Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-07-14
Temperance Items.

THE LAST LEGISLATURE OF IennaS
see repealed the charters of thirty-tive
towns in the State to enable them to
abolish whisky selling within their
limits.
Mr.. BLAINE say that .'thcre is TO
people in the Anglo-SaXon world
among whom so small an amount OF
intoxicating liquor is consumed as
among the 100000 inhabitants of
Maine" He attributes this to the ef-
feet of the Prohibition law.
STRONG DRINK has tendency to ban
ish reason, destroy health and blight
the prospects of men. 1t will give an
unsteady gait. a trembling hand, red
nose and a bloated face. The wine
bibber has his eyes full of rheum, his
head full of confusion. his strength
impaired, and his thirst perpetual.
In A RECENT LETTER to an Oregon
editor Mr.. Beecher says: lit Is time
we gave every man to understand that
when he impoverisheS body and soul he
is criminal. l have seen whole faml-
lies raked with this Internal chain>hot
of alcohol, and L have learned to hate
it, 1t is good sometimes to hate things
and let the Indignation out. But your
people will have to be alive ard work
ing if they would succeed. l am
ashamed to say that while enthusiasm
is never wanting on the part OF the Sa-
loon-keepers for the work of the devil,
we can never get up enthusiasm for the
work of Christian Temperance.
TIE sCHOoL-IIOUSE may be expected
to eventually settle the saloon question
down in Tennessee. No GrOggcry can
be allowed to do its bad work anywhere
in the ncighborhood Of a school-build-
ing. All that is necessary now Is to
multiply the little shrines of learning,
and the pestilent gin-shops must go.
And in the progress of enlightenment.
what other result can be expected? We
shall trust Tennessee to do better than
Bost on. however, for ii is said that
similar law there has resulted strangely
and shamefully enough in the cessation
of two schools. In this case the beer
drove out the book. Chicago Standord.
A YoING GIRL who has recently be-
come deeply interested in our w. {.
+. L.. Washington, d. c., work, was
called to spend several days in the
home of one of our cit ZenS, where. on
the table. Il wine glass was placed at
every plate, even the childrenS :. With
an earnest prayer to God, and gentle
grlish tact, she spoke of the evil in
Iiucnce of strong drink, the ruined
homes, and how the beginning of all
this lay in the lighter drinks. The re-
suit: Before she left every wine glass
was removed from the table and the
father only took his wine, and that
very >lvly. MON Siyna.
n Coop EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW
firm of total abstainerS, Buchanan
Brothers, cOnfectiOner-, of Glasgow.
Scotland. recently gave their employees
Il sumptuous feast without any wines or
liquors. and the senior partner - I'M
proved the OCCASION to bring before
the servants of the firm the benefits of
total abstinence. and had some good
temperance speeches on hand TO follow
mp this brave beginning. Music and
SOM contributed to the pleasure of the
occasion. 1t is by such line on line and
prccept on prcccpt, savored with tho
spice Of courtesy, and the honey of
social enjoyment, that the grand army
is recruited. Let employers take no
ti,.c.
REV. DIR. CuYLER recalls that when
the late William +. Dodge. of New
York. rntcltaincd the delegates to the
Evan~elical Alliance in his Madison
avcnu, mansion. certain famous Ger
man thcoi"sians wandered over the
horse. rs through Il dry and thirsty
land. i'll vain quest for glass OF beer.
At Il banquet given I" Il fore Gn railway
Linz. ana where Croton water was the
only scarce beverage. Mr.. Dodge said
tn hi~ waiter: set pitcher of ice
water by my plate. and don't YOU
bring a winr-pottlc near me. When
General DiN honorcd him with q com
rtmcntarv dinner ut Fortress Monroe,
durn.c the war. every wine-gla>S was
reversed. las a silent tribute tothc con-
sci, nee of the guest.