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New Rus I. * reCfD* Sooda^ ao lmpor* I I tint event in Ruaaian I JJ Cburcb circles took plow v when the new church of St. Nicholas. In East Sinetyseventh street. New York City, was conaecrated and I I bios* ut. tikxox. <Bi*hop of the Banian Church for North Avsrioa and the Aleutian Islands.) dedicated bjuArcbbUbop Tikboo. the feigbeat Ruuid Cburcb dignitary in THE FAMOUS FOOL TOWER I A Vienna Monument Soon to Be Torn Down. HORRORS OF ITS CELLS. * ??_ ^T <TTIKNNA'S famous "fool tower" \ / to to be rased. That means V the removal of one of the last remaining monuments to the ftruel and Ignorant treatment of fb? Insane that obtained In Europe even as , late aa the beginning of the last century. There are many Viennese living to-day who can remember bearing tbe terrible shriek*? and yell* tuning from F Khls fool tower. There are physiciaus , living who remember the time when. L In that great building men and women I lay chained band and foot, with none L to go near them. These ph/sictans of A m . ^liwffjB EmAJMI Ibt-E) LOiDID WITH OlSAEfS. to-day remember discussions ss to the tillty of vsrlous Instruments of torture. sach M the "English coffln" and the "fool's wheel." Yet the Vienna fool tower was built *r as enlightened and exceptionally tctodly monarch. Joseph II., whose lore at mankind raided sD his life. Its Pand the treatment given ea, barbaric as tbej seem triumphs of philanthropy . as built In 1783 tbe Insane I aa worse than criminals. ;ept In calls in prisons and all aa If they bad loatlegious diseases. Joseph went aa far aa race enabled bim to ro There waa no thought In any one In authority that id be cured or ameliorated, all bis humanity, tbe Era giwHnuld not and did not make of KMMMlDg anything different from a tfee ln"f meuse tower toat rises magestun the crown of a hill comthe medical quarter of Vienna five ctortea, each with twenty. ssian Churc * ' >v. . : IBSF: . . f?r ."' ! #'w|(y'' ' .1^'5# ^llf^a ' ' '&. V il:' , Jj ? MMK& v ** THE NEW RUSSIAN ORTHODOX YORK eight tlnj cell*. The*? cells are lighted spacely with smalt windows, scarcely greater than loop boles, barred heavily. Sometimes two lunatics, or fools, as tbey were called iben. were imprisoned in one eell Walls and floors are still studded with rings and bolts to wbicli these unfortunate creatures were chained with enormous iron fetters. Very quiet lunatics were taken for occasional walks through tbe corridors, and sometimes even in the gardeu paths. Tbe Emperor often visited the tower to assure himself that bis regulations were being observed faithfully. He had written them out in bis own ' band, and tbe most minute and trivial details had been provided for by blm. But his efforts were without sclentlfic aids, and as a result the inmates were treated as dangerous and distrusting creatures. The cells "ontalntng the violent one* were not opened oftener than twice a mouth, when powerful men would enter, seize the prisoners and drag them out to wash them. At this time the cells were cleaned?the only time when that was done. The feeding was done by means of a tin utensil, triangular In shape, the pointed end of which wa~ Inserted In a crevice In the door of the cell. As the food was entirely liquid, the prisoner was expected to take the nourishment from this direct. Lunatics who were exceptionally noisy and violent were thrown into cells that were entirely dark, and If that did not quell them they were put under cold shower baths and douches until they wer exhausted. Chains and cold douches and dark cells were used until near the middle of the last century, and it was as late as 1SG3 before the violent insane were removed regularly to asylums that were really adapted for the purpose according to modern Ideas. This Vienna fool tower, oven in Its .worst days, was a haven of rest com- j pared with many of tbe other prisons for lunatics that still existed then In Europe; and the Vienna treatment of the lunatic was enlightened compared with the Ideas of such eminent and well disposed men as Professors Ideler and Horn, of Berlin, who wrote learned treatises in which they argued for the useful and beneficent physiological ami psychological effects of Instruments of duress. They had such faith in the mechanical treatment that their favorite implement was a frightful thing known by tbe appropriate and frightful name of tbe "English cotHn." This coffin was one In fact. It was a long, narrow chest Into which the maniac was forced. Then the lid was fastened 'Iftwn TKrt nnlv mu>nin<r In If Wfl * on?? I just large enough to expose the face of the patient. Another utensil was the "fool's wheel." which was to all intents anil In design nothing except a magnified squirrel cage with the familiar wheel. The raving lunatic was Imprisoned in this wheel and left there until it stopped revolving, which fact was accepted as Indication that the mania had worked Itselt out. Still more brutal were the iron masks that were used as late as 1807. Some of the.<e were unearthed re?*ently from ine TCuar ui nit? iu^uup iiiuj ui *.\u OOL TOWER. deraach, Germany, and preserved by the present director of tbe Institution. Two of tbem look exactly like tbe wJre fencers' masks worn wben using tbe foils. Tbe tblrd Is far more massive, snd made entirely of extremely heavy sheet tin. Tbe latter mask baa only :h in New Y t ' * '^v y' I \ CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS. NEW * CITY. C two holes pierced for the eyes and one tiny nperture for the mouth. To give the wearer air there are a few small < holes In the toj? of the helmet. i Dr. Johannes Bresler. In a recent re- t view of the primitive and cruel meth- i ods used well into the nineteenth cen- f tury. remark* that his study of the ap- < pi lances used in Insane asylums In the i last generation has convinced him that they all date hack directly to the tortures used In the prisons of the period when the insane person was confined as a matter of course witb criminals and punished for being demented just as the criminals were pnnished for being wicked. The implements of punishment were adopted apparently as ft matter of course wIipu tne miim were transferred to asylums.?Washington Star. A Rrmirkkbl* Phniufrai b. -From the Youth's Companion. BBInH The surface of the moon as aeen tlwough a telescope. Scale about fiftysix miles to an lueb. Mountain Slckatu. No doctor has ever yet accounted for the cause of mountain slckuess, u malady iutlnitely more distressing and more lasting In it* effects than sea sickness. It is only in comparatively very high altitudes that mountain sickness attacks the climber. Th < premonitory symptoms are an uncontrollable attack of nerrousness. Though the mountaiucer may ne in n place mat is absolutely safe lie feels when attacked l>y this sickness that his last hour lias conic. As a rule he lies tint down auil shouts for help. Then lie gets violently sick and usually w?epn. During tba making of the railway to Jungfrau several medical men made various ex- 1 j>erlmcnts to ascertain the actual eause of this mountain sickness, but without much result. Like s?a sickness it scorns to attack all sorts and conditions of people, aad ?li.;se who do not 1 suiter from it are curiously enough of ten tne most nervous.?Taller. (}uirnrhliic Tliimt i*t Sra. Many years ago I?r. Hing suggested to Captain Kennedy that thirst might be quenched hy dipping the clothing in Halt water and put ting it on without wriu^ing it out. The eaptaiu, on being cast away, tucceeded in persuading some of the nu n to follow his example, and they all survived, while t lie four who refused and drank .salt water became delirious and died. Captaiu Kennedy goes on to say: "After tiiese operations we uniformly found that the violent thirst went off and the parched tongue was cured in a few minutes when we bud bathed nnd washed our , clothes, while we lound ourselves as much refreshed as it we had received some actual nourishment."?Tit-Bits. No woman is perfect, but some of them are very successful iu concealing their imperfection*. Great personages are generally disappointing at close range. ork City. Iiis country. This is the first lnrg? tillilititr In fit a Ran) unvroil lir lhf> tiuwiiin Church, anil the Archbishop >uracyed all the way from the Pacific "oa.st to conduct the ceremonies, as id those at the laying of the cornerfi'onp. Hereafter he will divide the line equally between New York and tie Went. His diocese embraces Alasn as wrll. Iii9|v Hi^HV , i wHI " j^NH^^9?Hn|^Q^HHHB "*?? miimmoiaigng. Rector or the New Church of St. Nicholas.) The new building in Ninety-seventh treet, near Fifth avenue, is nu Impostig and beautiful structure, salil to iave cost about $140,000. A rectory djoins it. and is also shown in tbc acompunying picture. The rector of the burcb is the Iter. Alexander Hotorltzky. As the Russian Church la a tate institution, the Russian ruler and loverninent are interested in its work everywhere. For Caring StrabUmn*. While it Is possible in perhaps every ase to cure strabismus or cross-eyes with the aid of surgical treatment, :here are very few persons who ar? willing to submit to th? knife If the tame result could be attained by an; >tlier method. It is the claim of the nventor of the appliance shown in th< PAttAIXKL WIGHT TUBES. iccompanying drawing that the wear UK of these peculiar-looking spectacles vill cause the eyes to gradually resume heir -normal state, without more dis omfort than Is caused by exercising 1 muscle lu any other portion of the >o?ly. Vlie idea is to enclose the at'eeted eye or eyes in the device ber? ihown and gradually cause the itraightening of the line of sight by a thysical effort to look through the sight iibe, which forms the sole vlsionarj ueans of the wearer. These tubes mo be adjusted to gradually draw the ines of vision from the two eyes par lllel to each other, by ehauglng th< position of the tubes from time to t:lm< is the eyes become accustomed to eact lew angle, until Anally they reach theli nuruiui euuuiuuu, stuiny (urouga iuf ?xerolse of the muscles which contro the horizontal movement of the eye ball. The glasses are so constructed that no lateral light rays can enter, anc the wearer has no choice but to stroll the muscles until the pupil in In lint with the tuhe before he can see any thing. John Evangelist Stlerle is thi man who has designed this cure. Surgeona and B a* Llch'a. A St. Petersburg physician has ox pcrimented with blue electric light Which showed noticeable results ii many phases of discuses and surpassi-t the efficacy of the white electric llgl; usually employed heretofore. The Journal, Professor Mendelsohn^ Uttre of Patients, of Berlin, states tha It Is possible through the use of blm electric light to ni:',ke opemt'ons pain less without resorting to other. fliues thetlcs. Bums of the skin, and espe ciallv of the miieonti momhrnro nn said to have not only been rendere< painless, but healed alfio more rapidly The value of this treatment become: Important from the fart that it can b easily employed where It is difflcul to use other therai>eutic remedies 01 account of location. as in the throa or deeper down iu the alimentary canal. It is also to Im> noted that the use o the blue electric light eoutributes muel !n lessening the pains caused by ren r-erous growth in a marked decree, auc is siid rapidly to effect a completi cure of lupus, the severe disease of tin skin which frequently resists every other method of treatment.?CliJcatri Tribune. ltaln (lata In Korea. Korea is a country of strange head dress, but perhaps the most curious headgear of all is the immense rain bat worn by the farmers' wives whIU working in the fields during the raiuj season. These ry covering! are often as much as seven feet long and five feet broad, and protect tbt body as effectively as any utnbro'U could do. In the Cossack regiments of the KM aian Army the average suicide rate foi five years has been as High as 2.31 pel 1000 per anouoi. MED INTO lOUn 1 j A Funeral Procession Run Dow.i by a Train at Stafford, N. Y. 1 SNOWSTORM HID VICTIMS' PERIL Tk? Oreapanta or tk? SUI|h Which W a , At rack. Did Not In lb* Approaching , I Locomollvt-Tht Narrow Rinp* nf Hi* j Vehicle Behind 1 hem?Oan Kilted,Two I ? Fatally ?"d Othera Serioutly Injured. | ( Data via. N. T.?A freight train on tli<? Cannndniguu branch of the New York Central crashed into a sleigh at a grade crossing a short distance east of Stafford. Of the five occupants of the sleigh one received Injuries that caused death iu a few hours, two were fatally Injured, and two were seriously injured. Ail were members of the family of L. J. Mott. A second sleigh which was following dose behind Mott's was overturned by being brought to a sudden stop to escape running Into the trail. Four persons in tn? second vehicle were injured. The two sleighs were part of a funeral procession. A severe storm i wan raging ai roe unit*, auu ii|>i>nr<.-ut ly no one in the Mott sletgb. which was n covered affair, heard the approaching train. The air was full of tine snow and it was impossible to see more thau 200 yards up the railroad track. F'art of the funeral procession passed safely over the tracks before Mott'* sleigh was struck. The crash and the cries of the injured warned the driver of the next sleigh, but none too soon, for he was forced to stop so suddenly that all of the occupants of the sleigh were burled Into the ditch and sexerely injured. The injured were removed to a neighboring farm bouse and medical aid was summoned from here. John Mott. nineteen years old. was : killed. Those mortally injured were: ! \ Lemuel Mott, eleven years old. skull j fractured in several places: Mrs. Lena i Mott unlne broken, no hoDes enter- f 1 tained for her recovery. 1 The others injured were: Kate Mott. i daughter of Mrs. Mott. cut over richt i eye. shock; . J. Mott. bruises nnd i shocks: Miss Mary Butmore. occupant of second sleigh, broken nose: Mrs. i , Kntherine Bossert. Mrs. Priscilla But- j j more nnd Mis* Auna Butmore, severe bruises. DEATH AT THE THROTTLE. PMMat?r Train ltont'!>?r?ril Mllu With . Engineer Dead la HI* Cab. Knoxvil!e. Tenn.?Passengers pa an i incoming Knoxville and Ohio Railroad train rode several miles with the hand | rt death at the throttle. The train left j Buckeye. Tenn.. on time, and ran ! through Careyville. the next scheduled j station. When the train ran through j the latter town Fireman Mattlock dis- j covered something was wrong and < stepped to th? engineer's side of the ' engine. He found Engineer A. <J. 1 Young dead, and immediately stopped j the train. There was a wound on tb*? i i left side of the engineer's head, and j > the supposition is that a piece of rock j . fell from the side of a higli rut through | , The mountain* ami killed him instant- : | ly. The train rnu perhaps eight miles ' after Young was killed. I ; MR. WU ON EXCLUSION LAWS. ! j Chlnai* P*|i?r Quttfi Kim u Hiylnt Cm> , torn* Ofldali Arc at Fault. ? Victoria. B. C.?Copies of interviews , given to n Chinese paper by Wu Tinj, Fang, former Minister to the United States, have beeu received here. Mr. Wu Is quoted as saying that the ex' elusion laws against Chinese are carf rled out in r. way never intended l?y > the Americas. Legislature. r The higher officials do not mean that > they shall be so carried out. he says. I but the execution of the law is left iu the hands of customs officer*, who enI force It in a way Injurious both to . America and to China. He declares the application of the exclusion law to Ha1 wail and the Philippines to be rldicu Ions; as the circumstances there are entirely different from those prevailing * in the United States. WOMAN HEIR TO $5,000,000. Engine TTip?r'i mn nt< inurm m m. E*tnt* Left by Crindnolktr. Nevada, Cal.?Mrg. Frank Le Grande, wife of an engine wiper employed by the Southern Pacific Company, bag ju*t ; received information confirming her right to a one-fifth Interest in an estate ? worth $20,000,000. I [ Thin vast fortune was left by Mrs. | Le Grande's grandmother, who resided j in Holland. wb?re her estates are lo? l* j eatc?. fbe wlfl bequeathing the forv j tuue was made some time before her grandmother's death and sent to Mrs. e I Le Grande's mother, who kept the doci I umonts until long after her mother's death. The European Government, in j an effort to locate the heirs, found , Mrs. Le Grande's mother and disco L( ered the will. ] Blila Por TT?rshlp? Opened. t Bids for two armored cruisers, the j Tennessee and the Washington, to he the fastest ships In the United States I . Xavjr, were opened at tb'? Navy I)r- i ^ partment. in Washington. PrrtiilrntUI Appointment Criticised. ' Pr??sldenr Roosevelt's appointment or j tf n negro to be Collector of l lie Port of ! p Charleston, S. C.f has l>een vigorously f criticised by Southern newspapers. A ra pa lion Indian* tl*f?inc< The Arapahoe Indians in Wyninli"* are starving, thoir rations treaty v'.;a the Government having expired. I Aw.nl* Tuhrrculnti* U Incumbtr. f>r AI tart ItoMii. of the Frpuds ? Academy of Seietire. has annount't>i[ r that present methods ??f fivrliiin^ tutii-rmiosis are vain, that tlir* disease is prai-tieally incurable, and the on'y tl'in,' to do is to prevent i!. R^riimnr Mint Borrow *?4,(>0').000. Tlu? Herman tunlget fur 1SWSS osii. mates tlii' expend it tin* at wliich is f4n.VJ2.4ftl alsovi' that of 1ft rj. A loan of S." I.'.jS!).-}.*; ! will 1??? reiiniretl to halaiwc the rev< nit? and the e.\j> nf | riiture. i The Spurting World. A. Landry. Jockey. h:?s been refused permission by tlu? stewards fo ride at I the New Orleans race track. C. Oliver Is?lin. tlie managing owner , of the new cup yacht, says that the f work of Iter construction is progressing | favorablj*. There is proposed an autorr.ohiJe racing circuit for next season, comprising among others the Detroit. Cleveland. Springfield and Brighton Reach tracks. The ages of all horses changed New r Year's Day. Weanlings became yearr lings, yearlings became two-year-olds, ' two-year-olds bccame threeycar-ulds. and u on * PRUSSIA'S FINANCIAL WOE I Gloomy Speech From Throne Real Before the Diet. rha A Mount* For 1901 CIomiI TTith U?aelt of .375,000 TboM For 1901 No Moro Sitln?d?rr< Berlin. Germany.?The Pru**ian Diet was reopened. Tiie Chanrellor. Count ron Bulow, rend the ?pee<-h from ibe throne. Xo mention was made of foreign matter*, nor of the Canal bill. Tin |m i ii iuua a *iuuhij ^irw i.?r Inances of Prussia. It said that the tccount* for 1001 closed with a deficit >f $9,375,000. and added that it wait not anticipated that the accounts for lttirj would be appreciably more satisfactory. A* for 190*1. a demand would la v?> to lie tnade on public credit for a considerable loan in order to establish equilibrium Iwtween the revenue and expenditure, an in consequence of the leprcssion In agriculture. trade and ndustry. a further depreciation in the receipts of several of the administrative department* would result. Bills were announced for furthering the Germanixntion of the Polish provinces of Prussia, for their economic development. and for Increasing the aa!tries of officials nnd teachers there. The Reichstag has resumed its seadons, the Government presenting the liudget and the Auditor's statement of he Treasury accounts. Various resolutions respectine the customs administration were offered. The session will lie almost exclusively occupied with the discussion of the budget. The Government will introduce two new measures, one for the protection ?f child labor and another for organizing mercantile courts for arbitration Set ween employer* and employes. As thin is tli? final session of the present Relchstnz. mucu discussion intended for purely political effect will take place preparatory to the general elections. WOMAN POSTMASTER RESIGNS lira, famat mt CmirtTlllr. Ky., Wo?ltl Han B??a lUmoTtd Far Nirrrlac. Washington, D. C.?The cage of Mm Mattie E. Boyd Current, postmaster At Centreville, Ky.. who lout both legs by \ railroad accident in her youth, and whose affliction, coupled with the efforts of aerernl influential Kentucky politicians to remove her from offlce. attracted much attention two years ago. has been finally settled by the icceptance of her resignation and the commissioning of John C. Montgomery as her successor. Montgomery was appointed post mas let* by President McKinley on March 5, 1901, but sympathy for th?? afflicted Incumbent was largely responsible for his failure to receive his commission, rhe outgoing postmaster has held office twenty years. About a year ago the Postofflce Department learned ihat the thpn Miss n ? . i a \r rxiju UIIU urnn i?'ii .1.1 iurr? .ii. L uiirait, i mail carrier of i^ntrerille, who was ihout thirty jears her Junior. The marriage was not reported. although postmasters are required ou marriage o take a new oath of office. Early this mouth au inspector's report was received rero-nmendiuz Sirs. Current's removr.1, hut her resignation intedated this report b. several days HANCED HER TWO CHILDREN. Mother Pat* Her Little Roy* to Death And Then Hangs Hereelf. Palmyra. Wis.?Mrs. Samuel Roller hanged her two boys, aged three awl Ave years, and ended her owu life in the same way. The boys were found hanging side by side in a doorway, while her body was suspended from each beam In the woodshed. She left a note for an attorney, who has been employed by her recently iii divorce proceedings, telling of her Intention to take her life and kill her childreu. and saying that she was driven to the act by the gossips of Palmyra. This referred to a story that she bad married again. HIS FUTURE LOOKS OARK. Mall Robber Sentenced to Prlaon For Life and Twenty Tear* Longer. St. Louis. Mo.?Judge Adams, in the United States Court, has sentenced John Flckler, Postofflee Annex robber, to ten years Imprisonment for robbing a mall pouch, a life sentence for assaulting the carrier, and ten yoars on a third count for stealing uuclassitied mall. Chief Engineer Melville, U. 8. BetlreJ ? - *? Mf Kcar-.\umirai ueorge ?. nm mr, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. U. 8. N., has been placed on the retired list of the Navy, having ft'Ached the Age Hmlt of #ixty-two years. Special authority granted l?y~ Congress has been invoked, however, to enable Admiral Melville to continue his services at the head of the bureau until his commission expires August 9. 1(H)3. Admiral Melville was appointed to the Navy from New York in July. I SGI. Governor Pcabotljr Inaugurated. James II. Peabody, Republican. has succeeded James* E. Orman. Democrat, as Governor of Colorado. The inauguration was made the occasion of t lie Cieatest miiMary parade ever ^een in Denver. Hi??la?lDpl Mob Kllla a Negro. John Hollins. n nesro. was taken oil n train two miles south of Drew. Mi**.. I?y a uio'i of masked men and shot to death. He was charged with attempt iug to assault a white girl. Hoy KilU Ilia Mother. Mrs. Frank Tucker was killed uy he: nine-year-old son while the hoy was in a tit of rnge. at CarlHtndale, III. Tinsou then committed suicide. A "Coxey Ann)" In London. In pursuance of a plan for attracting attention, over one thousand uuen: ploy?*il persons, accompanied by a few mounted and unmounted police, inarched through I.ondon. There was no disorder of any kind. Vlccrov Itevlpwn aO.OOO Troop*. Tli" review at Delhi. India, by th?* Vic.?;*oy ?>f India. I.ord t'urzoti of I\edlestoti. of ;;o.ooo ltritish and native troops, led l?y Lord Kitchener, was the last important event o? tlv? coronation Durlnir. I'montl Mrntiou. Andrew Ciirin'Kie's yifts of public libraries are on tli?> decline. (ieneral Miles will visit the Kuropran capita!* before returning to the United States. In consequence of the recent attempt upon his life Iving Leopold of ItclgUii;! has resolved not to ride in his motor ear lu the future, and iias ordered it sold. The Rev. Thomas I!. Lewis has tinrare distinction of being president of two colleges at one time?the Western Maryland and the Adrian, of Adrian. Mlcb J THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTUNC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Am Artlcla Which U Interesting Bfttuf f Its Practical la Hacard to Carlag VTonfm Driaktrdt* Intatnparanca m Moral Wroai. An addre** on intemperance in women, recently delivered by Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart., u interesting on account of ita practical suggestiveneas. In dealing with the original formation of this habit but little importance in attached to the influence of mere heredity, though it is not denied that thia factor doea in aome familiea appear te 1 Tl?a lUNIlVill* which culminates in drunkenness, is re* carded and treated from first to last as a . habit rather than as a disease, and one which has been developed out of acta of j self-indnlgence. In the implied indie'.nent of the individnal and of society, when custom and exj ample have much to answer for, there is na I want of sympathy. On the contrary, every allowance is made for misunderstanding, temptation and human frailty. At the same time, the element of moral responsibility is never lost sight of. It is in tba recognition of this quality that we find the clue to successful treatment. 8ir Thomas Barlow is ao pessimist. He firmly believes in the possibility of reclamation, and he relies for the attainment af this object largely upon an awakening of the moral sense. Intemperance is not a mere disease; it ia not even an uncontrollable habit. It ia a moral wrong to be admitted, repented of and combated by every available meant if the poor victim is ever to obtain her emancipation. It is not to be expected that aha can. at all events as a rule, be depended upon to work out her own salvation MS these lines. She has. nevertheless, "to a certain limited extent the power in her own hands." and it is necessary to make her see this. Moreover, the assistance of friends, and 'specially an example of abstinence on their part, can do very muck to help her. There must be few persons, and probably no medical men, who do not in their hearts admit the troth of these observation*. We believe that the alcoholic habit U in 90 sense different in character from anjr other form of upe and wont. Nth is is constantly seen to influence the course of human condoct. It is infinitely mora injurious than the crest majority of suck personal customs. It is as curable as tber are, and mainly by those moral, inteDeciual and social means which have been considered above.?London Lancet. Coaqamd the Cshwiw, Alexander the Great conquered million* of men. He began in hie youth by conquering a rebellious horse, soon passed to the conquest of .armies, and he lived and died a conqueror. Obstacles only added to his reputation, and his enemies before him were chaff and dust. But one thine conquered him?drink. It conquered so thoroughly that the greatest of Alexander's victories was as nothing to tho victory of alcohol over Alexander. It made him jealous and mean, when he was naturally magnanimous; it made him a false friend, it made him a murderer, it made him an invalid, and it killed him?* very complete set of victories, as you wQ! admit. If among all of those who have lived on earth we could select any man to talk against excessive drinking we should select Alexander the Great. And we should aak him for his opinion of alcohol on the mornins following the bannuct at which he murdered his friend, the man who had saved his life. > Alexander the Great was not a writer. But he was a strong thinker and a powerful manufacturer of short, strong phrase*, as is shown in hi* letters to bis teacher, , Aristotle, and to others. When he awoke that morning and his contused thoughts shaped themselves te tell him that he had murdered the man 1m liked best in the world, he could have written a temperance sermon more powerful than will ever come from a temperance man.?New York American. Patting the Davit ia Char**. Not every man who gets drunk commits murder. But every man who gets drunk comm.ts suicide?to a decree. The drink shortens bis life and weakens his powers, mental and physical. And every man who gets drunk ia apt to commit murder or any other crime that when sober seems to him heinous and impossible. I Any man who outs his manhood aside j and puts the devil in charge of himself is , taking mighty big chances. ! He is trifling with his own life and tbe lives of others perhaps near and dear to I him. A word misunderstood by the befuddled ' brain, an insult or a grievance born in the J disordered passions or in the degraded imigination, a weapon at hand?and the thing is done. It is not the man who doea it; it ia tlis | demon in the drink. The man who deliberately puta that de[ mon in control of himaelf never knows ' what it will do with him.?Let Moines i Daily News. _ ' The Demon la tb? Drink. ( Ludwig Sedlayzk, who killed Mrs. Chaa. Heffner and ahot her husband perhaps fatally, in Cleveland, was drunk when he ' did it. When aober he waa a hard workins man and peaceable citizen. *1 I. William Hooper Young, who ia charged with the murder and fiendish dismemberment of Mra. Pulitzer, one of the moat hideoua crimcs in the police records of New york, i.-ifd to the detective* who took him in ciiatodv that drink, had got him into the trouh'c. Sober, he was a dutiful aoa and a uleful member of society. I Michael Lcddy, the bloodthirsty fiend, of Williamsburg. N. Y.. who, the other day kicked out tne one eye he had left hi* wife, was drink crazed when he did it, < and is said by his children to have been a ! "good father' and br his wife to bar* j been a "good husband ' rhen sober. What Teetotalliin Means. I Paying & visit of inspection one day to a i large English jchool, an inspector found a ! teacher exercising a class in the subject of ! definitions. One interrogation put to | them seemed for a moment a rare nuzzle. The nuestion was: "What is teetotalism?" At last on? tiny girl, whose pinched face ' and shabby clothes liespoke hard times at home, put up her hand and cried out: "I I lrriAir tp.irhor!" Both teacher and visitor felt a lamp rise in their throats as the answer came, in the thin, piping treble: "Tcctotalism mean* bread and butter." With tears welling in her eves the teacher said: "You mhst explain that." And the small damsel promptly replied: '"Because when father's teetotal we get bread anil butter, and when he :s not we have to go without." Tba Cru?>d? In Rrlrf. .Vroliol is a narcotic irr.tant and has no p'.;;e among foods. It u properly included among poison*. Horace (ircelev said: "The citizen who endorses the lienor traffic bv his vote i* the destroyer >>i Ins country.' It is e!aimt'd that i:i regions where much fruit is consumed there is much lesa ?je<iic t2;an elsf'.vhere for alcoholic stunu* la tit TV.* inerc??e ilurit:.? the la?t fiflv vcarf - ? : L. in tin* n'lMuH < ! I in1 nri'wcriii' i* guaa: ii:.m tli.it in the prolu.v of the di-ti'"i-::?-s iii.il beer i* conuns to be reg.'.r<!?il u* ilie national beverage. Mother, don't be afraid to let your little boy t.'ke a Km,;, sermu* look at the next |n> ?r fellow* who *hall happen to fall from driitk in front of your window. It will l>e flu- ivst Icniptraace lecture in the world for hum The drunken man ha* taken that into hi* mouth whi'h ha* stolen from him hie brain*. destroyed hi* dignity a* a ra tion.il beiiid. transformed nini into a *illy fool, and tin-re he is the laughing stock o! co!? and men! The tremendous influence for temper nt'e of our bij; railroad companies in in manccd ?>y the det?i?ion of the I^afce Shore Railroad to lav out Jfl.OOO.OJ) in nrwr shop* in I'ol'.inwood, near Cleveland* O.. m result a"d r* rird of the village "goto;