Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-20

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The expulsion of DR.. Mellow from the
Medical society of South Carolina helps mat
ters some.
The bsrber's Sunday closing movement
has failed in Philadelphia. BARRIERS have
day off some week day, and seem to prefer
that to freedom on Sunday, when they only
have to work half day.
A striking illustration of one of the abuses
of divorce is furnished by the case of
Pennsylvania woman who on applying to
the courts for the right to administer the
estate of her deceased husband discovered
that che had been divorced wife for eight
years without knowing #.
The State of Georgia has just completed
new State house, and the question was
raised in the senate whether an inaugural
ball should bs allowed in the building as
part of the dedication ceremonies. The sen
ate decided by vote of twenty-five to nine
| that dancing wouldn't do.
The discussion consequent upon the In
crease of leprosy In the East leads to cufi-
GUS conflicts of opinion regarding Its cause.
One authority declares 1t to be beyond
| question the result of hot and damp eli
mate: another says 1t comes from bathing
when in state Of perspiration; third from
sitting in draught; fourth says that it is
| hereditary; a fifth that it is contagious, and
! SO is caught like smallpox or scarlet fever;
and another accepts the sentiment of the an~
cient Jews, and asserts belief in its being a
punishment for sin.
| A Detroit health officer refused to accept
death certificate signed by Mrs. Anna NJ
Knott, Christian scientist, on the ground
that she was not practitioner of medicine
in the State and legally had no right to ISSUE
1t. Mrs. Knott acknowledged that she suppos
right to issue such certificates, "but,
she said, eve don't want that privilege. W.
do not believe in death certificates. Whel
, Christian science is further developed, dealt
, certificates will be unnecessary. Peopl
won't die" Until that time comes peopl
like Mrs. Knott ought to be carefully watch
Il ed.
' AT Castle Garden there are many theorie
concerning the great decline of European i'm
migration to the port during the first half {
the current year. 1t is said to be owing
the reduction of the surplus population {
several countries of Europe by the immigr'
tion of past years, to the difficulties encour
= tered by many immigrants in finding en-
ployment here, to the new inducements Q
fered to settlers by several South Americs
governments, to the action of our oonsu
abroad in preventing undesirable perso
from leaving for New York, and to the strl
enforcement here of the contract labor la
The falling of in the arrivals at Castle Gs
den during the first half of this year as col
pared with those in the corresponding peri
rr. of last year was nearly 81 per cent, or fre
N' 239, 1876 to 173, ,678 and this falling off v
to from all the European countries from whi
- immigrants come to the United States.
At meeting of farmers the other day
Fair Haven. Maryland, the price of tobat
", was discussed. It was stated that tobat
purchased in Maryland by the French g
J. ernment for five cents pound is sold
France 1.42 per pound, and the quest
' suggested was whether larger price col