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The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
RECALLING A GREAT DEBATE Fiftieth Anniversary of Lincoln-Doug.
 las Celebrated at Jonesboro.

Jonesboro, Ill, Sept 16.The seml- centennial celebration of the debate be- tween Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas attracted a large crowd yesterday. It is estimated that 10000 persons attended the celebration, which was held in the Union County Fair grounds in connection with the county fair The crowd assembled under the same massive oak trees that sheltered the famous contestants and their audi ence fifty years ago
 An inscribed boulder of white lime stone had been erected on the exact spot where the debaters stood. It was unveiled by Miss Lillian Lanier of Anna, Ill.
 Addresses were made by Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, Adlai F. Stew enson and others. There were present fifty persons who heard the original debate. An interesting feature was a small brass cannon which was used by the Supporters of Douglas at the time of the debate. It Is well preserved, and is fin excellent condition It is owned by Capt. Williams of Cairo.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
Experiment Likely to Be Made With Old Gas Balloons at New Aero Park at
 Fort Omaha.
SAFETY ZONE 5000 FEET
Use of shrapnel Most Effective Against Aeroplane Where the Pilot Is the Real
 Target.

Washington, Sept. 16.--There was ten-mile wind blowing at Fort Myer, Va, to-day, and Orville Wright an nounced he probably would not make q flight before tomorrow. He has al- ready taken mp his machine In a twelve mile breeze at the army aeronautica testing grounds. It was pointed out that the wind to-day would strike the aeroplane in the rear while standing on the starting track, and MT. Wright claims that If there Is a wind it should strike the aeroplane from the front.
 owing to the successful trials, Of the Wright flyer, a joint committee composed of officers of the ordnance department, the signal corps. and the artillery corps of the army may, with in a few months. undertake experi- ments to determine the possibility of damaging an airship in flight.
 The German government has con- ducted experiments along this line, and European army officers claim that an aerial warship Is safe from artil- lery fire at a height of 5000 feet. The Germans are developing a special nor tar for firing at balloons and airships. as field guns cannot be adjusted to very great angles.
 The signal corps has several old bal looms which will be used for practice work of this character The tests will probably be held at the new aero park at Fort omaha. Tests of this charac- ter in Germany have shown that balloon can be hit at height of two and one-half miles. On July 30, at Magdeburg. q captive balloon at this altitude was struck thirty times, but did not collapse.
 Orville Wright. in speaking of the possibility of hitting his aeroplane while in flight. said:
 "Offlcers of the German army have told me that an aeroplano could not be fired at with any degree of accur- acy when a thousand feet in the air With my present machine 1t Is possi- ble to go a mile high and not ex- perience any adverse effects from the ullltltnNt III tIlf uli " tlidt dltltuuf.
 An army officer, in speaking on the subject at Fort Myer yesterday, said
 It would be necessary to hit the operator of the machine, as few bull lets through the structure of the aeroplane would not affect its flight. The high speed at which the aeroplane flies would also make it difficult to make accurate aim. Shrapnel would probably be the most effective for shooting at these aerial war vessels. An explosive shell would be ineffec- tive. as the parts of the aeroplane do not offer enough resistance to explode the cap, and no tlme fuse shell could be timed SO as to explode at the right moment, All these question can be determined only by experiments, and these will probably result in the de- velopment of a method by which aerial destroyers can be effectively fought
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The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
MUCH ADO ABOUT 22 CENTS.
A "Just as Good" Article Causes At
 tOrncy to Sue Store.

Chicago, Sept l6.-Court Jury, two attorneys, and half dozen witnesses, spent three hours yesterday afternoon in a controversy involving twenty-two cents. Finally, court was adjourned the judge reservlnR his instructions to the jury.
 The case Is one in which William Hindley an attorney, is suing a depart ment store for twenty-two cents, the amount he alleges he was charged for a substitute just as good" as the ar ticle he ordered when he was sent by his wife to the store to purchase de- odorizer. He says the clerks refused to refund his money. but the store denies this
 The attorney representing the depart ment store offered twenty-five cents for principal and interest to Hindley at the commencement of the trial, but the offer was refused.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
BIC MARKET IN CHICAGO.
Largest Retail Provision Selling Place
 in World is Opened

Chicago, Sept, l6.-The Grand Gen. tral Market, the largest retail provi- sion house in the world, was opened yesterday at Harrison and Loomls streets, Ground has been purchased for the construction of duplicate markets on the north and south sides.
 The market Is patterned after the markets of Paris, It's object Is to bring between 400 and 800 dealers in edible goods into one locality, under the most sanitary conditions and regulations.
 The competition between the dealers as well as the cheap rental, It Is said, will bring the cost of meats and pro- duce to the customer down to the low est possible mark
 It's success on the first day exceeded all expectations, more than b0,00O per- sons visiting the place, and the pur- chases for the day running up Into the thousands.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
John Redmond, M. P, Predicts Victory for Autonomists on His Arrival in
 America.
FREEDOM IS IMPRACTICAL
Believes Emigration Will Eventually Cease and Then Island May Be Prepared for Inde-
 pcndcnce.

New York, Sept. 16.--John Red mond, member of parliament, when he arrived here to-day on the steam ship Oceanic, said:
 Home rule for Ireland is as certain as is the fact that I am standing on American soil, as certain as the day follows the night"
 Mir. Redmond was accompanied by his wife, John Fitzglbbon, president Of the, county council of Roscommon, Ireland. and Joseph Devlin, M. F, The three men, al of them prominent In Irish home rule movement, are dele gates to the national convention Of the United Irish league In Boston
 "What we want" continued MT. Redmond, lis autonomy, and be- lieve we will get 1t soon."
 You think Ireland will be free ?"
 That Is not now the practical ques- tion," was the reply. The practical question Is home government. Eml- grafton to America from Ireland Is still strong, but 1t will lessen, and eventually we may see 1t almost at a standstill. When 1t practically ceases, then we shall have probably reached the birth point of Ireland as a na- tion,"
 Mir. Fitzgibbon said there had been . great improvement at Roscommon because of the installation of a sys- tenn by which land of the country was held and controlled by county coun- ell, instead of according to the old landlord system.
 At the pier was q delegation from the New Amsterdam council No. PIT of the Knights of Columbus, of which MT. Redmond Is member. He joined 1t ten years ago, when in this coun- try The delegation invited him to visit their headquarters in West Fifty fourth street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
J. J. HILL 70 YEARS OLD.
Hauled on Ills Road by First Engine
 Ever Run in Minnesota.

st. Paul. Minn., Sept ls.-James J. Hill, chairman of the board of direc- tors of the Great Northern Railway company Is celebrating his seventieth birthday.
 Late this afternoon Mir. Hill met practically all the old empoyes of the Great Northern, and was their guest at one of the most interesting functions In the history of the west The party, comprising besides Mir Hill. large number of employees of the road, from high officials d'An, was hauled from the Union depot to the lake by the first locomotive ever brought Into Min nesota, This engine was put in oper- ation forty-two years ago on what was then known as the first division of the St. Paul Pacific railroad. Today's trir vas piloted by Al Smith, the oldest man in the engine service of the Grea, Northern railroad
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
THE BLIND AT WORK.
No Longer the Helpless Creatures
 They Were Years Ago.

The old conception of the blind man as beggar standing with outstretch. ed hand all the day long at the street corner-a figure as old as civilization and running through all history. art, and literature-that Is the Image which the new school of experts, on the blind have set themselves 10 wipe out. of mems minds. They are striving toward that ideal goal with an intensity and Ingenuity of activity that to the cas- ual onlooker Is marvellous. v We have heard Of "the fury of des- pair"-theirs Is the enthusiasm of hope of great expectations. all the more exciting because every day of their progress witnesses surprises in achieve- ment such as they themselves had not trusted to their own enthusiasm far enough to believe in with full convic- ton.
 Charles F. F. Campbell, for example,. replying to question at last year's convention here of the American As- sociation of Workers for the Blind as to what blind man could do on a farm, instanced the case on record where a blind man led the horse for blowing Flowing had hitherto been. considered out of the question for a blind man. But in this case the man did 1t by walking in the furrow al-- ready cut and holding the horse at arms length. c.s,.
 It shows how thoroughly the subject has been explored by such enthusiasts i as the Camphells father and, son .(the father being himself a, blind leader Of. the blind in the inverted new, and. in-' spring sense), that, thus off.hand;S ak, the shot of aspistol as 1t rwere in & question from the audience Gan the blind man. blow, SOW; harrow reap bind, lead. drive horses, feed and milE COWS, feed pigs, sheep, chickens and make fences?"-Mr Campbell -was' ready with his answers. fa'~
 Sowing narrowing. and reapins, ihe reminded the questioner, are now done on so large scale that they would hardly be feasible; binding, if by hand. Is possible loading grain, If a man Is one of a group, can be done; many of those with defective sight can sec enough to drive horse on farm and in country districts; the feeding and general care of most animals Is per- fectly practical for those without sights' When 1t is known that there are blind men who have built entire houses, the cutting of wood and making fences is simple in comparison. Boston Tran- script.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
WHY IF IS CALLED EGYPT.

The year 1924 was very wet. Heavy rain fell frequently. Corn on flat lands was total failure. This year the wee VII destroyed the wheat after 1t was harvested. The next year, 1925, there was remarkable growth of thlstles on the branch bottoms. The winter of 1s3o-3l was known as the winter of deep snow. The snow was of depth of from two and half to three feet on level. It drifted much and was very destructive to fruit trees. The weather was intensely hot. Both in 1881 and 1892 the early frosts so injured the corn as to entirely render It worthless for almost any purpose
 During the years between and in- cluding 1S24-S2, so nearly correspond ing to the years of famine In the days of Pharaoh and his ruler, as he made Joseph to be, the people of Illinois, de- pendent upon the southern part of the state for so much grain, particularly corn, that people In remembrance of the Bible story began to call the part of the state which had been so help. ful In time of need Egypt,--Albion Journal.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
GOV. HUGHES STRENGTH.
(New York Tribune ]

(New York Tribune.)
 And not only is Mir. Hughes strong by reason of what he stands for and by reason of the peoples recognition of him as their candidate and champion, but he is personally effective because he is the strongest .campaigner in this state. No one excels him in- the art of driving his points home in the public mind. of convincing the public of tho reasonableness of his policies and his earnestness in his advocacy of them and the utter disinterestedness of his position. He has appealed to the, peo- pie" over and oyer again--when his public service legislation was in dan ger when the antl-gambling bills wero in doubt. when he invited renomina- ton against determined opposition-- and he has never failed. There Is no reason to doubt that he will be equally successful now. a
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
Respectfully yours,
 AJpERT BROWN
WORK OF THE LUNGS.
Human Breathing Apparatus Performi
 Important Functions.

When was supposed to be dying a great surgeon called f50 n visi), says writer in the New York Press He diagnosed He said to a physician In ordinary: If you want that case, ge. on the Job st once. He won't live three weeks. He has clrrhosis of the liver. Brights disease of the kidneys, weak heart action, diabetes, rheuma- tism, aout neurosthenia intestinal in- digestion, chronic appendicitis, pleu- rlsy. and poloecephalitis. But--there Is one thing about the fool he has a wonderful pair of lungs, and they may save him
 Savedg Nearly two years have pass ed. and we still live The doctors and surgeons are fabergasted. The liver Is working The kidneys have resumed operations, The heart Is beating strong CT. The intestInes have an honest growl' The appendix speaks for It. self The pleura laughs. The spleen smiles. The arteries are cleared out. The veins have new cups. The pores are open. old pyorus is not complain ing SO much. The sallvary glands are
 
 is no more common sewer. Tho tongue Is no stick. The lips do not cling to the gums. The roof of the mouth is not made of cement.
 The lungs are the two essential or eans of respiration. There are only know that the lungs are of different sizes. They think they have a breath ing apparatus, and are perfectly satis- fed. They do not realize that the right lung has three lobes and the left lung has but two lobes. Now, what do you lung have three lobes and the left lung have only two lobes?
 Did you ever take the trouble to find out what your lungs are meant for, and what, they do? Certainly not. Got a baby? Yes. All you know about that Shakespeare used the word ''puling.'' He did not mention the doctor. Lungs? Next to the heart. You weigh from 123 to 230 pounds. Your lungs contain a small matter of 7S.0O0,0O) air cells, the five lobes, and your respiration surface about eighteen times A minute. The It, tie Japs have learned that breath Is good for the stomach and the bowels. as well as for the lungs. They breathe in their stomachs before they breathe in their thoraxl Hence--their great vi-
 
 We can do this in America as well as in Japan,
 Much has been written of late about the celebration of the lungs or workers in mines in the coal regions. Physlc- ians declare that men live just as long with black lungs as with pink ones--- the natural color. am sure of It. This has been proved in the soot of Pitts burg. In children the color of the lungs ls rose pink, but, as life advances they become more and more of slaty hue, mottled with streaks and patches of dark gray and black, which are due to deposit in the lymph spaces of dust inhaled on the breath. Eskimos and others who live in an atmosphere free while, on the other hand the lungs of coal miners become often of uniform jet black shade.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD.
Under Direction of Barney" Frankcl
 and Dayis-Two Men Sick.

The first days practice of the N. H. H. s. football candidates. under Cap tain Davis and Barney Frankel, pro- gressed smoothly. little light work being indulged in. Barney Frankel, who played center on the high school team when Ed" Green. Berger and Perry Smith were doing their stunts on the gridiron, showed up at Yale field and acted as coach His services as coach last year were of great benefit to the local high eleven, and his ap- pearance was gladly welcomed by the students. He hustled about and infused some vim and vigor Into the candidates, which helped make their task an interesting one. Bar ney Frankel has generously agreed to help the team for few weeks, after which he will enter the University of Pennsylvania.
 The local high Is having its troubles in securing the services of all the vet erans who struggled for the champion ship last year. Trouble never comet singly and besides Frankels inability to show up for practice for quite a while. owing to poor health, saxe, the sturdy back, will also hnd 1t hard work to be present. He has caught severe cold and is under the physi clans care at present. Morris Frankel who is not feeling we'll, and who wa! the star guard of the eleven last year Is a brother of Barney Frankel. wht Is coaching the squad
 Yesterday was the second day O gridiron work for the local high schoo athletes, and Captain Davis had thu boys do a little catching of punts. Dur ing the course of practice Kenrick Birt received a bad cut over his right ey' as a result of a mix-up in the oper signals and immediately left the field It was necessary to sew severa stitches to close the wound and tn, chances are Bird will not show up fol practice for a short while. He was al SO unfortunate last year, being com pelled to retire from many contests oi account of being injured.
 Signals will be given out today ant the youngsters will rehearse them a the feld. and use them in their frs scrimmage tomorrow. Now that Birt and Sake are out of the game for 1 few days the back position presents weak appearance and not much will b. accomplished In the early scrimmages However, the other players will stil continue their work and when the sici ones return will be in the pink of con dition for their first contest, which VII probably be about Sept. 26. Manage, Kennedy has been hard at work ar ranging his schedule and expects tc start the high eleven of with contes against Ansonia high school.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
UNEMPLOYED CAUSE TROUBLE
Laborers Refused Work, Threaten c.
 r. Railroad Officials.

Henderson, Me, Sept. 1s--The strike of machinists on the Canadian Pacific railroad, which took almost 100 men out of the shops here, threatens to dis rupt the peaceful routine of this little town. So serious is the situation re- garded that Company of the Second Regiment, Maine National Guard has been ordered to be in readiness for a hurry call to Henderson in the event of an outbreak
 The arrival late last week of about sixty laborers who were refused work at the shops because they were un- skilled has caused much trouble. These men have stayed In the town, threat ening the railroad officials and assum- ing hostile attitude toward the strlk. CTS. A force of deputy sheriffs has been sent here.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
COURT ORDERS AMpUTATIoN
After Father and Boy Refused t'
 Have Arm Cut on.

Chicago, Sept. 1s--Amputation of a boys arm in spite of protests of the lads father, was ordered conditIonally last night by Judge Richard Tuthill oi the juvenile court. The boy is Joe Bulanda, a ward of the court, and the proposed operation Is necessary to save the boys life. Joe is fourteen years old and suffers from a broken arm. Physi- clans fear that gansrene has set in, but the father threatens suit if the arm, Is amputated
 Joe himself declares that he "would rather die than be beggar," as he fears he would be with only one arm If the county physicians decide that the operation Is necessary Judge Tut. hill will enter court order to protect them.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
WILBUR WRIGHT CHAMPION.
American AeropIanlst Makes New Rcrord for Eastern Hemosphcre.

Le Mans Sept iS,--On the field of Auvours this morning Wilbur Wright, the aeropanist of Dayton, O., eclipsed all European records for sustained aeropane flights He remained in the air for 30 minutes and IS 3-5 seconds. This gives the Wright brothers the records for both hemispheres.
 Mir. Wright circled over the field at an average height of forty-five feet. He turned and twisted in every dlrec. ton, and his complete mastery of the aeropane aroused great enthusiasm from the spectators. II Is estimated that he covered twenty-six miles. M. Bollee. president of the Aero club of the sarthe. was the official timer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
HUGHES THANKS HIS FRIENDS
Acknowledges Expression of Conn-
 dcncc and Makes a Promise.

Albany, Sept. i6.-"l have been much affected by the kind assurances that l have been receiving. The deep interest which the people are taking In tn con- duct of their affairs is a most whole some sign. I wish to express to those who so generously testified to their confidence, and their. desire that should be renomlnated, my cordial ap- precIation, shall endeavor to show this by giving for the state If I am reelected. the best service of which am capable"
 This staement was made by Gov, Hughes al noon today prior to his de- parture for Hudson, where he Is to speak this afternoon al the Columbia county fair and later at the Rensselaer, county fair. at Nassau.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-17
JULIE OPP.
Actress -Dramatist Whose First Play
 Scored in London,

In addition to her ability as an actress Julie Opp has shown that she Is a clever dramatist. The House of Pierre" which Miss Opp wrote In col laboration with Kate Jordan and pro- duced by Martin Harvey won instan- taneous success In London. Tn private life Miss Opp Is Mrs William Faver- sham and she has appeared in many successes with her husband.