Children and Drink.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 248, 28 October 1901, Page 4

Children and Drink.

Berlin, S’pt. 7. _ As: iA vi the \Y'le>pieal use oi i.i ii •: Lie u Lf ll'Ol’.l -:.i"ju-t lo !np.h'.l m v l’i 1 lie :l m.:(lo ill ’ll ... 7:::;s ec.ni- l i 1-liildtva. only li'i’i oi .viioiii lia'.i aeviT t.Gtc,, a.coiioi. Although iiis iuiiuu'ies ex-eu-mii una to children In tween the ages o£ six and eleven years, mere than io per Cent, admitted that they hml e- en drunk at least once, over li per cent. drink l-eor. spirits or wine daily, and 2 par cent, drink alc< Uc»l m some form lit-iuve going to setiooi. Till teaeiiers, boin men truer, women, are lautdtii'Uis it: deelariag that tin ■ scholars wiio use alconol are the wars, i in tin.- schools. A head teacher m lllicutsli Prussia | luid under Iris supervision ele\ en 1 children, the oilspnug of notorious i drinkers, and they were all in ttie division for weak-minded scholars. In Thuringia, Baden and elsewhere there are districts where the schoo children have a drink of schnup. every morning instead of scnoti luncheon.

LT-of. Halmel’s investigations prove that tiie girls tire more addicted to alcohol than are tiie boys—or at least , confess that they like it better. Russia's Loss by Fires. St-. Petersburg, Sept. 7. j During the dry season in Russia, it 1 is calculated, ii’o,ooo buildings are j burnPil on an average every year, worth A I.A000.01)0. But this year far surpasses any yet tabulated, it B computed that more than liui'.OOO buildiugs have been liun.ed, the total loss being more than £20,000, 000. In addition there are the awful forest: lire's, which this year Have been very extensive in twelve governments or precincts. i lie people in the governments of Simbirsk and Ivostraina did not see the sun for a week bee use of the dense clouds of smoko which hung in the air. Passengers on the Volga s: earners saw vast droves of cattle can ght between two fires rushing madly into the river or perishing in the flames, The damage to the crops, cattle, and forests is incalculable.