Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

Which is Best--Beer or Water?
A man once said to me, "Do you be-
lieve there is more strength in It glass
of water than in a mug of ale"
"stop u bit" ! answered, that's not
fair comparison. You pay five cents
for your mug Of ale-I get my glass OF
water for nothing. Besides when !
drink my glass Of water am satisfied
with it. but if you drink a glass OF ale.
directly you send down anotherto keep
it company. Suppose you get quart
and pay twelve cents for it, and l take
the same amount of money and pay six
cents of it for steak and two CENTS for
bread, and two cents for potatoes and
two cents for apples and have a glass of
fresh water for nothing. Which is the
best? l eat my dinner and am Satisfied
with it and go back to my work and
earn more money. You go back to the
saloon to get more ale, to spend yours
and waste your time. If The beer drink
er will abstain long enough to get rid
of the effects of his bar he will find
himself able to do more work than
when he drinks. One of the greatest
champions of OUR day, when he is train
ing for q contest. says there is nothing
like cold water and dumb bells. Thtre
is not agreater mistake than to SUPPOSE
that beer and spirits strengthen a man.
They only stir him up and use up his
strength. t drove tw~enty-four miles
the other day. When 1 got within a
mile or SO from home my horse tagged.
l gave him a sharp cut with my whip
and he went faster, but l did not say.
I've strengthened iny horse!' If that's
the way to strengthen him, why notlet
him live on whip cord? Alcohol is Il
whip to him that drinks 1t, and he is a
great fool that whips himself. Some
years ago two men took an early start
and walked over to heighboring town
twenty miles away. Having done their
business, they walked about to see the
place, and met a fellow t0wnsman, who
proposed to return with them, and in
vited them into the beer shop for a
strengthening drink. No. said they.
we are teetotalers, and we have had
our lunch.' But he Gould not 90 with
out a printing Of ale. Atlast they were
off and for y while they all kept even
step; till after some miles the beer man
Begin to flag and at the half way house
he must have u bracer. After three
miles more, must have another, ana
this time it was whisky. Finally, at
fifteen miles he gave out entirely and
stopped for the night, where he was
laid up for 4 day or two, while they
walked on home and the next day were
fresh for business. Oh, nc, friends!
all nature works on water and we be-
1ieve man should do the same. Take
the water, friend; and ali. the good
things that 60 with it. Gods blessing
is in it.--Published by the Woman's
National Christian Temperance Union
by the National Temperance Society.
Miss Emma Hartman, who has ex-
changed the rigors of a Minnesota win
ter for the mild weather regions of
Kansas, tells this pretty story about the
magic of the letters, wv. c. r. u"
A Scotch lassie who had come all the
way from Winnipeg and was bound
for Hannibal, Mo-, had her pocket pick
ed IN st. Paul and got into Kansas City
on our train alone, friendless and peh-
nilrss. The hurrying officials IN that
hurrying place were not disp5isteid to
giyethe matter much attention, though
perfectly courteous until. lit the last
moment the conductor in the train she
must take was found just picking up
his lantern 10 start. He was Quite in
clined to regard the matter suspiciously
until l bethoaght me of a bit Of paper
in my pocket which would answer for
one of the two who stood asking that
ne would do. generous act by giving
the girl a ride to her friends. He read
the bit of paper himself, and with the
least tritie of annoyance in his manner,
till his eyes lighted on the words. On
account of the w. G. T. o." "That's
good," saidh intently, IN do anything;
I'll he glad TO do anything" and imme-
diatrly he had the girl in charge and
was attending to baggage as if she had
been an expected friend.
A gentleman said at . recent meet
ing: A friend of mine who is q large
ship owner, lost one Of his ships at sea.
/ went to sympathize with him as the
loss amounted to $4,000. When j spoke
about it he replied, "never mind the
loss; ]. can bear that and another $40.
COO. and still another $4,000 without
feeling it much, but Opening the door
of drawing-room and pointing to his
wife lying on the sofa helplessly intox.
icated) if | could remedy this, 1 would
give all ] have in the world.-Unior
Signal.