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lie says. without the fear Of
ntradiction. that where one
y man drank intoxicants ten
rs ago more than ten are ad-
d To the habit now.
he goes still further. In
and merciless phrase, he
efore the public his belief
rinking among women has
70 be q menace to the sta
of American institutions,
use it breaks down the body,
alters the nerves and unseats
che reason. lie sees in the habit
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p S wine eonquering its worst
enemy?
Are women wooing it as a
n pleasant habit and a harm
less luxury?
From New York comes the state
ment that in the fiotssm and Jet
sam, floating like an arabesque of
horrors on the downward stream
of excessive drink. women are
found in greatly increasing num-
bers.
No less a man than DR.. John d.
Quackenbos, eminent in the treat
ment of nervous and mental dis
cases, is authority for the deelara-
tion that throngs of women are
giving away their nerves and
brains as the fearful price for the
citation that comes from cham
payne or the mental exaltation
that turks in the glass of absinthe.
To Washington. this assertion
must Es of compelling import
auce, not only because within the
past year one of its best known
ministers Of the gospel has voiced
warning against the wine habit
among women. but also because
The Capital of the Nation is in the
winter season" the home OF many
Of the leaders of society. And so
ciety zones in for its share of
blame in DR.. Quackenbos's whole
sale denhEciation of voman's
drinking
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came TO him as a last resort and
laid their woes at his feet.
Society women. to whose smiling
lips the bubbles of champagne
have risen from crystal shells, have
told him their story Actresses,
who have learned to drink in Bo-
hemian cafes where the lights
were low and Hungarian bands
filled the air with their strange,
sensuous music, have added their
testimony TO that of The society
women. shop girls, who have come
tosgrief through the eoarser drinks,
have made their marks on the rec
ord. Women, .nen, women-in
the.last ten years they have passed
through his study an uuendiug
procession in search OF the means
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as practiced by women ruin for
them and curse for posterity.
He is like the shadow of death.
standing in the cafes and restau-
rants, the boudoirs and hotels.
pointing with relentless persist
ency to the handwriting on the
wall, the warning that women, by
welcoming wine, can do irrepara-
bic harm to america. He speaks
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"Not 8 few Of orr schsel chill
dren also have become beer drink
ers, especially these of foreign
birth and the increased prevalence
Of this habit is leading to a menia,
sluggishness, If not defect, among
the pupils of the public schools
that is attracting the attention Of
educators and philsnthropists.
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Rich and Poor AIne

He has treated the humble folk
whose excessive drinking took
away real comforts from their
home, lovely women in whose hair
dwelt perfume soft as the
breath of fairies. and they have
told him how their woes were born
in wine, and reared to uncomfortable
limits in whisky
What he says is important. He
treats nervous and mental diseases
by what he calls ''auto-suggestion. =
That is, bv mental treatment. he
frees them of the desire for drink,
and thus gives them the opportun-
ity TO shake off the habit. One con
dition of his taking a case is that
the prospective patient shall be
entirely frank with him, and tell
him how she started to drink ex-
cessively. and all other details
couuecteJANvith her ease
What TIL frankuess has taught
him may he gathered from these
statements IN an Interview he
gave TO the press in New York;
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Continues on Ninth Pass.
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his lesson as Pc has learned it in
the frankness of the professional
closet, as ne has seen il in the
revelations of the twitching nerve
and the wasted face, and as he has
studied it in the wreck of homes
and the waste of barren lives.
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Wine. Cocktails. and HighbaIIs.

Wine. Cocktails. and HighbalIs.
Especially alarming is the
growth of the drink habit among
women. rave treated women
whose weekly bill for champagne
alone was 500, and who filled up
the intervals between their
draughts of vintage wine with
cocktails and high-baiIs-
The punch-bowl figures at all
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knows Whereof He Speaks.

Many times there have been
heard cries from various people
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The Woodcock's Ear.

c. w. Whymper of Big Run, Mimi,
has just brought to notice n curious
point with regard to the position of the
ear in the woodcock. The snipe, it may
he remembered, is remarkable for the
fact hat the external a Is placed
under instead Of behind the eye, as in
other birds, but in the woodcock it Is
placed in front of the eye and more SC
on one side Of the head than on the
other. This lack Of symmetry. further
more. extends to the shape Of the aper-
ture. which is different on the two
sides Of the head.
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COULD PAY His WAY.

Story of a C'ubmsn Who Had Dinea
"Nct Wtae.y, bit Too Well"
The maj who was going home from!
the club after dining not wisely. bu,
too WELL" had paid five fares during
the first ten minutes he was on the
street car. When the conductor came
along again he handed out a sixth
nickel and then q seventh as the man
in uniform was returning to the back
platform. A little later when the con-
ductor went through the a he was
given an eighth five cent piece by the
clubman and then a ninth. but at this
stage of the game his money was
handed back to him.
1T seems to me you have paid your
fare" said the conductor as he looked
around to see what the other passen-
gers thought of the matter.
"No, shir!." was the reply. Il inshist
on payin' my way, shirt"
"Very we'll. then,' said the other, &C.
cepting the nickel, with a shrug of his
shoulders.
During the next fifteen minutes quite
a number of people got on the car,
and the clubman managed to pay five
more fares without a word Of protest.
The conductor hesitated, however,
when the fifteenth nickel was handed
him by the same man. and he gave II
back with the remark, II am almost
sure you have paid your fare"
mo, shir. and l 'shept no favors
from strangers" angrily exclaimed
the man. II a pay my way. shir,
and l propose do sho."
Another nickel passed between them,
and then the M who had dined mot
wisely, but too WE'LL" settled back in
his sea and nodded sleepily. When
the conductor passed through the ca
again, however, he sat up and handed
over another nickel and said:
"'Scuse me. shir-'scuse me for not
payin' fare"
But l believe you have paid you'
fare. sir"
"No, shir! Don't shink for moment
shir, that I'm tryin' beat This con
pany. l "a pay my way. shir."
Before he came to his street he in
sisted on paying three more fares
Then as he was leaving the a he
shook his finger in the conductors
face and said:
"'Ductor. I'm goin' report you"
"W-what for. sir?"
"For lettin' me ride free, shir! Rule
is no passengers lowed ride free, an(
III report you unless you collect my
fare. Here it is. shir."
And for the twentieth time the club
man handed the conductor a Nickel
A. B. Lewis in Judge.
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HRIMKNSW NIr11HTIAAPnK Or MW ORI

gestion that General Bell obtained the
material embodied in a report just
submitted. The facts gathered by Gen
eral Bell afford material for considera-
BILE reflection as to the Zest and per
sistency with which the officers Of Eu-
ropean armies devote themselves to
mastery Of the horse and feats in
reputation" al the military sharps
say. BY constant practice every day
a time the officers of European armies
have gained such skill that they can
perform without n ado and as a
matter of every day drill feats that
seem to the average mind almost an
i~mpossibility. Nothing like the severe
tests which are imposed in foreign ar
mies are required in our own. MI.
Roosevelt does not advocate imitation
Of European military regulations in
this respect, but he does urge with
vigor the general raising Of standards
In horsemanship. 1.-The field officers Of
our army cannot be held exclusively
responsible for the poor riding which
III pSSA iiCIuShIS N'A~Ao
Them" he says, and he points out that
the reason for the existence of poor
craftsmanship is found in part in the
fact that the quality of the horses used
in our army does moi equal that of for
eign mounts and that infantry officers
have no opportunity to practice riding
untf they become field officers, where
as in Europe all infantry captains are
mounted.
The ruling idea in European armies
is that all mounted officers should keep
themselves at all times In At condition
for war and their mounts also. A
great many customs are encouraged to
stimulate rivalry among the officers In
this respect, and there are cross coun-
try rides, drag hunts, fox hunts and
other things %partaking of the nature
of sport, but involving very practical
tests in craftsmanship because of the
necessity of jumping fences, bitches.
walls and hedges and other obstacles.
Some of the feats undertaken by
mounted officers In these armies are
very spectacular and seem almost I'm
possible. American cavalry troops
have won honors in contests with In-
dams and in China and the Philip
pines. In fact, complete success was
lacking In the operations in the Phil
ippines until a cavalry brigade vas
put in the field against the insurgents.
In the reorganization Of the army
undertaken not long since the fact
was recognized that the national
guard Of the country is composed al
most wholly of infantry and that in
case of outbreak of war with n for
eign nation volunteer cavalry would
have no chance of immediate success
in contests with the highly trained
c%avalrymen of a European army. Spe-
cial efforts have therefore been made
to increase the number and efficiency
Ct the cavalry troops Of the regulat
army. and it is In line with this policy
that the president seeks the elevation
Of the standard of horsemanship
among the field officers Of our army.
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Der pad QD) is placed. The bar E is
provided at each end with a heavy
calk Of angle form. Bolts seated in
the bar within these angles extend
through holes In the horseshoe and are
adapted to receive a pair Of fiat nuts.
Between the heel calks and the shoe
a pair Of leather or rubber pads CO.
are provided. Details are shown In
Figs. 2 and 3. The advantages claim
ed for this horseshoe plate are that
1t may be readily taken off by I'M
screwing the nuts and be replaced
with a new plate, that 1t prevents
many unnecessary and harmful nail
holes in the hoof and that, as the
plates practically take up all the wear
from the roads, a we'll fitting set of
horseshoes will last for several years.
The rubber pads will cushion the shoes
and afford comfort to the horse when
travelling on hard paved streets. The
inventor of this horseshoe plate is DR.
G. Emil Dargatz of Kansas City. Mo.
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MAJOR GENERAL JAMES FRANKLIN BELL.
are under the constant. super
vision and examination Of their supe-
nOrs rs to horsemanship as well as
other matters, and should a division
commander report a field officer de-
1clent In Craftsmanship ut any time
he is either assigned to duty not re-
Quiring physical activity-that is, prac-
tcally shelved-Or becomes subject to
transfer to the retired list.
Der Of officers Of captains rank and
higher r annually called out of the
army for deficiency in riding and en-
durance in the saddle, and the German
officers live In continual anxiety over
the results of the regular inspections
and annual maneuvers. The bride
paths near the German riding institute
are filed with fat majors and cap
tains hammering along with grim per
sistency and determination in their
faces, and the young students OF the
riding institute have a jocular saying
Ills breadbasket will buy him a to!'
hat before long"
Some of the photographs obtained by
General Bell illustrating cavalry feats
abroad are very interesting, and one
Of the most thrilling pictures repre-
SCENTS an Italian cavalryman riding
over Il twenty foot perpendicular cliff
the photographs being taken in series
to Illustrate the sagacity of the horse
and the skill Of the rider In maintain
ing his poise in different stages Of the
descent. There are also pictures OF
German and French student officers
apparently leaplng from hill to hill
and across all kinds Of obstacles with
the ease of a mythical hero on a wing
ed Pegasus.
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Mr.. +. w. Malvin, United States con-
sui Mt Nottingham, sends to the bureau
Of manufactures at Washington some
particulars concerning the new anaes-
thetic, stovaine. 1t appears that it
produces paralysis of the body below
the point of injection and removes all
sensation from the limbs. so that it has
been found possible to amputate Il
mans leg while the patient retained
consciousness and could, had he been
allowed to do so. have even witnessed
the operation. The patient could feel
no pain and after the operation and
when sensation returned experienced
nothing but the sense of bruising.
which is Il of the sequels of grave
operatiouS.-Scientitic American.
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THE Auto

An auto devotee was Beg=G.
He'd broken all his arms a,l Legs
And drunk of scorching to the uiegs.
He rode both day and night.
And in and out of his machine
He snelled SO strong of gasoline
None dared a match to light.
The game of golf he thought a bore.
Said he. Why do the buffers roar
The idiotic warning Fore
To those who go ahead?
I'll try the game this very morn,
And with a proper auto horn
III 'honk' to them instead.'
His driving from the foremost tee,
Quite wonderful, indeed. to see.
Evoked remarks Of "IIully gee!"
Twas straight as we'll as far,
For toward the hole. with stops FOL
strokes,
Including ~foozles. jabs and pokes.
He drove his motor car.
Though bunkered near the putting green.
He drove ahead with his machine
And landed in a deep ravine.
Then golfers came to coach.
"'Tis not the place to drive they said.
"The wonder is you are not dead.
You fooled your approach"
Then Beggs. with gargoyle-like grimace,
His collar bone slipped back in place
And deftly rearranged his face.
Said he. II like this game,
And though it's new to my machine'-
He glanced around the deep ravine-
I'VE holed out just the same!''
Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's Weekly.
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Collecting In New Hampshire.

A New Hampshire man tells Of o
tight listed man Of affairs in a town OF
that state who until recently had never
been observed to take an interest in
church matters. Suddenly. however
he became a regular attendant at di.
vine service. greatly to the astonish.
ment Of his fellow townsmen.
"What do you think Of the case OF
old Ketchum?" said one of the bust.
ness men of the place to a friend. "1s
is true that he has got religion?"
"Well. hardly" replied the other.
"The fact is. it's entirely a matter of
business with him. l am in a position
to know that about a year ago he loan.
ed the pastor $50, which the latter was
unable to pay. SO there remained moth
ing for Ketchum but to take it out ir
pew rent."-St. Louis Republic.
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Ut was on the eve of the adjourn
ment of congress for the Christ
mas holidays that President
Roosevelt sem to the secretary
Of war a communication on the sub
ject of Craftsmanship among army Of
1cers, a subject very close to his heart.
In the communication to Secretary
Taft he said:
II wish you would take such meas
ures as may be necessary to bring to
the attention Of the military commit
tees Of the senate and house the de-
STABILITY of legislation for the pur-
pose Of making infantry captains
mounted officers and for the establish
ment Of as many remount depots rs
may be necessary to furnish remounts
for the army. Both of these measures
are essential to the improvement Of
Craftsmanship in the army"
Every one knows what a good horse
man the president himself is and how
much he desires that the standards of
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day by day at her mothers side
pressed her keen sense of the humilia-
ton to which her brothers course of
life had brought his family. To this
cause for mental suffering are now add
ed the disappointment and mortified
ton incident to the failure of her mar
riage to the earl. His conduct since
their marriage ut Pittsburg in 1903 has
often been commented upon, as 1t was
common gossip that he neglected her
for the society Of other women. some
of them Of shady regulations. She re
ceived Il cold reception from the earl's
family on her return to England last
summer after the Thaw trial. although
her husbands mother was kind to her
tween the titled couple.
She is not expected to come to the
United States for the trial now IN prog
ress.
AS Miss Alice Cornelia Thaw the
present countess was much liked in
nittShurg and was easily the most
popular member of the Thaw family.
Her marriage was brought about hv
her brother Harry. but he had Il falling
out with the earl just prior to the we'd
ding and refused to attend 1t. The IA
thcr-in-law of the countess is the sixth
Marquis Of Hartford, one of the oldest
and proudest Of the British nobility.
and her husband IN the natural course
Of events will Ill day succeed to his
fathers title.
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EBENCH OFFICEH fkACTlClNt OItSEMA
SHIP.
Craftsmanship in the American army
should be raised. 1t was with this in
view that the recent practice marches
which put to the test the endurance
and efficiency as equestrians of many
OF the older officers in Uncle Sans
land forces were ordered. 1t was on
the 2Sth Of last September, shortly aft
er these marches, that the president
wrote as follows to the chief OF staff,
Major General James Franklin Bell:
"My recent order requiring Il test of
the riding ability of the field officers
Of our army has brought forth Il num-
Der of press comments apparently in
spired by the impression that such 4
test was something extraordinary or
unheard Of. l think the requirements
In this line in foreign armies cannot
he very generally known. Won't you
be kind enough to prepare for me mt
yOu- earliest convenience a report
showing how our own requirements
compare with those prevailing in some
Of the armies of Europey'
1t was In furtllerance of this sug-
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PRODUCTION OF OZONE.
Proportion In the Atmosphere Varies
With the Seasons.


The production of ozone in the at
mosp!lere is greatest in winter. Il de-
creases in spring and reaches a mini
mum in summer. The direction of the
wind seems to exert an influence upon
this proportion. Europeans say that
north and east winds bring but a
small quantity Of 1t. The proportion
increases notably with the south and
west winds and with the winds &C
companying rain and storms. CThis
being for Europe, the wind conditions
have to be reversed for the United
States.1
On the other hand, ozone is less
abundant In the air Of cities than in
the air collected in the country, in the
midst of forests, and less in that OF
plains than in the air taken at high
attitudes. This diminution Of ozone in
large centers is due to the contact OF
organic substances. The di.
minishes and disappears, and the pres.
ence Of this gas at any point is capa,
BILE Of giving data as to the purity OF
the atmosphere.
Generally speaking. the air contains
about one part Of ozone for 100000
parts of oxygen and nitrogen. In al
atmosphere more highly charged with
this gas respiration is effected with
difficulty, and beyond certain proper
tons its influence makes itself felt
very disagreeably, and it may exert
an irritant action. In small quaint
ties, therefore, it is a stimulant. 1t is
moreover, a d~isinfecting agent.
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Of Her Own Accord.

The day the doctor called to treat
little Kitty for a slight ailment it was
only by the most persistent persua-
sion that he succeeded in getting the
child to show him her tongue.
A few days subsequent to this the
child said to her mother. Ma. the
doctor don't have to tease me to obey
him any more!!'
"Why not?"
"'Cause every time l see him going
by the house now l stick my tongue
out at him!"-Lippincott's.
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tomb showed that the coffin contained
the remains of an aged, bearded man.
just such a a as Thomas Charles
bruce was in his last days.
The plausibility Of the bruce claim
depended largely on the sworn state
ment of all American, Robert c. Cald-
we'll, that he had been Il party to a
mock funeral and had witnessed the
placing Of lead in the supposed coffin
Of bruce.
Caldwell testified In court that he
had known bruce, the bazaar keeper.
and that he was in reality the fifth
Duke Of Portland. He had know the
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To an Unbound Treasure.

You ask me why love her.
She's no beauty. I'll admit.
And most girls r far above her
In the realms of and Wit.
Her temper's rather-funny,
And her SweetneSS-all to learn.
And she hasn't any money
(Or economy to burn.
She's no style. 10 education.
No accomplishments, nor could
She aspire to social station
Folks don't e call her good"
But she has one crowning glory
That for all things compensates.
You will doubtless doubt my story.
But-she always keeps her dates.
Judge.
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A Bit Hazy.

But" said Brightley. "if you were
sure the fellow who beat you in the
saloon was Il policeman why didn't
you take his number?"
WELL" replied Rounds, II had a
number too many Observation-Disclosures
phia Press.
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PLATE FOR ~HORSESHOES.
Designed to Obviate the Need Of Ere.
quent Shoeing.

Pictured in the accompanying en-.
craving is a device adapted to be ap
piled to horseshoes to take the wear
and thus obviate the necessity Of FIRE.
%quently shoeing the horse. The device
may easily be detached and replaced
with a new one. 1t consists essential.
ly of a I shaped plate, which is hook
ed over the front of the horseshoe and
is fastened at the heel by two small
bolts.
The plate comprises two members
A and b respectively, the bar E
extending across the heel of the shoe
and the bar A reaching from the bal
B to the toe of the shoe. The bal
y is formed with a heavy toe calk
and at its forward end is provided
with a hook (E), which Is slipped ove'
the toe of the shoe, fitting into a recess
formed in the horseshoe. Between the
toe calk and the shoe a leather or rub
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26
MAGNETS For Handling Glass.

1t has been proposed to use electro
magnets for lifting and handling
large panes OF glass. This is accom-
plished by placing a piece Of sheet iron
under the glass and applying n or
more electro magnets on the upper
face Of the glass. The electro magnets
attract the sheet iron and thereby Aold
the glass suspended while moving,
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De Style-l hear Lakeside is so for
getful he always forgets to put gaso
line in his auto.
Gunbusta-I hear he bought Il mo-
tor boat for his private lake.
De Style @bsentmindedly)-Yes. And
l suppose half the time now he'll for
get to put water in the lake.-Iarper's
Weekly.