Dodge City times., 1888-12-27
W. C., r. u.

Session of December 20 was full of bus
iness.
silk guilt progressing finely. Anyone
visiting to inspect with view to pur-
chasing. call on the superintendent, Mrs.
Vanderslice.
Friends, DO not forget the box for the
poor Cast-of or out grown clothing can
be left at headquarters.
Repairing and preparing tie clothing
now on hand, will be the program for
next meeting-Jan. 3. 1889
Mrs. Freeman and Miss Swan are ap-
pointed to fill the w. c. T. L. column IN
Republican.
The vacancy caused by the removal Of
our highly esteemed and dearly loved sis
ter Mrs. Z. Cherington. was filed by Mrs.
r II. Hudson. Mrs c. in her quiet,
earnest christian manner. has won many
friends who will miss her: especially viii
her loss be felt by the little band of work
ers. known as the ". C. T. L. God grant
that in the new home her son has loving
lv provided she and her daughters.
Dakota has organized thirty three new
unions since the convention in Sertcm-
Der.
Mrs. Spencer, state organizer, Of Cali
fornia, has gone to assist the Arkansas
". c. 7. L. in securing the scientific
temperance law.
! BUGLE BLAST FROM OUR GESERAL-I e.
CHIEF. FRANCES L. WILLARD.
OK THE TRAIN, EVANSTON TO CHICAGO,
November 23. 1883.
To the Members of our Local ". c. T.
Us. and TO our Wise (Y's) Girls:
Dear Comrades in the Grandest Army
of the Republic:-Let me earnestly r.
quest that some one of you will take this
letter 10 the next executive committee
meeting and have it read and acted on.
1t is not often that after bright ioOf-
out over the whole wide field. your lead
ers blow the bugle for a rally all along
The line, and | am proud to say that 20
such blast has ever failed TO reach your
listening and sympathetic ears. II Il
be SO this time as always; already | can
catch the music of your martial tread.
General misunderstanding mount q
his steed when our great convention III {
ia New York City. and he was spurrei
onward ever since with clattering hOu,s
across the continent 1t would be fabn-
iOus, were ii not iatuoCs. the twist .
meanings of almost every sentence sent
out By the secular press since October ~
%. For instance: BY request of ttc
minority we repealed the bylaw prov:I-
ing tina, on political questions We should
vote without discussion. and 10, the pres
SAYS we were so wild as 10 remove from
our constitution provision that had
guarded us against discussion, and then
proceeded to plunge into the labyrinth ot
political debate. We spen. less than two
nours out of forty debating on questions
Of partisan nature, but the partisan press
has given the public reason to believe
that from early morn till dewy eve We
did little else but shout in chorus: Fisk
and Brooks We declined to consider,
much less debate, resolution defining
loyalty" when 10, General Misunder
standing, with a voice of bassoon grum
bies across the nation Them women
passed gag law
We are aware that there is much of
method in his madness. The republican
and democratic liquor parties q refer TO
their undoubted national status) see the
rising cloud of ballots, not TO be STAN
pede1 even by the tariff uproar, Though
FOR six months steadily it was dlnned IN
the ears of the greatest money getting ma
ton in the world. They see that new
alignment of voters is inevitable: they
hate the earnest hearts that stand true tn
the prohibition party alike in storm and
calm.-Union Signal.
The hearts of those interested in the
debt of work among soldiers and sailors
are made glad by the unusual interes;
taken during the past few months. not
only by the members of the influential
bodies, but by individuals as well. The
pulpit and religious press are also awak
ened to the need of their assistance in
this great work
From the Western Christian Advocatc
of October II. we take the following in
regard the work OF reform in L. 5. army:
1t is not generally known that while
there are one hundred and thirty :,aT
posts within the United States occupied
by troops. there have been only from
thirty to forty army chaplains The re
suit is. of course, that at very large
number of these posts there are no rells-
ious services, and no organized religious
opposition to the demOraliZing tendencies
of army life. 1t is not strange. therefore
that chaplains like Orville J. Nave and
others are interesting themselves To Sc
cure. if possible, an improvement in these
army posts The general conference of
our own church and the general assem-
bly, of the PRESBYTERIAN church have TAX
en- appropriate action upon the general
subject. Bishops and counsels OF the
Protestant Episcopal church have also
given attention to the matter. The NUN
Der of chaplains in the army should be
increased, and congress has been asked
to legislate so as to provide for the need
ed increase. The people at large see so
little of army life that they are not much
interested in it, but its moral and relig-
ous wants are important enough to en-
list the christian thought of the coun-
try"