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NOTES csraaz MEADOVBROOK Pigs relish potatoes. Cut back climbing 1 . ' Care for tbe farrowing sow. Treat tbe young belters gently. FARM ACK JOMDON Groom your horses well and prevent kMr SANG? VMfirtt CDWtfC. VICE IS CAUSE OF INEBRIETY akin diseases. hv amis, mj&r. nmM mm j m 8YNOPSIS. Elam Harnlih. known all through Ala ka as "Burning Daylight," celebrates his loth birthday with a crowd of mlnera at th Circle City Tlvoll. Tha danc leads to heavy (ambling. CHAPTER I Continued. "I ttltl got tbat hunch." Kearns Angered hli cards a long time. "And I'll play It, but you've got to know bow 1 stand. There'! my steamer, tbe Bella wortb twenty thousand If she's worth an ounce. There's Sixty-Mile with Ave thousand in stock on the shelves. And you know I got a saw mill coming In. It's at Linderman now, and the scow Is building. Am i good ?" "Dig In; you're sure good." was Daylight's answer. "And while we're about It. I may mention casual that I got twenty thousand In Mac's safe, the.-e, and there's twenty thousand more In tbe ground on Mooseblde. You know tbe ground, Campbell. Is they that-all In tbe dirt?" "There sure Is, Daylight." "How much does It cost now?" Reams asked. "Two thousand to see." "We'll sure hump you If you-all come In," Daylight warned him. "It's an almighty good hunch." Kearns said, adding bis slip to the growing heap. "I can feel her crawl In' up and down my back." "I ain't got a hunch, but I got a tol erable good band," Campbell an nounced, as he slid In bis slip; "but It's not a raising hand." "Mine ts," Daylight paused and wrote. "I see tbat thousand and raise ber the same old thousand." Tbe Virgin, standing behind blm, then did what a man's best friend was not privileged to do. Reaching over Daylight's shoulder, she picked up his band and read It, at the same time shielding the faces of tbe cards close to bis chest. What she saw were three queens and a pair of eights, but nobobdy guessed what she saw. Every player's eyes were on her face as she scanned tbe cards, but no sign did she give. She laid tbe hand face down again on the table and slowly tbe lingering eyes withdrew from ber, having learned nothing. MacDonald smiled benevolently. "1 see you. Daylight, and I hump this time for two thousand. How's that bunch, Jack?" "Still a-crawllng, Mac Tou got me dow, but tbat hunch is a rip-snorter persuadln' sort of a critter, and It's my plain duty to ride It I call for three thousand. And I got another hunch; Daylight's going to call, too." "He sure is," Daylight agreed, after Campbell bad thrown up his band. "He knows when he's up against It, and be plays accordln'. I see that two thousand, and then I'll see the draw." In a dead silence, save for the low voices of the three players, the draw was made. Thirty-four thousand dol lars were already in tbe pot, and the play possibly not half over. To tbe Virgin's amazement. Daylight beld up bis three queens, discarding his eights and calling for two cards. And tbls time not even she dared look at what be bad drawn. She knew ber limit of control. Nor did he look. The two new cards lay face down on the table where they bad been dealt to blm. "Got enough." was the reply. "You can draw if you want to, you know," Kearns warned blm. "Nope; this'tl do me." Kearns himself drew two cards, but did not look at them. Still Harnisb let his cards lie. '' "I never bet In the teeth of a pat band," he said slowly, looking at tbe saloon keeper. "You-all start ber roll ing, Mac." MacDonald counted his cards care fully, to make doubly sure It was not a foul band, wrote a sum on a paper slip, and slid It Into the pot, with tbe simple utterance: "Five thousand." Kearns, with every eye upon blm. looked at bis two-card draw, counted tbe other three to dispel any doubt of holding more than Ave cards, and wrote on a betting slip. "1 see you. Mac," be said, "and I raise her little thousand Just so aa to keep Daylight out." Tbe concentrated gaze shifted to Daylight He likewise examined bis draw and counted bis Ave cards. "I see that six thousand, and I raise her Ave thousand . . . Just to try and keep you out. Jack." "And I raise you Ave thousand Just to lend a band at keeping Jack out," MacDonald said in turn. His vole was slightly ' husky and trained, and a nervous twitch in tbe corner of bis mouth followed speech. Kearns was pale, and those who looked on noted that bis hand .trem bled as he wrote his slip. But his bio was unchanged. "1 lift her along for Ave thou sand," no said. ' - y Daylight was now In the center. The kerosene lamps above Aung high lights from the rash of sweat on his forehead. The bronze of hla cheeks was darkened by tbe accession of blood. His black eyes glittered and his nostrils were distended and eager. Tbey were large v nostrils, tokening bis descent from savage ancestors who had survived by virtue of deep lung and generous air-passages. Yet. unlike MacDonald, his voice was ' Arm and customary, and, unlike Kearns his hand did not tremble when he wrote ' "1 call for ten thousand.' be said. "Not that I'm afraid of yon all, Mae. It's that hunch of Jack's." "I hump his hunch for Ave thousand ltifit th same," said MacDonald. "1 had the best band before the draw, and I still guess I got It" "Mebbe tbls Is a case where buncb after tbe draw Is better'n the hunch before," Kearns remarked wherefore duty says, 'Lift her. Jack, lift her.' and so I lift ber anotb er Ave tbousald." Daylight leaned back In bis chair and gazed up at the kerosene lamps while he computed aloud: "I was In nine thousand before tbe draw, and I saw and raised eleven thousand tbat makes thirty. I'm only good for ten more." He leaned for ward and looked at Kearns. "So I call er Ave thousand." "You can raise If you want," Kearns snswered. "Your dogs are good for Ave thousald In this game." Nary dawg. You-all can win my dust and dirt but nary one of my dawgs. I Just call." Tbe saloon keeper Anally spoke: "If anybody else wins, they'll have to take a mortgage on the Tlvoll." Tbe two other players nodded. "So I call, too." MacDonald added his slip for Ave thousand. Not one of them claimed the pot and not one of them called the size of his hand. Simultaneously and In silence they faced their cards on the table, while a general tiptoe ing and craning of necks took place among the onlookers. Daylight showed four queens and an ace; Mac Donald four Jacks and an ace, and Kearns four kings and a trey. Kearns reached forward with an encircling movement of his arm and drew the pot In to him, bis arm shaking as he did so. Daylight picked the ace from his band and tossed It over alongside MacDonald's ace. saying: That's what cheered me along. Mac. I knowed It was only kings tbat could beat me. and he bad them. "What did you-all have?" be asked, all Interest turning to Campbell. Straight Aush of four, open at both ends a good drawing hand." "You bet! You could a' made a straight a straight flush or a Aush out of It." "That's what I thought" Campbell said, sadly. "It cost me six thousand before I quit" "I wlsht you-all'd drawn," Daylight laughed. "Then I wouldn't a' caught tbat fourth queen. Now I've got to take Billy Rawlins' mall contract and mush for Dyea. What's the size of tbe killing. Jack?" Kearns attempted to count the pot, but was too excited. Daylight drew ft across to him. with Arm Angers sep arating and stacking the markers and I. O U.'s and with clear brain adding tbe sum. "One hundred and twenty-seven thousand," he announced. "You-all can sell out now. Jack, and bead for home." Tbe winner smiled and nodded, but seemed Incapable of speech. "Name your snake-Juice, you-all the winner pays!" Daylight called out loudly to all about him, at tbe same time rising from bis chair and catch ing the Virgin by tbe arm. "Come on for a reel, you-all dancers. The night's young yet. and It's Helen Brer.kfnst and the mail contract for me in the morning. Here, you-all Rawlins, you I hereby do take over tbat same contract, and I start for salt wate- at nine a. m. savvee? Come on, you-all! Where's that Addler?" CHAPTER II. It was Daylight's night He was tbe center and tbe bead of the revel, un quenchably Joyous, a contagion of fun. In between dancec be paid over to Kearns tbe twenty thousand In dust and transferred to him bis Mooseblde claim. Likewise be arranged the tak ing over of Billy Rawlins' mail con tract, and made his preparations for tbe start He dispatched a messenger to rout out Kama, bis dog-driver a Tananaw Indian, far-wandered from bis tribal borne In tbe service of the Invading whites. Kama entered the Tivoll, tall, lean, muscular, and fur clad, the pick of bis barbaric race and barbaric still, unshaken and . una bashed by tbe revelers tbat rioted about blm while Daylight gave bis orders. "Urn." said Kama, tabbing his In structions on his Angers. "Get um letters frotn Rawlins. Load um on sled. Grub for Selkirk you think um plenty dog-grub stop Selkirk?" "Plenty dog-grub, Kama." "Dm. Bring sled this place Dine um clock. Bring um snowshoes. No bring um tent Mebbe bring um fly? um little Ayr "No Ay." Daylight answered de cisively. We travel, light sawee? We carry plenty letters out plenty Jesters back. You are strong man. Plenty cold, plenty travel, all right" "Sure all right" Kama muttered, with resignation. "Much cold, no care. Cm ready nine um clock." He turned on bis moccasfned heel and walked out Imperturbable, sphinx like, neither giving nor receiving greetings nor looking to right or left The Virgin led Daylight away Into corner. .-. v- "Look here. Daylight." she said te low voice, "you're bussed." "Hlgber'u kite." J "I've eight thousand In Mart sate " tbe began. But Daylight ' Interrupted. Tbi apron-string loomed near and he shlec like an unbroken colt "It don't matter," he said. "Busted I came Into the world, busted X go out and I've been busted most of tHe time since I arrived. Come on; let's walls." "But listen," sbe urged. "My money's doing nothing. I could lend It to you a grub- tike," sbe added. (Copyright. U10, by th Nw Tork Hreld Company.) (Copyright UlO, by th UacMlllao Company. "She's a Comln', Fellows, Gold From the Grass Roots Down, a Dollars to the Pan." hurriedly, at sight of the alarm in bis face. "Noboby grub-stskes me." was tbe answer. I stake myself, and wben make a killing It's sure all mine. No thank you, old girl. Much obliged. I'll get my stake by running the mall out and In." With a sudden well-assumed ebullition of spirits be drew ber to ward tbe dancIng-Aoor, and as tbey swung around and around In a waits she pondered on the Iron heart of the man who beld ber In his arms and re sisted all her. wiles. At six the next morning, scorching with whisky, yet ever himself, be stood at tbe bar putting every man's band down. The way of it was tbat two men faced each other across a corner, tbelr right elbows resting on tbe bar, tbelr right bands gripped to gether, while each stove to press the other's band down. Man after man came against him, but no man put his band down, even Olaf Henderson and French Louis falling despite their hugeness. The winner paya!" Daylight cried. Surge along you-all I Thla way to tbe snake-room!" I'm busted hlgher'n a kite, and I'm hittln' the trail for Dyea" "Goln' out?" some one called. A spasm of anger wrought on bis face for a Aashlng Instant but In tbe next good bumor was back again. 1 konw you-all are only pokin' fun asking such a question," he said with emlle. "Of course I ain't going out" Take the oath again. Daylight," the same voice cried. I sure will. I first come over Cbll- eoot In '83. I went out over tbe Pass In a fall blizzard, wttb a rag of a ablrt and a cup of raw Aour. I got my grub stake In Juneau tbat winter, and In the spring I went out over the Pass once more. And once more tbe fam ine drew me out Next spring I wept again, and I swore then that I'd never come out till I made my stake. Well, I ain't made It and here I am. And I ain't going out now. I get tbe mall and I come right, back. I wont stop tbe night at Dyea. I'll hit up Cbilcoot soon as I change the dogs and get the mall and grub. And ao I swear once more. I'll never bit for the Outside tijl I make my pile. And I tell you-all, here and now. It's got to be an almighty bij pile. I'll be real conservative, and put the bottom notch When Carving In Old Days the Slicing Was Suited to the Importance of the Qust Carving was once serious thing. Tbe sixteenth century carver was a professional He bad to make the Joint At the guest The size of bis slices waa the thing. Then he bad to know bis guests and cut accord ingly. A lore., for Instance, at tbe table, and a pike was, dished up whole. Smaller fry. and the pike cam on In slices. Tbe same procedure with pig. Tbe rank of tbe diners decided wheth er It should appear at table In gold leal or naked, whole or sliced. With bread, too, there was a difference. New or three days old baked was at tbe discretion of tbe carver as he sized up the visitors. And as for the apportioning of the tidbits according to precedence there was no end. The old-time carver In fact was born and then made . Tbe eighteenth century was the day of tbe carving master He taugnt hos tesses the art Lady Mary Montagu, for lnatance. took three lessons . a week "that ahe might be perfect o Hundred at a million. And for not an ounce less'n tbat will I go out of tbe coun try. I tell you-all I got a buncb. There's a big strike coming on tbe Yukon, and it's Just about due. I don't mean no ornery Mooseblde, Birch creek kind of a strike. 1 mean a real rip-snorter bair-raiser. Nothing can stop her, and she'll come up river. There's where you-all'U track my moc casins In the near future It you-all want to And me somewhere In the country around Stewart river, Indian river and Klondike river. When I get back with the mall, I'll bead that way so fast you-all won't see my trail for smoke. She's a-comlng, fellows, gold from the grass roots down, hun dred dollars to the pan, and stam pede In from the Outside Afty thou sand strong." "if 1 was you. Daylight, I wouldn't mush today," Joe Hlnes counseled, coming in from consulting the spirit thermometer outside the door. "We're In for a good cold snap. It's sixty-two below now, and still goln' down. Bet ter wait till sbe breaks." Daylight laughed, and the old aour doughs around him laughed. "It's a thousand miles to Dyea." Bet ties announced, climbing on tbe cbalr and supporting his swaying body by an arm passed around Daylight's neck. "It's a thousand miles. I'm saying, an' most of tbe train un broke, but I bet any cbecbaquo anything be wants that Daylight makes. Dyea in thirty days." ;"Tbat's an average of over thirty three miles a day." Doc Watson warned, "and I've traveled some my self. A blizzard on Cbilcoot would tie him up for a week." "Yep," Bettles retorted, "an' Day llgbt'H do the second thousand back again on end In thirty days more, and I got Ave thousand dollars that says so, and damn the blizzards." To emphasize bis remarks.: be pulled out a gold sack tbe size of a bologna sausage and thumped It down on the bar. Doc Watson thumped bis own sack alongside. "Hold on!" Daylight cried. "Bettles' right and I want in on this. "I bet Ave hundred tbat sixty days from now 1 pull up at tbe Tlvoll door with the Dyea mall." A skeptical roar went up, and a doz en men pulled out their sacks. (TO BB CONTINUED.) Was an Art ber father's publte days, when. In or der to perform ber functions without Interruptions, ahe was forced to eat ber own dinner alone an hour or two beforehand." ;"" Tbe hostess carved while the host "pushed the bottle". Sbe did more She urged the guests to eat more and more, and woe to her If she neglected a guest The diner who was forced to help himself to a slice of anything nearly choked. - These diners of tbe eighteenth century liked baing pressed. And the hostess wel comed the end of the feast London Chronicle. ' Net What You Pay. "It lent what yon pay for clothes tbat makes you well dressed," said Mrs. Knlcker. - , And Mrs. Bocker remarked: "No, In deed; It's what yon owe." -(- A Great Truth, flats may be bad things, but nouses m which. the maldleea housekeeper tolls upstairs wttb a baby on -one arm and bucket of coal on the other are worse '' ' . Groom your cows. The silo Is a time saver. Attend to the horse's feet Grow strawberries for home use. Let tbe young calves have plenty of lunllgbt Ws cannot longer raise paying ap ple crops unless we spray. Seed grain of all kinds Is scarce and high priced again this spring. The cleanly dairyman keep tbe dirt out of the milk rather than strains It out Whale oil soap may be used to de stroy lice, scale. Insects and mealy' bugs. Clover and grass seed always do best wben tbey can be started to early growth. Profitable beef production In tbe fu ture means that better gains must be made. In a gallon of 30 per cent cream there are two and one-balf pounds of butter fat When butter refuses to "gather" tbe , cream may be too sour or tbe temper ature too low. Lack tt thorough cleansing of tbe separator Is one cause of flavor In butter being off. It la a good plan to give a cow a bucket of acalded bran as the Arst feed after calving. The man who said it Is all bosh to curry cows waa either lazy or crazy. Get out your curry comb. The shoe should At the foot Don't let the blacksmith cut bars or frogs to make the horse's foot At tbe shoe. Field mice been at tbe young treea? If the bark la knawed to the wood tbe trees may be saved by bridge graft ing. Satisfactory results were obtained last year at the Kanaaa Agricultural college from tbe use of Kaffir aa si lage. Potash, as a constituent of fertilis ers, exists In a number of forms, but chiefly as chloride or muriate and as sulphate. After starting to sbed their hair In spring cows are very sensitive to sud den cold snaps. Tbat Is when stabling pays at night Clover and graas seed may be grown and a good stand secured, on oat ground during tbe last of April and the Arst of May. Narrow doors In the sheep barns are a mighty poor thing. Broken down blpa and early dropped lambs are some of the results. A colt wants to be kept eating and growing and exercising, and anything but fattening, as long as be has a time assigned him by nature to grow. Any kind of fruit tree will die when planted In ground tbat la all tbe time saturated with water. The tile ditch la a necessity In some places. ' Early peas may be followed by cel ery or cabbage or potatoes, followed by late beans or corn; thereby get ting several crops from the same ground each year. A horse must have feet and legs be side weight to be any good at heavy work. Flat bone in the cannons and large, round feet should be looked for In picking horses. Just now is the time to get tbe start of the lice and a good Arst move Is to thoroughly clean out - the ben house tben squirt some .. kerosene - around pretty lively over the walls, roosts, and nest boxes. Toung mares will sometimes refuse to allow tbelr foals to nurse at first Tbe mare may be tied In the stall and the colt helped to milk. As soon as It has sucked each teat the mother wiU usually allow. It to continue. It Is a great mistake to breed a 1,600-pound mare to an 1,800-pound stallion.. Sometimes tbe animals have the legs of a draft horse and the body of a roadster.. We bave seen these freaks with heads , of a draft horse and bodies of a light roadster. In selecting a walking plow turn it upside down and examine tbe frog tbe first thing you do. Tbe frog Is the foundation of tbe entire plow, the moldboard, share and landslde ail being bolted to tbe frog. . Borne frogs are cast iron and others are forged. It should be well made, of ample size and made to fit , a ' v : ; ; , ; There are no more profitable ani mals on the farm than plga and sheep, and years of experience and close observation have convinced many tbat pigs win do more toward raising a mortgage or lifting a man from dependence to Independence than many an acre sows with wheat or oata or corn. , The dairyman can raise bogs cheap er than any one else. Old and many young trees are In fested with tbs woolly aphis. Keeping the fingernails cut may save both milk and mortification. Keroaene emulsion will .kill plant lice more effectively than hellebore. There la a big difference between a butterfly and a fir In the butter. Be sure the little nlas have a nice dry place to stretch out In the warm sun. , Milk fever might often be nrevanted by a little attention to tha cow before calving. Remember that your orchard, espe cially tbe young treea, needs good cultivation. The three Important elements of plant food are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Alfalfa Is the moat wnnifarful nf all cultivated plants, and the oldest one known to history. There Is no germ slayer better than an ounce of carbolic acid added to pall of whitewash. '' One of the chief advantages of feed Ing live stock on the farm Is the maintenance of soil fertility. It will take good, farming to keep up and Increase soil fertility without purchasing feed grown outside. Teach tbe children to respect the dragon fly. This friend of ours kills flies and many other obnoxious In sects. If dustr bar la fed. snrinkle with water, and It will save the horse much annoyance; but better not feed ii ai an. A box of ashes under a clump of shrubbery will be greatly appreciated by the hens In warm weather. It Is as Impossible to estimate the productiveness and value of a cow as It Is to guess the exact number of bushels of corn a certain field will yield. Tbe right kind of a farm garden will keep the family during garden season with the help of the bens. It won't take many bens for this help. eltber. A good crop for the orchard would be cowpeas wide strips sown between tbe rows of trees. Tbls would make good early bay and Is also good for the soli. While sheep will eat grain and any kind of grass and some kinds of weeds, tbey Are, after all, dainty feeders, and the feed must be abso lutely clean. If you Intend to raise sheep for wool buy rams and ewes that are bred for wool, and do not make tbe mis take of mixing mutton types with wool types. The young pigs often become crook ed in the legs. If kept on the hard floor too long, and thla means that tbe pig. If a good breed, loses much of Us value. . : Weighing milk at stated Intervals not only teJJs the owner which are his profitable cows, and which are robbers, but it stimulates rivalry be tween the milkers. ' Alfalfa grows best on a deep, sandy loam underlaid by a loose and per meable subsoil. It will not grow If there is an excess of water In the solL Tbe land must be well drained. English farmers do not hesitate to pay as high as $100 for a pure bred sire ram. Do you Imagine they would do this If they could get Just as good results from a scrub at one-tenth the price? The high producing dairy eow is an animal that follows In the wake of civilization. She never goes ahead. Conditions ' must be suitable be fore ahe can be of any value to tbe farmer. If strawberry plants are dried out wben received by express do not water them, for water on the foliage will quickly cause the crown to rot Dip the roots In tepid water and lay them in a cool cellar for a few hours. - . ..,...'(. No matter what analysis may show regarding the goodness of different feeds, if stock do not take bold of It with a good appetite It will not do them much good. What they like and what their system craves Is what they need to put on flesh and make milk. An old cow la a better Judge of what Is good for her than tbe chemist Kerosene emulsion is easy to make. Cut up half a pound of soap and boll In a gallon of water. Add two gallons of keroaene, while the. water Is hot but remove the kettle from the fire before doing ao. or you may not live to use tbe mixture. . Churn briskly for five minutes. For spraying dilute this with seven or eight parts of wa ter. :. -:. ',,:. The earliest sweet corn may give yon a few bites, but bites that will have to be taken with care. Very early sweet corn is apt to be destroy ed by worms. When it comes In silk the first brood of moUs that producs the worms are flying nd tbey find no place tbat suits them better to 1 posit their eggs than on this early corn, , - . One of Effects of Excessive Use of ' Alcohol la Loss of Self-Control , Analogous to Insanity. In aa article on "Inebriety," pub lished la the Outlook, tbe writer baa Ibis to say: "Inebriety, though a disease, baa seen produced by vice and leads to erlme. "The appetites and passions should be under the control of tbe will and m guided and directed by the reason s to promote physical, mental and moral health. Wben tbey are not thus under tbe control of tbe will and are) not thus guided by the reason, the re ult Is Intemperanoe. There may be in Intemperate eating, as well as an Intemperate drinking; an intemperate use of coffee, as well as an Intern per ate use of beer or wine. Such yield ing to the appetites, such allowing of them to eacape from tbe control of the will and the reason, Is a vice, Gluttony is as truly a vice as drunt snness, though not a vice which pro- luces anything like as seriously Inju rious results either to tbe Individual or to society. Gluttony Is a sin snd tbe glutton is a slnper. He Is not to pity himself as a victim, but to con demn himself as a sinner. This self- condemnation Is the first step toward reform. So drunkenness Is a sin and the drunkard la a sinner. He alto Is not to pity himself as a victim, but to condemn himself as a sinner. This self-condemnation in bis case, as In tbe case of tbe glutton, Is tbe first step, and an indispensable step. toward real reform. 'But while Intemperance In all Its forms Is a sin, the disease which It produces is not a sin. Gluttony may produce dyspepsia; dyspepsia Is not a sin, though It may be a result of sin. Excessive drinking of tea may, and often does, produce serious nervous disease; nervous disease is not a sin, though it may be a result of fin. Ex cessive drinking of alcohol produoea disease known as Inebriety; tbat disease is not a sin. although It Is al ways a result of sin. One of the ef fects of this disease ts a loss of self control. He who Is afflicted with this In its most serious form ts a unable to control bis appetites as a man af flicted with locomotor ataxia la to control his muscles. 'To put a man afflicted with this disease in Jail until he has recovered from the immediate Intoxication, and then send htm out again Into temptations which be Is powerless to resist, Is Inexcusable folly. If a man has brought Insanity upon himself by vice, we do not pun ish the Insanity. We set ourselves to cure It Inebriety Is, In this respect, analogous to Insanity. It Is not to be punished; It Is to be cured. This Is none the less true because Inebri ety Is almost always, as Insanity is frequently, the result of vice. Society should distinguish between these three vice, disease, crime which It often confounds. The remedy for the rlo of Intemperanoe Is largely moral and Intellectual, or. In tbe broad sense of the term, character building. The remedy for tbe disease which tbat vice produces Is partly moral and part ly physical For the crimes Into which tbe vice often leads the intemperate person, society must In self-proteo-. tion, provide some form of punish ment "But in our i Judgment punishment. whether for the vice which produces' tbe disease or for tbe crime, which follows, should always be reformatory, not vindictive, in Its character. The distinction between sin and disease la not easy to draw. Jesus Christ habit ually -treated sin as a disease which he had come to cure. When he waa condemned for associating with pub- . llcans and. sinners, he replied that they which were whole needed not a physician, but they which were sick.. It has been well said that If drunken ness produces poverty. It is equally true that poverty produces drunken ness. How far the boy who has grown up In a family where there la no control of the appetites, who' has Inherited from the father and mother diseased appetite, who Uvea in an atmosphere which intensifies the crav ing for stimulants, whose inadequate or Improper food further Intensifies that craving how far be Is a guilty person to be punished, bow far a dis eased person to be cured. Is a ques tion to which no definite and final an swer can be given. "What Is true of drunkenness Is true of other sins. Tbey are partly the result of deliberate, Intentional violation of law. Tbey are partly the ,, result of ignorance, ill-breeding, bad Inheritance and almost Irresistible so cial forces. Society has tried tor many years the experiment of curing; sin by punishing It It is high time) that society tried the experiment of curing crime by removing the causes which produce It and by treating the criminal as a diseased or Insane per son, to be aent to a hospital for reme dial measures. ." . "We can put our whose philosophy on this subject in sentence, thus: It , should be the object of society, not to fit the punishment to the offense, but to the offender. Or, in another sentence, thus: The object of all pun ishment should be curative, -not punl- tlvei its object should be to punish crime only that It may cure crime, first in the Individual, next in society. "There Is no offense to which this principle can be and should be more Immediately and constantly applied . than to the offense of drunkenness."' Booth on Liquor Traffic. When we compare Scotland's drtnk bill for 1902 with 1910 we are sur prised at the enormous reduction with in the period. In 1902 Scotland waa spending on liquor 3 12s Id per head, but In 1910 It bad fallen to 1 13a 2d 19s less per head than In 1902. That Is to Say, Glasgow saved over 800,000. and Edinburgh over 300, 000. . Nou of that money went Into the drink trade. Everybody's MonUt- iy. .
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