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and. therefore, there must tie better d.
gesti1n, but the great and important
fact Is overlooked that II Is the active
principle In gastric juice, called pepsin,
that is the digestive agent, and that
the pcpsin Ia thrown out Of solution by
alcohol, and Is, therefore, lcss capable
Ct doing It's work. Whilst, therefore,
less digestive juice may be made q dow
more quickly, II is doing really less
work in digcsting food than u u ;ioscd
at q slowerratc. Experiment has sho'n
that alcohol har,lens food and rem.
ders II less crpaple 81 digestion.
that u retards the absorption of d.
gested food into the blood, and that II
deadens sensation, and reduces the
nervous power Of the stomach TO dis
tinctly lower tone.
The notable experiments OF DIR. Mon
roc and Drs. Percy and Bcddows, all
show that digestion Is materially hin.
derd by alcohol The experience Of
Alexis 81. Martin. and the observations
by Dr. Beaumont. who had him under
his care. fully confirm these expert
ments. 81. Martin had n eunshot wound
in the abdomen, and though this healed
II did not entirely close. By means of
this aperture DIR. Beaumont was able TO
make many wonderful observations Of
the action OF the digestive juices on
food whilst in the stomach.
Then we have the popular belief that
alcohol can help muscular development,
but this again Is an error.
The particular part of food that is abb
soluetly necessary 20 the building up
OF muscle tissue Ii known ns nitrogen
Gus food. but alcohol Is absolutely de-
hcient in this. for no particle of nitro
geDous matter il contained IN II. We
are certain, therefore. that alcoho. AN.
'ot he a muscle former.
The Investigations and experiments
Of Sir II. W. Richardson point 20 the
fact that alcohol not only does not
build up muscle, but IL really pulls mus
Gle down. By taking two muscles
from corresponding parts OF freshly
killed frog. placing one in water. the
other In water and alcohol, he found
that the action of the alcohol was al
ways such as 20 render the muscle much
less able 20 lift weight when stimu-
lated by current OF electricity than
the one which had been placed In ~aier.
We may he quite sure that TO tho
healthy body alcohol is entirely IN
necessary. and often very injurious.
W. y. Edwards, =. G. s.. in National
Advocate.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
A PHILANTHRoPIST.
Up somethinE 20 Cool the
People on.

eyes. air." exclaimed the man with Q
linen duster and high-crowned straw hat,
I'm going 10 do H.
What are you going to dol" asked the
policeman to whom the stranger had adj.
dressed himself.
you know" he went on. without heed.
ing the question, that the summer months
are invariably marked by increased out.
breaks Of all kinds, Mems angry passions
seem 90 rise with the thermometer
What were you threatening Just now!~
asked the policeman. sternly.
Threatening
Eyes. You said you were going 10 DO
something. What are you going to do"
I'm going 10 get rich Tn going % get
some steady employment and save up my
money and invest u judiciously and get
rich. There's no end Of good you can d.
with riches. Rich men are doing q great
deal Of good now. They establish schools
and colleges and libraries and let the people
set acquainted with the soothing thoughts
Of philosophy aud the suhlimtics Of science.
But in the months Of July and August you.
a. a practical criminologst, have doubtless
observed philosophy and science don't work.
by the time have got rich there will be
al the colleges and libraries that there wiz
be need Of. aud will cap the summit OF
our civilization with q bequest for a nam
moth marble refrigerator in each town, 80
that when anybody feels his Indignation
rising he can go there and wander up and
down the stately corridors and cool od. -
Warrington Star.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
ARROWS

The saloon is a legalized drunkard
factory.
The saloon is an incubus upon all in
dustry.
In the keen competition OF life men
cannot afford 10 indulge in liquor.
Keeping at II means ultimate success.
only II you keep at II in the right way.
II the saloon is wrong. as all admit.
can any amount OF money make 10
right2
We want an army brave and true.
For pressing forward In the strife.
For saving men from death 20 life,
To take the field against the foe.
A drunken debauch and an over
turned lamp caused a conHagration in
Dawson. the Klondike capital, destroy
ing millions OF dollars worth of prop
erty. This Is the second time within a
few weeks that drunken frolic has
laid In ashes this city.
II figured out years ago." said a
prosperous farmer, that with very
moderate drinking, Id drink an acre of
good land every year. So lquit." Here
is temperance lecture done up in q
small parcel convenient for handling.
National Advocate.
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SOME COMMON ERRORS
Views Held An Regard to Alcohol
shown by study 90 ne without
q shadow of Truth.

The various forms of strong drink in
common use have a splendid character
with many people. The working man
thinks a great deal about his beer, and
believes that he gets strength and vigor
from its use to enable him TO do his
hard work; that he Is warmed by II,
that II is almost as good as food, and
that il brings him cheer and comfort.
The business men, and those in the bet
ter stations of life. think that wine Is a
good thing, they look upon its use rs
sign of hospitality. they imagine that
1t gives them energy and vigor, and that
life would be very dull IL they did not
have this particular thing TO drive away
| their cares and worries, and help them
TO lead pleasant time.
A close study of the question reveals
the fact that, as a beverage, strong
drink is a mistake from every point Of
view.
A very common error Is the belief
that alcohol Ia a nerve restorer, a tonic,
or ''pick-me-up," that can revive and
pull together the lost and scattered en-
ergies OF the nervous system. The
truth is that alcohol Is a narcotizer and
n nerve paralyzer. Its work is that OF
deadening sensation, and of lesseniHg
sensibility. Hence the popular belief
arises that because the body is less
anpabl OF feeling and less able TO per
ceive, that a certain amount OF restora-
ton is going on.
Pain may be deadened, and grief and
care may be drowned, but that does
not mean that we are being made more
able to stand against these things.
Very delicate experiments have been
made 10 show that even small quanti-
ties of alcohol lessen in some degree
our perceptive powers. The amount OF
alcohol contained in a quarter Of pint
of beer is very small, but IL can be shown
that the faculties Of seeing, feeling and
precision are distinctly lessened by this
amount.
A man taking a lot Of strong drink
becomes dead drunk" that is, he Is in
capable of seeing, feeling, hearing.
smelling or tasting. The whole OF his
nerves are asleep, narcotized by alco-
nv IN w oAA hhoN - kV7
ing ON around him. The question arises,
" hen did this paralyzing Of the brain
and nerves begin. II begau with the
first glass. This necessarily follows. IL
might have been impossible to tell by
any test that the first glass had done
any harm, but a number OF glasses do
the harm, and the first one must have
contributed its quota.
Another common error is the belief
that alcohol is an aid 10 digestion. Here
ogain the drinker 10 trusting to feeling
rather than TO fact.
Alcohol, like anything else passing
into the stomach, causes flow OF GAS
trio juice. and the inference has been
made that n alcohol makes gastric
juice flow. because OF its irritant action
on the lining Of the stomach, there must
be more Of the digestive fluid present.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
A WRECKED LIFE.
Woman whose Career HAD Keen
niiEhted by strong Drink.

Suggestive and sad beyond expires
sion were the dying hours OF a wretch
ed woman In New York city the other
day. She had been beautiful in her
time. but had chosen. with sister, To
lead what the newspapers call IA gay
life" In this country and Europe, and
like all Others who follow this pa IN had
come AZ last 10 broken. miserable and
friendless condition. an abiect slave to
drink a. well as other evil passions
Two years ago the sister died n drunk
ard. and left the survivor the sum OF
$4,000. This only FASTENED the end
As her last hours approached, a neigh
Dor who had learned OF her feeble con-
ditior sent for doctor. When he came
the woman said TO him: They
shouldn't have sent for you, doctor.
There's no use Of mourning this ex-
pense. ! know ] am going 20 die. and
I want 10 die. MY sister died drunk
ard. and I am going in She same way.
For the past two years, doctor, have
done nothing but drink. have let out
this house here and others that ] own,
and just lived In one fat aud another,
spending my days and nights in drink
ing. It's nearly over now, and all
want IL 10 be left alone" After this
her only plea was for more drink. "Oh.
give me-" she said, "a pint OF beer be-
fore ] go!" Such a picture of the awful
degradation wrought by drink and
vicious living calls for no comment.
No words OF ours can add 10 the dark.
ness and horror of such an ending
Christian Work.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
A MODERN INSTANCE.

Who said Jim's dead7
guess there's some mistake.
II don't seem more'n six months ago.
An faint above year, know.
That bid him good-by, an said 10 him;
Lets take a drink fer friendship. Jim,
Just one fer the old times sake"
Jim shook his head. N said
lie he'd never teched a drop.
That he'd promised his mother he wouldn't
drink,
A he lowed she'd cry. N wha, 'ud she
n she knewed he had broke his word. had
Jim,
An she a lovin' m trustin' him,
An Jim her support an prop.
But iaffed N chaffed.
N called him some names. ye see.
N lowed that such 'fraidies want worth
no price,
That he wouldn't be likely to cut much ice.
n he hadn't more man inside OF his clothes
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
The Mysterious Thief
By Hope Daring.

A SUMNER day in southern Michi-
~ gan IS years ago. Where now are
Well-tilled fields and commodious farm
buildings then could be seen vast tracts
of forest land, fields dotted with
stumps, rude log houses and barns.
John Morse had started for school.
lie was making his way from the front
door of his home TO the gate, not in the
usual way, but walking on his hands.
That's pretty good. Going to keep
II up all the way TO school?"
John righted himself to find Bert
Miller, his particular friend, standing
near.
would, only 1 can't carry my din
ner pail. Wait till / get it," and John
ran back a few steps and caught up a
shining tin pail.
The boys had gone but few steps
when Bert asked, little anxiously:
"You took good care of Elsie's knife,
didn't you, John? forgot it,"
John nodded. II didn't lend IL to a
soul, and put II carefully away in my
desk before school was out"
The forenoon before Mr.. Miller had
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06

Two well-known temperance men OF
kirkaldy, Scotland. were upset the
other night when returning from a
temperance meeting. In its account
OF the mishap the local paper re-
marked; Fortunately, both gentle
men were sober at the time" This re-
mark made them indignant, and they
wrote a letter TO the editor, saying 30.
Whereupon the editor kept mp his end
by printing this apology in the next is-
sue II the paper; '"Messrs. --- and
49, demand an apology for our having
stated that at the time OF their acci-
dent they were both sober. We hays
pleasure in Withdrawing opr observe
ton"
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HE SOON GOT WELL
Landing with the Bootjsek on the
Leader. Nose Had . Hese-
nelai Eject.

II was sad scene. The old man lay on
bis bed. and by him sat the faithful wife.
holding bis worn hand IN hers and forcing
back the tears to greet his wandering look
with a smile. She spoke words at comfort
and Of hope. But be felt the cold hand
falling on him, and he turned his weary
eyes ~ 20 her pale, wan face.
Jennie, dear wife. ] am going"
"Oh, no. John-not yet-not yet"
''les. dear wife. and he closed his eyes:
"the end u near. The world grows dark
about me There i mist around me gain.
ering thicker and thicker. and there, -
through a cloud. ! hear the music o. angels
sweet and ssd
mo. no, John. dear; that isn't angels:
that's the brass band at the corner"
What" said the dying man Have
those scoundrcls dared 10 come here when
they know I'm dying. Give me my boot
jack. III let 'em see"
And in a towering rage the old man
Jumped from bis bed. aud before his wife
could think be had opened the window and
SHE'D the bootjack al the band.
I've bit that fat leader in the nosei"
And he went back 10 bed and got well.-Tt.
Bits.
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NJ Jim gave In. did Jim,
N drunk quick. m held his breath.
said: Here's luck 20 ye, old fell"
N Jim said; Better say luck to -"
Well.
never had heard Jim swear afore.
Then he went like shot outside the door.
With a face white n scared as death.
who said Jim's dead7
I guess there's some mistake.
Drunk Killed a woman erossin' the
track7
His mother4 Run his engine smack
Into an open switch. n then
Was killed himself m the fireman.
Mighty quick work things make.
Sorry fer Jim. fer him
~ me was sorter chums one time.
low that Jim got swamped on drink
NJ yet he want the Teller you'd think
That I'D go TO extremes--but one can't tell
lust a year ago. l remember well.
Jim thought drink was bad as a crime.
-. II. McManus. In Rams Horn.
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called at the schoolhouse and sent his
son on an errand. Bert had had with
him a penknife belonging TO an elder
sister. IL was a beautiful knife, the
pearl handle being banded with silver,
and the two tiny blades bright and
keen. Bert had loaned the knife 20
John, and gone of without thinking
of il.
They soon reached the schoolhouse.
I. II was small and low, the board walls
darkened by time and smoke. The win
dows were uncurtained and the seats
and desks made from rough lumber.
There was a merry half hour of sport
before the tinkiing Of the teachers lit
tie hand bell called the pupils in. Then
John thought of the knife, and slipped
his hand in the desk. He did not find
IL. He bent his head and looked, but
saw nothing of the missing article. One
by one he took the books from his desk.
The knife was gone.
John raised his hand. The teacher, a
sweet-faeed girl of 10, asked:
"What is IL, Johnr'
II left Bert Miller's knife in my desk
last night, aud IL is gone. win you
please ask who has it?"
; Certainly" Miss LAIR said. and,
turning TO tia school, she put the ques-
uSe-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
THOROUGHBRED.


The thoroughbred colt to the block was
led,
Proudly he lifted his royal head.
The auctioneer raised his hammer high,
And said to the loafers standing by:
All must be sold. and this Is the last,
He's a trife thin, but they say he's fast,
And ] guess he'll work; come, what viii he
bring7
Give us a bid to start the thingw
Going-golng; the bidding is low,
Going-going; no higher they'll go.
Going-gone! TO John Smith Jonesl
"a fairish price for this bag OF bones)
And the thoroughbred colt, with troubled
neigh,
BY common farmer was led away.
So the colt. in whose veins was the king
Hest blood.
with a dunghil mate in the stable stood:
At pillow or cart he toiled all day,
And was fed at night on the poorest hay;
Yet he bore up well. as the long years
passed,
For thoroughbred horse is game to the
last
One summer Sunday he was allowed
AZ pasture to run with the common crowd.
His weary limbs he stretched on the grass.
And idly gazed upon all who might pass;
For beside the field ran the road highway,
Filled with equipages grand and gay.
Up came a dog cart at rafting speed.
Drawn by a nag OF the dunghill breed;
For his driver no more Of horses knew
Than the farmer whose pillow the thorough
bred drew:
And plenty Of oats and work that Is light
Put a very poor horse in very good plight
The shabby old horse he quickly spied.
And his coarse, thick nostril swelled with
pride.
poor fellow!' said he How very great
Is the difference 'twixt your and my estate!
with the proud and rich on the road so,
While you must rank with the dull and
slow"
Never the thoroughbred moved a limb.
As he lay and scornfully answered him;
90 silly boaster, of common blood
Vain Is your talk and your speed mo good
And. for all the gay trappings upon your
back,
] could easily distance you on the track,
For born 20 the pillow. for a farm horse
bred,
BY fool you are used on the road instead.
IL am SCARED and CALLED. and my knees are
bent,
In the toughest labor my life is spent;
But one thing is mine as long as | live,
Which to you no power on earth can give.
I'm drudge as a pillow horse, IL you will,
But remember this; I'm a thoroughbred
still!'
~David Buffum. in Youths Companion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
To California vita the MIdIsaa Route.

Every Friday night, al lO.a5 p. m. q
through Tourist Car for san Francisco,
leaves the Chicago, Milwaukee ~. Paul
Railway Union Passenger Station, Chicago,
wa Omaha, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City with stop-ovcr privileges al salt Lake
Cnyl, for all points in Colorado, Utah,
Nevada and California.
The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago
60 san Francisco il only 5000, aud the sleep
ing car berths should be reserved a few
DAYS in advance Of departure Of train.
Through tickets and sleeping car accom-.
modations can be secured from any agent
~ the east, or by applying at the Chicago,
Milwaukee A 81 Paul Depot or City Tick.
ct Offices in Chicago.
Send for our free illustrated California
folders. Address Geo. H. Heafiord, Gen.
erAl Passenger Agent. Chicago. III.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06
In Technical Terms.

"A reporter fell on a slippery pavement the
other day. lie did not use "unpAyliamentary
language" a. some would have done, but BIT
his lips, rubbed down the bruises, and, with
q benevolent smile radiating his counte-
nance, remarked:
we don't cherish any III will. but for en-.
PERTAINING reading matter commend US 10
the obituary notice Of the man who ought 10
sweep this pavement. It'll Bits.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06

Tourist in Ireland-Well, Pat, this /,
a grand-looking clock; but shoot me /,
| can tell the right time by IL!
Pat-Well, your honor, it's like this,
when the big hand points TO six ami
the little hand 20 seven and IL strikes
five times, then you know it's hali-past
six 'clockl-Answers
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06

A hve-year-old girl lost her pet spaniel,
but regalned Il by means OF an advertise.
ment. Her Sunday school lesson was about
the lost sheep, and she was very attentive.
When her teacher finished speaking she
said:
Miss May. why didn't the shepherd ad.
vcrtise in the paper for the sheep!-Phil.
Adelphia Times
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Protection of Horses from Files.
A recent continuance for protecting
the legs Of horses from flies consists
Of band attached 70 each lee. lth
a number Of cords dangling FROG each
band.
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safe.

She-I think Dewey can be trusted to
select new admiral's uniform that suits
hun, don't you,
Ile-Oh, yes! II isn't as II he were a mar.
Tied mdn.-Puck.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06

Lying's certain mark Of eowardiee.
Southern.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-09-06

The desirable things of all nations
shall help TO build up the kingdom Of
God.
Gods presence with His people in the
1ast, and the mighty works by which
was shown. are the promise and as
Surance OF His continued presence.
God with us is our power and hope
and glory. Emmanuel. 'uod with u.s."
Is the expressive name OF our Saviour.
God is with us when we go TO His side.
tie will not come over 70 ours when We
are wrong,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-05
Z: ditorial.
CIVIL SERVICE.

Concise Statement as to the Presi-
dents Recent order.
The Fourth Glass Postmaster, a
monthly devoted to the interests OF
postmasters, publishes the follow
ing:
Great interest has been manifest.
ed in all parts of the country over
the Presidents civil service order
of May 80, 1899. This order, long
anticipated, will quiet all future APP
prehension as to the attitude of this
administration The last Demo
cratic administration placed nearly
$4,000 places under the classified
service. The Republicans have ex
empted from examination about 5
600 of those places. There the mat
ter rests.
The most important positions eX'
empted from examinations in the
classified service by the late order
Of President Mckinley are the
chief of the Bureau of Statistics
deputies of bonded officers, store
keepers and gaugers, pension eX
aiming surgeons and private sec
retaries. The other classes eXamp
ted are military park commission
ers and employees, postotfice cash
iers and finance clerks, specia
agents of the General Land Office
the Alaska school service, and su
perintendents of warehouses, irri
cation and logging,
Veterans of the Spanish Ameri
can war are put on the same foot
ing wi h veterans of the civil war
in amended rule 8, to give such sol
diers preference in original appoint
ments, in reinstatements, and II
prevent their discharge before 9th
ers in reduction of force.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-05

The pension committee of the G.
a. r., which has been investigating
the record Of Commissioner Evans
has completed its work. 1t is said
no charges viii be made against
Mr.. Evans, but that changes in the
law will be recommended.
Stephen Fell, an American citi-
zen, is said to have been slave for
twelve years in a tribe on the Up
per Amazon, from which he fin ally
escaped by killing his guards. He
was originally accompanied by two
other Americans, one of whom died
of fever aud the other of a snake
bite
Joseph Jefferson is % plant an
English elm IN Tower Grove Park.
st. Louis, near the Shakespeare
statue, where Adelaide Nelson, Oh
ga Nethersole, Booth and Barrett
have in years past planted trees
from Shakespeare's birthplace.
Eighty-four per cent of the entire
State of Idaho is still public land,
amounting 10 more than 44,OOOOOO
acres. OF this area it has been es-
timated by the Government Geo.
logical survey that 100000 acres
can be irrigated successfully.
An offer of ship brokers to buy
the cruiser Reina Mercedes and
ether Spanish vessels captured in
the late war has.aroused a suspicion
that Spain is trying to buy the ves-
sells back. The Navy Department
will sell none of the vessels. The
Mercedes is not worth repairing
and will be kept merely as a relic.
1t is the opinion Of the Insular
Commission of the War Depart
ment that the status of the islands,
including the Hawaiian group, as
well as Porto Rico and the Philip
pines, differs materially from that
of the continental territory of the
United States. The islands, it is
asserted, while belonging to us, are
not integral parts of the Union, but
are to be cosidered to some extent
as alien territory.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-08-05
County Court Land Sale.

Pursuant to a decree Of the County
Court fol Blount County, Tennessee, rem
dered at the July Term, 1899, | will sell to
the highest bidder at the Court House door,
in Maryyille, Tennessee, on the 4th. day OF
August, 1900, tract of land situated IN
District number IS, Blount County, Tenn
essee, containing 90 acres, more Or less, and
adjoining the lands Of D. P. Love, c. B.
McCampbell, W. II. Upton, G. c. Norton
and H. c. Jet'ries.
Said sale will be made on Il credit OF o.
70 and is months in bar Of the equity OF
redemption, for partition in the case Of W.
M. Murrin ct al VS.. John Murrin ct al the
purchaser to give note with good security,
bearing interest from date of sale, and
lein retained on said land for payment Of
the purchase money.
This 9Th. day Of July 1899.
Ben Cunningham, Clerk.