Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-01


 Wish you Happy New Year.
 The British Medical society has decided that Sir Morrell Maakenzie's publication of the details of the late Emperor Frederick's illness was breach of professional conf- dence.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance union of Alabama has decided that woman suf- frage would only add to the evils of politics and has formally declined to support any movement looking to that result.
 In Russia last year eighty thousand dram shops were done away with by law. But as Russia still has left one dram shop to about every fifteen persons, the subjects of the Czar will not suffer for lack Of vodke.
 Queen Victoria is busy woman. She breakfasts at and then spends the morning dictating letters to her secretary. At pm. shs takes luncheon, then holds a court cere- mony and afterwards indulges in a short drive. She does not dine until pm. As her mail is enormous, she really gets through a vast deal of work in day. Once in awhile questions of state of some importance require her attention.
 Some apprehension Is felt in Europe over the borrowing that has been done by the Argentine Republic during the past year. The London Financial News prints list of loans placed by Argentine companies during the year in Europe. which shows an enor- nous total of over $1s5, ,OO0, 900 for a popu- lation of less than $500, 900. or sum more than three times greater than the estimated revenue for this year. It exceeds also the entire internal, foreign and floating debt of that country year ago.
 Most of the sardines sold nowadays, says a grocer, are nothing but small herrings put up in boxes with gaudy labels and French inscriptions. dn Passport, Maine, there are nineteen places where they turn out sardines, besides three at Lubec, two a. Jonesport and one each at Millbridge, Lamoine and Robins ton. When it was first attempted to make sardines from herrings it was found that the difficulty lay in eradicating the herring flavor. It took years of experience to &C., complish this. Finally manufacturer suc- ceeded in producing a combination oil and spices which removed the trouble.
 The medical profession is interested in a decision which has just been made by the Orphans court in Philadelphia. It is that when consulting physicians has been sum- moned by the doctor in charge of the case the patient is bound to pay the former. al- though hewas summoned without the knowl- edge or consent of the patient. The court says: The trust, which includes the power for it's exercise, with which the patient vests his physician is often practically unlimited, because it may be required to, be executed at time when disease has taken away all abil- ity to restrict it. The patient is not to be left to die on the plea that during such an interval no act of his adviser can be valid for want of his direct approval. Or the doctor may suspect the presence of an obscure dis ease which, if it exists, demands heroic treatment. To communicate the suspicion to the sick man will probably finish him on the spot. May he not solve the doubt by consulting specialist If the right in the consulting physician to compensation for his services is without legal merit, then the law