The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-09
NO. 36
W. d. Il u


of murder in the second degree 10 the
court of oyer and terminer in Jersey
City, N. j., for kicking and beating
his mother to death while he was
drunk. The prisoner listened I'M
moved when the prosecuting attorney
turned. upon him and said; You
coward-brute--are a fiend already
aud 1t only needs the disembodiment
of your spirit TO make you devil"
E. P, Marvin says Of the late con-
vention Of the w. c. T. U. held id
New York: at is evident that this
1"Woman's Movement is one Of The
most unique and important religious,
moral and semi.politieal moves Of the
nineteenth century. II is a feminine
phenomenon---a movement Of one sex
to wright wrongs suffered from the
other; and an uprising Of the sub
ordinated sex to remedy the evils Of
social and political hfe, and perhaps
introduce new social aud civil order.
Numbered and weighed, these women
are becoming more and more auspioi-
Gus to their friends and formidable
to their foes" ..aE.y u| ts
In nine regiments in India 9,lls
were abstainers and 4,340 non.ab-
stainers, The monthly average ad-
mission into hospitals were 93 per
1000 drinkers, against 4s per / 900
abstainers, and the deaths among tho
abstaineFs were almost One.quarter as
among the non-abstainers, What
more need be saidl Science and ex-
perienCe both testify that total alb
stinonce is perfectly safe, and that
moderate drinking is injurious to
both body and mind, and that other
things being equal, the heObstainera will
DO able to 90 more bodily end mental
work, will have less sickness, and will
live longer than the moderate drinker.
Therefore, the sooner every enc
abNndons the use of all alcoholic
drinks the better for themselves, tho
better for their noighbor, aud the bet
ter for their country and the world
DR.. Ridge.
L. P, Marvin says of the W. 9, T.
u: "If the Apostolic church were
truly separated from the world, con-
seorated to God, aud concentrated
upon the propagations of the Gospel
for salvation, | would not touch any
outside organization with my little
finger More-if this were SO, no
such organizations would have any
apology for existence, and prob
ably none would be born. The
Church Of Christ has lodged in
it the wisdom, grace aud power for all
spiritual and saving good, but this is
the work Of shattered and weakened
church, Her voice is the echo of
warning power, rallying her forces
for conflict with giant evils that are
Fastening the prophetic judgments of
God. The signs of the last times and
of the near approach Of the King of
Righteousness fill the earth and cloud
the heavens. The coming of the
Kingdom dTawoth near Yes, we ap-
prove the W. G. I, u, and pray Gods
blessing upon it," l0.g
An interesting story was brought
to light at the Salem, Mass, hospital a
few weeks ago, when young man was
carried there to have an ugly wound
on his face sewed up. Returning
from meeting one night he found
his mother drinking whisky, He told
her that he, too, would take to the
intoxicating cup If he ever again
found her under tho influence of
liquor. When he went to his dinner
the next day his mother was drunk.
A few words passed between them
and then the young man took his
membership papers in the total ab-
stinence society-of which he was
member-from his pockets and threw
them into the fire, and made bee
line for the nearest saloon, He drank
as much whisky as he could hold and
was soon bowling drunk. In that
condition he presented himself TO his
intoxicated mother, She was so en-.
ragged that she seized large earthen
washbowl and struck him sguarely in
the face, splitting the face open to
the bone. 1t is terrible wound and
will disfgure the boy for life,-Es.
What large proportion Of the
havoc wrought by drunkenness Is due
to the drinking customs Of soeietyl
What vast number of lives have
been wrecked aud souls lost Of men
and women too week 10 resist the
Establishments brought TO bear upon
them in one guise or another by these
drinking customsl What a legion of
slaves bow down before these obsery-
anees--slaves Of high and low degFeel
The toiler passing by coaxed into the
beer or whisky shop to be treated or
to treat; the poor woman who must
needs furnish ont Of her seanty means
the foaming beer to regale her thiFsty
callers the Young society man per-
shaded by winning smiles and bright
qpaff the draught that ieweled hands
hold ont to him; the danes, old and
young, who sip the fascinating athes-
tic punch az high toned 'iieasi' tho
gentleman who daFes not offend bis
friends BY emitting offer of an apetizeg
ora f'night cap, and who fears that
bis dinners would be voted tasteess
il not Favored BY beers and Wines
al these are thFals Of socisty's drink.
ing customs, some wiling, some Rnr
willing, some but lightly feileFed,
some loaded down with manneles
Yet bond slaves ali Rw AZ r foley