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TUBERCULOUS MILK.
A Serious Menace Against the Health Of
All Consumers.

A Serious Menace Against the Health Of
All Consumers.
The important meeting held at Perth
to consider the question of tuberculosis
shows that the agriculturists of the
ountry are now waking up to due
sense of the mischief done by this
dreaded scourge. With the resolution
unanimously adopted at that meeting
every fair-minded man will cordially
agree. If o butcher buys an apparent
ly healthy animal at full price. then
If it be found on the animal being
slaughtered that it is desirable in tho
interests of the public health that the
carcass should be destroyed. 1t is sim
ply a matterof justice that the butcher
whose property the carcass is should be
duly compensated therefor. Still, as
MIR. Fraser said, it was to be regretted
that the action was not taken on broad
er lines. 1t is admitted on all hands
that a much more serious menace
against the public health is involved in
the consumption of milk from tubercu-
lous cows than there is in the con-
sumption of the flesh of tuberculous
animals, and that because the milk is
mostly consumed in the raw state,
whereas the meat is mostly cooked and
the bacilli are destroyed by the process
of cooking. Now, in the dairy herds
there are often lots of cows which are
well known to be tuberculouS These
are the "wasters'' or ''piners," in
which the Gaseous matter of the tuber-
cles instead of being localized in the
lungs, has broken up and been diffused
throughout the whole system. The
owners know that there is no use at
tempting to sell these cows in the TAT
or dead-meat markets, and therefore
they are kept on giving milk as long as
possible, and in that way they are
spreading the disease all around them,
while no one can estimate the mischief
that may be done through the milk OF
these tuberculous brutes being con-
sumed by young children. An immense
amount of good might be done il the
veterinary inspectors were empowered
to put down" all such animals when
are known to be affected with this
most insidious disease, the owner re-
ceiving fair rate of compensation Tor
the animals so destroyed. Now thai
pleuro and foot-and-mouth disease are
so well out of the way, the board OF
agriculture should boldly tackle this
dire disease, which is not only most
serious menace against the health Oh
our stocks, but serious menace
against the health of all consumers Of
milk as well,-Eorth British Agiisuk
turisk
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FARM AND GARDEN.
VIEWS OF A FARMER.
How He Would Improve the Roads In
Country Districts.

How He Would Improve the Roads In
Country Districts.
While much is being written about
good roads, it seems TO me that most of
E;,e plans put forward are too costly
and unwieldy to meet the approval of
the residents of the localities through
which the roads pass, and who would
he ca lied on to bear the expense. Nv
plan would be for the voters of the an.
nual towns hip meeting to fix the wages
of men and .eams per day, as is now
done. and let each farmer work the
road along his lard. Have state law
giving the township committee entire
charge of the roa> Is IN the township
then let each farme work ms road,
keep his account, retur.' IL 10 tne COM
mittee under oath, and take IL out OF
his tax. Where two farL iers JOIN
piece of road, they could div 'ue II as
they would line fence, each taking
one-half; ORR one did not want to YORK
any part of it, the other could WORK II
all, the one that did the work gettina
the pay; and, if there were cases where
neither would work it, the committee
could get it done by contract, or any
way they thought best.
If this plan were adopted it would
not be many years before there would
be rivalry between neighbors as to
who should have the best road. II q
farmer undertook to keep his road in
repair and did not do it to the satisfac,
ton of the committee, they could get
some one else to do it, and if a farmer
did unnecessary work on the road in
order to get the pay they could choke
him off. The farmer could get his road
in good shape in the spring, which is
the proper time to repair roads, and ii
it needed repairs at any time he is
right there with his tools and teams.
In my own neighborhood there is grav.
Ell along the streams which makes as
good a road as crushed stone, and costs
nothing but the hauling; but il there
were no good material at hand the
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View OF Improved Road in Spencer, Mass
(From Photograph by Massachusetts
Highway Commission)
township could buy stone crusher, set
1t up at different places where there
was stone, and keep supply on hand
at all times. In two instances here tho
railroad company has delivered fur
nace-slag free (Which makes as good
road as stone if covered lightly with
gravel or good earth), which they
would no doubt do in many cases, for
good wagon roads are an adv antage TO
them as well as a good railroad.
In this section the farmers are very
averse to any bonding sys TEN, or any
plan that proposes an expenditure of
from 5000 to $1,000 per mile, but the
plan here proposed would soon work
its way in public favor, be cheap, and
also give good roads. All the money
expended would stay right in the Sec
tion benefited, and where it would do
the most good. Dawes, in Coun.
try Gentleman
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
WILL PAY THE INTEREST.

President Rheinhart of the Atchison n
 Road Says the Interest on the Gem
 erai Mortgage Bonds Will Do Paid.
 NEW YORK, Dec. IA President J. w. Rheinhsrt of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, who returned from Europe on the Teutonic, which arrived this after noon, gave the following statement reia- tive to the compsny's finances:
 "The interest on the general mortgage bonds of the Atchison will bs pad. The Atchison company owing to the magnitude of Its system has large payments to make from time to time, and have noted that whenever operators for short account could discover the dates of those payments they have circulated tips calculated to throw doubt upon the ability of the company tc meet them. The public knows that einct | the reorganix ation the Atchison has met all of its obligations promptly and every statement that have made in relation tC such payments before they matured hal been confirmed by the fact"
 ! MT. Rheinhart also said: "My missior abroad has been 8 success in every re spect."
 When asked the nature of the arrange ments he had made in behalf of the com pany he declined to give particulars. H l said. however: When 1t is considered
 that the Atchiaon system operates 1000 miles of railroad which earn upwards o
 $50, ,O00, ,000 a year, It's floating indebted
 ness must appear to be inhnitestimal. ]
 should be borne In mind that when tn
 Atchison acquired the St. Louis and Sa
 Francisco it assumed It's floating debt o
 $4, 100, 900 and also the unsecured obligi
 tions of the Colorado Midland railroad We have net as yet experienced any diff
 oulty in financing these obligations"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
GIVEN wITR EFFORT.

Miss Sophia Harrison Tells of the
 Murder of Her Father by PrendeT-
 gast-She Very Nearly Broke Down.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-Edwsrd Stone, & re- porter on the Herald, was the first wit ness called in the Prendergsst trial this morning. He told of an interview that he had with Prendergast the night of the murder and identified the matter that he wrote in that connection.
 Mir Wade cross-exsusined Stone on the subject of Prendergsst's talk on his politi- cal disappointment. Sergeant Barber of the Desplsines station told the story of Prendergast' giving himself up.
 Miss Sophia Harrison was the next wit ness. Her testimony was given with great effort. MT. Trude interrogsted her | ss briefly ss possible in order to obtain | from her the story of the killing of her father 50 far as she could relate the cir I cumstances from personal knowledge. | Several times during her testimony Mics Harrison faltered and was on the verge of | @ break down, but rsllyiUg she perss rSered through the ordeal. Miss Harrison's evil | dence was given the closest attention, and at the conclusion the defence declined to \ cross-exsmine her.
 | Two police officers testifed that the pris- ouer had confessed that he killed the may or. William J. Chalmers testified regard. ing the mayors last moments.
 At the afternoon session Mrs. Prender. gast, mother of the prisoner, testified fol the defence. She said her son, Patrick E | was born in Ireland in 1868, and when he
 was two years old che came to this coun
 try. His school life began when he wal
 seven and ended when he was sixteen
 About that time she saw with consterns
 tion that there was a marked change in hii
 disposition and that he became e recluse devoting himself to books and avoiding al
 forms of outdoor diversion. On the sub iect of law and upon the theories held b, Henry George he was ever ready to talk. After trying some other occupations tn prisoner secured employment of a news paper circalster. Some times he lived q l home, but was irregular In his habits From July last summer until about tw 3 | weeks before the murder of the mayor b came homo and slept upon an old sofa l
 the basement, although he was ssked
 sleep in the room which he had formerl
 occupied. During this period witness di . not often see her son. Oncs she take
 | with him and he told her 1t was his inHS . ence that had elected Mayor Harrison, an
 | the mayor was to make him corporstio counsel ss @ reward for what he had don V She said to him:
 o "You're not qualified to hold that place F He said: "I know as much of law as Il a man who has 1t or the mayor.n She T 6 monstrsted with him and be said: e won't talk with you on the subject" e Later he told his mother that when st last called upon MT. Krsus that the attc ,- ney had introduced him to all the attach
 ] of the office, giving the impression that
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FRENCH sPY,s CONFESSION.
Employed to study German Goa Defences by a French General.

Employed to study German Coast
 Defences by a French General.
 LEIPZIG, Dec. 14.-The trial of the two supposed French spies, Degong alias Du- bois, and Delgey Malvas alias Dsgnet, be- gan here to-day, in open court. Dubois and Malvas were arrested in August last, at Kiel, on board the English yacht Insect, after the police had detected them in the act of making sketches of the German ! coast defences. The secretary of the navy | was officially represented at the trial, and nine witnesses were called to give testi mony.
 Soon after the opening of the trial. Du bois repeated in open court a confession made soon after his capture. He sait that member of the French general staff 8 professor of the War academy and heat of the department of marine fortifica tions, instr uoted him to study the German coasts. Dubois thereupon concluded t. make 8 personal visit to the German for tihcations and chartered the Engllsl yacht, considering her to bs neutra ground. The prisoner denied that b acted under the orders of the French gov ! ernment
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
THE GRIP.

A Return Of the MaIady-It Is a
 Lighter Form.
 Atpscial canvass of ths state by towns shows that the grip is here again to a con siderable extent, but not the o!d-fsshioned kind exactly. The attacks are not severe as two years ago. Nearly all the New Hs- ven doctors report cases of the disease, sl- most all of mild form. In Middletown there are seventy five csses. In WalliDg- ford there Is an unusual amount of sick ness, and typhoid fever Is prevalent. Nor wich and New London have an epidemic of grip. Brsnford and NAugstuck people are almost exempted from the attack 30 far; Ansonis also. Many towns in the state re- port chses
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was to be the new chief. During the cross-exsmination of Mrs. Prendergsst the state unwittingly brought out the fact that when @ baby the prisoner had been seriously Injured by falling 6 distance of four feet and striking on his head. During Mr. Trude's inquiries on this point the prisoner ex- claimed: ''Trude, you are a scoundrel to talk to my mother that way"
 Brother Baldwin of St. Pstrick's acAd- smy was also called for the defense and testified that he had refused Prendergast sdmittsnce to the academy because he thought he was crazy.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
IN mERIDEN.

Nominations Made for City Officials.
 MERIDEN, Dec. 14.-The republican city following nominations for oity officers were made: For mayor, Dr. Wilson; city clerk, Hermann Hess, the present demo- cratic clerk: treasurer. 0. s. Perkins; auditor, A. F. Hall; sheriffs, John A. Leeds and F. 0. Weissr. There was some question when the convention nominated i. o. Holt for the position of tsx colIeo- tor, but the matter was not settled at the convention. Heretofore the collector oi taxes has been appointed by the councils and it Is not believed the nomination ol Holt will hold.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
HeIdin s7,ooo Bond.,

WORCESTER, Msss., Dec. 14-Julius Jackson, whose arrest for grand larceny was made yesterday on information from New York, was befoys Judge Utlsy in the central district court to-day, and was held in $7, 900 bonds until Saturday to await the arrival of New York officers with 6 requisition. The New York officers will have to move lively to get here before Jackson Is discharged. Inspector O'Dsy who made the arrest told the court that the alleged stolen goods were said by New York officers to be worth $l0,00O.
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Died of Starvation

MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 14-ThomAs o'Brien, aged about fifty, died from starv. ation and cold this noon. He lived in . miserable hovel near Lake MAssabesic. The neighbors had not seen him for sev- eral days and last night broke into his hut and found him insensible and speech lees from cold and hunger. He died while being removed to the hospital this noon. He was unmarried and 1t ie said possessed considerable property
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
CoIdest of the Season.

CALAIS, Me, Dec. 14.-The past three days have been the coldest of the season. At o'clock this morning the thermometer
 in this city was at 22, Princeton 34, Mill. town 27, Red Beach 22, Robbinston 15, Grand Lake Stream B below zero. The St.
 Croix river was froz sn solid from the bridge
 | to the Narrows last night.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
COnrOy Acguftted.

MIDDLETowN, Dee. 1.-The jury in the case of Patrick Conroy, charged with the murder of Patrick Meade on May last, went out at II o'clock this morning to de- liberats. They returned at 4:45 with a verdict of not guilty. The verdict wal we'll received.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
VIII Lecture on Temperanee.

John G. wooley of Minneapolis, Minn., one of the foremost temperance orators of the day, will give an address upon the subject of temperance at the United church this evening. The meeting will be 6 public one and the exercises will com nencs at 7:S0 o'clock. MT. Wooley Is a most able speaker aud thoroughly &C., qusinted with his subject.
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CoRBErr AT JACKSONVILLE.
He Says That He is Anxious 10 Meet HIIIrhen in fha RInu

ZIG SMyb " uNt Ete Is AuNIoua 70 Meet
 Mitchell in the Ring.
 JAcKsosvnLE, Fla. Dec. 14-Cham- p!on James J. Corbe,t arrived here to-day. An enormous crowd was at the depot and the champion was greeted with eheers. No attempt was made to arrest Corbstt and the party were driven 10 e hotel. Corbett talked freely of Mitchell and the coming fight.
 He said: 'T An anxious to meet Mitchell, and to get him in the ring I would be willing to stay in jail sir months and train on bread and waier."
 The Corbett party went down to May port this afternoon to inspect the training uuartera
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
RAILWAY mEN,s GRIEVANCES.

Conference With Emp1oyes on West-
 ern Divisions of the Erie System.
 CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 14.-General Su- perintendent Moorhead and Superintend- ent of Transportation Moser of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio and Chicago Erie and divisions of the Erie railroad sys- tenn, are in close conference to-day with a grievance committee of trsinmen who are in the city to secure the settlement of some questions involved in the relations of the company and It's employees. The greatest secrecy in regard to the object of the con ference Is maintained.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
Nictheroy at Brazil,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Senor Men donca, the Brazilian minister, has been in formed by his government of the arrival of the cruiser Nictheroy on the coast of | Brazil. She reached there on Tuesday and l since then has been under the control of
 the navy department. The minister was not authorized to mention the port at | which she had arrived.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
IncreaslDz fin ViruIeuce.

LONDON, Dec 4.-The Lancet says: The influenza is increasing in virulencs. It shows a special tendency to attack phara- nyx and larynx, these remaining affected after the other symptoms have passed of. There is a largely increasing death rate in London, Liverpool, Bristol and the Mid lands. The country school sttendapcs has been lessensd by the disease among the children
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win sail forHauali,

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. l4-MlnistSr Thurston has taken passage on the steamer Alameda and will sail for Honolulu st 2 o'clock tomorrow
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
Arrested for M urder.

DUBLIN, Dec. 14.-Nolan and Mesrs, who were detained to testify at the secret in- quiry into the Dublin dynamite plots, have been arrested on the charge of having mur- dered Patrick Reid, who was shot dead soon after explosives were found at the Aldborough barracks. The arrests wer' not made on the strength of evidence ob tained from the men themselvee.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
WILL pKFRNp rHR PEAsANrs

It is Claimed That the United States
 Is the Cause Of the Low Price of
 Corn in France.
 PARIS, Dec. IA In the chamber of dep uties today N. Lsygues interrogated the government ss to the low price of corn. He held that the United States imports was the cause of the low prices. France would soon be forced to abandon corn growing if the present conditions contin ued.
 N. Viger replied that he was aware that the production of corn was a great ele- ment of national wealth. The government would defend the interests of the peasants. He promised to introduce measures to rem der the duty effective and to bring the price of corn to a paying figure.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
Steel works to be Reopened.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 14.-In the circuit court at Bellsville, H., yesterday, the re- ceivsrs of the Belleville Steel company, capital $4O0, 900, will have the plant run ming by January l, giving work to 800 men
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WILL PROTECT THE COMmERoK.

The United States will Allow No En. crOachments by the Brazilian Insur. gents.
 RIO DE JANEIRo. Dec. 14.-Thomss L..
 Thompson, United States minister to Bra zI, announces that whatever other nations
 may do the United States will protect their commerce from all encroachments of the insurgent naval vessels. The sction of the other nations in with drawing the protection formerly afforded to merchantmen by their naval vessels is construed as an attempt covertly to aid the insurgents in their efforts to restore the monarchy.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15

NEW YORK, Dec. 14-Rsv. Vernon N. olyphant, aged thirty. four, committed sui. eide to-day st 160 Madison avenue by shooting himself He was the son of Robert M. Olyphant, president of the Del. aware aud Hudson company.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
UiII Pight yEith SyVora,

BuDA PEST, December l4--GronAn de Vsiszks, secretary of state for national de- fence, has challenged Deputy Clay. in con- sequence of a quarrel in the diet. He &C., cuses Clay of using insulting language. It Is understood duel with swords has been aYranoed
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he would not scratch, then he would rub his MOOT IittIe cheeks on his shoulders 10 relieve inc intense itching. had as good doctor as was in Philadelphia, but he failed to relieve him. read of the CUIICURA REMEDIES, and al once purchased them- Strange to say that NerE night he rested without scratching his face, and from that on he improved and soon was entirely cured. I would like anyone suffering from thIs terrible disease to sec my boy, who is in his twelfth year now. His complexion IS as clear and smooth as can he. This is an unsolicited testimonial and every word Is true thank God for my chIld's recovery, and thank Tho manufacturer of CUTicCRA.
 Mas. F.. s. GAMBLE.
 S52 N. Forty-Second St., Philadelphia.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
John R. Proctor Elected President in
 Place Of MT. Lyman.

Place of MT. Lyman.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Civil Service Commissioner Charles Lyman of Connec- ticut resigned as presldent of the commis- sion at the regular meeting held yesterday afternoon, and the announcement was made this morning. Ee continues as a member of the commission. Commission. CT John R. Proctor of Kentucky, recently appointed to succeed MT. Johnston, re- moved, was to-day elected president of the commission in place of MT. Lyman, the change bsing made in order to place at the head of the commission & man in sympa- thy with the politics of the administration.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
The Student Defeated,

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 -"Student" Slos- son and Napoleon" Ives crossed cues to- night for the second time in the big three tournament. The score at the end of the thirteenth: Ives 430, Slosson 19l.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
Eleven Were Killed,

WARSAW, Dec. 14-A passenger train collided with freight train near Sosnowics, Lublin government, to day. Eleven per sons were killed.
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New Work Behnved we'll

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Ths cruiser New York returned from her sea trial this fore noon with @ record of steadiness and good behavior. The secretary of the navy has ordered fortyeight hours of continuous steaming at sea, and a complete inspection of the ship
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Rfdfeuled by the OahInst.

WAsHINaToE, Dec. 14.-An the mem. bers of the cabinet are now here except Postmaster General Bissell. They ridicule the representations of 8 disruption of the nah{pat
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necInred a TrnIInr

LONDON, Dec. 14.-A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says that President PeiIoto has issued decree declaring Admiral de Gams traitor
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Re Gives I'm The Ca.e.
SuIcIaahv.hon,t,u

PARIS. Dec. 4-M. Crsmieux, the law yer who undertook the defence of An archist Valiant. has given up the case.
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cUTICuRA WORKS WONDERS

And have effected the most wonderful cures or torturing and disfguring skin and scalp diseases of infants and children ever recorded. 1heE afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy cure when the best lhSslclAils and all other remedies fail
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 Rz-aHoT 10 Cure Skin Diseascs," mailed free.
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L N-A W-aN NasNt1N LI1z v aa !. 11. 2 -
 IL spread and itched so tho poor little fellow had no peace night or day. Then it startcd
 on the other cheek and chin, until all were raw as a piece of beefsteak, like q burn where you would rub ofT the skin, and bloody water oozed out constantly. His suffer- in-s were terrible l know, al- though he was but six months old and could not tell how he suffered. l tied his hands that
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H77Iants.
WANTED.

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