Show ALCOHOL AND SUDDEN SODDEN DEATH we suppose it could be demonstrated by a series ot of strictly scientific tests that alcohol particularly when taken in excessive quantities tends powerfully pow ar to impair the visual qualities after so many ounces a tree looks like the shadow of a passing cloud a perpendicular stone wall appears to be a horizontal ipa macadam cadam road a rock pile takes on the semblance ot of a flower bower bed and a loaded four horse truck gives the illusion ot of a flock ot of si sparrows arrows it might be shown also that stimulants clog and confuse the brains control over members of the body under their influence the mental impulse Is s converted into action with exceeding and inaccuracy wishing to remove his gloves and put them in his pocket a man presently takes olt off his hat and sits on it it it crin can be proved too that aicon alcohol of greatly weakens the faculty of judgment no prudent per perso soft fl for ex ample would trust a man who had indulged freely in it elih with a bundle I 1 of patches in a powder factory we re should ilk like to see a scientific demonstration and exposition of these things with accurate diagrams percentages cen and so on it might then be quite universally recognized that it Is very injudicious to ride in fit an automobile having the power and speed of a mogul engine when operated by a drunken man almost almost dally daily the mortuary column of the newspapers raises a strong presumption to the effect and on unscientific grounds it might be urged that there are quieter ways of committing suicide the post |