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PAGE SIX. DAILY EAST OKKGOXIAN, PKXDLETOX, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY S, 1W8. SIXTEEN PAGES. OF Th ttvn Stigts of Drunkann and th Result. According to the evidence given re cently by Dr. R. T. Williams, n Eng lbib physician. In a London police court, ys the Literary Digest, he distin guishes seven stages of drunkenness Irritable, mellow, pugnacious, affection ate, lachrymose, followed, If the total fioses were large enough, by collapse and death. It Is noted by the British Medical Journal, from which this re port la taken, that other authorities Lave formulated these stages In differ ent ways. 6ays this paper: "Magnan, who waa one of the first to begin the scientific study of the physiological action of alcohol, dlstln gulshed five stages first, slight ex citement and a feeling of well being, In which speech and gestures became more animated; In the second stage Ideas became crowded together and confused, the mood being, without any rery obvious reason for the difference, fay or aad or full of tender emotion; In the third stage the confusion of Ideas was greater and accompanied by Incoherence, perversion of taste and mell, Illusions, thick speech, vacant countenance and staggering gait; the fourth stage waa coma and the fifth' death. Magnan'a second stage has been graphically described by Claye Shaw as 'a loss of the sense of aware- of surroundings.' " MEN AND MACHINES, The Limit of Human 8pd Has About Been Reached. One thing alone can intervene and put the curb on the desire for speed Dan's powers of endurance. Already tbere are signs that It has almost reached Its limit The Increase of nervous diseases, tLe spread of insan Ity, these and other warnings should serve as danger signals that the speed of modern life Is excessive. The ad justing of a man's frame to rapidly changing conditions, great though It be, yet has its limits. Machinery may be perfected to an Incredible degree, but man unless we are to conceive of him as becoming absolutely machine-like will always have his limitations of flesh and blood. He will always be a fantastic creator subject to strange emotions, uncertain gusts of passion, sodden tricks of serves or of physical exhaustion. Ajnong the dally catas trophies from the lust of speed it is rare to find that It is the machinery which is at fault It is the failure of the eye to transmit with sufficient rapidity the danger message to the brain or an error In Judgment or a sudden nerve failure, one of these which brings about dis aster. Man may perfect the machine, bat he remains himself ever imperfect London Saturday Review. THE DOLLAR. Ha Time Evolution From the On Bleat or Bellow. TLe dollar took some rouudlng. Nor did It formerly ring true, but much alive, simply gave a bleat or bellow, Cattle, among country folk, at one time constituted the dollar, while prim itlve man generally made use of any article sufficiently abundant for the standard payment of all merchandise, Thus, in ancient Greece, a large bronze tripod had the value of a dozen oxen. A good hardworking woman. on the other hand, was given in ex change for only four such beasts. When metal took the place of money the dollar clung to Its traditions, and coins were still called after live stock. Thus "picunla," applied to metal money, derived its origin from "pecus' (cattle). From the custom of counting heads of cattle came the present desig nation of a sum In cash capital or "capita" (heads). In Sanskrit roupa (herd, flock) made roupya or the In dlan rupee, while Ingots of electrum or admixture of gold and silver when first In use as money bore the impress of an ox or cow. Not clumsy, but too fragile, were the shells in use as money by the negroes of Africa and throughout ancient Asia, where the natives, taken by its beauty, gave the shell a money value. R. Holt Lomax in Harper'a Weekly. THE MINE PACK BURRO. New - Nurse Dread Lightning. Of all people who are glad when the season or tnunaerstorms is past none arg gore thankful than professional uurses. It isn't toat weajasM of Ilgntnfcg ourselves, gaM t nag In Roosevelt hospital, "bul It baa latarnj ful effect on our patients. Most sick people have an unreasonable fear of lightning. In cases of extreme weak' ness or nervousness a dozen flashes of blinding lightning reduce the patient to such a state of prostration that It takes extraordinary efforts on the part of the nurse to bring him around. If one sick person requires all that extra attention In a thunderstorm, Just im agine the predlctment of the nurse who has a whole ward full of them on her hands." New York Press. Information Gleaned by the comer In Camp. He was a newcomer in the mining camp, and as everything he saw ap peared novel and Interesting be kept op a rapid fire of questions that seem d mighty foolish to the boys. The placid little pack burros, mostly ears and voice, pleased blm Immense ly, and he supposed they were kept as pets or else as camp scavengers to nibble the labels -from old cans and eat stray newspapers. He came across one packing a wheelbarrow secured on Its back with wheel and bandies in the air. "My good man," be asked the own er, "can you tell me why the little donkey is tied to the wheelbarrow in that odd fashion r MI shore can, stranger," replied that accommodating individual. "This here Jassax has been acquired by old Wala pal Hugglns for a house pet at the Bully Boy mine, an', beln' as the anni mule la too dellycaf to walk all the way over them rough trails, the old man drives him uphill an' at the sum mit Jes' naterally turns him down the other side. Yesslr, it do come hard on old Walapal, but it's mighty restln' for the Jassax." Success Magazine. THE FEATHER BED. . K Is a Poor Thing to Us Either In Summer or Winter. "Few people, even physicians them selves, seem to know the principal rea son why medical science condemns the use of feather beds in winter as well as in summer," said a New Tork phy sician recently. "It is because feather beds are high ly hygroscopic a rather formidable word, but one meaning simply that feathers readily absorb and condense moisture. The body Is constantly throwing off waste matter through the skin and the lungs. The feathers In the bed will absorb this waste matter as readily as It will simple atmos pheric moisture. The feathers re tain the waste matter during the day, when the bed Is cold, even when It Is. aired, unless also warmed by sun shine during the time It Is exposed to the air. "At night when the body of the deeper warms the bed, the feathers renew their hygroscopic action and throw off the waste matter absorbed the night before. The susceptible body of the sleeper Is soon surrounded by a dense and highly poisonous atmos phere, the accumulative effect of which cannot help but be very in jurious. "The skin, like the lungs. Is contin ually breathing and Is very sensitive to external Influences; hence -arises the need for air baths as well as for water baths. The entire body should be exposed to fresh air every day for as long a time as you can make possi ble, and all beds should be thoroughly ventilated." New York Times. COTTON IN INDIA. On th Job. Amusing epitaphs are common enough, but It Is not often that a tombstone " w - - -UJ 1mm, inscription Is meant to carry u J MSB advertisement A West Virginia man tells of a singular one which may be seen in a certain cemetery. It was the idea of a widow of a man named Perkins, a partner In a commercial bouse known as Perkins & Parker. Soon after the decease of her spouse Mrs. Perkins married Mr. Parker, her late husband's business associate. The Inscription reads: "Sacred to the memory of James Perkins, for thirty years senior part ner of the firm of Perkins & Parker, now Parker Co." Harper's Weekly. Eating on th Train In Spain. As even express trains seldom at tain a higher rate of speed than twenty-five miles per hour travel is slow and tedious, though fairly comfort able, and to enjoy Spain one must as sume the leisurely indifference of the Spaniard to whom ma nana Is always The Way It Was Discovered by a Man Who Was an Observer. A remarkable story is told about the discovery of the cotton plant In India i some years ago. Two gentlemen were driving out to dinner near Bombay, one the host and the other his guest. On both sides of the road were hedges. It was getting dark, but the guest noticed some white stuff on the top of the hedges all the way along and at length told bis friend that be thought it looked like cotton. Ills friend order ed the native driver to stop, and the I two Englishmen got down and exam ined. The guest was right It was cot ton of an extraordinary strong staple. Both men were cotton experts, and yet the host who bad driven along the same road for years, had passed the cotton without recognizing it The guest Immediately proceeded to buy up these hedges, for except them there were none that be had seen during a twelve years' residence In India. During bis investigations be discov ered that natives often had one or two cotton trees in their gardens, and the English club compounds possessed three or four in different parts of In dia, but nowhere except in this Bom bay district did he see cotton growing In such luxuriant abundance. He bought up every tree and plant he could, for not a single native Euro pean imagined that It was a cotton the chosen time. Ha la wise who car ries his own luncheons, and never are dainty tea baskets more indispensable I tree that be possessed in bis garden. than on these long journeys. Spanish Cotton Age. ytla.uette demands that the (ajSiwr i ' Utely offer It to those who share the compartment with him. It may either be graciously accepted or declined. In no country Is it so difficult to travel and to secure information, as but lit tle English is spoken even by im portant officials. Travel Magazine. Not Business. Two highland farmers met on their way to church. "Man," said Donald, "I wass won derin' what yon will be askln' for yon bit sheep over at your steadln'?" "Man," replied Dougal, "I wass thlnkln' I wad be wantln 60 shullln's for that sheep. Lighted 8treeta In Europe. The best lighted street in Europe, declares a weekly paper, is Unter den Linden, in Berlin. Perhaps it is, but we would not be sure. In the torrent seamed bills of the Jura, where water power Is as cheap as anywhere in the world, there are little French villages In which every tiny cottage has Its electric light installation, and the cen tral street that one could almost Jump across. Is flooded by the beams of arc lamps that would do credit to the Strand. However, the Berlin boule vard, otherwise a disappointing thor oughfare. Is certainly well Illumi nated. Plate glass, Pllsener and police men are the three most striking fea tures of that capita but the Ugh ting don News. Her Helpful Hint The honeymoon had waned, and the cupboard was bare. "Don't worry, Mabel," said the ro mantic husband as be opened the pi ano. "Remember music is the food of love." But the practical little wife shook her head. "If you really think music Is the food of love," she responded, "perhaps you'll Step round and get the butcher to give you a beefsteak for a mere song." London Answers. New York Life. The life of New York seems a tragic matchlche, a religious can-can, the maddest blend In all Christendom of common sense and lunacy, dignity and folly, poetry and a furious pogrom ninit evervthlne that makes for besuty. Cor. Pall Mall Gazette. Telling Tale. Unsophisticated Visitor (trying to use the telephone) Kitty, what flo you say when you take this thing off the book? tixu niriPntm aiwavs savs. "Darn. on rentraL you've given me the wrong numberr-Cbicago Tribune. A Domestic Debet. "What kept Mrs. Clublelgb at homer A discussion of the servant girl question." With ber clubr No; wit her girl."-leTeland Plain Dealer. "I will tak' It at that" said Donald. "hut peb, tnan, Dougal. I am awful , o? the" streets Is" a good fourth. Con surprised at yOB doing hnslnesson the Sawbath." "' 'U "Business!" exclatjfled bougal. "Matt, sellln' a sheep like that for SO shullln's is not business at all. It's Just char ity." Dundee Advertiser. He Had the Name. She had gone up the scales once, and then she bad gone down the scales. Then she bad done the same thing over again, after which some one asked: "In what school of music were you taught?" Thereupon seme one else interrupted In an undertone: "Judging by the speed. I should say it was a riding school." And there were many present who deemed the sentiment a good one. Fair 8hare. It was at a theater, in Manchester. The king, aged and Infirm, was blessed with two sons. He was pacing up and down the stage, with a wearied, trou bled look, exclaiming aloud, "On which of these my sons shall I bestow my crown?" Immediately came a voice from the gallery, "Why not 'art a crown apiece, guv'nor?" London Mall. The Prodigal Son. Prodigal Father. I have come home to die! "Confound you! Haven't you cost me enough already without adding the expense of a funeral?" Life. Th Usual Way. "Say, pop, what's a raffleT' "A raffle, my son, Is where I buy nineteen chances on a diamond ring and the fellow with one chance wins lf-Kansas City Star. The hardest thing to win in the world is your own self reaped -6t Louis Globe-Democrat AH' the news Bast Oregoataa. all tho Um in the Moment That Counted. Bacon's fame Is mainly due to books written In his spare hours while be was England's chancellor, numboldt's days were so occupied with his busi ness that be bad to pursue bis scien tific labors In the night or early morn ing. Burns wrote his most beautiful poems In bis spare moments while working on a farm. Grote wrote his "History of Greece" during the odds and ends of time snatched from bis duty as a banker. "Moments are the golden sands of time" if rightly used. Orate Egg. When a ben Is made sick eating too freely of grass she lays what are known as "grass eggs." Grass eggs are poor stuff. They have an unpleas ant flavor, and the yolk wabbles around In a weak and watery white and is green and dull in color. The term Is one applied by candlers, who discover while testing that there Is a pale greenish hue to the eggs and that they are not at all of the bright fresh color that we find in healthy eggs. Baltimore American. What He Wanted. A very baldbeaded man went into the barber shop In the American Houbo In our town and, plumping himself down in the chair, said: "Hair cut" Ed, the barber, looked at him a mo ment and replied: "Why, man, you don't need no hair cut What you want is a shine." Life. A New On. Mrs. Wigwag-How Is your husband. Aunt Mandy? Aunt Mandy Porely, ma'am. He was git tin' along all right, but now de doctub done say be got de convalescence. Pblladelpbli Record. . Opportunity often knocks, but too often with a hammer. x i Set -w as. scr v.. . : WHY IS IT? That each month in all the best homes in this country, on the library table, and in every club reading room, you find the METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE It is because it keeps you in touch with those great public and human movements on which the American family depends. It is because its stories are the best published anywhere. It is because its illustrations in color, and black and white, set the standard. 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