The herald., November 09, 1883, Image 3

About The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890

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thus appointed Thursday
koveinber as a day of Na
Livints. The governors of
stft
tes are appointing the
proclamation. There are
ink that thin business shot)Id
[.mors, as it was exclusive
war, or to the residen
ip, there is a little too
fiddling-
trade ot this country
Client iihowini! on our side
an«l oaght to have a good
lii'Kil business. The value of
if ixierehpnilise ami manu
tbe twelve months ending
,yas $812,2S,945, being an
I'sri.tKMi 7:9 over the eorre
kriod last year. The balance of
it*, tbe value of our exports
In ports for the paft twelve
U ,9()9. These are very
figures.
[jinn of the reports of frozen
that tho damage, though
iwtsi j_'reat as at first repre
ploughing and early sow-
i n
,wheijevor practieeable,
this new danger encoun
kviiefct growers. Some- years
,so wet hi the fall that
lis ilumst impo-sible and also
]ji!i'in the spring, from the
at as a rule the wheat can
,e ground early enough to
,hen it is 11 the milk.
tte corn yield this year 08
ia.i heen carefully ciphered
will not vary materially
m-it'f which is 1 ,b'J1,10V O i
iiit' the largest crop with
n, in the history of the
iteports from Wisconsin,
1 Minnesota show that frost
nb out oo percent the dam
ections, e.spec-ally Wiscon
nost total, hut tlie injury,
.mg!v immense.after all ruts
!t! in tlie total vield.
,1 iideuu. consul genet.. 1 tn Cu
in Washington,and he rep
i the pig-headed exactions of
driving the Cubans to the
|l -.tkruptcy, and that her treat
r:ierican citizens who have
Cuba demands the serious
our government. It is
ial ea(
|H
us-
the report" of Americans, if
i
AOUM
disclose a uidition of
a would so arouse the indig
n« people of lie United Mates
a v^rnment would be compelled
it:- for the protection ot its cit
ti eir property.
i»f Mmnesnt i und of i ako
*. y Messid. Warner iv l-oofe
avenue, Minneapolis, are
cWgant and w ha* is
lance—the most •-.it.ct of
Hi'K'd. They
S)IO«-! M-
coi
r.-~
'.ver»
:i- fit zen,
voi-d their
-!i large area
less intelligently wilhot::
vie l»« of their geogiup'.i- .d
.pliical features.
P:
Of the value of 1(K) barrel's
goes to the Dakota farmer,
to I»o:-ton will lm Si'.'?.".) the
will cost j{."i, the grinding
coniiii'ssions and callage,
the (ot cost ofthe hundred
Hour f/i-ii'.-xj when the ii .nr
•ton. The baker then takes
s-d barrels of 11.inr and adds
of oven-hoai ami yeast and
of labor, so that
111
I,i
HIPMI
the
do the shop fov unto in
loaves of bread it ha -t
i-'i'malent l-J cents a
,J
oil"-half ,,(• t\.- n.- u
'"irrel
af
ilour, tho fanner
die railroads onedentl), the
_hunt and cooper one four
AtkiiiKou'w object in this
neeins to liavo heen two-fold
inoHt important, to Rhow the
e
oi this country who li\ts
1
to ni(,ijth that their bread
ahout don'-le what it would ii
"»e it at home and, sccoii-
,e
UioBt of the profit on n lout'of
,nor Ko to the farmers and to
I
ftna^t
ho
!'ar^-
This
pi
.ted
U8
'."00
lu
l:)Sm
i
limit-r the uubpices
and encineurcd bv Count
^epHi
locomotives and eight hundred tip-carts.
One American dredtie removes ti.o it)
,m'tr(s o{"earth
Cu-
per day. The great
work is no doubt going forward, hut its
consummation cannot be e-. tsd with,
in the brief time named, anything
like if.
''ring to various computii'.i ,• -t.
to the precise date, at which the pine
forests of this and that state will disap
pear, the St. Louis Republican savsthat,
as ?i matter ol fact it is not. probable that
these forests in Minnesota, Michigan
and Wisconsin will over disappear.
Then i.s considerable forest in Maine
Htill, and there probably will he twenty
years from now. It is a fact, however,
that no substitute for woo 1 lias heen in
vented and that the consumption is con
stantly increasing.' As the forests are
thinned out and prices begin to go up the
consumption will full oil'and artitieial or
planted forests will be more generally
cultivated in the regions now destitute
of trees. In many places, too, the land
denuded of timber grows up again to
trees, though in other regions it remains
barren. The tree famine is not to be ap
prehended in the near future.
The report of Commissioner n. llev
ot tiie pension bureau shows that on
September 'Jo, Is.N.",, there were
pensioners on the lifd.-», c-sting the gov
ernment an average of $liM each, or an
average of between and a .month
each. This is a higher average than the
wages paid to the soldiers of anv large
army in Europe. The total amount paid
for pensions during the year was o ,•
(Kii.'Jt-H, including arrears oi pensions.
Since. iNol the I'nited States hni? paid the
enormous amount of 1,07: .-JU7 in pen
sions, including the costs of the pension
servi- e. 1 Miring the year the number oi
pensioners increased 17,1 i. Few per
sons realize the 1. *b .• the United
States maintain i.i pensioners
larger in numbertl.au the standing army
in actual service and under pav, of any
nation except a few of the first class
powers, ami at a larger annual cost than
almo,-t any liist class nation pays lor the
support of its army. Ami vet there are
schemes afoot to lirgeiv increase the
pension lit, with probability oi" success,
owing to the tirmidity of contrressmen,
who dure not vote their own sentiments
nor the convi. 'i-ris of a vast majority of
the people.
TIIK AltAn.
THK TliAXSFEB OF CnM^ANUS.
WASHINGTON, N -V. 1.—T!io
:iih! -it:ii-:.ii acts re-
li.d 1*1 mnru'd
1 1 :iv
n.'i-'.ii'i" it.
rjiea a eve
untrv
rinal transfer
tiio ci tninand of tho army fr (i-.-n. Sher
tu:m to Lif-ut. lien. SLctidan took place ui
-Kxm tu-diiy at tho lint Iiiuarttrs of tb« army
ti tho war dci artm-?iit biiddiug. G-'ii. Hlion
uii "i-ent th« turi".u!» in making luma .If ac
inaiiiSt wi'h tiio bu-«iii ¥a nf tl.o oflic-?. Gfti.
*»in.:man a:iii tbo member? of Ins s aff
in
"Dwi'sliip rail'.re, and section
together wkh the railroads,
'd roads, nivmiH lakes, or
ris, v'.llilies, chic--, itnd town
wii! in les retirement \ra:c!i wish s-iirental solici
•u-le 'heir lH'offres-. unwar.l in the noh.« professiou
U wfiien th«*" tiavo IK'VI.i?j«J THEIR HVPS.
[S W. T. sii'JiM VN. i.i aoral.
Olti'-iui: !i C. PI.TU, A.fjur
Ili-mkiu triors of th- Atmv, i
Ofli-
"'is bread the bake( or the
1
gets i cents a pound: that
baker and ,-,o-
HI
i:
have been end I
roported to l»e progress- ai hi- ve i
I'scompJe
OI1
a
jg
promisetl
in
pf' MtiiKt' not general- [su-med.]
likely to he rmlized.
1
Pra
in the winter. Thirty i ond cavaty. are
-1-w
ine
winter. Thirty
Uvat°rs
1
are at work and forty
a
N'ov. J, i.-wniOt1-r* N-. "li-In K-nce 1
•he uiii»*r of ih" iiu-.-'.-i-'ii*. urotmi^'ated «M U.-nt-r-iI
Oi'-ler \o 7I.O.t. 17, J--i .!'i-i.lJll,."-" hi' iiig i.if
"r' n-YmWr^u.-t hei,hy u-um- couM of
ftin Htates. hi? fo-ww«»i
TO)at»oRe the persninU utBif of this
'•rah' Sbd- Mu-!ia»f V. Shiri'i ih, wa
nt trenerul and military wicrtitary
.1 Vo triitr, J-'iffii
r.J*€» army *j
nam- ii otti«'«
itiMitctnttif u
i
at." t!
IV,.t
•ami e'apt
aei-rs, u^d-'-Jt-eantp.
lKiu-
i 'i.ti :-t if.-n'T.il.
J,i
iiijiani t•• ti'-ia.
.(iO.
o following j-e
IN
I'ttlCAliO, \-'T i
been jinii'-tl:
llfn-uiuar'- '1''
III., Nov. I, 1-'
U«'P'hv rchiif! 1
Mi- -ti.i i.-'
•i)i' h' 'be P"
llfj.dqu.it if-r-i Aniiv
with tii '--r- and
iietior to
i*i in
C»:'t.
i
si.Ulii-v
or th-
wbein I
mint fourteen
citnni iiil
tor
Jcbiro eXir-i-» my tun
RUDt-i-rt t'o*ti hy tt'-m
.Mvi'-ioii. W1
Indians t-v-r
from the Iwu
nort.ii to th
men ts «.-xis
n ri'is th
i.s for the eotilldetieo i
my ad»iinistiu.tioti oft
•ti command it, hos
i the-oui.u-y weal ot the
..larv line ot our possess
t'in.-iiO river in 'l'e\ is. 1.
land tlm constiuctjou
I
have been so far
inrfiterv fonneriy
towns and cattle iu-
Imii.it'.s
the
up»i.i rah roads hav» b"e i
bailees the troops of the Ul
v'and imi ortttiit ugeutsdur-
It has been my especial
[Sum* v Tn cr mphauce with ueti
™?Vs?7l\ headquarters .'f me army, dated
1 hereby a.-sum" coiuni.m 1 «f 'llf. '.Hision
i
or,ier-
°ien are at work now on Oj't
wl,ich force will be in-
N
Till Fm w.r ill's
IV i'iti
lhthnU
i
a
JI
l:",su|,e
DO!
rf.i-
1« ri ti bun Vi:ry a.^i-tancv. Sliortlv bofor.
I'J o'cioi.-K tli^ two bigliL-rtt oi'ticors of
'be army caKc 1 on du ctfi. tary
of
»ar,
Oi-u.
r'lian to take etb.-ial av ami (1 ::i. Sht r
i)a:i to report for duty. Tho t-a'.isf.-r ww ac
.'iiM'lisli'.'l quie'lv with ait any c. remonv
ivb' V.-r b-'.-Cid tilO lS-lUIn'i: of ll.e K"!ieral
i.l 1,, v c_' tit*- army uf tin* cba"*"wf
?u!r su:i'id
rk
V s. and
si iti ns,
Th- »rd vvt.o» fb" la
of the 1)11''-,' i
rtie.' :tw'0.
r«-r* it-vtv sonre vt'tits: -r
•I" il. I if*!!. HiiteHCtS: 1''
».?.» frotii promirsBid P'
("uniti v. Hhorsly after tbo
-ii
!1!6
sh-
TI U.«3
SlnfiiiJau
HELD HU
1:1' r--e-|'ti.iM. ii-e I all tit" oftiweiM
11* 11 i V u1 v 111 a^-4 I'll re,ill
jfliet-rH ef'th-t d-p-irtMUMir. All to.»k
-live of (i"T! hie a.1.1 wi-ro by linn
i,
nr' to (i. !!. Ml' J-t.uu Sill S"'qu' ally ''i'li".
lu-iman an Sb-r:.laii, an.'-mi ameil l-v tbi:
c:'i r:try of war, mailt-1 an utbci.ti ea-I u^uu iuo
pretiiiieat.
tie
r.Ui' calculation lias r-."-i-!.i
''V -Mr. Ivlward Atkin-on,a
ician ol Moston, showing the
af of bread made at the east
rain gtovvn on the fields »f
fcnta, and how the cost. is dis
-his hi -tory of the cost of a
ad is a very interesting and
"ie, and at tho same time
THK I'OKMM. -KIEl 3.
TJie f')llowinp weru i.-MK-il to-day:
of tli" Army, VVastiinetf'i, I
H.-a.bluarU-M
N-.v. J.—»!-n
OrUei
with th»'
(iI-1:• r:il *J:-»!• -rs*
No. 77. Jy aii-l
"lit. 1= mt i'
nfl in
f. 1U. lkS jt iti« un
its.1 of tho Army of
:!ie
71. -f O.
•mm
In
tho I'lit. tl S'atrs. Ill !fiu--. K-verinar the relation#
whieti lutber'n b,uw,»a he U.utks
%li
(h.» officers anti men f«r tht'ir to the
tra-»t imiioscil on
th-ttt duriiii his official i-i S aua
of "Wisconsin Eatsafi-.'S in 8
•^losl I'literuliiln^ lutcrvi«»
Br.ANDON, WIS., Special Telegram, Kov. 1.—
i»aooi«, the man or woman of doubtful
lK^'*
mx,
clears the mystery s.«rriuBdit,sr tb» ca.«o:
I "Mr. Dubois, you, „f roii.-,,., knmr tho storie*
iV, cirealatetl i-o-.u-rnii.ii you?"
Ido, h.^uat.iit'.y, iifi.im a voice ,ui!(J
net, be mistaken fur a mat's.
"\p« are married to Ciertnido Fulk
Iteport of thn I'tall Comutissloit,
WA«!flvc TON, Oct. .'{(—The bnarti of Utah
commis'-iiniGrs baa .-ubm tte-.l itj
BUCOIHI
mv. ti
id.
the suppression Ot P»I}
pre ar- I to recomm
will not delay the adopti
measures eompauble with
ihe ciinstitiiuon, that
l:ec"ss:-ry f»r th' -.1-.
I'vii. The report r-feis
eleetjons, and suvs the -1
that Au U, 1
cast in this con'-'s' was *_' l.W)
last November eb-cijon.
was -n tho part ot t.'i« -t'"
In November the t-'a
mm: partv. was
-u-t. Ih-* vote
W
is of etifii
F. II. HHL.LT 11) VN,
i
htrgf i 'ii'il*"ts of 1
fact,
MtH'ft 1
for tbo reason, it i-
rder- V., 71. da
111 p-.r:
ave ad
creased
u.Hl,.mber
the haM-
j"nfY -d the battles foiiL'ht, the results
.'J-Vrll'i-."d tl'i" ca'hint ceinrad-- who have los
id th
in savage
u to me
I'apl. William v\ h-rry. Ssixtli in-
t'-i'mr,"lj
11
[Sigu'-'tU
Sc"ulWI Se"
wuiiced as ai'le--de-camr,
J. M. SCH0F1ELD,
Major (ieueral, U. B. A.
eoiumi-si'Mi wilt
:. re? (•••rtainiy
most gtrmgv'ut
limitations of
be considered
of Hits iire.it
i ii-us municipal
:nt election was
number votes
calns' 2T.t»-U the
mclpal t.tlli*!/ off
.les, or liberal party,
ol the 1 eople's, of r
i-r.il, l.i-l. I i u
peop:e.'s party was 2l.
fif.-ri vchlC.ll it p-'.irs
,1 from \.i -t:. .i
•'. 1 *'i liberal .1.
1
and by good
moils might have
asellt-'!.V who
tin tt=« m-tji'i^y en
commis-ion s.ty _U
stituted in the Thii
tnons, against men,bet
url
ns from the
.t few s-ttle
of railroa-is
just begun,
Country l)a^ only
Since th. ll Ih-J
-ubdued that
occupiod by them.
teri-ts have gr..»ii
built. lu ttn'se great
vision have
it, mai. hv proper effort,
ur r- non-Moi
-ci.-d to the iej'i-lative
.i- an oftp'Ttunity of put
vt"»r 1 In co:i"i»sloH, the
itiv siiilifl ten suits were in
:rict ••'-urt Utah by M«r
this commission, com-
pi .inimi tii.it t. ev ti..«l been unjus'jy deprived of
tie* ritfiit to retri-ter and vote. Th-n aro uuder
st(-id"to b" test ,es, di'-igued to contest the con
stituti- naiity of ti..* K imuuds aei, as well as the
construction vu:dt we put upon its provisions.
Th'-se suits are Riili undecided, and are likely to be
appealed to the supreme court of the U.'ined States.
It has been asserted that polygamous niarriaires
have increased since tho pa-sa^e of the J* Imuiids
act On the contrary, we have the opinion of
many Mormons that :li-v.- ive comparaiivo de­
since the pas-ano of tt.e said act. Aftet
dil'i'ent inquiry, we eli^ve the latter conclusion is
correct but the Utah h-uislature will have the op-
Dortuuity
warfare, i resign a command
pleasure as well as a duty,
p. }I. SIIKKIDAN.
of sattsfjiu-' 'he eouutrv on this particu-
lai subject by the pas^ase of such public marriage
ad "as t' at "we have MJmasted to congress. By
this and such other b'R.slan..n as we have indicated
tbev will give the c-v run.out the assurance ol
their loyalty and pa-notism, and avert a contest
that eutmot but result their discomfiture. W
cons,dev it pr- p-r to c.-nim-nd the zeal of the cov
ari'er i I'tah in bis ff -'s to enforce the laws.
ATKX n-.Msj'V. X. I- I'umc eK, D. L. GODIT.EY
A lV Alll/lO.N. ll. IVfTOUlEW.
To t.-1KV- lb ?b 'l eiler, Secretary of tb
Intern i.
:i?r.i:N r.uwiN
whow
caw has so generally aroused public cariosity, was
tind by a uewspaper report-T, set-r.'tcd with his
^lipauioti at a farmhouse seven miies from here last
foliowimr interview was had, which in
you
Roy.
latn. *1 hp ceremi'Tiv was perform
ll i .M-.: r.M-i, i:: Waiii)..!)."
mMit that you irc a man?"
1 do. 1 arn-s, lung as my wife is ,i it is
nobouy btiNineas
Mr. Dubois, you 1 liko a woman, act iikt» a
WoMiau, and ti.pro art-C(zciis £f reasonu to e.upt.o-6
y- '.i :.r-i n-.i Frai.k D-iiui^, !.IU Mrs. Hm isoa, a
woman. Do you rcfu, to reveal yourself
There is nothing tn it-v-.-ai."
If youi are cauyht 1:1 t!n (.t!.ga)?0 you will l«s ar
resttni. 1 tU should youitioif in your p:o|-i'T
..'il
at I
'l thus uToid Mimshmetit."
OH,
l* rank! for (j.d"» sann tell all and have il
over, at this moment exclaimed th" joUhk ai.]
pretty wif«, teara streaming down tho faeo.
Dubois looked toward her. His lip trembled
with excitement. Hy burst into t-jars. sot.s chok
ing him for a time. Fioady hu s ud "It's truf,"
and eii(bavored to leave tho room. He waa re
strained and filially was indue 1 to
TEM, HIS bTOKY.
He sai-1 h-5 was really Mrs. Hudson, and had
tired ot husband and family,»ud doteniuned to lu -e
identity as the wif» and mother by gs-umitj the
S'HM: 01 a man. "My uusbaud," she said, "weut to
I'liuois last spring. I immediately assumed male
atiirn and went to Waupon, where 1 ha-i vrevinu^ly
tr -'t ai.d adiuitf.l (i^rtio l-'uil-T. I oi rte-l het a:
we were inarri-d, s'ie not kuowmj mh to t-* a
WK,mai) until the Mtrht, after tha cer.-i.-.oriy wan
P'Ttornifd. I th- induced h«r to keep si'nnf,
which she has doue. ^\hno living with my hus
band 1 helped him support the family, peddling
soap and compounding extracts. 1 was rlius
I'd to depend upon myself, and when i '00k
npon myaelt the bupp rt of i.Tt,e, I
fe.t fully able to carry the burden. I
paci-T" i, pa rit«d, rr. ide and sold 'xtiacts,
ai:d we were iiapny. wre preparing to uinv-s
to K.Vm, 111., when my husband came upon the
scene. Alter he came t- tbe hotise I con
ce i.ed myseif for a time, and then took the
tram for liraii'l-.n, !-r:ie tem-iiticig at tbo huu-Q
of a f.ieiid, following on Tuetuay to lirandon,
where we stopped at the IIOUSH of a:I acquaiut
ari-v, ani camn here Tuesday t-vftiing. I
will not return to live w Ui my
hu-diarid a'-ld propo-.o to wear pant3 ::ii I ^m.-xe
and earn mr living as a man Mrs. Dubois, or
in.ir- pri'pr.'tly 'iertie Fuller, appeared u :-riy
liearibroke.j,bolbiug eontiuuously iluririgthe lecall
of the story. Ht.e, howerer. confirm-'d the .state
ment. She said, when (jucstioued, mat her parents
nvtd io Waut-pn. wtn-:e her fa:her ami tn tn-r
Well-! fliuaijed Ui the llulsery bllsl
ues,«. Htie had married Frank Dubois,
tor Mrs. Hudson), and had, on the n.ghc of their
ui.irru.^c, di-eovrreti tl
hvr liuba:i-i
was of her
•nil !v. x. They i... i agr-'ed tn live to
getiipr, and had dotei so. It was an
iff.c.r i.f the.r own and nobody was concerned but
-.erv.f, 'Uiey propoaed to tro to J'oud iiu Lao ami
mange to remove to Illinois, as was intended
n!-••!!!he ^e^~1ltl..na! de luiiomeni was made that
ne parties were both women.
at»-
:iual re ort to the sccttiry of tbo interior.
Afti making a statement of former legislation
touKfets, relaiiou to bigamy or polygamy,
tliey Bay:
The dutie* or the '•ommis-iion appertain otily to
matters of re^iitrattn and eiectiou and eligibility
10 cfliee. while the punishment of the crime of
1 e'ytf'-imy is left as under 'he former LiW to emirts
of justice. Under the anti-po.ygamy act of the
cemtni-sion it hud good success at the general elec
tion of Auirust, 1 »:{, in ext-iuding pi-iygamis-ts
fn :r. the mi.Ii, and a-, ar as advised very w, if
any illegal votes have b-en cast in Utah Mnco the
commission took charge of registrations and elec
tions in August. 1882. Tho enforcement of the
pn si-i law again*.! 1polygamists, who have
beec excluded from 'he polin, shows the act has
been fniiv and sueces^fuiiv executed. It is ihougl.t
that discrimination between those Mormons who
practice polygamy and those who do no', while not
likely to have much effect upon --l ier'y -n, who
alr-ady have a plurality of wives, and several fam
ilies. must bate great weight with young men of the
Territory, many of whom are ambitions and aspiring
and would not like voluntarily to embrace political
cm:rai'istn The very existence of a law, disfranch
ising poivgamists. must tend to destroy their ioflti
eiice, whenever it is un-b-rstood it is tob« perm n
en' di-ci\«jina!ion. Itie tact also that it wi.i he,
necessary to the preservation of the po'itic.-.l influ
ence r,f the People's party—as the Mormons style
tle-ii.s-.vcs— to have a larfc'-' b- dy of il.e.r mein
i« r.- who are not polyuamis-*, must tend in time
ti. w.-:ike:i th-1 practice of po ygamy, f-r every,
n.arr. Mormon who tak"S but one plural wife
U -e» Uir.-e v(.ti-s I-ir hi-p.ii't\ —his "Wn :.nd o-e
of bis two wives, woman suffrage -being est tb.islied
bv law Utah. Concerning tdurality of wive«,
1 h» report says: That a doctrine and .practice so
od. us throughout Christendom should have been
upth-id so many joars, aaaitist the laws of cotigresa
and M-nliments of the civil.zed world, is one of the
nv.iw'ls of the nnietef ui!) centuiy. and can he
s.' irc-'lv .it'prec-ate 1 t-ve.i bv tho -e fain.loir with
th© world's history. In relation to the difficulties
i.f government control, or
srppinv-ai'ix N-'
I KI,H. PH'S I.WATICISM.
certainly no giiverumeni can permit, a violation of
11s laws against j-o.yijaruy under cover of constitu
tional guarantees of religious freedom: and while
congress may not legislate as to mere matters of
opinion, yet it mav denounce and punish as ctirnes
tho«e actions which are violation of social
duties or subversive to good order._ 'i he right of
eon,.'!ess to suppress this great- evil is undoubted,
11 equally nlaio that tue dignity and od name
of this great eovernnient amonu tho nations of the
earth demand such -congressional action as ghull
effectually eliminate this national disgrace. The
con-mi-siou renew tho r«ini!iiiii' ndatums contained
in th-- report of Nor. 17, uotaNv the one
regarding the enactiKefit -d a marriage law by
cocfr- s- declati'.g all fu'.ure :narri.itr-s in th Ter
ritory nnll and void, .unless-cowtracted and evi
denced in the manner provid.il by the act. If the
next legislature shad fail b- ad m-a^ures in con
formity «ith th-1 pr..visi- :.- tue a, of 1 -iVJ. for
DHOOD
1'lie Pat 5i«t i- Sr- i-v oi'a Man rrimght
to an I wn- iy
VSrcvh by ilits Kv
vr se t»f Opiates.
i'iom the i.utii: vi-le btirier-Journal.
"I wi.sli tiiat I knew some way of
brivikiujr ir.yt'elf of taking opi.itt-s. 1
would he willing to go to j:iil—tn do
anything, in short, so tliut I could ho
p!iu'i,*d in corlinettifnt until I had a
rhaut'u to euri* myself of tliis terrible
habit. I ni'ver will In* ahli* to do so, I
urn left to myself.''
Tfntse words wer* a-idn'ssi-1 t" a rc
porter las-t evt'iiinj? iy a man iiis
itituifi as (ioorgw Johnson, who arknowl
edged that he was a ontinned opium
eater. 11 i.s appearance wis a startling
one. ilis face had the aspect of a hag
uard corpse hisey^s were hollow and
and sunken, hut. glittered with a half
maniacal fire, while a ragged growth of
short 11 lack heard and long tangled hair
added to his wretched appearance. Hi8
clothing was !d and dilapidated a^rag
ged coat was btitr med up to his chin to
hide a coarse, dirty shirt, and a straw
hat, with a pair of brogan siioea, com
pleted a cost. me that would answer
fijually well for a tramp or a footpad.
Vet there wasan air of refinement that
ciung to him, with all his rugs, and his
hands, though soiled and hurdeued,
a ere slender and delicate.
"Iain a perfect "lave to opiutn," he
continued," and 1 would hesitate at
nothing to pri-ctue tliu drug when the
sire or it is on me. 1 will lie or
steal. 1 heard A friend Hav once"-
li'-re lie pau-e'f and looked si^'nili antlv
at the teiHiitcf—"that he would kill a
man, if pel1.-sary to get morphine, and
I wouldn't bhunK him. I have fallen
from a respectable station down to what
you see me, -u.d there- i r.• telling how
much lowet i ••. ill gc unless 1 have
help.
The amount of morphine I ran take
has in.t 1 H'ppose. ever heen equalled.
)ne time I took {i( arams, ami it did not
it-j'ir.' me. I third: by ura-lu.iliy in
cieasing the dose 1 could take (wire as
much without danger. When ran't tret,
enough morphine to i• me any goed I
lake crude opium or chloroform, I
know yi u will hardlv believe me when
I sav that in one night I used a pound
of chemical chloroform bv inhalation,
vt it is a fact. 1 have gone for three or
f-.ur davs at a time without eating in or
der to buy some nior hine or opium
with the iiltlo money 1 hurl. I am only
::7. but I began using it when I was
2'2.
At that time I was a deacon in a
i'iiri.-tian church I never drank,
swore or gambled. 1 was
tin owner of a ret. dl ding store in Hick
man, where I remained all through the
veilow fever epidem'c. Out of a popula
tion of 1,'Jnil, *_'(hi died, anions them eight
doctors, bul I came out of it healthier
than ever. When the habit took a firm
hold on me 1 commenced going down
hill. 1 lost my property—lost my health,
my ii iends and my self-respect,
believe the knowledge of it hastened my
tat tier's deat.-i it nas beggared me, es
tranged the girl to wnom 1 was to he
manied, and ii will prove mv (h ath. It
hangs over mo iike lie bl.u-kcst ofnignt
ma'"es if has tnken possession of my ev
ery waning thought. and us, rped e\erv
dr- am of night. Tne horror of mv situa
tion has benumbed every family but that
dread, ami i very dav I giow_ mere
keenly alive mv awful comlition. I
would" pH't with anything, even my
mind, and be content to live the remain
der of my life in it maui.ic'ti cell, if I
could onlv lie cured.
"M v -ii -cf in telling you this is in the
)|n' that lis ttii/!ii-al on may open Mnie
avenue for my ri-forniation. 1 am will
ing to be locked up in jail if my friends
u il' only prefer a char.-e against me. i
wii! go to any piace where I can be
confined and rcreiw medical at
u ntP '. I am not begg'ng, and when
1 am cured 1 will pie-lge myself to
work for years, to repay the expense
mv cure will incur. 1 can never he re
moved without help 1 have tried it too
often. There is a strong room in the
city hospital where I would like to be
placed, and as a last resort 1 will apply
to ien. Tavlor or Mayor .Jacob a per
mit to i e taken there. Whatever is done
I am cons- ions must be done |tiickl_\
for 1 am breaking last in mind and body.
I have lived here for years, and old
friends whom I have Known a'l my life
pass nut without recognition, 1 am su
broken and changed.''
The man's story was certainly a touch
ing one and there appear- every gr nnid
for believing its truth. His statement as
to the enormous quantity of morphine
he had taken was corroborated by the
druggist who had sold it to him. lie
stated that he diil not want money or
a iv relief i-M-ept that which would aid
in "his reiormalioM. He !"heves thai he
•aunot be cured without confinement. He
did not give his u-ldiess -it is douht.iill
if the poor fellow ha 1 any—'.mi said that
if anv way wa* deviled for helping him
lie would call at Crecelius' drug store at
r.veilih and Market ,-treets in a few IHVS
wnere any communication might lie leit.
His real name Ihe reporter ascertained
tt be iierrvman.
Condemnation of Watering Stock.
Th.: business of iniporrance before the
chamber of commerce to-dav was the pres
entalion of the rp)rt of the special com
mittee on railway transportation and on
the watering of the stoeks ef ccrporatior-s.
The commissioner'* report state- that stock
watering operations similar to the l«te issue
of $i: ,n0(),tM0 of Manhattan Elevated rail
road sleeks, constituted a grave offense
against the community awd should toe
made a misdemeanor by law. that apitali
zttiou of surplus earnings should be pro
hibited by law that increases of capital,
either by stock or bond issues should be de
fined V»y strongest legal lornmlas, easily
understood, «nd only permitted for goo and
sufficient public reasons, and not because it
can be shown that a corporation
can be made to pay a fair dividend
on an ir creased capita'. that
tfe public welfare requires that corpora
tions should be subject to government su
pervision and should have pow*r to regu
late and control within a reasonable limit tbe
charges ot these corporrtions: that ordinary
diflereneea arising between these corpora
tions and their customtn should bedecidtd
1
i'v government commissioners! without the
expensive and tedious delays incidet to a
law smt. Then there should be no tixed
limit to the rate of cash dividends, corpora
tions acting under such fcuoervisi as
above indicted may pay to their stockhold
ers bj» reason of
suj-yior
management ni
their p.fhrrs or ircresse.i prosperity, but
such questions should te left to the legisla
tive power which cr. ated them to decide
upon th" necessarily varying conditions of
'Hchcase. TI.econnnitt.ee further say that
where there w-.s competition between the
difit*rent railroad lines the public would be
protected in the matter of rates. Poolim
on through traffic, however, had to a great
extent abn gatrd competition.
Aci'kieiMiti
i'oisnm
AH dread being poisoned sew know
what to do when poisoned. Even well
educated people are ignorant of the sim
plest antidotes for venomous bites or
poisonous draughts.
A writer in Ilall'.s Journal of Health
states two ideas which if remembered
would save many lives, lie savs
"If you have swallowed a poison,
whether laudanum, arsenic, or other
pwiaonoUH drug, put a tabiespoonful ot
ground mustard in a glass of water, cold
or warm, stir and swallow tpiicklv. !n
stanteousfy the contents of the stomach
will Vie thrown up, not allowing the poi
sonous substance time to be absorbed
and takwn into the blood.
"As soon as vomiting ceases, swallow
the white of one or two eggs, for th©
purpoe of antagonizing anv small por
tion of the poison which may have been
left behind. .Let tlie reader remember
the principle which is, to get the poison
out of you as soon as possioic.
"There are other thin.-s which will
also serve as a speedy emc-tie. but the
advantage of mustard is, it is always at
hand, it: acts instantaneously without
any after medicinal ellects. The use of"
the while ol an egg is that although it
does not nullify all poisons, it ui:ta..otr.
ze.s a larger number than any other
agent so readily attain .hie.
lut having Pik-m the mustard or egg,
send for a phys.ei.in thee aie ad
vised in order to save time as the deiav
of twenty minutes oiteu cam-es dra.h."
The sam.-* writer adds the Joilowing
useful information:
"Cures of biles ami stings:—Almost] til
these are destructive from liieir acid na
ture conseqeniitly the cure is an alkali.
Spirits of hartshorn is one of the strong
est, and is kept in almost every house*
liold, and Vou have only to pour some
out in a tea clip and dabble it on with a
rag. Kelief is immediate.
"If you have not, hart.-diorn, then sal
era! us is a suitable alkali. Every eook in
the land has saleratus, and we are daily
eating ourselves into the grave bv itt»
extravagant use—the use of half a tfiim
ber r.l a week is extravagant.
Moisten it with water and use as in
the ease of hartshorn. Ur, pour a tea
cup of boning water on as much wood
ashes, stir it and in a few moment* you
will have au alkali. The lye of ashes
will answer a good purpose whiiu the
phyw :an is coining.
"Kemember the principle" bite is au
acid. Hie cure is an alkali.
"Have we not before now looked with
wonder on ihe old negro who ran out
when the wasp's sling made us 'holler,'
can .lit up 'three kinds' ol weeds, rubbed
the part well, and in live minutes we
were happy?
"lint why 'three' kinds of weeds? Tho
old man would teil you that 'tiir«*e' and
all its multiples went 'magic,' numbers.
The a -11 i*, yoti can scarcely gather up
three kiinis o plains any w heie", one ot
which will not nave mute or lets of alka
li it.'"— Youth s Companion.
Women as IMiy.sicans.
wo:• i- n as pkysicans,
pmiliin: ni wo:'i- n as pbysicans, Ir.
Oliver Wendell Ii .imes snid the otiier
day in an ipMress: at Cambridge:
"I, myself, followed a course of lec
tures given by the younger Madame
Laciiapelle, in Paris, and if here and
there uu intrepid woman insists on tak
ing hy storm the fortress of medical ed
ucation. I would have the gate flung
open to her as if if were that of the cit
adel of Orleans and she were .Join of
Arc returning from the field of victory.
I have often wished that disease could
be hunted by its prole-'-ional antagonists
in couples—a doctor ami a doctor's ipiick
witted wife making a joint visit ami at
tacking the patient 1 metm the pa
tients malady, o course—with their
united capi'ities. Fori am sure that
there is n dural clairvoyance in a woman
which would nnik" her as much the
superior of a tn in some particu'ari
of diagnosis as she certainly is in dislin
giiis11111l s lades of color. Manv a suicide
would fi,.v':' been prevnted if ihe doc
tor's wife had visited the victim the day
before it. happened. She would have
seen in the nieichani's face his impend
ing hankiuptev while her s upid hus
band w is prescribing for dyspepsia and
imior-'ng 1 i- note she would recognize
tbe love-lorn maiden by an lll-a-ijusled
ribbon, a line in Hie features, a droop
the altitude, a tone in fhe voice, which
mean nothing to him.
TIM ISc.st itrmctty.
Tiie Providence Journal, in deep sym
pathy, is moved to remark: "We are
conlident that many a sensible physician
will say, if th patient will let him, that
two-thirds of all the m,ilad.es of all the
people in the world would get well in a
few hours or davs if left to themselves,
wiih no other appliances than such as
instinct, would ungues! ami common
sense employ, lint patients of ten esti
mate the doctors skill by lie wonderfully
wise look which he assumes and the ex
tent or variety of his prescriptions
and a si.tk man's friends hate to seem
unsympathlz.iig, and so are apt to be of
ficious. It is
to be understood, of course,
that we are not speaking ot extreme
cases, but of the treatment, of most
of the ills which flesh is heir to—the
troubles which coe.e upon overworked
men ami women, so many of whom we
find all around us in thi3 pushing, com
pel ive age. Their best remedy, if they
can take it, is rest."
There are 2fX3,000 tramps in
man Empire.
the Ger­