Show cold and alcohol it Is 1 generally admitted that the con of alcohol indices much lesi lesl disagreeable consequences in the re to alons of the north than in sou souther countries but from a statistical and besides a most interesting study be longing to a country comprising th tho most varied climates N J A I 1 bof of kiev demonstrates that this mannel of presenting things Is tar far from corre spending with the reality la gives the following analyse of f his labor the number lumber of deaths due to acute alcoholism in the south ern era provinces of russia varies on the daverage la average from 15 to 22 per year for a inhabitants la to the central provinces it fluctuates around 40 in ithone those of the north 70 to thia this dit dif inference terence Is not at all connected as inq ifould suppose to a greater or less con isid erable consumption of spirits for according to the statistics of the min into later of finance relative to the cecen nial period 1881 1891 the average of consumption Is lighter in the provinces lot of the north except those of bt SL pe and moscow than in those of the south where it equals 3 57 11 to 4 80 liters of absolute alcohol oper capita while for the first it varies efrom 2 46 liters to 3 07 liters so in spite of this smaller consumption of 0 alcohol the cases of death from excessive drinking are more numerous an the northern countries where it is 1 1 obviously correct to seek for a reason in n influences in tact fact the re searches to this end undertaken by M show that the number of the deceased of 0 this class Is far greater as ithe khe average temperature which tor for pou southern thern russia Is 7 9 degrees tails falls to 4 8 degree degrees in the central provinces and almost to 3 08 degrees in the north one sees that the general showing ol 01 these figures bears a striking lesem blance to that which belongs to the bumber of deaths due to intoxication gleva elevated ted temperatures then seem to binder hinder in some manner the pernicious action action of alcohol certain ab apt va riat rations ions in the series of figures re turned year by year equally confirm this view thus tor for the provinces ol 01 the northwest the mortality from the beuse of drinks was in 1886 ten times less ess than the year following but the reckonings returned by the he st petersburg academy of science indicate that during the year 1886 the temperature was particularly mild while that of the year yer 1887 was very these facts are worthy of special pt attention as they are in accordance with figures perfectly comparable since in russia everywhere they drink chiefly brandy and so the variations which belong to the different toxicity of 1 spirits are next to nothing in summing up M thinks him pelf authorized to admit that external i old cold increases in a considerable man ler tier the toxic effects of alcohol and triples the chances of poisoning L alcohol |