The perpetual lamp invented by a
Ohicago man will perhaps enable va
riable people always to see things in
the same light.
When the Anglo-Boer war began
South Africa was sending gold in large
quantities to England. Ever since
England has been sending large quan
tities of gold to South Africa.
The 10 principal items in the agrl
cultured export trade of the United
States are: Breadstuffs, cotton, meat
products, live animals, tobacco, oil
cake and oil cake meal, vegetable oils,
l'ruits and nuts, dairy products and
seeds.
The reindeer problem is to again be
taken up by the government. Twelve
thousand of the animals are to be
shipped from Siberia to Alaska. Cli
matic conditions are so similar that
k does seem that success ought to at
tend the effort.
An international scientific clearing
house has been established in Switzer
land for receiving new ideas in every
branch of zoological and physiological
research. But the institution has
been burdened with the jawbreaking
name of Bibliographicum Concilium.
The late drouth has brought irriga
tion to the front as one of the live
and vital issues of the day. Nebras
ka gives an exemplification of the cost
and benefits: $1,775,984 has provided
water with which to irrigate 2,000,000
acres, and the laad itself has already
been enhanced $17,000,000 in value.
The old tradition that the Eskimos
are a people of small stature is with
out foundation. On the contrary, in
Labrador, Baffin's Land,and all around
Hudson Bay, the height of the men
is probably above, rather than below
the average of the human race, but,
as a rule, the women, although very
strong, are considerably shorter than
the men.
A strike instituted by the boy cad
dies in a Chicago golf club recently
was promptly settled by the employ
ment of a lot of girls, who are said
to be giving good satisfaction. The
striking boys would have promptly
boycoued or fought other boys had
they been appointed to fill the vacan
oies created by the abandonment of
their bags; but as the girls are unas
sailable the strike has proved a mis
erable failure.
There are cities which give them
selves more aesthetic airs than Chi
cago, though none has dealt as ef
fectively as the windy city with that
chromatic indecency, the billboard.
An anti-billboard ordinance of the city
named has been sustained in a report
made by a master in chancery to the
superior court. This ordinance pro
vides that "no billboard shall be more
than 10 feet high or 100 square feet
in area, and that none shall be placed
within five feet of another similar
board nor within 25 feet of the lot
line."
The physicians and the surgeons
have thrown floods of light upon many
things in the causes anil the treatment
cf the maladies which attack mankind,
and have cleared up many a mystery.
Their self-sacrifice and zeal for the
benefit of the race are worthy of the
heartiest praise. Afld in what age were
there so many heroic men and women
who were willing and even eager to
brave death in submitting to experi
ments with the virus of yellow fever
*nd other diseases? What higher and
nobler types of courage and devotion
can be thought of than those whose
Jives have been cut short in the course
of the infection tests in Cuba? No
forlorn hope 3 were ever made up of
braver souls, observes the New York
Tribune.
Perhaps the most curious result ot
a popular health fad is the sharp con
flict of opinion which it has excited
among the physicians. Some members
of the profession, adopting the popu
lar theory, maintain that the barefoot
habit not only is healthful, but insures
:he proper development and consequent
beauty of the exposed member; while
others hold that it is a dangerous and
needlessly risky experiment, which, in
any event, must produce large, un
gainly, splay feet In support of their
theory they argue that the feet of sav
age races are generally of vast and
ansightly proportions. This is a ques
tion for the anthropologists; but any
ane with eyes in his head may be con
vinced that uiere are plenty of well
formed feet among the shoeless ur
rhins of the cities. The point is not at
ill likely that the world in general
will desert the shoemakers; but it may
le asserted very confidently that it
/s better to wear no shoe at all than
one that is too tight or too narrow.
Canada has 2260 milee of navigabU
waters. That Is, from the Atlanta
ocean to the head of Lake Superior, 8
vessel may sail that many miles with
in her own territory.
"Bread and butter state" is the waj
Minnesota will be known hereafter
This is a name that she is rightly en
titled to. Last year she ground out
26,630,500 barrels of flour and churned
60,000,000 pounds of butter.
Before leaving for the North Pol*
in a balloon two years ago Andre#
said: "If you have no news of m«
by the end of July, 1901, you may give
me up for dead." And it begins tc
look like we would have to take hl6
word for it.
The census of Norway, which ha»
Just been completed, gives it a popula
tion of 2,200,000 against 2,110,000 it
1891. This is an average of 16.80 in
habitants to the square mile, making
Norway the most thinly settled coun
try in Europe.
A 999-year lease expired in Londoc
the other day and the property revert
ed to the original owner, the chaptei
of Westminster parish. This demon
strates that the church is more sta
ble than man. The officials who signet)
the lease long since passed away, bui
the church still lives.
Reports of cases of hydrophobia ai*
current It is significant that among
them is one in which it is admitted thai
the disease was purely imaginary, and
that the victim was simply frightened
and worried to death. If the truth
could be revwiled, such would prob
ably be found to be the fact in many
other cases.
A remarkable fact is that only two
members of President McKinley's cab
inet received a university education
Not one inherited wealth. The secro
tary of the treasury began life as 8
bank clerk, the secretary of war ai
a school master, the postmaster as o
compositor, the secretary of the navj
as a "chore boy" on a farm, the secre
tary of agriculture as a plowman,
and the secretary of the interior as a
salesman.
Experts who have looked Into tin
matter carefully say that the consump
tion of oatmeal is falling off in Scot
land in proportion to the population,,
and that it is no longer the distinct
ive national oish in the country ol
Burns and Scott But whatever our
Sc-otcu friends may be eating in theet
days, they are holding their own in
the world quite as well as their fore
fathers held theirs. Brains will tell
with any diet.
The ease of locomotion and change
has probably been the principal cause
of the vast herdtng of human beings
in great cities. The human stream has
flowed resistlessly toward industrial,
and distributing centres, and many
new varieties of experience have come
into being. The rapid social currents
set up in all parts of the world arc
becoming ever more complex and diffi
cult to unravel, and the work of the
economist and social scientist is cor
respondingly difficult, remarks the
Christian Register.
In the course of a discussion in the
Royal United Service institution oi
tondon the point was made that the
most dangerous combination in a war
against Great Britain would be that
of Russia and the United States. A
letter from Captain Mahan, of five
ago, was quoted, in which he
replied to a question whether war be
tween this country and Great Britain
was possible, that "terrible as the fact
was, he could not hide from himself
the conviction of its possibility." The
possibility, even the probability, that
in such a war we should have Russia
as an ally seemed to be assumed by
the speakers in the discussion.
Cemeteries are choked with ttift
graves of men that brought them
selves to premature death through
worry. And the abodes of the living
are densely habited by half wrecks
and whole failure that came to this
Melancholy condition through the same
agonizing process. Human records
will never show the number and class
of the millions that came into the
world with goodly prospects and fair
opportunities, but that went down to
defeat under the weight of woes that
were never realized, or through the
slaying suspense which was more po
tent to blast and intimidate than would
have been the actual happening of the
danger feared. There is very little
doubt among medical men and even
unskilled laymen that the emotion com
monly designated as worry has a pow
er as devastating and much more per
sistent than those of grief, disease or
Dverwork. reflects a writer in the Sun
ny South.
THE IDLE AMANUENSIS.
BY CHARLES H. WHITE.
There. Now we can be comfortable
and tree from interruption while I
tell you that little story I promised.
It seems good to be sitting with you
once again, after so long a separa
tion. Calls to mind the times we
used to have in '76, when you were
slaving for Boynton & Blaekman, and
I was learning the rudiments of the
business that 1 followed until about a
year ago. Nov/ 1 am independently
situated owing to certain fortuitous
circumstances which happened to
come my way; yet I feel old and care
worn and my hair is tinged with gray.
Let me see; it was in 'Bl that I left
Syracuse to take a position in a brok
er's office located on Broad street, in
New York City. The atmosphere of
my surroundings was entirely in ac
cord with my heart's desire, which
was to become a potent factor in the
financial whirlpool that annually
whisks away the fortunes of thous
ands, to place them at the feet of
the lucky few.
The room assigned to me by my
new employers was a small one, in
the rear of the principal offices, and
lighted from a court The solitary
window reached to the floor, anil
opened out upon a balcony which en
circled the court, communicating with
the elevator shaft at the back of the
building. The chief offices had doors
which led to this balcony. I was the
sole occupant of the little office.
Directly opposite my window was
the window of another room, the coun
terpart of mine, and similarly con
nected with the other suite on the
same floor. It was occupied by a
young lady, evidently employed as a
stenographer, as her typewriter was
visible through the glass. From the
first glimpse I got of her she attract
ed me strongly. She was pretty, and
I always possessed a fondness for
feminine beauty. In addition to that
fact, she seemed to have almost noth
ing to do, and that peculiar condition
piqued my curiosity. Hour after hour
she would sit by the window with a
book in her hand. Only on rare oc
casions would 1 see her doing any
work and then for a few moments at
a time. I could not comprehend the
reason for this, inasmuch as the con
cern employing her (the eastern agen
cy of a large beef house), seemed to
transact a good business. I marvelled
that any man should pay a salary to
and reserve a room for a clerk, and
then allow her to fritter away nearly
all of the time. It was not long be
fore I had privately conferred upon
my sweet neighbor the title of"the
idle amanuensis."
I soon discovered that the girl was
not a stickler on certain points of
etiquette. Se did not wait for an in
troduction, but began to smile and
bow to me on the third day of my oc
cupant of the little office. I re
sponded with alacrity, and soon felt
that a personal interview was on the
cards. We did meet in the elevator
once or twice within the first week,
but others were present on each oc
casion, and I made no advances.
Doubtless the girl was of a similar
mind, for she offered no active en
couragement, merely nodding and be
stowing on me one of her charming
smiles. These smiles were sufficient
ly dazzling to captivate any man who
was not already happily married or
engaged.
It was during my third week that
events began to draw in toward a fo
cus. While working at my desk one
afternoon, I heard a light tap on the
window pane. Looking up I saw that
the girl was standing on the balcony.
She smiled and pointed to the bal
cony floor just outside my window,
tallowing the direction with my eyes,
i observed a folded paper lying there
which I lost no time in securing.
It proved to be a note written by
herself. The wording of the com
munication was brief but to the point
and it set my heart to heating wildly.
"Dear Sir —Here's to our more inti
mate acquaintanceship. Shall be at
home this evening, at No. West
Forty-socond street. Please indicate
through the window whether you will
call. Sincerely, Ethel Thompson."
Would I call? I gave a series of
most emphatic nods and had the sat
isfaction of seeing that their meaning
was evidently understood.
I called on Miss Thompson that
very evening. She bore herself in an
Intelligent and vivacious manner, as
her appearance had led me to expect;
ind her demeanor was characterized
by a refinement not in keeping with
the unconventional nature of her in
vitation.
During our conversation she in
formed me that she was glad her of
fice work was light, as she disliked
the duties of an amanuensis.
"I have noticed," I said to her, "that
you axe not often busily engaged. How
is it that so large a concern conducts
so small a correspondence?"
This query provoked a laugh.
"Why," she exclaimed, "we have
another stenographer, who occupies
one of the larger rooms. I do only
the work dictated by Mr. Blossom, the
manager. The regular run of the of
fice mall Is dictated by Mr. Pennoyer
to the other stenographer. Mr. Blos
som is away most of the time, and
has very little for me to do. I am
really not needed there at all. but
Mr. Blossom is aristocratic and wants
to have a private secretary." Then
she added, in a different tone of
voice, "The truth in that my position
was created for me personally. 1
have what some persons denominate
a 'pull' with the powers that be."
Toward the latter part of the even-
ing she seemed suddenly to have
thought of something.
"By the way," said she, "I was near
forgetting a question I wished to aslc
of you. Your stockbroking business
is a sealed book to me, and I am eager
to learn something about it. I have
been reading a good deal in the pa
pers of late about 'D., K. & E.' stock,
and what the bulls and bears are do
ing with it There seems to be great
interest manifested in that stock, and
I wish you woulu explain to me what
it means."
It happened that just at that time
"D., K & E." occupied a peculiar po
sition in the market. It was being
manipulated by rival factions in such
a manner as to render its future more
than ordinarily uncertain. Further
more there was a wheel within a
wheel, "D., K. & E." being merely a
speculative centre, around which re
volved interests more important still.
The fight going on between the hea/y
operators was being participated in by
many smj.ll investors; and, inasmuch
as shrewd men with long pccketbooks
were pitted against one another, the
result would necessarily be that some
wealthy operators would lose their
fortunes, while the little fellows who
happened to bo on the winning side
would b* rewarded in proportion to
the size of their investments. It is
more or less that way in all stock
deals, but this one was of so stupen
dous a character as to outclass most
of those that had preceeded it.
I knew very little about the inner
history of the affair, but what iofor
matlon I possessed was entirely at
Miss Thompson's service. She ex
pressed herself as delighted with my
imperfect explanation, and I was so
well pleased at finding that I could
interest her, that I determined to learn
all I could about "D., K & E.," for
her edification.
The chief clerk in our office was an
approachable fellow, and he seemed to
have taken a liking to me. His name
was Fenton. Mr. Fisk had asked him
to help me all he could, that I might
gain a rapid insight into the business.
Now, with my mind full of "D., K. &
E." I applied to Fenton for informa
tion. He seemed pleased with my
thirst for knowledge, and gratified it
to the extent of his power. Every
particle of fact or premise thus ob
tained was passed over to Miss
Thompson. We met frequently; I be
came a regular visitor at her homo,
and notes were exchanged by us across
across the court. She had completely
enslaved me, so that I was wondering
how soon I might, with consistency,
ask her to become my wife. On ac
count of the low condition of my finan
ces, 1 dared not yet broach the sub
ject. Hence, nothing in the nature
of love making was indulged in,
though I was eager to advance beyond
the stage of friendships, and she
seemed willing to acquiesce.
Matters went on in this way for
some weeks. We called one another
"Ethel" and"Henry." This departure
from orthodox formality had been tak
en at her suggestion.
"We know each other so well now,"
she had said to me, "that we may as
well make use of our Christian names.
It will seem more friendly. You are
acting in the capacity of a brother to
me; and you know," she added arch
ly; "that I stand ready to be a sister
to you."
However much I objected, privately,
to the manner in which the privilege
was granted, the concession itself was
delightful, for it seemed to draw me
closer to her.
One morning Fenton appeared to be
excited over something.
"I tell you what, Walton," he said
to me, I'm in a devil of a quandary.
I've just had a glorious tip on your
favorite stock, 'D., K. & E.,' but can
not see my way to take advantage of
it. If I only had from SIOOO to JSOOO
just now, I could make a lucky strike."
"Would you mind telling me about
it?" I asked, in as calm a voice as I
could command.
"Certainly 1 will tell you." Fenton
replied. "Of course you won't breathe
It to a soul." (I maue no reply to this
observation). "I have it on the best
of authority that 'D., K. & E.' is to
be heavily unloaded tomorrow —pushed
uown to zero, in fact. The holders
who cannot put up margins will be
forced to sell out. Under ordinary cir
cumstances, you know, this would
mean that it was time to get from un
der; but in this case the man who has
any 'D.. K. & E.' stock would better
hang onto it. If he has none, h»
should place his order to purchase as
soon as it reaches 28. I have private
information that it will drop rapidly
and step at 24. A man buying at 28,
you see wou'.d have to put up a shcr*.
margin of four points. Immediately
it reaches 24 there, will be a rush for
it.and it will shoot up like a rocket.
As soon as it strikes 96. the holder
should sell. All this comes from the
fact that 'D., K. & E.' is being used
as a blind to cover operations on 'P.,
T. A Q.' While the struggle is going
on over "D., K. & E.' some quiet work
will be done wilh 'P., T. & Q.' which
will result in a grand coup. I am
satisfied that my information is cor
rect."
Well, I am ashamed to confess it.
but 1 lost no time in conveying this
information to Ethel, by means of an
unsigned note. 1 was =o proud of my
ability to secure information, that I
waated to deliver it before it was
ttale. There would be no glory in
telling it after it had become public
property. Possibly my action in tl:«
matter was hastened however hv a
little note which I received from tta«
girl shortly after my conversation
with Fenton. It merely containe<
the question:
"Anything new today about 'D., K
& E.'?"
My message containing the "glori
ous tip" which Fenton had communi
cated to me brought iorth a reply. II
contained these words:
"Please do not come up tonight. 1
have another engagement."
During the remainder of ttte day
I noticed that Ethel was absent from
her office. The next day and for sev
eral days thereafter it was the same.
I became alarmed. Finally I rushed
up to her house, only to be met with
the information that Miss Thompson
was not at home.
Meanwhile matters had transpired
as Fenton had predicted. "D.. K. &
E." had fallen with great rapidity tc
24. A scramble for it had ensued, and
it had risen with equal celerity to 07.
It was a matter for public comment
that a man named Thompson—un
known on the street—had purchased
at 28 and sold at 96, thereby reaping
a snug fortune.
I saw no more of Ethel, but a Icttei
received from her explained the mys
tery. I have it here, and will read it
to you.
"Dear Brother Henry—You have
earned the title I bestow upon you. 1
felt satisfied ycu would secure some
valuable information for me. Papa
made use of it. He is rich now, and
we are to start for Europe immedi
ately. I made him promise me a for
eign trip when I could find him a
way to make the needed money. He
supposed it was a joke, but ha?
learned to his entire satisfaction thai
I was in earnest. You have my bless
sing. I shall think frequently of you ■
and should I ever marry. I will invite
my brother to the wedding. Au re
voir Ethel."
"tlossom has decided to employ but
one stenographer hereafter. 1 have
no further use for my 'pull.' "—Wa
verley Magazine.
GUAINT AND CURIOUS.
It has been calculated that the hair
of the beard grows at the rate of one
and one-half lines a week. This will
give a length of six and one-half inches
in the course of a year.
Parsnips are supposed by many peo
ple to be very nourishing. A pound of
parsnips only gives 12 grains of
strength, while the same amount of
skim milk will give 34 grains and of
split pease 250 grains.
The highest telegraph poles in the
United States have just been erected
in Beaumont, Texas. So far as known
they are the highest in the world, their
tops being 150 feet from the ground.
They carry a Western Union cable
across the Xeches river—a span 144
feet in length.
A curious custom prevails in Bul
garia. All newly married women are
ohjiged to remain dumb after mar
riage, except when addressed by their
husbands. When it is desirable to re
move this restriction permanently the
husband presents her with a gift, and
then she can talk to her heart's con
tent.
In a Ventura garden in California
there is a great Lamarque rose tree
which has made remarkable growth
since it was planted, more than 25
years ago. Its trunk near the ground
is two feet nine inches in circum
ference, while the main branches are
not much smaller. In 1895 the tree
produced over 21,000 blooms.
A statistician asserts that when 350
years shall have passed the density
of the earth's population will be so
great that each person will have only
two-thirds of an acre, which space
will have to suffice for all purposes—
agriculture, roads, houses, parks, rail
ways, etc. He estimates the present
population of the earth at 1,600,000,000,
and says that in 2250 it will bo 52.-
073,000,000.
The first postage stamp of France
was the head of a stern-looking wom
an, and was meant to represent liber
ty. The present stamp used in France
represents two figures, Commerce and
Mercury, clasping hands across the
globe. For most of her colonies
France issues a special stamp with
the eagle of the empire upon it, but
there are several exceptions. The is
land of Reunion has a small stamp
with the value alone marked on it.
A certain "common informer," who
lived under the Stuarts, died, and left
money and lands to one of the great
city companies for schools and other
charitable purposes. Ho directed in
his will that his body should be kept
above ground in such a way that it
could be seen through glass, and that
the governing body of the company
should, each year, under penalty of
forfeiting the property, visit his tomb
and see the body. This visitation is
still carried out every year.
Wlient Stuck Twenty-Kl e ht Y<-nrs Old.
In the stack yard of Mr. W. Meen's
farm, Stradbroke, Suffolk, says the
London Daily Mail, there is a stack of
wheat which has a remarkable his
tory. It was built in 1873 and the
owner made a vow that he would nev
er thrash it until it realized 25 cents a
sack —a price which has never been
offered. The stark stands on an iron
support two feet from the ground, and
is in an excellent state of preservation,
being free from mice or rats. Recent
ly some of the ears of wheat were
pulled out and the grains were found
to be quite bright, though reddened by
age It is estimated that the stack
contains 250 bushels.
THE GREAT DESTROTEB
50M- STATTUNG FACTS
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Hor Nrr YorV Sonefy Women "Drlnl4
Ontzlcrii Arp Wlißt thn World
ra)l« — Girl* Bit and Ordefl
Drlnkn Without Food.
Mr. F'la A. of the
New Vn-v 9 tatp Women's Christian Tomi
ner-"p" Union. ha? hpen makinjr some in*
vpßtirations th» imhibine of
JPTN-LR-NTI in N"B''P P'PPPS b" tb" women
o* riithnm. end fnrnishps the following
sirnificant table of luncheons takpn afe
the places named to the New York World:'
No.
No. of "sinst What the 1
TV p.ce. women.liquors, women drank.
r V'-->on?e">'R 50 45 Wine or cocktails.
W~Vinff.Astoria.loo 05 Wine or cocktails.
r 'Veil''s 85 7? Wine.co'ta'p.bppr.
cVp T .«y» )a 95 )5 'Witje °r cocktails*
Manhattan 60 40 Wine or cocktails.
e -rov 5 4 Wine or cocktails.
Milliard's 75 21 C'ktails or liq'urs.
T!»» wo"">n who furnished the raw ma
terial fnr Boole's table were not dis
reputable characters had stasrsered
in from the st.-epta. The names of the
pines at which the observations were
made are sufficient to indicate that the
"■"•zzlero were what the world calls ladies.
More than that, these p°mc women con
stitute. or help to constitute, that which*
is l-now-i at- the li'irhest social circle.
At ill the fashionable rpstaurants in
New York the lirper "art of the receipts
are said to be derived from the sales of
wines, whisky and other alcoholic drinks.
F'-en popular candv stores of the metrop
olis now sewe chamnagre, cocktails and
h Won lis. Restaurants in the shopping
districts thit reach out especially for the
ratronare of the women who trade in the
dry floor's stores. and where men unaccom
panied by ladies are seldom seen, servo
drinks to at least spventy-five per cent, of
their customers. Tb ; s i* a description of
t'-e scene witnessed by Mrs. Boole at the
Wa'dorf-Astoria:
"There were twenty-s'x tables in the
first room, seatine two. four, sis or eieht
persons. In the course of nn hour the
(ruests at most of these tables had changed
once.
"Of the persons at these tables thirteen
were drinking at ore time. and eight wait
era with empty cocktail orla»SPfl came from
tallies that were '••artially hidden by tho
sto"e columns in the r norn.
"With three, possibly four. exceptions,
these truest" wee all women —worsen with
gray hair, fine-'ooking women of thirty,
you"g girls of eighteen.
"One yonnc cirl. of nchaps sixteen or
seventeen. drank a cocktail and also a glasa
of wire."
Tn the restaurants in the shopping dis
trict it :s customary. we are told, for
women and crirls to sit down at the tables
and orler drinks without calling for any
thing to eat. This may be a little more
genteel than leading against a bar and
drinking, but it is probably just as dan
gerous.
It has been eustor-ary for people ill
general to look nnon Chicago as the wick
edest place in tbe world, but it would
surely be impossible for anyone to bring
such an indictment against the women of
this city as Mrs Boole ha" brought azainst
the feminine half of New York's smart set.
The saloons which flourish here indicate
that there must be a great deal of drink
ing by Chicago men, but it ha* not become
necessary to turn candy stores in grog
shops. as yet. and no first-class hotel in this
city has thus far found it necessary to
maintain a special department for the use
of men and women who may wish to meet
by appointment and drink together.
It is hardly surprising, considering all
t e facts in the case, that Mrs. Boole cries
out:
"In the name of womanhood, in the in
terest of the children yet to be born, we
cal' upon every cla«s of society women,
and every woman who loves her kind to
discourage the custom of social drinking
and help save the womanhood of the na
tion from the curse of drunkenness."
But Mrs. Boole m - 'st not. make the mis
take of regarding New York as the na
tion.—Chicago Record-Herald.
Paying Tribute.
There was once a man who drank very
heavily; in fact, he was known as a
drunkard. He lived in a small village,
and was generally admitted to be the bum
rf the town. One morning he started for
the hotel for his first drink, and as he en
tered he saw the landlord's children play
ing in the yard. Thev were hright-faced,
well-dressed, clean and were children ihat
any father and mother might be proud of.
He stopped and looked at them. They
were romping, running and having a good
time, and he could not help but admire
them. As he stood and watched these
children he could not help but contrast
them v.ith his own children that he had
left at home—five ragged looking urchins.
Thev were dirty, barefooted, and their
clothes were tattered, and they were
really a disgrace to any man. He stopped
to think what was the difference between
the children, and he came to the rightful
conclusion that the difference was that in
stead of clothing and caring for his own
family he was clothing and caring for the
family of the rumseller. He stopped. Ho
thought a moment. He turned and went
home, and has never drank a drop since.
One of his sons is now superintendent of
a division of a large railroad. Another is
the confidential clerk in a banking house,
and the three daughters are well and re
spectably married.
Burden of Hereditary Weakness.
Dr. A. Baer, royal sanitary counsellor,
head physician at the penitentiary, plotz
ecsee near Berlin, auttior of "Der Alko
holismus" and other works upon this sub
ject, says: "Not unfrequently the children
of topers die of hereditary weakness, not
only showing a pronounced tendency to
ward diseases of the brain, epilepsy and
idiocy, but they are also frequently sub
ject to vicious inclinations and criminal
tendencies. They lack perception for that
which is moral and which contributes to
a steady, well-ordered career. Weighted
with the burden of hereditary mental
weakness, they not unfrequently take to
tramping, fall into crime, or become the
victims of drunkenness or insanity. The
tendency to drink degenerates not only
the existing race, but also the couiinc fen
eration,"
A Serious Evil.
It is a most serious evil that idle and
worthless parents should lounge in public
houses and goon boozing themselves into
stupidity or raging brutansm till midnight,
while their miserable, neglected children
are often left to run loose about the cor
rupt and filthy slums until their parents
return, often only to beat and terrify these
uerishing little ones.
The Crusade In Brief.
The Anti-Saloon League has decided to
take a new tack in fighting saloons in
Ohio, and purposes to make a test case
on the claim that a saloon is a public nuis
ance, and should be abolished.
The license system proceeds on the plan
of sacrificing life for the sake of saving
money. It deliberately immolates men by
the thousand upon the blood altar of Bac
chus in order to relieve taxpayers.
Recently the ten-year-old son of an ex
pressman in New York City was found un
conscious in a hallway a few doors f ~
his home. Ilis case was diagnosed
tfObolism by an ambulr ce aurccon.