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UP iMC I I IN Nl I I I DRUNKENNESS CAN BE CURED Records Show That 30 to 36 Per Cent of Those Treated Have Betn Cured of Drink Habit. d&ti par rfrr i i I... . ' ' YVL 1TH the lumber Jacks In many M.jOG6m& ZOCmTQ2?kP ' JWD CJP&r 4 & . y 'a U sections of the United State the p tfT' - V f - V" n a, tu-"m- M JfTTSS energetically to "get out" the f " ,X!? , M fcjj- requisite number of logs during jt..v;-?,f.-'. f,. the Interim of enow and ice as - fegA ooes tne farmer to get in his i- 2i ,'. i Taf ln- Only, to he sure, the lum- l -' II L J- v 4j - J-.St. rw . -- - - j fx (Ytk m$ Mom mm ITH the lumber Jacks In many sections of the United States the winter Is the busy season of the year, the harvest time, as it were, and they work almost as energetically to "get out" the requisite number of logs during the Interim of snow and ice as does the farmer to get ln his grain ere the autumn rains set in. Only, to be sure, the lum bermen are not menaced by quite the same uncer tainty as to weather conditions as Is the farmer In autumn, for in many of the northern lumber camps It is almost unheard of for a season to embody lees than five months of sledding, that Is, five months of continuous snow and Ice. In the logging regions of the Pacific Northwest, of course, where may be found perhaps the greatest of nature's lumber store houses, the winter does not make the marked difference ln condi tions that It does ln the forest of some other sections of the coun try. In western Oregon and Washington there Is so little snow, and that of such a tran sient character, that the lumber men cannot depend upon it as they do elsewhere to help them with their work. But, on the oth er hand, the Puget Sound and Columbia River country Is free from that severe weather which renders It Imperative for lumber Jacks elsewhere to constantly have a care lest they suffer from frostbitten hands and feet Simi larly in the south, where cypress Is king and where much of the logging la done ln wampa, the winter pre scribes no change of method or equipment It or ' Jta&s 27&Z066X2if 'A W for tne twentieth century iogging crews. In what we might term the traditional seats of the lumber Industry, however, winter puts a very differ ent face on the whole matter of getting out the logs and transporting them to the sawmills that transform them Into the marketable form known to the average consumer. In Maine, in northern New York and Canada, In Michigan, ln Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Oakotas the summer is in one sense a vacation season for the lumber Jacks. At least It is an interlude of restricted activity and the lumbermen, unlike some other members of the community, welcome the passing of the long, bright days and the advent of the Ice King. The explanation of this state of affairs Is found, of course, ln the fact that snow and ice afford the material for the ideaj arteries of com munication in the lumber regions. The felled . Treel may be conveyed to market more quickly and more economically over snow roads and Ice trails than by any other method known to the Industry. Indeed, there are lumber regions where without these factor and their sequel, tbe "big thaw" In the spring It would be virtually im practicable to get the timber to market at an ex pense that would Justify operations. : The snow and lee, Important as Is their aid, axe not the only Influences that are now tending to make the lumbermen concentrate their activ ities in the fall and winter. Of late years a con stantly increasing number of our lumbermen have been brought to see tbe wisdom of adopting what Is known as conservative lumbering that la, lum- , berlng which treats a forest as a working- capital whose purpose Is to produce successive crops and which calls for work In the wood that will leave the standing trees and young growth as nearly unharmed as possible. : Well, the minute a man becomes a convert to conservative lumbering be Is certain to become an advocate of the cold sea son as tbe proper time for carrying on all the operations of lumbering. To make this point clear it may be pointed out -that tbe difference between practical work under ordinary method of . lumbering and under con servative lumbering 1 principally in tbe selection i of the treetf to cut, in the felling of these trees, and ln tbe first part of their Journey from the stump to the mil. It I an established fact that the amount of barm done to at forest by tbe cut ting depends considerably upon the season of the year when the work In the woods 1 carried on. t.Iuch less damage will result to the young growth and to the trees left standing if the lumbering Is done after the growing season Is over Instead of being allowed to go on In tbe spring and summer while the bark Is loose and tbe leaves and twigs are ten der. Moreover, If there be a heavy blanket of snow on the ground, a tree, after It has been felled with ax or saw, stands a chance of crashing to earth with less damage than It would sustain at another season of the year. The tree trunk that falls on a bed of snow Is not likely to split or to break as would otherwise be the case when the forest mon arch comes down on rocky, uneven ground. After all, however. It is in the various stages of the transportation of the log that the snow and ice yield the greatest aid. First of all It sim plifies the operation of skidding or dragging the log lengths from the depths of the foiest This work wa formerly done by horses, mules or oxen, and Is yet to some extent, but for the most part the modern donkey engine ha supplanted all other forms of energy for skidding. Supposedly the skidding operation Is designed only to get the logs out of the forest depth where no log carrying vehicle could be operated without Infinite trouble, and damage to the standing Umber. How ever, when the Snow King I in command it some times happens that a similar method may be em ployed for moving the logs to the rollway or stor age yard, perhaps a mile or two distant, where the logs are held to await the spring freshets or are loaded aboard railroad car that convey them to the mill. For this long-distance log trailing there 1 employed a more powerful type of engine than the donkey above referred to and a stronger wire cable is supplied. Tbe pathway for the logs is an Icy boulevard kept in condition by "flood ing" a circumstances require and thl become o smooth from the polishing- process afforded by the passage of the logs that It I practicable to transport at each operation not merely a single log but whole "strings" of log attached end to end by means pf stout chains. -; At some lumber camps It 1 the practice to em ploy giant sleds to carry the log on the first stage of tbelr Journey from the forest to the saw mill. Of course snow Is requisite to the satis factory 1 operation of these sleds, but , when ' "path" bas been worn for the sled runners along . the Icy road tbe vehicle traverse the line thus furrowed with a facility suggestive of that with which a locomotive glides along the steel rails. There is. of course, a minimum of resistance to the progress of a sled along such a glased surface and ln many Instance log load of almost Incred ible weight are thus transported over tbe glisten- ' Ing surface. A "new wrinkle" that characterise . winter practice In some of tbe up-to-date logging districts consist of what might be denominated , an ice automobile for log carrying. Powerful traction engine have been used for some time past on the Pacific Coast to draw trains of log laden trucks out of the forest, but this new form . of commercial motor vehicle goe even these marvels one better. In principle, the Ice auto mobile Is not very different from the ordinary commercial motors which are now employed for delivery work in every city. However, the self propelled adjunct of winter logging Is provided with sharp teeth which It sinks Into the snow or Ice as It progresses, thus insuring steady prog ress with no slipping or sliding on the smooth surfaces. But because tbe winter finds the lumber Jacks very busy In a temperature that ranges as low as 20 to 40 degrees below zero It must not be sup posed that they do not find time and opportunity for plenty of fun In tbe Isolated camps where they spend the season. A logging camp may be any where from five to twenty-five- miles from tbe nearest store and postofflce, but. the "Jacks" are kept liberally supplied with fresh butter, fresh meat, smoking and chewing tobacco, etc. A grapbophone or phonograph Is an almost Inevit able adjunct of tbe Isolated logging camp and the lumbermen manage In one way and another to get records of the latest song "hits" from time to time. ,.; ... The average logging camp has two main struc tures the bunk house where the loggers sleep In bunks arranged In tiers, and the cook shanty where the' food Is cooked and served. To call this eating hall a shanty Is, however, something of a misnomer, since .the word Is likely to suggest a modest hut, whereas tbe cook shanty of an ud- to-dwte logging camp must be large enough to ac commodate a crude dining table perhaps 46 feet ln lengtb. Tbe cooking in a Jogging camp is usually done by a man and wife (almost Invar iably German), who hire out as professional cooks and who have the help of two masculine assist ants. They work over a range that is 10 feet long and on top of which stands a coffee urn that holds as much as a barrel; a meat boiler that holds 100 pounds of pork or beef, and a can In which there can be boiled at one time more than a bushel of potatoes. Below are the ovens where are baked some 10 to 15 square feet of biscuits every day. In some camp heavy stoneware Is provided for use on the table, but at a majority of logging es tablishments each of the 60 to ISO men Is simply allowed a spoor plate, and cup of tin and knife and fork of steel. . ; Although It baa been several years since Henjamtn Kusb declared that baliltual drunkards were diseased persons, there are even yet . many men and women today, Dr. K. & Bering declares, who do not sgree with blm, and consider It a waste ot time to help them throw oil this ter rible burden under wblcb they labor. It bas been considered almost useless to undertake to cure anyone addicted to these habits, that all users were out ol tbe pale of society and could never be restored to good manhood or womanhood, but from an experience or several nuudred cases covering every phase of the situation, the doc tor aaseris. "1 am sure that these habits are as positively and certainly curable as are any of tbe curable dis eases. This Is a bold and broad state ment and one not yet accepted by tbe general medical profession In all ot Its detail, but It can be demonstrated to the sntistactlon of anyone." Or. Day. for many years head of the Washlngtonian home, Boston, an in stitution now In tbe Urty-second year of Its experience, made a study or 8.U00 cares that bad formerly been under treatment, and fouiid over 3u pqr cent sober, and temperate. He says that "twenty-two years' experi ence In tuis work bas taught me toat tbe task Is neither hopeless nor thankless, cor would It be It tbe meas ure of success had been lessened one half from the known rate ot percent age of cures." Or. Mason, formerly of tbe Kings County home, New York, examined the records of 2.000 cases that bad been away from tbe asylum tor 10 years and found a" per cent or all cases cured. Dr. T. D Crothers or Hartford. Conn., editor or the "Journal of In ebriety," an author or much note, says: "The best authorities unite In consiuermg ,iu per cent or all pa tients remaining under treatment tor one year or more as permanently cured." r COT of QUtaSC mart axarn) XXu7arjiAiiHOiY XkackJ P , PRAISE WORTH WHILE. "A society woman paid you a handsome com pliment the other day, Mr. Drugsly." "Ah, Indeed I May I ask who the lady wast" "Certainly. It waa Mrs. Whooplndyke. She aid you sold the beet dbg soap In town." EXTREMELY POLITE. "You ought to call on Dr. Pullem, he's the best dentist In town." - "On of those so-called 'painless' dentists, ehr "No: but he always says, "I beg your pardon,' before pulling tooth." , REVENGE. Official (to barber condemned to death) In an hour's ttmo now, my poor man, you must prepare 'for your doom. Have you any last dying wish? : 'Condemned Barber (savagely) Ye. - I'd Ilk to shave tbe crown prosecutor! London Opinion. ;t rb, chru-er, although the name conns like a disease. Is not s cf vr'f(t' cr-rp. On t"" cu ts to i 9 t0 ! t It. arid tbe action of shifting one about tbe other brings the fingers into play anj lends them that suppleness nd 1 dexterity wblcb Is necessary In - n manipulation of the Chines letter ; i n or fine-pointed brush. Ob what a h :, 'ty! September Atlantic. " - In Culet. In Hamburg. ' "Mother put the'r ba bies to sleep under this," be explained. "Tbe roadbed Is balaated ao that tbe train make no noise." We can beat that In tbe South End. Babies brought to the day nursery could not sleep in quiet roorts. So they were laid away in cot next to the game rooms, and In the general racket they slumbered the sleep of the Innocent. Tbe secret was tat. tisey tad bipn born ln hoti Be- ' ! frfr.ir 1ve t t . T' i is f How It Happened. Condesoendlng Chappie I weally can't wemember your name, but I've an Idea I've net you here before. Nervous Host Oh, yes; very likely. It's my house. Sketch. - Sorrow Is a kind of rust of the souL which every new Idea contributes In Its pni-v!' to scour away. It Is the t I " t - ! li n of ly et ONE OF CARDINAL VIRTUES Admirable Remarks Upon 8ubject of Temperance In Essay hy President Hyde It Is Self Control. An essay by President Hyde on 'The Cardinal Virtues" contains some most admirable remarka upon the sub ject of temperance. Of course be uses the word In Its widest sense as self-restraint In all things Temper ance, says be, cuts off remorselessly whatever pleasures are Inconsistent with the attainment of best results. The temperate man select that which best fits his permanent ends. Tbe temptation to In'omperance In drink comes chiefly from false Idea about pleasure. Tbe man seeks en joyment. but the Injury Is out of all proportion to the petty sains he e- .res. Today a man who permits trim self to be seen drunk Is not wanted for employe or partner or son-in-law or Intimate friend. The man who keeps on using Intoxicants when be knows they Injure htm confesses htm. self to be a slave and a fool. In view or tbe doubtful gain wblcb even moderate use of alcoholic liquor brings to those who Interpret tempo rary exhilaration as permanent bene fit, it Is wisest to abstain In view of the misery which liquor causes In the world. In view of tbe difficulty of using It without encouraging be abuse of It, and in view of what society would gain If Its use were everywhere dis couraged as a beverage--It Is best to adopt a moderation which amounts to practical abstinence. , A man must practice stern self-de nial and rigid self-control. ' But 'be must do more than tbat. He must cultivate beauty and sweetness In bl life. He Is not simply to cut off what ever pleasure proves Inconsistent with the attainment of the highest and best purposes In his own life but be is to seek to be rightly related to bla fel low men and to develop In himself those qualities which will add to the joy of living. v , . . ROOT OF POVERTY IN DRINK Relationship Between Crime and Liquor Is On of Saddest to En gage Attention of Sociologists. . The other day, writing about some poor people In whom I was lntereated, I said that the root of most poverty was to be found In drink. Tbe fight against drink should lie equally be tween men and women; each should do their share, say a writer In an ex change. We do not want our young country to follow in the steps of the mother country with regard to drink. At a recent meeting ot the Society for the Study of Inebriety, Dr. Albert Wilson said no nation shows so much mental deterioration aa England, and no nation Is so alcobollxed. The relationship between Intoxicat ing drink and crime, tbe lecturer went on, is on of the saddest subjects that could engage the attention of the so ciologist. In the United Kingdom about 1,000,000 persona are arrested every year, and of these about 300,000 are sent to Jail. Out of those million ar rest from t to 70 per cent, are associ ated, with Indulgence In alcohol. The late executioner Berry, Dr. Wil son continued, once Informed him tbat he bad carried out more than 00 exe cutions, and that In bis opinion In four case out of five the criminal had been brought to the gallow through drink. Berry came to feel that the culprits were more sinned against- than sin ning, so that he gave up his business as public hangman and became s tem perance advocate. Crime in the United Kingdom cost the state about $30,000,000 a year. If that sum. Dr. Wilson thought, could be srtent Instfsd on the careful nurture cf the t ior d.'' t t- first ti years . - r -. 1 ! ' r ! ERCHED high on a lofty prom ontory 400 feet above the ter, on the edge of a bluff at tbe Junction of tbe St. Charles and St Lawrence rivers, Old Quebec reminds one of the Mediterranean city ot Gibraltar if you approach it by boat and of the American city of New Or leans if you enter tbe place by rail. Traveling by way of tbe 8L Law rence takes the visitor through a beau tiful harbor composed of a great tidal basin which la partially, lined with docks that apeak of great skill In en glneerlng, and at one of these the visi tor lands on narrow atrip with the water on one aide and tbe steep ascent to tbe greater bait of the city on the other. It Is here tbat you Imagine you are scaling the rock of Gibraltar when you travel upward In search of a lodging place. Once up, however, you are sud denly transplanted Into the atmo sphere of New Orleans with Its narrow and crooked ' street and lta foreign tongue. In the business section of Quebec there Is one street which cramps the pedestrian Into a width of only four feet, and most ot it la all up hill and down. But It is the language which first holds the visitor's attention. It was aa far back as the Treaty of Paris, In 1763. that France resigned all clatma to her possessions In North America, and yet three-fourths of the people speak French, though Quebec boasts of a population of over 75,000 souls. Tbe English heard Is of a decided French accent In tbe churches there Js French, ln the theater and public halls It is French, and tbe same tongue is taught in the publio schools. There seems to be a natural prejudice against the English language, though none can tell you why. The people of Quebec are loyal British subjects when any one questions their nationality. One thing, too, la very apparent they possess that easygoing, care-free disposition of their Latin forefathers, which extends to a great extent to the English element also. Business In Quebec makes no one hustle. Down on the waterfront there la shipbuild ing and a great deal of shipping, but they go easily with It Quebec's bar bor Is safe and so commodious tbat the largest vessels can ply to , the docks with perfect ease. There are several Ht.es which run direct from there t the chief porta ot the world. Back In the province where the rivers become unnavlgable for vessels the timber men float their product down towrrd tbe city In raft of logs steered by red-shirted logmen, who turn them over to the stevedores at tbe docks and make for the nearest pint of ale. . There Is, too, dry and bracing air throughout the province that make the farmer glory In bis prod uct A rich, loamy soil responds bountifully to bis tiling and bis wag ons and carts come Into tbe city well loaded witb cereals, bay, root crops, Indian corn, hemp, flax and tobacco, and although bis season is short one, be turns out a goodly portion ot ap ples, plums, grape and tomatoes. Just below the city are the famous falls ot Montmorency, which enter tbe St Lawrence. They furnish all the power that could be desired and there Is consequently a string ot mill lin ing the banks. ' These turn the expor table crops into marketable wares, and ttey are shipped abroad from Quebec. What Quebec sell to It own cltlxens are mostly the products of Its waters, but even then some of the smoked whlteflsh are sent into the United States for sale. But tbe old town has another kind of business In wblcb it prospers during tne summer, month and fairly well during the fall and winter months Each year there Is an Influx ot thou sands ot American ant" foreign tour ists. A few years ago tbe structure of a great steel bridge began to creep across the St Lawrence, and It pleas ed tbe Canadians. When It reached two-third of the way across and col lapsed their bopes fell with It for It desigted to run the tralnloads of passengers and merchandise direct from tbe United States Into the city. Immediately after tbe collapse work began on tbe new structure, and so Quebec's bo pea are again rising. There I a reason. Those thousand of tourist spend lot of money, not solely because tbe goods purchased are any cheaper or better in quality than at home, but because they com from beneath a foreign flag. Shopping In Canada nowaday is not aa productive of gain as It used to be before our customs laws became so strict We now are allowed to bring back $100 worth of wearing ap parel, and in some case w pay more and In others less. Tbe ladles most ly stock up with laces, furs, t' ve. and handkerchiefs, while t. e r i advsntf- of t r If f steds and cheviota and Scotch plaids, the product of English and Scotch mills, for a price that would be asked tor the lowest grade of American cloths, but tbe tailora In Quebec don't seem to have yet acquired the grace ful cut practiced by tbelr American cousins. Quebeo Is a town that, like many ot the ancient class, boasts of two sec tions, tbe old aijd the new, lo tbe new section there Is one of the great est and finest hotels In Canada, that sits directly on tbe bluff and gives It guests and visitors a view up and down the wide valley ot the St. Law rence tor a distance of thirty miles. It Is from this point tbat the "rubber neck" electrio cars start every two hours and carry tbe thousands ot sight seers over a complete circuit through out tbe city and suburbs while the guide megaphonea the points of interest The city. In fact. Is divided Into aa upper and lower town. Down at the base ot the bluff the cars run beside tbe river passing the docks and ware bouses, big wholesale store tbat abound with groceries, hams, smoked beef, and ship's stores, the manufac turing plants, and finally through the dwelling quarter of the working class. Up on tbe bluff they take in tbe pub- He buildings, the citadel, tbe many re ligious Institutions, and finally whirl you out through tbe pretty little sub urbs of 8t John, St. Louis and St Roch's and then on to tbe Plain of Abraham. That la the historic battlefield where Wolfe and Montcalm fought for the possession of Canada, and where a granite column forty feet high now stands to tbe memory of the former. Both generals are also memorialized by a sixty-flve-foot shaft that rise from the governor' garden, overlook ing tbe St Lawrence. Everything In Quebec must have been built upon tbe everlasting order -In the early day of tbe past century, tor the prominent historical marks are n a good state of. preservation. Upon the bluff tbe city I divided Into two parts, the old and the new. In the new part of tbe town Is the Hotel Chateau Front en ac standing on the edge ot tbe bluff and looking out upon the great promenade and drive way called Dufferin Terrace. This 1 a walk 1,400 feet long and 200 feet high above the St Lawrence backed by a beautiful green bank that slope up to the city level This I Quebec's social rendezvous on summer evenings ; where the realdents and visitors gath er to listen to tbe concert given by tbe military band from tbe garrison. ; Beyond the hotel stands tbe great citadel which is often called tbe Olb rtJtar of America. Certainly it look Impregnable, It Is regarded as the) most Important military post In Amer ica, covering an area of about forty acres. . Not Her Quarrel. Tbe fact tbat corporal punishment Is discouraged in the public schools of Chicago is what led Bobby's teacher to address thl note to tbe boy's moth er: .. : -v "Dear Madam, I regret very much to have to tell you that your son Rob ert Idles away hi time, is disobedi ent quarrelsome, and disturb the pu pils who are trying to study their lea sons. He needs a good whipping, and I strongly recommend that you give blm one. Yours truly. Mis Blank." To this Bobby's mother responded as follows: , , "Dear Mlsa Blank. Lick him your self..: I ain't mad at blm. Yours truly, Mrs. Dash." Rattlesnake and Fly Paper. ' W. C. Schmalln, living near Mid land, Va., was attracted by a com motion In on room of his house, and Investigating found that a rattlesnake which, had ventured ln at the open door bad got tangled up with a sheet of sticky fly paper, and waa tying him self Into closer and closer knots ln his efforts to get away. The snake could not break loose from the hold ot the paper and wa soon put out of that way by the use ot a bandy club. A Wise Plan. "The trouble with Wblngley la tbat ' be mistakes hi oplnloas for estab lished facta." ' "Vm afraid nearly everybody ha that weakness." "Not at alt my dear fellow, I never permit an opinion of mine to interfere, with my better judgment" - maid, ittt Supplied. "Mr. Downanout," aald the "there's a man at tbe door t'l " "Indeedr a!il Towr nit. "We 'J. Just te'l t' "i ' t t -.? b 5. 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