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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15

Yet, in spite of these practical and serious
drawbacks, the Friends, as class, do more
than their proportion Of the worlds serious
business, and they manage to attain to
high average of longevity. Now this is ex-
actly the kind of fact that true medical SOL
ence likes to get hold of and to interrogate
and learn from. What is the reason, asks
the sensible man, why Quakers, with 80
many undoubted disadvantages, attain to
such high average of success in all that
constitutes worthy life, and also succeed in
enjoying their success to an exceptionally old
ages
The reason, we are convinced, is to be
found in their quiet habits and disciplined
life. An ordinary doctor, or even layman.
would probably have felt much more inter-
est in the subject at this point if we had
been able to affirm that the Quakers owed
their success and long life to certain drugs,
as, for example, to arsenic, phosphorus,
strychnia and the like; or to certain methods
of feeding, as vegetarianism, or meat eating,
or frait eating, or wine drinking, or teetotal-
ism, or smoking, and 80 on. But we submit
that that shows want of real mental eapac-
itY. For what, after all, is the true impor
tance of the subjeota Does 1t not consist in
the undoubted character of the resultsi The
results are really the things to be considered.
As matter of fact tho Quakers are success
full In life. As matter of fact they do live
long. Then, eurely, true science will not
curl the lip of scorn because these results are
obtained by what may be called "natural
and simple" processes, instead of by elabo-
rate preparations and out-of-the-way meth
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
NC, OCTOBER Is, 1889.

ran off with 1t toward Chattanooga. Captain
Anderson's intention was to tear up the
track and burn all the bridges on the West
ern & Atlantic road between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, 80 as to deprive the Tennessee
confsderates of communication with Atlanta.
After run Of about forty miles the fuel
gave out. About ten miles further the steam
gave out, and as the conductor, Captain
Fuller, was close upon the party with an
other engine, Captain Anderson and his
men took to the woods. All but three were
captured and taken to Atlanta and hanged
as spies. Anderson was among the number.
That was twenty-six years ago, and the en-
gine has been in use at times ever since,
although 1t has been several times repaired.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
STEAm.REARED COLTS.
Fresh Views of tho Great Palo Ali
Training Farm-The Rearing OF 81
mol.

Training Farm-The Rearing of SUI
mol.
From the Chicago Herald.l
"Why do these California bred horses,
both trotters and runners, develop snoh tre-
mendous speed at an early age, and then re-
tire for the rest of their lives?''
That is a question that has been put to
every horseman of note in the country, but
not one seems able to answer it. A gentle
man, horse fancier and now and then q
buyer at the California sales, being much In
terested in the phenomenal trotters that
come from that region, went down to Palo
Alto to see the famous Stanford breeding
farm.
Talk about princes and prinoesses of effete
monarchies being reared In velvet and fed
from gold spoons; the nearest approach to
that in this great republic is this equine
principality at Palo Alto. As soon as the
babies have forgotten their mothers comes
the beginning of their life's work. The
leading halter and soft rubber bit kept in
the mouth for half an hour day Is the A B
@. Then comes the kindergarten track to
discover If any of them have a natural gait.
Half dozen are put into the sawdust circle
at once. A man stands In the middle with a
lOuR WHIP, WulcA u0 W6tSb 4uEAOuSly, OUT no
little one is ever permitted to feel its sting.
All start around the ring, first in ooltish
canter, and then some little pupil more
promising than the others will strike trot.
Soon another will do the same. An apple or
q lump of sugar is the reward of merit:
Usually before the class has finished all OF
them will be jogging about on trot. Then
new batch is taken, and in few weeks
forty or fifty fllies and as many colts have
gone through the kindergarten course.
Meanwhile every little one of either sex is
handled and fondled. The colts and hllies
are relentlessly parted at weaning time, and
never see each other again except at q dis
tance. Co-education of the sexes Is frowned
upon at Palo Alto. The little ones are very
| tame and follow one around like lot of kit
tens. If you stop in the paddock they in.
stantly surround you like lot Of chattering
school girls, and begin to search your pock.
cts with their velvety noses for bit of fruit
| or sugar. Not one is ever scolded or per.
mitted to be frightened in any way, nor Il
the whip ever used except as badge of au
| thority.
When the infant aristooraoy is bridl
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
ALCOHOL IN DISGUISE.
Dangerous sFortincatlons OF Wines and
Liquors Spanish Health Wines
Modern Drunkenness and Ancient
InebrietY.

Dangerous Fortincat1ons OF Wines and
Liquors Spanish Health Wines-
Modern Drunkenness and Ancient
Inebriety.
from the st. James Gazette.l
An analysis Of absinthe just given by
medical journal, though of wide general in
terest, deals chiefly with the physiological eff
fects of the various herbal components of the
liaueur. There include absinthium which
is, of course, wornwood-and the essences Of
two varieties of aniseed, Of coriander, fennel,
peppermint, angelica, hyrsop and melisse;
most of which are, inter ALA, very powerful
excitants of the nerve centres. It is probable
that either of them may become specifically
injurious under particular conditions of mind
or body; and 1t is certain that their habitual
use in combination must tend to q general
disturbance of the nervous system, more or
less dangerous according to the quantity con-
sumed. But, while admitting the value of
the information thus given respecting these
powerful essences; 1t should not be forgotten
that alcohol, and alcohol of very degraded
kind, is their common "vehiole." Doubtless
its various compounds give a special direo-
tien to the intoxioation produced by absinthe;
but the alcohol lacking, their effects would
not be classed under the head of drunken
ness" To be intoxicated with absinthe,
therefore, is to be intoxicated with alcohol
admittedly, with specific manifestations. This
idea may be usefully expanded in other d.
rections.
A recent authoritative comparison of the
alcoholic strength of the several iqueurs
named gave the following result:
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
VOL. LvII.
Howe & StGtson
new GOODS |.

Black Silk Warp Henriettas
at SOC, csc, $I.oo, I.25, I.5o and
$I.7s yard. These are all reli-
able, honest makes (Priestley's,
Ecroyd's, ETC.. and the best val
ues shown in this city.
Black Silk Warp Drap DIAL
mas, AZ inches wide, at $I.25.
We have never seen better
goods at $I.5o.
Dress Goods arriving every
day. Special values Just re-
ceived in Pattern Dresses at $1o,
$I2.5o, 1900 and 1900 each.
Extraordinary bargain in Gui-
net Black Silks at 81 per yard.
Please get sample and compare
with any Silk to be found at
$I.25.
One case Gents Natural
Wool Shirts and Drawers at
75c each; same quality sold
last winter at one dollar.
One case Gents Natural
Wool Shirts and Drawers at ST.
each; same goods are retailed
in most stores at $I.25. We
have only SO dozen and cannot
get more under $I.25.
Gents Cardigan Jackets, di-
rect from the mill, from $I.45
to SIS each, all sizes.
Elegant assortment of Span
ish Guipure and hand run Black
Lace Scarfs from soc to $Io
each,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS AS TO

REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As TO
PURITY AND wHoLEsoMENEss OF DR..
PRICES CREAM BAKING POWDER.
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder Is the
only brand upon which the United States and
Canadian Governments have ever made a
favorable report. (See United States Nation-
al Board of Health, Washington, D. c., Bull
letin, Supplement No. 6, page 33-See Re-
port to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Department, Ottawa, seat of Government,
Canada, April Sd, 1857
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder does not
contain Ammonia, Lime, Alum or any Adul
terant. r. S. G. PATTON, Ph. D Chemist
for the United States Government.
The Cream of Tartar used in DIR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is the strongest and
free from all lime and other impurities.-
Prof. PETER COLLIER, Chief Chemist for the
United States Department Of Agriculture,
Washington, D. @.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
JUST Received.

One case II-4 White Blank
cts, made for all wool, subject
to slight imperfections, at $4.6o
pair. These Blankets weigh 6
lbs. and are in handsome bor-
ders, etc.
so doz White Damask Towels,
25x52 inches, with handsome
borders, at 25c each, as a flyer.
One case Ladies All Jersey
Ribbed Vests and Pants, at soc
EACH. in all sizes, as extra value.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15

It is quite true that many "Friends" live
long. It is equally true that certain circum-
stances in their history initiate against long
life. Among these latter intsrmarriage Is
perhaps the most important of all. The fol-
lowers Of George Fox have never been very
numerous, but until late years they have
been extremely exclusive. The inevitable
result of that has been extensive intermar-
riage throughout the whole community.
The consequences Of the frequency Of inter.
marriage have been, and are still, very evil
dent. Quakers, as class, are not muscular
~ robust; many Of them are decidedly ane-
mic, and not few are mentally feesle.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15

More than twice as many visitors paid to
see the Paris exposition between Its opening
in May and September 30 as were admitted
to the exposition of 1878 during the same
period. The exact figures are: In 1878 o.
84e, ,4s2; in 1889, 1881 $50.
Some English and American physicians
have resolved to found In Vienna society to
be called the Anslo-American Vienna Medi-
cal association, with a view to giving infor-
nation and moral support to the English and
American doctors and students of medicine
who come to the Vienna university. AS a
rule, there are but few students of medicine
from England and America, but great
number of doctors of medicine. In the last
half year 105 American doctors were on the
books.
People have been accustomed to look upon
Finland as region very much out Of the
way, but several railroads have already made
large part of the region accessible. A new
line, 100 miles long, has just been opened to
the heart Of the country in the midst of great
forests and perhaps the most wonderful lake
region in tho world. Sportsmen are now
within less than days journey from st. Pc
tersburg Of central Finland, where there is
the best of hunting and fishing and twenty
hours of sunlight every summer day.
Mr.. Edison's plan to make the electric
wires less dangerous is to limit by law the
potential current that the companies can
use. The Edison company uses tension of
from $50 to 500 volts; the arc light COM
panies run this up to from 1000 to 5000
volts. The first is thought nots,so be dan
gerous to human life; the lat.er certainly Ia
though fires may be oap>sd by short cir
cutting in either case. Mr.. Edison's remedy
would be to put q Y.nit of, say, 800 volts,
beyond which eJ,strio generating companies
should not - permitted to 60. 1t is not
probabl chat any such plan will be adopted.
Bp3 II is necessary that the companies should
make their wires safer.
In the voting under the Australian system
at the Chattanooga municipal election last
week the law was evaded In one precinct in
this way: A lot of negroes were to be voted
who could not read. The first ono was sent
into polling place and instructed to bring
out ticket without voting himself. This
ticket was marked and then handed to q SEQ.
ond negro. He carried 1t into the booth and
voted 1t, bringing out third ticket, which
was marked and sent back by third negro
and so on, each man taking in a marked
ticket and bringing out blank one, to be
marked for the man who was to follow him
A negro was arrested, however, for bringing
out ticket in this way at another place. al
was instructed to complain of the officer ar
resting him on the charge of assault and gav'
bonds for his own appearance.
l@%
The historical locomotive General" vii
soon be pulling a log train from Dublin t
Empire, Georgia. It WAS the old General
which figured in "Anderson's raid" On
day, in 1868. a train from Atlanta stopped a
Big Shanty. This engine was attached to II
While the conductor and all the train me-
were inside eating, Captain Anderson,
federal officer, with several men. boarde
the engine, detached II from the train, an
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15

Within thirty-seven days six men were
killed in New York by electric light wires
and fifteen deaths of like nature have o.
Cured elsewhere. This is . startling rec-
erd
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15

More than twice as many visitors paid to
see the Paris exposition between Its opening
in May and September 30 as were admitted
to the exposition of 1878 during the same
period. The exact figures are: In 1873 8,
GAG. .482: in 1889, 10, ,331 $50.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15

BREAKFAST.
.sBy thorough knowledge Of the naturaliaws
hich govern the operationso Of digestion and nutri-
Non. snd by careful application OF the ne proper
~ " we'll selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps has provided
Sur tables with delicately favored bow
ssaso which may save us many heavy doctors bills.
m by the iudcous use OF such articles OF diet that
sconsfitution may be gradually builtup untistrong
snoush 60 resist every tendency to disease. Hun.
SrsSS az mathematician floating garoundus ready
- sstack wherever there is weak point. We may
s~esus many fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well
SSrsI6ed With pure blood and . properly nourshed
Sysns w--Clvil Service 0axctte.
UsXs sinapiy with boiling water or milk. Bold
s.iV II half p0und tins BY 0rocors, labeled thus:
JlMHq Efr8 o.. Homoepathic Cheni,ts
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
EDITORIAL NOTES

More rain yesterday helped to dispel the
illusion that the climate is changing.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
@tBCHI1

Properly adjusted, every person with Her
mia, or Rupture, may be made safe and
comfortable, and often
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-15
SLEEPLESSNESS.
As You Value Your Life and HEALTH Do Not Use 0pates

maddess folly fly the OPIUM morphine eno SIMPLY
have in order
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-08
County Buildings.

TRANSFERS.
6-Orpha A Baker to Mary | Kufers,
lot 4, block 4. Altoona, and pit e5 ne 4
section 13, IS, lie. 1854.
William Moffitt to James Moffitt, e8 sc
4, section IS, 16, 3w, So. 500.
Same to Emaline and r Moffitt, sw 4,
sc 4. section IS, 16, CIV, 81.
N HuntoOn ct al, to Huntoon, pi
lot 81, section 80, IS, 1w, assessors plat
1861, 50, 500.
Mary F Porter to Huntoon, ut lot 80
assessors plat, 1861, 1000.
Godfrey Knockenmus TO Charles Kes.
Ter, NV 4, ne 4, section 30, IS, 2e, ST..
400
Charles Kesler to Godfrey Knocken.
mus, same, $500.
MMay 6-Briscoe p Griffith and John G
Ii Read 10 Paul A Keller, lots 6 and Z,
block A, Griffith g. Co.'S. addition. Mo,
line. $3.50.
Clifford F Hall to Marie Dunn, pit loi
10, section 80, IS, 1w, Assessors plat
1861. 81.
Gertrude A Quick to same, pit LOT 4
Lydia F Wheelock's addition, Moline
$7OO
Rufus Walker to same. pit lots 1 and 9
block 1. William FL Edwards addition
Moline, $3.50.
A w Wadsworth to same, lot 6, block
6, Griffith 81 Co.'S addition, Moline, 1910.
Anton Diesenroth to Betsy Gotobed p
lots l 8 and 16. block 4. Dickson & Young.
addition, Milan, 800.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-08
The First Person Singular.

When great man overworks the big per-
sonal pronoun l, people are ready enough to
laugh at him and charge him with having an
exaggerated sense of his own importance.
But the use or misuse of the first person sin
gular is no test Washington, a modest man,
used it twenty times in his first inaugural ad-
dress Of 800 words, and Lincoln, another
modest man, used it forty-three times in his
first inaugural of 1883 words Arthur. who
was not modest, but was always on dress pa
rade, used the big l only once in a brief ad-
dress of 43l words. Cleveland used it five times
in his 1888 words, and our new president
used 1t fifteen times i'll speaking 4,5SS words
This much abused pronoun is all right 1t
is in better taste to use it when it is needed
than it is to dodge around it in a dreary mass
of circumlocutory phrases When a man is
afraid to speak of himself in the first person
singular, it shows a weakness in his make
UP. Every man has the Ego in his mind.
whether it is on his lips or not. After all, it
is the man himself There is no use in hiding
it, Let it come out.-Atlanta Constitution
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-08
EXECUTIONS FOR wTcHcRAFT.

Curious Facts in the History of English
Jurisprudence.
Lawyers dispute as to when the last trial
and conviction for witchcraft took place in
England; and many of the profession, hav-
ing so little respect for the memory of Sir
Matthew Hale as 10 be ashamed of these
sentences, have endeavored to make out that
the last case occurred in the Seventeenth
century, in the reign of Charles H. Hutchin-
son, of the Historical Essay on Witchcraft, ~
writing in IT'S, declares that there had been
no execution of a witch for thirty-six years.
1t is certain, however, that Jane Wenham
was sentenced TO death for witchcraft at Hart
ford in l7l2, and DR. Parr declares that four
years after at Huntington Mr. Justice Powell,
the same judge who had tried Jane Wen
ham, passed the capital sentence on Mary
Hicks and her daughter Elizabeth Ia child IL
years old, who were actually executed Wen
ham got off on point of law on the 18th of
July, 17l6. The same writer asserts that
two unhappy wretches were hung at North
ampton in March, 1105, and In July, l112, five
other witches suffered the same fate at the
same place"
Doubts have been thrown on DIR. PARIS as
sertion, and on the source-certainly much
later in date than Hutchinson's essay-from
which he derived it; and perhaps there we
must abandon the imaginative contempla-
ton OF so piquant u contrast between en-
hghtenment and barbarism as would be pre-
sented by the spectacle of witches being
hanged while Spectators and Tatlers were
being written, while Swift was pamphleteer
ing on the conduct of the Allies and Pope
poetizing the rape of Belinda's lock. ANY
how, the act of James l continued in force
for another twenty years. 1t was not re
peated till 1876, when at last it occurred t.
the legislature that the real mischief of tn.
offense of witchcraft was TO be found in tht
manner of the witch's dealing not with tn,
devil but with the public.
In repeating the ancient statute, therefore
punishment was very wisely provided fol
persons pretending to exercise or use an,
kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment OF
conturation," or to discover stolen or los
property by any occult or crafty science.
The former of these provisions would be oper
alive against professors of cheiromancy anC
cartomancy Though not, it is submitted OF
astrology), while the latter seems TO be aimee
specially at the use of the 'divining rod ;
which, believe, is still employed In the min
ing districts of Cornwall for discovering the
whereabouts of UNEMPLOYED mineral treas
ures, and the use of which within quite re
cent times in Somersetshire for the facilita
ton of well sinking is discussed With due
gravity, 1t may be remembered, by a famou.
British esSayist. English Illustrated Maga
zine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-08
THE MILITARY VISITORS.


Interesting Talks With secretary
Proctor and General Schofield-..
Views OF Rock Island Arsenal.
During their brief stay and reception
at the Harper house Monday evening. ar
ARGUS reporter took advantage of o
lull in the handshakipg, for few re.
marks with Secretary of War Proctor
and with General Schoield. Both these
distinguished army chiefs expressed no,
only their surprise at the magnitude OF
Rock Island arsenal. the work being done
there and the capacities of the institu-
ton in the event of demand for muni>
| tons of war.
"Oh, it is splendid arsenal" said
Secretary Proctor. I'VE were very much
pleased with it, and while the real OBJ
jective point of our trip is Leavenworth
military prison, we found much of prac-
tical interest on the island. For instance
the projected water power improvement.
spent much time in inspecting"
"Were you ever out this way before.
MIR. Secretary asked the scribe.
why, bless you. sir" was the reply,
81 was here before you were born /
guess; though must say that there is
not much hereabouts now to remind me
of my previous visit. In 1854 / tarried
here and in Davenport on trip to Cali
fornia. | remember the circumstances
quite well. There was not much arsenal
here then, but beautiful country lust as
you have now"
What is the policy of the war depart.
ment as regards internal improvements p
was the question put by the news man
while all necessary improvements at
military posts such as you have here are
to be made, the real aims at present are
to consolidate to some extent and
strengthen the forts on the Indian reser-
vations, especially to give attention to
those forts throughout newly opened
country for settlement such as Oklahoma.
Not that we anticipate any trouble, but
we like to keep everything in the best
condition"
The ARGUS representative asked if the
secretary had given any particular atten-
ton to the specifications for the stone
work for the new dam at Rock Island
Arsenal and the aim to give local skilled
labor as much of an advantage as posi-.
BILE by having the cutting done on the
island. The secretary said be had not
but he meant to do so on his return tc
Washington.
Gen. Schofield also chatted pleasantly
1--WE are enjoying ourselves greatly" he
remarked. THE trip, Notwithstanding
that we are kept pretty busy, is a sort OF
recreation to US, coming as it does as 8
change from the confinIng duties of office
work. 1t is particularly pleasing to me
after the New York centennial celebra-
ton, in which l had my hands full"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-08
WILL 1T MATTER THEM

In q little from this win 1t matterI
When they close these tired eyes,
And fold these hands above breast
That shall never again In strange unrest
With life's currents fall and riser
In little from this will IL matterf
When we lie meath the valleys clod-
Whether winter whirls its wreaths OF snow,
Or the daisies white of summer blow
Ger our coverlet of sodf
In little from this viii 1t matter,
Though so rough life's path has beens
Though heavy ofttimes Is the cross,
Though small our gain and great our loss,
When we strive so hard 70 win?
In little from this will it matterf
Though the blessings for which we yearn
Seem all denied-and we try in vain
To reason why, as with bitter pain
We life's sad lesson learnY
In little from this will IL natter
Though the world look on with scorn,
While we patiently try TO do our best
And our every effort turn to jest
Till courage and hope are gonei
In little from this win il mattery
Though we sadly bid adieu
To friends dear loved as the "boatman pale"
Rows them DER the tide they but once can sail,
And we watch them borne from viewS
In little from this win IL matter?
Ali Nought will it matter then;
For never more shall we mix with the strife
And toll and care of an earthly life.
Or tread earth's paths again.
Lewiston Journal