The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-07-11

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Every dollar spent in the saloon is a,
blow at the family, and the family is
the defense of our nation.-North-
soeStern Nail. ---e,k-esIss-
| Nebraskans, keep i'll mind those let
tiers from eastern liquor-sellers adyis-,
ing how to act. That advice is being
strictly followed. One of the, most
emphatic points was: Keep the
saloon in the background
You have resolved that no moro
liquor shall pass your lips. God will
help you keep that resolution if you
ask him-keep near your friends that
you know will help. you, DO not be,
idle, stay at home evenings, go to the
house of God.
National SOLDIER Homes.
The enlisted soldier of the Cnited
States Army. has much to contend
against. One might suppose an, cas-
Ter vocation could not be chosen nor
one less beset with physical or moral
danger. To have the care of a rich
and paternal Government-clothing
and food provided without any care OF
thought on his part, and enough spend,
ing money besides to enable the man
to furnish himself with additional
comforts and luxuries,~ seldom called
into action where life is imperihed
what more can mortal man, ,desire?
Yet we are told that the. officers have.
no end of trouble in the garrisons to
preserve order, maintain dicipllne and
prevent desertion. There must sure
ly be some enemy lurking in the fort
and camp to disturb the peace.
The officers candidly admit that tho,
foe is intemperance, and that the
agent which produces it lies on the out,
side of the soldiers quarters. The,
civil authority permits saloons within
convenient distance of the garrison,
The remedy for this is, therefore, to.
bring the enemy inside! Ap. expert,
ment of the same sort has been made
i'll the National Soldiers Home for the
Aged Veterans III its various branches.
A report just received from one of
these institutions disclose the follow
ing facts as to the results of, the ca.
pertinent. My informant says: I'VE
found many in bed, sleeping off the
effects of the drink, and a crowd stA1Id=
ing round the bar of the saloon wait,
| ing their turn-old, white-haired men
obliged to lean on the arm of some one
scarcely more sober than Themselves
One of the attendants told u.s., that
during the month of March thirty
three hundred dollars worth of betr
was sold to the sixteen hundred i'll
mates, and that the larger part of tie
pensions went into the beeT-shop., =
Things are kept covered up, and it
is quite plain to see that they do not
want any investigation. The officers
say they know the soldiers are quite
broken by drink, but it is useless to
try to reform them. ak b. rr ,a.s...,. ,.
'.The grounds of this place are very,
beautiful, and, being not too far from
the city, many visitors drive around
them all hours of the day. 81. They
never see any intoxication, the men
being put to bed and not allowed to
lie around the grounds. =. -. IN
Formerly the sick men in the hos
pital were prohibited from Drinking,
now the beer goes in by order of the
doctors, but, sick or well, every man
Ipays five cents glassl -
I ''IIaving visited the Home. before
the saloon was introduced, notice Il
great differeiice in the condition. of,
affairs They have been obliged to
discharge many nurses from the hos.
tpitaI who became drunkards and ne.
elected their patients. After pay-days
there are many arrests, the fines CO.
ing to keep up the libraries and read /.
-rooIps Yet, out of the sixteen,
hundred men 1 saw but twenty in the.
Freading-room. and all but two were.
reading papers of a light character
in fact, in their besotted condition
they looked as if they eonld not appre-.
ciate solid reading. AS / Thought how,
valiantly these veterans had fought to-
free the colored slaves, it was a sad
reflection, that they are POW gyeatyr.
slaves by far than those they rescued
from bondage. So. r.T
..An old soldier tries to. hold to
prayer-meeting, but fails to secure any
interest. How can there be any re-
ligious feeling while the saloon ex-
hists?'' nm - 49, :. q.
The story sPcaks, for EscIf, and is a.
picture of the, state of affairs in all
the other branches Of the National
Home for disabled volunteers.
SARAH.A.. MCCLEEs, 81
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