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BRAKEON SHIP.
' Brought* t?o a Full Stop sn a Very
Short* D stance.
'^Mention was made some time ago in
iese columns of the experiments made
L >n the St. Lawrence Iliver with a ship
^ jrake, and there is now given hereIjrlth
a picture of the device, taken
g from a recent jssue of the Scientific
I 'American. During the t.'stx referred
I to the steamer was driven ahead at
r jn indicated speed of eleven knots an
, jiour. Steam was then shut off. and.
L simultaneously, the brake ou each side
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?H SHIP BRAKE
opened. The vessel came to a full
?H stop within a distance equal to her own
8b iength. The brakes were then closed.
9||r Jhe vessel sent ahead until the origjnal
rate of speed was attained, when
the engines were reversed and the
V brakes opened, with the result that all
I headway ceased after she bad gone
V but fifty feet?about half her length.
Tt> nianonvrlni? the Bureklt at full
I speed, she was turned also within her
Own length, with one brake thrown
open. An examination of the hull and
f
METHOD OF MELTING
brake mechanism after the test!
showed apparently no harmful straii
or other damage, and in operating tb<
brake no jar or vibration was observa
We by those on board.
The method of operatiou is as fol
lows: When it is desired to stop th<
vessel suddenly, as In the event of i
collision, or when making a landing
the catches that hold the forward ends
of the gate are released, and the gat?
la slightly opened by mechanica
means. The pressure of water ther
catches on the forward edge of th<
gate, swings it out to the full-open po
sition, sudden jar or shock being pre
vented by means of water cushions al
the back of the slides. The movement
^ of the brake can be controlled entire
r ly from the bridge or from engine
room, as may be desired.
^ TO KEEP THE HAT IN SHAPE.
Metal Frame to Keep Felt Headgear ir
Orcfer.
1 The prevailing fad which demands
that the attire of the man should be
fconf in snick-!ind-snan condition b\
means of forms and shapes suited foi
the various garments has now spreac
to the hat. and there has been recent
ly introduced a wire frame adapted t(
receive the felt headgear now geueral
ly atfected by the masculire clement
t The frame is of spring ^ire, ovei
(which the hat is drawn when not ir
use. with the result that the curves
and surfaces are maintained in tin
Bame beauty of outline which it won
FRAME TO HOI<D THE HAT.
(When it was first taken from the hat
ter's showcase.
* * The comfort of the soft felt hat i
recognized by all, but its one draw
back has been the fact that it soo:
takes on a disreputable appoaranc
for the lack of a Little care, and in be
M half of this hat frame it is argued tha
there is every reason why a man shoul
take as much care of his hat as an
other part of his apparel.
.
Melt?s the Street Snow.
Machine For Disposing of tie W.nter
Accumulation.
An improved method of disposing of
the accumulation of snow, which is an
increasingly important problem in municipal
government, is shown herewith,
from the Scientific American. It is
designed t? scrape up the snow from
the pavement and at the same time reduce
it to water, which flows off into
the sewers. To this end the machine
comprises a furnace, or heater, of peculiar
shape, mounted to swing be
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tween the side rails of the frame. The
forward portion of this heater is inclined
downward and terminates in a
shoe or scraper, adapted to scrape up
the suow as the shoe is drawn along,
s The shoe may be raised, when desired.
to prevent it from engaging with the
s ground, by means of a lever adjacent
to the driver's seat, and having suitable
connection with the forward end
1 of the furnace. The smokestacks
i shown communicate with the forward
"nri nf thp furnace. and a forced draft I
caw^SNOW
IN CITY STREETS.
> is provided by means of blowers havi
lng pipes leading to the ashpit. The
i snow scraped up oii to the shoe is car
rled along the inside surface by an end
less conveyor, and thus coming in con.
- tact with the heated surface of the
J furnace is immediately melted. Th6
i endless conveyors and blowers are op,
erated by chain and sprocket connec*
tlons with the rear wheels of the ma*
chine. Above the conveyor is a coal
1 bin, from which a chute leads reari
ward, and is inclined downward, so
s that the ooal may pass to the rear plat
form when the fireman opens the
* gate at the end of the shoe. Jacob
t Mnndry, of Wakefield. N. Y., Is the
t inventor of this machine.
KE V CARRIAGE SPRING.
The Familiar Flat One Discarded
For the Spiral Coil.
k The accompanying illustration will
convey graphically better than words
can tell a recently patented method of
5 mounting vehicle bodies which allows
J the utilization of the familiar spiral
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a
. springs in the place of the liat ones
now so generally used for this purpose.
The front and rear axies support
upright standards, which are sufficiently
braced to give greater rigidity to the
under frame. The body of the vehicle
is supported from each standard by
means of helical springs, which are
inclined inwardly toward the centre
of the carriage body, thus exerting
radial pulls to prevent lateral swaying
without interfering with their vertical
yielding movement when the vehicle is
_ passing over rough roadways.
The Government of the Transvaal
n V>Qa t\f\xtr rfasiislar? fhnf Mia nmoatif fhtwi
2) U(4C uw II UV.V.1UV.U l?UU \.k?\ |iiVOCUk UUiL {
is inopportune for the construction of
d new railways, in view of the scarcity
e of labor.
t The human body, being lighter than
d the water of the Dead Sea, swimming
y in it is difficult, the head alone tending
to sink in the water.
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Judge Gray, Delaware's most notec
coal commission of last year, has latel
didate for the Democratic Presidential
was United States Senator from 1885 t<
of the Paris peace commissioners, wh >
ferring the Philippine Islands and Port
a member of the joint high commissioi
appointed a member'of the internatiom
The Hague convention.
An Odd Corn Crib. !
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A Novel Met?hcd of Out*wit/t.irg luc j
Rat>s and Mice.
Every possible device is resorted to
at this season of the your?when the m(
old corn is becoming scarce and the re
new corn seems a long way off at .pj
planting time?to protect the grain _
from thieving rodents. One of the
most ingenious contrivances was encountered
the other dav at <he back
of a suburban lawn, where the one
well-filled corn crib stood near a stable
sheltering the family driving horse.
Evidently the rats were not to deprive
laat horse of Ills rightful share of good,
sweet yellow corn, for six bright new
galvanized buckets had been sacrificed
for its protection. The crib has
been mounted upon six strong cedar
posts aud ou the top of these supports
are the six large pails. When ,
.'Mister Rodent smells the tempting corn
"and scrambles up the posts to enter
the crib he finds himself baffled ~
by a great enveroping roof of tin. 0
ODD WAV OF PBOriCCTlNO A CJKN OdiU. ^
The expanding edges extends so far ei
from the posts on every side that it sj
is impossible for the rats or mice to
reach them. They are too high from
the ground for them to leap upon them,
and the most artful old rat is convinced
after repeated trials that there
is no possibility of getting around, or
through, or over the troublesome paiis
to reach the bottom of the crib and
the tempting corn within the open
slats. _
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Bulgaria corresponds in area to Ok- s<
lahoma and in population to Missouri, tj
MOST NORTHERLY
>mHt0 ^
_
This is the most northerly olmr^li in
lug is situated in the highest North of S
city of Yakutsk, which has the fame o
It was built by Russian convicts, and
times in the yenr. The little church wa
Eternal snow surrounds that district
!GE GRAY.
%n ;ii ?*< ?w ^b^M|
1
I jurist and head of the anthracitf
y been mentioned as a possible can
nomination next year. Judge Graj
) 1S99, and in 1S98 was appointed on<
negotiated the treaty of Paris trans
o Rico to the United States. He wai
t at Quebec in 1898, and in 1900 wai
il commission of arbitration undei
COTTON TIE BUCKLE.
he Tighter the Pull, the
Stronger It Holds.
An important' improvement in thi
ethod of tying cotton bales has beei
cently made by a Southern genius
ie buckle is made of a single piec
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MEW CO: TOM TIB BUCKLE.
wire bent as shown in the illustn
>n, and which, owing to the ingenlou
spositlon of the several planes of it
nuponent parts, is self-binding witi:
it the necessity of riveting or othei
ise permanently securing the saint
i making use of the device it is no
;cessary that the buckle should res
jalnst the material forming the bal
order to hold the band in posltior
le strain on the band providing sul
?ient locking effect According t
ic inventor it is practically, impossibl
f fho hand thus tied to work loos*
! in all cases the grip of the buckl
creases with the strain. fte assert
iat the use of these ties will effect
msiderable economy, in the fa?'t tlui
is often found necessary under th
esent methods to put a bale in th
impress a second time simply b(
luse of the fact that the bands hav
?come loosened, which operation i
itirely dispensed with .by this ne\
'stem.
The Wirelea* Between Inland*.
A French company has been opera!
ig an electric cable between the is!
ids of Gaudeloupe and Martiniqw
lit the lines have teen broken fo
>me time, and now the wireless syf
>m has been out in use. The ('nitei
tates Consul at Gaudeloupe report
iat the service is satisfactory, wit;
ily occasional interruptions by resi
>n of weather conditions. About sis
' messages a day are transmitted.
OF CHURCHES.
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the world. The little wooden- builc
Iberia, seventy-two miles north of th
f being the coldest city on the globi
. services in it are held but a fe^
8 discovered by a German explore.
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BANK ROBBERIES OF 1903
The Operations of Burglars Are of
Ihe Increase.
statistics oTTIieits For two iear as Compiled
by the Pinkerton Agency?
Burglaries, 71; Attempts, 53.
New York City.?Operations of'bflnk %
burglars are on the increase, according
to this year's statistics. This conclusion
is reached by the Pinkerton Detective
Agency in its annual report to
tbe American Bankers' Association.
There were seventy-one successful
burglaries of banks, according to this
report, <}uring the year ending September
15, 1903. The attempted burglaries
numbered fifty-two. As a reward
for their efforts the knights ql
the "jimmy" obtained a combined haul
amounting to $180,997.46. Of this
amount only $12,980 was recovered by
detectives.
. "There is a slight increase," say
Messrs.'Wiillam A. and Robert A. Pinkertou,
"in the attacks upon your members
by burglars this year, as compared
with last year, but the losses sustained
have been considera-bly diminished
this year, on account of the
money recovered by us, at times aided
by police departments.
"Burglars in six of fourteen suscessful
attacks and three of eleven atfomni-a
on niomhdi'C llJlVP llPPTl
apprehended. Thirty-three safe burg- ,
lars and outlaws have been apprehended.
Of this number twenty-six
were convicted and sentenced and
turee were acquitted, three are awiting
trial and one escaped. In addition
to this, for operations on members
previous to September 15, 1902, two
have been executed and three sentenced
to life imprisonment.
"Twenty-one forgers and swindlers
nave been convicted, eleven of whom
were sentenced to forty-Aye years' imprisonment.
or an average of four years
and one month each. Of these forgers
j the only organized and fully equipped
. band was under the leadership of
T John S. Brush, who was finally
j broueht to justice.
"Charles Becker, alias 'The Dutchman,'
who was released from San
3 Quentin September 28, may again en3
gnge in forgery, but will, we think.
" Dear in minu uie mining ui u ycisistent
prosecution for bim and any
who may associate with him in committing
forgeries."
On the subject of "yegg" burglars
the Pinkertons say: "We referred at
) some length to the operations of bank.
vault and safe burglars of the 'hobo*
# or tramp type, more frequently referred
to as 'yegg' or 'yegg men,' by
1 which class all but one of the burg>
laries referred to in this report were
e committed, and who for the last few
- years have committed most of the
bank, vault and safe burglaries in this
country, which are steadily increasing.
"They operate with nitroglycerine or
dynamite, and frequently shoot interfering
policemen. The curtailing of
burglaries by these criminals is one of
the propositions we now have in hand,
and we expect to show good results
during the coming year.
"One of the most important arrests
for bank burglary made for your association
was that of Willinm Rudolph
and George Collins, 'yegg' burgiars, arrested
by us at Hartford, Conn., Mfirch
" 1 J-1? f /ilftr
1, 1HU3, ainea oy me poiure ui mm.
"We are confident we linve succeeded
in locating George Parker, alias
- 'Butch' Cassidy, and Harry Longi
bauch, alias 'The Sun Dance Kid,' two
9 of the 'WiKl Bunch' band of despera.
does, who on September 19, 1900. entered
the First National Bank, of Winnemucca,
New, held up the officials of
the bank and robbed it of $32,640 in
- gold."
>t
it COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE,
e :
Republicans Complete Their Assignments
' ?Hanna to Succeed Morgan.
Washington, D. C.?The Republicans
of the Senate completed their commit
tee assignments. The more important
-< are as follows: Appropriations, Gilline
ger; Contingent Expenses, Chairman,
s Kean: Commerce. Foster, (Wash.). '
a Quarles. Alger: Finance, P&ft'ose; In- |
j dian Affairs. Clark (Wyo.). Long; Im- j
migration. Chairman. Dillingham: Interoceanic
Canals, Chairman, Hanna;
6 .Tudiciary, Mitchell; Naval Affairs,
' Burrows; Pensions, Chairman. Mc<
Cumber: Philippines. Lone; Postoff
flees, Chairman, Penrose: New Mem?
? -r* j.?. DHUM.
\ | bers, Burrows, scotr, ourmu, .
leges and Elections, Hopkins; Public
. ands, Fulton.
Coal Confiscated by ? Kanoas Sheriff.I
Sheriff Knapp, of Wichita County.
? confiscated a quantity of coal. A coal
r famine exists all over Western Kansas, I
.. and sis carloads from Kansas mines
j for Colorado were sidetracked at Leoti
. and sold at public auction by the
s Sheriff. Sheriff Ivnapp does not know
" who owns the coal and he apparently
doesn't care. He has deposited the I
; money, and will turn it over to the
iwner when he find him.
Hl^hont Voltage Kills Murderer.
Carmine Caimari was put to I'eath in
the electric chair in Sin? Sins Prison
for the murder of Mrs. Josephine Lan,n
in Von- York City, on Octo
i>er 6, 1902. Three shocks were given
before Galmari was pronounced dead.
The voltage, 1920, was the highest yet
used in an execution in Sing Sing
I'risou.
To Sell Patents.
E. F. Davis, who since the electric
chair was installed in New York State
in 1S!)0 has shocked over seventy murilerers
to death, has consented to sell
I to the State his patents and electric
devicp for killing murderers and to
instruct an officer at each of the State
prisons in the use of the apparatus.
China Uecognlzea Panama.
Sir Chentung Lians-Cheng, the I
Chinese Minister notified Secretary !
I Hay that his Government had author
- ?' ? ? ? "wog-nition of
izod turn ro exteuu i?v
China to the Panama Government on
I!?e same terms as that accorded by the
United States.
Wiroleas Testa Successful.
The De Forrest wireless tests between
their station at Holyhead and
Ilowth, near Dublin, Ireland, a distance
of sixty-four miles, have been
successful" both ways.
News of the Tollers.
Work on the Indianapolis, Ind., labor
temple is expected to begin Janu- j
ary }.
Minnesota State Federation of Labor ,
will raise .$100,000 to assist the striking
flouring mill employes of Minneapolis.
Garment workers are considering me
i- question of (he abolition of Sunday.
e work in the clothing trade in Montreal,'
? Canada. ,
(V Shoe factory workers nt Rochester
r Is. Y.. have been granted a voluntary
reduction in working hours fr0m
to nine,
EXPORTS AT HIGH MARK j
Average More Than $6,000,(1)0 For i
Every Business Day.
October Shipment* Amounted to SIGO,nnn
Vovf In 11
f American Commerce.
Washington, D. C.?Five million dollars
a day is a snag sum for the people
of a'single country to realize as the
sale of the products of their farms, factories,
forests, fisheries and mines.
The total exports of the months, as
shown by the figures of the Department
of Commerce and Labor through
its Bureau of Statistics, amounted to
$160,370,059, which would average
more than $5,000,000 for every day In
the month and practically $6,000,000
for each business day In the month.
From the port of New York alone the
exports of the moath were $51,867,942,
or nearly $2,000,000 for each business
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This exportation in* October, amounting
to $160.000,000,.exceeds that of any
preceding month irCiti'e history of our
commerce with,tJlie single exception of
October, 1900, when the total was $103,389,680.
For the ten months ending
with October the total exports were
$1,149,469,933, and for the twelve
months ending with October the total
was $1,422,887,954. These totals, for
ten and twelve months, respectively,
are larger tbqn in any preceding year
except 1901 and 1900, in which the ten
and twelve months' totals slightly exceed
those of the present year.
Imports in October also exceeded
those of any previous October, with
the single exception of October, 1902.
They amounted to $81,931,003, or a little
over $2,500,000 per day. The exports
were, as already shown, over $5.000,000
per day,, thus leaving the average
total excess of exports over imports
fa aaa a ?mi,,. i
y uaj. xut; iui<u CAtcds
of exports over imports, for the month
of October was $78,4?.0,"054, or $2,530,202
for each day in the month, or S2,005,150
for each business day in the
month.
Of this enormous total of $166,000 000
of exports, or $0,000,000 a day for each
business day, the largest single item
was cotton, amounting to $60,000,000,
while the remaining $100,000,000 was
divided among other farm products,
manufactures, the products of the
mines, forests and fisheries.
The high prices of cotton during the
past few months resulted in a reduc-'
tiou of purchase abroad in the earlier
months of the year and thus a shortage
of stocks, and as a consequence the
first month of the cotton year, October,
showed a very large exportation of cotton,
and at unusually high prices, the
ttvcia^r pci puuuu iul ^vnuu caported
being 10.1 cents, against an average
of 8.4 cents in October. 1902; 8.1
cents in October, 1901; 9.9 cents in October.
1000, and seven cents in October,
1S99.
A comparison of October exports
with those of October of earlier years
illustrates the remarkable growth, of
our export trade. In 1870 the October
exports were $29,000,000: in 1880, $83.000,000:
in 1890. $98,000,000, and in
1900, $163,000,000, the largest exports
for any single month in the history of
our commerce, and,in 1903, $160.0000.000,
or more than- any preceding montb
except1 that of October, 1900.
BOCOTA EXPECTS WAR.
Awaiting Mission's Result ? Hundred
Thousand Volunteers.
Bogota.?A man prominent in public
affairs stated that the Colombian Government
would await the result of the
mission to Washington of General
Reyes before deciding upon its policy
as regards the new Republic of Panama.
The general opinion here is that
+horo will ho war hut the Government
will do its utmost to effect a diplomatic
arrangement. .
United States Minister Beaupre and
the American colony here are deeply
grateful to the authorities for the consideration
shown to them.
The belief is expressed in-Government
circles that the United Staie3
Senate will not approve of the iiction
of President Roosevelt regarding affairs
on the isthmus. A11 parties here
havs offered their aid to the Government,
and over 100,0<X> volunteers have
tendered their services in case of a
declaration of hostilities.
ELEVEN DEAD IN A DUNBAR MINE
Smouldering Fire in an Adjacent Property
Caused the ?xploslon.
Connellsvllle, Pa.?Eleven men were
killed and ten injured In the explosion
of gas in the Ferguson mine of the
Dunbar Furnace * Company. Fire
smouldering In the ill-fated Hill Farm
nijne, where, on July 16, 18!)0, thirtyone
miners were entombed and burned
to death, it is said, fired the gas. Three
of the dead were Americans and the
others Slavs and Poles.
"*"* mAnl'/ul Allf
U'erguson mine is muiusi
Twenty-one men, the night shift, had
just started to work when the explosion
occurred. All had safety lamps,
so it Is thought that the old fire in the
Hill Farm workings started the gas.
Drawing of ribs is said to have been
the cause of the generation of gas.. In
a statement given out the officials of
the Dunbar Furnace Company say the
mine had been pronounced safe by
both fire boss and the mine inspector.
John L.Jerome Found Dead.
.Tohn L. Jerome, a prominent capitalist
and former Treasurer of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, whs
fouud dead in bed at his summer home
at Buffalo Park, Col.
Hart P. Dunk* Found Dead.
Hart P. Danks, a musical composer
^ nitiniiMi remitatlon, and formerly a
noted singer, was found dead in bed in I
his boarding house at Philadelphia, Pa. |
Fort Gibson Fire Swept.
Fire made a clean sweep of the military
quarters at Fort Gibbon, near
Dawson, N\ W. T. The loss will reach
5100,000. The soldiers had nothing
with which to fight ther flames but
snow, which proved useless. The fire
destroyed the barracks, warehouses |
and paint shops.
Boy Shoots Baby.
Tcny Cinco, two and a half years old,
was shot through the brain by Carlo
Maresco, six years old, at New Haven,
Conn.
Prominent People.
Emperor William of Germany has a
collection of waiting sticks of all
shapes and cut in every part of the
world.
The Rev. B. Alden, of Streator. 111.,
ninety-seven years of age, is the oldest
Methodist minister iu the United
States. i
George S. Buxton, a friend of Charles
Dickens, and at one time a playmate of
Queen Victoria, died recently in Eoekford.
III.
" '"** " ? Kaa? A1 on+orl
George K. Mcoienau u?ta uccu
successively President of the Board of
Aldermen. Congressman and Mayor of
New York.
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GREAT DESTROYER 1
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
"I
Poem: The Two Glasses?Poo to the Hainnn
Race? Alcohol Has Can-led-on Its
Work Throughout Centuries--- Why
Weaklings Aro Born Into tho World.
There stood two glasses filled to the brim,
Ona rich man's table, rim to rim; ,
One was ruddy and red as blood.
And one as cicar na the crystal flood. ? J, <
Said the glass-'pf wine to the paler brother:
"Let iw tell the t'aie3 of the past to each
other.
I can tell of banquet, and revel and mirth;
And tbe proudest and grandest souls on.
earth T
Fell under my touch though struck br
blight; ",
There I was king, for I ruled in taight.
rrom tne neaas or Kings A nave tora tne ^
crown,
From the heights- of fame I have hurled
) . men down; 1 ^ . .- V
I have blasted rc-ny an honored name, ... '::. ?
I have tskdn virtue and given sbwne; .
I have tempted the youth with a sip, *
taate
That has made his future a barren waste;
Or than anyarmy beneath the sky,' .
Far greater than any king am I.
I have made the arm of the driver fail
And sent the train from the iron rail;
I have made good ships co down at sea
And the shrick3 of tne loat were sweet to
me,
For they said. 'BehiiW.liow ijreat you be!
Fame, strength, ^wealth, genius before yoa
fall,
For your might and power are over all.'
Ho! ho! pale brother," laughed the wine,
"Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?" ? \i
Sand the water-glass: "I cannot boast
Of a king dethroned, or a murdered host';
But I can tell of a heart once sad
Bv my crystal drops made light and glad.
Of thirsts I've quenched, of brows I've
laved; I
Of hands I've cooled and souls I've saved;
I have leaped through the valley, dashed
down the mountain,
Flowed in the river and played in the
fountain,
Slept in the sunshine and dropped from
the eky,
And everywhere gladdened the landscape
and eye.' . 5*?
I have eased the hot forehead of fever and jjp
pain;
I have made the parched meadows grow
fertile with grain.
I can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill
That ground out the flour and turned at .
my will;
I can tell of mankind, debased by you, r
That I lifted up and crowned anew.
I cheer, I help. I strengthen, and aid.
I gladden the heart of man and maid*
I set the chained wine-oaptivc free, ' v
And all are better for knowing me."
These are the tales they told each other, ', r 'J
Thfi irlnna nF wjnp ?nH nalpr hrnf.hor j
As they sat ti&etjier. filled to the brim, . , v " . '
On the rich man's table, rim to rim.
a! Demoralizer, <??.' ' '''"fcj
The use of totctfholic beverages is as old
as civilization. The demoralization wrought
by the beverage use of alcohol in various
drinks is beyond computation. Its physiological
effects upon tne human body and
the mind faculties arc a decreased tissue
resistance resulting from alcoholic indiges- .
tion. It prevents oxidation. and causes
other nutritive disturbances. Though .5
taken into the syetem in small quantities.
it coagulates the pepsin and albumen of
the food and destroys the solvent powers , ^
of the gastric juice. It also decreases the .
motor and the absorbing power of the
stomach. It profoundly affects all the tissues
of the body, and especially those
which enter into the structure of the nervous
system.
1 Alcohol excites the mucous membrane
of the stomach. The first to suffer are the 9
brain cells b/ thickening of the tissues*
Alcohol acts upJKJ the blood, destroying
the red corotrScles, or causing them t5
shrink. Healthy protoplasm is essential *te
healthy life, but alcohol produces disease.
Persons who take no alcohol live long<r?
and can work harder, than those who do.
Alcoholic beverages produce disase and
incite to crime. One form of heart disease
ia a result of alcoholism and produces ernaustion
and irritation. Every vascular '
organ of the human body suffers from Alcoholic
effects if the use is continued.- Th?
constant use of alcoholic beverages will
finally overthrow the most brilliant mind
'and all its powers', and arouse all the krtfer
and violent passions. >
The unquestionable conasquencea of alcohol
seen in hereditary law should alarm * '
the physiological student of to-day.Statistical
evidence is abundant shovKng the
blighting effects of alcoholism in parenta
upon their children. /. Let us consider. Morel's
table of alcoho^c neuropathic degeneration
extending through four generations:
"First ger.eration,',immorality, alcoholic
excess and brutal degradation. Second
generation, hereditary dmnkennesa, rpaaiacal
attacks and general paralysis. Third
generation, hypochondria, lypemid, maniacal
attacks and general paralysis. Fourth
generation, feeble intelligence^ stupidity,
attacks of mania." .1 , v-Jj
TTrnrn n parpfiil nhqprvnhinrt Mtpnrlint*
over many years we believe this table of / ^32
thereditary sequences to be aporoxiraately
correct. A legacy o( low and defective vitality,
feeble powers of resistance and inability
of adjustment follows. Untoldi .?
numbers of children are born into this life
weaklings, and go down under the fascinating
power of appetite through lack of physical,
mental and moral strength. Medical
science, true to its. mission, rejects alco-'
bolic depressants as a remedial a^ent today
and treats the powerful destroyer as
other dangerous poisons. . >
If for the next .four or five generation*
our racc would be absolutely free from alcohol
and tobacco, we shoi'ld see men and
Women with superior bodies and minds,
with an increased limit of life reaching beyond
a centurv.?Charles H. St. John, Bf.
D., in Union Signal.
Drink Change* Good Men Into Dmnoni.
' It h a broad statement to make, but
T fxll.r rAnvinopH tll.lt. ninotv-fiwft T1PT*
cent, of the crime committed can be traced
to fondness for whisky. It leads men
into all kinds of 6vil and changes a loving
husband into a veritable demon. The crusade
against whisky is a crusade for the
preservation of the home and the nation.
?Statement by Magistrate E. Gnston Higginbotham,
Lee Avenue Court, Brooklyn.
II Alt Poverty is One to Using Wlitoky.
Whisky Tias ruined more good men,
mechanics and skilled artisans, than the
world can ever dream of. All the poverty V
is due to whisky. It is only rarely that
a real case of distress i3 caused by uncontrollable
circumstances. Artisans and,
rich men alike would improve their conditions
if they could avoid the time,
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rnuucv auu CUCIK* MICT ?? ???,?> V.?
kv.?Statement by Magistrate Tighe, Butler
Street Court, Brouklyn.
What It Doe*.
The liouor traffic:
Defies law.
Wrecks lives.
Ruins homes.
Divides families.
Destroys wealth.
Breeds criminals.
Produces poverty.
Increases taxation.
Debauches politics.
TtUmialifiea laborers.
Depreciates oroperty.
Corrupts legislatures.
Profanes the Sabbath.
The traffic must be destroyed.
A Multiplicity ilf Saloons.
Among a population of 7000 in a certain
district in Birmingham, England,' there are
forty-fire public houses, Deing one for
every 155 persons (only eighty-eight of
whom are over eighteen years of age), the
auoriM fnr t.hf> cifcv bein<? one to 243. Of
the 7000. over 2500 persons have within
a year claimed the .attention of the authorities
or charitable agencies.
Underhanded Method* of Llqnor Men.
Reports come from many towns in Ohio
and Indiana, where saloons were recently
closed, that men are secretly made drunk
and then turned loose in the streets to
create the impression that more liquor ia
used under the reign of prohibition than
under that of Ucenae.?National Advocate*