Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r>-"* 1 pray Thee. Lord, my soul to keep." but lias beard this Scripture: "Now, wben jJesus was born in Bethlebem of ,Judea in the days of Herod, the King, behold, there oame wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, /{(Where is He that is born King of tbe Jews? for we have seon His star in tbe Ueast, and are come to worship Him." I At Bethlehem may be seen tbe JCburcb of the Nativity, the oldest (Christian church in tbe world, whicb marks the birthplace of the Saviour. I He was born into a land that had fceen uled by great rulers, oppressed J by famous tyrants, fought over aud J piuuuereu uy merciless seueiaia, auu bo seamed and scarred by wars, famines and pestilences, that every tone in its ruined walls and on its rock strewn plains was a silent memorial of woe: every tree that leafed, and every flower that bloomed was rooted in blood drenched soil. I In the little city of Nazareth, the Bayiour of the world made His home jfor thirty years, and here He worked |n his boyhood days as the ''Son of itbe Carpenter." At the time of Christ, xt&zareiu was u uespisuu uuy ui \.?aw- < lee. When it had t?een told round and about that the Messiah, long looked tor by the Jews, had oouie in the perjSon of the Son of .Joseph, tue question Iras ked, "Cau aoy good thing come I tout of Nazareth?" Sim-e the time of IChrist, the city has suffered the vicissitudes of wars at the hands of (Greeks, Arabs, Crusaders and Turks, lit mes being almost eradicated, but Insurrection G^apcl, j[5}ourif of Olives. always reviving to become again tlie prey or contending powers. I j Tbe History of the "Holy City" is the Btory of a nation, a narrative of iticreiible wars, or-irrepressible religious faith, of peace That was slavery, of Wronderful rulers, of prophets without peers, of vitality and valor that are Bstounding and of a conclusion so pit!ul that even now tli^ civilized world [s moved with sorrow when it reads j "X r-^.X' V. gpl the tragedy of this people. But to the Christian heart Jerusalem is. aud always will be. thought of as the place of the Saviour's sacrifice. It was here, when but a child, that He confounded the wise doctors and here that He scourged the money changers and drove them from the Temple. It was here that He wept over His people, and it was here that Pontius Pilate took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: "I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it." The Jerusalem of to-day is a mile long by half a mile wide, and its population is between 15,000 and 20,000 souls. Of this number one-third are Jews, one-third Mohammedans, and one-third Christians of the Greek Phurph The Citv of David, or its ashes and debris. lies buried from twenty to forty feet under the accumulations of a score or more of centuries. It is for what th^y have beeu. and by no means for what they are, i that people have come to sauctify and venerate these ruinous masses of buildings on the four mounts. The j streets, houses and inhabitants of the i Holy City are as filthy as those of any other Oriental city, if not worse. The very city reeks iu filth, and its towering masses of ruins ami wretchedness mark the spot where the greatest tragedy in the world's history took place. If we take the Mount of Olives from the Christian religion, from the time when the Saviour's feet first trod its 1 dusty paths until the moment when from its heights He ascended into heaven, there would be destroyed one J i\f tlio snrlrlAiif nipfnrps tlirtf nnlifts of the most beautiful as well as one mankind. Every foot of that mount is sacred earth, even to people who have never seen and never expect to see the place that Christ hallowed by prayers and benediction. The days of its glory ended when the feet of the vP%f I A jirt'st | toiling Master ceased their journey and the cloud ot CJod enveloped and bore away from its summit the great Regenerator of the world. The most important building in Jerusalem is the Church of The Holy Sepulchre, supposed to be located on the ancient site of Calvary, and said to cover the famous sepulchre in wmcn the Lord's body was laid after the crucifixion. This chapel, while not large, was magnificently decorated and formed a part of a church over the rock upon which the cross was erected. The Crusaders, during their occupancy of the city, added considerably to the extent of the structure, which they found iu existence. After they were expelled by Saladin and his hosts, the Greeks .succeeded in getting possession of a portion of the place. To-day the church is controlled by a syndicate of faiths of the Eastern Christians, but with the Turk seated as guardian in the bazar into which the area front is converted. As for Jews, one coulc not, if it would, obtain an entrance Upon the walls of the church ar< many scriptural happenings, ideas oj the Crusaders and other works of thi sculptor's art. mW furled. ' v"- . But soou will be a lily. A sparrow's weight would bend it low, A little flood would overflow, A little frost would hill it; And e'en when grown it reaches up And lifts to heaven a heavenly cup, A little dew would (ill it. Vet all the power that Newton saw Bind in one vast and "qual law Pebble and planet giowtner. Cannot, when spring is come, keep hid fhe lily 'neath its coverlid, Nor stay its buds from blowing. ft knows no labor but to bloom? Gfod's darling need no cares assume. No tribute pay but beauty; [t cannot but live in the light, A.nd still to keep its garments white Is nature more than duty. What if to-morrow it must die? [s there no Easter in the sky To earth's dead blossoms given? Von world would forfeit half its blisa [f what is sweetest here in this Brief springtime, had no heaven. "Much more, 0 ye of little faith"? (This is the word the Master saith) "Much more to you His will is!" -Nav. but it were onoucrh for me Could f, 0 Master! only be To Thee as are Thy lilies. ?W. II. Woods, in Youth's Companion. AN EASTER DUEL. The Brothers "Err were both in love, And with the same young lady; A duel they resolved to tight. So chosa a place quite shady. Miss Leghorn Egg (that was her nirae) Heard of the coming duel. And said at once she'd do her best To stop a fight so cruel. She called a friend, Miss Specklespot, And to the woods they hurried, And there they found the Brothers Egg A-fighting, ad she worried. The Saxon Kfinter. Oar Saxon ancestors kept up the eel eorauon 01 juusier Lor eigne aays. jlc was a kind of thanksgiving, the length of time devoted by the pagans to their spring festival. After the long lenten season they seemed to have become tired of so much goodness, a feeling which their descendants seem to appreciate, tired of giving up pleasure and worldly attraction; this, together with the natural welcome to the spring, gladly prolonged the festivities. SELF-STOPPING BOTTLE i . orortarlA Fftr LiitciHc WWi*h ClfSW . I Its Mouth Automatically. Any one who has lost the stopper oi j i bottle which it was very necessary ! should, be kept well corked when not ! in use will appreciate a a idea of a I Massachusetts man upon which a pat- j ?nt has just been grantor!. This af- | j fair consists of a bottle that not only j j carries its stopper with it. but auto j aiaucauy closes i^sen wuen sei uuwu. i The attractiveness of the thing is j further enhanced by the fact that the . i bottle is a self-opener, as well as a j j self-closer. .hat io necessary for j the person who desires to use some of i the contents of the vessel is that he I should invert the bottle. Iu so doing ; he causes the stopper to slide up into ' a cylindrical head extending above the i ? ,. i ^ ! i | ^ * : M r r if j an ! JfiHKi ! THE STOPPERLESS BOTTLE. j mottle's top. This uncovers the holes ! ;hrough which the liquid flows. Havi .ng drawn sufficient of the latter, the I | jottle is righted, and this brings the j ! diding valve back into place, covering ; | :he holes which form the mouth of the J I ngenious contrivance. | The ideii is clearly illustrated in the iccompanying picture. A permanently itted arrangement in the place of the i >rdinary cork or stopper is fitted in j ! :he neck of the bottle and carries the i | Mtension neau, wnicu is uonow. ixl-ui :he base of the head, however, are the j ipertures designed for the egress of | ;he liquid contents. Within ^he hollow aead is the sliding head, which fits ! >ver the apertures when the bottle i jits in its norm:;! position. The act ; )f inverting the bottle causes the valve | :o slide up into the extension, and j thus uncovers the holes, which are left i ?ree for the passage of the contents j *s long as the receptacle is held in' this i .losition. AN EGG OPENER. Clearly Cuts the Shell Without Loss of Contents. Columbus thought that he was perj forming a wonderful feat when he caught his companions to stand an j ?gg on end without breaking its shell, 1 ' L AL- " ? U/Ml?Alf AA?%At? Tl'Allhl OUi uie uverase uvuoc-ttc-cj/ci. aave much more admired a trick that would have shown her how to cleanly jpen an egg without spilling part of its contents. This may seem a most insignificant matter to those who have never had the task of making ?ies and puddings THE EOG-OPENER. ; and. pastries, and those other palatable ! dishes which delight the taste at the I iable, but which perplex the maker and ' the baker in the kitchen. The openI ir.g of an egg is a simple enough mat| ter, but the operation is- not and canQot always be performed in a tidy and economical manner. A Connecticut genius rises to his feet to present mankind, and more particularly womankind, with an egg j opener that fills the bill. The little af| fair is placed surrounding the egg. I 11.. .-r.,..-,,. nAtiifs (iro fnrrpil j Ills uuj ajjcm iivnifj ?.<. ? through the shell, a slight twist is I given the apparatus, and you have j rour egg neatly and nicely divided. I None of the contents is spilled, aud j aoue of the shell falls into the egg. Tinted Spertaclea For Beauty. '"Tinted spectacles," said an optij rian who displays a sign advertising j that he makes a specialty of them, j "are mainly for women who demand i that their beauty, as well as their i sight, shall be considered. A light i gray or a pale blue looks very weak and unattractive through ordinary eyeglasses. By slightly tinting the Ions we can add very much to the color of the pupil of the eye and to the general attractiveness of the face. I rwu*. nrvf of oil intorforA XUtr 1111U11& WUL.? UVb lit Ult Auvwt?v?v ! with the magnifying properties of the j glass. In fact, some oculists send us I prescriptions for tinted glasses, maintaining tbat for blue or gray eyes they are far superior to the ordinary crystal glasses. Blue eyes absorb more light than brown eyes, so that any tempering of the sun's rays is sure to be beneficial."?New York Times. Strang* Cast* of Money Lnndlng. In a money lending case heard in London it was stated that a clerk borrowed $100 from a money lender in 1886, that he had paid $r>00 by way of interest, and was now sueu tor .>iou, said to be due to the lender. The judge said if these were the facts he could not make a higher order than the payment at the rate of one farthing a month against the defendant. The debt would theu take 12 000 years to pay off. ? IINOR EVf NTSBF IH? WEE1 WASHINGTON ITEMS. Cliiof Justice Fuller announced an adjournment of the United States Supreme Court for a fortnight. President Roosevelt signed the Dip lomatic and Consular Appropriation bill, the tirst of the big supply bills to become a law. He also signed an act authorizing bail in criminal cases on appeal in the courts of the Indian Territory. Senator Clark, of Montana, returned to his seat looking well in spite of his recent severe illness. The Senate passed a bill authorizing the location of a light aud fog signal, a lighthouse, and a light vessel at the entrance to Ambrose Channel. New York Harbor. The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries favorr.bly repotted the Senate bill requiring all supplies for the Army find Navy to be transported in American vessels. Representative George "W. Croft, of Aiken S. C.. died at his home. He had been ill six weeks as the result of an injury caused by a splinter in his thumb, from which blood poisoning resulted. Senator Tillman of South Carolina was operated on to relieve an abscess on his left tonsil. The result was pronounced satisfactory, and his condition was reported to be much better. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The efforts of Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, to unite the two insular labor organizations in Porto Rico have proved unsuccessful, owing to personal and political differences between the labor leaders. The Porto Rican Legislature has adjourned. It passed forty bills. The Governor placed his first veto since the establishment of the Legislature on a bill increasing the powers of muni cipalitles. Several defeats of the troops of President Morales, of San Domingo, with heavy losses, have been reported. The Spanish Army Commission will shortly remove from the forts of Porto Rico the guns which were not purchased by the United States. The Supreme Court of Porto Rico has confirmed the death sentence of Pedro Diaz, of Humacao, who murdered Octavio Reyes on August 26, 1902, during election riots in Humacao. and he will be the first man to be hanged- on the island. The forty-three St. Louis Exposition Commissioners from the Philippines inrtlnrio TnaHpo Arnllnnn AttrtmPV-Oen eral Areneta rind Governors Cailles and Mechon. Eleven of those to -whom places upon it were offered declined on the ground that their services were needed In the Philippines. Wireless telegraph stations have been established at San Juan and on Culebra Island, the only stations of their kind In the West Indies. One is to be erected at Guantanamo, thus connecting Ainericau uaval bases in the Caribbean S>ea. .<* DOMESTIC. W. L. Collins, former cashier of the Indiana National Bank, at Elkhart, pleaded guilty in the Federal Court to eighteen charges in connection with the failure of the bann. . The Rev. Father William Mayer, pastor of St. Mary's German Ca'tholic Church, Richmond, Va., suffered a pft?Ai.?A Af onnnlarv nrhlla an xri n fr Sffi CLi-V/aC VI U(/VptVAj n ? iions of the Cross in his church, and later died in the church residence. A Grand Jury returned two indictments against James McDonald in connection with the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, in Bedford, Ind. One indictment charges murder, while the other charges statutory assault. The car barn of the Chicago Union Traction Company, at Blue Island avenue and Leavitt street, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $150,0(X>. Crossed electric wires caused the blaze. The customs .authorities at Eagle Pass, Texas, have arrested Joe Liebes, a wealthy New Yorker, on the charge of smuggling diamonds worth $1300 and other dutiable articles. D. D. Field, said to be the son of a prominent and wealthy physician of New York, died in a hospital at Pueblo, Col., from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid poison. F. Augustus Heinz, President of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company; Superintendent Trerise, of the Rams Mine, and Superintendent Frank, of tne jounsiown ?ume. tieinze properties, charged with m.ving refused admittance to Federal inspectors, were released on parole at Butte, Mont. Mrs. J. C. Fleming and lier daughter Lottie were instantly killed by a westbound passenger traiu at Hanlin's Statiou, Ohio. FOREIGN. The annual report of the Hamburg. American Steamship Company shows a net proGt for the year of 55,500,000. Former Premier of France WaldeckRousseau, after three months' dangerous 'iliness, has gone to the Riviera. He is able to walk and it i3 believed he will entirely recover. At King Edward's second levee held in London the Americans presented by Ambassador Choate were Louis C. liay. of New York; Walter Nc-ef, of Chicago, and Herman Kinnicutt, of \Tftor Vnrlr King Edward and Queen Alexandra, Friucess Victoria and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark attended a performance of Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius." at London. Six persons accused of selling forged Turkish decorations to people in various countries were sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude, while a seventh was sentenced to a year. The Peruvian Senate has authorized the Government to arrange the pending questions between it and the Peruvian Corporation. The French Chamber of Deputies, by 318 to 2."U votes, adopted' the first section of the bill prohibiting members of religious orders from giviug auy kind of teaching, primary, secondary or superior. In the German Reichstag Dr. Steubel, Director of the Colonial Office, announced a message from Colonel Leutwein, Governor of Ge:man Southwest Africa, saying 800 cavalry, with two mounted batteries, were indispensable for subduing the Hereros. Albert Jaffe, a partner in the Frank fort banking firm of A. Jaffe & Co. shot and killed himself. Jaffe lost several million marks in private speculation. Serious anti-roligious demonstrations took place at Valladolid, Spain. The gendarmes iired on the rioters; one person was killed and many wer? wounded. PANAMA APPROVES LOAN Constitution Gives the United States the Right to Intervene. The Salary of the President of the Ke* public Fixed at Sl.'OO?Oovcriiujeut Authorizes Sale of Guuliout*). P:in.iriia.?The Assembly has nnss^J a resolution approving the loan of $100,000 gold, suggested by President Amador, to be negotiated preferably in the United States. A resolution has been passed authorizing the sale or charter ot tlie Government gunboats. The republic at present has two gunboats, the Padilla and Chuicuito. The Padilla is a fair type of vessel and specially adapted for coastwise trade, being a light draught boat and not over 000 tons gross. It figured very prominently in the last Colombian revolution, the Liberals obtaining it from a Salvador com. mercial firm. The Chuicuito is a sort of tugboat, not of much account. It was purchased by the Colombian Govapnmunt fmm fho Pflpi flr? Sfp.i 111 Navi? gation Company during the last revolution to be used in operation against the Liberals. The Assembly has fixed the salary of the President of the republic at $1500, Colombian silver, a month, with $<JOOO a year for entertainment. Of course, when the currency of the republic is decided upon his salary will be payable in that currency. A law in regard to the footing of the army recently passed the last reading. This fixes the footing of the army, including officers, at 250. The fact of the matter is that an army is not needed in view of the guarantee of the United States to preserve the independence of the Isthmus, and there is no fear of any internal disturbance at present. The Panama Constitution gives the United States the authority to intervene even for the purpose of quelling a revolution within the re public. It was intended that Mr. Ricardo Arias should leave for Washington as a special representative of this Government for the purpose of negotiating a supplementary treaty with the United States in connection with canal matters. However, it has been decided that the United States will send a representative here. This will do away with the necessity of the treaty passing back and forth between the two Governments for signature, as with the canal treaty proper. ??_?__ RIOT OVER KUBELIIv. Germans Refuse to Allow the Czech Violinist to play at Linz. Vienna. Austria.?The ferocity of the race hatred between the Germans and i^zecus was musiraiea at ijiuz. An infuriated mob of Germans, who were seeking to revenge the alleged illI treatment of their compatriots at ! Prague, stormed a hall in which Kubelik? the violinist, was performing. They attacked the carriage of Count Wickenburg, the District Governor, with Sticks and stones. The crowd overcame the police and entered the hall, where they destroyed the splendid decorative mirrors and threw missiles at Kubelik, causiDg indescribable confusion. The violinist pluckily continued to play until his manager declared that the continuation of the concert was impossible. The crowd then proceeded to Kubelik's hotel, fulfilling their threat not to j allow the Czech artist to give a conj cert in the capital of Upper Austria. WINTERS' EMBEZZLEMENTS. Collector Stranahan Reiieved of All Responsibility For Them. Washington, D. C.?The Senate has passed a bill, already passed by the House, relieving Collector Stranahan i and former Collectors Bidwell and KMbretli, of New York, from responsibility for the embezzlements of By ram W. Winters. Winters, who was appointed by Collector Magone, was placed in charge of the Customs Bureau at the New York Postoffiee by Collector Ivilbreth. He i was in that place for seven years and | was embezzling all the time. In 1902 Collector Stranahan made a j change in the system by which the money passed through two men's hands j instead of one. This led to Winters' j discovery. On March 17. 1003, Winj ters pleaded guilty and was sentenced tr> flirpp vp.irs in Sin<? Sine. Winters' defalcations amount to $8821.34. for which the Collectors would be responsible but for the passage of the bill. AUSTRIAN PALACES STONED. Students Enraged Because Revolution of 1848 Was Not Honored. Vienna. Austria.?The palaces of Emperor Francis Joseph and the Archduchess Clothilde in Budapest were stoned by a mob. resulting in the win1 dows being broken, because the build' ings were not decorated in honor of the anniversary of the Revolution of 1818. A great crowd of students and workmen. after a demonstration in front of the statue of the poet Petofy, paraded the streets, and noticing the palaces were not displaying flags like most of the other edifices, showered them with stones until the police charged and dispersed the rioters. Several persons were injured and many arrests were made. German Tig Iron Production. The pig iron production of Germany for January amounted to 831.Go.'! tons, against 848,748 in December and 702.053 tons iu January. 1903. Rebels Regain Samana. Minister Powell cables the State Department at Washington, D. C., from San Domingo that Samana has again fallen into the hands of the in. ! surgems. Nitro Blast Kills Two. Two laborers were killed and one crippled by an explosion of nitroglycerine in the California Giant Powder Works, at Sobrant, Cal. The property loss was $ir?,000. Prominei t People. The Congressional Library has received from Mrs. G. W. Fall, of Nashville, Tenn., a large box containing the papers and letters of President James IC. Polk. Maurice Rollinnt, the French poet, who (lied recently in .1 private asylum, was at one time the rape in Paris, and his weird and gloomy lyrics were often set to music. Representative D. X. Sperry. of the Second Connecticut District, is the father of the House in point of years. He was seventy-six years old at his last birthday. r-| THE GREAT DESTROYER j SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE: 1 .f Treating Is a Baneful Custom?Nothing Else Huh Wrought Such Widespread Harm to Mankind?I* It Hark ?' Friendship to Ruin a Han? , There is no custom of society that ha* wrought such widespread harm to mankind as the custom of treating, as ft i* called. It has made more unhappy homes, de^ strcvyed more strong intellects, laid waste and degraded more fair young lives, than ! any other evil custom ever devised or parI ticipated in by man. Our best mechanics, our most inventive J geniuses, most brilliant orators, gifted I poets, eminent scientists and professional ' **>?-? -* U n mwr*. U.r i ( rr>Kko/l At fKoil* men, nave uy uccu crowns of success; yet it is said and be; lieved by many to be a mark of friendship to treat a man, and although the majority of the men one meets can tell of men who of their own knowledge have been ruined by it, yet they consider it a friendly thing to do. Many commercial men seek to excuse themselves for it by saying that they must do something for the "good of the house," as they are traveling about the country all the time, and are the recipients of many favors from hotel men. (Query: I wonder how many favors they would receive if they were not already liberally paid for?) A man from some other part comes into the city on business and visits the wholesale house from which he is in the habit of buying, or, it may be some other, to look over samples, or seeking new goods, or novelties with which to attract customers. An obliging salesman is sent to wait upon, him, who, naving satisfied himself that "it is worth while," generally succeeds ia keeping him engaged till lunch time, when , the customer is invited to lunch, and, of course, that means to drink a bottle of wine, perhaps, or a few glasses of some delicious but potent compound of whisky or some other liquor, and spices and other ingredients that enter into those mixtures, and all the time he is being entertained by the engaging salesman, who, after his customer has been well primed, proceeds to business, and often succeeds in getting rid of a "job lot" of old goods at fancy prices, or in securing a much larger order than ia prudent for tne merchant to buy. But this is by no means the most harmful phase o? the treating custom. Some schemer is anxious to secure a franchise from a municipality for a street railway, or electric lighting, or something equally valuable. For days before it becomes known what his business is he may be seen assiduously cultivating the individual acquaintance of the Councilmen, inviting them to lunch/ to dinner, etc., and quietly taking their measure so that he may discover the best means to influence them in his favor. And at last they often find that the wine has been too powerful for them, and that under its influence they have bartered their self-respect for a few treats, and have consented to rob the municipality they were elected to serve, with the result that, having once robbed it for others they sometimes begin to rob it for themselves, and many men, honest under other circumstances, have thus become scoundrels through the treating habit. Yet this is not the worst. A nnmlwp frf men are workinu in a shoD. Pay day comes and several of tliem are on their way home after receiving their pay. As they reach the tavern door (for they can hardly reach home without passing at least one) one of the party says, "Come in, boys; let's have a glass of beer." They go in, and there are perhaps half a dozen more of their mates already in there. Stepping up to the bar their leader says, What'll you have, boys?" and the various drinks are called for. When drank another one says, "Now you must have one 1 on me," and. when the glasses are again emptied another says, "Fill 'em up again." And so it goes on till all have treated, for of course it would be held mean to drink at another's expense and not treat in'rc-, turn, and each one finds himself minus a dollar or two of his earnings Which he can . ill spare, or which in many cases is needed to ffrocure necessaries for his family. But what's the odds: Father's drunk, the bitkeeper has the money, and wife and chil1 dren can whistle for the shoes or other ' clothing, or perhaps for bread itself. An unknown man is sick unto death with an internal tumor. A council of physicians is called, and it is decided that the I tumor must be cut away in oraer to save I the man's life. The operation is an exceed- ^ ingly difficult one, requiring a very skilful, steady hand, as the tumor is situated so hear the heart that the least bit too deep i an incision will be fatal. The surgeon is ' j young, but has already won eminence in i nis profession, but even he grows pallid as j he realizes the difficulty of the operation, i and a physician hands him a small glass of ; brandy to tone up his nervous system. | The operation is begun, and all goes well | till just at the most critical point the sur] | peon feels an involuntary contraction of , the muscles of his arm, a hissing, gurgling sound is heard, the bright red blood gushes 1 | forth?another human life has fallen a victim to alcohol, and the usefulness of anj other life is destroyed. "Died under the 1 operation" is given out to the bereaved relatives and friends as the cause of death. Was it that, or was it due to that glass of 1 I brandy? That surgeon knows the true j cause, and never again will he have the nerve to undertake a very difficult case, , because the remembrance of this one will | utterly unfit him for the work.?I. T. | Richardson, in the Royal Templar. Mortality "From Alcohol. It is remarked that even in countries j where alcoholism is denounced, the mortality from it. H3 given by statistics, ia I low, apparently because the cause of death I i. J?l A 18 nut fitL' L -JV ucnaicu. A lunciwui of the University of Lausanna, drew attention to the matter in the congreas of Brussels, and proposed a method of certi1 fying the cause of death, which would give j exact statistics, while respecting private I feelings. In Switzerland it is already done I bv certificates bearing numbers, and to ; identify the number requires a long re, search. The plan has been in use fifteen j years in the towns and two years in the country and given satisfaction. It appears that one-half per cent, of the deaths (male I subjects over twenty years) are caused by I delirium tremens. Alcoholism alone, acute or chronic, is the cause of three per cent, of the deaths.?London Globe. Misery That Drink Brine*. Mr. Justice Madden, addressing the Grand Jury at the Ulster Assizer at Belfast. said that each year his experience as ~ 4-ltA lAni'iA^tAn thlf npfth. *1 JUUgC auucu IU Uic LUiMn.iiu.i t.uuv ab'.y eighty per cent, of the crime which came before them in those courts was attributable either dircetly to intoxication or indirectly as a result of the state of misery brought about by excessive indulgence in drink. The Crusade in Brief. A drunkard is a man who commits suicide oil the instalment plan. . The production of beer is no;v more than half a barrel for every man, woman and chiid in the United States. Of every 100 alcoholics attacked by pneumonia s"jv?nty will die, while of every 100 non-alcoho.ios so attacked on!y twentythree will die. When London h.is decided whether o? not it eats too much, says the Chicago Tri biine, it will H:id it equal y profitable tc ask itself if it doesn't drink a little too much. A now 8100.000 ho'.el, with 240 rooms e? f.?,. flin tnrkrnl fmvplinft j.trii.i.i* ? public is one of the latest projects in Indianapolis. It will be without bar ot billiard room, and card p'.aving will nof be .allowed. General Coronnat, commander-in-chie! ot the Frcnch troops in Indo-China, n mailing especial effort to suppress drunk cnuess among the soldier?. He expresses his regret that warnings concerning the serious effects of drinking habits upon the health are not heed d. The Mayor of Toronto, Canada, latelj rcfu>ed to allow some liquor which hac been seized in Jin unlicensed dive to bt sold for the city's benefit. He said: "No; it would ill become the town to derive in> come from the sale of that which degrade* and brutalizes its citizens."