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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-30
Crime Caused by Drink.

In his opening address at the late Ma
tional prison congress, held at st.
Paul, Mimi, President Brinllarhotf
made the statement that in the United
States crime is on the increase out of
proportion TO population, and that the
tide of criminality is becoming higher
steadily and rapidly" He supported
his statement by statistics of a start
ling character. According to the Off
cial returns OF the United States cen
sus there We're in 1850 a total of
6,737 prisoners. l out of SAP of
the populations; in 1860 there
We're l9,0S6 prisoners, out of ,644; in
1870, 32,90l prisoners. l out of LIT: in
1880, $500 prisoners, out of $40; and
in 1890 the total number OF prisoners
had reached the large aggregate of 81. =
329, or l out of 757 of the entire popu-
lation. 1t is notorious that intoXicat-
ing beverages are chief cause of
crime; and it is noteworthy. also. that
this large increase of crime in the
United States since 1850 has been ac-
companied by, if not caused by, d cor
responding increase in the consump-
ton of beer and fermented liquors. -
National Temperance Advocate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-30

sCcE quantities as by many would
be deemed extremely moderate,
sooner or later prove injurious to the
Ds:,sLsa constitution without any eXcep'
zion. Among the signatOries were Sir
RcE jamin Brodie. Sir James Clarke, DR..
Marshall Hall and other physicians to
the queen, the document having been
drafted by tine well-known surgeon,
Mr.. Julius Jetfreys. +. K. 5.
The second. signed by more than two
thousand physicians and surgeons,
among whom were SIR Benjamin Bro.
die, Sir James Clarke. Sir William Bur
nett. Sir Henry Holland, Sir Johu
Forbes, Sir Robert Christison (the great
authority on poiSons), w. b. Carpenter,
F. X. :. lauthor of the celebrated prize
essay on The Physiology of Temper
ance and Total AbStinence'0, and d
large number of university professors,
Dunlop in 1917. This declaration set
forth that perfect health is compatible
with total abstinence from all in
toXicating beverages; that all such
beverages can be discontinued sudden
ly or gradually with with perfect safe
ty: that total and universal abstinence
from alcoholic liquors and Intoxicating
beverages of all sorts would greatly
contribute to the health, the morality,
and the happiness of the human race.
The third declaration, suggested by
Mr. Robert Rae and Mr.. Earnest Hart,
and drafted by Prof. Parkes, the ia
nous psychologist and expert in hy-
giene, was signed by nearly all the
principal members of English hospital
STATS, including Sir Thomas Watson,
the nestor of British medicines: Sir Will
liam Ferguson, Sir James Paget, Sir
Henery Thompson, the great surgeons;
Sir Henry Holland, Sir Ranald Martin,
and Sir James Bardsley. This declara-
ton, noting the widespread belief that
the inconsiderate prescription of large
quantities of alcoholic fluids by
medical men had given rise to intern
perance. urged the need for medical
practitioners to prescribe these liquors
only under a sense of grave RESPONSE
bility; that alcohol in any form should
be prescribed with as much care as
any powerful drug, and that the direc-
tions for its use should be so framed as
not to be interpreted as a sanction for
excess. or necessarily for the continu-
ance of its use when the occasion had
passed.
Against the objection that most of
the signers of these trenchant declara-
tions did not put their belief into
practice by continuing non-abstainers
may be put the consideration that this
very Inconsistency showed the unprej-
udiced character of their opinion. as
the fact of drinking would rather oper-
ate to give them u bias in favor of
strong drink. - London Temperance
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-30
THE PEACOCK'S FEET.
A Popular Misconception and Its Probable
Origin,

Origin.
Every one has read and heard that a
peacOck'S feet are ugly. and that the
bird is so conscious of it that it invaria-
bly, tries to hide them when it finds
that it is observed. This belief is not
of modern origin. for it is to be found
in ancient writings and in works as
old as the classical Greek and Latin,
and in old fables. 1t has been recorded
as an ornithological truth by writers
from time immemorial, and even at the
present day it is to be found in books
that are considered standard works on
natural history. This constant reitera-
ton of something that has no founda-
ton in fact is simply an illustration of
how some writer's will take as an ac-
cepted fact the assertions of some other
writers who have gone before them
and not exercise their own Judgment
and eyes. The assertion that peacocks
have ugly feet is arrant nonsense, as
any one can see if they will examine
the next bird they see. The feet are
slightly larger than those of turkey,
but are well proportional and small for
the size of the bird.
The popular misconception regarding
this birds feet undoubtedly arose from
the fact that the peacock, being by
nature wild bird. is apt to drop its
beautiful fan tail to the ground behind
him and scuttle away as rapidly as pos
sible. The dropping of the tail, of
course, hides the feet, and the impress
sion is conveyed to the ignorant or un-
thinking that the bird is trying to hide
his feet.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-30

1t was after dinner and he was say
ing sweet nothings to her out on the
piazza.
DO you know what | think of you?"
she asked in the pleased-reproving tone
women affect on such occasions.
Il hope it is nothing bad" he an
wered, after the manner of men when
that question is put to them.
well, l think you are a hollow
mockery."
lie folded his hands across himself
composedly.
"A mockery, possibly" he admitted,
but not hollow" and the lights went
out in the dining-room. Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-30
THE MOSLEM'S MAHDi.
Imposters who Declare Themselves to Be
the Expected Prophet.

the Expected Prophet.
lei Mahdi'' can best be translated as
''the guide" Moslems generally are
looking for the coming of a prophet.
Sunnis and Shiahs agree in expecting
the appearance of a Mahdi or Messiah
But they differ as to the manner of his
manifestation. Sunnis believe the com
ing Mahdi to be new prophet. Shiahs
hold that he will be an Imam. who has
disappeared. but who will reappear as
the expected Messiah.
There have been many prophecies as
to how he will declare his divine mis-
sion. as to marks on his body by which
he will be known, a. to his parentage
and as to the result of his appearance
on earth. And, since so much differ
ence of opinion exists on these points
it is not wonderful that Adventures
have more than once since the death of
Mohammed declared themselves to be
the Mahdi, and have induced Others to
believe in them.
Impostors of this class have been
especially successful in North Africa,
where nearly all Moslems belong to the
Sunni division; but in this country the
name Mahdi has definitely become as
ISOLATED with Mohammed Ahmed, of
Dongola, the boat builder who wrested
the Nile provinces from the Khedive in
spite of British protection, under whose
banners the Arabs fought us at Ell Teb,
at Abu Klea, and at McNeill'S zeriba,
and who died al Omdurman just us the
Nile eXpeditionary force, foiled in its
attempt TO save Khartoum, retired from
the Soudan. Blackwood's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-30
TESTIMONY THAT TELLS.
Eminent Medical Men who Have Declared
Against Alcohol.

Against tllcOnOi
Apart from the many-written testi-
monies which have been published from
time to time from members of the pro-
fession in the United States and Great
Britain. such as a statement in 1880 by
seventeen medical men in Manchester
declaring Intoxicating liquors to be I'M
necessary and pernicious, and com
rnending abstinence three great British
medical declarations stand out in bold
relief as the opinions of acknowledged
leaders in medicine and surgery. The
first medical declaration was issued in
1889, and declared the opinion to be
erroneous that wine, beer or spirit was
beneficial to health; that in ordinary
health such stimulants were not re-
CURED. and that their habitual use in
either large or small quantities, even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.


s. 8. Daish & Son have written TO the Com
missioners calling attention to the grade OF
the gutter at the northeast corner Of Flor
ida avenue and the Brentwood road. To all
appearances the gutter Is below the grade
of the sewer trap. recently constructed.
causing pool Of water I'm the cutters. II Is
their opinion that the grade of the gutter
could easily be raised to meet that Of the
sewer trap.
Can Do Business Here.
The following named insurance companies
have been allowed to do business In the
District Of Columbia:
Sun Mutual Insurance Company Of New
Orleans. La: American Employers Laabil-
ity Insurance Company Of Jersey City. N. J.
Contract Awarded.
The contract to supply the Sumner school
building with steam boilers has been award
ed to Warren w. Briggs.
Waterman Appointed.
James Sullivan has been appointed watch
II an at the Washington Asylum, vice J.
Ross Stewart, resigned.
Permit for . Merry-GO-Roaaa.
A permit has been granted A. ]. Baker to
locate a merry -go-round within the inciosed
lot on H street northeast between 9Th and
eth streetA
A Policeman Fined.
Private J. b. Ais OF the police force has
been found guilty OF neglect OF duty and
fined SO.
Must Pay Their Debts.
Privates w. F. Happen and George Upper
man Of the police force, recently found
guilty or non-payment OF debt, have been
ordered to liauidate the same.
Today's Orders.
The Commissioners today issued the fol-
lowing orders:
That A. A. Chapman. subinspector In the
sewer department be appointed inspector at
"a per diem.
That the well at the corner OF 9Th ana O
streets northwest be closed and abandoned
That public wells on ID street between
East Capitol and A streets southeast and
at LIST and Q streets northwest be closed and
abandoned. ~'''
That the well on X street between 18th
ana lAth streets southeast be flled and
abandoned. and that a street hydrant he
erected on the northwest corner OF I4th and
X streets southeast
That sewer on D street between 23d ana
Stth streets. Georgetown. ID. c., be added
70 the provisional schedule of sewers TO be
QUILT during the fiscal year 1856 provided
Congress appropriates funds SUFFICIENT. or
under the permit system. upon receipt Of
the usual deposit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
OFFICIALS GRATIFIED.
Rapid Increase Of Government Re-
ceipts mt the Treasury.

Rapid Increase Of Government Re-
ceipts mt the Treasury.
Treasury officials are much gratified at
the rapid increase in the receipts, as 1t
now seems probable. at least, that the
stringency which has prevailed for SO long
Is about at an end. As was expected, the
receipts both from customs and internal
revenue had been comparatively heavy Of
late and have brought the cash balance up
to a point beyond the danger point. The
gold reserve is also gaining slowly. but 1t
IL confidently expected that as soon as
cotton and grain shipments set in In earn
est the tide of gold shipments will again
set toward our shores. 1t is not expected
however, that the present abnormally heavy
receipts from customs duties will continue
uninterruptedly. After the goods now In
bond have all been taken out the receipts
are expected to fall of, not to fully revive
again for some months, but the winter
year. and as soon as the present supply of
spirits has been exhausted a revival Is also
expected In the receipts from internal reye-
nue.. The present receipts from this source
come almost entirely from tobacco oleo-
margarine and beer, with a small amount
from playing cards. Taken as a whole the
situation Is regarded by the treasury on
Gals as very encouraging and puts the
necessity of another bond issue out of the
question, for some time, at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
HE WAS VERY JOLLY.
John Lane Told About His Experi-
ence with q Prisoner.

emce WIN u prisoner.
The unhappy proceedings in the Police
Court were relieved by a bit Of genuine
Dickensonian comedy this morning John
Lane, with face that would make his for
tune on the variety stage, nose that gives
him at least a genuine libel case agains ST
his occupation, and brogue that would do
credit to fresh emigrant from Limerick,
was In the dock charged with vagrancy.
To him the matter was one of the juiciest
jokes he ever experienced, and he grinned
around the court re ON in a most delicious
manner. 1t vas said by officers that yes
terday afternoon John was found on the
avenue between Sd and IL streets in the
coTrany of an old soldier. who had been
industriously blowing in" his pension mon
ey. The soldier was very drunk, and John
was SO sober that he was able to finger the
veterans money most dexterously.
The pensioner and Lane were both ar
rested, but the former was sober this morn
ing, and was allowed to go.
Lane cooked his head to one side when
he faced the judge, adjusted the flannel in
the roof of his mouth and told his story.
Judge. OF NIT this ould man on tn ave
moo Yesterday evenin' an We TUX drinks
together. an OF tould him he ought to git
a new hat. an he pulled out some bills an
he says to me, says he. 'Phwats THAR an
OF pulled out me glasses. so OF did, an Oi
fOunI 1t was wan. Thin Their was
1OlVe, an ne TUX an Onere0. the Stnull
around most handsome loike. He offered 1t
to the tootblacks an to me an all around,
an thin we was pulled in
But no money was found ON John. The
Judge couldn't get trace of the veterans
funds. John said that he lives In Balti-
more, and has been coming here. back and
forth. for three or four years, selling pens
and per ellis. He was given twenty-four
hours to get back to Baltimore. and he left
the room with a beatific smile lighting up
the region under the rCbicund nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
cHlxA's SIDE GIVEN.
The Emperor Says COrea Asked for
Assistance.


SAN FRANCISCO, September 5.-The
steamship Belgic arrived from Hong Kong
and Yokohama via Honolulu, bringing
Yolofs ma advices to August Is and Hong
Kong to August I. At Pekin on August
the following edict was issued by the en-
perpr:
"Corea has been our tributary for the
past 200 years. 1t has given Us tribute all
this time, which Is a n after known to the
world. For the last twelve years or so
Corea has been troubled with repeated in
surrecticns. and we. in sympathy with our
small tributary. have as eatedly sent
succor to her aid eventually placing a res
ident minister in her capital to protect
Corea's interests. In May of this year an
other rebellion was begun in COrea, and
the king repeatedly asked for aid from us
to put down the rebellion. We then or
dered Ii Hung Chang to send troops to
Corea, and they having barely reached
jen' "a name for the Japanese, expressive
of the greatest contempD, without any
cause whatever, suddenly sent their troops
to Colea and entered Seoul, the capital of
Corea, reinforcing them constantly, until
they have exceeded 10000 men. In the
meantime. the Japanese forced the Corean
king to change his form of government,
showing a disposition every way of bully
ing the Coreans."
The rest Of the proclamation is devoted
to abuse Of the japanese and a rehearsal of
incidents of the war, previously sent by
cable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
WILL PUNISH LYNCHERs.

Gov. Turney Determined to Bring
Them TO Justice.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Sept 5-Gov.
Turney intends to punish the members of
the mob who lynched the six negro alleged
incendiaries at Millington Friday night.
The governor passed through the city
yesterday on his way to Nashville, and was
interviewed by a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press
THE Millington lynchers must be brought
to justice" he said. ''and 1 will begin with
a thorough investigation at once. Il will
assist the Memphis authorities by offering
large rewards and employing detectives to
run down the beasts who committed this
crime against civilization. Such outrages as
this Millington affair would disgrace any
community. end an example must be made
of the savages who composed the mob
There Is no use in talking about the mat
ter; action Is what is necessary. and this
there will be at once. LyEchings must be
stopped in Tennessee, If 1t is in my power
to do so. and l believe that 1t is"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
GRAVES IN GRACELAND.
Orders of the Commissioners Reru.
lating the Removal of Bodies.

Orders of the Conn issiOners Reru.
lating the Removal of Bodies.
The District Commissioners today issued
an order setting forth the regulations which
are to govern the removal Of bodies from
the Graceland cemetery. No body or part
Of body Is to be exhumed or reinterred with
out permit from the health officer. which
will be issued only on a written application,
signed by the secretary Of the Cemetery As
ISOLATION. and setting forth the name, age
and date, cause and place Of death.
No grave shall be opened for the disin-
terment Of bodies during June, July, Au-
gust and September. and no body of a per-
son under twelve years of age shall be dis
inferred within q less period than a year
from the time of burial. Upon disinterment
all bodies and articles of any description
found In the grave. together with the re-
mains Of the casket or coffin. must be in
closed In an alright box and transferred
directly from the grave to the place Of re-
intermert, snd refinement must take place
within twenty-four hours from the time the
remains were exhumed
1t Is further ordered That the bodies of
persons who died from diphtheria shall be
thoroughly wetted with solution of
chloride of lime before being removed from
the grave. and each grave must remain open
for twenty-four hours after the remains are
removed before 1t is filled up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
GEN. sTONEMAN DEAD,
A Veteran and Formerly Governor q
California.

A veteran and Formerly Governor Of
California.
BUFFALO. N. Y. September 5-Gen
George Stoneman. ex-governor Of Califor-
mia. died in this city this morning at the
residence Of his sister, Mrs. Benjamin H.
Williams.
Gen. Stoneman was born at Busti Chau-
tauqua county. N. Y, August 8, 1922 He
vas graduated at the United States Mill
tary Academy in 1916. In March, 1857, he
became captain in the second cavalry, and
served till 1861, chiefly in Texas In Feb
ruary Of that year. while in command Of
of his superior, Gen. David E. Twiggs, for
the surrender of the government property
to the secessionists, evacuated the fort and
went to New York by steamer.
He became major of the first cavalry on
May o, 1851, and served in western Virginia
till August ID. when he was appointed brig
adler general Of volunteers and chief of cav
airy of the Army of the Potomac. He Or
ganized the cavalry of that army and COM
manded during the Virginia peninsular cam
paign of 1862.
On the reorganization Of the armies oper-
ating against Richmond by Gen. Grant
Gen. Stoneman was appointed to a cavalry
corps in the department of Ohio. was en-
paign in May-July. 1854, and conducted a
raid for the capture Of Macon and Ander-
sonville and the liberation Of prisoners, but
was captured at Clinton, Ga, July 81 He
retired from the army in August, 1871. and
since resided In California, of which he was
governor in 1851 having been chosen as a
democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
Local and Other Penaion.


The following pensions were today grant
ed to residents Of the District Of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia:
District of Columbla-Original. Thomas S.
Kelly. Nathan. Addison. John w. Knox,
United States Soldiers Home. Restoration
and reissue. All xander c. F. Kncop United
States Soldiers Home; original, widows,
&C., reissue. Mary r Reddich.
Acknowledgements. David G. Bowman,
Denton. Caroline county; William Adams,
Westminster, Carroll county; Alfred Schley,
Libertytown. Frederick county: Michael
Maropey. Oakland. ! Garrett county. Origi-
nal, widows. &c: Especial acD. Alfred
Phipps. Towson. Baltimore county; Ann
Warfield mother), Eornersvile. Dorchester
county: Original, widows. &C., Maggie c.
Wood. Baltimore; Nancy Wright. Center
vile. Queen Anne county.
Virginia-Mexicanf war survivors-In-
crease, Charles s. Willis, Salem, Roanoke
county; Mexican war widows, Mary A. Nell
son, Wildwood, Clarke county. Original. Will
liam g. Vickers, National Military Home,
Elizabeth City. Reissue and increase Chris
tian Ha srle, National Military Home, Eliza
beth City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
Congestion at New York Custom
House Relieved.

]. ]. Couch, deputy collector Of customs
at New York. was at the Treasury Depart
ment today. AMI had a half hours confer
cree with Secretary Carlisle on some Of the
administrative features of the new tariff
bill. Mr.. Couch said that the congestion
occasioned by the flood Of withdrawal pa
pers filed at the custom house during the
first few days aftec the act went into op-
Grafton had been relieved somewhat. al
though 1t would be some time yet before
the work of the Office was restored to Its
normal proportions. Many merchants fear
ing a blockade. had filed withdrawal papers
for more goods than they then needed or
were likely to heed in the near future, and
on many Of these goods the duty had not
yet been paid This fact, more than any
other, was responsible for the inability of
the customs officials to get out goods as
fast as actually needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
Washington stock EXCHANGE

saies-regular caf-12 O'Clock MI. a A. .o,-
Goysrn%ent Bona.H. asene 70 G.s az Ig
BID, nay asked Y g =, coupon. liz lid, ISL
l losas bid soyesr fund g. gold, llsls bid water
I'D tis f %ssss stock
re %..e Ham, hid R S FsgistsTed al bid
town Railroad cow g. list. 10 bid ana las sssss
w, MSs hia and GeorEetown Railroad g. I'd
iSS s'J MetRpoPpo5t.n Railroad cow ds 100 bid
lexington Ellington Railroad es, eelk bid. Washington Gas
Somrany g. series III 9 lid Ga.
Company s , g. iso bid. U. S. 1ectrie Light
phone ios ASKED AND FSso%ss Te
eaTiy and Trust s and O. 100 ba me Wssh,s ss
Market Market COMPANY Imp. es. Io7 bid. washinrton
SiS~P "a c ext s. iS BID
try list g. lol bid. Washington Light Infantry 81
bid: Bank Of the Republic, 2ss bid. 2Ss nss Cd
MNstropoitan PSI bid, 800 asked. Central 30 bid
bid. 14o asked Columbia. Isa bid. 10 asked ed
Capital. ne bid; West End. ITO bid. lis asked.
asras' 100 bid. Lincoln. 30 bid. Ohio. 81
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. NationaI $, 2.
Trust. 40 bid rs asked American secnri, n AMI AMI
Trust. lsI bid. Washington safe Deposit i ioa
Or Railroad ,Ii stocks.-washineton and Georgetown
80 bid, 3i2 asked. Columbia. 90 asked Belt' a.
nallytown, 80 asked. a"o zen
Gas and Electric Light stocks.-washingtoo Gas
~ p,a' 81 ASKED Georgetown Gas, so hid "a
Insurance Stocks..Firemen's. a. asked Franz
In - md - asked. Arlington. las bid. German
american. lW bid. National Union IaIL aslai
Columbia l3I bid 15t asked Riggs. IL lid s
AZ Peoples, oh bid. 50 asked. Lincoln. n.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Reai Estate Title Iio
bid. 'e' h'"e' q"
Telephone neutrality-suspicious., 81 bid. Chesa-
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I'D asked Norfolk and Washington Steamboat.
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