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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
&ahI=Wotis.

Die iGbrli6e Notwithstanding Der
,,Soernnann 0tntual Gazing Sunb ailocia
tion" miro am Samstag, ben 81. Suli, 1889
nm 8 ubr Ibenbs inn Wtarftbauie ftottfinben,
I'M neln Sireftoren fir bas fommenbe Sabr
it errpdbleu. ollie @ttien Snbaber limb err
lldt lid entIpeber in YerIon ODER burb Steu=
u~ertreter on bieler @erIammllin9 III 6etbeili=
gen. wibri9entaus iie ellie Sfrofe pom %
Gents 81 entri6ten Baben.
q. 9. @aIter, Sec.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Sic 3eit Ser Sinberfrunfbeiten lit
oG. g}e6mrt cure Sleinen iuobl i'll I9t
IND lnIiet feine SprIi6tamaBre9eln, Die
ocrcn arnufwcroen por6euQcn f0unen,
differ Q(ht!
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

0err @enrp Sra6t BON 6rcberids=
burg ~itattctc Icbte @udc ieiuen bieii9en
6rcunocn ltno 8cfnnnten eincn 8eIud
o0 anH luoDntc an Spnntu9 Der SUlz
oatcl;- &euuion nui bcnn Snirplute bel.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Nerr 0crma>m Yetrus, bon &anias
Gitp, ciu irii6crer Setuobner III erer
StoOt, fam lebte @u6c bitrber i'm
ieinen Dicii9en ScrluurO:en unO friiberen
&amcrobcn cilen 8eiu6 abSultatten.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Iyruu 5. g. &cnicl uno Sri, @oro
a(inoe rciitcn lcbten SOnnta8 n00 ct.
9ouis lun Der iilberucn 0o1jcit bcS
Ncrru glcr. Sfmiot mn @o.tjn (9cb.
Mcn1cO bciSulupbnen
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Scrr Saul !9urneD bctrcibt 9e9en=
wdrtio bic edgcmiiblc III Sio0e Gltq,
ipelde fril6cr BON 6errn s. Gunner g.
eiouet iuuroe. Die MIGlc liciert aus
0eSci6nctes 9aubol5.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Gte 6ormcr tlu9en jcgt iitcr SIT pIcl
9}diie. Gs muB bait immcr ctipo@ iii
rcdt Icil,, cnt,ueocr 81 trpdcn peer ST
naB. 9Duntc mnll nic6t cincn 2S9tterz
clerf anItellcn, Der cS gera0e rcdt moGt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

S0crr G6ns. &immel wiro an tommcrs
Den Counting icincn ncncu Saloon an
ocr M1arftItroBe er0iinen nnb BEL oicIt
Gclcgenbcit ici1ten @diteu ciHcn IdnroIcn
Qund uuItii6en.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
Sine groBe 9usuabl 3nabenan sig
uou $500 nuiludrt5 bel
8rubot & S6erer.

9anf Der Dem &a65tbum 9iinltts
gen g8itteruug Der lebten &oben
iItOcr Stano oes aorns eit re6t gutter
un6 bere6ti9t 5ur Grluartung elmer
rcidjclt Grute.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

8elln lllbt I1Sei6en triisen, mirb
li9 Die Gei6ditsluelt I'M Spdtiommer
uno 9erbit zines redt belebten Sanbels
SIT erfreuen bubet. @eijen unt Safer
9ebcn CUTE @rtrd9e, unO uud Der Stanb
bes @oriics llo anberer Jelbfri6te tra=
gen bo5u bel, Den Sarmer beuer i'll ieber
9iniidt 5ufrieben 6u ite0en. 8enn nod
ein a%nneDmbarer Breis fir Die Yrobufte
be5ablt lptrb, bat Der 2anowirtb fiber
auf fet6e @%innabmen 81 re1nen. limb
ein alter oeutI6cr Spru9 iast: ySut
Der Bauer 8clo, bats Die sanSe @eIt."
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

@ir batten lcbtcn Gicmsta0 oa& yer
9nii9en 9rn. Yaitpr 3immermonn mn
oeiIen @atti1, uOn StolPc, III Unltrtr
Wtittc t~c9rlBcn gu tDnncn.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Die @attin bes Serrn Serb. &emmert
uOn 9naas, 9eras befinoet ii6 bier gu
8eIu6 BEL i6rer Wutter, Srau S(nna
SdpltCn.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Sri. g(nnc Gtobimunn, meldc lit leIt
einioen Sabren III &anIus Gitp anI9es
balten fat, febrte um leBtcn 6re'ta9
bierber 5uriid.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
Neue Nn3ei9en.
9duf1adtttta.

Sd iiible mid perphi9tet auen Ha9barn
ipel6e inns mGbrenb Der Sranfbeit iInierer
9eliebten Sodter ulb S6weiter 70 bebilhi9
iparen, icrpie Senienisen weIde iid AM '6es
9rGbnifie betbeili9ten nnb ba6urb ibr Sei=
leib beflnoeten, r~nieren bersli9iten Can't
abSuitatten
Se, trauerube Sater unb @ei9wifer,
Sobu @iIi unb &inber.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Serr Wteldior 9OeIdcl 6%eIinoet li3
lett mc6rercn 9u9en aui Der aronter
liIte. SOHentli6 f0nnen mir baI0 le'ne
gGieoeraeneiuug mcloen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Giuma69lGier tauIt ma am biai9=
item bel g2m. G6erlin; 20 Gents biz
$1.25 ba5 9ubeno.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

0crr 6. Slumer, bon Ser9er, erDlelt
oiCie @o1c upn ct. 2ouis b r 6 ar
la0 unge SnuBplS bas CT 81
icDr uicbcrCn Y~rcilen ~Uerfallfen iuirb.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

SOcbcn crbaItcn eini9e Subeno 8aar
tu9sS6uiiriduDe Die i6 ieDr bilig
~utrfalicu pcrbc.
SO. IS. SenIira.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Sceriufer bod nno @elte 1ltr &nn-
ben uuo Scrren ntr 800 bel &ruoot
q Sdercr.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Den bclten 8ip Saifce %pcrfnnIcn ION
INNER nod 5u 20 GUlt3 pro &IlIno.
Yru0pt d Z 0ercr.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Serlaugt, 1000 siiten gutter
8firli6e uno Sirnen, fir welbe ib oen
b5N7ten Mar.tpreis be5uble.
@r1. Gberlin.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Stro9Gitte unb SonnenI6lt.n Der
furtIc ih inter Dem &oltprciic. g8nt.
Gbcrlin.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

gSie aus Der betr. 9lnsei9e on anberer
5tclle crlidtli6, finoct am 20. D. &c.,
alio nGhitcn Sonntag, bel 6reoeridsz
burg cin grpBes Gicnic itatt Dem Nbenos
Gin 9cuiitbtid)cr Sna fOl9eu miro. Die
Scrnnltaltcr Der 5eitlidteit baben feline
unO Soften 9eident I'M ben Sr=
Tolg oc2 8ic1ic Sl 1idern.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

5iir 5 Gents pcrfnuit &. GGriitmam
Siuei Strobbiite. 9tidt st cCr9cl)cn,
Siuci Siitc fitr ) GeutS.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

GinmudJg@ ldIer o GO Gents BIZ
500 bas 9ubenb Bel &rn0ot nm
S6erer.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

SatineS, friibercr %rei5 10 GcHt5,
pcrtaufc ib ictt ST 10 Gcut5 per g)oro.
SSH. Gbcrlyt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Sine pra6tpolle 9tuspabt GIas= H10
Ipr,caorwaarcn BEL SoDn $. 4Iautld
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Dress Oopos, ncucite I(ui.cy, btj
@ep. Sraett(D.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Cine I6Dne Nusiuabl Dress 8ercals
babe ib iocbcr crbalten. Yclidtiat
olclelbe bel @n. Gberlin.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Satines, S%eerluders, 2aiuns, GOnnells
idirnle uno StrObbite 5um nib inter
DEM Soltpreile bel ISM. G6erlin.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Strumpfiuaaren fir 9omen, Serren
ullo sinoer IN aaen 5urben 5u 5, 10,
!5.bls Is Gents bus Yaar bel 8ruopt
& S4erer.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Gen bciten Giu Saifcc, . &imp iir
$1.OO bel @rt. Gbcrlilt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Strub6ilte Iocbcn crbultm mo blli'9
II fobcu BEL @co. &raCttlD.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Two Ducks for 4 Nickel ut pruiot
and Scherer.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Entered Mt the Post Office at IIermann. Mo-,
and admitted for through the mans
as second class rates.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
@hisfh uno Eruhts8ranbh

finOet nan ni.9ens biqi9er urto better
als in 5rib &oe0er's Sulopn. Sn
ollcn Auantitater, bonn Balben 8int
Bis Sur @allone Ill baben.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Satiues, friiberer Sreis 123 Gents
pcrtaufe id iest 81 s Gents Die garb.
@m. Gberlln.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

J}c9cn : uno SDnncrldirme upu 80
bis 5u 81. bel Subu 8. Sfautid).
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Cine 5pe5ialiibuns bes @ircft0rla'lS
Der MderbangeieIidait finbet mor9tH
gtafmittag in Der Gon5ert9nle it1tt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

g8ic mir G0relt, lit Die Serle9uug Der
Boitoiiiccn pon Ban uno @oollam,
Griterc na6 Der @ubnung oes Serrrt
Simon SOe9cr uno 2ebtere na6 Der
@QDnuu9 bcs Serrn Nnoreas 2peb,
pom 4O1tz9 Department an9eurbnet NOR
Ocn uno iucrben aliu bic 9%euannten Ger
rem in fltrSer Belt lire Iemter antreten.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
Sraudt SIR Maf9im.m ssIY

gsent 10, Sani pergebt nidt BEL @bas.
Sperp's gtal$lllensgSertltatte por,uipre9ta
Yreilen 1inben merbet. gls MoSGiniff hat
Sperp etn beiiereS G~erit6nOnis pom ben 4sr.
tbeilen lno Rd9tbeilen Der perI6iebensr
Dele als Der 9ewObnlide Gambler, iinb SIR
merbet 6aber nur babel profitiren menn ibr
Grren Seluorratb fault bel
Gbas. S. Sperp,
Sermonn, Ro.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

S~nabenansiise 81 S1.25 bis $l.35
Bel 6. GbriItmaltn.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
@iaia AT p~erfanfen.

Sd babe cine Selbhlentembe Rufel Iroe,
ton engine, Us 9ferb.erafD iinb Elm,
8nliel Sibrotor Srei6maibine, belbe in ON.
tenn ,3pitanbe; ebenfaas cine MountsS 10
Yferoefraft Sweepitate HORSEPOWER UNI
Smeepitate apron Greidmai6ine in b,fem
Suitdnoe biai9 gu perfoufeu.
Sinon 8oeser.
Sin'o Bar, Ro.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
Stui9 At %nctfauictt.

Gin i6Ones Garlor Get, ein giirea1. cine
0ettitele, 2 Slide, Elm neler Diem. 3 Robr.
ltiible, ! S6outelitubl, ales bei1abe nell.
9ta6Sufra9en Bel
Nt. 6. SSH.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Strpbbiitc Der ncueltcu Mobc poH .
Gcnts bis $3.50 bel SOln $. Ninatih
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Ibpnnirt auf bas uSermarner
8ulfsblatt."
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

9altc nun aud bic @airtburp
llbrsn fur $3.50, ippie bic trurn
brrbcKertsu @aterburb 3erren> unb
9amrnnbreu 3u 400. Bic bette ltbr
3u benz Preis.
q. Gfinnh-
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
&attunc

), 6 ulo Z Gents pro garo bel YruoOt
ulto S6erer.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Stride Bananas BEL @m' Gp'riltl
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Sorbcn crbalten cine i9Gne Nus=
uabI nenrr silbcruaarrn paKcnb
fur Sut,cits> uno Grbu rtstaas .Gc=
ibcnfe bel 4. Shmub.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

2nlps MIR 4 Gents per GARD tei @m.
gherlin.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26
SQtiucS.

@&mocr10Due Wtulter in satines
pon . bis IA Gents pro Ynro bel 9rrz
Dot & S6erer.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-07-26

Morscn 9lbcno Sparfane.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23
CONCERNING THE BEAN QUESTION.
Recipes from Region Where Beans Can
Never BE Cooked.

Recipes from a Region Where Beans Can
Never BE Cooked.
'What is your recipe for baking beans"
The question was asked of several individ-
UalS Of extended experience.
Landlord Allen of the Hotel Hamilton,
who sat over against the big and finely
painted screen that adorns his dining room,
and bears an excellent hkeuess of that lover
of good things, Louis Leib, in the makeup of
FalStaff, he'd no decided opinion as to baking
beans, bat his former business partner, who
was with him, said: Il wouldn't bake them.
[ would fry them. Boil them three or Four
hours, then drain them, put them in a spider
With salt pork, and fry them to a rich
brown"
John Smelling, the warm personal friend of
Senator Malone, said: "Down south they
have a habit of cooking the beans according
to the approved method and then MASKING
them. l am fond of beans, but l did not
learn how TO bake them until I came here.
soak them until they become soft, put them
IN an eal then jar with little pork, season
with pepper and salt, turn little molasses
Oh the top of them, put the jar in the oven
and let the beans bake. l always cook them
myself, and l imagine 1 know how to do it
WE'LL
Il have not yet become thoroughly ac-
guainted with the baked bean, y said Bill Nye.
Up in Laramie, where held office, baked
beans were unobtainable at any price The
altitude of Laramie, like the prices that rule
there, Is very high, and it was found impos-
slbIe to boil beans there with any degree of
success, let alone baking them. The only
way they could be cooked was to put a little
saleratus in the water in which they were
boiling, but under the best conditions the
CeanS are liable to be about as hard and I'm
palatable as marbles
They have tradition in Germany that
beans can only be properly cooked when
soaked IN clear spring water. The host of
Helms restaurant on Twenty-seventh street.
whose recipe did not materially differ from
that of the other epicures, was very particu-
lar as TO the manner that they should be
soaked and prepared before baking. He soaks
them about four hours and then bakes them
IN dripping pan with little piece of scored
pork. Mr.. Hill, the theatrical manager. who
Is typical Yankee and an adept at baking
beans, believes that they should be soaked ca.
parboiled, drained and then put in a sheet
iron box. A hole in the ground should be
followed out and fire built in it. When the
burning has gone on long enough to make
the desired degree of heat remove the brands
put in the box Of beans with piece of pork
on top Of it, cover up the box and let the CON
tents gradually but surely reach the desired
degree of pc ffection.-NeW York Evening
Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23


In Afghanistan, when two families
are negotiating a marriage an omen is
consulted in the following manner.
Several slips of paper are cut up, and
or half of them is written "To be" and
on the other half Not to be" These
pieces Of paper are placed under pray
ing-carpet and the anxious father de-
voutly raises his hands in prayer to
God for guidance, and expresses his
submission to the all-wise decree of the
Almighty in the matter of his sons or
daughters marriage. Then, putting his
hand under the carpet, he draws out
paper. If on it should be written TO
be- he thinks the marriage is ordained
0f God; if Not to be, no overture or
negotiation Will be listened to.
Sometimes, however, the interests Of
state, or the value Of the dowry, or the
termination of long standing blood
fcuG Will induce the piOus chieftain to
put aside the omen as having been in
apenced by the powers of darkness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23
Size of Elephants Estimated.
T4arolT

The size of elephants is commonly
ver-estimated. Their stature is al
most always exaggerated in those coun-
tries where they are found wild. Even
European travellers of scientific training
have made notable mistakes in this re-,
spect. African elephants which Mai.
Desham, one of the early explorers,
supposed to be sixteen feet high proved
to be less than ten feet when killed. In
CeylOn the native elephant, which was
formerly thought to be larger than the
African animal, is rarely taller than
nine feet: and Sir Emerson Tennent
says the largest specimens on that is
land do not average more than eight
feet. out of HOO elephants from
which the tallest were selected and
measured with care on one occasion in
India, there was not one whose height
equaled eleven feet
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23
A VIOLET.

violet dewy and dainty ard blue,
With the delicate freshness OF heavens own hue,
And my love, sweet love, with her ripe, red lips
SweeteT than flowers where the wild bee sips
Pressed a long kiss the petals fair
To gladden. my soul as left her there.
Keep il. dear love, and though far away
It will tell what my lips refuse to say"
So kept it for many long, long say,
keep it now and Will Away,
For withered and dead, its dainty nue.
Still tells me a story of love most true,
Tells me the story love TO hear
Of the life that has grown so heavenly dear,
And the old, old tale grows tireSome, never,
For the hand that gave it is mine forever
James Clarence Harvey in Home Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23
WsIsh-Americans.
Il hfca % Hera q.

The Welshmen have begun to realize
that they are not getting as much credit
FOR their patriotic services as they have
deserved. They remind US that of
ffty-fve signers of the Declaration of
Independence seventeen were Welsh
men either by birth or lineage. More
over, fourteen generals, one colonel,
six captains, and one lieutenant in the
revolutionary war were Welshmen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23
advertisements.
Is. .:::: THOS G. THRUlL. ."::::.
STATIONER,
BOOKSELLER. NEWSDEALER
Etc, Etc.
Etc, Etc.


wi thee
enhancing
a have care
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23
r.nropean Ftshes for Tasmania.

Extensive experiments are to be made by
The government of Tasmania in naturaGzing
European fshes-such as Holsters, crabs,
turbot and brill-in the waters Of that
country. Similar trials have been very sue
cessIul IN New Zealand and Australia
ArEanSe - Traveller.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23

This popular journal has entered on it's
eighth volume, and having been
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-23

e era ratro
that all orders will
stationery now
a, Notyi9standing stock
ceruin
gbena nwTnbe
Counter in
Reviews
has ~
sn public
GomPsg TaGs TSHGar oil Artists
'
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Frames
o e hdays d t. meet the t and heir current
aaa will regu
hnuay svoble novelties
ceof
I wokC be mailed
ST OF
etc, o. han
the une POST Hawaii
Printing fa
"i"ei
Binding to whether magnes papers
mEn6hiy
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faithfully ont oftown patrons
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-20
A Matcrloo For Prohibition.

The prohibitionists have met with a
Waterloo defeat in New Hampshire. The
last legislature of that state submitted to
the people an amendment to the constitu-
ton prohibiting the importation, trans
Dortation, manufacture or sale of vinous,
spirituous or malt liquors The amend
ment was voted upon last Tuesday. A
two-thirds vote Is required in New Hamp-
shire to amend the constitution, but the
prohibitionists felt confident of securing
it, and their disappointment and dismay
over the result must be very great. The
latest reports show that instead of get
ting a two-thirds vote the amend
ment received only about one
third Of the vote polled. Its friends
had made an active and aggressive cam
paign. The issue had been sharply pre-
scented to the people upon its merits alone,
and was complicated by no other ques-
tons And a very mphatic-indeed
decisive-verdict was rendered against
prohibition.
The significance of this result can
scarcely be over-estimated. 1t means that
the prohibition wave, viii Oh a short time
ago threatened TO sweep over the country,
has passed its climax and begun to sub
side. In no state could the pro-
hibitionists have appealed to the
people with more reasonable conf
dence than in New Hampshire. 1t contains
no cities, and only one or two populous
towns. The foreign element in its popu-
lation is small. There is large leaven of
puritanism in its society. 1t is almost en-
tirely isolated from the currents of mod
ern life which have broadened and liber-
allied the popular opinion of such COM
monwealths as Massachusetts,, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
The New Hampshire people are essentially
provincial in their habits OF thought and
manner of life. They come little in con-
tact with the outside world. They travel
little and see comparatively little of the
citizens of other sections of this
country, and of other countries.
They are additionally narrow in
their views of politics, religion,
morals and all social questions. For
many years they have had law prohib-
iting the sale of liquor. One of their inn
mediate neighbors-Maine--h constitu-
tional prohibition, and the other-Ver-
mont-has statutory prohibition. Surely,
in a state so situated. in a population of
such a character, if in any state, or among
any class Of people, the prohibition doc
trine ought to be strong.
=. No.- l.
a profound influence in other states
where the prohibition question is before
the people. A prohibitory amendment is
about to be voted on in Pennsylvania
and a lively campaign is now in progress
in this state. The news from New Hamp-
shire can hardly fail 10 dampen the ardor
of the Pennsylvania prohibitionists and
encourage their adversaries.
II ssems certain that prohibition never
will be adopted as the permanent policy of
any American state. We expect to see it
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abandoned in Kansas. Iowa and Maine
within a few years. 1t is contrary to the
spirit OF free institutions, and in conflict
with all right principles of government.
1t is wrong in theory and evil in practice.
The right of every citizen to determine for
himself what he shall drink, and when, is
as sacred as his right TO determine what he
shall wear and what he shall eat and what
he shall read. Government has no business
to interfere in such matters. If the in
dividual abuses his rights in these re-
CARDS, to the injury of others, he must be
held responsible for the consequences.
The liquor traffic must be regulated and
kept under strict control, as is done in
all other civilized countries-notably in
Germany and Great Britain. When this
is done all that the government
can properly do in the premises has been
done. The rest must be left to education
and moral suasion. 1t is these agencies
that have worked such great revolution
during the past few years in the habits of
the people OF this and other countries
especially England. Drunkenness is
everywhere diminishing. The average
consumption OF spirituous liquors in the
United States is declining every year.
Prohibition laws have not done this, but
it is the result of education and of the i'm
proved moral and material conditions of
the masses. There is no virtue in COM
pulsory abstinence. There is really no
virtue in abstinence at all, save in excep-
tionaI cases where, by reason of diseased
physical organism, or an inherited appe-
tite, 1t is the only alternative to excess.
A temperate use OF stimulants is not sin
it is not vice and any law which seeks to
make it crime is bad law and ought not
to be. The abuse of liquor is sin and a
vice, but it can only be checked by culti-
waiting spirit of self restraint and sci
control among the people. To this work
the efforts of all friends of genuine tenn
perance should be directed