Dodge City times., 1888-04-05

10 assemble for the discussion OF whatever |
scientific subjects might be presented; ev-
cry statement to undergo most rigid scrtiti-
ny. One member said: Tobacco is not |
injurious. have chewed it for over forty |
years. and my father used it for over fifty |
years. without perceptable damage. All
this hue and cry about it is nonsence."
The Actlary answered:
.'Step forward sir. and let us can
vass this matter thoroughly. How
much do you chew:'' Il chew regularly |
three guilds day about this size. cutting
them from his plug. One was given to
Russian and another to a French chemist,
with .'plei Sc return the extracts" Then
! the actuary said, ''will any young man un-
accustomed to the use of tobacco chew this
third quid before the audience Here are
twenty dollars to anyone who Will. "A
| young man came forward. the audience was
requested to scan his looks. before he took
| it anl closely watch its effect. He soon
| became pale from sickness, then vo'nited
and anon tainted before the community.
! The extracts from one qlid was thea CIV
Ell to powerful cat. He flew widely
around and then died. The other extract
was put upon the tongue of dog, which
uttered yelp, leaped frantically lay down
! u.
the world: they are recorded in the most
scientific repository of this century or any
other. They cannot be controverted. Ev-
ery consumer of tobacco in either form is
a practical witness that these are its pre-
else effects by his own imitation to It's uSe
As for the cigarette it is the devils kind
ling wood. 1t IS smoking made easy.
The cigarette makes an easy grade to the
LII -In ~
cider and beer. Beer makes whisky pala-
table. and whisky leads to other vices.
We legislate against the sale of opium!
Why should poison which puts man to
, sleep be the object of so much solctnde
that the government legislates against it,
while poison that transforms him into
devastating demon: that makes surgeons.
hospitals, handouts. and jails a necessity
in every community. is manufactured, ana
sold in bewiltlering quantities without eN-
, citing a ripple of anxiety: 1t is parclal
to get up a worry over the few score OF
people who take opium, while we are al
together unmindful of the thousands VINO
( swallow alcohol at all hours of the day, ano
! in some form inflct untold mischief on
lotherS while under its influence. what
p would be thought of Sauitarians who WOnlo
let in cholera and exclude fever. Train all
f mothers of the baneful effect of cigarettS
upon their boys, keep constantly before
them the evil that follows after the habit
| is formed. \ certain amount OF opposl-
!, ton is Il great help TO man. Kites rise
! against and not with the wind. Even
, head wind is better than none. No man
ever worked his passage anywhere IN
dead calm. 1t is law of our nature that
{ we love most that which has cost most
That to which we have given time. though
anxious davs, and sleepless nights comes
to be woven into the very fibre of our be-
5 ing.
: The bravest battle that ever was fought.
Shall tell you whore and wheny
son the maps of the world you find IL not;
, Twas fought by the mothers OF men.
Nay, not with cannon or battle shout,
With sword or nObler pen:
Nay. not with eloquent word or thought
From mouth of wonderful men.
: But deep in walled-up woman,s heart,
d Of woman that would not yield.
But braveiy, silently, bore her part,
Lo; there Is that battle field.
No marshaling troop, no bivouac song,
No banner to geam and wave;
But. 0. these battles they last so long,
From babyhood to the grave.
t Dear sisters. we find four rules for doing
: the kings business in his word. We are
7 to do it first '.Hartily," second ''Dilegent-
t ly'' third .'Faithfully,' fourth ''Speedi-
r ly.' Let us keep these four rules ever be-
fore us.
? Fathers. mothers, sisters. there are drop
g ping, out of our homes, out of our lines
p out of our hearts. young men and young
e women in to the soil, and slime and filth
e of this social evil. Hedge up the way;
D stretch out your hands; haste TO the rescue;
Y for there are shadows that envelOp the sun.
| light of many homes, some mothers heart
: aches tonight. Women young, middle
e aged and old, will you not aid in this wor,
for .'God. and home, and native land
/ Woman's weakness no longer excuses hel
worthlessness. Amiable, insipid useless
!. ness is no longer considered a charming
+ trait of womanhood. God created woman
not flower, but living soul, as such tc
: receive help and to yield help to all other
: living souls: to her entrusted talents to
multiply. and seed to sow, work to be
D done. by-and-by the Lord of the harvest
] will say to her Il gave thee of My seed to
sow, bringest thou Me an hundred fold -
/ Can she look up with face aglow, and an
swer, ''F'ather here is gold.'
We do not ask that you neglect any OF
l those sweet home duties which are so prec-
iouS to every true women. Nay, nay. Let
2 your first duty be to the dear ones in the
home nest; set your own households in or
der. Then bring your influence, your tai
: ent and your magnetism, and use them to
/ help others to bear their burdens.
If our women only knew the need, if they
, would only pause amid the hurry of life
: and think. | belief every wife, mother,
sister and daughter in Kansas would to-day
! be found wearing the pure emblem of ON
sister-hOcd, the little white ribbon. Won't
you become one of us: We see burning on
every page, we hear ringing from every
pulpit and platform, the warnings: ''As
thy opportunity, so will be thy response
bility." And now dear sisters when the long
roll shall be sounded let us be ready. As |
prayed in my weakness, that your ranks
might be increased. so do | now pray that
every comrade in those ranks may be tho
roughly equipped for the war We wage for
"God and home and native land" And
able to stand within the ranks ready for
any onward move toward the goal of our