But there is no such excuse as this in the case of hops. The hops are raised on purpose for beer. Not one bale in a hundred is used for yeast or medicine. Therefore you are the “outside man” of the brewery, and if beer is a fraud you are a party to a fraud, and you are not an honest man. We believe that the making of beer is an honest and praiseworthy occupation, no better and no worse than any other branch of manufacturing goods that are wanted either for use or pleasure.’ “When I say we, I mean the men who believe in a radical distinction between fermented liquors and distilled. Such men as Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby, and Dr. William A. Hammond, formerly medical director of the United States army, and Dr. Willard Parker, the leading practicing physician of New York, and a most earnest Christian man. Dr. Parker says in the _Christian Union_: ‘Fermented liquor is the work of God; distilled liquor is the work of man or the devil or both.’ ‘It is the still that does the harm. It is the still that takes the alcohol out of its proper place in a liquid where it is not ordinarily found in a larger proportion than six or seven per cent., and where it rarely intoxicates, and never if taken in moderate quantities, and concentrates it in a substance that is a deadly poison. Take away the still and we should have peace and plenty on earth. We could then leave the vinous liquors alone. I would compromise with all my heart on that ground, and I would go to work and preach just as old Solomon did: Don’t use too much.’ If with such men as Crosby and Hammond and Parker you believe beer should be distinguished from whisky, then go and raise your hops; pick them clean and get clean money. Take your glass of beer like an honest man when you feel it will do you good. Let it alone like an honest man when you think it will do you harm, just as you would a cup of coffee when you were bilious. Sign no pledges, nor encourage your children to sign them, except those against distilled liquors. Encourage no temperance movement that does not move in the right direction—against whisky and in favor of beer as a temperance drink; a drink that is killing out whisky faster than whisky killed Ireland, a drink that will build up the American constitution as it has built up the German.” We append tables showing the percentage of alcohol in a great variety of wines, spirits, malt and fermented liquors, according to analyses made by Brande, Gerhardt, Liebig, Prof. A. B. Prescott, Dr. Andrew Ure, William Ripley Nichols, professor at the Technological Institute of Massachusetts, and other chemists of well known reputation. PORTUGUESE WINES. Port contains 14.27 to 25.83 per cent. of alcohol. Bucella “ 18.49 “ “ “ “ SPANISH WINES. Sherry contains 13.98 to 23.86 per cent. of alcohol. Malaga “ 17.26 to 18.94 “ “ “ “