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TEMPERANCE NOTES
BRAVE PiisE.' CHEEVER. =

III fuiIInasa ~ LII ii'i.+ 49, n
"Reminiscences or - yaiiaat Fighter Tor I
II at ysbnTemperanrr Issforih.sl lih7s
This was the title given TO the author
Of .,Deacona Gilesa Distfllerg' by his
yelassnateg IlongfeAowas The death OF
Dri ebeeyer brings out many retninis-
rencas OF him. Horace Greeley was
wont togeaii him athe man that made
sinners miserable" A very Boanerges
he was when attacking sin; rose-water
methods of reform we're too slow for
him and impersonal dealing with IN
| EQUITY was thing to make him irantic'
Yet this son of thunder was the loving
| est of men, tender and pltifdiS ~heh
dealing With the penitent sinner as he
was firm in denunciation of organized
sin. He was pioneer Temperance
worker. his vision OF Deacon Giles Dis
! tllery'' having been one Of the first
/ bombshell's dropped into the enemies
camp. An old gentleman lately gave
me a copy of this book. one of the nrst
edition. with its quaint pictures, show
ing the deacon's distillery With the
casks labelled, not Rum" Brandy
Gin but obstruction .Poyerty'
.Rnin,y death. 1t is hard torus TO
realize the great connection this harm
less-looking pamphlet cansed Its Inn
mediate result was riot and nobDing
of Dr. Cheever in the streets OF Salem
and his arrest for 'libelling one OF his
i church members for Deacon Giles was
deacon in his own church. He was
prosecuted. convicted and imprisoned
for thirty days in Salem jail; that I'M
prisonment made. his Dream Immortal.
1t had an immense circulation in thls
country and in Great Britain, wa'
translated and largely circulated in the
language of France, Germany, Italy,
! Belgium. Switzerland, Norway and
| Sweden. lGa1 9as u nttHia
4 Not long before his death DR.. cheevel
related an instance of strange fruitagt
from this early seed-sowing lie NAG
Is preached in Boston, and as he cant
down the aisle from the pulpit was ac
costed BY a middle-aged- well-dresse'
stranger who introduced himself as Mr
Giles. the son of Deacon Giles, owner 0
the famous Salem distillery. al stoppe,
YOU. DIR. Cheever," he said, ITO than
YOU for writing that Dream. y was IN
means OF making me think OF the evi
effects Of distiIling Intoxicating liquors
and determined me to give up DIST
ling; fsrther reflection under the lniir
ence Of the Holy Spirit led me to Sc
that was lost and guilty sinnei, an
brought me toiconfess'and renounee no
sins and accept the offer OF salvatio
Z through Jesus Christ" ID, cpeeNvse
was very much touched By the ineiae9n
- slavery as well as intempeerance fe
;. the weight of his blows; there was ?
\. evil which he did not den9unce Tea
iessiy. Nor was his work altogeth'
polemic, he was poet and philosophy
= as we'll as a brave fighter, and as q
smoke of battle drifts away, postefi'
will love him for his poetry as we no
venerate him for his fearless denunci
/. ton of wrong. -=union Signal
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ACTION OF ALCOHOL.
A Mardsrous INSTRUMENT In the Hands On
the Foolish and Weak.


Itiis said that alcohol cheers tho
weary. and that TO take little vino for
hesstomach's sake is one Of those les
sons that come from the deep recesses
Of human nature am not soobstinate
as to deny this argument There are
times in the life of man when the heart
is oppressed, when the resistance TO us
motion is excessive, and when blood
flows languidly to the eenters OF NE,
nervous and muscular. In these MOI
in,ent's alcohol cheers. 1t lets loose the
heart from its oppression; it let's flow a
brisker current Of blood into the falling
organs: Ii aids nutritiye changes and
altogether is OF temporary service Y
man. So far alcohol may be good. and
II its use could be limited to this one
action. this one purpose. II would pc
amongst the most excellent OF the gifts
OF science to mankind. Unhappily, the
border line between this use and the
abuse OF il, the temptation to extend
beyond the use the habit TO apply the
use when it IS not wanted AS readily as
whenit is, wanted, oyerhalance,, in the
multitude of mon. the temporary valne
that attaches truly to alcohol as phys
biological agent.
Hence alcohol becomes dangerous
Instrument even in the hands Of the
strong and wise; a murderoqs ipstru-
nient in the hands OF The foolish and
weak. Used too. irsquentlM used TOO
excessively, this agent WHICH in imoder-
atiol cheers the failing h1dgs relaxes
its vessels atop Extremely; spol4st vital
I organs; makes the course. fpt fthei eiJcu-
lation, slow, imPerlect, .irre EnlaH; sug-
! gests the call dor more stimulation
template thenrenewail Of. the rvil, and
runs the mechanisiB OF sheihealthy an
4 aulal lbefbre it's hour forirtiih by natural
decaS.e 4h0dld be atlili near.21Richard
i sons Diseases of Modern Life. 80
HHa ! -a. VI T.
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AN ANCIENT BELIEF.
The Use OF Alcoholic Drinks by Nursing
Women OF No Benefit Whatever.

,,,,. y, "A IcohoIIc Drinks by Nursing
women of No Benefit Whatever
Dr Jacob. of New York, in a recent
discussion before the section on cnli-
aren's diseases of the New York AGA
denny OF Medicine, contented that so
long as a nursing woman was secreting
healthy milk there was but llttie dan
ger that any deleterious matter wnlcn
might be floating in the blood eould ges
into 1t. but as soon as the woman, De-
came anmmic, or got below par In her
oeneral health. the secretion from tne
breast would not be simply milk, but
mart of il wonld be watery and other
material foreign TO its normal compost
ton. Whatever was boating IN tne
water Of the blood would find its way
into the breasts and into the baby, he
denied that alcohol would increase the
secretion of milk The utmost that
/ could be said for it was that small
quantity. if regularly given, might noS
/ be harmful Alcohol acts in the same
way as other foods containing carbon
and the elements of water, the car
bohvdrates. and its benefits can DO
4 aonallv we'll Obtained BY administering
carhohydrates in some other FORM
namely, by milk and farinaceous foods
A nursing woman needs nearly twice as
much as a woman in ordinary condition
i Extra diet should be taken to supply
this need That nursing women re-
ouire malt liquors is an ancient and
very popular belief, which does not rest
however. on any solid foundation. In
the interest Of the babies, DR.. Jacohfs
attack on this venerable superstition Is
welcomed. The above note on 'sIhe
Use OF Alcohol by Nursing Women" oe-
ours in the editorial department OF the
British Medical Journal and for that
reason viii carry additional weight as
an unexpected declaration Of opinion
from a source in which more fayora ole
opinion Of malt liquors would have
, been expected. Christian Advocate
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A.nvsnenfir,s Araalmellt.

IS growls and that growl tilarks 7 he Inn I'm
Il Of argument with him. The best way
toseet him I'd Try anhes7icine WOULD De e, 70
advise against it-but notice how d lfeI =.
mis- tone alter using Rurdeek; 81 GOD Ibls-
for the last two years Not longo aga u
commenced taking p. B. B. i am now
on the second bottle and Eel Ike a. new
man. p. G. Knox, II Sherwood Ave, ping
Repeatrd tests with Uniform success
prove the fact that BurdOek Blood Bftters
will cure dyspepsia. The reason rs pain,
keeps the sluice WAYS of the system free
from clogging impurities. 81 have been
troubled with dysp spsia and heart disease
for nine years and found no relief until
tried Rurdoek Blood Bitters. Now an
well after taking two botties.p Mrs. ~
tie Frazier, Bovine, Mich. .haslai1 lti
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Job to do, but it's mighty sight easier
'than Winding this baby
John Henry Peddieord dressed MIN
self and took the baby downstairs
where the girl was ironing.
"Norah, /" said he, I'm sorry to inter
.rune YOUR ministrations at the ironing
board. but find it necessary to go TO
the country and I'll have to leave the
baby with you. When Mrs Peddieord
returns tell her / received Telegram
calling me away on very important
business, and that l shall not be back
before nine or ten O'Clock tonight. and
perhaps not before TOMORROW morn
ing.7as. - ',,,,s.-,.
s.Yis. sorr," replied Norah, as she as
sumea charge Of 'mommet's little tod
dies" and John Henry bounded gu, GUY n
the house with an cxhlaration oyer ~
new-found freedom sugh as he had no
I. felt since he was . scAgoolnbaY. IN isa'lu
III. fSwiter, ilr.I)raiae'Ea SffgnRineai u llq
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..eIve.FlFrrNiNE.

-. There whistles NHmpsf vii9tl1LLl a4tf
hs down the tingling grade she grows
-, her cloud Of tresses duh
I 1G os.I an the twilight's fading rose Is
a,ooment-and my Kate, j.,
mile- 81, Ia and hslf ! world rpavt. 4
FIon s,.e'II smile arehcated Fate
Bp ~. NJ keep our Kingdom Of the Heart. : I 2.
,he world IS drowned in steam
Anu rolleyinc. billowing, deafening cloud .i
len I'm there run. as In dream
ans IN ,hrouqh the thunderous fog they croWd
,,,or switch heard one say;
AZ IA III mas srreeki And she 4a
saif.a.hundred yards away
Ab' God! How i'll from Fate we nee 7
- -. ,.,,rsed ieaden drag my feet
~. Tet The rest are far ,behindTa
Anu III x mat misty winding sheet,
VI, Heayenl know not uhat-to ina.
49,, That tripped on moved and criedl
~, rhere she isl My Kate my Katei
,,aseratchod And not a soul beside
Islost. Of all that living freight, r asA
M, while the gr1imbling travellers HE so
is 10 crowd the station with their fret, isfh
No sweetheart, step little BY
M thank the savior they forget
~, in words-that dull ear strains
Not even to your music Sweet Hd 4u.A=
Far mat poor clay in greasy jeans la3
There come the stretcher and the sheet
liz FHffE Auh i.fi lLAts t--F
Hut Of your pure heart purest give. 0h.t.S
,,i,n the hungry Death that spied
u1,i,nes himself to leap and live il -
Rnt stayed, and stopped the train and oiea'
Nt ta NE
,ad ron dumb Ginger to the dead-- r, ilil ~
Ave- weep for her who can not She
ZION me morrow should have wed .e
with him that brought you safe to me.
Charles f. Lummis, in Scriners
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FRoM EVERYWHERE.

4 An Alabama editor has lately become
violently insane from cigarette smok-
ing. and has been removed TO the State
insane asylum. 10 is said that he
smoked as high as twenty packages OF
cigarettes day -
A BELG1AN. shipping paper states thar
steamer recently bound ior the West
Coast of Africa had on board fourteen
missionaries four hundred and sixty
tons Of gunpowder, eleven cases of GIN
ten thousand casks Of rum.
y A PRISONER in the penitentiary at
Columbus, o.. who was pardoned IN
1888 ON condition that he abstain from
the use of Intoxicating liquors, has just
been returned to the establishment
having.taken to drinking Hewill now
have to serve out the remainder Of his
termrrsabout fifteen months. 2
Tukr activity in literary Temper
Z nee work does not lesson woman's i'm
tefest in home and children isevidehced
By the following from well-known
worker in all those lines when deelin-
ing to accept an appointment that
would often call her from her family:
~If ] can save the world and dosnot
bring up nobl, son and daughter l
Ilshodldlea1l my lite a failurel1 ~
= CrSRBAi. voN, MoLTKE, is credited
with, theseie sentipaents:iliilv myself
abstain al togetherq from aleohol 81 do
not eonsiderit inecessary Or helptnll 'ex-
cept,, perhaps, after fatiguing work,
when the principal Thing is TO revive
ones strength at once, Certainly one
oil the greatest enemies Of Germany is
| the misuse of alcohol. A healthy man
needs no such stisaulant, and to give it
/ To- children. which Is often done, is. alb
1 solpteiy wicked,
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MoRIA EoNslpERINGi.-
S,e Connection Existing Between Nerv-
BIZ $50 onsnesl and Int inperance,

II II.."
Delirium tremens is fair index OF
the deleteriods effects Of drunkkepnness
in nation. Deaths from del1rlum
tremsns and from nervousness seem TO
he the most numerous where mountains
and oceans are scarce. If this is true,
!. follows that alcoholic drinks and
nervousness are more fatal in America
than ANYWHERE else. Forests are reser-
..ssts. VT Humidity, which check cleo
tr,c currents. America. since the de-
struction of its forests, IS more exposeu
to electric currents than any otner
country in the world. 1t is, therefore,
the most favorable field for nervousness
and for those disorders which may arise
Z from the habitual use of alcoholic Dey-
erapes. 1t is a curious fact that, our
dwelling apartments must be warmer
here than, in Europe, in order TO pro
cure the same amount of comfort ~ Is
hard TO explain this differences. unless
we suppose that the nervous system IN
America is more actiye.-even whiie APP
oarently at rest-than in Europe, ana
that sharper currents continually tend
In draw heat from our bodies. we need
more clothing. more heat ana about
thirty per cent. more solid food than
Eoroueans. Our active nervous system
which spurs us on TO work produces
much waste. and requires much food.
Alcohol. which interferes with digestion
and With the nutritive process Of the
blood, must therefore, be more IN
furious in America than elsewhere. =
| From Handouts of Alcoholism.
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scruples or something about going to
bed just after dressing. and she filed
several emphatic protests which the dis
appearance of her mamma did not tend
to render Lee energetic, s,t
This time John Hehry's efforts to
assuage the grief Of his child were
utterly tinavailfng he iendeavored to
explain to her that the features of Edna,
the chubby rubber doll. were worthy
of more than casual glance, but baby
would not listen. Equally unavailing
were his efforts 70 point ont the wonder
full beauties OF ''choo choo" locomo-
tive.
But finally Mrs. John Henry came TO
her lords assistance and carried off the
baby, while he sat upin bed propped
with pillows, ate his buttered toast
and his boiled eggs drank, his coffee,
and thoughtthat the prominent ply
after alt
His breakfast eaten, John Henry
Peddicord lay and dozed and lazily
dreamed for perhaps half an hour,
when his wife invaded the bedroom
again. ~ 49, ,...,..,.... s +
She had an idea. e i1is.'iis
"John Henry" she said, I've no end
OF shopping to do, and / just believe III
go to-day while you are at home. No
one can take care of the baby as we'll as
YOU. feel so much safer when you are
home with baby. dear, and you won't
mind, will you, love?"
John Henry groaned inwardly..
Oh. no. he wouldn't mind 1T at all
And he didn't. for whole half houl
after Mrs Peddicord disappeared. The
baby had been fed, and for the space Q
thirty minutes thereafter was mode
1 of angelic sweetness. Then came
change, however, and the infant be
came more exacting.
John Henry performed various gym
nastic evolutions on tho bed for hi
audience Of one infant, which were dnl.
applauded until the spectator desired
change of programme, and made her de
sire known very promptly.
Presently Mr.. Peddicord arrived a
the eonclusio that day in bed ever
month may be an excellent thing, bu
it should be taken undilhted with ba
bies.
After Mrs. Peddieord had been gon
an hour, John Henry thought this thin
of staying at home sorestwas delusio
and a snare, and he tried to concoct
good reason for foregoing his resolutio
Of following the prominent physician
advice. slasea 1sid ns
ITO be sure" he thought there
that business with Sparrowgrass
ought to have attended to months ag'
He lives in Frogyille, fifteen mile
away, o5er a very rough road, and ~
being putting it off because it's nas'
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people would go to bed aud stay there
a whole day in every month, and keep
quiet. they would live to good old age. 7
"Well, j think would" said Mrs.
John Henry Peddicord, encouragingly-
aYol have been complaining Of se-
we're headache for several days. and
have become quite anxious about you.
So John Henry turned over on his pill
low and settled himself for hisunwontea
luxury. du8 ~ 4gH iIn ~
He had Just got TO sleep again when
the baby woke up. The baby had not
read the learned article by the promi-
nent physician, and it would have had
no effect on her il she had. She was op,
posed TO sleep ongeneral principles, and
ID any time, day or might, and only sue
,eumbed at the latter time from dire
necessity when she could no Longer
prop her, ayes open Bat stay an oed'ail
day? Never! a
Baby's waking Was the signal ior hef
mamma tolrise. ~ f'A.
John Henry, glove, said Mrs. Peddi-
cord. l'as Syou ARE not going to get mp,
thmlsd'l let,yopo q mise, baby while
Dress The girld is bdsS thisl morning,
its,ironing morning, yop knew. ~ y
be such a help, rT-
bG So while Mrs. tPeddicord dressed, John
Henry -Peddicord tried atoo amuse the
baby, but the attempt was not q glgan'
tie Success. The baby wanted toget NJ
and begin its days. work. but John
Henry, having resolved 70 I put rin nj
practice the prominent physician
theory, could not accede to the infants
demand, th0agaois Yves Esuppor1edt
much heavy wailing. ~ ri ar,riitV
To assist In the great work OF anus
ling baby. MRS. John. Henry Retticor'
lnloaded on the bed a varied assert
ment Of toys. There were dolls, TIL
wagons, locomotives, building blocks
and the like b9dsinIut assl !.
BY the aid of these, adiqncts 70 IN
iahtiie qualification ana the. expendi
tlre of. more vitist force than an entir
days work at the Office would consume tpn
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rHEIaetsT MEDICINE. ?
IPruIa swing C0pAss 40 the Conelu~ioat
That water Is the Best Drink. g /,

InNt water IL tue ffeet O
+ Prot swing. ssritingoT 10 the Chicago
Journal, says; Bottled goods are &C.
pehdent fors ther ,existenee upon Ire
general ignorance Of the human racers
to, the reason and, value fnwaterlT Not.
4 All fnler,. q luohIen andstboPs ws,nld ask
a acno haepFness or pfofii from bottipd-
eo5ds did they i noM The goodness aid
absolute Joy OF water Even ginger ale
and apollinariss are poor false, painted
creatures compared with good pure
water. When the Englishs6erman and
American physical 9naahineryl has hes
come cloggea with the sediment of all
kinds of alcoholic and diabolioal drinks
titis taken 10 some natural springs to
be washed out. Gallons Of water Will
I sonietities Wash clean al the human
filters and Send back the machine to
new life and new happiness When the
! old lady.in the dimness of her eyesight
oiled the kitchen clock sbyfmeans OF a
feather dipped in the gum-araoie jug,
/. soc pendulum felt fresh. for a time. but
the false oil soon closed in on the wheels
bana the rn1e7piecs ceased 70 mark the
hours When the old lady's son, home
from college, Leaned all The facts OF the
case he took down the machinery and
/ soaked it for two hours in tub Of warn /
water Thus men, half-dead by means
Of bottled goods, can often have life
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+ JOHN fENYYo iRRRFOKAIFHi NsARiot - "a M
rs s7f= o. asASafd RSoIBTfoSs r. -. sss-a
Jehn Henry keptlthe tbabY IN ssfst' 2,
comparative 5u1iesaf0r ten, minutes ana
the word s.dompaFsfFve is use 1Isl.' aq'
visedly.
By this time Mrs. John Henry Pedai-
cord was dressed.
.I'll take the baby now and dress
her she said. rtss;;Im sure she nasnt
bothered you much, love. se's duse ss
dood as dold. Sc is mommers lttie VOu-
dies" y
The second naifof Mrs John Henryls
remarks we're addressed eo1the baby not
to John sHenrglS
*ssMommer" took the baby, and Jonh
Henry snaggled into his pillow Tor an
letaer.snooze. He. had scarcely got 70
sieepswhen he vas awakened by the l.
wife Of bis bosom - e
.T'lf 20 and bring up your hreaKiasI
love, If you'll lust mind the baby Mnaas
20 down.stliSs for II Theles pc
breakfast tjeil now. Bsby ~4Hbe COCO,
I'm sure. I'll set her on the bed ans
you can play with her."
But baby had sosae eonsciensa0s'
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DR., T. x. Lees. the veteran medical
Temperance pioneer of Great Britain,
read q paper at the late annual confer
ceof the British Temperance League
uppon. Science aid Alcohol" in which
he said: General experience, which. is
the foundation of social. science. contin-
ues to confirm the great truths Of our
movement Life is heightened. disease
is Iessened and health is improved by
the practice OF abstinence, and on the
other hand superstitions about drink
and its value are dying out and light
is at last finding its way into high and
fashionable quarters. Nhetherln recrs-
alton or in ordinary work whether IN
cold or warm climates. whether in bat
Tie 'ioor in peace. whether on. sea or land,
the folly of drinking alcohol and the
advantages to mind and body Of abb
stinence. are becoming acknowledges
moIe widely.
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HIS DAY IN BED.
It Might Have Been Nice If Un-
diluted with Babies
M q THINK I'll stay

in bed to-day,
remarked John
Henry ? e d d i
cord, when the
alarm &C l o c k
went off at sew
en- a few morn
ings ago. Il
don't feel very
we'll. and ! read
a few days since
an article by a
prominent phy-
stefan, in which
he said that if
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"A, M,cR4TlNa . FlocKs!
tf.ualiv They Are C6n,posS.i Of An'sz-
f'r'--5I9 sfiin.. MultFtlde or Birds. 81 %

sttsualiv They Are Con,ilossAs Of esn A"' iN1
fTllsIe atiin- sIaltfenas or Birds A-
& The following. two ttfpates q the
numbers of birds contained n mlgrat-
Ing focks are suggestive OF the am
mensesn tlnti,ers thar areHin existence;
apslT Fhndersy nm his voyage 70
Australasia. saw q e9mpaet stream b n !
storm VI petrels whieb Was from ~ 70
so wards deep. and, 500 yards or more
broad This stream for a qfull lhou
.sA,s p half continued TO pass With
| out interruption, With neaFIyr the
/ swiftness of the pigeon AoH.1 Il KIN 9
q column at SO yards deep by 800 ~
breadth. and that IL moved so fn MI
al boh1r. and allowing Q cubic inches
of space to each bird, the mum Der
would amount TO 15l 5000 - "a. he
/ migratory pigeon Of the United States
fies in still more amazing mnltituoes,
Wilsen. in his ~Ameriean 0rnithology.
savs.s .4Of one Of these immense locks
let us attempt. to calculate the num-
hers. as seen in passing between FRANK
fort on the Kentucky and the indian
Territory. II we suppose this column
% have been one mile in breadth, and
halle We II TO have been much lnaFH ana
I thar It moved four hours at the rate OF
one mile minute, the time u took IN
nassing would make the wsieie Slengtn
eso miles Agafn supposiug that each
souare ward Of this lnoyiAg body com
~sstanded three pigeons, The square
Tsrds rnultipliedhy , world give Z $50
1 -s.ts,s,,,o i 1chrisffal AZ Work.
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extanded by means OF most copions
draughts Of good water. Ine WaSe J,
washes the soiled fabric Of the iiesh. :
His conclusion OF the whole matter Is
that water Is The best thing-1rsaea
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a ttwaenty-tvso ihch ron pre- Fhich
.s.sa~s-rncently exhuufed afteF being
: ssrses m che earth tor fourteen years
:. T.assen. Cal. came out as good as
z.S-7ssI,fe 6ipef sas we'll seated with
am, when Il was put into the
--onnd This may be taken as good
test of the prsservative virtues OF
asphsltum-
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We can make you all happy again II
YOU will f =.