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I horrible Crimes
Perpetrated by the
SulLan's BashiBazouks^-""^
I There is no political turmoil In Turkey
in which the Bashi-Bazouks are
bot permitted and encouraged to take
|he star role in the bloody drama of
Iffairs. So thoroughly is this recog ed
that their name has come to be
^Aocymous with bloodshed, their
gKence the gruesome forerunner of
^H?rtain harvest of death. Even
Mpg the Turks themselves their com|2^R
designation has come to be
.>1Util \UI'U1 yjL illc iil^ui;, uuu
ost obdurate and refractory child
i and becomes obedient at the
whisper of that awful name,
lough known as irregular sol"
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[CHIEF OF THE
iiers or guerilla^, and paid solely by
|e plunder they are always sure to
?^4hey are the Sultan's chosen inBruicents
when It becomes his iinlerial
pleasure to wreak wholesale vengeance
upon any of his Christian subI
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Iras me r>;isui-i>az(juus ici
the Greeks at Scio in 1822
d that fair island of gares,
while 23.000 people met
ingle day and 30,000 women
l were carried off aud sold
o the scandal of Christenirkish
war with Russia in
nds of Bashl-Bnzouks were
from their homes in the
>f Asia and turned upon
s Christian population of
lulgaria, massacring dver
teni in the month of June
as at this time that a whole
of children were killed at
e bodies of the victims, tothe
school house, burned
MmEHHjHwg^Hroyers.
Bashi-Bazouks, armed
rifles by command of tbe
IflSgBMpuraiii, though in defiance of the Ber-treaty,
who began the awful Armenian
massacres at Sassoun in 1804.
nRS^P 'For twenty-three days the work of carnage
was permitted to go on in that
Hfijg single district, village after village
being wiped out of existence, while
10,000 people?men, women and little
jflra* children?were put to death with every
conceivable torture. In one village all
the young men were tied hand and
KB toot, laid in a row, covered with brushHaro
iWood and burned alive. Others were
seized and hacked to pieces; little chilHlWii
wai?a nnf In f t*?a n ml In fn/1
uivu rv^jx^ lui iii ivtu uiuiiiait'U, "
IBASHI-BAZOUKS
and young girls outraged in the presence
of their /amilies. On the last day
Of August, the anniversary of the Sultan's
accession to the throne, a speech
[tvas made to these ensanguined butchers
by Zekki Pasha, the Turkish general,
urging them to redouble the
slaughter in honor of the day. So well
did they act on this suggestion that;
after the war many of them boasted
Of having killed a hundred Christians
apiece. The Ba&hi-Bazouk, Indeed,
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takes pride in his prowess and of the
part he plays in the extermination of
the Christians. In an interview with
E. J. Dillon, the war correspondent, a
notorious Bashi-Bazouk, after narrating
several adventures of his, in the
course of whici* He dishonored Christian
women, killed Armenian villagers,
robbed and looted from right and left,
vront nn tr? snv: "We did trreat deeds
after that, deeds that would astonish
the twelve powers to hear told. We
attacked villages, killed people, gutted
houses, taking money, carpets, sheep
and women, and robbed travelers.
Daring and great were our deeds, and
the mouths of men were full of them."
Who are these Bashi-Bazouks who
pride themselves on being such mighty
men of valor, calling themselves "Lords
i of the Hills?"
They are Kurdish nomads, descendj
ants probably of the ancient Carduj
chii who occupied the mountainous
J eastern border of the Assyrian Empire
in the time of its glory.
While there are many different tribes
or clans among the Kurds, they may
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BASHI-BAZOUKS.
1 be divided roughly iu two general divisions,
the nomads, lawless and brutal,
to which belong the Bashi-Bazouks,
meaning literally "crazy heads," and
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iiit oci 10 oucrjcvw avuivao, ?? U\y u&v
merely stolid, stupid peasants, content
with tilling the soil in the most rudimentary
way. but displaying wonderful
skill in weaving rugs.
The nomadic Kurds never work, but
depend upon the Armenians, as a parasite
does upon a plant. When not
upon the actual warpath, and nothing
fuore than ordinary brigandage is
going on. the chief of each tribe comes
down from the mountains every spring
at the head of his men to collect tribute
of the Armenian villages in sheep,
mules, rugs, stockings, or anything else
that takes his fancy. XAI1 of their
wheat and grain they get from the
Armenians, who are forced to support
themselves and the Kurds, and at the
same time pay taxes to the Turkish
Government.
They are all very fond of finery, and
never hestitnte to avail themselves of
any opportunity for adding to their
store. They bOem to know by intuition
when an Armenian girl is getting
her wedding finery together, and often
appear at the last moment to snatch
her wedding garments, fashioned with
such loving cnre; then off to the hills
with their ill-gotten booty. If the
Armenians ever dare to make a complaint
they are oftener than not thrust
into prison themselves with the words.
"All Armenians are liars. The Kurds
are the Sultan's war.iors. To do this
is their right." The only time that
these "crazy heads" are ever punished
is when they are Indiscreet
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IN FULL UNIFORM.
enough to hold up some wealthy Turk
or insult a Turkish woman.
It is from among these men that the
Sultan has drawn his notorious Hamidieh
Cavalry, called by his own name,
and provided with uniforms and arms.
While the unvarying rule of the Turkish
Government has been to send Its
soldiers far away from their own
homes for active service, a conspicuous
exception has been made in their
|case. woiie tney nave special Dar-|
racks fitted up for them in Constatr
tinople, they are permitted in times of
peace to remain in their own mountains,
where they are authorized to
act as police. The effect of this is to
give them absolutely unlimited opportunity
to plunder with the result
of bringing into bold relief the worst
elements In the Kurdish character.
While the Kurds are Moslems in religion,
and largely under the influence
of dervishes, no sense of religious duty
or patriotism animates them in their
guerilla warfare.
They go forth to battle simply as locusts
t9 devour the spoil. Of this fact
the Turkish Government is thoroughly
cognizant, and when the Government,
at Its own expense, armed and transported
these fiends in to Macedonia
their very presence gave the lie to the
promised reforms. To-day finds the
Bashi-Bazouk in his element. Licensed
by the Sultan, furnished for the first
time with the uniform of the regular
army, provided with the latest military
equipment and protected by the Turkish
soldiery, he has already begun his
nopnlml r\t Hfonaa nnrt hlnnrlehpri
looking to the utter extermination of
the Christians, who, driven to desperation,
have at last turned against the
iron heel o? the oppressor.?New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Head of Napoleon's Horse
Cast of Marengo, Bonaparte's
Favorite Charger.
The Boston Globe publishes an interesting
photograph of the cast of the
head of Napoleon's favorite charger
Marengo. The cast was procured by
Sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin in Paris.
Marengo was a large white Barbary
steed of extraordinary symmetry an<l
grace of limb, brought from Egypt,
where he had been capturcd in a fight
with Mamelukes, ii; 1799.
Napoleon rode him i'or the first time
the following year it tha battle of
Marengo, and that famous victory sug
gested the name he bestowed upon
him. Marengo is said to have figured
in many of the great warrior's subsequent
battlesl including Austerlitz,
Wagram, Jena and "the deadly Waterloo."
After Napoleon had been sent to St.
Helena Marengo was purchased bj an
Englishman, in whose establishment
he remained till he died, about 1S23.
Sculptors aud artists vied with each
other for the privilege of executing
portraits of Marengo in England, and
to-day two of his hoofs are preserved
in London, in the shape of snuff boxes,
one in St. James' I'alace, residence or
Prince George of Wales. "the othf-r in
some army club bouse. The rest of tbe
skeleton is mounted in tbe ltoyal
United Service Institute.
Marengo is said to be tbe charger
that is*so magnificently portrayed by
Meissonier in the picture called "181?."
In which the Emperor appears alone,
"sitting on his horse on the crest of a
hill, gazing moodily before him.
For Dressing a Belt*.
A new device for applying dressing
to leather belts is being introduced.
It consists of a roller at the end of a
case, into which a cake of dressing is
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inserted and "is kept in place by a
spring follower, which keeps the cake
of dressing in contact with the roller
at all times. When tbe moving belt
engages the roller it causes It to revolve
rapidly and rub against the cake
of dressing on the inside of tbe case.
By this means the dressing is applied
to the belt very evenly and quickly.
Cream to Burn.
Two little girls were engaged in an
animated discussion as to flie merits
of their respective homes.
"Well, anyway." said one little maiden
in a triumphant tone, "you may
have more bedrooms than we have,
but we have more cream than you do.
W6 have enough for our cereal every
single morning."
"Pooh!" said the other, "that't nothing.
We own a Jersey cow. and we
get a whole cowful of cream twice
every day."?Lippincott's.
IhA Prinre of Mont^enecrrn
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Reminiscent of Hugo.
One of the Interesting Relics in the
Great Writer's House.
Thanks to the devotion of M. Paul
Menrici, his friend and literary executor.
says the Paris correspondent of
the London Graphic, Victor Hugo has
now his museum in Paris in the house
he lived in for so many years in the
Place des Vosges. In the case of the
great French writer the task of getting
together several hundred articles of
" poet's wobk table^
interest has proved a comparatively
easy one. This is due to the fact that
Virt-nr TTnrrn irns nnt nnlv n BTpat au
tlior, but was also an artist?and particularly
a caricaturist?of talent, and
a wood carver and cabinet-maker of
skill. The bouse in the Place des
Visges Is. therefore, filled with interesting
relics of the master. One that
is regarded with.the greatest respect
is the writing table at which he wrote
nearly all his masterpieces. This is in
Louis XIII. style, and is very high,
for Victor Hugo always wrote standing.
Another desk is interesting from
its associations. This is the one on
which are placed four inkstands and
four pens. These belonged to Lamartine,
Alexandre Dumas, Georges Sand
and Victor Hugo himself. In front
of each is the framed autograph, covered
with glass, of each writer.
Probably the most interesting pnrt
of the museum is the furniture made
by Victor Hugo. He was in the habit
of taking pieces of carved wood which
lie picked up here and there, and cpmbining
them into furniture o: the most
fantastic shapes. The results were
often more bizarre and curious than
artistic.
Stove Improvement
A comparatively small percentage of
the heat of any stove having direct
flue connection with the outside air,
nrvnliAo fA oil flinl nil O M/1 POO 1
r? UIV.U <A?/|/ixto X.XJ Utl LUUI VI? UMU VVM*
stoves, becomes available for useful
heating. Most of the heat passes up
the chimney or flue. With oil stoves
it is different. All the heat developed
by the burning oil radiates into the
^pjlf
INCREASES THE BADIATINO SURFACE.
room and furnishes useful heat o? is
utilized in cooking. In order to In
crease the efficiency of the first class
of stoves, Philip S. Spiller has designed
a stove which greatly increases the
radiating surface, and, accordingly,
extracts more useful heat from the
oil burned. This object is attained by
providing a circular flue encircling the
entire stove. To still further increase
the radiating surface and insure the
hot gases produced by the flame, which
is locatea in tnis passageway, passing
entirely around the stove before escaping
to the flue, a deflector is placed in
the heat passage. The effect is to divide
the heat passage with a division
wall, deflecting the hot*gases from the
flue until such time as they have completed
the entire circuit of the stoves.
These are usually built in O-shape, and
may be adapted for house-warming or
for cooking or hot-water heating.
THE "NEW CANADA
This illustration, says London Answers.
tells more convincingly than
would many columns of letterpress
why the eyes of the land-hungry all
over the world are turned to the Canadian
West.
The square. C C. represents the totaS
area of the Province of Manitoba, and
C|| S3 ?
the Territories of Assiniboia, Alberta
and Saskatchewan?270,000,000 acres
In all. The shaded square, B B, shows
the area of land good for fanning?
135.000,000 acres; while the black
square, A. is the land at present under
cultivation?4,000,000 acres. The black
centre of cultivated land is but a dot
on the great expanse of land suitable
for tillage. From that little black dot
over a million bushels of various sorts
of grain were reaped last year. What
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Will Ult: Ilil I > vol Ut? \\ lltril IUU \\ 11U1U
area oomos under the plow?
The error of an astronomical chronometer
Is rarely greater than two onehundredths
of a second.
Permission to reside in Canada has
been given to a large number of British
Reservist3.
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WRECK OH THE SOUTHEBH
Train Plunges at High Speed From
Trestle Into a Stream,
MAIL COACHFS ARF nFMfll ISHFft
<?nt of ft Crew of Sixteen Half a Score
Were Killed and the Other* Injored? '
Locomotive and Cars, Dashed Upon
Rocks, Crushed Into Pieces?Tragic
Scene* Attended the Accident.
Charlotte, N. C.?While running at a
high rate of speed train No. 97, on
the Southern Railway, the southbound
fast mail train, jumped from a
trestle seventy-five feet high, half a
Eille north of Danville, Va., and was
almost demolished. Of the crew of
sixteen men, including mail carriers,
on the train, nine were killed and
seven Injured.
The dead are: J. A. Eroady, of Saltsvllle,
Va., engine driver; A. G. Clapp,
of Greensboro. N. C., fireman; J. T.
Blair, of Danville, Va., conductor, and
J. L. Thompson, of Washington, D. C.;
W. T. Chambers, of Midland, Va.; D.
T. Florry, of Nokesvllle, Va.; P. N.
Ardanwrlght, Mount Clinton, Va., mail
clerks; a flagman named S. J. Moody,
of Raleigh, N. C., and a boy of twelve
years, son of J. L. Thompson. The express
messenger, W. F. Plnkney, remained
uninjured.
The injured are: Louis W. Spiers,
Manassas, Va.; Frank E. Brooks,
Charlottesville, Va.; Pereival Indenmauer,
Washington: Charles E.
Reames, Culpeper, Va.; Jennings J.
Dunlap, Washington, D. C.; M. C.
Maupin, Charlottesville, Va., and J.
Harrison Thompson, S>t. Luke, Va.,
mail clerks.
All of the injured men arc seriously
hurt and hav,e been taken to the hospital
in Danville. The recovery of
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opierts 13* nut e.\peuieu huu uiuer cierKH
are thought to have received fatal injuries.
Tke trestle where the accident took
place is 500 feet long, and is located on
a sharp curve. Brodie, the engine driver,
was a new man on that division
of the Southern, and it is said he went
to the curve at a high rate of speed.
The engine had gone only about fifty
feet on the trestle when it sprang from
the track, carrying with it four mail
cars and an express car. The trestle,
a wooden structure, also gave way for
a space of fifty feet.
At the foot of the trestle is a shallow
stream with a rocky bottom. Striking
this the engine and the cars were
reduced to a mass of twisted iron and
steel and pieces of wood. As the cars
tvuiit uuwn mey mi ms siues ui me
I Riverside Cotton Mill, which is very |
closfc.to the trestle.
Several thousand persons were soon
at the scene of the wr?ok. No one on
any of the cars had made an effort to
Jump, and the bodies of all those killed
were found in the wreckage of the different
cars to which they belonged.
Women who drove to the wreck from
Danville fainted at the sight of the
bodies. It seemed miraculous that any
one should have escaped death, for
every car completely collapsed after
striking the rocks at the foot of the
trestle. The express matter in the express
car was practically destroyed
except six crates of cananry birds.
None of the birds was hurt, thousrh the
crates were in the thickest of the debris.
All unofficial opinions agree in giving
only one cause for the wreck?the high
speed of the train on the sharp curve.
The train was running about an hour
behind time. It is believed that the
cnjrine driver, being-unfamiliar with
the road, did not take into consideration
the danger of coming on the curve
with such great velocity.
The mail bags in the mail car were
torn open and the letters and packages
were scattered, but it is believed none
is lost. Fire, which appeared in the
wreckage shortly after the accident,
was quickly extinguished by the Danville
Fire Department.
In loss of life it was one of the most
serious wrecks that have taken place
on tue ?outnern. it is tne rn:ra time
that a fast mail lias been almost entirely
demolished.
The ill-fated train was the regular
mail train which carried mail from
eastern points to the West and Southwest,
coming over the Southern Railway
from Washington to Atlanta. No
passengers were carried on the train
between the two points, the train being
made up of an express car and,
three or four mail cars.
TEACHERS BECOME MOTORMEN.
It Fays Better In Ohio?So Eight School*
Remain Unopened.
Springfield. Ohio.?There are eight
township schools in this county?in
Mad River, Moorefield and Harmony
townships?that have not been opened
this fall and cannot be opened until
teachers are secured. There is a dearth
of teachers, due to the fact that the salaries
paid are considered insufficient. It
is said that many teachers in the rural
districts have deserted the country and
come to the city to take places as motormen
and conductors on the street
railway because the pay is better.
A. B. Graham. Superintendent of the
Township Schools, said the trouble is
due largely to the fact that the poorest
workman on the streets receives as
much on the average as the country
teacher.
Klff Contract For Fuel Oil.
The State of Texas contracted with
tlio Higgins Oil Company, of Beaumont,
to purchase (50.000 barrels of
fuel oil to be used in the State charitable
institutions. The price is said to
be thirty cents per barrel.
Trusted Employe a Suicide.
William S. Mills, r.ioney order clerk
in the office of the Southern Express
Company, at Nashville, lenn.. was
found dead in a room in a uotel with
an empty morphine bottle by his side.
Investigation of his books has revealed
a shortage of less than $200. He had
been a trusted employe of the Southern
Express Company there for more than
twenty years.
Texns llus Good Cotton Crop.
Texns railway officials report favor*
ably on the cotton crop in that State.
State Troubles Grieve Francis Joseph.
The text of a royal autograph letter,
re-entrusting Count Iledervary with
the formation of a new Cabinet, was
published at Budapest, Hungary, in a
upecial issno of tlio Gazette. In it the
Emperor-King. Fronds Joseph, says he
is deeply grieved at the deplorable circumstances
which hinder the working
of the state machinery.
To Fight Parks.
President Eidlftz, of the Building
Employers' Association, of New York
City, says the fight against Sam Parks
(will be continued to the bitter end.
B1H0R EVENTSOFTHEWEEKP
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The Treasury Department purchased
240,000 ounces of silver at fifty-nine
and three-auarter cents Der ounce. The *
purchase was made for the Philippine
coinage.
The Bureau of Immigration reports
a heavy increase in immigration to the
United States for Apgust, 1903. as com- *
pared with August, 1902. The total 5
number of immigrants was G^,977, g
against 45,549 a year ago.
Many members of the general staff t
declare there Is no present need for the J
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications.
The board was created by special act ~
of Congress, and can only be abol- t
ished by Congress, and an effort .will e
be made to secure such action. c
The State of Minnesota filed a peti- '
tlon for an appeal in its suit against
iuc iwi IUCLU wcv, unuto wuipaii/. j*
Senator Foraker and Representative c
Dick, who arrived in Washington, ex- t
pressed confidence of Republican vie- u
tory in Ohio. 8
OUB ADOPTED ISLANDS. g
Sixty thousand children began school: J
attendance in Porto Rico, and thrice *
that number of enrollments were re- ?
ported. t
An American syndicate has started ]
the construction of forty miles of elec- 9.
trie street railway at Manila, extend- "
Ing through the business section and _
the principal suburbs. The system
will cost $3,000,000. d
The Philippine Government has en- J
acted a law for the education of a r
i number of Filipino youths in the Uni- c
i ted States. Its primary object is to d
fit young natives .for positions in the c
oivil Rprripp thp PhUinnlnes One n
hundred are to be sent c
Attorney-General Knox rendered an "
opinion that the Constitution did not
follow the flag In Guam, and upholding p
the action of Governor Leary In exer* d
cising the right of eminent domain.
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DOMESTIC. h
Under the electric Instalment "L* P
earnings in Manhattan have increased "
$463,000 in three months. ?
A petition filed by the Delaware In- e
dians in the United States Court of s
Claims accuses members of the Dawes
Commission of deliberately conspiring ?
to defraud them. c
Samuel A. Wilson, seventy-seven fi
years old, was killed by a trolley car &
at Baltimore. Md. Mr. Wilson retired l>
from the Methodist Episcopal ministry ?
a number of years ago. ?
D. W. H. Moreland, ex-Commissioner
of Public Works, of Detroit, has been
indicted on charges of defrauding the
city. Five other persons, employes of f,
the Public Works Department or con- i
tractors, were indicted also. r
An ordinance recently passed by the F
City Council of'Cleveland, Ohio, fixes f
single fares at three cents, five tickets t
for fifteen cents, nine tickets for twen- ij
ty-five cents and thirty-four for $1. t
Blast furnqce3 in Pittsburg and Ohio ^
using Lake Superior ore are to close 0
until the market recovers.
The women of Kansas have elected *
the majority of the 2000 school boards
In the State, making their campaign j
on the issue of a more liberal contract r
for women teachers. s
The political campaign in Iowa was ^
opened for the Republicans with a S
speech by Governor Cummins at Des v
Moines, in which he expressed views i
an the tariff question practically in B
harmony with those of President o
Roosevelt. - ' ?
"Sam" Parks split the convention of \
I che International Association of Bridge c
| and Structural Iron Workers at Kan- \
I ?as Citv. Mo. nnd held a rurnn conven- f c
tion which disbarred a delegate op- I
oosed to him.
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President Schurman in addressing v
the students at the opening of Cornell i
University at Ithaca, N. Y., declared I
that the faculty was determined to
suppress hazing.
Two lives were lost and several perjons
were Injured in a hotel fire in f
N'ew Hampshire. J,1
The Republican municipal conven- p
tion at San Francisco, Cal., nominated s
H. J. Crocker for Mayor. * G
The commission appointed by Presi- ?
flent Roosevelt to investigate condl- t
tions at Ellis Island Immigration Bu- d
reau started its work. c
Burglars secured about $1000 worth
of stamps from the postoffice at South c
Hadley, Mass., but there was no j
money in the safe. a
jiueu uiree times ana eacn ume.nav- ~
Ing tried to kill herself, Mary Evakery *
succeeded in dying in New York City n
by inhaling illuminating gas. e
The pay roll of the Pension Pay ^
Agency, at Topeka, Kan., was about P
5G0.000 less for the quarter just ended 0
than for the same quarter of last year.
Epilepsy, hitherto considered incurable,
yields to X-Ray treatment at.the
Post Graduate Hospital, New York j
City. t
The United States Immigration Bu- *
reau accused the American Textile f
Company, of Pawtucket. R. I., of vio- J
lating the contract labor law. 0
FOREIGN. f
h
Cuba s present revenues from ah n
/sources approximate $17,000,000 per t
year. , t
A triple drowning accident is re- v
ported from the Bow River, Blackfoot j]
Indian reservation, N. W. T. Sergeant 0
Brooks, of the Northwest Mounted Po- I
linn, a ,1 r\.... H
a. ucaupic uiiu ~
all of Glelchen, attempted to cross tbe 6
river when tlieir team was swept
away.
Some of the most important new ^
buildings going up in Lrfndon are in n
the hands of American and German q
architects.
Plague and cbolera are raging at PelTang.
China, where 2U<>0 deaths have T
occurred during the past two months. e
A severe storm swept over the northern
coast of Portugal. Two fishing t
boats, containing seventy-two men, r
were wrecked. Sixteen of the fishermen
were drowned. o
The Sultan of Morocco ordered all
foreigners except the consuls to leave
Fez. t
The Portuguese Government has de e
cided to establish a special police force 1
at the Azore Islands to prevent the so 6
cret emigration to the Tlnifpd Shitoe o
Premier Bnlfour gave reasons.for the
decision of Great Britain to take no ac- f
tive part in the settlement of the Mace- ]
donian troubles.
American mails were delayed at Liverpool.
owing to a dispute between the
postoftice and the London and North
western Railroad.
Advices from tko West Indies said
that great distress was prevalent 'it;
several British islands, and the Gov
eminent was blamed for withholding
aid.
King Edward is taking a leading pari
in selecting new Cabinet Ministers, desiring
that, steps be* taken to remcdjf
the arav scandals.
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HE GREAT .DESTROYEB
iOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
sanity From Alcohol ? Very Valuable
ToitlmanT nn Thla Point Found In Re
port of Connecticut Aiylnm-Impor* X ^
tance of Temperanc? Teaching.
Very valuable testimony oa this point is
ound in the seventy-ninth annual report
f the Retreat for the Insane aI Hartford,
"onn. The Superintendent, Dr. Henry P.
!teams, in discussing: the question, sqys:
"You will further observe from th?
ables of statistics appended that in no .
;8s than twenty-one of the admissions?
hat is, in more than seventeen per cent.
?tlia inaaniftr waa tVimiflrVlf fA KavP KapTI
aused bv the abuse of alcohol. This may
>e a higher per cen*. of such cases thaa
xists in some State institutions, but it
orreaponds quite accurately with our own
lUtcry (seventy-nine years) in this repect.
"In fact, alcohol plays eo important a
ole in the production of insanity and
rime, especially in cities and large towns,
hat society should use every means to edicate
the rising generation as to the daner
attending its use as a beverage.
"The effects of alcohol upon the ele*
lents of the nervous system are much.
reater before twenty years of age thaa
fterward. The brain is more sensitive to . , '
he effects of all .toxic influences during tha
eriod of adolescence, and young persons
cquire habits of using both alcohol and
obacco much more readily than during *.
iter periods of /life. When once formed
uring this period they are much more
iely to become incorporated with the deelopment
of the syBtem and thus become
ermanent.
"They may eventuate in some cases in a
x;? _e xt.- ii- .f i
^generation 01 me ceus ui iuc uiam auu
he vasomotor portion of the nervous syar
em. In other cases, before such a stage
i reached, there may result morbid
hanges in the mental activities of the igividual,
attended by cravings which beome
very difficult, and in some cases imossible
to resist. The will power beomes
much impaired, and the higher
ieals of the individuals are lost."
In view of these facts we are prepared
o find Dr. Stearns emphasizing the importance
of temperance teaching to chit
ren and youth. He says:
"The importance, therefore, that some
ffective measures be adopted, if those aleady
in existence are not adequate, to *
ave instruction given to the pupils of the
ublic schools of the State regarding the
ature and effects of alcohol when used aa
beverage, can hardly be overestimated. ? : *38
ueh a course should be continued if at the
a.i;ense ui leaa xmyuruiub kuujclwj ul
tudy."
This can be done more effectually than.
lsewhere in the higher grades of schools.
nd should be done mainly by means o?
onversations and oral instruction in the
orm of questions and answers by both
eacher and pupils. In this way and by -1
ilustrating examples and plates, pupils
rill more readily become interested thaa
y reading any amount of dry material
rhich deals with physiology. ir|j
Absinthe in France.
As a result of an investigation set on
oot bv the Prime Minister of France, Dr.
.aborde has reported that absinthe i?
uining both the souls and bodies of the
'rench race. The Academy of Medicine
>as made a declaration against its manuacture
and sale, and we eee the probibi
ion ouestioa which many have thought
united only to puritanical communities in. - ? ,'aH
he United States taken up by a European
rovernment. uoe 01 me sinning, ana m
iany instances inspiring, characteristics
f the French Government is that under
b prohibition prohibits. It does not mater
particularly what the thing prohibited
a, "whether it is a bad habit, a school svaem,
or the Moulin Rouge, .it goes. The
i'rench Government, whose mywteries are
iast finding out, and which Beems to be a.
eries of crises, with a knock-down and
[rag-out riot in the National Assembly at
iften recurrent intervals, is very effective. ,
Ve do not always admire its methods, bub /
re perceive that it always strikes twelve.
t appears to be hampered by no noisy
entiment about the rights of the people . &
r "peuple"?which seems to mean somehing
else when it is put in Jrench. Cheer- . &
ng for the rights of the "peuple" is peroitted
to go on uninterruptedly when the
heering is on the side of the Government:
rhen it isn't, the "peuple" are put in jail
>r chased off the boulevard by the Joha % A
\r 1 i- Hi a1 Ti. i
Jarms, as uni is ye usea-10 can vuem. *?.
s quite certain that if the French Governnent
determined to sunoress abainthe there
ron't be a pale shade of green to be seen.
n any resort in Paris or all France.?St?
iOuia Globe-Democrat.
'*i?rzs
Alcohol and Lunacy. **" "W*5
The municipal authorities of Glasgow
ecently appointed a commission to inquire /'
ato the alarming increase of insanity
aused by alcoholism in Scotland. The ceort
of this committee brings to li?ht some
triking statistics. In the case of the
rlasgow district asylums and the observaion
of wards of the poorhouee, of 565 adlissions
during twelve months no / fewer
han 250, or tnirty-three per cent.,' were
irectly traced to alcohol. In most of these
ases the patients had been comparatively
rell to do and prosperous, so that the
isease could not be ascribed to bad home
onditions or poverty.. The reports of the
toyal Edinburgh Asylum show the same .
larming growth of alcoholic insanity.
itatistics for the whole of Scotland during
902 showed 10,858 insane persons, an inrease
of 370 over the preceding year. The
umber of patients discharged- as recovered
during the year was 1620. In Argyl,
rhere the highest proportion of lunacy
revails, there are 842 lunatics per 100,009
f the population. ' ~a|
The Doctor's Responsibility.
Physicans know, or ought to know, that
iseases are produced or aggravated by
he use of alcoholic beverages, and that
he records of police courts demonstrate
hat the mass of criminals arrested are
ard drinkers. In the earlier vears of the
eoublic it was estimated by Thacher and
thers that 4000 people died drunkards
very year. Now more than a hundred
housand graves are required annuallv to
io!d the victims of alcoholic poisons. Sow
lany of these victims were started on
heir downward course by the prescripions
of reputable medicine-men may be
mown only by the recording angel, but
re have reason to believe that every week
t not every day there is added to the list.
( riJivai/n.ms onp At liiasfc ivlio can truth
ully and proudly .answer the charge that ,
octors make drunkards: "Taou canst not
ay I did it."
To England's Shame.
One year's drink bill of the United Kinplom
would pay the rent of all the houses
nd farms in the kingdom, says London
:it-Bits.
The Cru?a<le in Brief.
Between the a?es of thirty and forty ?
rhere ten total abstainers die, forty modrate
drinkers die.
Between the ages of twenty and thirty,
"t.?? ntict-ninpra Hip thirtV-Otie
noderate drinkers die.
In Rutland, during the first month's
peration of the liquor license the arrests
ar drunkenness were sixty-four, as against
our in the same month last year.
Dr. S. H. Burgen, a. practitioner of
hirt.v-five years, in refutation of the genrally
accepted theo^ * that beer is the
east harmful of all intoxicating drinks,
ays: "I think beer kilis quicker than any
ther liquor."
fiie anti-saloon league is planning an
ressive campaign in Kansas City. Mo.^
his summer. The co-operation of the poice
is promised and all vile pictures, wine
ooms and other violations of eristing
iws will be suppressed.
The Total Abstinence Society of Qopealagen.
Denmark, reports a membership of
iver 100,000, among whom are thirty-wyea
ninisters and 403 teachers. Last ys? the
ociety arranged fer 3981 tcnrporanoe l?curcs
at a cost of about $17,000.
General Coronnat, CommandeMH-Chiet
?f the French troops in ImJo-Cmrfk. ia
naking especial effort* to suppress drunkenness
amoij the toldiers. He erprean
lis regret thst warnings concerning tkfe
.erious effects ?f drinkfh* IwbiU upon it*
lealtb are n*i ke*d?L