Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-21
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! The medal contest announced last
week did not take place and Is indefi.
nltely postponed.
w, G, Il. u. meeting meet Saturday
afternoon at the usual place.
Surprising a man can ret glass OF
whisky in Des Moines. II he, works like u
burglar to get 1t, what OF It? For every
man who knows where to get it. there
are 5000 young men who don't know.
For every man who sneaks like q thief
through some blind alley or into some
barn to get y drink, there are d, 900 who
walk the streets like honest men, and are
never tempted by the sight Of an open
saloon. For every man who drops q
! dime or a dollar in the hole in the wall,
there are 5000 w0rkingmen whose weekly
wages now go to buy food and clothing
and the comforts Of life for their fami-
lies, and not u cent into tho tills of the
saloon keepers. -Iowa State Register.
Tobacco-smokinc. like opium. smok-
ing, is an unnatural vice. as we'll rs a
filthy habit. 1t cannot even be said in
its defense, as in the case of liquor drink
ing, that 1t Is mere abuse OF a natural
appetite; for, at the best it Is an ingeni.
Gus mechanical continuance for intrOduc.
ing poison into the SYSTEM and dam
aging the powers of the brain. It IS
wholly an acquired habit, and its In.
creaslng prevalence Is mainly due to the
monkeyish lovesof imitation on the part OF
little folks who have seen larger folks in
dulge in 1t. Its most perilous form is found
in cigarette smoking BY those who are still
in physical immaturity. Now and then
an illustration Of its pernicious influence
stands out In startling prominence; but
1t is the great sweep Of It's evil. rather
than its particular instances Of destruc.
tive power, that is cause for profoundest
alarm and sorrow. Just at present the
newspapers are telling Of lad Of sixteen
years. who dled recently at St. Joseph's
Hospital, Brooklyn. rs 4 victim of this
vice. He twas a chOrister IN one of tho
Brooklyn churches" He is said to have
been IN the main IAN exemplary lad,"
his only marked fault lying in his cigar.
cite smoking, When brought to the hos
pital his very fingers were jaund!ced
with the tobacco smoke he had taken into
his system. His sutrer,ngs were excruci.
atlng. Just before he died he said pitt
fully: II wish that all boys who smoke
cigarettes could see me now" These
warning words could well be repeated by
parents and teachers to boys whom they
know to be in danger Of similar ruin;
and they will have added force when
spoken by one who says: And My Ex-
ample Shall no Longer be Given in Favor
Of This Vice. sunday School Times.
If parents could once see for themselves
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of our large cities, they would be more
strict than ever in forbidding their sons
from smoking. THIS is one OF the indus
tries in which children are largely en-
ployed. and it is the exception to find
one who has not some kind of an erup-
ton on hands. face and other parts Of the
body. Il plumber IN New York City,
who gave sworn testimony before the bu-
reau Of statistics Of labor, said that he
often went to the top floor in tenement
houses occupied by this class, to discover
where leaks were, and that the scenes in
some rooms were positively sickening.
Women were surrounded by filth, with
children waddling in it, land all the
time handling the tobacco they make
into cigars" the work being done to
some extent at home. It would seem as
if motives of cleanliness alone would
| save a young man from communicating
his lips with anything manufactured in
such places. -Congregationalist.
The right to command is good thing
when properly exercised and Secretary
of War Proctor has been putting to good
use the power his official position gives
him. He has recently issued two orders
that show his interest in the welfare Of
the men in the military department of
the government. One forblds suffers in
forts located in prohibition states to sell
liquors to soldiers, and the other allows
no soldier to treat another. These orders
will not be placed on statute book,
there to wait fourteen years, like the one
in Massachusetts,, prohibiting public bars,
before being executed, but will 60 into
effect Immediately and soldiers have to
obey.
Waltham as Seen by our Reporter
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