoa roots. Jersey City, whila wheeling ccal
on board tho steamer j. Is. Schuyler, at the
Morris st1ect deck, OF 10 O'clock les. nsht,
wak,d over tbs aaog p;abk into tho riv3r ard
wss drcw5ad,
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kliuerni.

NEWPORT, r. l.. Aug, 3l.--Iho fu1etsl Of
Lieut.. C,mnsul=r Eies and Lieut.. Spaldirg,
who Wero killed by HI explosion Monday. was
sclemhz.d Yesterday Afternoon, and was st.
tended by the Cilicer5 aod marlatrs from The
training fact aud By the offic:rs aud class at
tho torpedo stsiiop,
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The special committee ,pp 1iotel by tho
House OF Delegates 10 iha spring of 1850. TO
Investigate tbs atf.iis Of the Second Auditor 3
Office. will soon have their repori ready f1r the
priniers. This Investigation has DOT resulted
IN tho discovery Of anything to the ljary Of
any OF tho ihan off oiaIs,
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Found Dead,

PHILADELPHIA. August 81 -Jsmas WAuff.
ag'd IL ysnls. Was found d .nd at McLsughlh's
Grove. near New Brunswick. Yesterday NOM
Ing, where no had attended The q. "A, K.
meet'eg tho day before. F,u play il tus
pec,od.
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DIED.

"a !he aO!h instant. at her rssidaocs, 10 West
n npas,, Ia 'ha GGh year OF her age, Mrs ELIZA.
PIN 'odNSON. relic. Of the late Robert
Johhson. ~ Her funeral will take place To.
morrow fthursdsy) at 3 o clock p IN. Friends
attend "
~ Al somslsH Orange county, Va. Saturday,
I'm met. MANY, younger daughter of Ebons-
Ear and Anne Goes.
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PHILADELPHIA. Angus: 3l.--A young wo,
man named kste MulhoaDd, of tho Auooua
Print Wol ky. at Gloucester Clty, Vas so inocus
ed BY abusive remarks Of ycuog mau named
Harry Daisy relative to her work that she lab
bed her scissors into his side, ciusing a wouad
that compelled him 10 ba taken homo 10 ~,
r'ago. II is understood, however, that the
wound is no. dangerous.
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Shot.

Las VAGAs. N. M Aug. 3l.-Renry Bishor
was shot and killed on Friday last at Fort Bss
com by Thomas DuSy. Toe shooting was Tho
result Of a dispute.
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Found Drowned

ALBANY, N. Y, August 3l.-Dr. Halr.yS,
Fellows. who had becn missing sioce Monday
evening last. was found dreamed lhi, morn
log' Dc. Fellows was identified with the
Rreenbsck Dalioual marty AMI was we'll k.owp
throughtu; the State,
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Arrest of Encialisfa

berlin. Arg, 3l.-A falcvsll dinner 10 The
expelled socls lis, 10 which fly parsons 10.
tended 10 participate, VAS prevented, By The
arrest CT sil the gusts. who. however, wero re-
leased shortly atterWard.
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Wo arc pleased to Learn that tho prospects
for foil schools lhis fall was never more prom
l,log. Alexandria Possesses very superior edu.
catiooal advantages.
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Dt. ANDREW CLARK. phy,ici,n 10 III, lasg
est Hospital io England curing twenty Eve
years, says chat seven tanthl OF tho diseases
that oane u1der his 70 wero produced By
g. C ,hclic drinks
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Tho Daily Item is the name Of a Dow paper
just started 10 DAnvill,. Va, tditod by Duval
Porter. csq, aud exhibits enterprise and talent
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To Be Nominuted a Cardinal.

,, LONDON. Aug. 3l.-The Daily News says:
1t Is announced that in the approaching consis.
tory at The Vatic N Monsiegneur Frippal well
known Tor his hostility 10 The French govern
ment, will be nominated Cardinal.
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the offaot tia! the reports of tho massacre Ct
E1rek'. are unfou1ded.
The T:aIlaIDOOSa.

FORTRESS MONROE. Va Aug 3i.-The O.
3. tteamsr Tallapooss convey tho Torpedo boat
Alarm passed in the Caoea at 4 O'clock this
morning for Washington.
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A DEADLY GUM DRop.-Tbe T. MIR, N. Y,
Advertiser says: a sin. u'tr ind fatal sccittnt
occurred ct the house Of John Sullivan, Oh The
Tarport road and within the borough limite,
ThuIslsy evening. Sullivan is l.borer, but
has been for some N >nths unable 10 work, CO
doojnut Of i'll health. His f.miy consisted Of
vii, and two baby boys. About S p. M. c
WIS solsi1g with his wife aud little ones at the
door OF his house, whsn a lttlo daughter of
MIR. Carey. neiRhbar, camo along with SONS
gun DROPS 10 her haod. Sho rendered soma
OF tho saudy to Mrl. Sullivan Tor the children,
and that lady gave the little ones tho deliuaoY.
Gaorsic, sged 600 year ard four monlbs chew
ed on one OF The drops tew momeots and then
fell into COMMISSIONS He vas o,rlisd toto the
house. sni shortly after luln,d black 10 tho
faca and made desperate efforts to catch his
breath and expired IL 30 bsppen,d that Dr..
Wison droVs BY 10 few miou o., and was
called 10 to rtsu:c tsto the ohi'd. A short tx
animation showed him that the little cna had
drawn tho gum drop toto the lrsohea, or wind
pip, producing sutfloatou aud sp,edy dst tb
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NJ Daniel goes to the Southwest. where il
may tc confidently expected he will make O
vigorous and brilliant oampaign.
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The Chlldren's Museum, an illustrated month
~. published by +. B. Goddard s. Co, no. i
Bond st , New York, has been received.
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George w. Riggs left 90 estats csimMad 10
bs worth 81 coo 900.
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.nfOnnded,

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Aug. 3l.-A Tucs,n
i'spaioh saFE; ."Adaio:s from Damiug are to
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III RSH LANNON'S received BY
- tu227 J. O. MILBURN.
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4 RoCR TuGowN TuRc Ugh THE DloR1FA
PARscNAGa-Qu serious accident occurred
yesterday afternoon, at about 81 o'clock, on
Church street. where Ito foundation FIR mr.
Bradley'a now house is being e1cavatsd. There
is heavy body of rock in tho ground. and il
was being reni owed by blagiilr. An unu-ually
heavy charge of powder Ind basn put in at the
timo named, and when tho explosion took place
the pieces OF rock were thrown with tremendous
force against the eide OF The NJ ethodiat parsonage
adjoining. Ono immense fragment weighing
probably 400 pounds, hurst through the rear
room OF the parsonage, breaking the frame and
throwing the door before it, and landing upon
the door in the middle of the room broke through
the floor, and rebounding, finally rested a few feet
beyond. Mrs Hou8h. tho wife Of DR.. Hough, the
pastor of the N ethodist church. WAS lying upon
lounge almost directly within the track OF This
missile. tut escaped being struck By it. She wss
however. painfully injured by pieces Of the
bricks OF the door frame striking her upon tho
head, a1d by the door falling upon her and
brpising her foot. She made . most narrow es.
cape. 1t is understood that further blsaing has
been prohibited by the ap.horities. -.staIoton
Spectator.
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BASS 4 Go. S ALE and DoUBLIN STOUT iusr
rc:!ysd a. MCBURNEY's
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STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET

FOR GJyEREoH,
JOHN w. DANIEL, OF LYNCHBURil.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
JAMES BAkBOUk, OF CULPEPER.
F0R ATTORNEY GSNzKAL.
P. w. MCKINNEY, OF FARMVILLE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 81.
, 1881-01-20

bonds, whlc., ,Mny be called III BY tho Gov
ctnn,ol,tln t,Yh years, they will undoubtedly
tlctcrlnlfEe'to reduce tl,cIr cnpital, ar,A vii
tins conlgpct theif baso Of operations md III
urc tho bust'itss u tho country. ;.
The House bill described above Is untlo up
of uncertainties, contradictions, md nnImos-
lilies. It implies hostility to tito National
banks, MI inpotent attempt at cosrcion, and
n direct mcnnco nj resumption. Whether or
not Government, loan bearing q per rent in-
tcrest cah bc ncsotfatcAts question tllat llas
been subor,ltnatetl to tho pre]ndlces aill par
tfsAn purposes Of tlle Democratic majority in
thu 1fousc, Tho praeticabIlity of such loan
cannot be fairly tested under tho bill TINT
was frnlaed by The Committee Of the Whole
in tho House Ut Representatives. IT Is ut
once snlteful nml experimental n'easure,
uni wc cannot brilcyo tl,at tito Senate Will
concur III 1t. II s,,cl, bill Go alottcd, III
cluttlnR tho proposed destruction Of tho fred
banking principle, the continuation Of tic
War lakes, tho attempted corrcton ut the Mn
tional hanks to utlopt losing policy, and tho
'nenncc 10 spccty payments, there Is littlo
doubt that 1t will call out III Executive veto,
and II Is probable tint 1t will make necessary
MI extra scssion of tie new Congress to agfee
upon practical fundtlfa scheme.
, 1881-01-20

push 1t: " 10 eonsplidate INC Na'lwayano
Tho Canal Commissioner s9} to roll TIC TWO
Boards OF fFenttentiary Commissions OK three
members cae!, Into o'1e board; a'h1 t3) TO 10
away with the Aoarus OF TRUSTEES 1of cllae'
liable Institutions ta dozen of 80 In number,
tal| ufaWsnR tnifeago lDpd. Spe'tses but no
salhries) and substitute I'm stnetr p1nce
one salarictt Board OF tf'soo members. IS
estimated that Slho0o per'alinuni Wonld DC
, 1881-01-20

SENATOR CoSDBE has introduced in tic
State Legislature BILL concerning sewer-
nge." THIS bill has for its purpose to su-
tl,orlzo tho City Of Chicago to carry ont tho
scheme discussed last siiiiinler to coliis!ruct'
an enormous sewer 70 drain tho. Chicago
River Into the Illinois River. Tho. scheme
was written up for: the Citlzons' Association,
and the report, witt, elaborate diagrams, was
published in TuEs sI'nrBuN,: Tile wllulo
thing was preposterous affalr. Itpsoposel
MI expenditure Of s., s,ooo,o 600 to make iii; m
acreround sewer alongside Of tho canal aRa
Desplntnes River froul Chicago to. Jqll9t, 1t
was wild. visionary measure, contsiyea for
the henclit Of contractors. md was utterly
iupracticublo for any useful end or purpose,
, 1881-01-20

A MAJORITY of tho Senate l,as voted to
tako S1o0,o0o out OF the Public Treasury and
donate 1t to Bon Holta.lay to compensate him
for the champagne dinners he has given
them. The pretoxt for this steal Is TINT he
lost some mules by 1ndian deprctlations when
carrying tho mails III the Far West Mt atl
enormous profit. No court OF claims would
allow him cent, for tho simple reason that
tile Government owes hin, nothing; but tho
Senators uwo him for feasts, aJld now yote to
pay him MI hundfcd.gold out OF tho National
Treasury. Some Senators haye very pc
cullar ideas Of right and wrong. Thcy nre
also wonderfully benevolent with other peo-
pies money. 1t Is u rascaIly swlntllIng
claim the Senators haye voted for, and they
well know Il.
, 1881-01-20

TIE removal of tho duty Oil qulnino hasn't
materially diminished tho price OF tiat drug. In
1880 tho average OF cnst was nlout $500, tha
maximum being El.a5t tho ulntnunl <2Go. This
.ts neuut tue sntnc US the quotations for qniu!ne
brtwcen 1878 md 1875. Tho reason why tho prtGe
hns nut coue down is tt,nt litles on caustie
sodn, ouc OF tho necessities of qutntne manu-
facture, nnd on fusit-oil, which ts used rs
solvent. hnye not been rc1noyGl, Moreover, we
lay duty Of 10 per cent On atl lnrk not Import
cd III Anicricnn ships. As tho trou ia grown by
lnea1sa Of Eng llsh cap!tal md usually OIL English
territory, tho proluct goes III tho ordinary
course Of things first to London, whence it ls
trnnshipped to AtnerIcn. Tho puruhnsc Of tho
bark By tho caEgo'for American usn would be IL
hazardous venture. md prlotIcMlly al tho bark
Is imported frotn England, and duty Of 10 per
ceat paid Oh 1t aecoedlHg to law.
, 1881-01-20

AN nrtlclc In the February number, Of tho
Atlantic Monthly OFT "The Future Of
American Shlpptngn directs attention to
tho growth of Il powerful competitor for our
carrying trade OH the. Pacific. The China
Merchants Steam Navigation Company, or
Kanfzed less tllan six years ago, has succeeds
cd In driving out Of tic inIand sras OF tho
Empire, not by unfnyorab!o legislation, but
by performing tho service at low rates, nIl
the foreign companies, which formerly did
thrifty business III transporting tic Imperial
grain tributes, or taxes, from one port to oil
other. The native company now lsas more
tl,al forty iirstclass steam vessels ntl an
cnormous casl capital, It has secured n
monopoly Of the coasting trade, and is !ook-
Ing for I, general navigation Of THO lEgl.
seAs. 4 pioneer steamer entered the
DRy OF San Francisco tho goth OF August Inst,
md, ominoasly cnongl,,lt WIS otls If tho SIX
vessels with which the Chlnn Merchants be-
gan their operations in tho home country lll
18Th. The magazine wrltcrtloe not mention,
because probnbly lie did not ki,ow, the very
significant fact tint tho ilead of this Coln-
pany, lie Hung Chang, who appears to be u
sort Of Chinese Jay Gould, was une of tie
Commissioners who negotiated the late nodl-
fed treaty with the United States, ai,d It was
ut his Instance llnQuestiOnnbly that the re-
strctlons heretofore Imposed upor the ad'
mission Of Chinese tonnago to American
ports were removed. The danger Of Chinese
competition would seem at first glance to be
remote and unimpoztant; but there arc
reasons for regarding 1t as n serious
a,,estiuu. The Chinese have all The materials
, 1881-01-20

THE New York Nation, IN lts usunl SELF
sufficient mid bu,hptious style, Inns objected
to tho appointment Of hfr. ~Blalne to tlls
position of Secretary Of State OH the ground
tl,at lie Is "uot n lawyer" 'rha answer to
this very silly and superficial objection Is
tEreetold: IL Mr.. blaine Is something more
than lawyer; l,s Is a lavlnaker. 1Io Inns
been engaged In. making laws for attorneys
to lingglo about aud constrne during long
alld brilliant public career; and We have not
}enrd that 4 greater proportion Of tho legIsla-
tion shaped or recommended by him was
found defective than OF TINT pit through in
opposition to his Views. {9} International
law, so-called, with which the Secretary Of
State has TO deal, Is not a science, and las
no cast-lren code. It Is simply, body
Of precedents, with which MI. Blaine Is per-
fectIy familiar. No practlclng lawyer wltI,-
ont experience In Congress or diplomatic
business Gun pretend to have halt the kl,ow1-
edge Of these subjects that Mr.. Blaine i,as ac-
Qulred In tho regular discharge OF his official
duties. International law hns nothing to do
with local jurisprudence, rs the Et,gllsl,
Government has lately been compelled TO
confess IN tho Fortune Lay aifuir. C3) Tie
safest and most brilliant Secretaries OF State
tlts country has had with the solitary OK
ccptton Of Mr.. Webstcr) were not practlctng
lawyers. Alany Of them lad been tlrougl,
tho law-sclool, 10 bc sure, but their profess
sional training ceased before they Ind begun
their lifc-work. Thomas Jefferson entered
tic Virginia l1ouso OF l1urgcsses two years
after Ito WIS admitted to tho Bar, I'll 17UO,
a,d remained almost continuously In
, 1881-01-20
AUTHORIZATIONS.

The getting Of mo ney by fraudulent coir-
binnttol, by stock jobbtng, by tho running OF
inouopotics, deserves aif tic Reproduction t''at
tt meets with. But that, and Mi tic other
crimes In the graduation down to "llat
burglary" are Ciristfun virtues compared
With the obtaining Of money BY tic nlulter-
alton OF what VIZ en-. and drink. A. lnall ll,ay
get rIcll agatn after having been robbed Ut
all bis property, but steli refrigeration Is not
possible when health has been lost The
doctor may pronounce the slan tn be well
agutll, bit tho scar Oil Ills constitution re-
ilafiis Mt best, and III too many cases even
tho nominal recovery Is impossible. The
instfvi.lnat.1ies rs .lIrect rcsnlt of poisoning,
which deserves punishment equal to thatlnu
the crine Of. a Luerezla Bdrgia. Ylte fact
that tho individual dies by tho SLOW method,
Instead Of being killed off by single dose,
does not lessen the cllornlty Of tho crime;
1t should not lessen the punishment due to
the criminal.
These be strong words; but we submit
TINT they are not IL whit stronger than Is
warranted by the iNcts. We believe thnt II
tile public really understood tile peril Of tho
situation, tho vast extcnt 10 which human
health aud life nrc Jeopard1zed by tho frauds
under consideration, 1t would rtso rs one
mnr to abolish the evil, eyen though the do
lug so would involve the sacrifice Of the evil
docrs. The public never will understand
tho omschief which human greed l,as wrought
In the direction Of wholesale poison-
Ing Of food and drink; but 1t n,ay
comprehend enough 10 sco that tile
evil Is. one which, unchecked, would
attain much, greater magnitude than Mt
present. The truth Is, that ineertalu dlree-
tons tile evil Is yet incIpient. A. little longer,
md the yct,ders Ut honest food md drink
will be utterly Unable to compete with tits
fellows who 1uaka and sell the bogus article.
Let us stop nov. Let US have legal proyts-
Ion ,,'a.le, risht away, for tho punishment AS
a FELONY Of all alulterations, a1sd induce
lnent held ont,fdr the exposure Of the frauds.
wherever foulid, In high as well as III low
pfaces. It ,nust come to this sooner or later.
Better take hold nowl