BEASTS
3BlJ05l$ JOSEPH VANCE
TlLUSTRAXIONS BY fayMA
8YNOPSI3.
Garrett Count, a youn man of New
York City, meet DoukIux Hluokntork, who
Invltfs lilm to n card party. He accepts.
nltliiniKli Mo dislikes IllHfkHtoi'k. the pa
ion lii 'nx tliat both are In love with Kath
arine Thnxter. CuHHt falls to ronvlne lier
I hut Hliickitock In unworthy of Iter
frlenilsli'p. At the party CnaHt ni" t two
n.imfl Iun1im and Van Tuyl. There la
a nuiiiTi'l. anil lilurkMofk shoots Van
Tuyl rtai. Coast truKKl'' to wrt-at the
weapon from him, thus the polli-o IU-ivivt-r
them. Const Ik arrPBtod for murclT.
Hi la ronvlrtod, lint an ha begins III m-n-tin-H,
Itund-m name Bhu'katocU n the
murderer and kllla hlmnelf. C'oitHt lie
nmii'ii free, luit Illai'kHtoik hna mnrrlid
Kiitli'Tlne Thaxti-r and fled. Count piir-i-hiim-s
a ya lit and while Hailing area a
mull thrown from a distant boat.
CHAPTER V.
Sunlight and shadow playing in
r.wirt alternation upon his face, as the
Echo courtesled to the morning
breeze, Coast awakened.
For a moment almost thoughtless
he lay drowsily enjoying the rise and
dip of the boat, as drowsily conscious
of a faint thrill of excitement; most
ly comparable, perhaps, to the first
waking sensations of a fourteen-year-old
boy on a Fourth of July
morning.
Then without warning the small
chronometer on the transverse above
Ills head rapped out smartly two double-chimes
ships' time: four bells:
ten o'clock In the forenoon.
Astonished, he sat up quickly, and
his still sleepy gaze, pnsslng through
the companlonway, encountered tno
amused regard of the sol-dlsnnt Mel
chlfedec Appleyard. Promptly Coast
found himself In full possession or hts
faculties. That In obedience to first
Instincts ho nodded with a cordial
smile, was significant.
Appleyard returned the salutation
with a quick bob of his small bend.
"(Joodniorrlng. hero!" he sang out
cheerfully.
He snt In the cockpit, huddled Into
the folds of a gray blanket, volumin
ous for his slight figure, a thin but
wiry forearm bared to wield the cig
arette he was smoking with every In
dication of enjoyment.
"Good-morning," be returned. "How
d'you feel after your adventure?"
"Unclothed but In my right mind."
sild Appleyard, with a twinkle of anx
iety amending: "to the best of my
knowledge and belief." He Indicated
airily the various articles constituting
lila painfully simple wardrobe. "Wait
ing for 'em to dry."
Appleyard hopped up, fingered his
everyday attire critically, and pro
nounced It bone-dry; then, bundling
It up, he returned to the cabin, seat
ing himself on the opposite transom
to dress.
"And the senpatlons of a hero, re
freshed by Bound slumbers, are "
"Hunger." said Coast He moved
forward and begun to experiment
glrgerly with a new and untried alco
hol stove. "I can offer you eggs, cof
fie, biscuit and nothing else," he
added, producing raw materials from
a locker. "You see, I hadn't expected
to entertain."
"Kotten Inconsiderate of you," Ap
pleyard grumbled. "I'll wire you a
earning next time It occurs to me to
drop In unexpectedly."
Divided between amusement and
perplexity. In the course of the meal
Coast reviewed a personality singu
larly enriched by a variety of sug
gestions consistently negative. The
n:an's age was Indeterminable some
where between thirty and forty-five.
I.ooaely summarized, he might have
been anybody or nobody on a lark or
his uppers.
Appleyard looked up quickly, with a
shy. humorous smile.
"Well, what d'you make of me?"
"It's hard enough to guess what
you've made of yourself."
"Flattery note," observed Apple
yard obscurely. "Yet you win my sym
pathy; sometimes I am moved to won
derreally." He tapped an- egg
thoughtfully, r crinkle forming be
Iwern his colorless eyebrows. "It's
really not what a man makes of him
self; It's what his temperament does
to him."
"Temperament!"
"Yes; you really ought to keep one,
tno; they're all the rage Just now
and such excellent excuses for the In
dulgence of your pet idiosyncrasies."
, "01l! And you blame yours
for what?"
"For making me a I presume pos
'erlty, In the final analysis, will ad
Judge me a Romantic."
"Literature?" asked Coast, aghaBt.
"(iuod Heavens, no! Nothing like
Jhat: Life." ne sighed profoundly,
hhall I rehearse to you the story or
my life? No, I shall not rehearse to
m the story of my life. But at all
fats I shall talk about myself for a
Pnce: I Insist upon It: I love to. Yeu
lout seriously object?" he added.
tIt'XiuUS.
"Then compose yourself. . . .
J'orn nt 01 early Bge)n
r'y an nge as you can comfoi'tably
nugine-i found myself Immediately
'ne sport of sardonic fortunes. That
". meicnisedec! One felt that
there
must be In one's future life some
'armtli n
tor .1. "uiuance to compensate
rrtiJa '."'"moui Ignominy. So la
Sii"? reasonale human should
sicaiiy have looked forward to sure
,l - 'vvncu lurwarc
ant , " me American peas-
storv ! Now E"8lnnd magazine
br.wt.K 8nna bralns- bowels.
Wv aUty- A born Iconoclast,
all,,?. ' 8 800,1 M 1 wakened to re-
' Xd ? V P"ght 1 mutlnled and
Th'I! t0 llve down my shame.
LD,"Ckrakln odern life,
without """Pulsating Romance
u wout ( which life were but death In
at Co ' 0 pa,lst'd "id cocked an eye
what?" "N'0t bnd for a beginning.
fllBitsK.'''6 Pf0llx" commented Coast
WRhlonntely. falUng In with his hu-
Homaneer C"tInuo' You found Kur
f"2hat J" socalle(J-alaa. yes! I
tor crimo rUle' a nom d0 guerre
ue- . . Lurod hv legend.
I have traversed much of tho known
world, only to come to that conclu
sion. I huve penetrated the fastnesses
of the Tennessee mountains, Losing
the Illicit still: which proved merely
sordid. Counterfeiting seemed to
promise largely and discovered ltseir
the most ill-paid calling In the world.
Diplomatic Intrigue unmasked proved
to be merely a popular fallacy shin
ing In tho reflected luster of the Six
Nest Sellers. . . . Hut I retrain
from wearying you with a catalogue
of the exploded tnliis of Romance;
a list Inordinately lengthy, believe
mc. High finance, I admit, escaped
my probe; but the rei-nt plugue of
Wall Street plays dkrournged me,
demonstrating there cou'd to no Ro
mance there. ... So at length
you And me turning In despair to tho
Seven Seas; afloat, at all events, one
must of necessity pursue the glamor
ous promlhe of the Unknown that
lurks Just down tie horizon."
Appleyard paused, his mien sub
dued, his gesture bespeaking resigna
tion. "All of which meens ?" Coast In
sisted. "I hardly know. Frankly, I thought
that speech rather stupid myself.
That's why I chopped It off. , . .
One talks. . , . You may have no
ticed?" "I have." said Const drily.
"You would, naturally," returned
Appleyard without resentment. "Hut
would It amuse 'ou to learn how I
"Thank You," Said
came to be on board that fisherman?"
"You mean how you came to be
overboard. . . . Perhaps It would.
You're the best Judge of that."
"True." Appleyard accepted Bnd
lighted a cigarette, frowning soberly.
"It was," he began, "due principally
to hiy fatal passion for this Romance
thing, sir. I have already acquainted
you with my determination to pursue
my quest of that shy spirit upon tho
trackless ocean. Conceive, now, the
bitterness of the disappointment
which o'erwhelmed my ardent soul
when 1 applied for a berth as n fore
mast hand, only to be Informed I was
physically unfit, that, ns one brutal
mote phrased It, I'd blow away In the
first half a gain. ... 1 give you
my word, Mr. Coast, I've been stick
ing round this waterfront a whole
fortnight, vainly seeking nnutlcal em
ployment. Last night, for the first
time, for a few brief hours, I was per
mitted to flatter myself that fortune
was on the point of favoring me. For
a fugitive moment I sipped the chalice
of Romance and rolled Its flavor be
neath my tongue."
Appleyard half closed his eyes and
smacked his lips, his expression one
of beatific bliss.
"You've a pretty taste In pleas
ures," Coast commented.
Appleynrd waved the Interruption
aside. "It enme about largely through
a whim of .Chance," he resumed, "as
all true ndventure must. Quite by ac
cident I fell In with one of tho crew
of that fishing smack, he being well
under tho Influence of liquor; In a
way of Bpeaklng, he'd looked too long
upon the wine when it was red-eye
and half wood-alcohol. Craftily sim
ulating a like condition, I plied him fur
ther and succeeded In learning the
name of his vessel and the fact that
she was expected to sail with the
morning tide together with other do
tails that Intrigued me. Then, leav
ing the sodden wretch to sleep off his
dlsguBting debauch, I caused myself
to be conveyed aboard the lugger 1
mean schooner and stowed away In
his bunk, trusting to luck to avert
discovery until the morning. Unhap
pily I, with tho rest of the crow, was
routed out incontinently by an un
mannerly brute with a belaying pin (at
all events It felt like a be'nylng-pln
an Instrument with which I am unac
quainted save through the literature
of the sea) and forced to go on deck
to help heave anchor. ... Or
should I say. 'weigh anchor?'"
"I'm not quarrelling with your
style," chuckled Coast "Why not put
off polishing your periods until an
other time?"
"Thank you," said Appleyard grate-
fully. "To resume: My detection
promptly ensued and my presence was
dispensed nltb, a trace unceremoni
ously, perhaps, but no doubt very
properly from the skipper's point of
view. With the subsequent phases of
this most delectable adventure you
are faml lar; therelore, I confidently
assume your concurrence with my con
clusion; which Is here am I. . . .
Now," ho wound up, Inclining bis
head at an angle, and favoring Coast
with a frankly speculative stare,
"what are you going to do with me?"
Coast opened bis eyeB wide, with a
lift of his brows "I don't know that
I contemplate doing anything with
you, Mr. Appleyard."
"It's not yet too late for the amende
courteous," suggested his guest.
"I'll gladly set you ashore "
"Pardon, but that's precisely what
I don't want you to do."
"Hut"
"A moment's patience, sir. The
Kcho lacks a crew: I offer my service
unanimously In that capacity."
"Hut I don't want a crew."
"Oh. don't sny that!"
"And I have nu need of one."
Appleynrd lifted both hands and let
them fall with a gesture of despnlr.
"Infatuaied man!" he murmured, re
garding Coast with commiseration.
"Why Infatuated?"
"What do you know of these ' wa
ters?" the little man counterquestlon
ed slinrply.
"Llttlo," Coast was obliged to ad
mit; "or nothing. If you Insist."
"And yet you say you dou't need a
crew!"
"Hut, my deur man, I do know bow
to snll a boat; and with a copy of the
Coast Pilot, charts, a compass and
common-sne "
"You may possibly escape pl'lng her
up the first day out granted. On the
other band, I happen to be Intimate
with these waters; I can pilot you
safely whither you will; I can afford
you Infinite assistance with the heavy
work It's no Joke, at times, for one
man to have all tho handling or a
Appleyard Gratefully.
craft of this size. I'm exceedingly
handy, small and Inconspicuous, neat,
a fairish cook, and normally quite
plensaut to be thrown amongst
never savnge save when denied the
sweet consolation of continuous con
versation. Finally! I'm a great bar
gain." "What do you mean by that?"
"1 offer my valuable nay, Invalu
able services, gratis, without pay."
"Hut why do you do that?" demand
ed Coast, blankly.
(TO HU CONTINUED.)
The Small Boy and His Hat.
He flings his bat across the dining
room when he come9 la from school,
or leaves It in all manner of places In
the bouse; In the coal bin, or on sis
ter's bureau. He loses It Just at
church time, and spoils the spirit of
family reverence and piety As the
family enters the church the anthem
Is being sung, and tbe disgrace of be
ing late again Is laid on the Innocent
headpiece clutched In tho hand of the
small boy who has already forgotten
the confusion of which he was the
cause twenty minute ago In this
stage also one's hat Is removed on the
nay to school by the hand of one's
bosom friend, passed down the line
of surrounding boon companions,
stuffed Into others' pockets, while dire
thoughts of ultimate loss hold one in
tluir grip, and the reckoning to be
paid at home wraps the world In
trngedy. George L. Parker, In the
Atlantic
Dark Smoke No Fun.
Funny thing about smoking! If a
man were compelled to puff a good ci
gar with his eyes shut the operation
would lose Its zest. A man who had
undergone a slight operation upon one
of his eyes had to stay In a darkened
room for a week with his optics ban
daged. After a few days hts doctor
told him be could take a gentle smoke
If he liked. He Jumped at the chance
and to his amazement found It afford
ed him not the slightest pleasure. To
be sure, men often smoke In the dark,
but there's always the rosy glow of
the lighted end to be seen and the
faint outline of the cloud of smoke in
the air. There's no more fun In a
sightless smoke than a saltless egg or
a kiss upon your own hand. What's
the psychology of it?
Smart Youth.
"Tommy, what did you do with that
penny I gave you for taking your med
icine?" "I bought a bun with one halfpenny,
ma, and I gave Jimmy the other half
tc drink the medicine for ma."
FANS EXPECT GIANTS TO
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Manager McGraw
Enthusiasts in New York look for
the (Hants to repeat their National
League triumph of 1911. There may
bo one or two changes In the tenm
by next year, but it is probable that
McGraw will take few chances of
breaking up the machine which bo has
had bo much labor In constructing.
The players are almost all youngsters,
nd with this season's oxiterienco be
hind them should all play better ball
next year. Their work collectively
should Improve, and It has been dem
onstrated time and again that In al
most any brant h of athletics a team
which works smoothly nnd Is well
balanced Is a stronger aggregation
than a collection of Individual stars,
each playing his own hnnd. If an all
star team were to bo picked by stu
dents of the game It Is probable that,
exclusive of pitchers, but one man
from the Athletics, ono from tho
Giants, one from Detroit and one
from the Cubs would be selected, and
yet these four teams finished first and
second In their respective leagues. It
Is the club that plays together and
ZBYSZKO HAS PLENTY MONEY
Polish Wrestling Champion Is Reputed
to Be Worth $180,000 Seeks
Match With Gotch.
Stnnlslaus Zbyszko, Polish wres
tling champion, Is reputed to be
worth $1S'I,oim). Ho Is willing to part
with a small fraction of this If Frank
Gotch will step on the mat with him
on the same night and nt the same
Stanislaus Zbyszko.
place and give his resourceful ad
vance press agent a chance to tell nil
the funs about It.
Gotch has refused point blank to
give Zbyszko another match until the
latter has defeated Malunout. J. H.
Herman, manager for the Pole, has
posted $10,000, which he wants to glvo
to Gotch If the latter will consent to
wrestle Zbyszko to a finish bout. If
Gotch persists In refusing, Herman
states he will claim tho championship
for the Pole nnd bo prepared to de
fend It ngnlnst till comers.
Indians on Carlisle Team.
Twenty-two tribes are represented
on the Carlisle football squad this
year, with the Cheyenncs In the ma
jority. There are five of these. The other
tribes are: Crow, 2; Pottowattamle
Mission, 2; Kiowa, 2; Hiumock, Chero
kee, 2; Pawnee, Stregls, Oneida, 3;
Bac and Fox, 3; Navajo, Apache, Cad
lo, Shoshono, Winnebago, 4; Klnmath,
Tuscarora, Chippewa, 2; Sioux, I'te
aud Seneca.
Wells Decides to Go Home.
Matt Wells, champion lightweight
tf England, has returned to England
This puts an end to the possibility of
his meeting Pnckey McFarland. A
match was made for Madison Square
garden at 13.r( pounds, but the fight
could not be held because the club
lost its license. Another match was
then arranged but Wells' mannger dis
covered 135 pounds would not suit his
man and refused to cany out tho
agreement, which was verbal.
World's Series October 7.
Members of the national commis
sion have decided to start the world
series games next season on Oct. 7.
This has been the desire of Han John
son, president of the American league,
for years. It Is believed that he
brought the mntter up and pushed It
through, using as a lever the week's
rnlny spil which mnrred the series
this last senson. This forces the Na
tional lengeu to end its season enrller.
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and Hia Wife.
presents tho fewest weak spots that
brings home the bunting. Of course
luck In tho matter of lllnecs and In
juries plays a large part In the result.
Every time a new cog Is Introduced
tho machine for a timo runs less
smoothly.
Gotham fans realize that the Giants
will have no ensy road to travel. For
a large part of the season Just past
there were five teams in the National
I.eaguo, any of which had a great
chance for the ennant. Some of
those samo teams and possibly two
of the remaining clubs will undoubt
edly be In the thick of the battle next
season. Form and advance dope count
for so llttlo In baseball that any effort
to pick next season's leaders at this
timo Is more than useless. In spite
of this fact the true devotee of the
game is sure to spend his entire win
ter In conjecture and singulation.
The picture shown of Manager Mc
Graw and his wife was taken Just
prior to their departure for Cuba,
where the Giants played several ex
hibition games.
GOSSIP OF
kSPORTDOM
Jess Pederscn, star wrestler in Den
mark, aspires to the title Great Dune.
New York's soccer football tennis
have one club composed of Hungari
ans. "Old Abe" Attcll is still Juggling
with his pet title. He has had it so
long ho holds It lightly.
Association football Is finding more
supporters every year and Is coming
Into Its own as a college sport.
Not all the minor league writers
havo a monopoly on "present Incum
bent" nnd Its bush league relatives.
Ed Harrows, president of the East
ern league, nlso. Is a reformer. He
suggests a flve-y nr contract for him
self nt $10,001) per.
The cold and snow reminds one that
tho Indoor ball nnd basket ball sea
son Is here to remain until driven out
by sunshine nnd baseball.
Dr. Eliot tells us that football Is
worse than prize fighting, but thus far
no movement has been started to
make prize fighting n collego sport.
Harry Forbes seems to be a "come
back champion" sure enough. We are
glad of It. In these days It Is pleas
ant to see a real fighter who wants to
fight.
Para, a Russian who was with the
United States tinny In the Philippines,
Is seeking the light heavy weight
wrestling championship, whatever that
means.
College football nerds nn Investiga
tion by a civil service commission ac
cording to Dr. McCarthy, n coach. Will
other coaches follow the doctor's good
example?
For the lat fIx years Ty Cobb has
hit the ball for a grand average of
.3(15. This Is according to the figures
compiled by George L. Moreland of
Pittsburg.
The light weight prize fighters have
taken Horace Greeley's advice and
gone west, not to live, but to watch
that gem be-sparkled title that Ad
Wolgast Is toting nhout with him.
Grover Land, former catcher of the
Cleveland club In the American
league, Is a floor wolker In a St. Paul
department store. I.nnd didn't relish
walking the plnnk In Cleveland.
Frnnk Gotch, world's champion
wrestler, advises all boys to learn to
fght. Gotch has never shone as a
prize fighter, but he knows how to
tattle when the occasion demands.
In South Africa they're trying to
pass a law to eliminate the bookmak
er on the race tracks and substitute
the Pnris-mutuels. Australia Is In line
for a similnr move.
Hasaball has come tp be bo populur
In China that eight clubs will form
the leaguo which has been playing In
Shanghai this summer. No world's se
ries was played.
Hans Wagner Is making a chest full
of gold out of the gas well his com
pany recently put down. Now we ex
pect Beveral statements that he's to
retire and tho usual retractions.
There are now moro than twenty
wrestlers from Austria-Hungary,
Greece and Sweden In this country
meeting local men. lletweon them
they think the Americans are the eas
iest people to take money from In the
world, and they're right.
I AMERICANS WILL WIN
England Has Littlo Chancs
Take Olympic Honors.
to
Yankees Expected to Securo Victory
Became of Better Coaches Now
Champions Constantly Com
ing to Light.
England's greatest athletes admit
that the representatives of John Hull
have little chunco to win tbe Olympic
honors In Sweden next year, and say
that America will win for one great
reason. That Is that the wearers ot
the stars and stripes are better coach
ed from their youth up. England has
no coaches of any consequence, while
America is overrun with fine devel
opers of athletic material, even down
to the preparatory schools, and they
are constantly discovering new cham
pions. Soino of the greatest American ath
letes of the day were discovered acci
dentally when there was no Indication
that they possessed any particular
ability.
An example of how a coach can
bring out a man who doesn't know
that he Is good, is found In J. P, Jones,
the great Cornell runner, who broke
tho amateur mile record last spring.
Under the English system Jones
would never hnve been heard of. lie
went to Cornell In poor health ami
was almost dragged out for track
work.
At first he promised nothing, but the
Bharp eye of John Moakley perceiv
ed In Jones a future good one, and
he kept after Mho Washington youth
until Jones made good. If Moakley
had not been there, Jones would prob
ably have quit in disgust soon after he
started.
Hundreds of examples might be
pointed out where athletes have been
Improved wonderfully In a short time
by the correction of a simple fault
that they would never have found out
themselves.
When Mike Murphy went back to
the University of Pennsylvania this
last time he found theie a youth named
Hasklns, good for about 4:40 In the
mile. Hasklns had tried and tried, and
wns about to give It tip. Threo weeks
under Murphy saw Haskins doing 4:2S
consistently, and .the next year he
owned the Intercollegiate record for
the mile.
Il 1905 Ernie HJertberg, who Is now
coaching the , Swedish athletes, got
hold of James P. SuUlvan, a willing
young miller, whose limit seemed to be
around 4:42. HJertberg to everyone's
surprise put Sullivan to running 220
yard dashes; cutting out altogether his
customary distance work. Right up to
the day of the championship young
Sullivan got bis sprint diet.
Then HJertberg sent him Into the
mile event with instructions to wait
until the Inst 220 and beat It. Sulli
van not only won his race, but he ran
the fustest mile ever done by an
American born athlete up to that
time 4:22 4-5. Had he been left to
himself, Sullivan would have been still
doing long work In training and 4:40
In his races.
LICERAL WITH "W" EMBLEMS
Wisconsin Athletic Council Will Give
One to Every Player in Cham
pionship Games.
The Wisconsin athletic council has
decided to be more liberal with their
"W" emblems, nnd hereafter every
football player who participates in the
Chicago or Minnesota games will be
granted the varsity Insignia. Cnpt. Al
Huser, who Is the president of the
council, was tho prime mover. The
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Capt. Buser.
old rule was that a man had to play
a full half In two games to be entitled.
These are the men who will get the
sweaters this season: Capt. Huser,
Macknilllar, Roberts, Gillette. Tande
berg, Hoeffel, Innge, Ofstle, Hutler,
Chambers, Hranstad Pollock, Neprud,
Moll, Bright, Van Riper, and Pierce.
One American League Umpire to Go.
At least one American league um
pire who officiated laRt season will be
missed when the curtain rises on the
sport next spring. This statement was
made by President Johnson of the
league, but he refuses to name the ar
bitrator.
Quietus on Boxing In England,
The fear Is expressed that tho stop
page of the Johnson-Wells and Mornn-
Drlseoll bouts will put a quietus on
boxing In England. Only temporarily.
Just as soon as the frenzied flnnnco
side of the game over there has been
obliterated, boxing In Its normal con
dition will be resumed.
Frisco After Big Yacht Kace.
San Francisco is hopeful of having
nn America cup race a feature of an
International regatta, nB a part of the
Pnnamu-Paclflc International exposi
tion lu 1915.
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ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL MEN
Use of Alcohol for Medicinal Purposes
Rapidly Diminishing Does Not
Stimulate Heart.
Dr. Richard C. Cabot contribute! tb
following explanation as to the pres
ent day tttltude of physicians towards
alcohol:
"The use of alcohol as a medicine
la steadily and rapidly diminishing.
!t la true that the use of all drugs
has also fallen off considerably, but
this change Is more striking as re
gards alcohol. There are three main
purposos for which alcohol has been
used as medicine:
(1) As a quick stimulant for faint
ing, exhnuKtlon, and extreme cold.
This service doctors now generally
agree Is bettor performed by hot cof
fee, hot tea or hot soup. The heat
is the main thing.
(2) As a support to the heart In
heart diseaso and It? fvers. Here the
use or alcohol still continues, but It Is
constantly and steadi'y li'.mlnlshlng,
because research has Known that It
does not stimulate a bad t good heart
action, as was rornu-rly supposed.
8otne physicians believe that alerhol
helps the patient In his 0gh ainst
the germs, but the weight or opinion
la Bgulnst this. Hy most phyilcluns
alcohol Is still occasionally urel la
fevers and In diabetes for a pun..
still to be mentioned.
(3) As a food. Though alcohol l
undoubtedly a poison to the nervous
system this harmful effect Is neutral
ized In Bomo rases of illness by the
fact that It does supply fuel and en
ergy to the body. When other foods
are rejected (wholly or In part) by
the stomach or when, as In diabetes,
certain common foods cease to bene
fit the body, alcohol may be valuable,
but this Is comparatively rare."
In a recent artlclo In the Hoston
Medical and Surgical Journal Dr. Ca
bot contributed soma Interesting fig
ures showing the diminished use of
olcohol In the Massachusetts General
hospital. The figures, showing also
diminished use of other drugs as well,
have been arranged in both tabular
and chart form and used as an ex
hibit at tho Hoston "1913" exposl
Hon. In 1S98 the hospital expended a
total for alcohol drinks of $2,322. or
46 cents per patient. These figures
were Increased the following year to
$3,002. or 57 cents per patient. Since
that time there has been a steady de
crease, and In 1907 the total cost of
alcoholic stlmujants used was but
$813, or 13 cents per patient Dur
ing the same period the cost of other
medicines administered also de
creased, not becauso of lessened
prices for drugs, but because fewer
medicluos of any sort are now admin
istered. .
CHINAMAN IN SHARP REBUKE
Mongolian Was Quick to Observe the
Inconsistencies of a Woman Pro
fessing Christianity.
Those w ho come to our shores from
heathen lands are quick to see the
Inconsistencies of professing Chris
tians. A story Is told of a Chinaman
who applied for a position aa house,
servant with a family which belonged
to a fashionable church. Among the
Inquliiec proposed by the mistress of
the house were the following:
"Do you drink whisky?"
"No, I Clistlan man."
"Do you play cards?"
"No, 1 Clistlan man."
He was given the position, and he
proved to be a very capable servant.
After a time tho Indy gave a bridge
party, with wine accompaniments.
Tho Chinaman did his part during the
evening acceptably, but the next
morning he eald to his mistress
"I want quit."
"Why? What is the matter?"
"I Clistlan man. 1 told you so be
fore. I no work for 'Mellcan heathen!"
It Is useless to pray for the heathen
at our doors, so long as we do the
things that are Inconsistent with tha
Christian profession. Onward.
TOPERS IN LONDON SCHOOLS
Investigator Reports Habit of Drink
ing Alcohol Among Children
Widespread in English City.
"Do children drink alcohol?"
The question was put to F. O. Mack
ereth of Ixmdon, who has been mak
ing inquiry Into the mntter, and be
made answer at a meeting of the
Women's Temperance league which
greatly horrified the good women
there. In one school alone, he said, he
found that 40 per cent, of the chil
dren were regular alcohol drinkers.
In fnct. from the Investigations he
had made he hnd come to the conclu
sion that there must be something
like 300,000 child drinkers In London,
and probably 2,000.000 In the larg
towns and districts. Parents, In sheer
Ignorance, often gave their children
strong diink because they thought It
was good for them, and a woman pres
ent at tho meeting volunteered th
Information that she knew for a fact
In some public schools beer was al
most compulsory.
Beer Drinking Decreases,
The consumption of beer Is steadily
decreasing In Germany, for the num.
ber of "blerhalle," which In 1906 bad
gone up to 0,035, had In 1909 dimin
ished to 4.7C8. The decrease per
each Inhabitant Is calculated at about
four litres and a half each year.
Much less malt being also employed
In the mnnuracture or the Teuton's
favorite beverage, It becomes lighter,
and consequently more harmless. This
chinge In the national habit will
doufcf'Cis produce Its effect on th
national character, which will prob
ably gain In brightness and activity
Tbe Queen.