Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-02

IS better than to talk loud and do nothing but to help to elect rum Democrats to the legisla-
 ture to defeat temperance legislation" J. J. R. Redstone has published book en- titled "An ex-Captain's Experience of the Salvation Army" The Pope Is constitu- tional monarch, he says, compared with Gen. Booth. "He and his family are immeasur- ably more despotic than Leo XIII and his cardinals." When an application is made at headquarters for membership an inquiry form Is returned containing forty-eight questions. i These are 8 few of them: 'Has the candidate got the sort of pluck and go and godliness that is likely to make an officer in the Salva- ton Armyi Gan the candidate sings Ever had fits of any kindi If so, what kinds Is the candidate in debta If so, how much and why? When and where converted? Is the candidate courtingl If so, who [sic], and is the person soldiera Are the candidates
 parents sayeda Wife saveds Send us the
 candidates photo"
 It is said that a treasure of over $50, GOO
 has been lying for seventy-six years foot or
 two underground within stone's throw of
 an important Russian highway near Bielstock
 and commission sent by the Czar has gone
 to dig it up. The story is that during the
 retreat of Napoleon from Moscow detach-
 ment of his army having the chest in charge
 was so closely pressed by the Cossacks that
 they buried the treasure in the place stated
 and attempted 10 escape without 1t, but were
 overtaken and killed, except one man named Jonnich, who escaped and when he died left
 written out for his family some memoirs in
 which was included the story of the burial Of the treasure. These memoirs were found by his grandson recently among lot of old pa- pers and through his efforts the Russian gov- ernment was interested. If the treasure is found M Jonnich will be entitled to one-third of it.
 The United States circuit court in Arkan- sas has rendered an elaborate opinion on cider. It says that cider is an alcoholic bev- craze obtained by the fermentation of the juice of apples and holds that it cannot law fully be sold in 8 State whose statutes pro- hibit the sale of ''alcohol or any spirituous, ardent, vinous, malt or fermented liquors" The percentage of alcohol in cider, the court explains, ranges from five to ten per cent, Wnlch IS consloerROlY larger tnau Lne per- centage in most ale and beer and some wines. 'sIt is not questioned that ale, porter, stout, lager beer, etc., are within the statutes of the State regulating the liquor traffic, and why should alcoholic, vinous or fermented liquor containing more alcohol than any of these beverages be exempt? It is not. It is within the very letter of the statute" Judge Cald- well then adds: Cider is also an intoxicating liquor, for it is common knowledge that a fermented beverage which contains from five to ten per cent. of alcohol, which is freely drunk by the glassful. will produce intoxica- tion. This is fact of daily observation in communities where such beverages are sold. Whiskey contains from forty to fifty per cent of alcohol and cider contains one-ffth as much alcohol as whiskey, so that drinking a pint of cider is equivalent to drinking one fifth of pint of whiskey. But to bring it under the operation of the liquor laws of the State it is not essential that it should be an
 intoxicating liquor. It is enough that it is a
 'svinous or fermented liquor"