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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.
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