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ALCOHOL AND BRIGHT's DISEASE.

Medical testimony concerning alcoholic in
diligence as prolific cause of serious disease
Of the kidneys is cumulative. Among the
six hundred papers presented to the late In
ternational Medical Congress at Berlin, was
one by Professor T. Granger Stewart, Of
Edinburgh, Scotland, in which he said:
among the causes Of Bright's disease few
are mora important than excessive indul-
gence in alcohol, and few tend more to keep
up renal irritation when it has been estab-
lished." He does not wholly discard alcohol,
but the stronger distilled liquors must al
ways be we'll diluted" with water or milk;
heavy wines should be avoided, and he adds:
"With regard to malt liquors, I find it best
to avoid them altogether, and very rarely to
allow hight and pure German beer. but
only when specially indicated, and never for
habitual use." There is an abundance of
other medical testimony, of high character,
to show that it is better to omit even the
minimum of alcohol which Professor Grain
ger is disposed to recommend. Experience
has demonstrated that abstinence is wiser
and safer than moderation. ."-National Ad'
uocdte.
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LATER NEWS.

A. WHITNEY s. SoNs car wheel manu-
facturers, of Philadelphia, Penn, are
financially embarrassed. The car wheel
works were founded by Asa Whitney in
1s4S. The founder died in 1874 possessed Of
over 81, ,OOO, 900. Since then the business has
been conducted by his sons.
THE New York Recorder has succeeded in
raising the requisite fund to erect in that
city monument to General W. T. Sherman.
The amount subscribed was over $50 900.
The Railroad Commissioners find the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Road re-
sponsible for the death of the victims Of the
Fourth avenue tunnel disaster in New York
City.
A NORTH bound passenger train and o
Milwaukee freight train collidcd at Racine
Junction, Wis, killing Welles Andrews and
John Grobben, firemen.
THE Warren Lumber Company, Of Beau
mont, Texas, has beon placed in the hands Of
receiver. Liabilities, about $780, 900.
FIRE at Mitchellville, Iowa, destroyed
two of the principal business blocks The
loss is over $50 900, including all Of the city
records.
ONE Of the heaviest and most severe snow
storms of the winter raged in Kansas few
days ago.
THE British Government has accepted
President Harrison's invitation to take part
in the Chicago Worlds Fair.
THE Pension Commissioner has ordered all
attorneys to submit their circulars to Linn
before distribution.
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER, of the Census
Bureau, has in preparation an important bull
letin giving the population Of the South
Atlantic and South Central States, Missouri
and Kansas, by races. The total population
embraced in this count is given as %, s75, 95o.
Of which 16s6S, ,2O5 were whites; 6,096, 1855
colored and 1O,SSs Chinese, japanese and
Indians
MANY members of the Newfoundland
House OF Assembly showed their disapproval
OF the English Governments policy by refus-
ing to attend the Governor in the Council
Chamber.
COUNT FABRICE, Premier and Minister Of
War of the Kingdom of Saxony, died few
days ago.
In tho election throughout ireland for
Poor Law Guardians the Parnellites have
been generally unsuccessful.
QUEEN VICTORIA, of England, arrived at
Grasse, in the south of France, and was en-
Enthusiastically received by the inhabitants
and chief officials.
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4 quarter of a length. Time, twenty-five


minutes.
As Wesley Warner and his two daughters,
aged twelve and ninet zen, were driving into
London. Canada, a train dashel into their
carriage The vehicle was smashed TO atoms,
both horses were instantly killed. and Mr.
Warner and his two daughters were
mangled almost beyond recognition.
THE Swedish ship Senator Weber Captain
Winck, from Cardiff, sunk or the English
coast The chief officer and five seamen
we're rescued; the captain and fourteen OF
the crew were drowned.
THERE has been severe fighting near Val
naraiso. Chill recently, and 20J Of the in
surqents were taken prisoners, tied together
and shot with cannon and musketry by tho
Government troops.
TIMOTHY D. HEALY, the Home Rule agi.
tator, was assaulted in Cork, Ireland, by
friends of Parnell, his Eyeglasses were
smashed, and he may lose his sight.
TIE farmers Of Ontario, Canada, are
forming q union similar to that or the
Farmers Alliance Of the United States.
The first fight has taken place between the
Venezuelans and the English on the frontier
of British Guiana.
The Governor of province Of Madagas
car, who massacred 2's persons, has been e1'
ecuted for the crime
THE Italian Government meditates taking
steps to check emigration to America.
A cAsK Of brandy exploded in store at
Zuin, in Posen, Germany, killing two per-
sons and setting fire to the building, which,
with the adjoining one, also store, was
burned.
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South and West.

JOSEPH PERR1EN, O wealthy Detroit
(Mich.) miller, was lured from home by
forged note and $4,000 was demanded by
his captors for his release.
THREE children Of Daniel Doau, living
near Spriugville, Iowa, died under the
ministrations Of two female Christian
Science healers," who were forced to fee.
TRAIN No. /, passenger southbouud. on
track at Louisville, KY. The train was going
at swift rate, and for fifty feet tplowed
the ground. The engineer, George Burgess,
was instantly killed. and Fireman Erskine
was fatally lnjureI.
The Milwaukee (Wis.) Bridge and Iron
Works made an assignment. The liabilities
of the company are reported at s200,OO0.
DR.. DAVID S. JORDAN, President Of In
diana University, has accepted the presi-
dency OF Leland Stanford, Jr., University,
of California.
WILLIAM W. MOORE, a wealthy farmer
and stockraiser, near New Vienna, Ohio, was
shot and instantly killed by his son Oscar.
A NEW soap manufacturing company
with capital of Sc, 900, 000 has been organ
lied in Houston, Texas. 1t proposes to estab-
ish plants in Houston, New Orleans and
other Southern cities in the Cotton Belt. 1t
will be the largest soap manufacturing con-
Germ in the world.
s. NJ. GARRETT, an attorney Of Kansas
City, Kan, was found in his Office q few
days ago a raving maniac. He was very
poor He hal no money to buy food, and
was, too, proud to beg, Hunger drove him
mad.
MISSOURI has received her share of the
Direct Tax.
ANDERSON, GREEN & Co.. dealers in
wholesale drygoods. notions, etc., Nashville,
Tenn, have failed; liabilities about Sl75, 600.
MORE than half the business portion of
Russellville, the county seat Of Franklin
County, Ala, was burned. The total loss is
estimated at $50, 900.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


OF the new mayors in England and Wales,
thirty four are abstainers.
A Toronto paper figures out that the
drunkards Of that city lost Sl9l, 6S2 in wages
last year.
1t must be something Of a surprise to the
devil that he finds it so easy to find men who
are willing to sell whisky.
When the devil gets man in the habit of
drinking whisky he feels sure that he can get
him to do almost anything.
Mrs. Laura Bridgman. President vt the
National w. c. T. U. Of South Africa, has
for thirty years been a missionary in that
country.
Twenty acres of land have been given to
the National w. c. T. U. School Of Methods
in Asheville, N c., for the carrying forward
of that enterprise.
DR.. Belroth, the great Vienna surgeon,
says: THE colossal increase of nerve and
mind disease in our day is undoubtedly the
result, to great extent, of the tobacco and
alcohol habit, and the stralning OF the nerv-
Gus system caused by these poisons."
In 1888 Robert Coles, of Massachusetts,,
was fined Gl0 for abusing himself shame
fully with drink" and sentenced to stand
with "a drunkard" in great letters on q
white sheet on his back 'soe longe as the
court thinks meete." What standing
army" we would have IL the courts Of the
present day should adopt the same mode OF
punishment in similar casesl -
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''Here is something new that we are hav-
ing quite demand for from the high class
decorators" said Chicago fringe man, e1-
hibiting lot Of cow tails which were hang
ing upon rack in his factory. These We
bleach and then make into tassels. The
upper part Of the tassel is formed from a
mould, which is covered with woolen yarn,
dyed in oriental colors, such as red, yellow
ani greon. The tassel is then suspended
from cord to matcE. These loops and
tassels are particularly adapted for heavy
portieres."
Brass curtain poles md fancy ends are
now being made in gilt. almost orange color,
instead Of the brassy looking tints. Lion
heads are being also offered in brass with
rings suspended from the jaws for the pur-
pose Of catching up the ends Of curtains.
This IS not new, but it has heretofore been
shown only in expensive metal work.
A novelty this season is cretonne which
does not exhibit any special features until
held up to the light, where it shows brilliant
colorings.
Mirrors with quaint old frames are coming
into fashion again.
One Of the latest things in screens is q
gigantic web with spider Of proportioslate
size.
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Buying Unclaimed Express Packages.

Says Boston dentist: "Out Of sheer
curiosity dropped in last Saturday night
to an auction sale of unclaimed express
packages. Buyers can only guess what
they are bidding on, for packages are
not broken, so the whole thing is regu-
lar lottery. Each buyer generally opens
up his package as soon as he gets it. The
man nextme opened bundle he had paid
fifty cents for. 1t was full of loose false
teeth. He was disgusted, and bought
the lot for 81. Within forty-eight hours
had sold the lot, aud got $50 for them. %
.-Neu York Tribune. -ss..;s
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HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEMPERANCE:

In discussion Of the "Origin of Teetotar-
ISM" the Rev. @. P. Sewall. Of Troy, Penn,
says that in 1917 Joseph Palcott minister
of the Society Of Friends, sent an address to
the Presbyterian Synod Of Geneva, on the
subject Of temperance, and the Synod re-
solved to cooperate with him in dicourasing
the manufacture and the unnecessary use of
ardent spirits. Next year, 1918, the Synod,
advancing somewhat, resolved that the more
effectually to check the alarming sin of in
temperance, the Synod earnestly recon-
mends to all its memb bers wholly to abstain
frora the use Of ardent spirits, except for
medical purposes. This was, probably, the
first hint of teetotalism. In 1896 the Rev.
Joel Jewell, who still hves induced tenn
perance society, of which he was secretary,
to sdd wine" to ardent spirits in its
pledge, and ''Teetotalism" was speedily
adopted by a great host Of men, women
and youth of both se1es.-P'esbyterian Ob-
seruer.
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People secure many novelties nowadays
by getting plain goods by the yard, and ap-
plying their own decorations, either OF ap-
pliqued cords and gimps or by treating the
fabric with that endless variety of decora-
tive conceits, which are now to be had.
We saw recently an ecru curtain, designed
with a rope, straw-colored, the size OF a
clothes-line caught against the curtai in in
many odd ways with tasSels OF frayed out
ends.
Araan called at this office last week to
show us q system Of photography as applied
to decorative fabrics.
take a window shade" said the inventor;
what is there that would please the aver.
age mother more, than to have baby's head
and bust reproduced life-size on the parlor
shade? 1t wouldn't show from the outside,
but would light up like Transparency from
within. 1 can make that photograph on q
window shade for trihe; can color 1t In
an hour and there you have decoration
that is simply delightful"
Wire netting as delicate as ordinary mos
quito netting and attached to an electric bat
terry is an invention for entrapping the mos
quito The netting hangs in folds around
the bed or crib, and the occupant can enjoy
an hours sport by lighting lamp and wait
ing attack. The mosquito, attracted by the
lamp, will soon alight on the canopy. The
invention consists Of pressing button and
turning on the fatal electric shock.
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have seen these window shades, usu-
ally hollands, with central section cut
out in the form of sphere or diamond, and
a bit of Irish-point lace inserted. Sometimes
stripes of lace and holland shade cloth al
ternate, although the most approved use Of
the combination Is the application Of the
lace entirely at the the bottom Of the shade.
Suburban cottages will hove their little
Queen Anne windows draped up this summer
with nothing more chic or dainty than the
curious petite figured muslin curtains, pure
white, with touches here and there Of quaint
color. For some time muslin curtains en-
broideried with a tambour cord, have been
very popular, but we have not had them in
these little printed color designs, the effect Of
which Is enhanced by the addition o. small
.on ball fringe, the balls showing at in
tervals the color Of the design.
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THE: BRIDEeRooMs WERE DRUNK.

A. recent, Pittsburgh PENN telegram
mentions that on a single evening in that
readiness for the marriage ceremony, were
disappointed through the non-appearance of
the men whom they were to marry on &C.
count Of drunkenness. In one case many in
vited guests and the minister were in atten-
dance and waiting from 7:30 till o'clock,
when word came that John" was drunk,
and the party dispersed. In three cases the
disappointed girls reconsidered,. and decided
that they would not marry the men who had
thus diss laced themselves. In this decision,
says the temperance Advocate, they are
wise, and it IS to be hoped they will adhere
best sense, are incompatible.
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TEMPERANCE.
TEMPERANCE IN GERMANY.

the throne of Germany, it is said, he has
persistently demanded some restriction of
the liquor traffic For three years his min
listers have been collecting statistics and evil
dence concerning its effects; the decisions
arrived at have been embodied in bill that
has been sanctioned by the Bundesrath. 1t
DEGREES the withdrawal Of saloon licenses,
the fining Of saloon keepers who encourage
drunkards, to. buy liquor, fines for drunkards
if they are poor enough to have fines deter
them from drinking, and Imprisonment if
they are rich enough not to feel the fine.
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GENERAL JOE. E. JOHNSTON,
lie Succumbs to Heart Affection, Ae.
gravated by 4 Cold.

General Joseph E. Johnston died shortly
after IL o'clock on recent night at his resi-.
dence on Connecticut avenue, Washington.
For three weeks he had been i'll from an af.
fection Of the heart
1t was aggravated By cold ho caught
soon after General Sherman's funeral in
New York. His physician has been trying
to keep his strength up for some days, but
his advanced ago was against him, and
there was little hope for his recovery from
the beginning of his illness.
General johnson was the last, savo General
Beauregard, of the six full Generals of the
ConfederacY He was horn at Cherry
Grove, Va, in 1907. and was graduated from
West Point in 1929, in the same class with
General Robert E. Lee.
General Johnston, after tho war, became
successfully President OF q railroad COM
pany in Arkansas, Of Oh express company
in Virginia, and an insurance agent in
Georgia. He was elected to Congress from
tho Richmond District in 1877, and next saw
public life as Commissioner of Railroads,
which Office he held under President Cleve-
lands Administration. He had lived in
Washington City since he lost his office.
General Johnston was a man Of slender
build, Of not more than medium height, and
with kindly, pleasant face.
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BEAUTIFYING THE HOME,
Practical Suggestions. and Notes
From "The UphoIst ercr"

PRACTICAL Suggestions. and Notes
From "The Upholstercr."
Our windows are undergoing a complete
metamorphose. Twonty years ago every
thing was white window shades3 then we had
a period Of dark shades, deep green's, and
what folks termed refined colors-drabs and
browns. For five years past the fashion
became sort Of ''go-as-you-please" fashion,
with tendency, perhaps, among the better
classes towards ecrus and natural hol-
land tints. Now, however, for the first time,
we are getting into fine designs in window
shades, and the newest things from abroad
are in brocade styles and damask figures.
Some Of the patterns ars in pin cords
and stripes with buds and flowers inter-
spersed.
Then, again, we have. Lace in combination
with the window shades. In some cases
the lace is arranged as a cross-stripe
and permits one to- have g peep-hole
in the shade when drawn down. We
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FELL FIVE HUNDRED FEET.

The Horrible Fate Of Four Men in a
Kansas Salt Mine.
At tho Lyons (Kan.) Rock Salt Company's
mill four men were descending the shaft in
bucket early on a recent morning, when
the traveller became loosened and fell to
the cage, about 500 feet down the
shaft. The four men in the bucket were
instantly killed. Two of them had the backs
of their heads cut OFF completely from their
ewes to the base Of tho skull. Three were
disemboweled. One wss so badly mangled
as to be almost unacceptable. The names
of the men were: Thomas Beach, married;
Nelson Van Brocklin, married; leaves a
widow and three children; Thomas McCand-
- .sinoie: Fred. a. Miller, single.
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@INENT PEOPLE,

Of Denmark is fine pianist.
IsMARcK has bought a news
Of Turky is deeply interested
Is Fair.
LIUoKALANI, who succeeds Kala-
Hawaiian throne, is f1fty-twe
MAHoNE is preparing to build
mouth Of Cove Greek in Taze
Va.
RocKEFELLER, of the Standard
y, has given nearly 81, 100000 to
institutions.
RANcIs TRAIN, Of N ew York is
muscular as he was twenty
Ind walks with the same brisk
d camel raising affords the King
lsement and profit, and he has
hoice herds of them on his estate
PEFFERS eldest daughter has
to set type, and his three other
re skilled in stenography, type
hd bookkeeping.
sAL DEoDoRA DE FoNsEcA, who has
b elected President Of the Brazilian
Ric, is fifty-seven years old. All his life
yhood has been passed in the army.
LLIAM H. MACY, the blind poet of
Rcket, Mass, is dead. He was native
Island, and spent his early life at sea
MS whaling service, relinquishing it to
ein the Union Army of 1862.
AMEs R. RANDALL, the author of sMary-
My Maryland" has been for the last
quarter Of a century the editor of Georgia
newspaper. He is a writer Of great power
and originality and most scholarly man.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, the proprieto,
of the New York Herald, is naval veteran.
He was Lieutenant, and commanded his
own yacht, which was armed and commits.
stoned as vessel of the United States Navy.
LADY WILLIAM NEvILL, one of the famous
beauties of Irish society, is handsome
Spanish woman, with dark hair. dark eyes,
and clear olive complexion. Her face is
sweet and expressive and she is very clever.
CHEvALIER GEORGE u. EP1No1s who
took part in the battle Of Waterloo, and
formed part OF the guard of honor which
welcomed Leopold I. sixteen years later, is
now, at the age of ninsty-seven, burgo
master in the village of Epinois les Binche.
MRS. E. D. E. N. SoUTHwoRTH, the novel;
ist Is still writing, though over seventy five
years Of age. As to her full name, which Is
Emma Dorothy Eliza Neuettts Southworth,
she says: "When I was born my people were
too poor to give me anything else. so they
gave me all those Names"
In the hall Of the West Virginia House
Of Delegates Governor Fleming presented to
Lieutenant r. NJ. G.. Brown, United States
Navy, on behalf Of the State OF West Vir-
ginia, q handsome sword as a token of ap-
preciation Of his performance of his duty
during the great Samoan hurricane two
years ago.
VEREsTcHAGIN, the Russian painter, will
make an extended tour among the Sioux and
other Indian tribes. His design is to secure
data for great work on the red man as he
exists under Government control in the
United States. The general impression is
that he has an imperial order fHr the wo-i.
and that it will be the effort Of lis life.
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Robinson Crusoe's alexander Sell
kirk) old home, the Island OF San Juan
Fernandez, is at present inhabited by
Baron Won Rodth, the gallant Austrian
officer who, at the battle of Sadowa in
1866, was all but shot to pieces. So far
as known he and few companions are
the only civilized companions on the
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THE NEWS EPITOIIZED,
Eastern AMI Middlestates-

TIE New Jers,, Legislatu, adjourned
without day.
ITALIANS held amass-meehg in Cooper
Union. New Yorl City, to fotese aSainS'
the lynching in Nv Orleans.
THE Keystone ntional Bak OF Phllsdel-
,bia Penn, closaits doors b order Oh tns
Sar,,ntroIler , of til Treasury. The bank had
cepital of 5000; deposits 81, O75, ,0Oo. 1t
baId about 1890, O, on the aeive account OF
t5e city of Phileelphia an: for the State
about $15O,0O0.
PRIV FREpER11 UPHAm, he oldest Metho
IN ny, aIaroTman Numerical died ut his home
in Fairhaven, Ms. "Fater" Upham, as
m ha was called W born Otober 4. 1199, IN
Maiden, Mass. e began preach as To-
cal preacher in2G.
FOUR rHousD people in Pittsburg and
Allegheny CitFe down Tith the grippe
LAWRENCE iRRETT, the well-known &c.
tor, died at thVindsor Hotel, in New YORK
Citv, from an:tlck ef- he grip: ne was
horn in Paterh r.. j., April 4, 1883, Oh irlsh
parentage, tt hmily nme being Dran
nigan.
York City, - hopelsssly insane oy ing
death of be cst-born by caroohc aelo
given the nCt, !e Ny uoi ~ M
iumyss endler life with poison. mIs aiS
Christianson - but twenty-five years oiu'
EryRY HI, blind man, forty.nine
Years old, 4litted suicide by. hanging
himself to " with clothes line, IN 1he
cellar OF his ,er's house. in Allegheny,
Penn. VIII oy he ran the prongs OF a
hayfolk int eyes. All VINO Ene~ u n.n
attribute tf.cide to lifelong despon-
dency over Hhiction:
AN exhibit an oil still, owned by the
Tidewater ompany, caused dangerous
fire at Ba. N. j., and John Hayes anu
Michael sc Chremen, were both killed
} IN C, EDISON, Of the Board Of
!: Heaisb lat ''la grippe" is at present
epidemic ~ York City,
Fpraa Nvewrought great damage in
Maine. -.s.s.s ana dams were swept away
at Phi Fss, ,'nington, Avon and Wilton.
W. .GreM NATIONAL BANK Of New
York City hak passed into the hands OF Ma
ional Bank Hxknnfisr Hepburn through er-
ors in judghsat shown by President Evan
J. Sherman III making loans. Its capital or
300, 900 has ssSSan impaired about Sl35, ,OOoln
is brief e1p9riencsof nine months.
HUGH q. fMn1ER the son Of a wealthy
nan, admitted Setting fire to tenement
house in Bro doklyn. He was suspected by the
police Of having started the numerous recent
Tres in which several lives were lost.
SoHALL & DoyNER. bankers Of YORK
Penn, have assigned 1t is complete fall
Ire, the liabilities far exceeding the assets.
Ex-Governor LUcIUs ROBINSON died at
Elmiraj N T., Of pneumonia. He was a
meal descendsntof John Robinson, the emf
oent Puritan divine, and was born at Wind
nam, GreeAe T0inty, N. Y, November 4,
1910.
The Mime .zzgislaturs has adopted tn,
Austria dliAa Ballot law.
MrchxEL had Edward Burns, two men EN-.
ployed insfhs qparries at Hopeville, N: -
we're tts1ick bysn train at Trenton and in
stantl(y killed. 5si&