The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-07-05
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The matter appearing under this. head from
time 20 time. viii be furnished by the ladies 81
the v. &. 4. [. rf tins city. ana that X WIZ fe
god aIa wholesome rea:i.ne goes without tie
saying, Therefore p@ruse i carefully. - TINE
George Elaiklock, the London tenn
perance lecturer who is travelling i'll
this country, says that his city CON
t,:ns $4,000 paupers and spends ANNA
ally fer drinI; about $4,000, 900.
Tim Gelaney's pump, AT oil saloon
al Worcester, Mass where beer had
been the chief beverage dispensed, has
been turned into temperance restaur-
ant and coffee house by the local ". c.
7. L.
Strong drink being the chief and
most profitable article on board most
OF tie steamers that visit the coast Of
Africa. It is worthy Of note that one
firm, Yates and PorteTiield of New
York city, never carry any liquor III
their vessels.
Tie theory that whisky is necessary
ceiyed blow from Or. Bon Of New
York city, who discovers that in the
New York hospitals siXty-tive per cent
Of the pneumonia patieuJs die with
alcoholic treatment, while iii London
at the Object Lesson Temperance hes
p.t;ll only five per cent die.
\ recent letter to the governor Of
the state from Frank =. Bettoa, Kan
sas state commissioner OF the bureau
o. Labor ana industrial statistics shows
a increase during the last five years,
OF lifty-two per caat in the number OF
mea employed in The manufacturing
Industries and a gain III the population
Of iifty-ssyen per cent since the enact
r4ent OF prohibition IN 1889
DR.. J. &. Holland thus dlscomses
upon the improved American
The lyrical An>r:can woman is not
and never has been, 4 beer-,ir;n!Ing
o. a Winc-drinkiag woman; and to
this fact mainly We attribute Eer
wealth of personal lovel.ncss. in
America il has always been c0ns:GCri d
vulgar for a woman 10 be fond OF slim
ulatirg liquors in any form, ana hor-
ri;:ly disgracefui TO drink them habit
u:,liy. Asa rule, al over the country
the American woman drinks nothing
stronger than the decoctionS of tie
te.-tabIa, ANA those she IS learning to
shan. She is . being raised to matll,
it, without q stimllent, and IS this
is the sinSulir distinguishing fact in
her history, wien We compare her
with the H0:n&n Of other nations, it is
no more III; II fair to claim that it has
much II do with her pTeeinincnce Of
physical beauty.
This VII appear still more forciliy
to lee the case when we find that ply
seal Improvement in the American
man is not SO evident as ii appears to
be Ill his wife :.n,. sister lie, too, is
better housed, better clothed and bet
ter fed ths.n formerly, bat his habits
are not better. Cur students axe done
with bran bread and scant sleep, and
are winning muscle ana health III the
gymnasium; bat they smoke too mitch.
The Young men i'll business every
where understand the laws Of health
ana development better than the gen
GRAFTON tilat preceded them, but they
driah TOO ilucll. THIS Whole business
Of drink :ag Is tiwar:ing the American
mln. Ii Supplies the brain and sWeli5
the bulk Of the En9liShn}am ANA tire
German, but it Grets and rasps and
whi,,io5 GoNn the already ovvr-stim-
ulatgi American. The enorin0uS con
sumption OF liquor il America is
enough t. account for the disparity
between the degrees OF physical in
prorement that have been achieved
respectively by the two sexes.
The young American who drinks
habitu;lly, or Who, by drinking oc-
casionally-, puts himself in danger Of
drinking habitnaily, sins agaia$t his
own body beyond tie power OF nature
to forgive. He stunts his own growth
to manly stature, AMI spells himself
for becoming the father Of manly men
and wom2nly women. The improved
american VII not drink, ana he will
not be improved until he stops drink
ing