The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-12
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Our of nine hundred and ffty-i1ve
samples of French wines recently
analysed. bu: ninety-five were found
TO be genuine. tire remainder be-
inc more or less adulterated with I'M
wholesome drugs.
A TEMPERANCE guild was organized
in a barber-shop among young men
waiting TO be shaved. in Troy, \. Y.
by Rev. Father Dolan. He induced
twenty-five to sign the pledge. and the
organization was formed Immediately.
The BAg-RooM AS A BANK.-You
deposit your money and lose il. Your
time-and lose il. Your character
and lose it Your manly independence
and lose it. Your self-control-and
lose il Your home comfOrt-and lose
it. Your chiidren's happiness-and
lose il. Your soul-and lose il
A LONDON Temperance manifesto t.
wOrkmen contains the following: In
manufacturing one hundred dollars
worth of liquor two dollars goes to
labor. In manufacturing one hundred
dollars worth OF boots and shoes.
TWENTY-FIVE dollars goes to labor. The
money turned overly one distillery en-
ployiug one hundred and fifty men
would, if employed in more useful
WAYS give work to fifteen thousand men.
INroXICATIoN seems to be n specially
expensive luxury in Madagascar. An
English newspaper states that the
Madagascar Government imposes On
anv person found drunk in the district
of lmerina n fine of seven oxen and
seven dollars; and the introduction of
n quantity Of rum into the district is
punishable with q fine Of five oxen and
five dollars-sums. of course, made
much larger relatively through the
poverty Of the people.
IT is an apparent mistake TO suppose
that the liquor bnsiness ever pays for
itself. so far rs society at large is con
cerned. Boston, for instance. receives
annually half 3 million dollars in IL
cense fees from liquor-dealcrs: hut it
paws out for police. criminal court
almshouse and hospital expenditures,
O., 32i. S66-wh;ch last sum is, of course.
in large. very large part expended for
the restraint of criminals and support Of
pauperS rendered such by the liquor
habit In every1city where licenses are
issued. the proportion i similar.-S s.
Iime&
In connect on with the International
Exhibition to be held in Antwerp. Bel
gium. this year. arrangements are being
made for the holding Of an Information
nj Temperance Convention there. The
National Temperance Advocate Of New
York expresses the hope that rs nanv
| American travellers abroad rs can viii
attend this Temperance gathering.
which will assemble some time in Sep
,embcr-the exact dale being not yet
! fixed. The advocate adds: "TemPer-
anoe counsel and testimony from Amer
leans is most welcome and helpful tn
the struggling friends Of Temperance on
the Continent"
1 HATE the rum traffic II burned
my father to death after squandering
his property as . rumselicr. Trouble
then came through Sickness and power
", and we children were thrust into
| the poor-house, and father and mother
into the asylum Who ever knew the
Rum Devil % stop until il had finished
. man and landed him in hell unless
he came in contact with some OF God's
agents and was saxeds Ny father Was
burned with his last boste, the candle
falling against hie clothing while full
of this xccursed poison: and he wa
burned until the flesh dropped from the
bones while he vas vet alive; and
mother was full Of the same rum q the
time. All. what . scene there was in
the morning. The only hope
I now have Of my mother Il 10 oen6
her to . brother in Kansas, where run
Is not 20 froa-Jxe ToicG