Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-05

admitted 1t will add another star to the
stars of prohibition. in the United
States.
Rev. De Witt Talmage does not be.
lieve in handling the rum traffic with
gloves, o in giving delasive names to
the poisonous Gecoctions that steal the
brains and blood of the people. This is
what he has to say about it:
You people who are 30 precise and
particular lest there should be some
|lmprudenoe or rashness in attacking the
rum traffic, will have our son some
night pitched into your front door dead
drunk, or your daughter will come home
with her children because her husband
has by strong drink been turned into o
demoniao. The rnm fiend has despolled
whois streets OF good homes in our
cities. Fathers, brothers, sons on the
funeral pyre of strong drink! Fasten
tighter the vietimsl Stir up the flames
File on the eorpsesl More men, women
and children for the sacrifice! Let ue
have whole generations on the FIRE oil
evil habit; and at the sound of the
cornet, lutte. harp, saokbut, psaltery and
duiclmer let all the people fall down and
worship King Alcohol, or You shall be
cast into the fiery furnace under some
political platform!
! Indicate this evil as the fratricide,
tbs parricide. the matricide, the uxorcide
The regieide OF the century. Under whai
innocent aud delusive and mIrthfnl
names alcoholism deceives the people,
Il is is q Cordial" It is Hbitters." III
70 an "eye-opener." It is an 'tappetizer.'
u Is q adigester." II is an ''iny,gorator.'
II 10 q settler" It is o might cap
Why don't they put on the right labels
-"Essence OF Perdition," "Oonsoienee
Stupefier." Five Drachms OF Heart
acme" "Tears of Orphansge,'' "Blood OF
Souls" "Scab of Eternal Leprosy,"
Venom of the Worm that Never Dies"
Only onoein a while is there ANYTHING
In the title Of liquors to even hint their
strocity, as in the case of som mash.
That | see advertised all over. 1t is an
honest name and any one can under-
stand it. Sour mash! That is, it makes
o mans disposition sour, and his asso-
olates sour, and his prospects sour; and
then it lie good to mash his BODY, and
mash his soul, and mash bis business.
and mash his family. Sou, mashl One
honest name at last for an intoxIcantI
But through lying labels of many of the
apothecaries' shops, good people, who
are only q little undeitone in health and
wanting OF some ipviGoration, have nm
wlttlngly got on their tongue the fanee
OF this COBRA that stings to death 90
large q ratio OF the human race.
Others are ruined by the common and
oil destructive habit Of treating custom.
ers. And it is a treat on their coming
to town, and q treat while their bargain.
ing progresses, snd a treat when the
purchase is made, and q treat when he
leaves town. Others, to drown their
troubles, submerge themselves with this
worse trouble. Oh, the world is bat.
tered, and bruised, and blasted with this
growing eyill Il is more and more en-.
tranoed and fortified. They have mil
lions OF dollars subscribed to marshal
and advance the alcoholic forces. They
nominate and elect, and govern the vast
majority OF office holders of this coun-
Try. On their side they have enlisted
the mightiest political power OF the SEN
turtles. And behind them stand all the
myrmidons OF the neither world, Satanic.
and Apollyonio. and diabolic. 1t is be-
yond all human effort to throw this
bastile Of decanters or capture this
Gibralter OF rnm jugs. And while I ap-
prove OF all human agencies of reform, I
Womb utterly despair if we had nothing
else. But what cheers me is that our
best TROOPS are yes to come Our chief
artillery is in reserve. Our greatest
Commander has not yet fully taken the
HELD. II all hell Is on their side, all
heaven is on our siaNow
Let God ssise, and let His enemies be
scattered.