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Achampion cyclist was asked: "Do you
ever take spirits of any kind? l mean
whiskey or brandy"
mo; they cut the breath short. You
can't race and take brandy. 1t may help a
little but it leaves you worse. l believe
that if five or six men were together in a
race, say two miles from the tape, and one
was handed a,drink of brandy. it might let
him break away and win easily; but IL he
had ten miles, or a long race before him,
he would 1nd great difficulty in riding. His
breath would be cut short. The man who
drinks brandy or whiskey will soon be
broken-winded-"
80 you don't believe In brandy"
''No; it may help for a short squirt, but
1t is no good for a long run. Only q tenn
perance man can be a good racer ."-Paciie
Ensign.
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HUMOROUS.

Bili-Ts that parrot of yours up to
date? JILL should say SO! He uses
i megaphone.
81 can't see any music in that Sc
lection" 81 can't, either, but ii
there is any he's going to bring it out
or break the piano"
Husband-Why are you so angry at
the doctor? Wife-When l told him
[ had a terrible tired feeling, he told
me to show him my tongue.
Jackson -Easyton is very courteous
60 his wife, isn't he? Mrs. J.-Oh,
yes; he treats her almost as politely
As if she was a total stranger.
Bacon-I can't understand why
your wife calls that Wagneriaa stuff
heavenly music. Egbert-Because
t sounds like thunder, [ suppose.
Son-Papa, what do you call your
office? Editor-The sanctum sancto-
'um. Son-Then l suppose mammals
IS a spankum spanktorum, isn't it?
isn't there something the matter
with the feet of this poem?" askedthe
editor. Sir" replied the naughty
man; 81 am a poet, not a chlropo-
aist."
Love is indeed a paradox,
Lovers? AS to these,
Some think they are a pair OF ducks,
And some a pair OF geese.
Diggs-Did you employ a typewriter
% copy your manuscript? Biggs-I
thought [ did, but on looking over the
work l discovered that | had employed
, t~ype-wronger.
Hamm-There was a time in my
ife when the height of my ambition
vas to own a diamond to wear in the
BOSOM of my shirt. Fatt-And now
you are sa isfied to own a shirt.
Giles Il suppose you got paid for
writing those magazine jokes? Smiles
Sure. You didn't imagine I wrote
hem for fun, did you? Giles-Oh,
40; any one could tell that by reading
hem.
Maud-Ed Featherbush is a pretty
,mooth young man, isn't he? Irene
Il don't know. He has the toughest
beard I ev- Say, do tell me what
you're going to wear to the party this
,vening
"Yes, Mrs. Punk, l can understand
Why you wouldn't live in a small
own" "What do you mean?" "Any-
body can live in a city, but it takes
people who have mental resources to
Enjoy life in a small town."
She-I don't know what to do with
ny son. My husband wants him to
De a merchant. / would like him to
study, but he has made up his mind
20 be an actor and nothing will change
aim. He-How old is he? She
He will be six on his next birthday.
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sHlPeUILDINo IN AMERICA.
Large Increase Noted by the Bureau of
Navigation.

WASHINGTON, D. @. (SpeciaD.-The mer-
chant vessels, including barges, built In
the United States and Officially numbered
by the Bureau OF Navigation during the.
first t~hree-quarters OF the fiscal year ended
March 81, number $50, of 1863 1914 gross tons.
compared with 541, of 5S,157 gross tons,
for the corresponding period of 1888, and
responding period of 1897.
Half OF the construction for the March
quarter was in steel. The total construc-'
ton for the fiscal year will exceed 25o, 900
tons and will be the largest annual output
since 1891. BY far the greater part OF this
construction Is for the coasting trade.
Five steel steamships for trade with the
West Indies have, however, been built IN
der the Postal Subsidy act of 1881. The
construction of other sea-going steam
ships for the Hawaii and Porto Riean
trade has been begun in view of anticipated
legislation.
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CUBAN ASSEMBLY GIVES UP.
Orders the Army to BE Disbanded and II
VIII Accept Our $4,000, 900.

HAVANA, Cuba (By Cable).-The Cuban
Assembly met on Tuesday and finally de-
sided to dissolve and to disband the Cuban
Army. thus removing one OF the greatest
obstacles to the restoration OF peace and
prosperity to the island. Shortly after
meeting the Assembly adopted a resolu.
ton containing eleven articles, the sub.
stance Of the first five OF which follows: -.
After setting forth that the Assembly has
decided that the army shall be definitely
dlsbanded, the resolution orders the various
Cuban chiefs to give to each soldier a certih-
cate setting forth his services. Thefinanclal
delegate OF the Assembly in each province Is
also instructed to give certificates TO the sol.
diers. The troops arethen ordered to surren.
der their arms to the chiefs, who will turn
them over to the municipal authorities. who
will deliver them to the Government OF
Cuba when 1t Is established. The chief
are instructed to issue orders to theii
troops for the laying down of their arms,
One month will be given to all members oil
the army to present their claims for titles
and honors. On June 80 the Executive
Committee of the Assembly will end the
work. The last article says: 1.-THE Assem-.
bly, Is hereby dissolved"
1t was agreed by the Assembly to turn
over to General Brooke a copy OF the Cuban
Army payrolls so that lie can distribute the
%, 900, 900 donated by the American Gov.
eminent for the Cuban troops.
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DETROIT. Mich. (special).-The elections
In Michigan did not show any marked
change In the general political complexion
of the State. which Is normally Republican,
but it shows heavy Democratic gains in
some OF the larger cities, notably in De-
troit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Jackson and
Kalamazoo.
On a generally light vote the Republicans
hold their own In the smaller cities and
throughout the rural districts. Circuit
Judges were elected In thIriy-six judicial
districts. OF these about two-tbirds OF the
new Judges, who are elected for six-yeai
terms, are Republicans.
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A bill to introduce the merit system In
the cities OF Colorado has been rejected by
the senate.
A bill TO authorize the practice OF osteo-
pathy In Massachusetts, has been referred
to the next Legislature.
A bill passed in Wisconsin provides that
only those schools in session seven months
In the year shall receive State aid.
The Tennessee Senate has rejected o
measure providing that the State printing
be done by members OF the typographical
Union,
Arkansa, is to have a new capitol, the
Legislature having voted to build one at
an expense not to exceed $1,000, 900.
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FILIPINO ARMY SCATTERED.
General Otis Says Insurgents Are Return.
ing Home and Desire Protection.

WASHINGTON, D. O.. (special),-The fol
lowing cablegram from General Otis,
dated Manila. April 8, was received at the
War Department;
present indications denote insurgent
government in perilous condition, its
army defeated, discouraged and scattered,
insurgents returning TO their homes In
cities and villages between here and points
north OF Malolos, which our reconpoitrlng
parties lave reached, aud desire protec-
ton OF Americans. News from Vlsayan
Islands more encouraging every day"
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The London County Council has at last
given consent to the Sunday league to give
Sunday concerts. .
Since January 20 nine English steamers
valued at %, $50, 900 and having 800 persons
aboard were lost at sea.
A young man who has been preaching on
street-corners in Denver, Col, is now In
jail for confessed burglary.
The assessed valuation OF Boston is ST.
036, 800, 57S, and the value OF the property
exempt from taxation is s172, 1926 ,67s.
First Assistant Postmaster Genera, Perry
s. Heath has gone to Porto Rico to make II
thorough examination OF the postal system
OF the island,
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Last year 27o, 600, 900 feet OF Southern pine
and cypress was shipped into Mexico,
.Japan has appropriated nine and a half
million dollars tor the establishment OF a
government iron foundry.
The first shipment OF cherries for this
season has been made from Vacsyiile, CAL,
fifteen days earlier than last year
st. Louis reports little apparent damage
to winter wheat, and that large orders for
cars and railway equipment generally are
being placed.
There Is some shrinkRge 70 the dry
goods demand at New York City, but theto
Is reported a rather better out'2oS IN
wooden goods.
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AMERIcANsWHEAT FOR RUSSIA.
An Experimental Shipment Sent to siberia
For the Government.

VANCOUVER, B. @. Special An expert
mental shipment of wheat for Siberia has
been made from this port on the steamship
Empress Of India. Some time ago the
Russian Government sent an order for a
sample consignment, and requested that 1t
be dispatched as quickly as possible. In
compliance with the order ten tons OF
Lower Fraser wheat Of the finest quality
from here to Nagssaki, Japan, and from
there to Vladivostok, but its ultimate
destination is not known.
The shippers think that the shipment is
being made as an experiment by the nus
sian Government to ascertain what can De
done in case OF a grain shortage ct home
or In some emergency.
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CITY ELECTIONS IN OHIO.
Samuel NJ. Jones; the Independent, Choset
the Executive Chief of Toledo.

the 6AecutiFc Shiet u AoAcuos
CINo1NNAT1, Ohio (Special).--Electioni
have been held in Ohio for municipal and
township officers. While the local Issues
usually control these spring elections, there
were other influences in some of the places,
In Toledo Mayor Samuel NJ. Jones wal
reelected, this time as an Independent.
The verdict Of the polls shows he has thu
popular affections.
In Cleveland Mayor Robert E. McKisson
ran for reelection. He is a bitter oppon-
ent OF the Hanna wing of Ohio Republi.
cans, and was marked for slaughter rom
the day OF his nomination. About 5000 ID
the size of the majority under which he
was buried by Democrats with the assis-
lance Of Republicans. His successful OPP.
ponent is John Ii. Farley, Democrat, who
ran s9ainst hin two years ago and lost by
$500. His overwhelming defeat Is regarded
as q great victory Of the H1nna Republi-
cans over the Kurtz-Bushnell wing Of the
party.
In Columbus the dubernatorial race was
an element in the election. The largest
vote ever polled ID Il municipal election
was cast and the Republicans elected the
entire ticket headed by Samuel J. Swart2
for Mayor by pluralities averaging 1900.
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KILLED FOR HIS SECOND MURDER.
A sheriff shoots Clyde Mattox, Whose
Mother Once Saved His Life.

NEwKInK, Okla. (SpeciaD.-olyde Mat.
OK was shot and killed by the Sheriff at
The farm Of Frank Lowery, neal here.
Mattox had killed Lincoln Swinney, a
ranchman, In u saloon fight at
Ponca City, and escaped. In 1891
he killed a negro at Oklahoma City, for
which he was sentenced to death. His
mother, Mrs, s. W. Hatch, spent a fortune
20 save him, and succeeded in having
President Cleveland commute his sentence
10 life imprisonment. Last year she was In
,trumental 10 securing his pardon from
President Mckinley by appealing to him in
person
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Bradstreet's says; The total number OF
failures for the first quarter OF 1899 was
2779, twenty-one per cent, smaller than
last year, while the liabilities aggregate
s3l, 22l, 65s, thirteen per cent. less than in
1898. Increases in failures over year ngo
are noted in New England, due mainly to
a larger number Of embarrassments IN
massachusetts but the only increase In
liabilities in any group of States is that
noted In the Far West.
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The Clayton Bulwer Treaty.

1t is said in official circles In Washington
that Great Britain will modify or annulthe
Clayton-Bulwer treaty MS far as 1t effects
the Nicaragua canal. This treaty Is one of
the greatest obstacles to the building OF
the canal.
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The vote from the wards shows that tn,
Republicans have elected fourteen Alder
men and the Democrats nine. The contest
In several of the wards Is very close, ant
the official count probably will be neces
sary to determine the result. The OFT!
Council has been composed Of forty-fiyl
Democrats and twenty.three Republicans
and the Democrats will without doubt re.
tain q working majority.
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GIVES HIS BODY TO SCIENCE.
Desire of a Soldier who Expects to Die
Soon of Locomotor Ataxia.

WASHINGTON, D. @. (special).-Surgeon.
General Sternberg OF the Army has received
this letter from a soldier in the regular
army, who Is now in the hospital of one oil
the Western Army posts:
1.-THE disease locomotor %ataxia, from
which I am st ffering, is making rapid pro-
gress toward my heart. | am convinced
that within u short time 1 shall bo dead.
In view OF this and the fact that but few
similar cases now exist, and but little OF 1t
Is known to medical science. / wish to re-
specially request that my body be dis
posed OF to medical science, with the hope
that the knowledge gained thereby may be
q benefit to the world at large"
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Coal For Admiral Dewey.

The British steamer Lapgbank has cleared
from Norfolk, Va, for Manila with $500
tons OF Pocahontas coal for Admiral
Dewey's ships. 1t is desired by the Gov
eminent that the conl shall reach its des-
t~ination as soon as possible, so the Lang
bank will go by way OF the Suez Canal.
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IN

To drowsy lessons hardly learned
And easily forgot,
A s~choolboy all unwilling turned
And walled his bitter lot.
A fly Upon the window pane
Buzzed for his freedom lost,
And begged to have 1t back again,
Fen mid the killing frost.
Each dancing sunbeam Knocked anew
The schoolboy's weary plight
The sky shone TRANQUILITY and blue,
All seemed serene and right
For everybody, save the few
Who feel the iron rule
Which gives poor youngsters tasks to d.
And keeps them shut in school.
And now, a man, he sees once more
In day dreams as they pass
The schoolroom where he watched Of yore
The fly upon the glass.
And now he knows no thought OF play,
But turns with gathering doubt
70 sterner lessons. day by day,
And school is never out.
Washington Star.
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HYMNS SUNG TO ALDERMEN.


Chattanooga Women Fight and win
Against Saloon Keepers.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Specia).-A few
weeks ago the City Council passed an orli-
nance compelling all saloons to be closed
from 10 p. m. to 5 n. m. Saloon keepers at
tempted to lave the ordinance amended by
making midnight the closing hour.
A mass meeting OF prominent women OF
the city was held at the Auditorium and
resolutions OF protest against the amend
ment were adopted. Two hundred women
then marched to the chamber where the
Council was to meet. While the Aldermen
were assembling the women sang "Rock
of Ages" stand Up For Jesus" and other
hymns. Strong petitions against the
change OF the ordinance we're presented.
The Council did not alter the ordinance.
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Pierced Her Husbands Heart,

Joseph Brown and his wife became in
volved in a quarrel a few days ago at their
home in Chicago. Mrs. Brown, who was
preparing breakfast, seized u carving knife
from the kitchen table and plunged 1t into
her husbands heart. He died Instantly,
Mrs, Brown was arrested.
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At auction sales things are verymuch
mixed. In a recent catalogue there
was a.'Court waistcoat, worn by King
Charles III, embroidered and worked in
silk" and ga Jockeys cap and sleeve
worn by the late Fred Archer when he
rode for Lord R~osebsrv."
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FULL WOMAN TICKET ELECTED.

The Outcome of a Contest In the City OF
Beattie, Kan.
BEArrIE, Kan. (SpeciaD. - In the city
election two tickets we're in the field,
one composed Of women and the other of
men.
Mrs. Charles Totten was elected for
Mayor, and Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. Schlight,
Mrs, Smith, Mrs. Klrlin. and Mrs. Watkins
for Council, while Miss O'Neill for Clerk
won easily.
The women drove their own carriages all
through q binding snowstorm carrying
voters to the polls.
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A FAMILY's STRANGE DAY.
There Was a Funeral, Marriage and
Birth In a Cincinnati Household.

Birth In q Cincinnati Household.
CrNoINSATI, Ohio (Speeial).--In one fam
lily living at Third and Parsons streets
there were Il few days ago a funeral, mar
riage and birth. The body OF Thomas
Sanders, OF the Sixth Immune Regiment,
arrived home from Porto Rico the day be-
fore. William Kieter, a bricklayer, uncle
to the death youth, was being married in
church to Miss Lydia Hall at almost the
same hour. En- route home the funeral
mourners learned that Mrs. Stella Burs-
man, sister of the dead soldier, had given
birth to a son.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (special).-Municipal
elections have been held In nearly all the
towns and cities In Wisconsin outside Of
Milwaukee. The Republicans lead In the
the Mayor and Council are OF a different
complexion.
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HoUsToN, Texas (SpeciaD.-Municipal
elections have been held throughout the
State. Only local questions were involved.
Democrats were generally successful.
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The Balkans In a State of War.

The situation In the Balkans is serious.
Turkey has 100 900 men under arms pre-
pared tc put down a threat ened revolution
OF Mace donia and Bulgaria Influenced by
Russia.
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English Authors and Abstinence.

Waller, one of the ~livellest and wittiest
poets of the Restoration period, was an In
flexible abstainer from all intoxicating
liquors.
Lord Byron confessed: "The effect OF
wine upon me is to make me gloomy
gloomy at the very moment 1t Is taken; but
1t never makes me gay" Y
De Quincy wrote In eulogistic terms 81
the modern temperance movement: 1T has
attained, both at HON and abroad, q ma
tional range of grandeur"
Doctor Samuel johnson abstained for
considerable periods from intoxicating
drinks, with great advantage TO his mind
and feelings. and always absolutely con-
tended for the wisdom of this course.
Lord Lytton wrote lin 1s46): 81 agree ip
the main in the principles of the temper
ance society, and heartily wish it success,
as having already done much good, n
being calculated to do much more"
Shakespeare, in several OF his dramas,
depicts the misery of indulgence in strong
celebrated words: "Oh, thou invisible spirit
of winel II thou hast no name to be known
by, let us call thee-DeyiiP'
Sir Isaac Newton, John Locke and Robert
Boyle were examples of remarkable abstem-
iousness, amounting almost to total abstln-
ence from all Intoxicating drinks. When
composing his treatise upon Optics, Sir
Isaac used only water as a beverage; ana
Locke, in his writings, strongly recon-
mended abstinence, especially in the physi-
cal training of the young.
William Goblet wrote: SIN the midst OF
a society where wine aud spirits are con-
sidered of more value than water, l have
lived two years with no other drink than
water, except when l have found it con-
venient to obtain milk. Not an hours ILL
ness, not a headache for an hour, not the
smallest ailment, not a restless night, not a
drowsy morning have | known during these
two famous years Of my life"
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Defeated Her Husband at the Polls.

GALEsDuRe, III. (speciaD.-Mrs. James
Mansfield, Democratic nominee, defeated
her husband, the Republican nominee, in
the School Trustee contest in Rio township,
receiving the largest vote given to any cam
didate,
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ELECTIONS IN MANY STATES.
ZONES, INDEPENDENT WINS IN TOLEDO
Democrats Gain in Michigan, While Republican,
Hold Their Own In Ohio,

Fold Their Own in Ohio,
CHICAGO (speciaD.-Carter H. Harrison
was reelected Mayor OF. Chicago by a total
vote Of 146, 914 against i07 ,8O4 for zina R.
Carter, the Republican candidate, and
As, 4O1 for John P. AltgeTd, the Independent;
Democratic candidate Harrison's plurality
being 1860.
In the last MaYoralty election Harrison
was elected by h vote Of 14S, 900 against
50, 942 for Sears, the regular ~Republicat
nominee, and 1887 for Harlan; the 1nde.
pendent Republican.
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THE MARKETS.
Tate whdiessis Prices of Country Produce
Quoted III New York.

The average price paid for the surplus on
the platforms has been axe 4 at. net to
shipper. Receipts OF milk and cream at the
different railroad distributing points in and
fear the city for the week ave been as
follows
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A Mohanmedan Rebellion IN emma
A Mohammedan rebellion has broken out
in Kan-Su, China.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
The Temperance Observation-Disclosures in
France-Fear That the whole Working
Class VII Become Habitua1 Drunk
ards-A Vigorous Teetotal Campaign
The Philippine Isles are taken
By Dewey, wise n brave,
And we are in the army
Our land from drink to save.
While SIMPSONS on the lookout
With ready fleet and strong,
We. too are In the army
To battle 'gainst the wrong.


To battle 'gainst the wrong.
edz-s
The Perm of France.
Some time ago a Frenchman compiled
new statistics concerning the consumption
of alcohol In the different cotintrIes Of Eu-
rope. The statistician found hlTsef~tsm:
PEELED to assign the somewhat doubtful
honor of first plac6 on the list to his ~
countrymen, and, what is 5til worse, the
'Grande Nation was not closely followed
by the drinkers of whisky or schnaps, but,
to use q racing term, simply won in q can
ter. When these statistics became gener.
ally known the first impression In France
was one of uubounded establishment.
Frenchmen had always been a~ccustomedto
look on drunkenness as a horrible vice es-
sentlally peculiar to their Deighbors across
the Channel and across the Rhine. The
feeling of establishment soon gave way to
one of mingled panic and anger-panic on
account Of the future OF the nation, and
anger against the "mauvais patriotic" who
had dare to tell his fellow-countrymen an
unpleasant truth. However, now the
truth has been recognized everything Is to
be done that can be done in order that the
situation may be ameliorated.
We lave already touched on one Curious
feature OF the French ~teetotal campaigni
the barracks have been placarded with
pictures showing the results of drink, and
d number of medical men have started a
special crusade against the evil. 1t APP
pears that drunkenness in France has not
been communicated to the people from
above, that is to say. whereas in the labor
Ing classes the examples are unfortunately
frequent, the cases of alcoholism In the
upper and middle classes have up to the
present been relatively rare. The statis-
Tics before us show that the favorite bever-
age OF the French w~orkingman is the horri-
BILE connection known as absinthe, and Its
effects upon him are really disastrous. The
harm done In England by the over-con-
sumption OF whisky and by schnaps In
Germany is small compared to that done
by absinthe In France. Dr.. Laborde, OF
the Academy of Medicine, has affirmed In
a brochure upon the subject his conviction
that, unless something is quickly done to
remedy the present state OF affairs, within
q relatively small number Of years the
whole of the working classes will have be-
come habitual drunkards. Special legisla-
ton on the subject has already been pro-
posed, but as the ''marchands de wins" are
exceptionally influential electors, 1t is to
be feared that the deputies will be slow to
support any measures likely to decrease
the consumption Of alcohol in France.