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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22
40 Apple &c Blend.

Doughnuts and pies are supposed to be re-
lentlsss enemies OF the stomach, yet l have
eaten them for forty years and more and
have never experienced the slightest dis
tress from heavy indulgence therein, and
pies l have always dotted on. In fact they
fat apple pie will, in my opinion, gives a
est kind of work.
some OF my hardest foot races, ate nothing
but apple pie This gave me the nickname
"Pie Eater" by which l was known oil
over the United States. In the big six-day.
go-as-you-pleass race In Madison Square
garden, few years ago, l lived on appleipie
most of the time. 1t would sustain my
strength when nothing else would.
l have never matched myself for large
stakes in any pie eating contest. / simply
eat pie because | like it. have made tests
of endurance though. The most notable
occurred at Hillsboro County fair in Yer
mont in 1874 In fortnight lived on
nothing else but apple pie and l consumed
liz during that time. / did not have the
slightest trouble from indigestion, although
many of my neighbors who esssyed to keep
me company for the first week became
deatnly sick and were compelled to relin-
quish the game.
Pie eating in my day was not the sport it
has since become. But few practiced 10 and
they were men. Now / see the women have
taken It up. Heaven knows where it will
end. Perhaps the babies will be- the next
TO cultivate dyspepsia.
JAMES A. ADAMS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22
Alto / 900 Oyaters In a Week.

like oysters exceedingly and can feed on
them for days at time without taking any
other kind Of food. have indeed consumed
great quantities OF this watery dellcaoy,
even when training for prize-hght. Some
years ago, when helping 20 train Jack
Dempsey for his battle with Jimmy Muir
ray. Toasted upon 100 oysters after hard
days work. took no other food, and Jere
Dunn, Mike Donovan and some other
sports. who were present, expressed surprise
that | could perform such q feat especially
as had been greatly heated BY she eK-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22

ertions l had undergone Cold oysters in
abundance are, under those conditions, al
most impossible to digest. In joking way
/ replied that could eat 1000 oysters in
week and take no other food. Jere Dunn
Immediately took me up and bet him $3.50
that could do it. l performed the feat
without difficulty, taking $50 oysters day
for the first six days and 100 on the last
day. Jere, of course, had to pay for the
oysters.
For few days after the performance
experienced a slight nausea each morning
on arising. In a week, however, I was az
right as clock. TONES put my stomach
in its normal state. Strange to relate, did
not suffer particle while was actually
battling with the oysters. At times ex-
perienced slight chill aud had gnAwing
for meats and hot liquids, but this craving I
fought off by the exercise OF will power.
have frequently entered into oyster
matches simply as a matter Of sport and not
TO win gold or glory. have made, all told,
$1,000 by the pastime. OF ell eating
matches oyster consumption is to my mind
the least dangerous. ID. CosTIGAN.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22

Coughs and iiOarseness.-- irritation
which Induces coughing immediately relieved
by use Of "Jrouns bronchial TroehoG" Sold
only b boxes. -.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22
GASTRON0MIC FEATS.
how FREAK EATERS TAX LIBER-
tbs WITH DIGESTIVE ORGANS.

ShSb IRON SbOm6CQS-CTOurm6 nOS W no
Chew Glass, Devour Dozens Of Quail,
Consume Gallons OF Oysters and De-
mo dish Miles of Sauseges.
(CopVTfaht.)
New York, Jan. elbow far a man
can abuse the physical powers benefcent
Creator has endowed him with is a problem
which has puzzled and continues to puzzle
the wisest physicians. Human endurance
has been put to the severest tests in long
distance walking and running contests, but
Of late years a new set Of cranks have en-
deavored to strain nature to her utmost
limits by gast-onomic feats. Principal
among these are quail eating. glass
eating, egg eating, sausage eating, oyster
eating and pie eating contests. All of these
form highly indigestible menu. The win
ner is he who can eat the most without
sickening or dying. These contests have
been frequently attended with fatal conse-
quences.
Some Of the most famous among these
gourmands havs written for me some ac-
counts of their gastronomic trials and tri-
umphs and how they succeed In taking
such liberties with their digestive organs as
would speedily make the average man a fit
subject for coroner's inquest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22

BHEoaAN's PILLs arc faithful frl0nd',
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
ABBREVIATED TELSGRAMS,

Vogler, Fuhrman and Jacobs have been
found guilty in tM first degree in the
Molitor murder case at Alpena, Mich.
This makes four men convicted for the
murder. Molitor was murdered by a band
OF whitecaps sixteen years ago at Rogers
City, Mich.
A statue of Barnum was recently un-
veiled at Bridgeport, Conn 1t has been
painted red by some vandal.
The Chamberlain Investment company,
the largest real estate firm in the west,
has closed its doors The liabilities, direct
and contingent. are S2,3C2, Ill and assets
s3,0C0,000. The closing is to guard the in
terests of creditors.
y. B. Emerson, of Philadelphia, has dis
appeared at Vera Cruz Mex, and the
fact that his clothes were found on the
beach there but no corpse is taken to
mean that lie went in swimming and was
devoured by sharks.
Baum5erger, the murderer of the six
members of the krieder family at Cando,
y. d., has been captured in Manitoba.
At the recent auction sale of the
personal property OF the late Gov
ernor Samuel w Hale, of New Hamp-
shire, shares of mining electric and other
stocks having par value of s., 100, 900
| and promissory notes with a face value of
$4,000 We're sold to the highest bidder for
less than 81
The Rev John S. Penman. of Irvington,
\. Y, who was member of the last Pres
byterian general assembly, has withdrawn
from the church because of the Briggs de-
| cision.
w. II. Shieffin s. Co., of New York, the
largest drug importers in the country, an
nouGce that in future all orders for i'm
| ported drugs must be paid in gold
The body of Michael J. Kelly, the miss
| ing agent of the Big Four railroad, has
| been found in the river at Cairo, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
WASHINGTON CROP BULLETIN.
Corn in Better Condition Than Last Year
and Wheat Worse.


and Wheat Worse.
WAsHTNGToN, July 1.-THE July returns
to the statistician of the department of
agriculture make the following averages
of condition: Corn, 93.2; winter wheat.
~; spring wheat, al; oats, SIS; rye,
S5.3; barley, SIS; potatoes, 94S; tobacco,
93. The preliminary acreage of corn is re-
ported rs 1928 as compared with the
acreage harvested last year, being an in
crease OF something over 1900, ,UG0 acres.
The average condition of corn is 93.2
against Sl.l last July. The averages in
the principal states are: Ohio. 90; Indi-
ana, 96; Illinois, %; Iowa, 9S; Miss ouri,
92; Kansas, 93; Nebraska, 81; Texas, 50;
Kentucky 90.
The condition of winter wheat is ~
against 745 last month and 500 in July,
1922. The principal state averages a-c:
New York, Sc; Pennsylvania, 81; Ken
tucky, %; OHIO, SO; Michigan, 20; Indiana,
So; Illinois. sc; Missouri, a.; Kansas, 46;
California, so; Oregon, 90. The condition
of spring wheat is al against 900 in July,
1892 Last month it was S64 State
averages are. Minnesota, 77s Iowa.zs
Nebraska, 60; South Dakota, 90; North
Dakota, %, and Washington, 91 Condi-
ton of all wheat July l, 1898, was 76.6.
On June it was 7S.s. The condition of
oats remains about the same as it stood
last month, oeing SIS. as against $50 Jupa
l. This is the highest condition since 1889.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
PENSIONS GUT OFF.
One Hundred Thousand to Look Over
Crop Report.

WASHINGTON, July IL. - The pension
bureau has notified great many pension
ers thr oughout the entire country who are
drawing pensions under the act of June
81, 1890, known as the dependent pension
act, that payment of their pensions will be
suspended for sixty days, during which
time they are required to show cause
why they should continue to draw pen
sions. The testimony necessary to prevent
their being dropped from the rolls is the
certificate of n reputable physician at
tested by two witnesses to the effect that
the pensioner is precluded from active
labor owing to injuries OF disability not
the result of his own vicious habits
Must Stand an Examination.
In case no attention is paid to the de-
partment's notification within sixty days
the pensioner will be dropped from the
rolls. On the other hand, should the
necessary certificate, properly drawn up
and signed, be forwarded to the pension
bureau, the pensioner will be requested to
appear before the local board of medical
examiners for examination as to his con.
dition. This action is pursuant to the re-
cent ruling CT Secretary Smith to the eff
feet that pensioner under the act of June
%, 1890, drawing a pension for disability
must be shown to be physically incapable
Of manual labor
One Thousand Suspensions to Date.
The board of review appointed to carry
into effect that decision, is now going
over all of the cases under the act of June
%, 1890, probably 100000 in number, e
lecting those cases which show in the
record that the pensioner may not be in.
capacitated for manual labor. In the
cases thus selected the pensioners are noti
fled as before stated to prove their total
disability to the department or cease t1
draw pensions. 1t is estimated at the pen.
sion Office that so far something over ,00i
suspensions have already been made
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
The Weather we Nav Expect.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE following are
the weather indications for twenty-four hours
from p. m. yesterday: For Lower Michi-
gan-Fair weather; winds shifting to easterly
and souther-- For Indiana and illinois,
Fair wealth winds shifting to southerly;
warmer in shern portion. For Upper Mich
igan-Fair AMI warmer weather; winds shift
ing to southerly. For Wisconsin-Fair and
warmer weather. with increased southerly
winds; probably local thunderstorms tonight
For Iowa-Generally fair weather. but the
conditions are favorable for severe local
storms in northwestern portion during this
afternoon or tonight; brisk and high souther-
ly winds; warmer in eastern portion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
The Alleged Chicaro "Ruin. :,

CHICAGO, July 1.-Architect Clark has
made his formal report OF the condition of
the federal building to Secretary Carlisle.
He says that there is absolutely no dan
gel ofthe building or any part of 1t col
lapsing and hat in fact the structure was
in really better condition than in 1887,
when the last government inspection was
made
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
Suicide of n Chicago Man.

CHICAGO, July 11-Oswin Mayo, vice
president of the T. E. Wells Packing COM
pany, committed suicide at his home, 456
Bowen avenue, by taking dose of rat
poison. His business affairs are said to be
in good condition and no cause can be as
signed for the act, except temporary in
sanity
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
Can Be Seen without a Glass.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, July 11-Professor
Swift, of the Warner Observatory, has
received from Alfred Rordame, of Salt
Lake City, telegram saying: Naked
eye comet observed 10 o'clock, July S in
Constellation lynx. No telescope obser-
walton possible, The comet has also been
observed by Professor Swift 1t has q
''tail' two degrees in length and rapidly
increasing. 1t is in ascension hours and
10 minutes, north 80 degrees. 1t has a
rapid motion towards the southwest.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
Nothing in That Borden Sensation.

FALL RIVER, July 11.-Mrs. Carpenter,
who wrote, the letter that was picked up
at Rome, n. Y, has been found She says
her husband had trouble here, being
suspected of the murder, but proved a
first-class abb. He was still diffident
about coming here, however, for fear of
annoyance--that was ali. Her story of the
alibi is undoubtedly true.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
Corbetsand jackson Matched.

RoBY, InssyfsJuly l1.-At the weekly pu-
gilistic eYi,ibition here James Corbett, the
championla ladgger, went into the ring and
offered to$fght jackson at Roby in No
vember next. He had hardly uttered his
"defi" before Parson Davies was in the
ring and put up $500 forfeit, and this
long-talked of fight will probably come off
at this nlace Il will be for SO. 600
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
No Need of Praise.

'You never sit and talk to me as you
did before we were married." sighed the
young wife.
NO" replied the husband, who was a
draper's assistant. 1.-The guv'nor told
me to stop praising the goods as soon as
the bargain was struck. London Tit
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
EFFECT OF IRISH HOME RULE.
Lord Salisbury's Contention in the Pail
Mall Gazette.


LONDON. July 1.-THE Pail Mall Gazette
which with its recent change of ownership
changed its politics, now suppv~,.ug
Conservative party, is publishing q series
of articles from the pen of Lord Salisbury
the Right Hon a J. BalfoUr, Professor
Leckey and other well known opponents
of Irish home rule. An article written by
Lord Salisbury makes out case against
home rule from an iutercoloniGl point of
view. Lord Salisbury says he sees two
dangers, the first and most sensible of
which is the blow that viii be giyen4odn-
dia by the granting OF home rule to Ire
land
India he declared, is held by the justice
of England's rule, though the last resort
is always force. The taste for surrender is
contagious lIsraepends upon the answer
given to IrefahFy, What shall be given in
response to the Fsbilar demand which is
sure to be mitei~ by India. The second
point of dangersfathe event of war be-
tween Great Brffain and another power
An unfriendly executive in Ireland could
in the event of war cause untold distress
by allowing anr enemy to procure coal and
provisions in Irish ports and by allowing
the coasts to be used US rendezvous for
privateers.
In support of this contention Lord Sal
isbury quotes at considerable length from
the work of Captain Mahan, of the United
States navy, on the influence of the sea
power of the French during the revolution.
Though England was mistress of the
seas" privateers had captured an immense
number of British shmerchantmen In con-
clusion Lord Salisbury says he believes
that TRADITIONAL hatred will compel the
Irish to fully. use against England any
advantage they may secure
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
On the Base Ball Field.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Following are the
base ball scores: At tCleveland-Boston 13,
Cleveland 12; at Pittsburg-New York II,
Pittsburg 10: at Chicago-Washington 3,
Chicago ,; at Observation-Disclosures 9,
Cincinnati 3; at St. Louis-Philadelph
S, st. Louis {.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Chicago.

Snlcago.
CHICAGO July 10.
Following were the quotations on the
board of trade today: Wheat-July, opened
6534c, closed C534c; September, opened 7O3sc.
closed 7014c; December, opened 1880, closed
759s. Corn-July, opened 4ic, closed 405sc;
August, opened 1850, closed 4114c; September,
opened 42c, closed 42c; December, opened
closed 2Sslc; September, opened 26Jzc, closed
s55sc; May, opened &C. closed &C. Pork
July, opened Sl9.l0, closed $3.50; September,
opened 5000, closed S20.45 Lard-July,
opened $1,000. closed Sl0.15.
Live Stock: The prices at the Union
Stock Yards today ranged as follows:
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day 43 600,
left over about 1,510; quality good; about
1900 were consigned from the west; market
active and weak; prices opened 15120c
lower and later were steadier at l09l5c de-
cline; sales ranged at S5.0l060j pigs, S6.03
G630 light, s5.90G6.05 rough packing, $3.50
@625 mixed, and S6l916.25 heavy packing
and shipping lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day.
1900, market moderately active and prices
were little easier; quotations ranged at
S5:015.6o choice to extra shipping steers, S46O
65.2O good to choice do, S4.0014.50 fair to
good, S3.759i.2j common to'medium do, $500
94.O0 butchers steers, S2.509350 stockers.
s55NG4 20 feeders. Sl.2503.5O COWS, s3:15G3.so
heifers. s20093.75 bulls, s2.soaLB Texas
steers. and S2-5095.;5 veal calves.
Sheep-Estimatedre receipts for the day, 10, 900;
quality fair: market fairly active and prices
steady; quotations ranged at. SS.7514.75
per 100 lbs westerns, S2.5OG4.4O Texas, $1,000
5.25 natives End S3.5096.50 lambs.
Produce Butter-Fancy separator, 1elSGeOc
per lb; fancy dairy, l6Gl7c; packing stock, I3
Gl31sc. Eggs-Fresh northern stock, 1910 per
dozen. Live Poultry-Spring chickens, 40
Il per ID; old hens, lie; turkeys, l0l5Gl1c;
ducks, 9Jn'; geese, S3.5016.0 per dozen.
New potatoes, 81. 1872 50 per barrel Apples
Choice to fancy, SS.75Gi.00 per barrel. Straw
berries-Michigan, 50975c per l6-qt case
Honey-White clover, lib sections, I51l7c;
broken comb, l0c; dark comb, good condition,
lOGl4c; extracted, 61Sc per Id.
New York.
New YORK. July 10.
Wheat-August, a l-161741!c; September,
761s 95G15c; October, 7s14c; December, sl40
sc. Rye-Quiet, steady; western, 55G57c.
Corn-No. dull, easier; weaker cables; Au-
gust. 49A949lec; September, l934G5Oc; No.
2, 4S3s 9495Sc. Oats-No. dull and easier;
Jul, 3js4G3555c; August, Sc; September,
32c state, 37Gi3c; western, 361S0i3c. Pork
Slow and unchanged Lard-Quiet and nomi.
nal.
The Local Markets.
GRAIN, ETC.
wheat-74976e.
Corn-i0c.
0ats-29331c.
Hay-Timothy. s1a 90; upland, s1Oa11 slough
$500; baled, Sl0000i1. 90.
PRODUCE.
Butter-Fsir TO choice, 20t creamery, 2Oc
Eggs Fresh, 14G15.
Poultry-Chickens, 12Hc; turkeys ~
ducks, 12xc; geese, i0c.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Appies-s4 90 per 5bl.
Potatoes-S5I93c.
Onons-S4 60 per bbl.
Turnips-6Oc per bl.
LIVE STOCK,
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed stee, !
4g4Hc; cows and heifeIe, 2n43Ac carv s
405c,
Hogs-7G7Hc.
Sheep-4I5C
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11

A curious book, in which the text is
neither written nor printed, but woven,
has been published in Lyons. 1t was
made of silk and was published in 25
parts, each part consisting of but two
leaves.
Evening journal., 1893-09-08
Tho supreme wish Of the East.

To keep up the house and not let the
family name be extinguished is the SUI
preme wish in Japan. This is the immor-
tality of the east. The house lives on; the
individuals are but fragments of the house.
If there be no natural heir, adoption
readily supplies the deficiency. The mag
nifcent scale on which adoption is prac-
ticed shows a foreigner at ence that the
words father" "son," can hardly have
the same depth of meaning they have in
the English language
why did Washington let his house die
outY was once asked me by a japanese
gentleman who couldn't conceive any rea-
son for such neglect. He thought our
great general might have adopted some one
10 keep his house and name from perishing.
slow long has he lived theref" l asked
once concerning a certain person. AS 'he''
is one of the pronouns that had to be trans
lated into the mental contents of my
pupils brain, he took it to mean house
and replied, "Oh, he has been there 25C
years"
'How long have you lived herefn ! asked
a merchants.
"rhree hundred years." was the prompt
reply, with look OF satisfaction at the
thought of his house having passed through
10 generations.-"Et of Confucius."
Evening journal., 1893-09-08
HANcKsR IS SUPERINTENDENT.

Increase of salary No Tndncement for
Dr. Richardson TO Remain at. Farm
hurst.
The Trustees of the State Hospital for
the Insane at Fsrnhurst met yesterday
and accepted the resignation Of DR. D.
ID Richardson, superintendent of the
institution, who will become resident
physician Of the Norristown Asylum.
Superintendent Richardson's assistant,
DR. William Il Hsncker, was advanced
to the superintendency
The trustees were 10th to part with
DR. Richardson, and delegated DR.. Bur
ton to offer him $1,000 a year, but it
would not work The only thing left to
do was to accept the resignation and
adopt resolutions commencing his con
duct of the affairs of the institution.
This was followed by the election Of DR..
Hancker.
The new superintendent was born in
Philadelphia and Is a Girard College
boy" He graduated from that insti-
tuition in 1866 and graduated from Phil
adelphia College f Pharmacy in 1870
In 1873 he graduated from Jefferson
Medical College, and, for two years,
assisted Dr. Richardson in the insane
department OF the Philadelphia Hos
pital. From 1875 to 1882 he served as
assistant superintendent of the Northern
Hospital for the insane at Winnebago
/ Wis He left there and was subsequent,
recalled, serving until 1890, when h'
came TO Delaware.
Evening journal., 1893-09-08

THE meagre time allowed for "hear-
ings" by the Committee on Ways and
Means does not stop those who have
interests to serve On Wednesday a
manufacturer of metallic bedstel ds ap-
peared to say that his company had
formerly imported bedsteads, but had
lately invested $i5O,00O in a manu-
factory. If not wisely and bene6cently
protected that business would
not be abandoned but wages
would be reduced. OF course
we must have metallic bedsteads. No
patriotic man could sleep well, If at all, on
a pauper made metallic bedstead. A
wooden instrument is out of the ques-
tion. The dilemma is presented in this
case, however, in a modified form. WO-
witcomb, the president of the bedstead
company, does not threaten that he will
20 out of business, that his industry will
be destroyed, or like the silver miners
that his worlingmen will starve. He
weeps, wipes his teary eyes and
mourns that he will be compel llec
to reduce wages. Under the present
tariff he declares that his plant "hai
yielded no profit; that it. is just
getting on its feet" - We find thai
bedsteads metal and wooden have beer
respectively protected in generous sum'
of 40 and 80 per cent. since 1888. L
Mr.. Witcomb makes brass instru
ment for the promotion of somnolenc'
TO sell for $50, he has the privilege o
compelling the American people to pa.
$22 90 and freight more than simila
bedstead could be bought elsewhere
From this we are to understand tha
for every 500 worth of goods he pay
$40 more for labor than his protecte'
European competitors pay for labor
He asks the generous and patriot
American people to make up that dii
ference in wages If they do not wis
the American laborers to starve.
Evening journal., 1893-09-08
Fiddllne For n Howllnp sIob.

Once Cherubini had to figure in the role
Of fiddler in spite of himself In the
stormy days of 1892 it was perilous exper-
iment TO walk the streets Of Paris. Dur
ing an occasion of more than ordinary ex-
element the composer Of Les Deux Jour
nees. Medee," ETC., fell into the hands of a
band of sanscul0ttes who were rowing about
seeking musicians TO conduct their chants
To them it was a special qualification to
compel the talent that had formerly de-
lighted royalty to minister now to their
own qualification. On Cherubini firmly re-
fusing to lead them low murmur Fan
through the crowd, and the fatal words,
''The Royalist, RoyalistW went up.
At this critical moment one of Cheru-
bini's friends-also a kidnapped musician
seeing his imminent danger, thrust a violin
into his unwilling hands and bade him
head the mob. The whole day these two
musicians accompanied the hoarse and over
powering yells of the revolutionary horde,
and when at last halt was made in a pub
lie square, where a banquet took place,
CherubiE and his friend had to mount
empty barrels and play till the feasting was
.-Gentlemans Magazine.