The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-13
BAN RICE.
He Returns From His Temperance
Tour, and Relates Hrs Expert.
ehce.

shce.
tst Louis Post-Dspatch.l
A Post-Dispatch reporter walked int,
the bar Of the Schuyler House this morn
ing. and while he was negotiating will
the gentleman in charge for a mild 6-cen
cigar, the chastened face Of Dan Rice
the only original, came round the screer
at the door, and as it approached the bal
the left eye which bore upon the bar
keeper shut spasmodically, aud almos
with the same motion bottle of rye ani
couple of glasses appeared from undel
the counter.
"Mr. Rice, believe" said the re
porter. i7 Gs-uI
"Ah, yes; how are your l Ididn't see
you as | came in. Let me have a little
stomach bitters, my friend. I've ahan
doned this sort Of thing"-indicatipa
vaguely by "this sort of thing" the strong
waters in the squat bottles
"Do you know" he said, "that I've
had such cold that l had to abandon
my lecturing tour"
eyes, saw something to that effect in
the Globe"
"In the Globe-oh, well, you can't ex.
pect any better from the Globe. Now ]
pledge You my word you are the first re-
porter I've met since / came home, but
We public men are public property, Isup-
pose, and have no right to complain"
"What was said in the interview, any
howT
ooh, nothing much; it said you had
got off Of the temperance racket and we're
drinking again; that you had fzzled out
completely as a lecturer, and that you
had come home to circulate among your
friends like you used to-"
"Now, look here, my gay and festive
friend; just look on this nose of mine,
will you? Examine it attentively, you
know" The reporter surveyed the prof
fered proboscis geodetically, and then
glanced a glance full of interrogation
points into the eye of Daniel. "Now,"
he continued, "I want you to tell me, as
man and christian, whether that nose
looks like drinking? Why, you know
what kind of nose used to be blest
with; it was all mahoganied over with
the fragrances and bouquets of long
campaign, and now look att. Why,
you won't find a cleaner nose in st.
Louis-in color, I mean. No, sir, I
have not been drinking whisky, and that
is what started out to stop, and have
not been swearing, and I've cot Chris
tian's hope in my breast that WI lug me
through a worse winter than 1879-80."
'Have you been to hear Brother
Moody since your returnr
"Not yet; / only got in yesterday, and
I'm up late this morning. BY George,
Phil and didn't leave this saloon until
2 o'clock last night-did we, pardw
Pard corroborated the statement with
the remark that Phil was pisen when he
got pisened. "Who's Phil~ uueried
the reporter.
"Neyer you mind" said Daniel, "my
name and character You can do what
you like with; I'm public property. But
my friends are sacred"
"Did you make as much money out of
he Gospel as you expected%
"Oh! l made no money at all; on the
contrary, I lost money. Why, there
never was such weatherl Ihave engage
ments way on ahead, but l don't know
that / will fill them-I have such mis-
erable coldy' which he illustrated by
promptly coughing a cough which
have been any follower if i
was turned inside out. "There amt the
money in lecturing that people think
there is, by long sight"
"What is your idea Of good lecturer
"OhI We'll, you know, I pitch it into
them on the temperance question and 70
for them on general principles. You see,
the fact is, between you and /, don't
know very much about temperance,
practically speaking, and consequently I
have got to sort of distract their atten-
ton by telling little anecdotes Of my past
life"
"You could come Ii stsfong on the 9th
9: 81 ssiide, though, DAM
eyes, I know; but that amt the idea.
People must be instructed, and 10 in
struct 'em by telling 'em how one of
these cheeky reporters, that couldn't tell
the truth to save their lives, Just like
those Globe Democrat fellows, interviewed
me once. tell them about my old ire
ligious show life and such"
"And do they like that sort Of thingY'
"Why, of course, they like it. You
Just wait till the weather clears up 80
people can get around and you'll bee me
rake in dimes, I tell you"
"So you haven't abandoned your plat
formp ..........
"Not by jugfull," and he ordered
another glass Of Hostetter's stomach bit
ters. U.s.
"That's a temperance drink, / suppose,
DAMP remarked the unsophistocated
young man. !..a ~ ..,s .....
"DrinkT' said he, "drink9 Why, that's
medicine" and he shut his left eye at the
reporter as the latter bade him good
morning. ~ s.a.a: ....
The Dying Earth.
tProf. Proctor in New York Graphic.)
NV friends. even Our earth must die