The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-08

fects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and
narcotics, and that no certificate should
be given to any teacher who could not pass
satisfactory examination on this point.
God grant that Virginia may not have
less anxiety and care for her children than
these Northern States
1t was with feelings of joy that we of
the Va. w. G. T. u, read in the Dispatch
the resolution adopted by the Superinten-
dents Conference of Public Schools, viz:
"That in the opinion of this Conference
it would be wise and expedient for the
Board of Education to place among the
text books for use in the Public Schools of
this State text book on Alcohol Its ma
ture and Effects upon the Human System. y
We trust the Board Of Education will
show themselves as wise as the Superin-
tendents. e 3fi Nse 's
sPECTACLEs OVER THE MOUTH.
IAN elderly gentleman accustomed to
indulge, entered the room of a certain
inn where sat a grave Friend by the fire.
Lifting pair Of green spectacles upon his
forehead, rubbing his inflamed eyes, and
calling for hot brandy and water, he COM
planned to the Friend that his eyes were
| getting weaker and weaker, and the spec
tacles did not seem to do him any good
III tell thee, friend, replied the Quaker,
what think: If thee were to wear thy
spectacles over thy mouth for few months.
thy eyes would soon get well again. p
FO71Udrd.
Three petitions. with nearly 100000
signatures, in favor of the Sunday closing
OF saloons in England were presented to
the House of Lords on single day.
"A statistical record of habitual drunkards
is to be kept in Prussia. AL city physi-
clans are directed to present in future an
exact account Of the determined bibbers
by putting in the official reports a sP' op-
posite the names of the culprit. In this
way apparently the drunkards will be under
the paternal eye of the government, and
may be led to redemption e,a,@
A company has been organized in Copen-
hagen, with capital Of 100000 crowns, to
furnish coffee and eating-houses in which
good provision will be furnished at low
price. All liquors will be. banished from
men. ,,s..,
The commissioners of the District Of,
Columbia are appalled, with the number of
drinking places in the city of Washington,
and recommend Congress to pass enact
ments for high-license in the District. NJ.
q "The prisons and penitentiary cost New
York city about So. 600 day last year,
with the prospect of an increase.''
ut is humiliating to know that the
worst obstacles encountered by mission
aries proceed from the drunkenness and
vice introduced by nominally christian
natlons.7'i9 l4a4afas5i snls 4
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The monthly meetings of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union are held reg
ularly upon the second Tuesday at $3.50 p.
M, at the rooms of the Y. M. G. A. The
members are particularly requested to at
tend. All who are interested in the cause
are welcome. Yep filsi /
1t is narrated of DR.. Finney that man
once came to him in great distress for his
sins. DR.. Finney kneeled with the man
and prayed ooh Lord, this man gives
his heart to Thee p ''Amen, said the pen |
itent. 20 Lord, this man gives his fami-
ly to Thee - 'sAmen. ''"O Lord. this man
gives his business to Thee;' no response.
The prayer was repeated-"O Lord, this
man gives his business to Thee = no re-
Spouse. 'tWhat is the matter, my brother?"
20, | can't do that I am wholesale |
liquor dealer. "-P Presbyterian, e
"There is law above all enactments of
human codes, the same throughout the |
world and in all time. 4 1t is the law writ |
ten by the finger of God upon the hearts
VI WSt anu Ny tudo Law CucIHdl dllu ull- |
changeable, while men shall loathe "a
pine, hate crime and abhor blood, they will |
deny the wild, the guilty phantasy, that |
man has right to give to his fellow man
that which he knows will prompt him to |
crime and ruin him in this world and the
world to come.''-1he language of Lord
Broaghans, in the Parliament of England.
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The great Empire State is the fourth |
victory won for compulsory temperance
education, by our most efficient National |
Superintendent Department. Scientific In |
struction, ''-Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, Of Bos-
ton. The very bill for which she plead |
throughout the State, speaking almost
every night for nearly four months. is now
a statue. The law enforced by legislators
and teachers will directly affect the lives
of four million homes in the future. Thus
largely through the influence of Mrs. Hunt
and the ever loyal w. G. T. u, Vermont, |
Michigan, New Hampshire, and New
York lead the march of progress. And |
the greatest Of all is New York;