The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-01

An American doctor who has taken up
| his residence in Mexlcols now In Houston
| Tex, visiting his former friends. He has
! become somewhat Mexicanized IN his
dress and otherwise.
How do you like it in Mexico?" asked
one of his friends.
Its fine country for doctor"
Il shouldn't think you would like to
cast your lot in such an out-of ofthe-way
| place."
Il know there are objections to an
American living in Mexico. but, as / said
for doctor it is the best country in the
world"
| How so?"
You see, if you manage things right
you are never blamed, no matter whether
the patient gets we'll or not"
How do you arrange it?"
Very simply. If a patient is sick, no
matter whether he is seriously i'll or not,
[ always tell his friends to send for n
priest and have him prepared for death.
But how does that help you?"
In this way: If the patient dies
everybody says, What good doctor that
| American Is. He knew from the very
start that the patient was going to die,
| and how considerate the doctor was to
send for priest and have the poor mans
spiritual interests looked after"
But suppose the patient gets well.
How then?"
''If the patient RECEIVERS his friends say:
What capable physician that American
doctor is. The poor patient was in the
last extremity, the priest had even been
called to prepare him for death, and yet
the American doctor saved him. SO you
see in either event I'm solid with the
people, and consequently have a splen-
did practice"
At the recent meeting of the Study Of
Inebriety societ DR.. L. L. Wright of Ohio
read paper on the SPECIAL influences of
alcohol" moral and otherwise. Among
other things he mentioned some curious
facts connected with the habits of what
may be called "alcohol thieves" 1t is
recognized by alcohol specialists that
certain persons almost invariably try to
steal when drunk who show DO tendency
to theft at any other time. Not only so.
but toe alcohol thief very generally ''gnes
for" some peculiar object when the thiev-
ing mania is upon him. The Hospital
mentions one man who, when drun6,
showed a uniform partiality for Bibles.
He stole Bibles invariably when he could
get them. Another hau precisely simi-
'ar passion for spades. A young man.
who presumably had been previously IN
known at the police court, stole a horse
when drunk, and that in the presence of
its owner. As he rode off with the ami.
NAL he told his name and address to per-
sons whom he met on the road. He
finally sold the horse. When the case
came on for trial the culprit was acqut-
ted on the ground of drunkenness and
consequent irresponsibility. Thus en-
couraged he got drunk again and stole a
second horse. A years imprisonment
was now tried instead of acquittal. Com
ing out of prison he got drunk once more,
and with insane consistency took posses
sion of third horse which did not belong
to him. On this occasion the court
resolved to try the effect Of pardon. But
pardon was once more as useless as
punishment, for a fourth horse was stolen
in drunken fit in very short time.
What was the eud of this young mans
career? That is not yet known, for he is
said at this moment to be spending a
term of Imprisonment in the hope that
reflection may turn him into a teetotaler
"a consummation devoutly to be wish
ei."