Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-01
MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1884.

tricken, like an old man." He had been
 going backward and forward between Paris
 and one of the southern cities, and it is be-
 lieved that he has obtained the stakes at the l expense of his health.
 The canvass in Mississippi is expected to
 be made very lively in the second, third,
 sixth and seventh congressional districts. In
 these four negroes have been put in the field
 and will contest Democratic supremacy in all
 but the third-the shoestring district, now
 represented by Jeffords Rep.) Chalmers, in
 the second district, will have to divide the I negro vote with a colored man named John
 son, which makes Judge Morgan's election certain. In the third a colored man named | Reeves will contest with Jeffords, and in the sixth John R. Lynch runs Against Van Eaton. Hill, the colored collector of internal reve- nue, is running against Barksdale in the sev- enth. The first and fifth districts are hope lessly Democratic, and will not be contested.
 Watertown, Massachusetts, furnishes sig nifeant straw. Last year such great efforts were made to get out full vote that all but six of the voters in town cast their ballots The result was: For Butler. 590; for Robin son, 562. Some time ago four of the eight members of the Democratic town committee resigned, including the chairman and secre- tary. The other evening about two hundred more met with these boltsrs under call which concluded with these significant words: 'EFrom Grover Cleveland in the White House and free trade for goods of foreign manufac- ture, good Lord deliver the working people!' The meeting was enthusiastic and zealous. Before it adjourned there were one hundred and sixty names on the rolls. The indica- tions all point to rapid increase in num- bers. The result will be that the Democrat ic strength of last year will be split in two fairly equal parts while the Republicans will poll nearly solid vote
 The Cincinnati Enquirer believes that Cleveland would be stronger in Ohio if he had not referred to the civil service in his letter of acceptance, or, fin referring to it, had been explicit in assurance that a Demo cratic administration would mean the rout- ing from public place of all those belonging to the maladministration party, against which great majority of the people are in dignant" The Enquirer further says: F'Too much tenderness toward the Republicans in the matter of civil service and strong ten dency toward a class of aristocracyin office holding recently retired Democratic United States senator from this State, and Gen. But Ter no doubt told the truth at the Chicago convention when he said not man there be- ieved in civil service reform on the school master plan" This indicates the real atti- tude of the Democrats toward civil service reform.
 It is a little singular that the New church, founded upon the revelations of Swedenborg, has little recognition in the city of Stock holm, which was the birthplace of the great seer and scientist. In fact throughout Swe- den the church and it's teachings are less known than in either this country or Eng land. A movement has lately been started to give Stockholm suitable place of wor- ship, instead of the workmen's hall wherein the followers of Swedenborg now hold their meetings. An American clergyman, Rev. J. H. Hinckley, of Brooklyn, has taken lead ing part, and has been in Sweden for the purpose At a New church conference in Birmingham, England, a few days ago, Rev MT. Hinckley reported that 8 site for the Stockholm church had been selected, and with the building to be erected upon it would cost about $28, 900. The conference adopted resolution commenting the sub ject to all English New churchmen
 So many vague statements have been made concerning Professor Koch's views relating to cholera that the Berlin correspondent of the British Medical Journal thinks it wise to give his ideas as printed in the official port The spread of cholera, he recites, is caused by personal contact, and not by goods and other objects, except damp, infected linen. The infection is not in the air, but in the elections of the patient. It is only dangerous in a moist state and dies very speedily when dry; air cannot transfer the disease. The bacilli do not, as in smallpox, produce spores, which may dry up only to reappear alive Drying will positively kill them in three hours. The disease is confined wholly to the digestive organs. Contact with the patient is without danger. if contam- ination from the digestive organs is received. The following convey infection: Infected drinking and washing water, infected moist and liquid foods, and especially milk. The Berlin hospital inspector stated that there was no need to be especially afraid of chol- era; it was much less dangerous than indig- enous plagues.
 Dr. Albert Day publishes an article on medical de1usions, giving as a notable in stance of these the wonderful cures which were effected in the New England States dur ing the last year of the past century by what were known as the Perkins metallic points. It seems that certain Dr. Perkins of Plain field, Conn.,, made and patented metallic tractors One part was composed of steel 1 and the other of some metallic compound 1 The operation of cure consisted in uniting the 1 large ends and then drawing the sharp points l over the diseased parts. Letters are given 1 from number of professional men and prominent merchants, testifying to the mi
 raculous effect produced. The lame walked, | the rheumatic were relieved of their pains, 1 infammations of all kinds immediately sub l sided, and even confirmed cases of cancer yielded immediately under the magical pres
 sure of the Perkins tractors. The inventor
 was not, however, able to ward off disease on
 his own account, for he died in the height of ! his fame in 1797. His son took out patent
 for the tractors in England. There, too, the success at the outset was astonishing, and the younger Dr. Perkins quickly made $50, ,000. l DRY
 The milkmen of St. Johns bury have raised | the price of their wares seven cents quar-
 ''on account of dry weather" Murder will ! out.-Burlington Free Press.
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