gans that a child
has, and they do the same kind of work. Doctor Hodge, a well-known
scientist of Massachusetts, therefore concluded that alcohol would act
on kittens in the same way as it would on a man or boy.

The doctor got two healthy kittens and fed them a little alcohol every
day for nearly two weeks. In a few days they stopped being playful,
did not grow, and did not keep their fur clean and smooth as healthy
kittens do. After using alcohol several days they became very ill.
This experiment showed that alcohol stops kittens from growing and
robs them of good health.

=How Alcohol hurts Dogs.=--Doctor Hodge fed a little alcohol to two
dogs nearly every day for three years. He also kept the brother and
sister of these dogs, but gave them no alcohol. All the dogs had the
same kind of food and were treated alike except that one pair got
alcohol and the other pair did not.

The two drinking dogs got sick more easily and staid sick much longer
than the temperance dogs. The drinking dogs became lazy, and timid,
while the others were strong, full of fun, and brave.

Within four years the drinking dogs had born to them twenty-seven
puppies, but only four of them lived to grow up. The others were too
weak or sickly to live. During the same time the temperance dogs had
forty-five puppies and forty-one of these lived. This shows that
strong drink will not only injure the bodies of those who take it, but
will make their children weak and sickly.

=The Use of Strong Drink causes Disease.=--Many persons who take beer
or wine every day become fat. They think this is a sign of health. It
is really a sign of disease. They become short of breath. They can no
longer run so fast or do so much work because the heart is covered
with fat and even some of its wall is changed to fat. For this reason
the heart cannot do its work easily or well.

The kidneys which take the waste out of the blood often become injured
by alcohol and a disease causing death follows. Sometimes the stomach
becomes diseased so that it cannot do its work. This makes the whole
body sick.

The hardening of parts of the liver is nearly always caused by the use
of beer. The liver is sure to suffer if one uses much alcoholic drink
because the alcohol goes direct from the food tube to the liver. Long
use of strong drink may bring on disease in the brain and nerves.

=Alcoholic Drinks may cause Death.=--Every ten years the government
appoints persons to visit