The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-10-23
w. c. r. U. DEPARTMENT.
For God and Home and Ndtire Ia3d.

A slight idea of the amount of drink |
sent to Africa may be gathered from
the following facts:
At Madeira, where many, but by no |
means all, of the ships going to Africa |
touch, the following amounts were de- |
clared in one week: 100000 cases of
gin, 24,OOO butts of rum, 10000 cases
of brandy, 28,OOO cases of Irish whis- |
XIV, 100000 demijohns of rum, $4,000
barrels of rum, 10000 cases of "Old
Tom," 1900 cases of absinthe, 10000
cases of vermouth, all costing $780,
600. |
It has been the custom of some of
the mission stations on the Lower
Congo to send preachers out, general
ly some of the educated colored help
ers from Jamaica, or the United States,
to preach to the natives in the employ
of the traders. Three or four years
ago congregations of fifty to one hum
bred and fifty could be gathered where
now it is impossible to hold service, as
every man, woman and child is drunk.
At Banana, was ill at the hotel over
two Sundays. The afternoon and ev-
ening of both these days was howl
ing pandemonium from drink. At
Tunkerly, South Africa, there is an av-
erage of one native found dead every
morning from excessive drinking.
European traders force drink upon
natives and native traders, contrary to
their will. One European trader said
to another in my hearing, "Down my
way the Triggers are getting so impu-
dent they don't want to take what you
offer them in trade, they want to
choose" Said another trader, "What
do they want?" ooh, cloth, salt and
money. Think of that! They want
money and they don't want rum"
THAT will never d." said number
two; there is nothing we can make SO
much on as rum" They get these no
tons from the - missionaries, said
number one. Eyes, the missionaries
spoil the country for trade" said num-
Der two. All this being interpreted,
meant that the missionaries are impart-
ing instruction, are elevating the ma
tives, and fitting them to look after
their true interests, and uniting them
to be the unthinking, unresisting prey
of the traders.
We have space for the above extracts
ly. What to do about it all is the
summary and you ought to read it.
You are your brothers keeper Union
Signal.
Allhealthy vigor of body and mind
depends on nutrition, depuration, and
nerve and brain rest. The two latter
are sadly neglected in most cases, of
inebriety -Journal Of Inebriety.
One of the best moves the devil can
make is to persuade a big headed man
to trust in his own strength. There
isn't drunkard on earth to-day who
didn't formerl y believe he could drink
or let it aione.-Ram's Horn.
The Boston Transcript publishes re-
plies from several of the most eminent
physicians to this question: (Which
of the alcoholic liquors is, in your
opinion, the least injurious as bever-
age for a man who must drink, or who
thinks he must?" The replies at least
agree in intimating that any man who
thinks he must drink is in peril of be-
coming a drunkard. The majority of
them consider any habitual use of al
coholic liquors as injurious. The con-
sensus of their advice to healthy peo-
pie is to let alcoholic liquors alone.
Intemperance is on the increase to
such an alarming extent in Central and
Northern Europe, that, according to
the influential Cologne Gazette, effect
i've Legislative measures will doubtless
be taken by the Government soon to
counteract the evil. The German Gov
eminent is already at work and has
set its specialists to studying the prob
lem and to propose the proper meas
ures. The Gazette declares that some
thing must be done soon; that it is a
burning" question for European So
ciety. So it is; and it is burning
question for all the world.-Christian
at Work.