The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

A NATUR^. .INTERPRETATION!: A T rue S to ry o f th e C o n trib u tio n llo x . \V\* loll? dear Dolly ere slio went; Uer ml ml nulto to prepare, Of ivluu tlii! people did a t church Ai’.i'. w liat would happen there.’ v Of how thfi Eoort folk BdriK th e hymns, Th\ n listened ail devout, Chi ihrough’the Sermon and thu prayer, lint one thing wo left.out. Airi when she mw gopd Deacon G ray . Come, liptoclny. down (lie n:a’ >, Politely lioldlnr mt tho plate, . A sweet, inquiring mnlle. ’ - Passed front h er lips oven to h er eyes, • lint its he nearer drew , : ' . ' tilus seuU/.d w h a t’twusitU about, And u llh e r duty .know, . ■ r> A; tiny hand was, swdtt put-thrust. Then suddenly w ithdrawn, ^ Anil half in/whisper,-half aloud ’ ' • ' . Shi> walks! as ho passeil on: ' I only g.A-a-dime', mamma, - I I d idn't know before! ■ ■ - ■' Do yon suppose wheii he conies hack, He'll let mo try once more}” ^ • —Louisa M, Hodgkins, in Union Signal A LOFTY ENCOUNTER. An Exciting' a n d N o v e l S cen e o n a N a rrow M oun ta in T rail.' [Original.] /'/•’ ’ . /H E e a n4y o Si through ivhich • the S t i n k i n g ; W a t e r river winds i t s . sinu­ ous and troubled course is walled w i t h ' ihagnifi- dent cliffs, many of which arise, in it Sbeejr, un ­ broken ascent h n n d r o ’d s of f e e t ; from tli edge of tlia riv- ■e r to tlie ir v e .r y brows. O thers arc belted tit. various portions of th e ir height i>y shelving ’’jogs,.” barely.w ide enough in the n arrow e st places for th e 'denizens of m ountains to tread w ith their sure feet. ’ • What tragic en co u n te rs. may have taken place between tho grizzlies, th e cougars, th e black hears, olk and moun­ tain slK'ep'.jyhieh m ight/ have chanced -to meet in tliese narrow arid dizzy trail? wo must leave to th e im agination' of versatile' Nimrods to depict, ■b u t I chanced to-be the helpless w itness of an encounter which was os’ fierce and. ex­ citing as it was strange and novel. it was in December la st ou th e south fork of the-jStinking W ater river, W-yo., in wlnit is g enerally known ■as the Shoshone country, in .•company w ith a party of jolly young civil and 'm ining engineers, who were run n in g a recon- naisancc th rough th a t section. The day was b eau tifu lly c le a r,'a n d along tho -^wind-sheltered and sunny •side of the canyon oloao down by the t'dgc of the riv er, along which our tra il wound, it w a s deligh tfu lly w arm and picasnnt* The cliffs o n th e opposite side were magnificent, both in h e igh t and coloring, and-we were enjoying the sublimity of the scene as only tru e re- cunniters ’lto th e m anor born” can en ­ joy the glories .of th e Rockies, when, through.my glass, w ith -which T wns scanning the 'p rospect ahead of' us, I saw a horse,suddenly' emerge into view ■around the curve of' a cliff, A second •horse and a pedestrian followed, * •The trail which they were on w as a t least-live hundred fe e t above-.the bot­ tom of the* canyon* and a fte r’ ti sligh t jog the 'c liff again rose in an o th e r terrace, which reached, in an unbroken' face, for the rem ainder of its sheer height. ’ ‘ • “ iVlicty!” w h istle d . ou r -guide* who was in advance. “T h a t’s about as ticklish a tra il as there, is along the ,...whole S tin k ia 'W a te r. I’m dare-devil Jfenough, hut I was. alius w illin ’ t ’ leave th*full right o’ way over th a t tra il-t’ grizzlies naj Injuns. An’ I don’t b'leve they're over-partial to it. The feller must be in a fa rin ' old h u rry t ’ g it home." "I should th ink so,” responded ano th ­ er of the party. “W hat if he should meet a grizzly up there? J t would be rather embarrassing* eh?” "yes: especially as th e fellow has “Boys!? ' . . “ .See!” ■ “ hook a t th a t!” ■' ■ Thes\! exclnrun t.’ons,earnp almost sim­ ultaneously from the lips of th e vari­ ous m em bers of th e-p arty , us we saw a liugo elk suddenly appear in th e tra il' where it curved around the fu rth e r cud of th e cliff. Wo je rk ed oiir euyouses to a stand ­ still, and with-raised , d),serration glass- es watched the oute ’> ie o f tho cbllisioh. . “At th is season in- elk tire rig h t on t.’ “ ir nerve. I'll bet y ‘ th a t old buck ’ll mow tight!’’ calm ly observed oiir guide. “ Well, y'ou tak e 'it cool,” impatiently answ ered one of the boys. “ Might je st "s w e ll., No use te r do no th in ’ else. You couldn’t g it th a r t ’ do' any good if 'tw a r ver owp brother. I t’s jes' likeystanding off seein* a couple bf engines th a t y ’ -can't stop -nohow1' corho t ’gethfar/’ replied’ tho philosophic guide. We recognized the force of h is logic apd settled down to watch the", en ­ counter, if there should bo one, w ith tho-most in ten so b u t powerless interest. Roth of the-horses, the m an'and the e lk stood- siiUb Would the elk re tre a t or give b attle? T h a t was the question' of Supreme in te re st to us all a t th a t m o­ ment. : Hut we w ere destined to have our curiosity regarding-the aggressive cour­ age of the elk remain unsatisfied, fo r wo--suddenly found th a t w e .had under- cstiim ltcd one elem ent in the case. The leading puck horse-.’ suddenly arelind its neck like a strik in g addfer, swished its ta il and -m ade a fierce dive. for the elk with its glistening teeth. “ Bee the gamey leetle' b rute?,,,sho,ut- ed the g u id e ,,in adm iration a t the un­ expected display of courage on the p a rt of the burdened horse.. . The, buck elk ducked his 'head to re­ ceive the charge. For an in sta n t there was a confused blending,.from our-distance, of th e fig­ ures- of the elk and horse. Then the canyon echoed w ith a. shrill piercing cry,, like a h um an 'sc re am , and th e horse w en t rolling, pitching and lloun- dcring down the steep face of the bluff. , “Mr. Buck got the inside holt in th a t, w rasslei” : cominented the guide, ’ who' seemed to view the affair more as an W e horse made a d iv e fob tiik elk . strapped his gun onto the back of his forward hprsc," I interrupted, noticing through my glass this fact', which had escaped the naked eyes of the bthcr ob- *servers. ■ : At this they all whipped out their (basses and focused them upon the two pack horses and tho man who were lowly moving along the trail, which : . te 80 narrow th a t they looked like Sores In a pantomime of which the - *ce of the cliff was the background. th e animal huno nv its fore feet , si \ ‘ ' ■' . excellent theatrical entertainment than an actual tragedy. The other spectators held their breuth in anticipation of the scene; but tho guide muttered: . “I reckon he’ll known '.nough 't keep his rolle some wliar in reach, next time,', if the ol’feller.don’t pitch 'im down nf- .ter it!" 1 Tlie nmn had drawn from his belt a hunting knife, which was evidently his only weapon, and was backed against tho wall of rock behind him, awaiting the result of the contest betwcon the second horse and the elk with passive helplessness, . The.elk had evidently become thor- ougnly infuriated by the onslaught of the first liorsc, and, was on the offen­ sive, Meantime the remaining horse had backed into a* small perpendicular niche which permitted it.to leave a n a r­ row margin of the trail free, aiidgave it a more safe and extended footing. At first the elk made an attack upon the “cornered” horse*, hut was unable to dislodge his contestant as hu had the first Whether the forward rush which the buck next made toward the man was intended as an attack, or simply ns an attempt to crowd past -the horse,- wc could not tell; but he made aho ld and desperate charge. “Now, look te r yer stftndin', Air. Man!” exclaimed the guide, I expected’ th a t the nex t moment would reveal the horrible spectacle* of the. man plunging down the precipice as his courageous horse had done a few seconds before. B u t again* wc had m iscalculated on "hoi'se g rit,” as the guide character­ ized it. As the elk had. almost succeeded in crowding past in front of tile horse, which was butted into the crevice of the rock; the head Of. the cayousc was suddenly visible above the haunches. .The - next instant tho 'maddened strokes of the horse with its fo refee t pushed the elk's haunohes over the brink. For a moment the artimal hung by its fore feet, pawing furiously with Its re a r hoofs to regain its lost footing. But its struggle wofl short, End after a brief suspense its powers gave out and it fell backward down the steep slope. Wo fired a gun io. attract the atten­ tion of the man, who remained in his j po rtion until wo arrived within hail­ ing distance, when wo learned where his cabin was located and agreed to g a th e r up the contents of ills pack, at the foot of the cliff, if it contained any­ th ing not ruined in the fall. The horse which had saved his life luul become..sufficiently calmed to be controlled,, and the prospector resumed his dangerous journey along th e n a r­ row trail, I t is safe to say th a t th e re ­ a fte r ho left it to thu mountain animals' and took . the safer and longer, trail along the bottom of the canyon, .The elk hud been lacerated in his fa ll sufficiently to cause a free fiovy of Wood, and we feasted upon flesh which was perhaps-till th e more ,tender for its bruising. ’ F o r r e s t C iu ssev . • MET HER AGAIN. Ae Kri(rliie«;r'H Kx|Hu-lnm-i, with u Timid I.lUl.V l'aSHUIlSCJlV: ’ ' ’ •Sir. F rancis 11. Orundy w.as a civil engineer in England a t a time when traveling by rail was a comparatively new tiling, and- many'-perSons had ex ­ aggerated ideas as to the danger of it.' He. was upon an engiue.which had, ju st run into a stiition, on the Midland road, and w ith tho driver and stoker was leaning over the hand rail watching for .the signal .to s ta rt again, 'which sig- .nal seemed long-in coming* They typre already behind time and somewhat im ­ patien t.' ' / ' ■■■. A middle-aged lady stood “ trembling oh the brink,” evidently a fra id to enter 'the train. .She looked on as her various belongings'were bundled info the bag­ gage van arul.was then conducted to a -first-class carriage, where an obsequious po rter stood with open door. “Will you please get in?” said'the sta ­ tion agent, but she got not in. Then up hustiaththe. guard. ’ ‘ “Now, ma'am, tim e’s more th an up; tak e your seat*, please.” Still she shrank away...-The engine whistled 'impatiently; tlve lady started back. ' ; “Wbli,’-m a'am ,” said the ^guard. “ wo •can't w ait all day.” lie- held up his. hand, and off sta rted the train. Then did the lady beg th a t h e r lug- g a g em ig h tb e restored to her; b u t the pace quickened. My la st glimpse of her was as she . 'was y e t upon the plat* form, gesticulating with a parasol. W hether she and- her baggage..mot again, I never knew , but-1 m ight have known. ' Five o r six years a fterw ard I was go­ ing to London from Yorkshire, and the only other .passenger in the compart­ m ent was a lady. With loud whistles wc approached the Box tunnel.’. The .lady-started nervously, and won­ dered whether there w a s any danger. I assured h e r—ju st as wo dashed into the d arkness—th a t tunnels wero perhaps the safest places on tho line, as ex tra precautions - were" always taken in them . I quoted tv. few .statistics, as to tho comparative risk s by coach and rail, ridiculed tho excessive fears of some foolish people, and then procuodcd to relate, as “ perhaps the most ridicu­ lous instance’’ I hud ever known,'the funny scene ju st described. . . - , We emerged from the Box tunnel; a curious smile, by no means benevolent, sut upon my follow •passenger's face. Wc slackened up ,a t the iioxt station, and she said: “ I was th a t lady, sir.” 1 took another enr, and lost the sto ry of tho missiug luggage.—Youth’s Compan­ ion- * .,_____ _________ _ f , ADVENTURE WITH SHARKS. Luilioa a n d C h ild ren T h a t IVere A tta c k e d W hile .D iallin g . . The lti3t Australian mail brings a th rill­ ing sh a rk story from Melbourne.' A Mrs. Ffreneh and a Mrs. Mactneikan wore bath ing with several ladies and children in the •Melbourne sea baths wlier Mrs. Ffrcneh’s little boy* who was #.ot bathing, noticed a large shark vapidly approaching, th e p a rly , and im-* mediately told Mrs, Durant. Tho boy then called ou t to Mrs. Maumcikan th a t there tvas a shark f(i thow u tu r. She glanced round and w ith horror saw a shark tu rn ing over w ithin a foot o f her. She kieked and splashed and nearly fainted away. The shark made for th e children* going between, the rope and the sin re. Mrs. Mactneikan speedily recovered h e r proi-ertro of mint!, and darted to the re jc tieo f the children. Quickly, secur­ ing Boy. tin s brave lady placed the child in about, one foot of w ater. Then she turned to secure Mrs. F frcnch’s child. She was ju st in tim e to effect the res­ cue, As she grasped the little one, and was m aking for the shore, the shark, w ith a big companion, made a dash. The undaunted woman succeeded in frigh ten ing the monsters away, and safely bore the children from all dan-- ger, Mrs. Macmeilfan' was much ex­ hausted a fte r her terrib le adventure. The battle between life and death was most exciting, and two ladies fainted. The sh ark s wero -fine specimens, the largest one being about twelve f e t in length, and the other about six feet. The p a irh n d effected an entrance into the baths through some broken pickets* Some men wero subsequently called in, and succeeded in k illing the smaller shark. Tho big one managed to get away into tho open sea. The men stuck a boat hook into him six times. The shark darted through tho hole and nearly smashed the hook, the jerk precipitating one of the h&rpooners into the water*—Pall Mall Gazette. —Even So.—“ It soems to me,” said Serpggs to his friend Boggs as he heard Jiim b:irking and snuffing, “ th a t you’ve got a cold.” “And it seems to me,” re­ torted Boggs, “ that the cold has got me.’’—Detroit Free Pross, TEMPERANCE NOTES. WHERE LABOR ERR?. Millions, Hjit-ot for D rin k W hich M ia lit Ilo Spoilt; for Honm s. The Chicago Tribune, in •discussing the .May-day harangues Ib.tbe.throngs of- worltinginetj a t the g re a t m eeting ou, the lake fro n t in’ th a t.c ity , raises » point which th e Blade Inis' frequently ; discussed—that, the drink- habit is the worst in ju ry to the workingman. The, Tribune says: , ’ . • ’ ; “ While many-of the speakers wore Rrbfi’.so in their denunciations of ilio idlegml.'injuries. In-- 'Mount on lufcor'by(‘iiplUil they biui not a word: to say about tho--wrongs iiiUit-tod on labor, by Itself. _ . . . . . ’ . Not ond of them dollriitfly lilntoil to Ms hear­ ers that If they- were to, cut down tho amount spent by them-yearly for IhiuOi; their expenses would -notho . ho .groat, tuid theirubllUy town’ll would bo increased. If any one of these orators bud put. side by side the total amount-of uadi.-- ttone I ,yearly wages ’which the .w'orltiiigmon of Chitugo would like to get, and tliu total am ount j of their yearly drlnlt hill, there would not have been very nmeh difference In slzd between.the two Items', »; " • . If a labor loader were to’talk''prohibition .of course no one would listen to him, but If ho- were to; point out.to bis people wliat, they would gain by substituting -moderate for ffniportoruto di'iaUtug (bey m ight lieud him. If the lnkinfrQhv (Spenkers hud seen lit they m ighthnve told their audiences UrnI many of them tiud impaired tlio value of the labor commodity they liuve for sale by -toomuch drinking, thus ldweriug tlmir wages themselves,'and that, they h'ua,J»uffeivd. more a t : their own hands and those of/ the saloonkeeper than those of the capttailst.7 ' ,lf tho orators had. chosen they m ight havo- sai'dtliat’theWorking classes had spent a g re a t. .rxiuiiy millions for' drink,-.while if they Had used ; half tluit amount, to buy land instead of liquor-* itw ould have been inueli bettor. No one von-' lured to dwell on this subject from fear .that it would not Vie popular. T h e labor, agitator"' knows .mankind,' mid is well aware iltn.i. people do not like to have their own faults pointed out and prefer to be regaled .with accounts of the misdeeds of others. Some lOnglish labor- load­ ers nave spoken out boldly; those oteLliis coun­ try; nppeur.to bo afraid ip do ho .” Tile state meats above, are so m ani­ fe stly -tru e th a t -no- one will Imve the hardihood to controvert- them. . Is it. not ju st and reasonable th a t men, seeking to obtain b etter wages or sh o rte r hours, of labor—which is^the same thing in another form—-should endeavor to ren­ der their labor actually worth'more? A. sober, steady man, not’ unnerved by al­ coholic or any oilier excesses, can-do. more work in a given t ime, and do it better, than a drinking man. Is it not fair th a t,th e labo r unions should con­ sider methods - of increasing, the efti-' cieucy of th e ir meinbers, and rigidly exclude from their ranks those who are habitual drinkers? . The . T ribune’s a r­ ticle says: "HV-hen one of. tlie’.speakers said,, addressing his foreign-born hearers, th at tlioir etiildren should leuru tingllsh, he had in view their ln> i creased .efficiency. If‘they knew the language of iho emunry.- It is ;; pity th a t he did not go a step;farther and ask ouch than present to cornu up on Uts fingers the number of persons he knew who hud made their labor inefficient and alm ost ’destitute of value through excessive, drinking. T hat would lie practice) talk, much superior to these Imckueyed harangues ulioiit the ‘capitalistic press.’;thu ‘eaplndlsiie police,' and the approaching day when lit •World will bo turned upside down.” * ' - ; As ■we have often said, there ’are certain lines of occupation from which drinking men arc-excluded. Many of th e leading railways bold an engineer, - conductor, or .anyone connected with tlie - movement of swituhinen, to instan t him .first stupid [and dull and tV.-rt* ba goes to sleep, “dead drunk.” Wo might call alcohol an numstlietic, for it jiuts a person to sleep, ju st as opium or mor­ phine first produces stupefying effects, and then sleep. .. ’ “Jiut,” yo.tt say, “ is not alcohol a tonic? Docs no t a man feel stronger when; he has taken a drink of it than lie did before?” Yes, h e feels stronger and tlsiuk.s he is stronger, bu t when yon te st ■him by making him lift it will appear th a t ho caimot lift as much as lie could before. He feels^warmer a fte r a d rink of alcohol* but h is’tem -’ peratiire is really lowered, as can bo demonstrated any time- by u s v . of a clinical thermometer. A -few drinks in ay make him th ink lie is rich, when he is very poor ..indeed: Alcohol i s ,in every way a deceiver. Shun It.—Re­ ported by Helen- L.-Manning. cKING AUCOHOL~1 n GERMANY. Tlie Costly Durden Horne by tlio .Suffer- liiB People. - ' In a survey of the imperial statistics; of the consumption of -alcoholic,drinks in Germany, Dr. W illiam -Bode says th a t the production of the raw material ’manufactured into’wine, beer or spirits; occupies about one-fifteenth of tlio; cultivated -land of the em pire.. .On th is : area of farm ing land enough rye m ight ' be grown to supply 8,800 millions of; pounds of bread, which would wake (10 : pounds of bread !more a year to every­ one -of the jjO',000,'000 of people inhabib ing Germany, or 330 pounds to an aver­ age family of five persona, which is the en tire food .needed’by the family for .nearly fifty days, or about one-eighth more of food than they can enjoy a t present. .One-fourteenth of all the. pro- ^luetive forces of Germany is 'engaged in this pernicious industry. . The amount of money spen t on d rink has-been esti- mated-iit --about 8130,000,000 -a .year, or 83*40 to each inhabitant, or 813 to each average fam ily of five. .Prof. Sebmol- ; ler, the economist, .says: "Among our working people the conditions of-do­ mestic life, of education, of prosperity, of- progress or degradation,, all -are de­ pendent on the proportion of income- which -Hows down tins father's throat.-* Tlie whole condition-'of- our lower and; middle elasses-^-O.ne may, ^v.en w ithout' exaggeration, sat’ the fu tu re of the na­ tion—depends on. this question. If it is true th a t liah' -our paupers become so through drink, it- gives us some .esti­ mate of the costly burden we tolerate.' No other of our vices bears comparison with this,”*—Chicago Herald... BITS- ANfD BREVITIES. T hose who advocate the ,use- of light;; wine as a preventive fo r dn'inkenness, and p o in t1to F fauee as an illustration, should read an article in a recent issno of P e tit dournal, Paris, .which declares th a t of a ll the dungers menacing tlio agricultural population of France tlio gravest and most difficult^to tight' is tho alcohol power. , T he Massachusetts anti-saloon league is a - new . temperance organization which proposes, to unite the forces of all the churches whose atm is by a de­ term ined enforcement of existing laws, . . . , ■ and b y th e ballot, to destroy th e sa- , ... train?,, incffiuraff p joon.’ q’],c organ ization lia s en listed bridge tenders, etc. liab le j riuulv o f th e lnbo s t p rom inen t elerym cn d iseberge if h e . indu lges tn atl(1 j :LVmeu throughou t th e state, drinking: and it is a proper and reason- “ ab le {iroeiiution for th e sa fety of life and property. , It would he just and reasonable for any labor union to make expulsion from its rattles the penalty for drunkenness, There’ is ho handi­ craft in which a habitual drinker c;iu do as good work or as much work as a inun who does not drink, Probably tlie oruto’rs who-attempt to advise the workingmen on May day and .similar occasions are cunning enough to know that flattery is always more ac­ ceptable than the cold-truth, and act* itipon the theory that Hie workingmen/ prefer to be humbugged'by being told they are the victims of oppression at the hands of “capital.'’ But there is T he United Kingdom Alliance, ac- cording to its annual custom, published u statement' of tlio um'ount of ..w ines,. spirituous liquors and beer consumed in.Grcnt Britain and Ireland during the year ISill, and it shows tlie bill for in­ toxicants to bo a very stiff one, .The total spent.-in intoxicating drinks d u r­ ing the twelve months was consider­ ably over seven hundred 'millions of dollars, an average of §18 for every man, woman und eliiid in the country, or S100 for every family in the course of the year. The bill for 1891 was nearly §9,000,000 g re a te r than the bill fo r IS90, t bu t this increase was n o t more than j the natural^ increase-of population. no intelligen t and candid person bu t j . “ T h e lluasiati peasan t is undoubtedly will agree th a t when a labor union as- intem perate," said Mr. Kcnnan i n n sttmes tlie au thority to .stiv who mav o r ' tltc interview, “b u t th is evil, too, is who may n o t be employed in any o e c n -id u e t o a -considerable degree to tho pation, and to dictate the hours of labor1! ffOVi*rnment, and, I may--add, to the and the wage rate, th a t it should be t;hl,rch nlso’. A lar^ c proportion of the able also to certify to the emplorer th a t government s revenue comes from the the men who may he em'ploved are i ta * ou «P>nts. As there is always a capable and intelligent, and th a t their *ffroatcr demand fo r money than can be work, in'both quan tity and quality, will--' suPId,ed' the government has no in- be. of the best: und no drinking man °,entlTC lo encourage temperance; on can do first-class work, nor as much as • thc contrary, it does w h it it ennffo c n - if he did not drink. When organized : courage intemperance, for the rnord labor takes hold of this matter, it will ‘ vo,ika consumed the g re a te r the re v - give a most powerful impulse to the ef- *cn,le’ 1hc churcd B itw is e docs hoth- fo rt to pulverize the rum pow cr.-T o lc- : inF t0 promote sobrmty. Tn fact, it o> do Blade. j 818,8 m aterially mert asc the con- sumption of spirits. On feast days thd priests btteoiii'age tlie peasants to drink* and eii .swell ati bceasibii 1 h a f e se en d whole village drunk. Is it any wonder th a t they are intemperate?''’ Tli« tYorst Tiling, Among the institutions of Detroit is club whose .fundamental lajy Is tlio cul­ tivation of “bright fellows” and abso­ lute informalIty in its proceedings. Re­ cently the subject of adulterated Jiqiiors was up. I t was discusscd from the liygienic point of view, from tlie commercial poiial of view and from Sun­ dry other points of view. Many good things were said, and nil •the pai-tick pants seemed to feel th a t they had off- joyed t profitable -MaSOf f op r a c t i c a l seieiltfet—d ineniber of the club td whom the tough questions are Usually referred for final disjibsltibtt---‘liisd been an attentive listener, but had taken no part in the discussion. A t tlie' hist OiU'. bf tho inetiihers asked: “Brotlier '* ? * * * i wliat in your opinion Is the Worst thing in tho llquorl we. commonly drink?” . “Alcohol,” was ’tli# laeouiu -riljily*-*'.' -Detroit DECEPTION IN ' ALCOHOL. Kxtract from a I.i rlurc by Dr, *1* II, Kol- logg* o f Din lia tlln i ’rcnk .Saiillarl'im , In my estimation alcohol ncec ,sreii- py but a very small place in tliera- penlicS—a little place on the top shelf, out of ’the way, where it can hardly ever be discovered -and not often brought, down. I think it could be dis­ pensed with altogether. , I t is not needed as a medieine. and certainly un­ necessary as a beverage, We some­ times use it as a matter of convenience, When dissolved with other medicines, but in those eases w-? need to exercise care that wp do not give it in such doses that we get the effect of the al­ cohol instead of the medicine. As an outward application it is a very good1 astringent to the skin, bu t intcrnaliy it is neither a food nor a stimulant, but r a t h e r , a narcotic. If alcohol were a stimulant you would never flnd a man sound asleep'on the .sidewalk from its effects. Yon might give a inan any amount of red pepper rind it would not put him to sleep, h u t Alcohol makes