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The Progress., 1893-12-02
SHE SHAVED HIM.
NumRu who Wasn't Going to Be Lat"
to church II Nh" Knew II.

Woman Who Wasn't Going to Bc Late
to church II She Knew II.
Tho story was told by talkative
man who was evidently from the
country. The barber drew 1t out by
he usual question asked of new pa
irons: "Do you shave yoursclf?'
Not much. was tho reply. "DOcs
my face look as if | didP"
, The barber confessed that his face
was in good condition, whoreupon
The talkativo man added, with a
,hucklc:
AN / don't usually get shaved by
my barber. either"
"llow's that?" asked the barber.
My wife shavcs me" answered
he talkativc man, with another
,hucklc. "Shc's done it every day
'or sve years." he added, IAN ] amt
never had any reason TO complain Of
ler work.
"Who taught her tho trade"
asked the barber, becoming in
.eresteG.
Learned il herself 1t came
about this way. One Sunday morn
ng soon after we were married
started of TO a barber shop tO.Cct
shaved before going to church The
shop was crowded, as | knew it
would bo. But. as I'd never been
any great church-GOer, ! didn't hur-
~. ] waited for my favoritc barber.
"ho. of course, was evcrybOdy's ia
'oritc, too. And when | finally got
lome it was pretty late. thought
any wife would got tired of waiting.
Jou see, and go on to church alone.
expecting me to follow. But she
hadn't She sat with her things on,
and when ] saw her ! was prepared
20 catch it," and the talkativc man
yigSlcd rcilectively
And did You catch it?' prompted
!he barber.
Nv ell, she wanted an explanation.
an. of course. told her the usual
story about having to wait. "
We'll says she. YOU won't do
40 more waiting around barber shops
while yOu an ! live together. You
IAN shave yourself i'm future
No; can't says |, Il cut my
lace
Then I'll shave you. says she
"'YOu can't. says !.
"'Yes; can says she. AN !
will
Il thought the best way to con
vince her an keep peace in the fam
ly was to let her try it once. so the
1ext Sunday ] submitted, telling her
beforehand that if she didn't give me
1 clean shave an no cuts, | wouldn't
90 TO church. Well, sir; she gave
ne as good a shave as / ever got
rom barber, an after that | let
ler keep it up. an I've never been
sorry for it | tell you it's luxury
here cant many poor men afford"
Next" said the barber.
The Progress., 1893-12-02

The celebrated abyss of Jean
Nouvean (Vaucluse) is one of the
most interesting in France and per-
aaps in the world. 1t is simply a
5ertical pipe, three feet to twelve
'eet in diameter. running down in the
.arth for about 500 feet, where it
ends in kind of chamber, from
which another abyss obstructed by
iebris descends for an unknown dis
,ance into the bowels of the earth.
It is supposed to be the vent of an
ancient geyser.
The Progress., 1893-12-02

BUTtor the hope that springs
eternal in the human breast Wall
street could never exist 1t is upon
the inevitable in every mans nature
that the Wall street broker feeds.
His customers shut their teeth tight
together and stand by their losses
day by day as they see the market
going against them, all the while
hoping that the turn will come and
the tide set in their favor, and they
do that day after day until their
margins are swallowed up. If per-
chance, however, the market goes
their way, as it sometimes does, they
do not sit stolidly by and let their
profits run. With one or two points
IN their favor they exultantly grab
the profits They almost in
variably reverse the old stock gam
blers' law of stopping their losses
and letting their profits run. They
stop their profits and let their losses
run, and thus doeth the busy broker
prosper; thus is he able to own his
steam yacht, whilo his old custom
ers finally become members of the
yachts crew.
The Progress., 1893-12-02

SoMERvILLE, one of Boston's sub
urbs, has q schoolmarm who is evil
IDENTIFY committed to an unfaltering
faith In the truth of the doctrine
that in proportion as the rod is
spared the child Is spoiled. She only
walloped twenty-five pupils in one
day, and all in rapid succession.
Lobengula himself couldn't have
beaten this record. The prssump-
tion is that the only reason Miss
Mason stopped at twenty-five was be-
cause there were no more pupils in
her room. The riot all grew out of
the fact that the youngsters hadn't
properly committed to memory their
geography lesson. They wouldn't
study geography, so she promoted
them by laying them across her lap
and making them see stars. She
made them study astronomy. And
all this. too, almost in the shadow OF
the Cambridge buildings and Bunker
Hill monument!
The Progress., 1893-12-02

AwoMAN fell dead in New Haven
the other day. and within few hours
three bereaved husbands stepped for
ward to shed few tea 5 at her bier.
Nothing but seifshness would per-
nit woman to place herself in a po-
sition thus to bereave hearts by
Wholesale.
The Progress., 1893-12-02

1t was merely monccle that the
Foung man wore. but Uncle Silas
3idn't know that
"Jes' look at thatr he exclaimed
10 his wife, under his breath.
"How dye reckon it happenedp"
she inquired
al d'no-onless maybe he's buyin'
his specs on the installment plan"
The Progress., 1893-12-02

Two constables near Stockton.
Cal, were hold up by hignwayman
armed with piece of a cornet. It
was not really a dangerous weapon.
The highwayman could not blow a
note on it.
The Progress., 1893-12-02

The growl of the English sporting
papers that English fighters sent
over here are shabbily treated does
not seem well founded. In the first
place the fighters have been per-
mittcd to land. a concession for which
they should bo grateful. and cOmpar-
atively few of them have been mo-
Tested under the vagrancy act
The Progress., 1893-12-02
Ehr Arngress.
SHREVEPORT. LA
=. ID. HICKS, Ed. and Prop.

An old law, which has been forgot
ton, requires all ships leaving tho
port of New York 20 carry a small
cannon. two projcctiles aud 500 yards
of line. so that in case tho ship
should bo bcachcd the crow would be
able TO communicate with the shore.
All sailing masters have received no
u~~ 10 comply with the law.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
Rum AND POVERTY.
What Relation DO They Hear to Zach
Other7-A Physicians Opinion.


Other7-A Physicians Opinion.
1t is pleasing to notice the question OF
how far poverty is the direct cause Of
the drink evil Ia the absence of
any authoritative statistics, some
difference of opinion will of neces-
sity follow. In 1876, as assistant
physician of the New York State In
ebriate asylum, at Binghamton, l be:
gun a study of the causes of inebriety.
From that time down TO the present l
have been constantly gathering his
tories of individual cases from all
walks and conditions of life. As a
scientist the special object has been to
gather a large number of accurately
recorded facts concerning the history
of these cases, and from a study of
these to find some conclusions which
could be stated as more or less authori-
tative.
This question of how far poverty was
the cause of inebriety was agitated in
1878, both in this country aud England,
and brought out a variety of opinions,
the most prominent of which was that
poverty was an active first cause.
have repeatedly asked persons who
were confident that this was primary
cause to write out and send me record
of such cases, but have never received
any such records. My own statistics
of cases numbering over 1000 has never
revealed a single case that could be
referred to poverty as a primary
cause. Evil surroundings, such as bad
company, excitement and irregularities
of living, were in many cases prom
inent, but these were only exciting
causes of degeneration which existed
before. l can not understand how a
healthy person would begin to drink
from poverty alone. 1t is the common
experience of diseased and degenerate
persons, or those suffering from some
brain or nerve exhaustion, to begin to
drink in conditions of poverty and dis
tress. 1t would be unfair to ascribe
their drinking to this cause. We all fall
into the common error of hastily conclud-
ing that some prominent state or con-
dition at the time drink was first used,
is the responsible factor or only cause.
1t is difficult for the public to under
stand that insbsiety b the result of
SESdI many SU4cEtaons snet 70 dA SACccu-
ing complex evil. Il would be unscien-
titic for me to assert that.poverty, mean
ing defective nutrition and states Of
starvation, was never fhc first cause of
inebriety.
But it would be satisfactory to re-
ceive the records of such cases where
all other causes were eliminated, leav-.
ing this one factor as the most probable.
cause of the inebriety.-T. D. Crothers,
NJ. D., in Il. Y. Voice.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
The Review is Off.

The Spokane wash Review speak
ing On 1.-The failure of prohibition in
Kansas" says:
THE young man who drinks his first
glass is entering upon dangerous
practice Men who squander their
time and money in pot houses to the
loss and suffering of their families
ought to be lashed at the carts end
through the town. All this, and more,
is true of the liquor habit. But it is
not true that prohibition prohibits, nor
that the elimination of rum eliminates
the evil passions of the race" The
question is: Does prohibition tend to
prohibit?. Nine-tenths of the laws on
our statute books are prohibitory in
their decress, yet all of them are
violated every day; but that is no
argument against the law. Prohi'
bition of the liquor traffic can bs
made to prohibit just as well as
any other law. Do not compare prohi-
bition with absolute perfection but
compare it with license.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
ENaLAND's DRINK BILL.
Or. Dawson Burns Figures for
the Past Year.

DR.. Dawson Burns of the United
Kingdom Alliance has just published
EDgland's drink bill" for 1872 u is
rather lower than that for the pre-
vious year. Its total amount was e140,-
$50. 2o2 a. against R141, 22O, ,6T5, showing
q net decrease of R354, 413. Comparing
the total expenditure with the esti!
mated population Of the United King
dom IL appears that the average expen-
diture per head was R3 1ss. lid, in 1897,
rs against So 15s. in 1891, and Rs 14s.
I'd In 1890. Thus the drink bill, which
rose Sd. per head between 1890 and 1891,
has fallen 13 d. per head between 1891
and 1892, and now stands Sd. per head
lower than it did in 1890, before the
intermediate rise took place. The dim4
mutton Is too small in itself, and is ex-
tended over too narrow a period, to Jus
tify any supposition that it is due to
the growth of temperance rather than
the depression of trade and kindred in
fuences. DIR. Dawson Burns says that
considering that throughout 1892 com
plants of depression in trade were con-
slant, the slightness of the decline in
the drink expenditures of the nation is
striking evidence of the power of AZ
coholic indulgence in the face Of dimin-
ished private resources" It is estimated
that so per cent. of the expenditure for
drink is paid by the working classes.
Commenting upon this calculation DR..
Burns remarks: Even were this estf
mate reduced to so per cent, it would
follow that in 1892 more than gI0. 0o0,
600 came out of the wages of this class:
and, as their entire earnings are calcu-
lated at about 1900, 900, 0OO it would ap-
pear that nearly one-eighth of what is
thus earned it spent in a manner pro-
ductive of far more loss than benefit"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
To Amend Liquor Laws.

In the Delaware legislature Mr.. Arm
strong gave notice of bill to amend
the liquor law. AS the law stands at
present an applicant for "a liquor license
must be signed by at least twelve free
holders in the school district in which
the proposed hotel is to be located. In
some districts there are not twelve free
holders, and Mr.. Armstrong; amend
ment proposes TO make a less number
sufficient for the purpose. Several
other amendments to liquor laws have
been suggested, but this is the only one
so far given notice of by any of the
mann hers
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
Attention, w. @. T. u.

Do you know that the difficulty in
the way of editing W. c. T. U. column
in your local press has been solved?
You can now procure one column a
week of first class w. C. T. Y. matter
in plate form for only 25 cents column.
Nine papers out of ten will accept
this column every week if rendered free
of charge by the w. c. I. U.
Do you not realize the tremendous
importance of such a column in the
local papers?
Send two-cent stamp for proof sheet
of six columns to Mr.. Tallie Morgan,
National Press Bureau, 10 E. 14th St.,
New York.
Act al once!
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
They Were in the Rum Crowd.

The editor of the Union Signal in the
issue of March ., 1898, asks: ''Whefe
were the 323, 600 Prohibitionists of Ohio
who voted for the amendment in 1858,
and the 46, 900 who formed the majority
in Maine on the vote for Constitutional
Amendment? Where are the millions
of church members who, with common
consent, refuse to admit liquor dealer
into the church, and then refuse to per
form the one special act which counts,
namely, to vote for prohibition. IL is
| this which tries the patience of prohi-
bitionists who voice their principles in
the way appropriate for citizens If a
man says he does not believe in prohi-
bition we can understand him. He and
his kind are oonsisten&. But when ons
processes to believe in prohibition, anc
then refuses to express that belief il
the legitimate way, there is quite diff
ferent case"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
RUM-RULEO CITY.
A Sample of Saloon X Keeper's Home Gov

A sample OF saloon heeper'S Home Ooy-
ernment.
The Trojan Advance, of Troy, n. Y,
publishes the following list as an exam
pie of saloon-ruled city. 1t is the city
government of Troy for 1892:
Hon. Dennis j. Whelan, mayor, man.
ufacturer of soda, sarsaparilla, root
beer, bottled lager, etc Bulk of trade
is with saloons. Owes his political po-
sition to Beer brewer Edward Murphy,
jr.
George H. Mead, alderman, saloon
keeper.
Patrick S. Fitzgerald, alderman, man.
ufacturer of soda and mineral waters,
bottled cider. etc Bulk of trade is
with saloons Bser-brewer Daniel E.
Conway's representative in the common
council.
William Z. Burke, alderman, saloon
keeper.
Patrick Bolton, alderman, saloon
keeper.
John Purcell, alderman, saloon
keeper.
James 7. Quinn, alderman, saloon
keeper.
John Il. Mccormick, city clerk, book
keeper for Beer Brewer Edward Muir
ply, jr.
William Donohue, police magistrate,
treasurer of the Donohue-Tierney-Isen-
gart Brewing Co. Qager beer).
Michael A. Tierney, general assessor,
member of the Donohue-Tierney-Isen'
CART Brewing Co. Qager beer).
John O'Connsr, sanitary inspector,
saloon keeper.
John f. Ahern, president of the civil
service commission, saloon keeper.
Benjamin Kraus, school commits
sioner, wholesale liquor dealer.
William Holmes, fire commissioner
saloon l<eeDer
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
Are You a Consenting Party?

Look! See your boy as he turns into
these death-dealing plaees-the liquor
saloons-on his way from work. See
him as he turns in again at night See
him as he turns out at midnight, stu
pefied, dazed, maddened, ready for any
crime, eager for violence, and, perhaps.
before the sun rises, bearing the mark
of Cain on his brow. You stand within
the shadow of the gallows, and you
shudder as You hear his last words,
Liquor brought me here" What mat.
ters your cry of anguish, MY sonl My
soni Would to God ] could have died
for you'll" You helped to bring him
there. You voted to keep the places
open where he could bring his fearful
doom upon himself. You are a consent
ing party. You were one of the sign
ers of his death-warrant Christian
patriots, fathers, mothers, can't you see
it? Won't You see how this. applies Il
you?-Demorest's Magazine.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
CALIFORNIA NEXT.
The Liquor Mems Measure to Wipe Gu
Local Prohibition.

The Liquor Mems Measure to Wipe Out
Local Prohibition.
Senator Everett has introduced bill
in the California legislature providing
for uniform liquor license throughout
the state of not less than $50 per quar-
ter. Should this bill, or any bill fixing
the license fee by legislative enact
ment, become law, it will nullify
all existing local prohibitory ordinances
and compel the issuance of license to
all applicants who can pay the fee in
all parts of the state. The constitu-
tion of the state gives counties, cities
and towns the right to control the
liquor traffic as they see fit "in the alb
sence of general law to the contrary"
Such law as that proposed by Senator
Everett would be a "generel law" The
recent numerous victories for local
prohibition have united the liquor men
to secure such legislation.-Cor N. Y.
Voice
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
Rhode Island Prohibitionists Nominate

Rhode Island Prohibitionists Nominate.
The worst snow storm of the winter
did not prevent the prohibitionisss oi
Rhots Island from assembling at Yrovi-
dence, the other day, in annual eenven
vention. A platform was adopted and
the following state ticket nominated:
Governor, Henry B. Metcalf, of Paw
tucket
Lieutenant-governor, Jonathan Lar
kin, of Hopkinton.
Secretary of state, Elisha T. Read, o!
Weonsocket
General treasurer, Bernon E. Helme
of South Kingstown.
Attorney-general, James A Williams
of Providence.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
BENEFITS of Prohibition.

Kansas has again furnished the world
a proof of the benefits and blessings of
prohibition, for, had there been free
whisky in Topeka last week during the
'late unpleasantness" as there is in Ii
cense states, bloodshed would have been
inevitable, and who is wise enough to
know where it would have ended. But
with the absence of king alcohol quiet
was brought out of disorder. and peace
was soon proclaimed. Prohibitionists
are made glad by the action of the SEN.
ate in voting against the repeal Of
metropolitan police law. New commits
.sioners have been appointed Cor. Chi
'cago Lever
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
A Titled school Teacher.

A dispatch srom Chicago says: Lady
Emily Langton, an English woman. APP
piled for divorce in the Chancery court
to-day Her husband fell heir to a
large fortune some years ago and be-
came dissipated and gambler, losing
all his money at Monte Carlo. He
abandoned his wife, who came to this
country and is now supporting herself
by running a school here.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
Prohibition In Massachusetts,.

A hearing took place before the House
Judiciary committee in Representative
Hall, this evening, on the bill intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Gray of Ben
nington, to prohibit the manufacture
of spirituous and malt liquors within
the state of Massachusetts,. Speeches
in favor of the bill were made by Dam
iel c. Kentrick, Mrs. Wendell, Miss
Lucia Kimball, Rev. A. ]. Wheeler and
ev-Gov. Goodell.s
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
A Prohibitory Law.

A despatch from Guthrie, o. T.. says
that the anti Gambling bill passed the
senate after fight which Threatened
to become riotous at one time. The
bill was at once signed by the governor.
1t makes any kind of gambling felony.
and even pfshi bits progressive euehre
parties where prizes are offered.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-16
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RAPE AND ABORTION
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A TWO
HARBOHS PRIEST.
He Is Accused of CriminaIIy AS
saHIting Young Lady and Later
Attempting to Perform am AbOr-
tion to Hide His Crime.

Duluth, May 30.-Father Connolly of
Two Harbos has been arrested on a
most serious charge. He is accused of
both rape and attempted abortion. The
victim is Nellie Sutherland, eighteen
years old, and an adopted daughter of
NJ. Il. Harmon. 1t is charged that some
time ago he made improper approaches
to the girl and when she refused to ac-
cede to his desires overcame her by force.
Some time since it was developed that
the girl was pregnant, and to conceal his
shame and that of the girl the priest two
or three days ago is said to have at
tempted to perform an abortion. 1t was
unsuccessful and the girl is now at
deaths door. The condition o. affairs
was discovered by Father Buh of Tower.
1t is probable that Father Connolly may
have to answer to the charge of murder
or manslaughter. Father Connolly was
in trouble last year at Crookston. He
was then accused of getting some woman
drunk and of having improper relations
with her. He was suspended, but
claimed it was blackmail. An inVesti-
CATION was granted and he was rein
stated.