New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18

The subcommittee Of the Committee Of Fifty
which has been engaged in investigating the
physiological aspects Of the liquor problem pub
fishes its report 70 the committee in two vol
, umes 0Ioughton. AIihiin d Coz. containing the
n reports on special investigations into which the
members Of the subcommittee entered. besides
the general report laid before the whole body.
Or. H. p Bowditch and DR.. C. +. Hodge after
examining the subject Of physiological instruc-
tion. come 20 the conclusion that the educational
scheme which has been grated upon the public
school systems Of many Of the States. under the
name scientific temperance instruction" is
neither scientific nor temperate nor instructive.
Though approving the motives % the Tyoman's
Christian Temperance Union. they find that the
results violate sound principles Of pedagogy.
The prospects Of correcting the present situa-
tion however. are discouraging.
Dr. r. II. Chittenden. IN reporting on the in
fuence OF alcohol on digestion. finds himself in
close accord with Sir william Roberts. whose
experiments showed him that alcohol as used
oiatet,-aIly never futerferes with tryptic diges-
tion. DR.. J. S. Billings presents tabulated data
relating 20 the use Of alcohol by brain workers
founded on 500 replies to a circular letter. Dr.
g. +. Hodge. investigating influences on growth
and development. fnds that alcoholic kittens
showed a sudden collapse Of intelligence and in
stincts. while dogs showed no impairment Of in
teIliFence except tmdfty. This has wide ap-
piication to the human problem" he writes,
--1ear being Characteristic OF acute alcoholic
poisoning and Of alcoholic insanities."
Dr. A c. Abbott contributes a paper on the
influence OF acute alcoholism on the normal vital
resistance OF rabbits 70 Infection. The report
az DIT John J. Abel on the pharr'7 Geological &C
sion OF ethyl alcohol which occupies half the
second volume. goes 10 show that alcohol is used
ss a beverage and ia therapeutics. mainly for
sts cerebral effects: that & is neither indis-
Sensable agent IN medicine as 9 mental sedative,
nor as an adjunct 10 social Ife, judging from the
evolutionary standpoint; and that the presence
OF alcoholics IN the world may be IN the long
run more conducive to the evolution OF an ef-
scient self-control than would be their total
abolition. Reports by Professor ". o. Atwater
snd DIT. william II. WEIGH discuss the nutritive
value and the pathological effects.
Breakfast has always been an important feat
ure OF American naval strategy. In some forms
the meal ashore could be classed as heavily
srrnored and commerce destroying Not Of this
sort was the breakfast which Dewey ordered for
his men IN the course Of the engagement with
sIOnt0jos feet in Manila Bay. The ships had
passed the diminishing Spanish line five times,
when Dewey inquired the time Of Lieutenant
Rees. and withdrew the squadron for redis-
trfbution Of ammunition. and breakfast The
movement inspired the Spanish Governor TO tele-
rraph Madrid that the feet had obliged the
enemy with heavy loss 20 rnanRuvre repeat
edly" Breakfast was also a feature Of Farra-
CUTS attack in Mobile Bay on August .. 1864.
The description Of this engagement Is one Of the
best told passages IN Frederic stanhope Hills
'.rventy-six Historic Ships" GO. r. Putnam's
Sonsl Mr. HIi was led to write what he calls
sbe biographies Of famous ships q the American
savies al the suggestion o. naval officers who
had read his similar treatment OF one vessel
The story % the Lucky Little Enterprise and
Her Successors IN the United states Navy"
The author served under Farragut. and delights
m recounung his successes.
The breakfast that the commander ordered
after breaking through the line OF torpedoe'
recklessly but escaping 20 drive The inferior
force OF gunboats out q action. was Interrupted
by the attack q the Confederate ram Ten
nessee almost g match Tor Farragut's entire
6eef lie ordered his ships 10 attack with guns
and bows u was while the boats were swarm
ing about the ram and buttiug ineffectively
against her. and the LacBawanna had hit th'
flagship by accident and crushed IN her side
that Farragut added one u those touches tina
make the work ~ adrnirals afoat 50 hornely
and vigorous a tale
This onset OF friend was too much for th'
eouanimity 81 Farragut can you say 70
Gods sake by signalg inquired the admiral o
the signal officer. Yes, sir" was the reply
Then say 10 the I.ackawanna. Tor Gods SAX,
get out ~ the way and anchor,
The Tennessee is given a chapter as are fou
other ships o1 the Confederate navy. the sum