The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-11-29

generacy is cigarette smoking.
The Bloomington (Il.9 w. CT. q. has
: lodgeinsg Mouse and restaurant which are
o great success, Mrs. G. II. Read writes
from there saying sswe have just moved
our quarters and are at our wits end to
feed the multitude. Our Sunday after
noon meetings are increasing in numbers
the mothers meetings are full of interest
and we have circulated $4,000 pages Of
literature.
Beer Settings.
In appearance the heer drinker may be
the picture of health, but in reality he is
most incapable of resisting disease. a
slight injury, a severe cold. or a shock to
the body or mind will commonly provoke
acute disease, ending fatally. Compared
with other inebriates who. use different
kinds of alcohol, he is more incurable and
more generally diseased.
Beer must be pretty bad for boys, when
a boy only five years old bad to be treated
in a Berlin hospital for delirium tremens.
Says the Scientific American: The con-
slant use of beer every day gives the sys
en- no recuperation but steadily lowers
the vital forces. Our observation is that
beer drinking in this country gives the
very lowest kiud of inebriety closely ALI
ed to criminal insanity. The most Gan
gerous class of ruffians in our large cities
are beer drinkers.
Read what the Wine and Spirit Gazette.
has to say about beer: "The less said of
the sanitary effects of our modern beer.
with lis various ceemlcal ingredients the
the better it will be for the interests of orr
big brewers. many of whom arc but too
anxious TO draw out of tho business by &C.
cepting the offers of the English Syndi-
ate"
Now if we could get the opinion if the
brewers about wines and distilled liquors
we should have the whole facts OF the case
1t Is notorious that our brewers seldom
drink their own beer or tho product of
other breweries. At the places which they
take their meals, or at public picnics and
summer night festivals which are attended
by brewers it is generally noticed that
beer is healthy why do our brewers refuse
to drink it.
, Perhaps one OF the most potent agents
in the educational Inc Of the w. c.
I r. L. is the press and publication. OF
S temperance literature. 1t is Il branch o.
the society but little understood there
: fore it may not be amiss to devote a
e short space in these opening columns O.
! Temperance literature in this paper.
g In many Instances these columns arc
very welcome additions to the papers,
and add to their circulation, but insomt
j. places where tho prevailing sentiment
/ is not in favor q tle II. c. T. T.. it is
difficult to secure r .5oE,yld. But by
t this means q door opened to the con
!. ~cicnces and heart ,.N&uy who would
t never get the trUths which are published
p. here, in any other way.and tley are an
educating power in favor 0i temper
! Huco.
To supply majorial for this work, 4
] Nu!lctjn is published confirming facts in
! regard / ownAt isdonc in the Temperance
i line, statistics i'll relation TO the liquor
traffic, etc. These bulletins are s,(a~
sent to the newspaper syndjcatcs, and
t ara Used extensively in tho make up o
: the patent insiGcs.
The Woman's Temperance Publicat
ion Association, with headquarters q
is 1862 Lasallc st.. Chicago. is doing Il laigt
work in book publishing, @lcaIlet, ant
a circulating material. They publish th'
Union Signal, which is the official olgal
Of Tie National W.. c. +. T., Il week.,
paper OF sixteen pages; the Young Cru
sHdcr, for Juveniles; the Oak and II!
Leaf, for young women, and Journal o
II IIcrcdity. The business OF the house i
l. rapidly increasing. and promises to be
$ gigantic power in the temperance work
1t is constantly having added to it Liter
allure on every phase OF the work. ma
tcrial to suit every department.
d At72 Bible House, N. Y, the Nation
al superintendent Of literature, Mis-
$ Julia Colman, who is q pioneer in thi
work. also publishes much literature
q and most beautiful cards, suited to III
l. Use Of every part Of the Union work
+ Her litrature is sold at SO low rat
It that teachers can use them freely for tn
te common schools, each one bearing som
l. text or scripture, some p~hysiologica
q truth, or statistical fact, which impress
ed by the beautiful floral decoration wi
make IL lasting impression on the mind
he o! the young.
8 But, perhaps the most difficult part c
y. This work is the suppression Of impul
g literature, The greed for scnSationH
II stories. tllc unhealthy craving for cHcit
n ing portrayal and fictitious scenes
shows Gemoralized condition OF tn
Sc taste for literature. 1t is poisoning til
% rising generation and uniting 1t for tn
Il duties awaiting it. The vile books sen
/ through the mails to boys and girl'
y which arc secretly circulated by then
k has grown to be a great evil, and til
IN mothers have aimed to suppress then
The books Of Jessie James and Peck
II Bad Boy, should never find their way t
as Il boys pocket, if mothers did the
k duty. 1t demands vigilance to gual
lie the young from such matter but
20 pays.
- The w. G.. T. U. has made strong an
systematic efforts to suppress this ev;
~. and to give in it's place good food for Il
~ mind. Laws condemning every impu.
publication, and obcenc picture. ha'
:. been passed, and the news-stGnds Aa'
IS been very constantly watched in son
w. places to protect them from this m
terial, and the results have been good.