Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-05

ar-,xx MRS. II. A. w. McNair.
rSEGr.. ............ Mrs. e. N. Jones.
ThEAs...... ...........Mrs. C. L. Harper.
The regular meeting of the w. C.
7. U. will be at the residence of Mrs.
w. P. Stone Friday, Jan. s, at three
O'Clock. A full attendance is earnestly
desired.
Miss Amy C. Kellogg. our state
President was married Nov. % at her
home in Fort Atkinson to Rev. Edgar
l.. Morse of Durand, Wis. Those of
MS who met her during her visit as or
ganizer in Lancaster tender our warm
congratulations.
Wisconsin has won beautiful BAN
ner. We wish all the dear White-Rib-
boned sisters could see it. Many of
them will in time. We must continue
to be worthy Of it. BY the help of Him
who never wearies, and whose love is all
about as. we must ''push the work all
along the line" Let us try more
earnestly to possess His spirit, and to
work in His way. Remembering that
He asks our best effort, We need to pre-
pare ourselves for our work. BY every
means in our power we should improve
and beautify the gift that we possess.
keep the sword bright, keen, and well
tempered, and the opportunity will
/ come to use it in defense of truth and
right" We must not even in our heart
of hearts charge God with slowness.
Shall we not study more thoughtfully
the great lesson of Gods infinite love
and patience and his unwearied activity
Shall not "More like Thee" be our
prayer put into active endeavor. T.
C. Our St6te Work.
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Probably the world has never seen a
Jubilee Of women on so grand a scale
as will be afforded in Washington ID.
c., March 25, 1883. Then and there is
to be celebrated the forty years march
out of the wilderness made by the
women of this nation and other lands.
For it is just forty years ago that
women FIRST began in this country,
which leads all others to feel In their
own spirit power to be and to do in
the great world of literature, profession
al life, commerce and government to
say nothing of religion and philanthro-
py. And now the ''year of jubilee is
come" and we shall see upon one plat
form the women leaders in missions
home and foreign, women missionaries
doctors and lawyers, women professors
journalists and literary women, artists,
inventors and trades women, women
explorers, travellers, new world OF
women all of them womanly but each
of them individualized. Let white
ribboners note the date. Congress
will be in session. a visit to Washing
ton is always an epoch in history and
when this grand Women's jubilee is
added to all the other attractions of
the city. who can overestimate the good
that shall be achieved and acquired by
these who are there on the memorable
eccasion.-Ustos Signal.
The w. c. t. U, Of the Hawaiian Is
lands, Mrs j. M. Whiting, president.
has issued al appeal to the representa-
tives of the Legislative Assembly pc
titioning that body to consider the SUBJ
ject of the prohibition of the manufact-
ure and sale of intoxicating liquors in
the kingdom.
The appeal says:"We are we'll aware
that this is asking for great change in
the existing laws. 1t requires therepeal
of the statutes under which licenses are
now granted. 1t cannot be successfully
contradicted that the use of intoxicants
rs beverage is useless, and for the
greater part wholly injurious. Intox-
icating liquor entails great evil and mis-
cry upon men of the native and foreign
races in these islands. Their use de-
stroys the peace Of the home, and brings
suffering to helpless women and inno-
cent children. 1t causes men to neglect
their business, and units them for good
workmen, and makes them bad citizens.
The open saloon, where such beverages
are sold, is constant temptation to men
Turing them on to vice, and catering to
their basest passion. 1t ia foe to the
youths of these islands, and q standing
threat to their safety and well-being.
from among whom its future customers
must come. 1t encourages crime; and
we believe impedes the greater prosper
ity of the kingdom. Therefore, for
these reasons, as we'll as many others
equally weighty. we can and do ask for
nothing less than what's called total
prohibition.
Statutes Of total prohibition. and now
constitutional provisions to that effect,
have been enacted in many Of the states
It Is the line of modern legislation.
1t is the moving principal of q large
political party in the United States,
which is demanding that the liquor sa-
loon shall no longer exist. because it ex-
lists for no good purpose, and with I'M
numbered evil results. If Hawaii shall
enact statute for prohibition, she will
make that true which is the motto of the
nation: "The life of the land is preserved
by right"
THE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTION:
well written communication in this
issue of the HERALD discusses the
question of congressional succession.
It probably expresses the sentiment of
the majority of the Republicans of this
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