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The Washington times., 1905-07-28

sure my having chance to so with
the company should the department de-
eide not TO advance me.
4 did not consider that the stock
could be mine until / was able TO comply
with the conditions. and / could not
comply with these until I left the de
partment ! did not want to. nor could
afford to. lose my hold on the posi-
biIity of going with the company so
long as there was the slightest chance
of my not receiving the advance from
ION December Il, 1904. I rendered my
resignation to Mr. Woods. l felt that
the thing had run on long enough and
II was due me that the advance be
made, otherwise I would have to keep
m yagreement with the Nttro-Culture
Company. On the sd of December Mr..
Woods wrote me as follows:
While l realize fully the attractive
ness of the offer which has been made
TO you from outside the department, !
do not feel that at present, at least, /
can accept your resignation. | may say
that the agricultural committee has
agreed to the increase of your salary.
IN view of this fact l do net expect 10
have anv difficulty In having the promo
ton made the list of January
Notwithstanding this statement the
advance did not go into effect until the
18th Of April. l. Of course. mad no idea
1t would be any such length Of time c-
/ would not have kept up negOtia tions
with Tire Nitro-Culture Company. How
ever, since the situation was well known
was any improperly in keeping the
company waiting, It was not known 10
my suPeriors that l was to have a
share IN the stock when | became con-
nccted with the concern nor that the
stock had been issued preparatory to my
going with the Nitr0-Cuiture Company.
An they knew was, that was to be
paid Il good salary when | left the de-
partmcnt. The Nit-o-Culture Company
fully expected me to accept their offer
and the tone of the letters quoted from
a md do It'd 70
tf.at they rather expected me to go as
soon as / could get my work into proper
shape There was no chance for dis
CrimiaatiOn; all of the commercial con-
was no thought on the part of any one
that my relations with the company
would be miscOnstrued-
Does Not Recall Date.
4 cannot now remember the exact
date of the return of the stock. It was
or or before April Is, the date of my
advance in salary. 1t may have been
the 18th or 18th, but I know al the time
OF Mr.. Ages visit there was not even
the slightest reason for considering that
myself or any member of my family
held stock in the company. the posi-
bility having passed away when I was
advanced. However. had I still been
considering going with the Nitro-CuI-
ture Company the stock was not mine
nor could II be considered mine until |
had complied with the conditions. The
information I had given to Mr.. Brown
had been repeatedly given to others.
the starters for cultures were sent to
other concerns. There was no advan-
tdge or benefit whatever TO the Nitro
Culture Company until | should go with
them, and at such time I was promised
some stock. in addition TO "a salary
GEORGE 7. MOORE.
July o. 1905.
Secretary's Action
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. July 28--The following are
the quotations ON today,s exchange:
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 2S.-The following
are the quotations on t0day's exchange:
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CONSUMPTION CURED

BY KOCHs INHALATION METHOD, the
only which has proven successful.
ELECTRO-MED- INSTITUTE, 623 18th NV.
1y6-u
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On motion of A K Paris the ex-
change today voted to dispense with
sessions on Saturday during the month
OF August.
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SecretaTy's Action.

July 2, 1908.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-15

HOES strong drink shorten life?
II II That is. the question which is now
under serious consideration by the
managers of some of the largest life
insurance companies in New York and
other cities. Basing their conclusions
upon statistics gathered by experts here
and abroad, they probably will answer
the question in the affirmative.
AS a result a new form OF policy will
be framed, offering a much smaller
rate to those applicants for life insur-
ance who will swear that they are total
abstaineTs than to those who use al
coholic liquors even in moderation. The
theory is that the @teetotalers' as a
class live longer by from 20 to so per
cent than the moderate drinkers as a
class.
There has been during the last year
an unusual amount of discussion by
France on the value of alcohol as a
drug and its dangers as a beverage,
and there is now on record volumin-
Gus mass of testimony on the questions
which is not only of the highest scien-
tific character but also free from the
prejudice which stultifies- most pro-
hibition literature.
These conclusions may be summed
up thus: In certain bodily conditions
and when carefully administered aIco-
hol is a valuable drug. but at present
1t is used much too freely and conse-
quently with harmful results. It's use
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as a daily beverage in any form is
pronounced to be dangerous, physically
and morally.
Brandy as a Poison
Sir Samuel Wilkes, a noted English
student of the question, cites the fol-
lowing case: "a young woman who
for years had been subject to heart
was called in to attend her. She lay
there gasping with a f1uttering heart,
an almost imperceptible pulse, and in
a semi conscious condition She was,
in fact. thought to be dying, and to
keep her alive the two medical men
in attendance We're plying her with
brandy. They did not know they were
poisoning her. but they yielded to my
persuasions to stop. Not many days
afterward I met the young woman
walking in the street, as we'll as ever"
While the weight of opinion Is
against the drinking of alcoholic slim
ulants, several physicians said they
had observed no i'll effects either in
themselves or in their patients when
the liquor was taken in moderation.
When the body is being trained for any
unusual exertion, however, it's use is
strictly prohibited, and prominent in
surance man quoted these words from
an athlete Of the University of Edin-
burg:
"I was early impressed by the fact
that nearly every athlete not already
an abstainer became practically q tee-
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always good for handsome tip for any
little service of that sort. But this un-
lucky chap got rare rating-though I
must say the picture was dirty and
ragged enough already and most peo-
pie wouldn't have given two pence for
it,
That's quite possibIe-and yet Mr..
Clifton may have got prize. Rolled
up IN my bag at this moment there is
another old kakemono which you
couldn't buy for a hundred pounds
Indeed sir? Well, remembering
what tell you, I turned up the marked
catalogue and found that it was Mr..
Clifton who had bought the kakemono.
lts was rather odd didn't remember
that. because he is often in at the sales.
But. if you are clerk of the sale, you
have to keep your wits on your work,
and you easily forget little things like
that. But the porter remembered at
once when l spoke to him."
is Mr.. Clifton very keen buyer of
rare wines %
Weil-ne, haven't noticed that he
is. But books = rare ones china
brenzes, all things of that sort he is
keen on. l have never been in his
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totaler during the period of strict
training, and in some cases had to so
alter his routine of life that he found
it almost impossible to do anything
but keep in training. Those of US on
the other hand, who were teetotalerS
had to change our manner of living
but little We could continue our work
in classes, and it was not necessary for
US to refuse dances or dinners. It was
not the dancing or the dining that up
set the men, it was getting rid of the
alcohol"
1t was pointed out by the actuary Of
one of the leading New York COM
panies that the prohibition movement
in England owed it's birth to the life
Insurance system. In point of fact, 1t
originated from the refusal in 1910 of
a life insurance society to accept a
total abstainer at it's ordinary adver-
tised rates. The medical adviser OF
the company held that total abstainers
were not only subjected to unusual
risks of Infection, but the fact that
they were such implied a peculiar char
acter so different from that of the aver
age man on which their statistics were
based that these could not be relied
upon in determining the risk.
Robert Warner, a bell founder of
London, who was twenty-Six years old
and Quaker, was the applicant in this
instance, and upon being refused he
at once set about forming an insur-
anee company of his own, and, with
ether total abStaineFs and members of
the Society of Friends. he established
the United Kingdom Total Abstinence
Life association, and took out the first
policy himself.
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Ticker where it all came from! 1t must
be pretty dark inside, but nobody can
see in. that's certain enough. And
doesn't it just scandalize the villa resi-
dents, too? So mighty genteel! Quite
destroys the select character of the
spot, they say!" And Mr.. Synons
laughed again.
Crook and the auctioneer's clerk
walked few yards in silence Il think
| know just the sort of ord gentleman
Mr.. Clifton is" Crook remarked, at
length. Now I'd wager that with all
this desire for solitude and all his other
eccentrieities, he's very pleasant old
fellow to speak to?"
If you did, sir, you'd win. He's
real old gentleman-when he isn't put
out Very dignif fed-very-but treats
even the Office boy as courteously as
you please. Even when he let out at
the porter for rolling up the bottle in
the picture he didn't slang him, you
knew-not bit; but the poor chap
looked as though he'd like to be safely
in his gravel
Not married, take it-remember-
ing the dirty windows?'
oh, no-orlat any rate, got no wife
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done nothing, nothing at all, really
and l will pay anything anything you
like! I Will"
"Oh, yes, you said that this morn
ing, you know replied Norie. But in
mine guntry you bays six months hard
for into oder beeble's houses. climbing,
Misder Hahn, don't id? Sit down on
der floors NIT yourself Misder Hahn.
while I my friends entertain" And
with a quick jerk he seated the 1n-
happy Hahn in the middle of the floor.
"Come, now" Norie went on to the
rest of the company. heres more
amusement than I expected to be able
to give you. Well resolve ourselves
into a committee to sit on Mr.. Hahn
before Mr.. Hahn goes to sit in black
maria. But first the drinks. We're
going to open the Tokay, Misder Hahn,
and, If you like respectable burglar
yourselfs behafe, you shall see US
drink it, all for nodings."
Norie went to the cupboard and
brought out the magnum and then the
glasses. Knowles and Sewell, with q
joyful hope of what this new compli-
cation might bring forth, laughed loud
and long, now that the burglars plight
gave some excuse for their hilarity.
Norie drew the cork in broken
mass, and began pouring the stuff into
the glasses. 1t came out a thick,
brown mess, and, as he saw it, Hahn's
eyes opened wider and wider.
"Conae along, you fellows cried
Norie, Hospitality. Catch hold and
we'll drink Mr. Hahn's very good
health, hoping the treadmill will do his
liver good"
Knowles and Sewell discreetly pro-
crastinated, but Nerie, Fields and
Kirk, suspeeting nothing, took stimuli
taneOI1S o,lIpS and instantly went in a
jostIing rush for the fireplace, splitting
and squirting the horrible mixture over
the hearth. Knowles and Sewell
shrieked aloud.
'Heavens! What abonlination is
this?" roared Norie, and as he said il
his eye fell on the covering Hahn
"Oh!" he cried, the wrong explanation
dawning on him suddenly, this is your
game, is it? Eth? Where's my bottle.
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upon the statistics recently gathered
by c.. w. Scovel, manager of an Eng
lish life insurance company, and G. r.
Doneileo of the same organization, who
conducted an investigation for the
British Institute of Actuaries. They
had no concern with sentimentality
and considered the matter scientif1-
cally, and it is said that their conelu-
sions apply with equal force to this
country.
The Rates Considered
It was found that the death rate,
even among moderate drinkers of the
first class. is much larger than among
total abstainers, and this finding was
reached from statistics covering 125,-
900 lives in a period of sixty-on years.
in insurance phrase, however, it was
found that ''nonabstainers are good
average lives. generally equal to the
best accepted standards" but total
abstainers showed a marked superior
ity throughout the entire working years
of life for both sexes.
These working years were computed
as from the age of 20 to that of 10,
and it was found that in that stretch of
time the deaths among the moderate
drinkers numbered 81 ,891, while those
of the total abstainers reached only
Al, 1885, This general figure for that
fifty year period agrees with fragmen-
tary evidence from other life insurance
experience, but wholly new and sur
prfsing figures appear when these fifty
working years are divided and the eff
fects of alcohol at the different ages
are noted.
Thus from the age of forty to that
Of fifty, which is regarded by insurance
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THE GREEN DIAM ON ID

What have you done with the bottle
you changed this for, eh ?''
Hahn protested and pleaded dismal
ly. He vowed he had made no ex-
change, and that the bottle then before
them was the one Norie had boughta
"Ohi" exclaimed Norie, with judi
cial decision. Then in that case, since
you were SO anxious to buy it, you shall
have some for nothing-in a mug. Jack
give me that QUART mug out of the
cupboard"
The mug was brought and filed to
the. brim; and since the miserable
Hahn would not take it at Norie's po
lite invitation, he was seized from be-
hind by the elbows and the. riotous
mixture of vinegar rum. mustard, salad
oil and other fluids was poured into
his mouth, over his face and down his
neck. And when his struggles re-
moved his mouth from easy accessible
ity the quart pot was inverted on his
head
But through it all Hahns mind was
never far from the cause Of his pres
erce in Norie's studio. 1t struck him
that Nerie must have emptied the mag
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startled to observe his skylight sud-
denly lit UP from within.
.Hullo. look at that" he cried. "And
the end skylight's open! Hooray! Bur
glars at last!''
And he sprang off at run, feeling
for his key as he went, with the rest
at his heels.
Jack Knowles sprang on the boun-
Diary wall to cut off retreat by the sky
light, and Norie turned the key and
flung open the door in a single move
ment. There was bang and a scram-
bic within, and there hung the terri
fed Hahn by the frame of the open
skylight, struggling to climb out. with
one foot on a chair below, while above
him appeared the grinning face of
Jack Knowles!
dis?" cried Norie, with vile attempt
at German accent. Com down dere,
Misder Hahn!'' And he seized the
pallid intruder by the coat tails and
dragged him pell NELL into the mid
die of the room.
"Oh, forgive me, Mr.. Norie, siri" the
captive pleaded almost at whisper,
his mouth dry with terror Il have
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the figures of the company if this
should happen to many holders of such
policies. The belief is, however, that
this problem can be easily solved. For
instance, the application for the policy
may contain a guarantee that the ap-
plicant would never thereafter become
drinker of alcoholic or malt beyer-
ages the effect of which would be that
if he violated such guarantee his pol
icy would become void.
Again, the companies have also dis
cussed plan of including a provision
that if the man should become a drink
er after taking out the special policy
the amount payable under the policy
should be such sum as the amount
of premiums paid would have purchas-
ed if the man had not been total abb
stainer.
There are, indeed. many perplexing
details to be worked out by the actua-
ries, and it may be a long time before
the scheme is perfected and the poll
cieS put into operation. 1t is curious
to note, in connection with the project,
that at the International congress Of
actuaries, held in this city in Septem-
ber. 1903, DR.. NJ. G. Paraira, distin-
guished physician of Amsterdam. de-
clared that the men of today live long
er than did those of fifty years ago.
because of the better hygiene. the ad-
vance in surgery and medicine better
diet and better modern social condi-
TONS
1t may be that, notwithstanding these
promising conditions, the insurance
men have moved to take action on the
drink question because of the recent
disclosures in this city concerning tho
use of wood alcohol in whisky.
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living. No, there's nobody in the house
besides. himself but an old cook house
keeper and one housemaid to help her"
Very good-Pll send him a note to-
night, by hand Mind, if that other
collector calls he isn't to have this ad-
dress-at any rate. not till I've done
with it. Good night!''
mo, sir, OF course not. He shall
have no more than he's got already.
Good night"
This was Harvey's Crooks note to
Mr.. Clifton, dispatched by messenger
Immediately after his return to the
Royal hotel:
To Basil Clifton, ~Esq.-Dear Sir:
| am staying for a few days in
Southampton, and 1 have chanced to
hear that you are much interested in Ori-
entail art and collector of fine specimens
am only lately from the East and I hap
pen to have with me now very fine and
rare specimen which I think you would
like to see 1t is a kakemono an authen-
tic piece of work of the great Chinese
painter of the eleventh century Muh XII
usually called by Europeans Mokkei,
that being, as YOU are aware, the Jap
anese form of the name. I cannot say
whether or not any other specimen of
Mokkefs works exist in Europe, but
should think probably not. In any case,
if you would care to inspect it l shall be
very glad to show it you, and if you like,
bring it to your house for that purpose
1 suggest this because 1 think it prob
able that you may have copies of Mon-
kei's works in your possession-even
good copies being greatly priced, as of
course you know-and may like to com
pare them. But if you would prefer to
come to my hotel, 1 will gladly keep any
appointment you may make. [ am, dear
sir, yours faithfully, Harvey Crook
1t was past o'clock when the mes
senger set out with this letter, but the
distance was not great, and the mes
senger was back in an hour with this
answer:
Harvey Crook, Esq-Dear Sir: am in
deed your debtor for so welcome a piece
of kindness as that you offer. I have
never with my own eyes beheld an orig
inal piece of work from the hand of the
divine genius. Mokkei. though, as you
conjecture, / have in my collection several
copies of works of his executed by emf
nent Chinese and Japanese painters of
later days, reyerent followers of his great
traditions; and 1 have seen photographs I
need scarcely say that 1 shall hail the
opportunity of actually seeing and
handling Mokkeis work with delight and
with gratitude to yourself. Is the picture
certified in any way?
1 trust L am not treading on delicate
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houSe-nobedy has. scarcely-but they
say it's piled from floor to ceiling, and
still he goes on buying. Japanese and
Chinese things he's very great on, they
say. We don't have a great deal of
that sort of stuff through our hands,
of course, but whenever we catalogue
a single piece he's always down to look
at it. Now, as I said, I don't think
he's at all likely to sell anything he has
once bought, but I'll write and ask him
about that nlagnum of Tokay, If you
like"
No." Crook replied, very decidedly,
you better not do that. That is the
very worst way in the world to ap-
proach man of that sort. think the
kakemono I have will be the best pos
sible Introduction to Mr.. Clifton. Where
does he life?"
"The name of the house is Downs
Lodge-if you've got pocketboelS OF
anything Pll write the address down
for you. That's the name of the house,
but you won't see it stuck up any
where. He took down the name as
soon as he came to the house, years
ago-he'll so to any lengths for prf-
vaey." Symons laughed suddenly.
BY jove,'' he added, you'll see that by
the windows-you wouldn't think the
house was inhabited at all
"Why?"
..Dirt-dirt half an inch thick. That
game began about seven or eight years
ago. You see. when he took Downs
Lodge-bougi1t it, in fact-it stood all
alone in the lane. There were fields
opposite, fields behind. and fields on
each side, and that suited his solitary
notions 1t isn't a very big house, but
still it is of a pretty decent size, and
it's planted much nearer the roadway
than. you usually see house of that
size, except in the middle of town.
He was quite happy in his solitude,
till, as I say, about seven or eight years
ago, when somebody bought the field
opposite and built row of villas on it,
and then he got very angry. Wanted
to buy the villas and pull 'em down,
but the chap wouldn't sell. So the old
gentleman, swearing he wouldn't be
pried on, gave orders that the windows
weren't to be cleaned any nore-at any
rate outside-and they haven't been.
Take good look at the windows if you
go, just for curiosity. They are a Gu
riosity, can assure you. You'd never
believe such a lot of dirt could gather
on window and stick there, unless it
was slapped on with a trowel. It's a
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men as the prime of life" there were
6,246 deaths among the total abstain
eFs and 10,S6t among the moderate
drinkers, an excess of IA per cent in
one decade. Between the ages of
twenty and thirty the excess was II
per cent from thirty to forty 1t was
6S per cent, from fifty to sixty AZ per
cent and from sixty to seventy 19 per
cent.
During the three decades from thirty
to sixty years of age is the time when
most persons carry life insurance, and
when the profits are being earned and
accumulated. 1t is evident, therefore.
say the insurance experts, that those
in the total abstinence department.
where the losses are so much smaller,
stand better chance Of profitable re-
turns. In other words, with what the
total abstainer saves in money by not
drinking and gains in insurance, 1T Is
clear that he is far better off fnan-
eially than his brother of the mod
crate drinking class.
One medical authority admits that
there is a time in a mans life when a
small amount of alcoholic beverage is
beneficial to him, but he adds that this
time ON an average is not until the
man reaches the age of seventy-fye
years, and of course man who has
lived that long without it is not very
likely to begin then.
After the If1suring
Among other things to be considered
by the companies is the danger that
a man who is a total abstainer when
he takes out policy may become a
moderate or even an immoderate
drinlzer afterward, which would upset