davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-22
"MY FOOD DOES NE NO GOOD. ;

In any city there are many possible
ways to travel from one point to anoth-
er. But between the food on your table
and its destination in the body there is
only one road,-directly through the
stomach. There is no going around the
stomach or foregoing a passage through
it. Here the food is detained a while Tor
better or for worse. Here it must be di-
gested-that is TO say, changed, liquefled
and assorted for assimilation; or failing
that, it must lie here and rot, general
ing poisonous principles which enter
the blood and set up diseased action
throughout the syytem. This is .indi-
gestion or dyspepsia,-the condition that
exists when a person says, My food
does me no good"
Certainly not. How can it? The more
he eats the more he suffers The road
is blocked. No use putting more grain in
the hopper when the mill cannot grind.
Here are some of natures protest: Loss
of appetite; distress after eating; heart
burn; palpitation. flashes of heat and
cold; the rising of nauseous acids and
gases into the throat; furrel tongue;
dull and aching head; pains in the chest
and back; WEAKNESS, fatigue and worry;
loss of sleep; cold hands and feet vel
lowish eyes and skin; weakness and
trembling constipation; failure of ner-
Vous force and courage, etc, etc. Out
of this seething blockade in the stom-
ach-may come any of a dozen local com
plants, common form of pseudo-cOn-
sumption among them. Yet you must eat
or strave. Miserable dilemma
Drastic measures won't do. Take a very
little light nourishment at first and imme-
diateiy after IL a dose Of the Shaker Df-
gestive Cordial, the only radically effec.
tive remedy for Indigestion or sivsDep.
sia-prepared by the Shaker community
OF Mount Lebanon, n s. II will reIieys
al once and cure quickly Made from
cullNated medicinal herbs and plants
Grown by the Shakers Pleasant 10 I'M
lhsle, painless and harmless
Trial BOTTLES ten cents. For sale D,
nearly all druggists. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-22
FLORIDA

Strawberries are being very extensively
planted at st. Francis this season.
The Key Westers still hope for a rail-
road connection with the main land
The Ministerial Association OF the
Methodist church is now in session at
DeLand.
Morris Bear of Pensacola has awarded
the contract for building a handsome two
story residence TO cost between $1,000 and
$500.
Eugene Masters was Wednesday night
elected captain of the St Aug1lstfue
Guards, vice Capt. + II. Greatorex. Sr..
resigned
Many barrels OF naval stores are now
being shipped from ApaIaehieola. The
schooner A. b. sherman few DAYS since
carried to New York 1863 barrels.
Al meeting OF The YOUNG Business
Leasue, held at Pensacola Wednesday
night "a proposition was read 10 inaueTi-
rate steamship line between Pensacola
ana Central America, which proposition
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-22
And MINERS
TRANSPORTATION CO.

TO NEW YORh-Steamer and RaU
Cabin, limited days. 1850; Cabin. min
TIED, 5000. Excursion, $500; IntermediaTs
Sl475. u'a'7'
TO BOSTON-Steamer and Rail-Cab,n
unlimited, $500; intermediate, limited |
days, $500. '
TO -Steamer-Cabin, Limited
10 days, 5000; Excursion $50 90: Intsrr1n..ll
diate, limited, 10 days, $500. NV
TO INGTON-Steamer and Pau,
Cabin, $500 -'o4'-
TO PHILADELPHIA ana
Rall-Cabin, $3.50; intermediate. SIP ri
TO LPHIA-Steamer-Ca
$500; Intermediate, S1l.5O
TO BALTIMORE-Cabin H5OO. Exou,-
sion, $500; intermediate. 5000
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09
FIRE ExTINoUlsHERs.
The Ancient Specimens and the Transitios
to the Modern Machine.

What il perhaps the Oldest known fire
engine for pumping water Is mentioned In
the "Spiritalia" of Hero, about 100 Is. @.
This engine had two single acting pumps,
the plungers of which were worked by
single beam pivotod between the two. The
streams united in single discharge pipe,
passing up trunk In which was an air
chamber and out at a nozzle which could
no Turned in any direction. This descrip-
ton might stand for great many forms
of hand fire engines used even to the pres
ent day. Tho early Romans appear to
have Maid quite some attention TO fire OK
tineuishing apparatus and had an organ
lied fire brigade.
Something like the more modern fire
engine appears to have been brought out
In the early part of the sixteenth century
and Is described as water syringe"
This was mounted on wheels and was
worked by levers. Fire engines of this
kind were apparently much used in Ger
many. In England, during tho latter
part of the sixteenth century large brass
syrinaes were employed, holding several
quarts of wator and operated by three
men, two holding the syringe at each
side with one hand and directing the noz-
|
the plunger. After having discharged the
water the syringe was refilled from els
tern or we'll near the fire or from buckets.
Later these water squirts were fitted to
portable cisterns or tanks.
In the latter part of the seventeenth cen
fury portable engine, mounted ON els
tern or tank, from which the water was
drawn, was introduced In England by
| 4 f. .fw.a xxyua in " ~
spects similar to the modern hand fire en-
CINE and continued in use in England III
to 1882.
The Newsham engine was perhaps TIT
first successful fire engine and really wa
the pioneer of the modern manually oper
ated engines. Thepumps were of variou
sizes and designs and were in most case
operated by levers. Various forms of en-
gines. similar TO the Newsham engine
continued in use as late as 1s5o.-Cas
sier's Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09

sst of social security against irresponsible de-
unouents and against those whose RESPONSE
biIity Is weakened when the crime or misde-
meanor Is committed by mental feebleness or
alienationf .
a Would not an unlimited Imprisonment in
,yorlyhouses by administrative order for adult
yagabond recidivists be preferable to limited
convictionsf
s. In a preventive view what are the advan
cages Of asylums for the curative treatment OF
drunkards, and what are the results obtained
an such establishments
QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO CHILDREN.
/ In relation to young boys, would 1t not be
well TO defer the limit Of penal minority until
the age Of military liability IL Is necessary to
understand by penal minority the period dur
ing which the Judge may acquit for want oil
discernment with the privilege OF sending the
child to an institution for correctional educa'
ton.
q In what instances Of forfeiture OF parental
rights would IL DO beneficial To substitute the
guardianship of the slater
g. Is there not a way to substitute for the
unique type OF houses Of correction series oil
appropriate institutions for the diverse classes
OF minors according to penal law and under
different namesf
Would il not especially be best to provide
school Of protection. an institution OF first de.
gree for simple minded mendicants and aban.
doned children2 What is the most efficient
mendicity and vagabondage OF minorsP
a What authority should have jurisdiction
over the condition of children guilty Of faults
| or violationsf
For what reasons and upon what principles
| should these faults or violations render them
liable to:
ment in a ponitentiary establishment so calledi
| (bl Or being placed in "A special correctional
institution for vicious or undisclphned chill
| drenp
| (c) Or to be sent to an educational establish
ment provided for pupils placed under the
guardianship of public authorityf
(d) In accordance with what principles anc
following what process could children com
mitted to said institutions be professionally
conditionally or definitely liberatedY
(e) Under what conditions should minors b'
considered as recidivists, and what conse
auences should follow thom in this regardY
8. In establishments for young people is i
not necessary that a large place should be as
signed to reasonable physical trainingS
o. Would il not be well to fix minimum pc
Rod during which minors should be sent Z
correctional institutions in accordance witt
penal lawY
Is il not proper to decide that in all case
where minors have been convicted they shoul'
be sent until their majority, according Z
Evil law to an institution of penitentiary ed
ucationY
T. How and by whom should dependent o
morally abandoned children be placed in fami
lies after removal from reformatory institu
tions and be watched overp Within what limit
would it be useful to employ for this purpos
patronage societies2
8. What method may be used to prevent an
repress the prostitution of minorsP
There is material enough here TO occup
The humanitarians not only during tn
weeks of the congress, but for the rest c
heir natural lives. Among the delegate
from the United States who will atten
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09

penses for the support Of all prisoners Of the
same class, allowing, however, TO each stated
portion of the proceeds and bestowing presents
as a reward upon the most meritorious.
g. In order to influence prisoners as much
by hope as by fear, would IL be proper 10 be-
stow rewards frequently
@. In what form and under what conditions
should disciplinary punishments be adjudged
and appliedf
z. In the interest Of general discipline and
the reformation OF prisoners should the best
or the worst be selected for the effortf
g. On what principle should the duration Of
punishment be estimated for those convicted
who are affected by mental alienation:
(a) When they are confined in special asy-
lums controlled by the prison administration
(bl When they are transferred TO insane asy.
lums properly so called?
o. Has the influence Of physical exercise ia
the prison regime been heretofore sufficiently
considered with reference 10 the classification
of prisonersT
PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
l. What means be used TO prevent pris-
oners from squandering their earnings on
leaving prison, and thus, finding Themselves
without resources, from relapsing into srimei
2 How should schools and prison Libraries
be organized so that they may truly be II serv.
ice 10 the accused and TO convictsf Isthere
s7y special way 10 put in the hands q the
prisoners periodical and other publication
which would be particularly adapted 60 .hem'
g. What measures may be taken In theinter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09

sociations were exclusively philanthropic.
In the highest sense that Is true. But the
aim of the congress Is not to eliminate
punishment i'm dealing with criminals.
The prevention of crime and pauperism,
by decreasing the population OF the dan
gerous classes and lessening the number
of exposed, abandoned and dependent chill
dren, through education and restoration to
family life, have serious consideration.
Prison construction, prison discipline, diet
and general management are freely de-
bated
Following are the authorized questions
OF the programme for this summer:
|. should the offender be held a recidi-
visit when he has only repeated the first Of
Tense? Should the increase of punishment be
progressive for each new rolapsef
g Can transportation in the broadcast sense
be approved in a reasonable prison system,
and, If So what is the special role 1t should oc-
cupyp
g. Can positive effect be given to penal sen
fences rendered in another country
A. Does present legislation provide sufficient
ly for indemnity from the offender to the in
jured partly
8 Is there any way to maintain in penal leg
islation the threefold division into crimes
misdemeanors and violations2 III answered in
the negative. what simple division can be
NADER
| 8. What are the precise facts which should
| be considered constituting vagabondage and
| mendicityY within what limits and by what
| means can they be repressedp
z. What repressive methods may be adopted
! against those who, by the aid Of false pre-
| lenses, induce young girls TO leave their homes
I and betray them into prostitution
8. For what violation of criminal law, under
what conditions and to what extent should
legislation provide for:
| (a) system of admonitions and remon-
strances addressed by the Judge to the prison
er to take the place of convictionf
(b) A method for suspending sentence, either
by fine imprisonment or by other disposition,
in the discretion OF the Judge, but not applied
| TO the prisoner so as to render him liable to O
new convictionT
PENITENTIARIES.
/. Is there any way to generalize and unity
the conditions of anthropometry and and tc
ascertain the conditions under which an
agreement in this respect could be advisedf
2. Could special regulations be applied &c
prisons for women quite different from those
prescribed for prisons for men which would ap
ply to labor as well as TO discipline and dietY
3. Would it be practicable TO have prison
system in which work was not obligatory
not labor in all prisons indispensable as al
element of order, safety, moralization anC
hygiene2
A. Should convicts receive compensation FOL
their labor, or would it be best that the pro
ceeds of their labor be used TO cover the ex
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09

All trains week days only.
Close connection at Howell juno for Toledo
on morning train and at Detroit for Toledo and
South and for Canadian and Eastern Cities.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09

the congress are Rev. j. l.. Milligan, sec
retary of the National Prison association;
Major r. W. McClaughry, general super
intendent of the Illinois State reforma-
tory; DR.. p. ID. Sims, secretary OF the
Tennessee state board Of health; the Rev.
Samuel j. Barrows, director of the Massa-
chusetts Prison society; G. Il. Lewis, pres
ident of the New York Prison association;
j. S. Appel, president of the state board OF
charities of Colorado; j. w. Willis, judge
of the district court of Minnesota; the
Rev. f. II. Wines of Illinois; DIR. 5. II.
Lindley, superintendent OF the California
Reform school, and G. ID. Randall of Cold
water, Mich.
One of the best known of the American
delegates is Major II. W. McClaughry,
who has for many years been actively in
terested In prison reform. He was born at
Fountain Green, Ills, July 20, 1889, and
was graduated from Monmouth college in
1860. The next year he enlisted as a vol
unteer in the Union army ant served with
distinction through the war retiring with
the rank Of major. In 1874 he was APP
pointed warden of the Illinois state prison
at Joliet, position which he retained for
IA years There he made an enviable rec
ord and became known for his humane yet
strict discipline.
In 1888 he resigned this Office and be-
came general superintendent of the Penn
sylvania Industrial reformatory at Hunt
ingdon, where he enlarged his expert
ence with criminals. He remained three
years at Huntington and then accepted the
Office Of general superintendent of police
of the city Of Chicago. This office he re-
signed in 1898, and since then he has been
general superintendent of the Illinois
| State refornatory.
Although his career has been very differ
ent from that of Major McClaughry, Rev.
| Samuel ]. Barrows, a delegate from Bos-
| ton, has had varied and remarkable ex-
perience He has been newsboy, telegra-
| pher, stenographer, private secretary, city
editor war correspondent, divinity stu
| dent, managing editor and Unitarian min
| ister At present he Is editor of the Boston
| Christian Register, the Unitarian organ.
| Mr. Barrows has always been interested
| in philanthropic work, and there Is hardly
/ a charitable enterprise in Boston in which
/ he is not conspicuous. He is 80 years old
and q native of New York city.
| Another American delegate who Is ex-
pected to exercise considerable influence In
the congress is Judge John W. Willis of st.
Paul. For number of years he has been
| a member of the state board of correction
and charities and has been prominent In
that work both in Minnesota and in the
national society of associated charities
Judge Willis is native of st. Paul and
was graduated at Dartmouth in 1877 al
the age Of % He Is a lawyer and judg,
of the district court.
Among the American delegates are m; ny
other men who have devoted much effort
and thought to solving the problems o.
prison reform. Perhaps the most distin
guished of them all Is Rev. Il. III. Wines o
Illinois, who founded the American Prison
association 20 years ago
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09
THE PRISON CONGRESS
Plans For the International c
vention at Paris.
QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED.
The Prevention OF Crime and Pauperism,
Prison Construction and Prison Disci-
pIine to Be Considered by Humanitarians
of Wide Experience.

The fifth session of the international
prison congress, which will open In Paris
on June 90, will be made up OF official
delegates from the various governments,
Legislators, councillors of state, members
of the Institute of France high officers OF
prison administration, Judges of the courts,
professors of universities, delegates from
prison and patronage societies, etc Its
object is eminently practical. The idea
has prevailed TO some extent that such as
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09
BiilvilIe at the Fair.

Billville is getting ready for the EXPOSE
ton We have number of spring alli-
gators that saved five niggers from being
lynched 10y swallowing them alive. At
lanta Constitution
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-09

California has adopted the eschscholtzia
"a its official flower, but there will he
mighty little said about IL by the majority
Of the men in ward politics. Chicago Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
A PRACTICAL REFORMER

Too. many of the women who have
come into prominence in public life dur
ing the past half century have been
the advocates of some cause whose in
terests they have pushed with intern
perate and impolitic zeal. No matter
how meritorious any project may be.
how desirable any given reform or phi
lanthropic undertaking, its advance
ment and chance of success may be
hindered by the injudicious course of its
champions The public is so consti-
tuted that a perpetual DINING into its
ears of one refrain is sure to become
distastetul; the harp of a single string
is "a very tiresome instrument. People
may be far from hostile to temperance
or equal suffrage or equality before the
law. or 70 the amelioration of the con-
dition of the Indian, the negro or the
heather Chinee. but they rebel after a
time against the ceaseless repetition of
appeals for their support and approval
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
CHANGES OF VENUE.

The Legislature ought to consider the
propriety of amending the law in regard
to changes of venue in criminal cases.
The law contemplates that every Grim
inal action shall be tried in the county
where the offense was committed unless
there be some exceptional reason to the
contrary. The theory of the law is that
a change of venue is taken to obtain a
fairer trial than could be had in the
court where the indictment is found,
but as matter of fact, most applica-
tons for change of venue are made for
delay and to defeat justice. In most
instances the change is granted on the
unsupported affidavit of the defendant
that he believes he cannot have a fair
trial in the county where he has been
indicted, and in capital cases it is made
obligatory on the court to grant the
change on such affidavit. In all cases
it involves heavy costs to the county
from which the change is taken, and in
many it results in expensive delays and
the ultimate defeat of justice. 1t is a
rare thing that public feeling preju-
dice against a defendant is SO strong as
to justify a change of venue, and it
ought not to be possible for him to get
change on his unsupported affidavit.
There would be no injustice in requiring
the defendants affidavit to be supported
by those of at least two other credible
disinterested citizens of the county, who
should be subject to examination by the
court as to the matters contained in
their affidavits. And it ought to be
made the duty of the prosecuting attor-
ney to resist the application for
change and meet the affidavits on which
it is based with counter affidavits or
the testimony of witnesses in rebuttal
of the allegations of the defendant. The
granting of the application for change
should in all cases be left discretionary
with the court after hearing such testi-
1nilNr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
DENyER'S STRANGLERS.
Inconsistent Stories Told by the Two
Frenchmen Under Arrest.

DENVER, Col, Jan. 8.-The more the
stories told by Alphonzo Lemaire, or Charles
Guichard, which is his real name, and Vic
tor Monchanin, regarding the Market-street
sfrangling cases are investigated, the
stronger becomes the suspicion that they
have been concerned in the interest of
lies Chevalers dAmour, the French
Macuuereaux who have been suspected of
the murders. Last night Monchanin and
Guichard We're brought face to face. They
were questioned, badgered and bullied for
four hours. They were also allowed to
bully each other. They repeated in detail
the accusations they had already
made against each other, each punctuat-
ing the others language with an occasional
you're a liar" There are discrepancies
as to the dates and on other points in the
stories of the men which tend strongly to
discredit them. The two stories, agree
ing as they do in SO many points, look
though they had been prepared and care
fully repeated and carefully rehearsed by
Monchanin and Guichard before going to
the detectives. Moreover, John w. Will
liams, a negro, now comes. forward with n
statement that he overheard Monchanin and
Lemaire discussing in the street the pro-
posed murder and robbery of Marie Con-
tassiot, but he says the conversation took
place Nov. 20, whereas the murder was COM
mitted Oct. 28.
MonchaniIl is a native of Lyons and has
been fifteen years in this country. He has
been two years in Colorado and worked in
the Palace Hotel at Cripple Creek before he
came to Denver a year ago last October.
He is a carpenter by trade, but claims to
have worked at mining. Charles Guichard
was born at Morlax on the Bretagne coast,
and has followed the sea the greater part
of his life. He came to America in 1884.
About two months ago Guichard wanted
Sergeant McPhee to give him gun and
policeman's badge, as he said he could find
the strangers. He was drunk at the time
and McPhee threw him out of the police
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09

State Senator Roverud. of Minnesota,
though Norwegian by birth. seems to be
pretty well indoctrinated with Ameri-
canism. When Governor Nelson, of that
State. solicited his support for United
States Senator on the ground that they
were both Norwegians the Senator re-
piled: II was but fourteen years old
when / came to America, and believe
am an American. 1 have run for office
a good many times in Houston county,
and always as a Republican, not as
Norwegian. never asked a living man
TO vote for me because of my national
ity. Norwegians and Swedes, Irishmen
and Germans and American born citi-
zens as well have always been my
friends. / am an American citizen"
That is a platform of true American
citizenship in a nutshell. foreign born
American citizen who asks for political
support on account of his nativity has
no right to complain if he encounter
opposition on the same ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09

The informal action of the Repub-
lican Senators relative to the Foust-
Rinear election contest shows COM
mendable disposition to consider the
case fairly and decide it on its merits.
The Democratic practice of deciding
election contests practically without a
hearing and invariably in favor of them
selves. which has prevailed in this State
In past years, should not be adopted by
the Republicans. 1t should be the aim
Of the majority in this Legislature to
make record for fair dealing and hon.
est methods which shall be conspicuous
by contrast with past Democratic
records