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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
CAUSING ALARM
Anti-Liquor Measures in France to
Combat Evil Consequences Of Drink.

The rapidly increasing consumption
of alcohol in France with the wide
spread evil resulting is attracting the
serious attention of French statesmen
Following the example of Belgian and
Swiss legislators, bill has been in
troduced into the legislature with a
view to restrict the sale of strongly
alcoholic drinks, and to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of absinthe.
The bill on it's initial reading was en-
dorsed by men of almost all parties in
the chamber of deputies and is strong
ly supported by interests outside the
trade.
Temperance agitation under exist
ing conditions aims chiefly to discour-
age the use Of strongly alcoholic
drinks, to prevent the manufacture OF
chemically prepared wines, and to OBJ.
tain the prohibition of absinthe. This
liquid, which in some brands contains
more than 70 per cent. of alcohol, has
been strongly denounced on all sides
and will be completely suppressed by
the present drastic measure If sue.
cessfully adjusted by the government
in regard to revenue.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
Demands on the pous.

Asa Goddard, of the American Auto
mobile association, was recounting in
Worcester some of his touring adven-
lures. e3 '1'
"One summer morning." he said,
"the approach of great flock of sheep
obliged me. to pull off the narrow coun-
try road. l halted my car, and watch
ed with interest the passage Of the
sheep, the intelligent dogs and the
shepherd.
Il had a short talk with the shep-
herd about his odd and difficult trade.
"Look here said, what do you do,
driving sheep like this on a narrow
road, when you meet another flock
coming in the opposite direction?
"'Well,' said the shepherd, we just
drive straight on, both of ye, and the
one that has the best dogs gets the
most sheep"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
FLIGHT OF THE FIANcE.
Unnerved by Dreadful Possibilities Of
the Future. .,

A wayfarer, jogging along the public
highway in pursuit of his own pur-
poses, was run against and knocked
over by a wild-eyed youth of fright
ened mien, who, upon untangling him.
self from the peregrinator, elucidated
his narrowing predicament as follows:
81 went over to bask in the smiles
of my fiancee and discovered that 1t
was sewing circle afternoon and the
sitting-room was invested by many
matrons, both young and sere. and sat
me down on the Vine-clad porch to
await their departure; and to my first
Indifferent but very presently horrihed
ears were waited snatches of their
conversation, running something like
this: The food is liable to disagree
with its little stomach, and you must
experiment with a variety of milks
from different cows, invariably steril-
izing it, and try various foods, until
YOU discover exactly the right one. My
second had the collie almost every
night for six weeks and screamed for
hours without intermission. 1t never
slept longer than half an hour at a
time and neither my husband or me
had a minutes rest, day or night. And
then teething set in. Whooping cough
followed, and measles, scarlet fever,
hives, and Then fed. l don't
know where shall stop and"
you are quite eXcusable, sir!" re-
turned the wayfarer, who had lived
long and knew much. Pray, don't
mention it!"-Puck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15

educating the public" says the secre.
tary of the association in Outdoor
Life, no single means has been dis.
covered which has been as effective
as that of the exhibition, which has
played pre-eminent role during the
immediate past in our national cru
sade
ITO Baltimore, in this country, be-
longs the honor of this idea, and when
later the national association Joined
hands with the New York committee
and formed the national exhibition the
time was ripe for its successful prog
ress through the states.
Opening in November, 1905, it has
been shown uninterruptedly in 16 of
our own cities as well as in Toronto
and Mexico, and the testimony is
unanimous as to its value in the local
campaigns. The attendance for the
year has been 221.SS1, with a total at
tendance since its formation II
months ago az S72 0O0"
Two years ago there were only four
state sanitariums in existence. At the
present time those either already es-
tablished or definitely provided foI
number II.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15

a matter of but few years before the
poor wight gives up in despair, as he
finds that nature has insisted upon i'm
posing more flesh over his skeleton
than he can possibly rid himself Of.
When that happens many of the best
American jockeys go to the tracks of
foreign lands, where the weight i'm
posts are heavier. They usually find
little trouble in obtaining employment.
A number of them are abroad this
year, There is Danny" Maher, for
instance, in England He is one of the
best, American jockeys who ever left
his native land to ride for foreign
stables. He has been phenomenally
successful in England-so much so
that the richest owners are eager to
obtain him. He Is riding his second
season for Lord Derby. Maher is the
only jockey now riding who has won
three English derbies. OF itself that Is
a feat of sufficient Importance to estab-
lish his reputation in the turf world.
1t is estimated that he will earn $780,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15

Herat. Those campaigns, which Yer
estchagin portrayed in his CHASTITY
slaughter pictures, were fitting COM
plement to the campaigns of Genghis
and Timour long before in the same
quarter of the globe. Then it was the
same Ali Khan, Russianized as Colo
mel Alikhanoff, who in the wake of
massacre built railroads from the
Caspian to the Oxus and Jaxartes and
introduced European industry and
commerce to the land of the Merv
Tekkes.
In thus linking slaughter with CIV
ilization he was typical of the whole
modern career of Russia. In being
himself not Russian but alien, and
yet more Russian than the Russians
themselves, he was also typical of an
innumerable company of distinguished
servants of the Muscovite crown. In
his later years, as civil admins
traitor, he displayed all the unsparing
ferocity which had marked his cam.
paigns of conquest, and that he at last
came to violent end was only what
might have been expected and what
he himself not improbably regarded
as his destiny.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
Wisdnn on Tan.

Mrs. Green, who was deeply alb
sorbed in a romance of the 18th cen
tury, suddenly paused and looked at
her husband.
Gregory she said, listen to, this:
by my halidom,' exclaimed Sir Har-
dynge, it is past the hour of 12!'
What is halidom?"
what do you suppose it is?" re-
sponded Mr.. Green, with frown.
Cant you tell from the context
Maria? Sir What's-his-name said it
was past the hour of 12 by his hall
dom, didn't he? l should think any
one could tell from that sentence that
he had just consulted his halidom.
Halidom is the old English name for
watch, of course! Why is it that some
women don't seem to be able to exer'
else their reasoning faculties?-Stray
Stories
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
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RESCUE OF A DRuNKARD.
How Jimmy Was Led to Quit the Ae'
- cursed Drink Habit.

DR.. C. l.. Goodell, Of New York, tells
this story: Jimmy was a member Oh
the church, but prosperity came to
Jimmy, and as he got money he for
got God. He fell into bad company
and began to drink; all his fortune
an interest in a whaling vessel, went
down Jimmy's throat until he wasn't
worth a dollar. He had a place as
salesman in the fishing business, that
was all. He hadn't been in church
for years, but l noticed him at meet
ing one night sitting on the back seat.
Somehow, my heart was drawn to-
ward the fellow, and he was moved by
the heartfelt interest that he knew
had in him, so he. came week after
week. Sometimes he would be sober
and sometimes he would be so drunk
that l hardly knew if he could get out
of the church alone.
Zone Sunday night Jimmy came in
and dropped heavily down in the back
seat. l was in the pulpit and said
to myself, He has either been drink
ing more than usual or else there is
something going on. No, Jimmy Is
sober enough so that he knows what
is going on After the service was
over Jimmy had taken his place again
on the back seat. l went to him and
threw my arm around his shoulder
and talked to him. He said, Doctor,
want it and l am going to turn over
a new leaf, but l have got to have
Just one more drink / said to him:
You want something to eat, Jimmy.
He replied, I guess YOU are right;
haven't had anything to eat to-day
got him down to restaurant where
they had nothing but tea and coffee to
drink. | ordered black coffee and
beefsteak, and after he had eaten the
steak and drank two or three cups OF
coffee he began to feel quite like him
SELF and he said, L feel better;
guess l will go home now l said, =
will go home with YOU At the front
steps he said goodnight an
swered, I will go up with you to youl
room and see you tucked into bed Sc
stepped in and tucked him in bee
and talked with him, and then wen
home. When he heard my feet echo
ing down the street, he said to him
self, Now the minister is gone, l will
put on my clothes and go down anC
have a good time He got out of bet
and started to put on his clothes
when all at once he stopped and said
4 won't do it; l am mean man, bu
| am not mean enough to do that
After the minister was kind enough t.
ccme clear home with me and tucl
me into bed, l am not mean enougl
to go back on him. A strange thin
happened when Jimmy woke up tn
next morning; for the first time in 2
years he didn't want any liquor.
can't explain it, but | know it is a fac
that Jimmy didn't want any liquo
and he didn't get any. He went O
day after day, and he didn't want an
liquor, and he came into the meetin
and gave his testimony"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15

have to leave your home, come to the
track to live, and for long, long time
you will have to be just stable boy,
getting up very early in the morning
and riding horses and doing other
things that are necessary about rae
ing stable"
"Yes. sir. I'll do it. l want to earn
a lot of money and be as rich as Wal
ter Miller" s.v
"All right, my boy; give me your
name and l will send for you at the
first vacancy"
"Are there many such?" was asked
the trainer.
MANY? I'll bet that day doesn't
go by that l don't have a call from
some youngster who wants to be a
second Miller. l get letters by almost
every mail asking for places in my
stable, and know that lads run away
from school to come and loiter around
the horses. When l find the latter
kind | send them home with a little
good advice"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15

some good opportunities in the race
to gain distance"
r II was Tod Sloan who originated
the Idea of riding forward. Possibly
Miller carries it more to an extreme
than some jockeys, but he is light.
strong and mas perfect confidence IN
himself.
For two years there has been
great rivalry between Miller and
Radtke. The latter has been less sue
cessful, but is nevertheless considered
to be one of the best boys who ride
professionally in the United States.
Radtke is of different temperament
than Miller. He is somewhat hery
little chap and rather self-willed. His
sharp replies earned him punishment
in 1906, but this year he has exer-
cised better control over himself and
fewer words of caution have had to be
administered to him. He is consid-
cred to be very clever in making
a strong finish. Like Miller, he is
possessed of much physical power in
his arms, and when a horse is tiring
in the last strides of a hard-fought
race, Radtke fairly lifts him along, as
he holds up his head and gives him
encouragement to make the three
or four final leaps that may win a
stake worth thousands of dollars.
Good Judges of Pace.
Koerner and f. Dugan are two
clever lightweights who are skilful in
judging pace and placing their horses
to good advantage in field of many
starters. Both are able to rate the
speed at which they are moving by
constant association of intervals o
time with the distance posts on the
track. There have been harness
horse drivers who were able to tel
almost to the fraction of a secont
the speed at which they were driving
So it is with some of the jockeys
Constant devotion to their work ha'
enabled them to gather relative ideas
of time and motion, and it is a grea
aid to a Jockey to be able SO to ratt
his horse as to have some reserv,
strength and power left for the finish
Heavyweights Go Abroad.
Lightweight jockeys are so mucl
more in demand in the United State
than they are abroad that it is usual,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
No, Not as a Rule.

George P. Angel, Boston's brilliant
and powerful defender of animals from
cruelty, was talking about nature
taking.
my friend, Will Long is no nature
faker," he said, but admit that many
of our myriad nature writers are.
These mems idea of lie seems too
closely to resemble that of little boy
/ know.
"The boys teacher said from her
desk one afternoon
! want every pupil who has never
told a lie to hold up his hand"
There was doubtful pause. Two
or three hands were raised. Then my
little friend piped out:
Teacher, is it lie if nobody finds
it out? p" .....
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15

900 in the saddle this year. He com
mands a high price, and owners are
as willing to pay 1t to him as they are
to Miller, for they know that they are
securing a competent boy and one
upon whom every reliance may be
placed.
Other Successful Jockeys.
Lucien Lyme, a jockey much ad.
mired in New York when he was In
the heydey of his success, is riding In
England. Possibly his earnings will
amount to $4,000. The English turf
men are willing to pay handsomely
smart American boy.
Fred" Taral, whom everybody
knows in America who knows about
race horses, has been riding in Austria
with remarkable success for the last
three or four years, and is over there
again.
"Skeets" Martin rides in Hungary
! with a probable income of $4,000 fol-
the year, and Tommy" Burns has
been engaged by German stable and
is likely to receive not less than $15,'
600 for the seasons work.
France has a fine lot of American
| Jockeys, and all of them fairly sue
cessful. Spencer is one, Turner an
other, and then there are Rausch,
O'Connor, Johnny" Reiff, Cormack
Henry, Shields, Mcintyre and Wiley.
Prizes of Success.
The successful jockey who likes to
see his reflection in mirrors, who rev
els in the girls and is fascinated by
the glare of the myriad lamps that
burn after dark, will not lack of hos
pitality. There will be hundred
hosts to entertain him every night II
he but says the word.
The bell of well-known trainers
cottage at Sheepshead bay rang tim
orously, and the trainer went to the
door. A mite of boy with his cal
dangling from his fingers looked side
long at the man and said: I'D like tt
see Mr.. Flanner."
I'm Mr.. Flanner," was the reply
What is it, SOM"
please, sir, I'd like to get position
with you as jockey. My folks will lie
me"
do you know what you will hav
to do?" said the trainer. You vii
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
Missouri Becoming Temperance State

missouri becoming temperance state.
IF the anti-liquor sentiment in this
state continues to increase as it has
in the last ten years, l predict that
Missouri, like Kansas, will be in the
prohibition list" declares Maj. James
H. Whitecotton, representative in the
state legislature from Monroe county,
and former speaker of the house. On
May IS, the governor, in his message,
urged law for local option by wards
in cities of over $4,000 population.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE.
Progress of the Organized Assault
Upon tuberculosis.

Progress of the Organized Assault
Upon tuberculosis.
The war which this country is
waging on the white plague grows
more vigorous ever year. When the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis began
active work two years ago there were
only seven definite state societies in
existence.
Since that time eight new state
societies have been organized and in
eight other states provision for SIM
liar work has been made. The distri-
butiDn of these societies is matter
of interest. The east and the middle
west seem to be alive to the serious
ness of the problem. y
BY the census of 1900, there we're
SS cities with population of more
than 100000 eaeh. Fifteen OF these
cities had organizations. two years
ago for the prevention of tuberculosis.
During the past two years IL cities
have followed suit and four others
have, provided for organized work.
In casting about for a method Of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
somewhat pIsconcertIna.

He gazed upon her in fond admira'
ton. He loved her to distraction.
Lovers had loved before, lovers might
love again, but no lover might, could,
would, or should love as he loved Dora.
The sun shone Dora, the birds sang
Dora, the wild flowers in the hedges,
oh! they were all Doras to bud! And
then Ferdinand exclaimed with start
ling suddenness:
What in the world ever induced
you, Dora, to care for a fellow like
me?"
Il really don't know, but pa threat
ems TO send me to brain specialist"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
His Long Career One of Unsparing
Ferocity and BIoodshed.

His Long Career One of Unsparing
Ferocity and 6Ioodshed.
The latest important assassination
in Russia removes one of the most
striking and characteristic figures In
the modern history of that empire.
The world whom the man has COM
monty known as Colonel AlikhaGof
and has regarded as a Russian was in
reality a descendant of the ancient
and now almost extinct Avars, and
was properly known, before his name
Rusalanized, as Ali Khan. Ne"rly all
his life was devoted to the Russian
service, chiefly in the conquest and
annexation Of Central Asia and the
futile advance upon British India, and
there was probably no other man who
achieved more in that than he.
It was Ali Kahn, the absolutely
ruthless and unsparing, who swept
through Turkestan with fire and
sword at the heels of Kaufman and
Skobelef, to Khiva, to Merv, to Sa.
znarcand and then, by the side OF
KOmaroff, to Penideh, subduing the
Sarik Turcomans and threatening
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
A PECULIAR ALLIANCE.
That Made by the Doctors and the
w. c.. T. U.

For the purpose of fighting patent
medicines the doctors, as represent
ed by the American Medical Associa-
ton, have made an alliance with the
w. c. T. U. who have been deceived
into believing that the alcohol in pat
ent" medicines is menace. In this
alliance the good ladies of the w. Y.
T. U. are apparently put in the posi-
ton of dragging chestnuts out OF the
fire for their allies. There is no class
so firmly convinced of the necessity
for alcohol in medication as the doc
tors who, with few exceptions, not
only prescribe it freely but use It, as
indeed they must whether they would
prefer to or not, as a solvent and pre-
servative. On the other hand the
w. c. 7. U. contends that the whole
medical and pharmaceutical world IS
in error; that alcohol is not only USE
less but that it is dangerous and
harmful in any quantity in any medi-
cinal preparation. While their princi-
ples are so wholly at variance the
doctors and the w. G. T. U. ladies'
have cheerfully allied themselves In
war on patent" medicines, and the
w. C. T. U. is placed in an even more
ridiculous position by reason OF the
fact that the doctors do not contlne
their fight to those medicines which
contain alcohol, but lump all patent
medicines in one class. And this, too,
despite the fact that, according to tig-
ures printed in the Journal OF the
American Medical Association, about
70 per cent of physicians prescrip'
tions are for patent" or proprietary
medicines.
The inability of many physicians
to prescribe any but ready-to-use rem
edies is frequently commented upon
by the medical press, and by physi
clans of the better class when assem-
bled in conventions. That three
fourths of the physicians graduated
each year in the United States are in
competent and a peril to the com
munities in which they practice was
charged openly at the annual meeting
of the Committee on Medical Educa
ton of the American Medical Asso
citation, held in Chicago in April o.
this year. The total number Of grad
yates annually was placed at 4,OOC
which means that at least 5000 in
competents are turned loose annually
1t was stated at this meeting that al
average of 58 per cent of the gradu
ates from medical colleges failed tt
pass state examinations. These fail
ures either go back to school, or g
to some state where the requirement.
are not so high.
That many doctors are so ignoran
in matters pertaining to pharmac.
that they know nothing about thu
properties of the drugs they prescribe
was stated by DR.. M. Clayton Thrush
a professor in the Medico-C Chirurgica
College at Philadelphia in an addres
before the Annual Convention Of ,th
American Medical Association at Al
lantic City in June of this year.
DR.. Henry Beats, Jr., President o
the Board of Medical Examination
for the State of Pennsylvania, in al
interview in the daily papers said
about one quarter of Che paper
show a degree of illiteracy that rend
ers the candidates for licensure in
capable of understanding medicine.
He criticizes the colleges for award
ing degrees in these cases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
w. c. T. U. at Jamestown.

The National w. c. T. U. has spe-
cial exhibit at the jamestown exposi-
ton. Rest rooms are being conducted
under w. c. T. U auspices, and infor-
NAL receptions are being held every
Thursday. July 10 was set apart as
w. C. T. q. day, on which occasion
National President Lillian M. N.
Stevens and National Vice President
Anna A. Gordon spoke.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
Altering the Calendar.

There is no reason, in the nature Of
things, why Easter should not be held
on fixed date, just as Christmas is.
II this were done, so as to insure that
Whitsuntide fell in the first week of
June, the change would be very well
come one to the country. All the other
holidays occur at definite dates, and
it can only be matter of time before
Easter is made to fit into the general
scheme.-Co Country Life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-15
Would Provide wine.

A new mayor was recently chosen
for, the city Of Leeds. England, and
he accepted the Office. Being total
abstainer, instead of providing the
city's guests with wine, he donated
what he probably would have spent for
that purpose 81, ,5OO-to feed half
starved children Of the city.
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ALI KHAN, THE SAVAGE.

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Advantage in Method.

Miller says he perches himself we'll
up on a horses neck and rides with
short stirrups because he has great
er leverage on the horses head and
can guide him more perfectly.
Il can feel the temper of the horse
through his mouth when l have stiff
rein on him over his neck" said the
jockey. IF | were to ride in the old
fashioned English seat the horses
head would get away from me, and
the chances are that l would miss