Of all men in the world, drug clerks
and railroad engineers should not ba
so overworked as to imperil their pres
ence of mind, observes the New York
Tribune.
Science having demonstrated tliaf!
the stomach is superfluous, dyspeptic
gentlemen who contemplate a trip to
the Klondike region this spring should
be careful to check all unnecessary
0 baggage at home.
The loosening of white doves at the
launching of the Japanese cruiser
prompts the Philadelphia Press to
suggest the appropriateness of setting
free a young eagle when a United
States war vessel first meets the
water.
Philatelists are protesting against
the proposed new issue of stamps
commemorative of the Omaha (Neb.)
exhibition. They say the issue will
serve no good purpose, and speculators
will buy the stamps and hold them for
a high price.
The pastor of a London church, in
order to popularize his service, per
mits the male members of his congre
gation to smoke, and furnishes the
tobacco. New Jersey is bound to
keep pace, Rector Stoddard of Jersey
City having started a dancing class in
his church.
Prussia's paternal government has
ordered two private schools in a little
town near Potsdam to be closed be
cause they interfere with a rival es
tablishment. One may be kept open
-o,' a year longer provided the pro
prietor engages to take in only twenty
pupils and to teach them no foreigu
languages.
Early morning exercise is denounced
nowadays by the majority of hygienic
teachers. At that time, they say, vi
tality is at its lowest ebb, and needs
the stimulation of food. About mid
afternoon is the best time for gentle
outdoor exercise. At this time, too,
it is most desirable that mental labor
should cease.
A great improvement has been madt
in Parisian duels. The seconds in au
affair of honor between a dramatic
author and one of his critics made a
mistake iu the plaie of meeting, there
by sending their principals to op
posite ends of Paris. This made p
subsequent meeting at close quarter
unnecessary.
A recent writer on the Chinese cot
ton industry states, as a remarkabk
fact, that in China cotton yarn can be
produced for ten cents per pound. Ii
our southern mills cotton undershirts
can be produced for a fraction ovei
ten cents apiece. There is hope foi
our cotton manufacturers, even in
competition with the Chinese.
The chief aid-de-camp of Don Car
los is quoted as saying that all his
master wauts to enable him to get the
crown of Spain is the help of "God
and His Vicar-General." Being in
terrogated as to the individuality ol
the latter, without whose aid even
Divine help is vain, he frankly ex
plains that the Vicar-General is nc
other than—money! A potent vicar
truly! exclaims the New York Tribune.
England's scheme to get Chins
heavily in her debt is shrewd in more
ways than one. By that course Chins
can be made to leave her customs in
British hands, which implies that the
great trade ports are not to be ceded
away, nor territorial relations changed
Then by insisting that part of the loan
shall be used to pay off Japan, the lat
ter power is given the means to buy
more ships and guns in the British
market. The thrifty side of British
diplomacy was never more apparent
than it is in this Chinese undertak
ing, which sufficiently accounts,thinks
the San Fraucisco Chronicle, for thi
alarm in other quarters.
The present year will not be lack
ing in political interest. In twenty
live states of the Union elections for
governor will be held, and these elec
tions will servo to throw much light
upon national issues. Governors and
stutehouse' officers are to be electee?
in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Co
nnecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Wisconsin and Wyoming. In the
above list of states every section of
the country is represented. Rhode Isl
and's state election will occur in April,
Alabama's in August, Arkansas's in
September and Georgia's in October.
The remaining ones will all occur iu
November. With this outlook ahead,
there is not apt to be much idleness
among the politicians.
The number of school children in
Connecticut showed a greater increase
last year than iu any other year in th«
history of the state. The census gave
a total of 184,355.
Men who are thinking of going to
China for the purpose of seeking rail
way employment are warned bj
United States Consul-General Good
uow to keep away, as there are only
235 miles of road in the whole empire.
A ton of American flax straw, raise<?
in the state of Washington, was re
cently sent to Ireland, and was found
to be worth $l5O more per ton than
the Irish article. The soil of many
other states is just as well adapted tc
flax raising as that of Washington.
Why shouldu'j: the farmers give flax a
trial? •
According to the Chicago Tribune,
the legal hangings in the United
States for the year 1897 aggregated
128—an increase of six over 1886.
The executions were distributed as tc
sections and races as follows;
In the South, 82; in the North, 40:
whites, 72; colored, 51; Indians, 3;
Chinese, 2.
It is a little hard, after all the pic
tures and all the panegyric in England
on the brave piper at Dargal ridge, tc
have it come out that the man whc
played "Cock o' the North" and stim
ulated the Highlanders to deeds ol
valor was a German. His nationality
should have been fixed up before the
reports were sent out.
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the Alask*
expert, says that there is so much
gold in Alaska that persons who gc
there ten years hence will have af
good a chance as those who go next
spring. He advises every gold-seekei
to take his wife along with him, as lit
can do much better work with the ait'
of a good woman than without it.
Some of the younger Wall streef
operators seein determined to retire
Russell Sage. The old man has $50,-
000,000 in cold cash and wears a $9
overcoat. The combination, iu the
opinio]} of the St. Louis Star, is a
difficult one to overthrow, and per
haps before they get through with it
they will wish they hadn't under
taken it.
That the Swedes are preparing for
serious trouble is shown by the bud
get just submitted, which asks foi
nearly 10,000,000 kroner for fortifi
cations and warships. The Nor
wegians having reduced their contri
butions to the Crown Prince's allow
ance by 50,000 kroner, the Riksdag
has been asked to increase its gran)
accordingly. This will undoubtedly
be done, but it increases popular irri
tation in Sweden against Norway.
According to the New York Herald,
the "social promoter" is carrying
tilings with a high hand in Washing
ton. For a cash consideration it is
quite possible for anybody to become
"introduced." The only requisite is
sufficient money to make your entrj
worth while to some Washington
society woman who will take you un
der ber wing. Women of national
repute have adopted the profession,
and one of them has even gone so fai
as to advertise in the newspapers for
"clients."
The formation of a labor union in
Tokio, Japan, and the issuance of t
single tax paper there accent the
change that has come over the coun
try since the war. The fifteen-cent
wage rate appears to be a thing of the
past and a seventy-cent rate is en
forced at some of the treaty ports.
There are, however,too many laborer?
in Japan to sustain western wage
scales, and any great general organi
zation of workers would probably be
frowned down by the authorities.
Nevertheless the movement is an in
teresting sign of the times.
Representative Johnson of North
Dakota does not favor the proposition
of Senator Jones of Arkansas, to ap
propriate $l5O for a portrait of Sitting
Bull. Mr. Johnson says: "His fame
rests 011 the reputation got without
merit in connection with the Custer
massacre in June, 1876. He was 1
medicine man and not a warrior. Dur
ing the fight he was with the squaws,
out of harm's way, in the rear, cook
ing mysterious herbs, dancing and
chanting incantations to the devil.
Call Grass, Bunning Antelope and
Bain-in-tlie-Face did the fighting and
Sitting Bull got the glory." Mr.
Johnson thinks a portrait of Custet
or Porter would be preferable. Dr.
Porter carried the wounded of Beno'a
command twenty-five miles on stretch
ers to the steamboats and a thousand
miles to Bismarck, the nearest place
that shelter and medicine were pro
curable.
LOVE IS BEST.
Three travelers mot at the Brandon pass, "Dream of a woman as bright as day,"
By the bubbling Brandon spring; The second traveler said;
They shared their cake and venison, "Dream of a form of perfect grace,
And talked of many u tbing; Of a noble face and head;
Of books and songs and foreign lands, Of eyes tbat are of heaven's own blue,
Of strange and wandering lives ; Of flowing golden hair.
And by and by. in softer tones, Tliat is my wife, and although not rich,
They spoke of their homes and wives. "Oh, she is wondrous fair!"
"I married the lady of Logan Brae," "I have a wife," the third man said,
Said one, with a lofty air; "But she's neither rich nor fair;
"And there isn't in all the north country She has not gold or gear or land,
A house with a better share No wealth of golden hair.
Of gold and gear and hill and loch, But, ah! she loves me, and her love
Of houses and farms to rent; Has stood through every test;
There's many a man has envied me, Beauty is good, and gold is good,
And I'm more than well content." But, my friends, love is best."
—Mrs. James Nicoll, in Buffalo News.
r The Privilege of the Day. *
IBV HELEN FOnnEST GRAVES. F
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"It's perfectly ridiculous," said
Miss Daffodil, "for you girls to be
thinking of getting married all the
time; I never do. Now just look how
this bias fold is puckered! If you
young women weren't cackling and
(shattering all the time, these things
wouldn't happen. Valentino's day,
indeed! Who was that talking about
St. Valentine's day? And what is St.
Valentine's day to you working girls,
I'd like to know? It's only ladies that
have time to think of such things."
Miss Deborah Daffodil, a somewhat
faded maiden of five-and-thirty frost
bitten autumns, was the Burnville
dressmaker, and the four girls in her
dingy back parlor were her assistants,
whom she paid as little and scolded
as much as possible.
"But.Miss Daffodil," reasoned Ama
bel Archer, a rosy, dark-browed bru
nette, with limpid brown eyes and a
rich crimson flush on her cheek, "why
shouldn't we talk about St. Valentine's
day? It's always a lucky day in our
family. Uncle Job sent mamma a
cheque for #2O a year ago St Valen
tine's day, and two years ago,on that
very anniversary, my sister Effie met
the man that she afterward married.
And who knows what dawn of good
fortune it may brinur for me?"
"Married!" shrilly repeated Miss
Daffodil, tapping her thimble-finger
on the table. "There it is, again! I
believe you girls think of nothing
else."
"Well," said Amabel, thoughtfully,
"it does mean a good deal in a girl's
life. If I supposed that I had got to
sit here and sew always "
"I only hope no worse lot will ever
befall you," said Miss Daffodil,sourly.
"But I never knew a girl who
was always curling her hair and
thinking of her complexion who cams
to any good end."
Amabel crimsoned.
"Do you mean me, Miss Daffodil?"
6aid she.
The spinster tossed her head.
"Them as the cap fits, let 'eni wear
it," said she. "And I'll trouble you '
all, youug women, to leave off chatter
ing silly,superstitious nonsense about
heathenish old saints that never ex
isted at all "
At this there was a general outcry.
Not even from the lips of their vine
gar-tongued employer would the girls
listen to any derogatiou from the dar
ling patron saint of girlhood—the good
saint to whom all maidens render lov
ing homage—St. Valentine!
"Well, if ha did exist, it wai a long
time a*o," said Miss Daffodil; "anil
you've none of you nothing to <to with
him now. And Miss Chiokeriug's
bridal outfit is to be packed on Mon
day, and here it isn't half finished.
What's that, Amabel Archer? You
want to get away early this evening?
You're going for a moonlight sleigh
ride with Captain Juniper? Let me
tell you, miss, that you will do noth
ing of the kind," said Miss Daffodil,
speaking with added rancor. "it
isn't decent nor proper for a young
girl like you togo cutter riding
around the country with every gentle
man in town."
"Yon went riding with Captain Ju
niper yourself, last week, Miss Daf
fodil," said Amabel, all else forgotten
in her rising indignation.
"That's quite a different thing,"
said the dressmaker, simpering. "Cap
tain Juniper and I are very particular
friends."
"Oh, Miss Daffodil!" cried out Bar
bara Dayton. "You're not engaged
to him? Oh, do tell us!"
"Barbara, will you attend to your
work?" said Miss Daffodil. "Though,
all the same, if such reports do get
abroad, I consider it my duty neither
to deny nor confirm them."
But Miss Daffodil did not consider
it her duty to tell the girls that she
had run half a dozen yards through the
deep snow after Captain Juniper'B
cutter, to ask him "if he would just
as lief as not take her as far as the
village to match some lapis-lazuli but
tons for Mrs.Gregg's dress," and that
the gallant captain was too chivalrous
to refuse to aid a lady in distress.
And thereupon Miss Deborah Daf
fodil had based great hopes.
"He's a few years younget than I
am,to be sure," said she; "but if ever
devotion was expressed in a human
eye, it was in his when he handed me
out the card of buttons that 1 wanted
to match and told me to be careful
not to slip down on the frosted curb
stone. And when I invited him to
call he thanked me and said he should
be very happy. And I don't see how
any man could have said more than
that!"
So that, when she heard of Amabel
Archer's invitation,a very natural jeal
ousy stirred her heart.
"That minx," said she, "shall stay
home and mind her business, or I'll
know the reason why! Sleigh riding,
indeed! By moonlight! Not if I
know it!"
"No, Miss Archer,"she said,firmly;
"I have promised Miss Waterson that
ahe shall have her plum-colored silk
tomorrow morning."
"Can't Barbara Dayton finish it?"
1 Amabel asked with wistful eyes. "I'll
do as much for her some time."
"I'll do it," said cheerful Barbara.
"I'd as soon stay after hours as not."
"Excuse me," said the dressmaker,
with awful stiffness of demeanor, "but
I prefer to manage my business for
myself. Amabel Archer must finish
the dress as she has begun it. Two
or three different hands on a job are
sure to ruin it, and I don't desire to
lose Miss Waterson's custom."
"But," cried Amabel, piteously, "I
promised Captain Juniper I must
go!"
"If you go," said Miss Daffodil,
"you don't come back into my employ
ment again."
And poor Amabel thought of her in
valid inother and the three apple
cheeked little sisters who were clothed
aud kept at school by her toil,and she
dared not remonstrnte further.
"But I shall hear the sleigh bells,"
she comforted herself; "and I can just
run out a moment and beg him to be
lieve that it was not my fault."
Aud she sat down by the window,
after the other hands were gone-—she
was the only one who boarded with
Miss Daffodil—to sew aud sigh and
listen.
But she heard no silver-chiming
sleigh bells. How should she, when
Miss Daffodil had quietly crept down
the lane aud intercepted the cap
tain's gay little equipage just where
the old finger-post raised its skeleton
form in the air?
"Oh," said the captain, a frank,
handsome young fellow,with laughing
blue eyes and a golden beard, "is it
you, Miss Daffodil? I thought per
haps "
"Yes, it's me," said Miss Daffodil,
sweetly. "I just caino to tell you
that Miss Archer is very sorry, but
she can't go cutter riding with you
this evening. She's got a bad sore
throat; besides,she's dreadful hurried
with her work."
Captain Juniper's countenance fell.
He played with the handle of his whip,
while the horse pawed the ground and
flecked his jetty breast with specks of
foam, all impatience to be goue.
"I am so sorry!" he said, with such
genuine disappointment that Miss Daf
fodil could have boxed his ears. "But,
Miss Daft'odil, may I confide in you?"
"Oh, certainly!" said the dress
maker, graciously.
"Do you believe in St. Valentine!"
he asked?
"Dear me!" giggled Miss Daffodil—
"what n very strange question! He's
supposed to be the patron saint of
lovers, isn't he?"
"That's the reason I asked you,"
said Captain Juniper, leaning his
head still closer toward the spinster's
worsted hood. "Do you believe in
him?"
"Of course I do," smiled the lady,
with a curious flutter in the region of
her heart.
"Then I am sure I may trust yon,"
said he, fervently. "I shall be under
the casement at daybreak on St. Val
entine's day to claim Miss Archer as
my valentine for the year. Tell her
so, from me. Beg her not to disap
point me again."
"Yes," said Miss Daffodil, turning
a dull yellow with rage and vexation
"yes, CBptain, I will."
"I shall be so much obliged to you!"
said the unsuspecting lover.
"Oh,not at all!" said Miss Daffodil.
"You're quite sure she didn't send
me any message?" said Captain Juni
per, wistfully.
"No message," said Miss Daffodil,
smoothly.
Poor Amabel could hardly see to
finish Miss Waterson's dress, through
her tears, and it was miduight when
she had laid it aside and went to bed,
cry 'ng herself to sleep.
"He has forgotten all about me,"
she thought.
St. Valentine's eve was full of still,
wintry spleudor, with a golden line
along the west and great stars begin
ning to glisten in the sky above, when
Miss Daffodil put a preposterous splint
basket into Amabel Archer's hands.
"I try io be a Dorcas in all good
works," said she, "and I've put these
jams and jellies up for the Widow
Bethiah Hull. She's dreadful poorly,
they say, and needs watchers every
night; so I told her daughter-in-law
you'd coiue there aud stay tonight."
Amabel looked up, with a sudden
flush dying her cheek. She had not
forgotten that it was St. Valentine's
eve.
"Won't tomorrow night do as well?"
said she, pleadingly.
"No, it won't!" said Miss Daffodil,
tartly.
Amabel said no more. After all,
what did it matter? If David Juniper
had ceased to think about her, what
meaning could the soft glow of St.
Valentine's morn have for her?
So she took the basket and spiritless
ly departed, almost wishing that she,
too, were passing out of life's cheer
less confines like poor Bethiah Hull.
"Because," she thought, "it don't
seem as if life was worth living, after
aIL"
And when the rosy dawn began to
kindle its soft fires along the edge of
the gray east, Miss Daffodil dressed
herself in her prettiest and moßt
youthful dress, curled her stiff, gray
sprinkled head with a hot-iron, washed
her face in cream of roses and posted
herself behind the lattice of Amabel
Archer's window. For she had been
"reading up" on the subject and knew
all the observances of the day.
"If he sees me first,"saidshe,"he's
bound to be my valentine and no mis
take! And I can easily make him
believe that I forgot to give the mes
sage to that Archer girl."
So Miss Archer waited, her artifi
cially-blooming face looking almost
ghastly in the fresh irradiation of th®
dawning day, her eyes peering rest
lessly, hither and yon, over the soli
tary snow.
And Amabel? It had begun to be
just a little light, as she sat there by
the fire in the Widow Bethiah's
room, and Mrs. Hull, the daughter-in
law of the invalid, had risen and was
making preparations for breakfast,
when there came the merry jingling
of sleigh bells, the sudden cessation
of sound, the reverberation of knock
ing at the door.
"Miss Amabel, won't you go and
see who's there?" called out Mrs. Hull,
Jr. "I ain't got my hair out of the
crimps yet!"
So Amabel drew the ponderous
bolts, unlocked the front door and
saw, standing on the doorsteps—Cap
tain Juniper.
"Amabel!" he cried; "my valen
tine!"
And he caught her in his arms with
a kiss.
"Remember the privileges of the
day,"he exclaimed, laughing. "Re
member that you are my valentine for
a whole year to come—perhaps for
ever."
"But," cried Amabel, breathless
with amazement, "how came you
here?"
"By the merest luck in the world,"
said Captain Juniper. "My shaft has
got itself broken. I was going to ask
Mr. Hull for a bit of wire to fasten it
together until I could get to Miss
Daffodil's. I was going there to see
you, Amabel. Didn't you expect me?"
"No," said Amabel, opening her
eyes wide.
"Did not Miss Daffodil tell you that
I was coming?" he asked.
"Not a word," raid Amabel. "She
sent me here to stay with J3etliiah
Hull."
"The cantankerous old vixen!" said
Captain Juniper. "So she has been
playing uie ialse all along. But St.
Valentine's sweet influences have been
too strong for her at last. Look here,
Amabel, darling. I will drive you
home in the cutter. We'll show her
that we are valentines after all."
And, ha'f an hour or so afterwards,
the little cutter dashed up the snowy
road uuder the very casement where
sat Miss Daft'odil, blue with cold and
already experiencing sundry twinges
of rheumatism.
She flung the sa«h open with n
smile, but the expression on her face
changed when she perceived that
Captain Juniper was not alone.
"Look, Miss Daflbdil!" he cried,au
daciously exultant. "Look at the
sweet gift which St. Valentine has be
stowed on me—my valentine —my
promised wife!"
Miss Daffodil closed the shuttei
with a bang.
"The folly of them young people!"
she muttered. "I don't care if I
never hear the word valentine again.
But I declare," she added, after a few
minutes' melancholy reflection, "it
do-es seem at, if there was some super
natural ageucy at work!"
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Baltimore cans 1,230,000 bushels of
oysters per annum.
The kangaroo readily leaps from
sixty to seventy feet.
In Ptolemy's time auv one who killed
a cat was put to death.
Maine factories sold $250,000 worth
of wooden shoe pegs in 1897.
The magnetic clock was invented by
Dr. Locke of Cincinnati in 1847-48.
In 1860 the manufactured product of
St. Louis only amounted to §27,000,000.
Last year the output was about $300,-
000,000.
Canada's imports from the United
Stntes increased $3,000,000 last year,
and her imports from England de
creased $3,000,000.
Before 1886 the average number of
labor strikes of all kinds in this coun
try was about 500 a year. Since that
date the average has been 1500.
Coal mined in China is being ex
ported to California, and it is said that
in a few years the Flowery Land will
supply the whole Pacific coast.
The postal authorities of Paris are
said to be about to introduce motor
cars and omnibuses for the use of
carriers in the delivery of the mails.
The British soldier has not alwayi
worn a red uniform. While was the
prevailing oplor uuder Henry VIII,'
and dark grben or russet in the time
of Elizabetty.
An locomotive in a Canadian
coal-mine sh6ws a saving over mule#
of $2528 in 200 days, and an electric
pump in the Same mine shows a saving
over steam-pumps of $1573 in 970 days.
The thickest known coal seam in tha
world is the Wyoming, near Twin
Creek, in th 6 Green river coal basin,
Wyoming, it is eighty feet thick,
and of 300 feet of solid coal
underlie 4000 acres.
A Berlin jinventor has discovered a
process for {making writing paper that
will not bui|n. He has also invented
a peculiar iuk that resists the action
of fire aud Remains on the paper as a
dark brown) sediment.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL 'MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
rh » Prophet'* Mantle—A Temperance
Anomaly Strong Sentiment Agnlnot
the Liquor Traffic In Southern Califor
nia, Land of the Vtne-WlihU; Revenue
God of right, and God of mercy,
ti, ln *Bes that are past,
iv U , Benii Thy holy prophets
fii.M w,th trumpet's blast,
BT '''T HOU sendest
P t0 t"°se whom sin holds fast
AsElisha broke asunder
K®"? 8 and sai(l - "Arise,"
TL „ ba lKl° h,B mother-
So Thy power doth still suffice.
God s own heroes
Break the bands which Satan ties.
We have seen neglected hearthstones.
Hearts that bloed o'er loved ones slain;
want and crlmo and desolation,
Follow In the wine-cup's train.
Lord, deliver
Our fair land from the dark stain.
Yes! .°" r prayers are heard in heaven
And the prophet's mantle falls
On a host of brave crusaders,
Who will follow where He calls.
Christ, our Captainl
Where He leadeth naught appalls.
F. E. Blackett, Ph. D., in Temper
ance. r
A Temperance Anomaly.
The average tourist in Southern Califor
nia is surprised at the strong public senti
ment against the liquor traffic in the land
of the vine and wine press, and, particu
larly to find the very unique high license
Jaws in force in dozens of towns for the
regulation of saloons and bar-rooms. The
Temperance League of Great Britnln has
sent to Southern California this season a
committee of Ave solely to study the suc
cess of the temperance measures devised in
this region for temperance purposes.
There is a wide ocean of difference in
tcrnperance sentiment in Northern and Cen
tral California—the land of Bret Harte's
theories and the free and easy mining ways
in Southern California. The difference has
been caused by the Immigration of thou
sands of New Englanders and lowa people
into the southern part of that State in the
last two decades. The new comers have
brought with them staunch ideas concern
ing temperance reform and religion, and
th«old-time Californian of song and storv,
with his vineyard and wine press, has fast
become the minority in this region. In
1 omona Yallev, for instance, where New
Lnglunders predominated, but one small
winery remained. All the other wineries
of ten years ago have gone out of business.
In the San Gabriel Valley, where the im
migration of lowa and Maine people has
been heavy, less than one-fifteenth the area
of vineyards of ten years ago remain. Hun
dreds of acres formerly devoted to th«
growing of wine grapes are now occupied
by the orange and lemon groves of the Yan
kees and lowans.
The atrocious murder of a white woman
In Indian territory, the torture and burn
ing of the suspected criminals (one of
whom, at least, it is said, was innocent), by
the infuriated people of Oklahoma, and the
threatened uprising of the Indians, is all
traceable to whiskey. So say the news
paper reports. Intoxicants cannot be ob
tained on the reservation, but a row of
saloons marks the line that divides It from
the territory of Oklahoma. The Seminole
triboof Indians are, It is stated, the most
peaceful, prosperous and progressive peo
ple in the territory, and every disturbance
which occurs in that region may be attribu
ted to the sale of liquor to the red men '
the civilized (?) whites.—Trenton (N.
Free Press.
Wlilakjr Revenue. L \
Whisky money has become an important
feature of the financial plan of our national
and local governments, and wo recognize
the fact that It could not now be shut off
without serious temporary Inconvenience.
But no man of any standing defends its
receipt as a means of needed revenue, al
though thousands say, in effect, "you can
not stop the liquor traffic, and we may as
well make it pay large sums of money as a
restriction upon it." Meantime the liquor
sellers chuckle and pocket five dollars pro
fit for every dollar they pay out; cheap
politicians do the bidding of the liquor
sellers In lawmaking, and chuckle as they
count up their own consequent majorities.
Satan chuckles as bo sees all of the contri
butions to his kingdom.
Eliminate tho money issuo and the whole
structure falls to the'ground, and must be
either rebuilt upon new foundation or re
main a wreck. There can be no new
foundations for tho liquor curse compar
able for strength with the money that is
now accepted by governments for this per
mitted iniquity.
For every dollar accepted by govern
ments in this compromise with iniquity
S2O is, in one form or another, wrung out
of tho resources of the people, and every
day's continuanceof this miserable scheme
of llnance adds to public burdens In pro
portion as it swells the gains of iniquity.
When the American people renew ac
quaintance with their own courage, thev
will recognize their folly in "selling indul
gences" and being cheated in the price
thereof.—National Temperance Advocate.
A College President Worthy of Mentlou.
David Star Jordan, the President of thf
Leland Stanford University, In a recent ad
dress to the students said:
My worst criticism against you, and tl
one that applies to the greatest number
that I llnd some carelessness as to 1
honor of the university. When a Stant<
man enters a saloon, a gambling room,
a place of evil, and carries with him b
colors, his college, or his name, he brin
disgrace upon himself, his college and h
family. Perhaps you do not think that tl
ealoon should be included In the catogor
of dishonor. I believe that the only melan
choly that wine can drive away is that
which wine Itself has caused. There is no
joy that leaves a dark-brown taste in the
mouth. A college fraternity that Is cen
tered around a champagno bottle Is a pub
lic nuisance.
Perional and Socia. Drinking.
Would not America be a great deal bet
ter off to-day If no one drank Intoxicating
liquors? If It would, then shall wo not feel
it a moral duty to make it as much better
off as we can, both by precept and by our
own practice, to do away with a social ous
tom which leads many into temptation?
And can we count that too great a sacri
fice for us to make for the public gofid or
for the good of individuals who are direct
ly affected by our actions? Ifjwe do
think the sacrifice too great, is thai not al
ready a sign that we are too at
tached to the custom, or in danger of be
coming too strongly attached to It for our
own good?— Christian Register.
_ Only Sober Men Wanted.
A fireman in uniform who enters a liquor
saloon in Boston and drinks even one glas.f
is in danger of Instant dismissal from the
force. Good! It ought to be the rule In
every city.—Youth's Temperance Banner.
The Use and Minute of Liquor.
Tho use and misuse of alcoholic liquor?
is one of the deadliest evils of the times
Consumption in the United States in tbi
fiscal year 1896 was of 1,170,879,448 gallons
or 16.42 gallons per head of the entire pop
ulation. One gallon per head yearly is ol
distilled spirits. In 1828 the quantity w
seven and a half gallons per head. Fo
hundred thousand confirmed drunkar
were in the land, and millions more wt
in the making. Moral sentiment will no
tolerate intoxication in good society, bus'
ness circles or responsible posts of dutj
"Not a tithe of intemperance," Dr. Do
Chester declares, "exists as compared wl
[ flfty years and more ago."