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The Republican., 1899-07-27
GLEANINGS.

Drinking 70 drown ones misery, is
putting out a fire with oil. - RAMS
Horn.
Liberty is not the right to do what
you like, but the liking to do what is
right.-National Advocate.
The king of Italy, although the head
of one of the greatest wine-prOducing
countries, is almost an abstainer.
How far does all the guilt Of keeping
a saloon fall short of involving every
man who says it may be kept:-Leyer.
4 new German total abstinence jour
nal has just been launched in Lutzen-
burg lIolstein. 1t is the organ of the
German Teachers Abstinence associa-
ton, ard is called Die Enthaltoamkeit.
The ". c. r. L. of Crown Point, Ind,
has won an important victory by get
ting an order from the post Office de-
partment at Washington to move the
post Office, which is now over a saloon.
At Oelwein, Ia, there will be no sa-
loon this year, the petition for mulct
saloons being short 70 names, only $40
being secured out of 5S3 necessary to
complete the quota of SO per cent.
If we are not able to destroy the
liquor traffic by our utmost possible OPP
position to it, we are yet able thereby
to free ourselves from personal respon-
sibility for it; and in no other way can
we do that.-Levcr.
The Iowa supreme court has recently
rendered a decision to the effect that a
person who obtains liquor for habit
ual drunkard, who has been posted
as such, is as guilty of violating the law
as would the liquor dealer have been
did he furnish the liquor to the tabooed
individual himself.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
ITS DIETETIC CAUSES.
Inebriety Is Primarily Disease
Certain WeII-Deiined PathOIOG-
icaI Conditions Precede 1t.

Inebriety is one of the most complex
neuroses and obscure borderland dis
eases known. To the average practi-
toner the inebriate is simply weak,
willful, vicious man, who has full power
to do different, but will not exercise it.
When the inebriate is examined care
fully, and all the facts of his inheritance
and nutritional and also mental life
and growth are grouped, a uniform pro-
gressive line of disease is found. The
pathologic conditions which precede al
cohol, and the conditions which follow
from its use, are marked in different de-
grees. The former are not recognized
and the latter have only recently come
into prominence. The use of alcohol is
followed by conditions which differ very
widely, and are uneXplainable except
by a study of preceding conditions be-
fore spirits were used. One of these
conditions is heredity, that is the trans
mission of defects and predispOsitions
to degenerate in certain directions,
with or without special exciting causes.
Another is nutrition, a third is disease
and traumatism and its sequelae, n
fourth is culture and refinement, and so
on through long list of causes. In all
cases il may be said that the nerve CEN
ters suffer from practical starvation,
and the narcotism from alcohol is CRATE
full in covering up the irritation and the
pain which demand relief.
From his study of this subject, 7. D.
Crothers, NJ. d., presents the following
summary in the journal of Inebriety:
l. Inebriety is most complex neu-
rosis. The causes are equally complex,
and include all the various stages of de-
generation which influence and disturb
nutrition.
=. Obscure indigestion Gegins, and
for this drugs and bitters containing
alcohol are used. The nayc otism which
follows is SO grateful that it is con-
:inued.
3. Dietetic delusions are fostered in
the minds of parents and children, and
from this many different forms of in
ebriety begin.
/. Often the most maniacal and chron-
ic inebriates are from these delusional
dyspeptics.
5. Starvation is present in many OF
these cases. The quality and variety of
foods are deficient, and defective nour-
ishment follows.
6. The uniformity Of taking foods
and the quality and variety are essen
tial. This and nutrtonal rest and men.
tai anxiety are important factors.
:. The inebriety following these con-
ditions is successfully treated by elm
ination of the toxins and special cor
rection of the nutrition.
s. Nutrition is very active cause in
the production of inebriety, and should
receive careful study in all cases.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
MANY MILES OF CARS.
The United States Builds in Six
Months SS,OSS Cars for the Use
of Freight Alone.

The past six months have seen an
other record broken. More freight cars
have been ordered than ever before in
like period; the number, SS,OSS.
If these cars were placed end to end
they would cover more than half the
distance from New York to Chicago; to
be accurate, 567 miles-127 miles be-
yond Buffalo. An average car is "a feet
long.
Their length doubled would reach
from New York to Havana, from Lon
don to Rome. 1t would be twice the dis
tance from Paris to London. Multiplied
by eight it would reach the center of the
earth.
These cars are nine feet two inches
wide. Side by side they would reach
from New York to Baltimore; or if an
arc of this radius QS2 miles) were in
scribed, with New York as a center, it
would include Harrisburg, Pa, and
Providence, r. |.
If the $65,065, 900 expended in build
ing them were distributed in London,
Paris, Berlin, Canton and New York
AilN NV piS SCol SlllSS III lllC NOllu--
each man, woman and child would have
a little over four dollars.
Freight cars are not all wooden.
Some are steel throughout. Some are
part steel and part wood. Some are
wholly wooden. If they were all "a
foot freight cars, taking 2,400 lineal feet
of lumber to build one, it would require
S,22S,224 trees so fest tall to supply the
lumber needed for this industry alone
for six months. The 211, All 200 feet of
lumber would reach in straight line
almost once and half around the
world.
Loaded trains average for all grades
locomotives to haul these cars, the
actual horse power required being 242,-
900.
The cars are about ~ feet in height.
Combined one on top of another they
would reach 211 miles into the ether
one-fortieth of the diameter of the
earth.
There are 1.2 cubic feet in bushel of
grain. These cars will carry 1877, ,669, ,472
cubic feet of merchandise.
Each car will average a carrying ca
pacity of 10000 pounds. Wheat weighs
60 pounds per bushel. Each car, there
fore, could carry 900 bushels. And the
total amount they could all carry would
he Ss,0SS,000 bushels, the yield of be-
tween 5000 and 5000 square miles.
Although some of the cars are far
more expensive than others, the mean
cost is about $50. This is conservative.
Taking the price of $50 per ear, the
cost of this construction has been $685.
OG50O0.-N. Y. World.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
AMERICAN LIQUORS.
Doing Their Deadly Work in Cuba
and Porto Rico - Drunkenness
Is on the Increase.

Rev. Dr. \. b. Leonard, who has made
= personal inspection of Porto Rico and
the conditions existing there. writes as
follows to the Centra! Christian Advo-
cate.
Heretofore the Cubans and Porto
Ricans have not been given to drunk
enness. but the great amount of hard
liquors being introduced gives promise
of widespread dissipation in the near
future. The light wines have created
the necessity for stimNlant, and the
use of strong liquors will be increasing
ly in demand. The liquor dealers Of the
United States are not slow to avail
themselves of the new market these is
lands afford. Their drummers swarm
in all the towns and cities, and their
brands of liquors are placarded in all
the hotels and public places. If some
thing is not done to prevent the sale of
American liquors in these islands with
in half a decade drunkenness will pre-
vail to an awful extent, which, added
to existing sources of decentralization,
may well make one shudder when he
contemplates the future. 1t is claimed
that drunkenness is on the increase in
Porto Rico since the United States has
assumed control, which, if true, is cause
for shame, and calls loudly upon the
government to take measures to arrest
the evil"
The Republican., 1899-07-27
sREE4iasIR|5sLa1sa s 2 isR|
&'n1924ti%p7zo :
81 WANT TO GO HOME. ("
Distressing Scene on the Streets of
Chicags-A Little Boys
Plea.

A crowd gathered on the corner of
Lake and Fifty-second streets drew the
attention of all passers-by. In the cen
ter of the crowd a boy of seven or
eight years was holding with both
hands the hand of a man past middle
age. The man was so drunk that he
could not give an intelligent answer
to the questions asked him by differ
ent members of the crowd.
The child was sobbing as the tears
ran down his cheeks: Il want to go
home" The crowd sympathized with
the child. One man, evidently a barber
from his coat and apron, was particu-
larly interested and asked half angrily
of the man: where are you taking the
boy to?" and the drank man stared at
him. SIT isn't right to let him take
that child as drunk as he is said an
other man. He was beating the boy
here a little bit ago because he cried
to go home"
a stout man worked his way through
the crowd, saying: Let me speak to
the boy?" He stopped down and the
boy evidently saw sympathy in his face,
The Republican., 1899-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The population of Alaska includes
1900 Eskimos.
Iron mining gives employment to
more than 1900 persons in England.
A woman who wears a stuffed bird
on her hat is liable to fine of from $25
to $50 by law recently passed by the
legislature of Arkansas.
In Jewish marriages the woman is al
ways placed to the right of her mate.
With every other nation of the world
her place in the ceremony is to the left.
Orange blossoms were first used for
bridal wreaths by the Arabs. The
orange branch bears fruit and flowers
At the same time, and is therefore con-
sdered an emblem of prosperity.
The Progress Medical reports the ex-
periments made by physician to cure
insomnia and other nervous troubles
by influencing the dreams of the pa
tient by means of phonograph and
suggestion. Cases are sited in which
by this means sleep was restored and
irritablity calmed.
One of the fashions established in
Paris in recent years is to leave bicy-
cles in pawn for the winter at the Mont
de Piete. Experts, estimate their value,
and those who bring the wheel are
obliged to take the sum offered. though
most of them would like to take much
less with view to escaping the charges.
Among the fineries belonging to
Queen Margherita of Italy is lace
handkerchief valued at 100000 Three
lacemakers were 20 years employed in
making it; it is almost as light as a cob
web, and occupies such a small space
when folded that it can be pressed into
gold sheath about the size of cherry
pit.
A fatal letter was Received at the gov
ernment training school. Carlisle, Pa,
by Thomas Marshall, a full-blooded
Sioux Indian. 1t was from the Pine
Ridge Indian agency, South Dakota,
and informed him that his brother
and sister had just died there of black
measles. The letter communicated the
disease to him, and in a week he died.
The Republican., 1899-07-27

season the price per dozen is in the
neighborhood of 25 cents. This year
crabs bring from 60 to IS cents per
dozen. From one dollar barrel the
price has scared to three dollars. four
dollars, and even five dollars. As d
usual thing New Workers. consume
about 25 barrels of crabs each day. For
the past few months, since the severe
cold weather of the winter. the leaders
have been compelled to be contented
with whatever they could get. Some
days not more than four barrels would
be received. The supply has varied
from that amount to 15 barrels. The
weather of last winter. 1t usually oc-
ours that after exceeding cold weather
the supply of shell fish becomes scant.
Five or six months time is required to
get the sources of supply back to their
normal producing condition. The very
cold weather of last winter had the eff
feet of driving the crabs to hibernate
in the mud and to seek deeper and
warmer water. The hibernating crabs
have not yet made their way out of the
mud, and it will remain for the next
change of tide to uncover them. Dur
ing the winter months the crab supply
is received from Norfolk, a few from
Annapolis and from the lower points
on the Chesapeake bay. In summer
the Potomac river supplies the crabs
used in the citv
The Republican., 1899-07-27

Magistrates of Glasgow have ap-
proved of three recommendation for
the regulation of the sale of alcoholic
liquors to women and children. These
are: (D That TO liquor shall be de-
livered to children who are under 12
years of age; (2) That no sweets,
sweetmeats, toys or presents of any
kind should be given to young people
sent to licensed premises for liquor;
(3) That no liquor should be sold for
consumption in the parts of public
houses set aside as family departments.
A copy of the recommendation was
to be sent to every license holder in
the city.-Alliance Record.
The Republican., 1899-07-27

The asparagus should be left tied and
boiled in kettle large enough to keep
the tender heads from breaking off.
Then it should be Quickly drained and
the colander covered and set in the
oven. Make a sauce by stirring into
the asparagus wattr-half a pint to
each bunch-a tablespoonful of butter
and one of -four. rubbed smooth with u
little of the water; season with salt and
cayenne pepper. Keep this sauce very
hot, while you slip the asparagus across
pieces of toast laid crosswise on the
platter. The toast should only be two
fingers wide and made the whole length
of the loaf, in oblong pieces. Pour the
hot sauce over and quickly cut up II
hard-boiled egg over the asparaguS-
This makes dainty-looking dish.
The Republican., 1899-07-27

for he stopped crying. rs that man
your father?" he asked. Yes, sir
said the boy.
where do you live?"
1--WE live on Fred street in Whiting,
Indiana"
What are you doing out here? This
isn't the way to Whiting.'
1--WE made a mistake" said the child,
and turning to his father he pleaded,
Il want to go home!'
You'll have to take the car back to
the city" said the stout man, and the
drunken father awakened from his
stupor long enough to say in broken
English that he would go home, but
when the child pulled him in the direc-
ton of the cars he raised his hand to
strike.
Don't you hit him!" said several of
the crowd, and the passcr-by was com
PEELED TO hurry on and saw no more.
He wondered how many hundreds and
thousands of similar cases, where chill
dren cry because of drunken parents,
occur every day in this great saloon
cursed Chicago.-Lever.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
CRUSHED A DIVING BELL.
The tremendous Water Pressure at
Great Depths shown by an
Odd Accident.

A crushed mass of iron in Pitts
burgh scrapyard demonstrates the tre-
mendous pressure of water at a great
depth, says the New York World.
1t was constructed for diving bell
for use in Lake Michigan. AS originally
constructed it was about six feet square
and tapered slightly at both ends. The
material was phosphOr bronze, more
than half an inch thick. Each plate
was cast with a fange, and they were
bolted together, the bolts being placed
as closely as was consistent with
strength. The side plates were further
strengthened by iron ribs an inch thick
and two inches wide.
In fact. the entire structure was
strongly braced. The windows to be
used as outlooks by the divers were
three inches square, fortified with iron
bars and set with glass plates an inch
thick. The weight of the bell was 23,-
600 pounds.
When completed it was sent to Mil
waukee and towed out into the lake
about 12 miles, where there was over
lsS0 feet of water, and was sent down
;; r a test. The manufacturer was so
confident of the strength of the bell
that he wanted to go down in it.
He is glad now that he didn't. When
the bell reached the depth of about 100
feet strong timbers attached to it came
to the surface in a splintered condition.
Suspecting an accident, the bell was
Il =
a shapeless mass. The inch-thick plate
glass bull's-eyes were shattered. The
pressure that crushed this seemingly
invulnerable structure amounted to a
total of ., 2,723,54S pounds, of 1862 tons.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
Can't Get Hack the Win.

The late Sir Walter Trevelyan be-
queathed his cellar of wines and spi--
its to the late Sir benjamin Ward Rich
ardson for scientific purposes. The
liquor was stored in Sir Benjamin's Gel
lar, and there it remained at his death
A suit in chancery has settled the
question of ownership. The Trevelyan
family contended that the wine was
given on trust which had failed, so
that it reverted to them. The Richard
son family, said to be stanch teetotal-
ers, contended that the bequest was alb
iamin's estate. The judge took the lat
ter view, holding that the wine was
given to the great English temperance
physician.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
NOT A FAIR TEST.
For the Victim of Rabies Died froE
the Treatment on the
Fifth Day.

They were talking about hydropho-
bi. and rabies. One of the party was a
wellknown Philadelphia physician,
says the Chicago Evening News. He lis
tened quietly to the quasi-scientific the
ories of the others, and when they had
quite finished, one of them said:
What have you got to say about it,
doctor?"
'Well," he said, thoughtfully, Il
would not exactly like to say what my
opinion is. l might be unsupported; !;
but | will tell you, if you like, how the
disease was treated 100 or 200 years ago.
At that time hydrophobia, in common
with every other obscure disease, was
thought to be the work of a devil, and
all sorts of queer tricks were resorted
to to drive him out. There is on record
a case which occurred at Colchester, in
England. 1t was woman who had
been bitten by a rabid dog. The cur
was killed, of course, and the treat
ment of the woman was in keeping with
the period. She was placed in a bath
of tepid water up to her neck
and ducked seven times, each time bgs
ing kept under so long as she could hyfds'| 4
her breath. This was to be repeated
every seven hours for seven days. she
being fed on milk only during the treat
ment. Unfortunately, she died on the
fifth day, but the doctor gravely re-
marked that it was a pity, for if she
had held out two days longer she would
have been cured. And that is probably
true"
The Republican., 1899-07-27

The German military Medical Maga-
zine pleads in the interests of the COM
munity for more careful supervision
of the teeth of soldiers. A military doc
tor has collected material from his own
regiment, and finds that 200 men have
among them 1850 decayed teeth. Only
1864 men were found with all their teeth
Intact. The use of the toothbrush is
one of the duties of every soldier, but,
is this officer maintains, the tooth
brush is employed fG.' any purpose ex-
cept to keep the teeth clean. He there
fore suggests that superior officers
should pay more attention to this point,
and insist on the noncoms. seeing that
the toothbrushes are used, for their
destined purpose. He further pro
poses that certain number of young
dentists who are serving their year
should be supplied witt instruments
and look after their comrades teeth.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
PIuriarist md Suicfde.

Toulouse has been startled by an
army officer committing suicide on ac.
count of plagiarism. Capt. Cassagnade
sent in a poem to the Floral Games
which received a minor prize and was
printed with the other prize pieces. A
lycee professor accidentally opened the
ready published production of his own
with the exception of Il dozen lines. II
informed the prize committee of the
plagiarism and the captain was asked
for an explanation, whereupon he shot
himself. The committee went so far as
to state that if it had not been Tor the
captains own addition tie poe'n would
have received the first prize
The Republican., 1899-07-27
Agitation Spreading.

The agitation against the excessive
use of liquor, which already has made
such headway in France and Belgium,
is extending throughout western Eu.
rope. This work in Alsace-Lorraine is
carried on under the ausipeces of the
Blue Cross league, which dcvotes its at.
tention both to relieving misery caused
by alcoholic indulgence and-as its
principal activity-to preventive worl
among the workingmen.
The Republican., 1899-07-27

A traveller has made the observation
that cofIee-drinlling people are very sell
dom given to drunkenness. In Brazil,
for instance, where coffee is grown ex-
tensively, and all the Inhabitants drink
it many times Il day, intoxication is
rarely seen. The effect is not only
noticeable among the natives, but the
foreigner who settles there, though
possessed of ever such a passion tUr
strong drink, gradually loses his liking
for alcohol as he acquires the coffee
drinking habit of the Brazilian.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
,MOurninG g.

81 suppose you want a piece of pie?'
said the young houselleeper.
NO, lrdy, don't" replied the tramp.
"but I'd be thankful fur ole suit of
black clo'es, if yer got 'em. De poor
teller wot yer gev piece O. pie ter yes
tidy wuz a brudder o mine. Catholic
Standard.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
AN IVORY WAREHOUSE.
1t Is One of the Most interesting
Buildings on the Great
London Docks.

One of the most interesting ware
houses at the London docks is that
which contains ivory. Here the ivory is
collected for the great sales by auc-
ton which take place quarterly, says
The Republican., 1899-07-27

A Kansas soldier who WAS present at
the capture of Malolos says that the
flag of truce displayed by the natives
who remained in the town when the
American troops advanced was a paiI
of white trousers.
The Republican., 1899-07-27

"Jim Traynor begged to be permit
ted to come home from the Philippines
and get married"
Eyes"
''In ten days he was ready to 60
back k@-Clgveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
Judging the Man.

It's a sad mistake to judge a man by
what he gets instead of by what he
earns. He may get more than hesearns
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican., 1899-07-27
A CRAB FAMINE.
An Unexpected Scarcity Causes q
Rise of Three Hundred Per
Cent. in Price.

The prices of crabs have risen 300 per
cent. in the east. During an ordinary
The Republican., 1899-07-27

for he stopped crying. rs that man
your father?" he asked. Yes, sir"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19

bcrs Of people die Of consumption
needlessly. II is certain that every
phase Of catarrh, including many cases
of consumption, are cured by the right
treatment. Pe-ru-na, DIR. Hartman's
great prescription, attacks catarrhal
diseases scientifically and cures them.
DIR. Hartman explains 1t fully in his
books which are mailed on application.
Here IL q letter from Mrs. H~armening,
Nazo Mamie, Wis, who is n of many
cured Of consumption by Pe-ru'ns.
She says;
Ps.ys.sa Msdieiiss Co., Columbus. o.
I" DEAN sRs.--"I cannot praise your
remedy too highly. Last winter 1 had
L. grippe and hemorrhage Of the lungs
followed. All the doctors around here
told me I had to die Of consumption.
Then I thought 1 would ask DIR. Hart
man for advice, which l did. He pre-.
scribed Pe-ru-na for me, and I took II
according to his directions and was
cured. I advise everybody that Is
troubled with lung disease to take DIR.
Hartman's treatment. am sure they
will not regret 1t IL they do. am now
enjoying good health, and can thank
Pe-ru-na for It,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
FRANK w. DEAN, Pastor.

Many old soldiers now feel the effect
Of the hard service they endured dur
ing the war. Mr.. Geo. 8. Anderson OF
Rossville, York county, Pennsylvania,
who saw the hardest kind OF service at
the front, is now frequently troubled
with rheumatism. IL had a severe at
tack lately" he says, land procured a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. II
did SO much good that ! would like TO
know what you would charge me for
one dozen bottles" MIR. Anderson
wanted 1t both for his own use and to
supply it to his friends and neighbors,
as every family should have a bottle OF
1t in their home, not only for rheuma.
tism, but lame back, sprains, swellings
cuts, bruises and burns, for which il Is
unequalled. For sale by H. +. Grice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for feet.
1t cures painful, SWOLLEN, smarting,
nervous feet, and instantly takes the
sting out of corns and bunions. It's
the greatest comfort discovery Of the
age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. II Is q certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired aching feet. Try it today. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. By
mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
free. Address Allen s. Olmsted, lie
Roy, N. Y.