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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
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ALCOHOL AS A MEDICINE.
II Is No Longer Held in High Regard
by Physicians.


1t Is not more than a generation ago.
that man took his daily allowance OF
brandy OF whisky. not for the pleasure
OF the beverage alone. but for the wei
fare OF his inner man. Every enter
prising employer dispensed a mod
cum OF grog TO his men, not for their
health, but TO increase their efficiency.
But today man who desires high
ball would hardly have the temerity
to test anyone's credulity by Offering
as an excuse that he INDUCED for his
health or to promote HIS efficiency.
Certain notable literary productions
have been created under the stimulat-
ing influence OF John Barleycorn. but
these were the works OF genius, which
must be left out OF general consider
alton. For the enforcement OF the
idea that alcoholic beverages do not
promote health. but tend 10 injure Il.
we are TO some extent indebted TO tenn
perance societies, but not SO much To
them as We are TO life insurance com
panies. which place a monetary pre-
mum on abstinence. and second. the
teaching OF medical men and physio-
logists. says the New York Tribune.
But while there Is no longer any
question that alcohol Ia purely pot
son when used as beverage by
healthy persons. many physicians con
sidered Il a drug Of Wide usefulness
In disease until a decade ago. Per
haps no statement OF facts could be
more forceful In showing the change
in medical opinion than comparison
OF the sums OF money expended by the
London hospital for alcohol and milk.
Forty years ago. according 10 Sir Vie
tor Horsley. NJ. D.. the expenditure for
alcohol IN that hospital was about
sac, 900 year. and the expenditure for
milk In the same period was about
SIS 600 AZ the present time the an
nuai expenditure for alcohol IL $4,000.
and the milk account exceeds $4,000.
These figures represent nearly the
change In medical opinion regarding
the relative value OF milk and alcohol.
II was only few years ago that physi
clans ADVISED moderate quantities OF
whisky for those suffering from tuber
culosis. but more careful study has
produced a change OF sentiment that
was voiced by one OF the speakers az
the American International Congress
on Tuberculosis. whose latest session
was held IA this city recently. when he
said he considered alcohol q poison
particularly vlrulent 10 sufferers from
this disease.
Psychologists are finding by nu-
merous experiments that. while alco-
hol has a certain food value. this 10
more thar counterbalanced by It's ef-
feet as a poison. The researches on
this subject go more and more 20
show that there Is not an organ In the
human body that escapes this subtle
poison, nor a function that IL not I'm
paired by It's use. The octogenarian
who boasts that he has had his daily
teddy has reached his fuliness OF days
not because OF his habits. but In spite
OF them.
Whether alcohol as drug has any
value In disease Ia seriously dues-
toned by many competent medical
men. It's decreasing use In hospitals
and as a drug in the hands Of physl-
clans generally will doubtless have a
certain influence on tho minds of pco-
nle and uuon their habits
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
WORST CURSE OF ALL.
Whisky Wrecks the Physical. But.
Worst Of All, the Spiritual.


The curse Of drunkenness on the
side OF It's physical devastations has
been abundantly Depicted by the advo-
Gates OF the temperance reform. The
amount OF grain consumed IN the
manufacture OF intoxicating liquors:
the number OF men whose labor T.
worse than wasted IN producing and
vending them; the number OF lives
destroyed by them; the number OF
paupers and insane persons whose
woes are traceable to THIS source: the
effect upon indivlduals-all OF these
things are frequently set forth with
sufficient flllness in impressive
rhetoric But the worst side OF
drunkenness. says Harpers Monthly.
Is not that which appears in these
familiar figures The most frightful
effects OF the drink habit are not
those which can be tabula,ed in sta
tistics and reported in the census. II
Is not the waste OF corn nor the des.
truction Of property. nor the Increase
OF taxes. nor even the ruin OF ply
steal loss OF life, which most I'm
presses the mind OF the thoughtful OBJ
server OF inebriety, II Is the effect OF
vice upon the characters of men as II
Is exhibited TO him day by day In his
ordinary Intercourse with them. II Is.
In the spiritual realm that the raw
ages Of strong drink are most terrible.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

Every year the statistician of Chi
cago newspaper adds up all gifts and
requests TO charity in this country
for the preceding ~ months. Only
sums Of thousand dollars or more
are counted, and only those gifts that
have been announced in the newspa-
pers. The total for 1906 is a hundred
and six million dollars. This is the
highest since 1901. when the total was
a hundred and twenty-three millions.
In these big figures. says the Youths
Companion, no reckoning is made Of
the humber gifts which those who
are not rich have been privileged to
make.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
English manufacturers

English manufacturers Of shoes
have begun to make larger sizes for
women. and now a number eight is
advertised, not by the vigorous atb-
1e.ic young women who wear that
number, but by the merchantS who
know that the girls feet are big
enough to fill such a shoe. Small feet,
as well as a gentle voice, are admira-
bile things in women, but a more adj
mirable thing is shoe that does not
pinch
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

To the modern world calendar"
is merely a harmless necessary re-
minder OF weeks and days. TO be hung
up on New Years day. and consulted
A. dating letters throughout the year.
1t has no such mournful sound as
-caIendarium" had for the ancient
Romans. The original "calendar" Of
their time was the money lenders ac-
count book. so-called because interest
was due from the debtor on the cal
ends, or first day Of each month.
That 10 why Seneca speaks Of "calen-
dar" as a word invented outside the
course OF nature on account Of hu.
man greed. 1t Is word which may
help to persuade us that the world
has grown kindlier
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

However perfect .
marriage may appear,
something-indecd, it's
highest crown Of glory
is missing if the blessing
Of children be denied it.
Childlessness is one of
the bitterest trials in a
woman's life, aud few
can tell how hard the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

One of the great advantages OF golf
is its suitability as a recreation for
the middle-aged and the old. A -four
some" was played lately on an Eng
fish golf course in which the aggre-
gate age of the four players was SS1
years. The competitors on one side
were Sc and so years old. and on the
other side 81 and 81. The putting
green makes a green old age
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

A man in Brooklyn has applied to
have his marriage annulled on the
ground that he did not know at the
time of the ceremony that he was get
ting married. Perhaps he thought IL
some kind of an initiation hazing.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

The day has come
when it can be ques-
toned whether a Chris
tian man has any right
to be worth more than
$4,000 or 100000.
After a Christian mans
fortune reaches that fig
ure he ought to give
away his entire income
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
Makea the Criminal.

President Roosevelt says: 'rhe liq-
uof business tends to produce Grim
inality in the population at large, and
law-breaking among the saloonkeepers
themselves. II debauches not only the
body social, but the body polite as
well?" And he is right. No one can
refute this damaging Indictment.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
WHILE MEN SLEPT.

"The Kingdom OF Heaven Is likoned
unto a man which Sowed good seed in
his held; but while men slept his enc
my came and sowed tares among the
wheat. and went his way Matt xiii.
"a. %.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

II is argued that the country Is NJ
prosperous that II Is a bad time to
put forward the tariff as an issue in
politics There need be no trouble
about that. Let general tarifI agi-
tation be started and that objection
will not last iong.-Portland tMe)
Express.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

A Los Angeles woman carries the
ashes Of her husband around with her
in a bag, thus being always able to
know where he is nights.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
Wcfnan's Tbrse.TcId
Grown Of Sorrow
BY CARMEN SYLVIA.

struggle have been she learned To- herself to her lot To
still the Of this link the fact that
pledge of their mutual affection has been granted them their
this their disappointment BY the cruel irony of fate
become of arrangement the unfortunate couple Even where
this they dted
the whole of their disappointment in the of such hd
couple they the children of others To them the largest fam
lily will appear them that those whom
blessing richly bestowed hardly value sufficiently
And their sorrow whom heaven has granted child
nothing compared the unpeaabe anguish those parents feel who have
known this highest happiness but lost it, No other pain like to this
indeed beyond the power human endurance BEAR
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

Italian and Japanese coral are man.
ufactured in the provinces OF Genoa.
Leghorn and Naples. Italian coal Is
found at Sciacca, in the province OF
Girgeni, Sicily and the Island Of Sar'
DINA.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
Alaska Mine for temperance.

A Cincinnati hotel keeper and an
enthusiastic prohibitIonist declares
he will devote the proceeds OF his
Alaska mining properties Up 20 5000,
600 yearly 20 the cause OF prohihj-
tlon In the United States.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

A London physician says people
would be healthier If they ate less.
Under the present schedule of prices
they would also be much richer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

What's in a name? Down near
Washington a woman named Bowie
shot a man. instead OF slashing him
with a knife, as would be expected.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

ants, who but brush its surface with their wings
and leave us to return to the home which we ac-
knowledge to be rightly theirs, though our hearts
break at the parting
Nature has invested woman with two-fod MIN
bus, as virgin and as mother and often bestows the
martyrs crown in addition to both these Surely this
conservation should suffice for pilgrimage through
this sad world.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

When the tariff Is revised some
years hence will gouthern senators
and representatives vote for lower
duty on cotton manufactures?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

Swettenham is pronounced SWEET
num-" but It doesn't matter. You VIII
never have to pronounce 1t again.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

A Massachusetts man says that pea
soup is the elixir of life. We have
seen some pretty bad whisky, but
never any that resembled pea soup.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

The pity-spillers have had a hard
time thus far in the Thaw trial, but
by this time next week the country
will be knee-deep in sympathy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

We said the churches date and that their methods
such appeal strong But it is the truth
afraid Of Jesus 1t ehds play follow Jesus
Men shrink the mighty sacrifice that dscpsbp They
for the immediate dollars and %
for their their fellows spiritual wel-being
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
Gan tllr Rifll Mal.
Or a Ghriatian?
By REV. MELBOURNE p. BoYNToN. d. D.,

along the lines of Christian edeavo The rich knows that follow
may such that and he is afraid of Jesus
AUTOMOBILES and his country club lie
every climate OF his country He desires to buy whole
and drive the people out of its forests and from
He reaches for and yet and all of the time he
subject the Heavenly King would be allowed do that
thing Consequently he afraid of becoming of the follow
erso Of Jesus.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21
CIR Gnrritptil,g Jntlitrnrr Mt
tllr unitng nf Eltrih pnstrrH
BY ANTHONY cor1sTocK.

ages years every chlds mind resembles
" The eve and work like lenses and the brain
= imagery the unhealhful well the helpful
HS things with which child in contact Time develops
negative in a positive result is
E{S,.EJ felt in later years
HAf3IJ As the violence
kF0xW planted young brains by frequent contemplation of
EAs gayy coored flaming posters.
These posters, depicting in prisons, gambling dens
opium hareadth wonrous made
places nst the mind harmful idea that if these poster folks
escape the grasp the law surely they could do the
Many boy has been influenced by these posters such extent that
he has landed prison Not long there New York court
where the little chap admitted that he had pictures of afebreakng
the bl5oads and he thought would be fun to try
Here was the beginning of criminal future In all probability had
that boy succeeded his robbery the instance would
been serious and in later years he would have become professional
craftsman.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

Something beyond and above fortudebnd absolute rg-
nation the Divine will alonecan enable bear this lasting pain
We must accept nauestoning for cannot the reason
which darg feeble Perhaps
did rightly understand how fulfill the conditions
under which alone they could blossom full perfection For eternity
souls that and the thing essential that they should
allowed attain their highest and best development So that if these
choicest flowers do find the soil here favorable their
growth they tranpntd to other spheres And though
they lent earth but for such moments that they had not
take firmly here they brought into the banness lives
which would otherwise have been altogether lacking Like
this they will have fulfilled their mission and have need g
poor planet whose function ii place of trial and
all imperfect and ng TOO good
this world the habit of of these angelic
ants brush its surface with their wings
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-02-21

business would not dare follow Jesus because would
radical change his business methods 1t might
him the We ask the question
Why go cburch and in answering the queso
blamed the ministers and the already the churches
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-15
COUNTY COM EIsS
: Continued from other side

A refund of 81 90 dog tax was grant
ed to John Ceser he having made af
fdavit that he was not the owner of a
dog in the year of 1908.
In the matter of Vernon Drainage
Ditch No. /. November 9th, 1907. 2
o'clock, p. m.
Equalization of benefits for this
drainage ditch shall be and the same
is hereby fixed as follows:
Northeast quarter of section twenty
eight, township ont hundred nineteen,
range forty eight as a unit, sixty per
centum.
Southeast quarter of section twenty.
eight, township one hundred nineteen,
range forty-eight, thirty per centum.
Northwest quarter of section twenty
seven. township one hundred nineteen
range forty-eight, five per centum.
Vernon township highway benefit.
i've per centum.
/ The assessment against the land
and Vernon township shall and the
same is hereby made as follows:
Northeast quarter, section twenty
eight, township one hundred ninteen,
range forty -eight-sl06. Il.
Southeast quarter of section TIVE nty-
eight, township q hundred nineteen,
range fCrty-eight-S5 3 30.
Northwest quarter of section twenty
seven township m hundred nineteen,
range forty-e ght-SS 80.
Vernon township highway benefit
So. SO. November 9 1907, 3 o'clock p m.
Vernon Drainage Ditch No. l con
tract for construction let to knud
Engebretson, he being the lowes5 bid
der and his bid the only one filed, al
lowed at $4S. 30.
The following bills we're audited and
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for the same:
John Erickson, county commissioners
per diem and miiage .... 8 90
K. A Berkner, county commissioner
per diem and milage 20
Board adjourned to November ID,
1907. CHAS. New ALTERS,
County Auditor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-15
Local and Personal Paragraphs.

At the district convention of
the Evangelical church this week,
Rev. P. H. Laux Of this city has
been assigned the subject, "How
can our conference territory be
best divided into three districts?'
The convention assembled yes
terday at Grcton and continues
over Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
FARMER SHOT IN
 HANCEVILLE FIGHT
JOHN MAY IS BROUGHT TO BlR- MlNGHAM FATALLY WOUNDED. SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHOT BY TWO CHATHAM BOYS.

John May, q farmer about g years old, was brought to Birmingham from IIanceville last night about 7;S0 o'clock fatally wounded, it is believed, as the re- suit of a shooting affair in a saloon near IIaneeville. He was carried to St. Vim cents hospital in Shaw X Sons ambu- lance, and late last night his condition was reported very uncertain.
 May was shot, it seems, as the result of the renewal of old animosities with West and Will Cha tman. both of whom live at lIanceville The three men were in the saloon yesterday evening about 3 O clock when hot words passed. It is said that May and one of the Chatham boys came to blows. May was struck in the head with q bottle by one of the men and the other shot him in the abdomen twice with 3S calibre pistol.
 The wounded man was placed on the train coming into Birmingham and hu"- riedly carried to St Vincents hospital upon arriving here.s It is believed, how ever that there is little hope for his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
ELECTRIC THEATRE
 IS BURNED OUT
FIREMAN JONES IS INJURED IN FIGHTING FLAMES AND IS CAR REED TO HosPlTAL-oRlGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN.

Fire which originated in the Electric theatre this morning at o'clock gutted the three-story building and caused 2 5damage of probably $S009
 Failing from the third story to the pave ment, Fireman Jones of Station No. , was probably seriously injured. He was car rying a hose line up a ladder and had nearly reached the third floor when the water was turned on. It knocked the nozzle against his breast and he fell back. At the same time the floors fell through with a crash. However, q dozen firemen made dash for their comrade and pulled him out of danger He was carried to St Vineent's hospital in the ambulance of Shaw & Son.
 The flames wefe first seen by w. J.. O Brien, who sleeps at the Boys club. The department responded quickly. but tine in- nammabe material of the theatorium had secured good headway and the flames were bursting from all three stories. 1t is thought that something went wrong among the films in the machine room. At 2 o'clock the fire was under control. but it was impossible 10 enter and figurs out the loss The whole building is leased by the Electric theatre. 1t is situated on Second avenue. between Twentieth and Twenty first streets.
 Assistant Chief Walton was in charge of the department as Chief Bennett IS out of the cfty All of the stations of the city were quickly on hand, and buildings on both sides were well protected. The Boys club was not materially damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

without any aid. and after 10 days says that he feels like a boy again.
 The incident will probably be remem- bered and the man has given Colonel Dn- lingham a written statement of the facts It seems that for years he has been in- firm with rheumatism, and on hearing of the Plant Juice he went down to see if t would do him any good. Hobbling down town on crutehes and with great diff cuty, he got to the place. and left it walking upright and apparently restored. Waiting several days to see if it was per manent, he now says that he is well and able to. walk without the aid of either crutch stick That is only one of many such testimonials which have been re- celved, and 1t is to such work as this which can not be denied or contradictcd that the fame of the medicine has spread. and that the sale is unprecedented in the history of the city or district
 From every place where the Plant Juice has been sold the sale reports come. and now thet Colonel Dillingham; is working
 in Montgomery it is reported that stu- pendous success is being met with in the Capital ClsX. The advertising campaign will continue for feN more weeks in this city. and the medicine can be found at the platform opposite the Majestic and at every drug store in the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
AGED LAME MAN
 MADE TO WALK
Another Remarkable Cure Effected Col Dilngham Plat form Where After the Use of Plant Juice Old Man
 Throws Away His Crutches and Says He Is Now We'll

The fruits of the stupendous advertising campaign conducted by Colonel Dflins- ham in this district are coming1n, as ae- cording 10 statements made by the iob- bing houses who handle tho Plant Juice remedies, il is almost impossible to sup- ply the great demand. DosterNorthing- ton, who have sold thousands Of dollars worth Of the remedies since they were inc troduced, say that il disappears as fast as it is received. and that although they have kept increasing their orders h the manufacturers. that they cannot keep any on hand.
 The tremendous sale of the remedies is due to Che fact that they have not only been extensively advertised, but that they do the work that is claimed of them
 That some remarkable cures have been made in this district cannot be gain said and that the medicine. does splon- did work and brings results is admitted by all who have tried them.
 During this past week, in the presence Of hundreds of people. Robert Cottrel, an aged man who says he lived on Tenth avenue, Birmingham. was helped on the platform, opposite the Majestic theatre, by Lecturer Allen, who is in charge of the platform. and after an application of the liniment Was able to leave the place
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

pointed to the fact that companies would seek revenge upon the strikers, and that a state of demoralzation would result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
Hicl, Official Very III.

New York. october 12.-(special)-After spending week in the care of special ists at Hot Springs, Col. L. C. Weir
 president og the Adams Express company was rushed back 10 New York on a spec ial train consisting of q baggage ear and private ear. The sick man was ac- companied by his wife, two Hot Springs
 doctors and two trained nurses. The train arrived at o'clock this morning and the party was met by an ambulance which took Colonel Weir to private sanitarun. Just the exact nature of Weir's trouble, not even Mrs Weir seems to know. eN- cept that it is thought to be indigestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
CLERKS ARE ALL BUSY
 WEIGHING THE MAILS

The clerical force of the Birmingham postoffice is working overtime, engaged as it is in weighing all outgoing mail. According to an act of Congress, all see ond-class mail matter is being weighed for the second half of the year. which began last July. During the month If October all nrst-class matter is being weighed and the most exactng work Of all began last night at midnight and will continue until next Saturday at midnight. when mail of all classes is to be weighed and classified by states to which mail IS forwarded
 The same work is going on in all the important postoffices in the United States. It is done in order that the government may have a business-like basis on which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
ON THE SICK LIST.
Sen. Franklin Bell Succumbs To
 Overwork.

New York, October 12.--(Speclal)-G J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff, U. $. A., whose name leads the army list, is the latest high Washington official to sue cumb to the strain of overwork and worry. For two weeks he has been an in mate of Muldoon's sanitarium at White Plains, N. Y.
 The utmost secrecy has been observed
 in official quarters as to the condition and whereabouts of General Bell, who was