water for one week
honestly and fairly; if you pull through without giving in, the
L50 shall be yours; if not, I'll take the L50 back again. Is it
a bargain?'

"This clenched the matter, and very soon the doctor's offer was
accepted, and a gang of six men volunteered to begin their work
on the Monday without beer. The beer drinkers did their best to
chaff the water drinkers, and aggravated them by taking good
care to show them how very nice it was to have recourse to
unlimited beer. The water drinkers kept firm, and the first day,
to their astonishment, found that they could do just as much
work as the rest of their mates. On Tuesday the water drinkers
began to crow over the beer drinkers, for they found that, while
the latter complained and grumbled at the heat, they were
enabled to take the work in a philosophical kind of way.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday wore away, and the teetotal band
became more and more triumphant, the laugh was all on their
side, for not only did they feel more comfortable than their
beer-loving companions, but the L50 came nearer and nearer, and
at last, on Saturday, when the time for finishing work came,
they threw down their tools and their hammers, and crowded up to
the doctor to claim the prize, and to give a faithful record of
their experiences; and one and all declared that they had done
their hard work with more ease and comfort to themselves than
ever it had been done before, and, instead of feeling tired and
jaded, as they often did on the Saturday afternoon, they were
quite ready to begin work again, and if the doctor had another
L50 to dispose of, they would most gladly give him a chance of
protracting his experiment for another week. The doctor
expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the trial which had
already taken place, and left the place amidst three hearty
cheers, while the men proceeded to discuss the ins and outs of
the matter among themselves."--_National Advocate._

BEER-DRINKING INJURES HEALTH.

"I think there is no doubt that beer-drinking is deleterious to
health, and personally I have never seen any case of disease
where I thought it useful. I believe it is more deleterious to
health than the stronger spirits, and this opinion is derived
from the report of the actuaries' investigations for our
insurance com