Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-02
GOAT MILK CURE.
A REPORT FROM cossuL-cEyra,,
GOwDY, OF PARIS.
Served nj the DomiciIes for Troo,.-
Emigration from Ireiand-som.
sfntistics-sirginin and North Car
oIina Postal Matters.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-Gpeclall--f,
reply TO an instruction from the he.
ton Of the House for several davs diirlr,
the week. The first one 10 be reached
will be that Of Brown vs. Swanson. gro,,
the Fifth Virginia District. A maiorifv
OF the committee wkich has had IL IN
charge have reported In favor Of Mr.
Swanson, the sitting Democrat; but a
only two OF the Republicans Joined ths
three Democratic members OF the com.
mittee in making the report there is am
to be a hot fight against Mr.. Swanson.
His friends. however, claim that ne Will
surely be given the seat.
No definite programme has been mapped
out for business In the House for the rest
OF the week
GOAT-MILK CURE IN FRANCE.
In reply to an instruction from the De.
partment OF State. dated September 70.
1897. sent at the request Of Msssachu-
sets physician, Consul-General GoWdy.
of Paris, under date of March lU lSs
sends a report concerning the methods
and management OF alleged cures effect.
ed by the injection or goat serum IN
France. The report comprises transia-
tlons from recent publication by DR..
nheim--ImmunisauOn ct Sorum,hs.
raDie.
In regard to the goat-milk cure, Consul
General Gowdy reports.
II cannot discover that goats milk IS
used for clinical purposes IN France It
is, however. sometimes given 20 s.ckly
children, when it is found that the milk
of cows and the various prepared milks
do not agree with them. Goats milk Is
very rich In cream and nutritious sub.
stances, and there is popular belief that
IL Is a useful article of diet In pulmonie
and anemic complaints. II is served 40
the domiciles from troops Of goats which
are MIXED on the spot as 10 is believed
that, 10 be efiicacious, IL must be drunk
fresh from the animal"
EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.
Consul Swiney. writing from Queens
town, Ireland. to the State Department.
says:
ut Is only since 1851 that statistical
returns of emigration from the United
Kingdom have been kept By the British
Government. Previous TO that time most
of the emigration was by sailing ships.
and the immigration was SO small as to
be OF no consequence. Before the famine
of 1864. the emigrant was Obliged 10
provide food for the voyage. often bad
long distances TO travel before reaching
the ship. and generally performed the
tourney on foot. as there were no rail-
ways or other public conveyance. 10 re-
ouired much time 20 reach America
then. and so great were the disc0mforts
connected with the voyage that few II
the emigrants ever even thought az re-
turning. Now. with convenience i0t
reaching the port and crossing the At
lantic the journey seems more Ike a
holiday trip. and the consequence Is that
the emigrant, male and female returns
so frequently that immigration from the
United States is fully half as great as
the emigration 10 that country, and helps
materially 10 keep up the outflow thai
has been going on for so many years
| The United States Is tho other home Of
! the emigrant. and he loves II.
while from England and Scotland. ir
1896. only about half the emigration Wu
/ to the United States, 81 per cent OF that
| from Ireland was for that country.
Year by year the number Of emgranu
| has been decreasing. until, from a total
| OF 10000 i'm the year lSl2-the largest fe'
turn for any one year-there were ony
| 80 900 in 1897. OF this number about ma
were returning immigrants who has
I come over as NiNAlUiS iARAA Att' N't'r
| States. OF the 5000 nom all Irish porh
in 1897. about 23OO0 sailed from queens
town. where they ind the fastest ana
most comfortable ships, with direct ser
vice to New York, Boston, or PhlladeI'
phia. 800.
During 1897 over 1900 Irish emlgTant,
were landed at New York: ana l ma
from a statistical report that less thah
per cent. OF these were unable 10 re''
and write. The system OF national ea''
cation carried on for many years IN Ut,
land is 10 be credited with TINS soo'
showing, and has placed the lrsh u
position, In this as in other particular :
| 10 compare favorably with emis'aH''
from other European countries
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class postmasl, '1
commissioned April 18th were the 10Y
lowing: ID. Frank league, Cane N'eet
n. C.; Mary Med. Jones, falrylew' ~
C.-money-order offices; Laura +. O1A'
Berry, n. c.: Lawrence Caption Os"ssV
n. c.; William II. Stoakley' mIs"''
| willie. N. C.-not money-order ohces'
New post-ofiices have been estau'lsn.'
as follows: Princeyille, Edgecombe 'ouH
tv. n. c.. Edmond ID. Hunt. p0stmas'ss
Barrmoor. Smythe county, VA lsaOsi''
Il. Johnston, postmaster