The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-26
TEMPERANCE.
THE wRECKi

Whose cabins echoed tho Joyous song,
Whose deck was trodden by happy throng
Gone are her towering masts and spars
That almost seemed TO reach the stars,
Crowned many time by gallant tars.
Tho battered hull now crushed and thin,
Where the rising tides rush out and In,
Was built In ocean wars to win.
She fell But not by the hand of time.
This bark should now be i'm her prime.
A perfect ship in any clinro.
She fell, as falleth mortal man.
Who has thwartcd heavens allotted plan
BY the cursed cup-6fe's poisonous Ban.
Two wrecks! one sinks mid tears and prayers
But how the useless ships wreck fares
No mortal knows no mortal cares.
Mrs. III. a .ktGder, in temperance Aduocatt
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION IN INDIA.
From an article by Bishop Hurst under tho
above title I'm the Century we quote the fol.
lowing: IAN army surgeon, of twenty years
Intimate knowledge Of India, in paper read
before tho Colonial Temperance Congress in
1886, wrote thus:
''Twenty years personal observation in the
Northwestern provinces has demonstrated
TO me the appalling fact that tho entirc rnco
Of hereditary owners of the soil have all been
swept off by drink. Brandy or Government
rum Ii WndU UneSe creatures take
when the taste has been lighted up; and it is
certainly a subject for thoughtful considcra-
Eon, that, while we in this country are re-
Joicing at the reduction of tho excise revenue
In Britain, what arc we to say of the gradu-
ally Increasing liquor revenue in IndiaS'
What wondcrr A penny's worth is all
that is needed to intoxicate madden and
wreck. Even If poor native has no money,
he can manage to get liquor. He can get it
nn credit and mortgage his few possessions
if SO be- he can Quaff tho Intoxicating cup.
Then the back-that invention of the saloon
keeper In Great Britain and the United States
is made to do its full work, if the proprie-
tors prevent ingreSs by tho front.
Now, dark as this picture Is which wo
have unwillingiy been compelled to draw,
there is no real ground for encouragement.
The Gospel has never been carried to a coun-
try without ut the same time, IL not earlier,
the transportation Of the vices OF tho land
which sends the truth. Already tho mis-
s:onaries are awake to the danger. Tho
English people arc becoming aroused to il.
The real rulers OF India do not hold council
In Calcutta, or enact laws i'm the Wcdmin-
ster Houses OF Parliament, but are the vast
commonalty of tho British IsleS-or, rather,
are the whole Anglo-SaXon race. India will
be conquered for Christ. 1t will be COM
plete conqucst-alike over tho evils of false
faiths and over the vices which still grow, ms
tares among the wheat, i'm Christ ian lands"
wRuNG FROM THE TorLING MASSES.
What fortunes the leaders in this business
wiring out Of the toiling masses n few exam
pies will show. A Chicago reporter took oc-
rasion to look up few of the palatal drink
ing places Of that city. The first which
seemed rich and Gno enough, cost Sic, 600.
"But, in quest Of still finer saloons, the rcpor-
e. T'ehG into one few steps away rnti was
fairly dazzlod by the glitter of mirrors, pol
ished brass, and stained glass screens, with
saslights placed behind to show or their
beauties. This cost 81 ,OO0,' said the propric,
tor, and if you don't believe it, can show
you the bills. This is no contract job either
l said to tho man who fixed il up: Go ahead
md send in your bills" This establishment
Is fitted up with imported English oak and
mahogany wood. A wide fire place is built
in one corner Of Mintou tile and polished
brass. Wherever window can he put. n
fanciful design in stained glass is placed, anS
half dozen fine oil paintings decorate the
walls. Across the street is another place
that cost $4,000. 1t is fitted with
marble. Tho bar mirrors cost S2o0o,
and the screen in front of the entrance, com
posed of massive carved walnut with "A
mirror and clock, cost Sl400. A short tour
about the principal streets showed that there
were dozen other places where the thirsty
pedestrian can satisfy his appetite for
alcoholic beverages in saloons costing from
S2O, 900 to 100000 to fit up. As if til wrrc
not enough, New York has one saloon and
Indianapolis has now another where silver
dollars are actually used to pave. tie floor.
or the new one we nro told: aThe floor is
laid with the most expensive tiling, and lfg
silver dollars just from the mint are inlail ."
With all the poverty and distress il. the
land, etif workirISrnCn are actually tramping
silver dollars under foot rs they go to get
their drinks. Is it any wonder there should
be hard times. What can the best tariff
legislation do to put this locked up money in
cirCnlo tinny--Tb,. Tni,,
WHY lie FAILED TO GRADUATE.
A few days ago ut the commencement cxer-
cisos Of tho United States Naval Academy, at
Annapolis, the entire first class graduated
with one exception. That exception was n
yous cadet from Indiana, and tho telegraph
news in his case was headed: "a Naval Cadet
Ruined 10y Drink" Instead OF receiving class
honors that might havo tsen his on that
graduating day, and a commission that would
assure him an honored position and noble
living until tho end of his days he was Icing
confined i'll the prison ship Santec for some
drunken miSdcmCanur. If he had been sober
on that day he would not have been prepared
to graduate, for he had given more attention
to liquor and tho pleasure of drinking than
to his studies: 1t has been found that n man
who has habit of getting 'irun!; cannot do
anything clso well. By and by he has notl-
ing to do, and he does not know how it is. lie
did not quit business; but business, To- go Oh
properly was obliged to quit him. To hc a
good drunknrd Il man must give his whole
time and attention to drinking, and he will
have no time and attention for ANYTHING else
The poor naval cadet will soon he forgot, and
only his relatives will feel his disgrace; but
the shame is on all men in Il way. 1t is n con
fession of weakness for which there seems to
be no cure. a man who can drink reasonably
and moderately gets considerable enjoyment
out Of pleasant drink at tho proper time
But for the man who drinks and gets drunk,
and likes tho misfortune well enough to re-
peat 1t, there bc nothing but misery ahead
The man who drinks and gets drunk should
quit drinking as quickly rs he would run away
from the flood stream of u broken dam Tho
habit will not fail 60 sweep him down to de-
struction.-Ne,c Orleans Hcdyune.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Last year 1856 people died of dcliri!:n
tre.lens in England.
Drinkingshops in California increased in
eight years from l4,OOO to 1900.
England and Wales in February last hl..l n
total pauper population of IGa Hj3
Drink produces sickness. \ careful c,'n-
putation gives about IJ0UDO persons si,!!ul-
tancously sick in the United State-, ~ III" r.
suit of using intoXicants, at Il cost Of NOR.
than $50, 0,00O,00O.
The protest Of the high caste HinIoJ,
against the sale of liquor has drawn from
the viceroy of India the declaration th..
drunkenness is only prevalent anon. power.
lul and nrnprpSSiN,. \