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A*_. rrPtN/7JTo TEETOTALERS WANT A DRINK — Varieties of Beverages Do Not Moet Demand for Refreshment With Bite of Spirits. During the recent summer weather London's cnfes and restaurants made tentative displays of the stereotyped •‘nonalcoholic" beverages. However, it was not warm enough to make many people sufficiently thirsty to drink them, tbougii the fact that they were once more in evidence caused ninny teetotalers to complain that they were at a loss as to what to drink in winter. "The trouble with temperance drinks,1' n manufacturing chemist inti mately connected with "the trade" , said, ''is that they are either brewed—■ ond so contain alcohol—or concoctions i of incongruous materials dissolved la water mechanically aerated, and there- ; fore necessarily lack distinction and character. "It will probably be news to many I that the law allows nonalcoholic j drinks to contain 2% per cent, of proof spirit, and practically all brewed teetotal beverages do contain It. "Home brewed ginger ale, such as one buys at country refreshment cot- ' tnges, frequently contains more alco hol than bitter beer does. "Having dismissed such drinks as being alcoholic, there remains only the gassy bottles of variously flavor id water to which different fancy names are given; or lime juice cor dial and lemon squash, both lowering to the system if too freely consumed. ■ "No one Is really satisfied with , these concoctions, hut the trouble is that It has not been found possible to evolve anything better. "The fact Is, no substitute for alco hol has been Invented, and until some one discovers u substance with the •bite’ of spirll, but. without its intoxi cating qualities, the problem will re main unsolved. "For tile man who can Invent a pala table teetotal drink a fortune wails, nor will the brewers be able, speaking generally, to compete against him by making mid Imitating his product. "For example, a tremendous quan tity of ginger wine Is drunk in this country. "The taste for this line survived from the time when every household In England made Its British wines, but now, owing to the massing of the people In the towns and the want of accommodation for such work, it is manufactured by old firms, and much of It Is sold to the brewers to be re tailed In their tied houses. “Notwithstanding the quantity of this brewed beverage that Is drunk, the brewers do not make it them selves. The Inland revenue authorities would Impose many restrictions, and In most eases the articles of associa tion of the brewing companies restrict the business carried on to the brewing of stout and beer. "Orange wine Is another British wine that has an enormous consumption In the smaller towns In the provinces, yet the brewers do not make it. ‘British wines pay no duty, though they are often ns strong as bottled beer. "One firm, registered at Somerset house lately, thinks it has solved the j problem by the Introduction to tho public of unfermonted fruit juices, principally those of various grapes. "Fruits are the finest and purest natural foods," the mannging director said, "for they contain grape sugar, albumen and various valuable salts, j "These nre all retained in the fruit Juices, or alcohol-free wines, we sell, j and we consider that fermentation of them would be Injurious, for the sugar is converted to alcohol and the albu men is destroyed when fermentation takes place." _ I Leaders of Temperance in the Army. ( United States Secretary of War Dickinson has recently followed the example of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant in publicly declaring hliuself on the side of total abstinence, lie writes: "I believe in everything that encourages voluntary abstinence, both within and without the army. The man who abstains is better quali fied to be a useful and law-abiding citizen and to promote bis own hap piness and that of his family and friends. One of the greatest burdens upon our country is thnt of crime which is the direct result of drink. When the Romans achieved their greatest success they were water drinkers." Drink in the Subarctics. Writing on conditions in Labrador Dr. Wilfrid T. Grenfell, the noted mis sionary physician of the coast, states, ‘‘A wareful study of the health con ditions of the coast by the doctors of our staff all these years has shown that there is no need for liquor what ever in these subarctic climates; that, on the contrary, the first man to go down in hard physical condi tions is almost always the drinking man. Among men on the sea the dangers from its use are enormously enhanced.” It is always easier to talk of the di vine plans than it is to do them. It Is better to learn to still the spirit ■j-^jhln than the storm without. PAVEMENT PHILOSOPHY. No one cun ever make good by ma king bad. A soft answer turneth away dis couragement. Tomorrow never conies; neither does yesterday. There nre no great men, in their own estimation. Lots of good advice Is wasted simply because It Is free. Time will tell, and therefore time must, of course, be feminine. Some folks put their shoulders to the wheel and then don't push. Although actions speak louder than words they can't be heard so dis tinctly. If a man was "made to mourn,' then woman was made to make him mourn. The man who is easily discouraged hns this In his favor: He usually gets over it easily. If a man were what he’d like every other man to be, what a fine old world we’d be living in! There may be nothing new under the sun, but remember the sun doesn't shine all the time. There may bo two sides to every question, but usually one side over balances the other. It makes a cat mad to stroke Its fur the wrong way, and people are not above cats when It comes to that. It Is pathetic when a man imagines he Is capable of ruling a lot of people, or controlling a large business, when he can't control himself. __. _ PHILOSOPHY OF LANDLADY. Politics and Wall street is real chummy. The more folk need money the less scruples they carry around with them. It takes nerve for a street sweeper to stop a automobile to ask what time it is. Wouldn’t you be nice and friendly with tho butcher if he'd send good meat three times in succession? Why do they rub it in on the law yers lor bein’ crooks, when there's so many doctors workin’ both sides of tile street? Seems as If there’s wlmmln In the world that’s trouble garages. Men will run to some wlmmln with worries faster than a cop gettin’ away from trouble. Noo York is full of crooked doctors. There’s all grades of ’em, from the man that takes a case of rheumatism and keeps It suin' for ten years at so much a visit tcj the feller that will kill anybody with slow poison for a thou sand dollars.—Charles R. llarnes, la Popular Magazine. OF ADMIRATION. Fools admire, but men of sense ap prove.—Pope. Distance is a great promoter of ad miration.—Diderot. Few men are admired by their serv ants.—Montaigne. Season your admiration for a while.—Shakespeare. Admiration and familiarity nre strangers.—George Sand. Admiration is the basis of ignor ance.—Balthasar Graclan. All things are admired either be cause they nre new or because they are great.—Racon. Admiration is a youthful fancy which scarcely survives the mature years.—H. W. Shaw. We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.—La Rouchefocauld. EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY. Classical musicians condemn ragtime because they prefer bragtime. The author is a kind of farmer who hauls his product to market with post age stamps. You could never convince a hustling circular distributor that Rome cannot be billed in a day. To court one’s sweetheart is a de light, but to court one’s wife is more so, and less expensive. Refore marriage, man thinks about the way she looks; after marriage, about the way she cooks. When the optimist tumbles over a stumbling block, he simply smiles and sits on it long enough to rest. Men hesitate to open the doo. to big opportunities, for fear that the little ones already within will escape.— Judge. SEAMEN ARE DRINKING LESS Increased Sohr r*y r>s Result of Work of English Society Among Men of All Nations. Some interesting incidents relating to temperance work among sailors of the British navy ard among seamen In general have been recently given out by Secieiary Matthews, of the British and Foreign Sailors’ society, the headquarters of which are estab lished In tlie British metropolis. This organization has over ninety years’ work to its credit and stands as one of the most active, and successful j agents in promoting sobriety among sailors. In furthering its purpose of admin istering to the social intellectual and religious needs ot seamen, afloat and ashore, the society comes into helpful touch with large numbers of foreign sailors, including Japanese, Greeks, Scandinavians, French and Spanish seamen, as well as with those of na tive birth, nud by providing rest and j reading rooms, and healthful and wholesome recreative interests and en vironment during their period on shore are able to materially offset the temp- j tation or tendency toward drinking habits. TliIs good work is further extended to (he ships themselves where ocean loan libraries have been established with other opportunities for improvement and recreation, apart from the influence of intoxicating drink. Records of the work of the past year show that over 500 meetings were held on board ship during 1909, which were attended by more than six thousand seamen. More than seven thousand meetings were held on shore, which were attended by 336,146 sea men, and during the year 1,342 tem perance pledges were taken. All tiiis in addition to the long story of ships, lodging-homes, hospitals and prisons visited, and the great work of distrib uting helpful literature. Branches are now established in 116 ports and the work is still extending. The results of these influences show well from a temperance standpoint and are indicated in the testimony of admirals and naval officers. Lord Charles Beresford, on the eve of leaving for his short cruise and before hauling down his flag, wrote the secretary: "I am well aware what a benefit the Rosts of your society are to the men of the Royal navy and sail ors in general, and the immense good they do in the maritime community in promoting sobriety and general wel fare.” Sir Percy Scott, vice admiral, com manding the Second Crusier squadron, has also written a tribute to the work, stating that during the visit of the squadron to Monte Video, the local or ganization of the British and Foreign Sailors’ society was of the greatest assistance to the men while ashore on leave, working with others, and was highly appreciated. As an instance of the growing so briety of the British sailor, it may be added that on the occasion just men tioned there were (1,800 men ashore daily for eight days, and not an odd police case, nor a single case of drunkenness occurred. One fact like this speaks volumes, and is worth (ns to the character and conduct of the men, often under trying circum stances of treating, etc.), volumes of theories. At the same time, on the other side of the (Ireat Panama at Buenos Ayres, some thousand British merchant sea men were taken by train on a New Year’s picnic. The local press, in re porting the outdoor sports, and the thirsty weather, etc., said: Not one sailor or fireman was Been the worse for drink." No one can doubt that much progress—eocially and morally, and especially from a temperance viewpoint—has been made, all along the line of the society's work for sea men. Stamp Out Alcoholism in Servia. The rising tide of popular senti ment in favor of temperance appears to be spreading eastward over Eu rope with marked results, and now even the little kingdom of Servia is affected. The Medical Society of Ser via, in common with those of sur rounding countries, has been con fronted by the ever increasing evils of alcoholic drinking among all classes of the people and the mem bers have entered upon an active campaign to stamp out the blight. The question of the use of alcohol in medical practise came up for much discussion at the general meeting of the society and it was unanimously decided to address a petition to the minister of the interior asking for a permanent commission to study the question of alcoholism and the best means to employ in wiping out the evil in Servia. Public Houses in Europe. A German writer gives the follow ing statistics concerning the number of public house liquor licenses issued in some European countries: Belgium, France, Switzerl'tl, Italy, Holland. Austria, Gernta. 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