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1 CRIME IN I ? MACEDONIA. | ?$?????????* I, woman's nonor can uv ^ safe in Macedonia, or else lVT all Europe is in a conspir1 m acy to malign the Turk. ^ ^ Torture in specially hideous forms is daily inflicted upon mothers and maids whose names and wrongs, vouched for by witnesses, have been widely printed. The men are overpowered by numbers, burned or impaled or mutilated. Commenting editorially upon all these things, The Daily News (London) says: "The Turk in Macedonia works In the minor key. He pillages, robs, viofno Kn hrnfloh f/>r. wmt laico auu pcrpcmnvg?cm:?uiuu.ni iui ?| ture3 which he, alone among European f**H83B& vfll COLONEL YANKOFF, Noted as a leader of "irregular" revolutionary bands in Macedonia. peoples, has handed down from the Middle Ages, and from remoter days of barbarism. His officials and soldiery are not paid, and so they quarter themselves on the population. Reinforcing the acts of the Turks are Al banian troops and brigands, who are to the Macedonians what the Kurds are to the Armenians. Albanian law- j Iessness has developed of late years; i and, indeed, Albania is at once the vie- i tim and the avenger on the Christian races of the inveterate misrule of the < predominant partner in this ill-assorted i empire. The reports before us show i that neither life, nor women's honor, i nor private property is respected in Macedonia, and that the nominal toleration accorded to Christians disapK pears when the military are given their head. Thld is the situation." ^ A most gloomy view of the situation Is taken by the Relchswehr (Vienna), which predicts the failure of the reform measures undertaken by Austria and Russia. This view is shared by other observers, who insist that the Power? are concerned not so much about reforming Macedonia as about the political consequences of tbat undertaking. The Powers are mutually auspicious. Thus the Sviet (Odessa) says Italy Is preparing to make a dek scent upon Tripoli the moment a conflfc flict breaks out between the Balkan W Slav States and Turkey. The Popolo [ Bomano says Italy has nothing in particular to do with the Macedonian ( question:' "As long as the Powers concerned wito Macedonia remain within the iim- ^ Its prescr.bed by the Berlin treaty, public opinion in Italy has not the slightest reason for anxiety. Even a , I repetition of the Bulgarian atrocities < and a revolutionary movement in . Macedonia need involve no risk to ' Italy's foreign policy. This is duo to : the oft-mentioned agreement between ' /"Austria-Hungary and Italy with reference to Albania?that is. the portion of the Balkan peninsula with which Italy's commercial and political relations are principally concerned." Macedonia will succeed in throwing ( off the Turkish yoke, according to a well-informed but anonymous writer tn the Neue Frele Presse (Vienna). Preilt'ent of Kruzll. Br. Francisco de Paula Rodrigues I Alves is the new President of the United States of Brazil. President Alves belongs to the Republican party, which is also described as the "Conservative" party. He has held many public positions, and is one of the ablest men in Brazil. Dr. Brandao, who was elected VicePresident, has recently died. President Alves holds that it is absolutely necessary to pay all the republic's obligations in gold. His chief effort will be to raise the value of the paper currency. He does not advocate &'partisan tiiodiflcatfon of the constitu?? I '1*'' ? of / 21 DR. FRANCISCO P. RODRIGUEZ ALVES. A. (The New President of Brazil.) fl tion. as he believes it now embodies SL the most advanced principles of deinocStriking an average of tbe whole Orange Klver colony, land values uare El doubled since tbe war. " T?OT DTNfi ! " work bench An Uualghttr Piece of Fnmitare Tucked A tray In ? Closet. An exceedingly clever arrangement has been recently devised by which a man who wants a work bench in the house can have his wish supplied with' out the necessity of being constantly confronted with what is necessarily a somewhat homely piece of furniture. In these days of general manual training nearly every man and many women have a good knowledge of the use of tools, and it is not an uncommon thing to Gud an excellent and complete set of tools In the possession of gentlemen who net more or less pleasure m performing various minor matters around the house in the way of construction and repair. It is not every man who has the space at his disposal to give up to a work bench, and this is quite as essential as the tools, and in reTHE BALKANS. iiUKIS S Ail A F OFF, Pronounced "the most notorious" ot Macedonian leaders. sponse to the demand. of. gentleman carpenters various devices have been worked out for their convenience. Attractive wall cabinets to hold the tools conveniently have been in the market for some little time, but the latest thing in this line is a combination cabinet and work bench, which is shown in the accompanying cuts. This consists of a cabinet which has all the appearance of a wardrobe or closet when closed. Two of the sides are doors, and when one iu opened all the tools in more general demand are conveniently displayed thereon. When the second door Is opened it permits the I ^ ' work bench and tool cabinet. jench to l>e dropped into position for jso, the whol * making a very compact uiJ convenient arrangement. The jenc'i is made of hard wood, is three 'eet long and has a strong paralleljawed vise. It is provided with a bench stop and has a sertes of holes j for similar stops running the entire j j length. This enables work to be held ^ j securely at both ends. There is a ; sliding guide on each side of the bench I [vhich supports work when necessary. j a p?llti>a' nark horre. According to the political oracles, Alton B. Parker, chief judge of the , | N'ew York Court of Appeals, stands a chance of being the next Democratic 1 J- J" JUDGE ALTON n. PARKEB. candidate for the Presidency of the United States. He was born on his father's farm at Cortland. N. Y., on May 14, 1852. Hi9 education was begun in the Cortland Academy, and from there he went to the Cortland Normal School. His desire to go to college was never fulfilled, for at sixteen he gave up his own schooling "to instruct the tender mind." After his experience a.s a teacher he entered the law office of Schoonmaker & Hardeubergh. In 1877 and 1883 Parker was elected Surrogate by the Democrats of Ulster County. In 1884 he was a delegate to the convention at Chicago which nonunarea urover t,ievexaiiu 101 nwident. During the campaign Theodore II. Westbrook of the Supreme Court died and Governor Ilill appointed Mr. Parker to fill his place. In Juue, 1SS9, he was designated by Governor Hill to sit in the second division of the Court of Appeals. A SANITARY TENT. The Latesfc Health DfcTlce For ContnuiptlTtl. The newest thing in health devices In fho Rnokv Mountains is the sanitary cottage tent, in which a great many persona afflicted with tuberculosis are living almost out of doors in many SANITARY TENT FOR CON8UKPTIVE8. "?" ? nt nnd nthpra nf the yarns v/?. ? Rocky Mountain States. : This tent is ten by twelve feet, as designed for but one person. It has a good frame, floor and wainscoting. The latter is two and a half feet high above the floor, and above this Is two and a half feet of canvas, making the side walls flve feet high from floor to angle of roof. It Is covered with double walls of canvas, between which is an air space of four Inches and so arranged as to ventilation that a constant circulation of fresb air surrounds the inmate of the tent cottage. The outer roof canvas or "fly" is elevated sbc inches above the inner roof and projects two feet at each end and each side, thus protecting the tent from sun, snow, or rain. By a simple mechanism the upper half of the outer wall of each side and the rear end can bp converted into an awning, thus changing the tent cottage into a tent pavilion whenever desirable. These features are shown in the illustrations here presented. Other devices regulate ventilation at will, the whole making a very convenient, cheap and comfortable habitation, durable, portable and easily dismantled by the removal of eight bolts. Merlin'* T*?- * Fire Alarms. . I JZZL a r ** I ^ii ;4 n 1 :?. crrib T^MTiHii . ^ /" Berlin has adapted a type of Are ilarm which can not be overlooked eadily?a disadvantage with the old'ashioned variety. Its design is shown n the above illustration. As erected :he shaft shown in the picture is surnounted as an electric light with a iame-shaped globe. French cabinetmakers have learned \ way of preparing sawdust and rnakng it into articles of ornament that resemble carved woodwork. The> first Union fla<r was unfurled on fanuary 1. 177G, over tiie camp at Camjridg-i. - . : |WAV.K*if ' . ?' J WITH ..y>;-; jft -- : "TS>.;A?(./- *"?? ; .. ./. < WILL MOVE SMITHSON'S BOD"* Genoa Wants the Ground Occupied b America's Benefactor. James Smithson, the founder of th Smithsonian Institution, is about to b turned out of his grave, in Genoa, Italy to make room for a quarry, says th< Kansas City Star. The1 birth, life and death of thh great benefactor of mankind were foi him one series of misfortunes, and nov even his resting place Is to be tie .stroyed. As the Illegitimate son of i dulce and a noble lady who was th< descendant of kings, he came Into tb< world unwelcomed; his life was em bittered and blighted by the thoughi of his stained birth; be died in Genoahe never had a home?without a slnglt kinsman beside his deathbed; his grave was dug In a city far from his native lan4.and now his bones must be turned out of his grave in order that the citj may gee stone for Its harbor works. The movement that has been started urging that the body of James Smith a SMITHSOS'S TOMB AT GENOA, ITALY. son be brought to the United States deserves and ought to gain success, If the people to whom he was so generous knew or realized that his bones were about to be disturbed they would insist upon honoring the memory ol their great benefactor by bringing them to this country and giving them a permanent resting place in the grounds of the institution which he founded. The United States C 'vernment ought to assign a war ship to carry his body in state across the Atlantic. It would be base ingratitude on America's part to let him be buried again in Genoa in another cemetery where, as time goes on and the city grows, he will be again disturbed. Jadgine by the Job. A man was taken on as a laborer in one of the large shipbuilding yards or the Clyde. The first job he had to do was to carry some rather heavy planks, He had been about an hour carrying them when he went up to the foremau and said: "Did ah tell you ma name whin ah started?" "Aye." said the foreman. "You said it was Tnrason." "Oh. that's a' right." replied the man, looking over at the pile of planks he had yet to carry. "Ah wis wunnerin' u i. ? U nnM u Onmonn '? u you iuucui an oaiu u r> 13 ouuiovu. ? Tit-Bits. UnlqnA?nd Wontlerfal Garment.* A genuine nsh dress for women is shown in the accompanying illustration. These unique and wonderful garments are worn by wealthy ladies FISH 3KIX DRE3S FROM SIBERIA, of the Amur River region in far-off Siberia. They can now be seen at the American Museum of Natural History and are probably the only ones in AmeHca.?New York Commercial Advertiser. Pins were flrst manufactured in this country soon after the War of 1812. : : .% /* - , / ' . ?n * ? ' Vy , \ - Jihy, .. - "" ':-' 'V VI? ' T~i?*V' ' M ^v%dr IWJ 1 4" Itr;: :-V', ^>X \. 1/ i >*>#- ; ' * ?rhe Sketch. , corn nay lynched Hanged to a Tree For Attacking a J Ten-Year-Old Girl. 5 ILLINOIS FARMERS FORMED MOB j t 7 Th? T.ynclilnj Followed br nn'Onalanehfc on a Colony ??l Negroes Who Were En1 g?;eil Jn Brlilce Construction Work Keir S>nnlR Fe, 111. ?Many of llicin Sliot? Victim'* Identity Cnknono. t Thebes, 111.?An unknown negro, aged - about seventeen yearsv was lynelied by a mob of angry farmers near the village of Santa Fe for an attack he made on the ten-year-old daughter of r Branson Davis, a farmer. The lynching was followed by a general on[ slaught upon a colony of negroes living . iu tents, who were engaged in bridge construction work. The tents were burned and many negroes were shot, hut so far as known'none was killed. Hundreds of shots were exchanged, but no whites were hurt. Branson Davis lives one-half mile cast of Santa Fe, a small village near here. While his ten-year-old daughter was in the barnyard the negro accosted her. She ran, but he seize'd her, and her screams brought her mother to the rescue. The negro tied. Officers were notified and were soon In pursuit^. News of the affair speedily spread among the neighboring farmers and resulted in an angry mob starting in search of the assailant. The negro meanwhile had been captured by officers. and they were taking him to Santa Fe when the mob met them. A fight followed, the outcome of which was that the farmers secured the negro. He confessed to the crime and begged for mercy. Without a word the mob started for the new bridge being constructed across the Mississippi, where lie was hanged to an oak tree without ceremony or delay. After the body had dangled in the air a few minutes it was riddled with bullets. The. officers endeavored to disperse the mob, but their efforts were useless. A rush was made for the colony of several hundred negroes employed on tbe new bridge and living in tents near the' bridge. The negroes saw tbe mob coming and opened lire. A fusillade followed and the whites fired with effect, as many of the negroes were shot down. None of the mob was injured, and it is not known how seriously the negroes were wounded. The mob pressed forward, notwithstanding the steady fire, until the negroes turned and fled toward a near-by wood, taking their wownded with them. The mob then fell upon the tents and 1 burned them. After accomplishing a 1 general work of destruction the mob dispersed. ' Santa Fe is a villnge in the extreme i northwestern portion of Illinois, near the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Raili road. TEXAS NEIiRO LYNCHEU. Mob Danced HIra After He Had Been Released on Ball. Long View. Texas.?News reached here of the lynching at Carthage of a negro who. it is alleged, attacked a white girl of that place. ' The negro was captured by the officers of Panola County and placed in jail, but was re leased on bond. He left for the coun try. where he was captured by a mob from Carthage and hanged in the pubi lie square. His body was found in the morning suspended from a telephone pole. The mob was quiet, and the *v*otfle of Carthage knew nothine of affair until the body was found. Whipped by a Blob. Bloomington. Ind.?Thirty-eight unmasked men broke into a house here and whipped Misses Rebecca and Ida Stephens, white, aged thirteen and sixteen years, and also whipped Joe Shively. a negro, aged fifty years. The Stephens girls lived with their mother. Shively had a room in the house. Many of the assailants wore recognized, and warrants will be sworn out for their arrest. / POSTMASTER ACCUSED CF THEFT. Wife JSrave* Gnle In llnnt to Tarn Him' Over to Marntml*. Toledo. Ohio.? Herman Wehrle has given a $5000 bond to insure his appearance in the June term of the United State court to face the charge o? embezzlins $5000 while acting as postmaster of Middle Bass Island. Wehrle was stoita-boundat Point Pelee. and the United StateB marshals were unable to reach him. His wife eharterpd a little steamboat, and in the teeth of a dangero'.is gale went to her husband, brought b|m back to Middle Bass. and turned him over to the officer*. She accompanied him ro Toledo and has been placed in charge of the Middle Bass office in his stead. WOMAN POSED AS A MAN. Wore Mod's Atiire and Worked at a Farmer Thirteen Year*. Mrsdisonville, I\y. ? The case of a woman who lived for years as a man has come to light through the death of Aaron Bark. This person's real name was Mrs. jKrea ureen, wno came to Munlenberg County about thirteen years ago with a small child, being then dressed in men's clothes. Sbe lived on a small farm for the entire time and her disguise was nerer suspected. Mrs. Green told a heighbor at the last that her home was in Massachusetts. and thnt she assumed man's garb because she could make a bettor living. Acquitted of Kmbrzzltn:; #35,000. Former' County Treasurer W. O. Thompson, who was tried at York, Pa., for a second charge of embezzlement, involving the amount of $35,000, was acquitted by a jury. The jury remained out one hour. His friends are confident that he will he acquitted of the remaining nine charges against him. Our Ouniim llest Marksmen. The gunners of the North Atlantic .Squadron of United .States battle ships load the world iii marksmanship. l'ntik Robbers Get 83000. Thieves stole dynamite in the oii"fields south of Toledo and blew open the private hank of Muun & Sons, at Porta pre, Ohio. They secured about $3000 in currency and silver and tben stole a handcar and made their escape. Aucirnt Spnnleli Colt! Mine Found. An abandoned and lost pold mine that was evidently worked by the Spaniards more Ibau a century ago has just ueeii discovered in the mountains southwest of Marfa, Texas, The ore assays very rich in gold. DECLARATION LOCKED UP' \ ' Tli3 Famous Doc'jrnent ^Vill Nevoi Ea Seon by ths Public Again. O ily One or Two of the .Sijrnatara* Cau Be Blade Oat-Thi Ink Used Was of Poor Qnallty. Washington, D. C.?The Declaration of Independence is to he seen no more by the public. An order has been issued that henceforth the historic manuscript shall be kept under lock and key in a great fire and light proof safe. The Declaration shall never be exhibited again at any of the great International fairs. This decision was reached a few days ago as the result of an examination of the document by a committee of the American Academy of Sciences, in session in this city, acting at the instance of Secretary Hay, whose attention has been called to the sad state of the famous document by Andrew Allen, librarian of the State Department. Most of the text of the Declaration is still legible, but only one or two of the signatures can be made out. There is-only a trnce of the autograph of John Hancock, the first to sign. The committee, equipped with powerful microscopes, madj a careful ex- . amination of the Declaration. It was found that the ink used was not of , the first quality. The fact that the < engrosser (now unknown to history) used a 6harp pen and bore steadily on It accounted, in measure, for the better preservation of the text as com- ( pared with the signatures. The great damage sustained, however, was in < 1820, when a copy was taken by the crude letter press process. This was done in order to secure a fac simile for the surviving signers (one of whom ! was Thomas Jefferson) and their families. The committee recommended ( that the Declaration be shut in an air i and light tight case, and kept from ? orhlhiUnn. The document was then photographed ! and locked up. The Committee has rec- ; ommended that at certain long inter- \ vals of time It be taken from Its case and rsphotographed, the purpose being 1 to measure as nearly as can be done tb? < result of the protective measures. KILLED IN AN OIL EXPLOSION. i i Official* and Employes of a Minneapolis , Concern Among the Victims. ; Minneapolis, Minn. ? Ten persons, eight men and two women, were killed , by an explosion at the plant of the , Northwestern Star Oil Company, at the foot of Sixth avenue. The deH. exciu- i sive of laborers, are W. H. Davis, Pres- 1 ident: C. H. Dun-in, general manager: Stanislaus W. Mitchell, cashier; Jacob Domm, bookkeeper; Caroline A. Rec- j ord, bookkeeper; Harold C. Colborn, , clerk; Ella M. Roundy, stenographer. The explosion came without an in- | stant's warning, and a second after the concussion the walls had been thrown ] down and the entire structure was a mass of flames. Not a person in the 4 office escaped alive. Five workmen engaged on the second floor were thrown < twenty feet into the air, and these i were the only persons who escaped. ' They climbed through jthe debris and , were taken to the City Hospital. RELIANCE SAILS WELL Tlie Probable Cod Defender Very Fait In Reaching and Running. Bristol, R. I.?Under weather conditions that were Ideal for a test of spars and canvas, the Reliance was tried in Narragonsett Bay and at sea and not found wanting. She proved herself a worthy and successful representative of her designer and builder, Captain "Nat" Herreshoff. According to the judgment of those who saw the trial, and are competent to gauge the abilities of modern racing craft, the Re- t Hance i? a fast and well balanced yacht, and she will, they say, undoubtedly prove a dangerous opponent to the Constitution and the Columbia. For the first time in the history of Initial trial spins for ninety-foot yachts an opportunity was afforded to sail in a light and in a strong breeze, in smooth water and in rougn, in winuwaru work, in reaching and In running dead before the wind with spinnaker set. The Reliance proved to be very fast under all these conditions, but notably so when reaching and running. VASQUEZ'S OVERTHROW COMPLETE Provisional Cabinet Chosen to Rale Santo Domingo Republic. San Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo.?It was learned here that the Government forces at Barahona, San Pedro de Macoris and Seiba, have Joined the revolutionists in the north- j ern part of the island, and the over?1 ?<i Vncniioz Is mm- I LUIU U1 JL IV.oiui.UI . plete. A provisional government has been formed, constituted as follows: President, A. Wos-Gil; Minister of the Interior, Miguel Febles; Minister of Foreign Affairs, ^idelio Despradel; Minister of Justice, Erique Henriquez; Minister of Finance, R. E. Gaivan; Minister of Public Works, Jose ilrache; Minister ' of War and Marine, Dionisio Frlas, ' and Minister of Coasts, Francesco Detjeeu. ] Everything Qnlet Id Mindanao. | General Davis has returned to Manila from Mindanao, P. I., whither 1 he went to make a personal lnvestiga- . tion of the conditions there. He says ( that the situation in the Lake Lanao 1 district is most satisfactory. Since the 3 defeat of the Moros under the rule of * the Sultan of Bacolod by Captain j Pershing's command a majority of the tribes have professed friendship for ^ the Americans and freely visit tin1 , camps. Colnmbu* Has S600.000 Fire. Fire destroyed the BrunsQn ana , Union Clothing Company buildings, at High and Long streets, and several ^ smaller structures, and iamaged the < Nicholas block, nt Columbus, Ohio, enentailing an aggregate loss of about , SGOO.OOO. One 2reman was killed by < falling walls. Cnrnoarle'g Gift to H<tgne Tribunal. i Before sailing from New York City for Europe Andrew Carnegie gave 1 si.."00,000 for a Temple of Peace for The Hague Arbitration Court. . ^ i Prominent People. j 1 ! State Representative Blumle. of Cameron, Pa., who won brief fame by in- i troducing a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature to encourage large families, has been unseated in a legislative contest. When a delegation of friends called on Secretary Shaw and urged that the 1 picture of him by Chartran was undignified, because it represented him with' his haiKls in his pockets, ho ended the interview by saying, with decision: "Well, gentlemen, they're in my own i Dockets, anyway." ' TIE GREAT DESTEOYEB ' | SO^E startlihq tacts a3out THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE = Poem: Song of the Bed Ptren?Many Old Men Who Shonld Be Ha'e and Hearty Are Suffering Fr?m the Effeetf ;,vf Yonthfnl " Moder*' B Drinking." 7 I smile in the Letheai bowl, Ard peer #?oiri*te i^rkling brinr At the death of a rained soul, t / At the wreck so ghastly and grim aGod's imi ge I ruthlessly blear r "" With '.vine so tempting and red; " \? The eting of grim conscience I sear ' ,,, Till hope, like a phantom-, has fle4 yt I heed not the madman'* grin, ' * Nor'the tears that mortaft sned. I live in my palace of sin * ? Where hope is eternally dead. I rule with a tyrant's sway, My scepter a merciless rod; I sweep earthly honors away XX7?+Vi atiIv a frtmnfor'a nAfl *TxflQ if iku VU1J a vvuij/wvf u > ; I know no merdy; with n Circe's spell, . I turn all men to brutes; ' *^S My robes are red pa the fire of hell, That roars ar.d upward shoots, Drowning the soul's lost cries With remorse that comes apace, Till the worm thdf never dies -? Li the leer on a devil's face. ' ?J. S. Hempstead. A Scientific View. Heretofore, in its attempts to show the people the evils of the drink habit, thi? newspaper has dwelt largely upon the moral, pnases of the subject.. , . M But'to-day we intend to confine ourselves Btrictly to the physical and scientific side [>f the question. It is a very common thing to meet a man who talks about like this: "I am a regular but moderate drinker. No one ever saw me drunk, and yet I I drink every day. And what's the harm of it? Can you see anything the matter * with me?" ' r $ The man would seem to have the advan-, tage of you. You cannot see anything' wrong with him. So far as the outward appearances go the case is squarely against you. The man apptoan to be all nght. But is he? The-affects of drink upon th? jystem do not show themselves to the extent of attracting very marked attention, it least, until the conditions are fairly ripe. In the man who comes out onto the < .?< street after a protracted debauch the effpfta nf ?hp wniukv hp lmji Hppn nmirinar down his throat are "so visible that even : 4 the little children notice them. He. may not be drank. It may have been hours since he touched a drop, but any one can see that his physical system hae' received a severe shock and is in' ?' very dilapidated condition. In the moderate drinker these signs are aot visible, but the alcohol which he daily imbibes is doing its work, and'slowly but surely his constitution u. being undermined. . . -1 Now and then we run acrou some old v, man who is hale and hearty, notwithstanding the fact that h&ltas been & model-ate irmker all his life. S, But no one will Jhink of denying the Pact that this old matoi is an exception?a very rare exception. ' i; Many old men who, notwithstanding the Pact that they are old, should be hale and bearty, are suffering from the ailments born of the drink habit to which, in their earlier days,- they were enslaved* In the "rheum, the dry serpigo and the , rout"' which rack their frames, make their bones ache and render miserable and thankless the evening days which should be so full of peace and beauty, they are reaping the fruits of their "harmless" moderate drinking. Two or three weeks ago we made reference to the report by M. Mesureur, Director of the Department of Charities, Paris, upon the results Of alcoholism in France. i * That report was no sooner made public than the French liquor dealers were up in irms against it. Indignation meetings i i i mi. ?Jr. a?1~j were neia. j.ne mans were uuuucu >nw* all sorts of protests against the truth of Mesureur's claim that alcoholism was slow- i \y but sitrely destroying' -the.Freneh people. The discussion at last became so neated that the Government took it upon itself to subject the offensive report to a careful scrutiny, with the result that it was con* Srmed in every particular. We quote from a poster, issued by the "Investigation Council for Promoting th? Public Welfare," and now displayed all jver France: "Alcoholism is the chronic poisoning re- , suiting from the constant use of alcohol, ;ven if this does not produce drunkenness. "It is an error to say that alcohol is a necessity to the man who has to do hard work, or that it restores strength. ' "The artificial stimulation which it produces soon gives way -to exhaustion and nervous depression.' Alcohol is good for aobody, but works harm to everybody. "Alcoholism produces the most varied ind fatal diseases of the. stomach and liver, paralysis, dropsy and madness. It is one Df the most frequent causes of tuberculous. ; . "Lastly, it aggravates and enhances ail icute diseases, typhus, pneumonia, erysipslar. "These diseases only attack a sober maa in a mild degree, while they ouickly da iur.iv trifh t-he man who drinks alcohol. i "The sins of the parents against the laws )f health visit their offspring. If the children survive the first months of their liveg they are threatened with imbecility or epilepsy, or death carries them away a little later by such diseases as meningitis or consumption. "Alcoholism is one of the most terrible plagues to the individual health, the existence of the home and the prosperity of the nation." The document from which the above quotations are taken is "signed by the Presider of the Medical Faculty of Paris; by tl* Jhairmun of the Institute of Fiance, md bv the medical director of the Hospital l'Hotel Dieu, Paris?men who knour perfectly well what they are about when they declare themselves upon the subject of alcoholism and its effects. They speak unequivocally, and their word is that alcoholism, even when it stops this aide of actual drunkenness, is a mortal foe to^ physical health and soundness.? New York A.merican. , A Fob to the Bsc*. Mr. Keir Hardie, M. P., addressing the Pembroke Temperance League in connecurit-Ji TV Al.-oH'q ohureh in LiiveroooL England, said he was a lifelong abstainer,1 ind the longer he lived the more, firmly' lonvinced he became that until they grap-, pled 'with and overthrew the demon o?> drunkenness there could be no permanent upward progress on the part of their race. [t was not only personal effects of drunk;nness that had to be considered, but also, N the effects upon the community. He beieved that the one nractical way of bringing about the prohibition of the liquor traffic wa3 by the method known as muni- % :ipalization. The Cramde In Brief. Abstinency is favorable both to the head und to the pocket.?Horace Greeley. Milwaukee papers are boasting of the largest shipment of beer ever sent to the Orient. Slum conditions lead to drunkenness, and drunkenness leads to the creation and toleration of slum conditions. The Columbus Railroad Y. M. C. A. (Butfalo) competes with saloons in cashing checks for railroad employes. \\'\ l^o li-vsfr />r*nfrnl OVPT him self from drink lie is as unmindful to what is due to his health as he is forgetful of what he owes to his reputation. Every step that removes something of , the sturma and disgrace from direct contact ot women with the liquor trade is a steo toward degradation of the home. Men. maddened by drink, expose themselves to the ruthless ravs of the noonday sun in the plains of India, and yet knocked over, possibly to be helpless imbeciles for the rest of a wearisome existence. Pay day at one of the Alaska forts has been a time of dissipation among the soldiers until the Army Association ran popular entertainments as a counter attraction. on pay day to the saloons. The saloon keens rs and gamblers appealed to the officers in command, slating that their business would be ruined unless the free esterUinments of the association ver^ stopped. / i'&fisi'irti J.-.'; ;;v..