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4 tdir and decisive Experiment. .-The follow ing statement is from the Report ofthe Phy- slcian ofthe Connecticut State Prison, dated April l' 1899. In health, no prisoner is al- lowed any other drink than water. Coffee, tea. milk, and other proper food, and drink. are furnished to the sick and indisposed.- The opinion which has so long and so exten- siveiy prevailed, that spirituoas liquors could not be suddenly abandoned with safety, has ln the experience ofthis institution, been com pletely refuted.

 Of the 1O6 convicts committed to this Prlson since its establishment, ninety have acknowledged themselves to have been in- temperate. or are known to have been so.-t some of these were veteran drinkers; and one, ln addition to the spirits, had for seven M sTsn years used large quantities of opium Ine prisoners were deprived ofspirits at once without substitute. Those individuals in whom the habit was long confirmed, suffered temporary loss ofappetite and almost over