The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
Temperance Items.

THE BLUE RIBBON MOVEMENT has
been inaugurated in Calcutta.
DURING THE PAST YEAR sixty-three
women were received at the Inebriates'
Home at Fort Hamilton, N. T., some of
whom are members of first-class fami-
lies.-M. y. Times.
DR.. HARMON ), formerly Surgeon
General of the United States army, saws:
81 know of no possible condition which
renders the use of whisky, gin, rum or
brandy necessary or proper
Nor ONLY is Temperance hygiene to
form part of the studies in all the Yer
mont schools, but all the teachers of
that State are to pass an examination
by Novem er 1, 1882, in physiology and
hygiene, with special reference to the
effects of alcoholic stimulants upon the
human system.
That THE WORK Of the Temperance
missionary accomplishes permanent
good is evidenced by the fact that since
the visit of Mr.. R. T. Booth, two wears
ago, to Newcastle, England, tifty-siv
drinking places have gradually shut up
shop, and four brewer es-one of them
the largest in the town have been
closed.
AT A TEMPERANCE MEETING in Lon
don Rev. G. M. Murphy announced
that the number of deaths in Great
Britain through intemperance, during
the Christmas and New Year holiday
season alone, was greater than the loss
of the British at the battle of Tel-el-
Kebir. Mr. Murphy has since for
warded his figures TO Mr.. Gladstone.
WHEN SOME of the higher post-of flee
officials in England objected to the car
riers DOMINIC the Tenn erance symbol
of the blue ri bon, the Pc tmaster- en-
eral gave orders that the liberty of the
carriers should not be interfered with;
and he added that he would be happy to
have the men wear all the co ors of the
rainbow, if it would only help to keep
them from the drink.
HERE is WHAT the DoiIy telegram,
one of the most influential of the Lon
don dailies. thinks of the Temperance
wave in Great Britain: "OlficiaI statis-
tics go far to confirm the triumphant
claim of total abstainers that the con-
sumption of strong drink is falling Of
at a rate not distasteful to philanthro-
pists, but suggesting grave reflections
to Chancellor of the Exchequer'
THAT WAS A GLAD SURPRISE to the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of New Orleans when, at the recent
dinner given by that society to the news
and messenger boys of the city, nearly
one hundred boys rose of their own ac-
cord, and asked to be permitted to take
pledge not to drink or gamble. Some
included in their pledge clause against
smoking, and one little fellow pro luced
bundle of cigarettes and gave them
up. This sudden accession to the TEN
perance ranks was not on the pro-
gramme; but no one grumbled at such
a departure from the order of the meet
ing. IS. S. Times.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT of the
United States Consul Il Rochelle, French
brandy within the las three years has
ceased to be brandy, being for the most
part alcohol of grain, potatoes or beets.
The proprietors of the vineyards them
selves have become so clever in its fab
ricat on that it is almost impossible
even for honest merchants to buy a
pure cognac when they wish to do so.
When the bottle is nvoiced or labelled
f849 or 1856, it only means that the ar
ticfe has been made to resemble the
brandy of that year. The alcohol which
has taken the place of the genuine
spirit of the grape is described as a
most pernicious liquor. prod eng an
intoxication which inclines the patient
to rage and physical violence. while the
prolonged use of it leads to insanity.