The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-02-27

clawth!"
All that was attempted was accom-
plished and more, even.
The claws of the dragon drink were
not only cut and the rum-shops closed,
but John Westcott said he had .tgot his
eyes opened, and he wouldn't be . fool
any longer" He quit his glass forever.
So hurrah for the Boys Temperance
Society!
Down with the saloon! SIS ~.
Down with the dragon drink! Cut his
claws, and take his head of, too! He
will lose his head when men lose the
appetite for Intoxicating beverages. A
good way to secure this result is never
to start the appetite. So, while you Pc
tition. be sure to keep tho pledge a.
moving, boys. Down with the dragon!
Rev. E. A. Rand, in s. S. Times.
.z.e CIDER AS a DRINK. -,
Reasons for Pledglng Ourselves Against
lts Use ~ . Beverage.
& Dr.. Woods, in the Omitted States
Dispensary," says: alcohol is the in
toxicating Ingredient in all spirituous
liquors, including under this head all
wines, porter, ale, beer, cider and every
other liquid which has undergone vinous
fermentation"
DR.. Hayes, . noted chemist of Massa-
chusetts, says that the juice of per-
fectly sound apples begins to terment
within twenty-four hours after it is ex-
pressed; and that the juice of apples
that are more or less decayed las cider
apples usually are) has begun to fer
ment even before it runs from the press
the bead on the cider in the tub being
proof of the presence Of alcohol" He
further adds that ''ten glasses of cider
are equal to one of rum"
Brandee's celebrated stable showing
the proportions of alcohol in distilled
and fermented liquors" agrees with
''Johnston's Chemistry of Common
Life" that fermented cider contains an
average of from five to ten per cent. of
alcohol, and greater per cent than
does wine, beer, porter or ale.
Our first reason, then, for inserting
''any kind of CIDER in our pledge is be-
cause fermented cider contains alcohol,
and alcohol is an intoxicant, q nerve
poison, is injurious to the nervous sys-
tenn and creates nervous diseases.
The fact that cider ferments much
sooner than most people imagine can
not be denied, and hence no person who
has taken pledge against all intoxi-
eating drinks is safe in drinking any
kind of cider. Moreover, we sign this
pledge from principle, and principle is
always accompanied by self-denial to
the extent that we must avoid even the
appearance of evil.
Second. Sweet cider creates an appe-
tite for hard cider, an appetite which
always calls for alcoholics. I believe 1
may safely say that all confirmed sweet
cider drinkers like it best when just be-
ginning to ''sparkle," and ''move itself
Alright in the cup" In other words, when
it begins to form alcohotc
Third. Because cider is the snare in
which Satan catches and holds children
till they become slaves to alcohol
Cider-drinking parents are tho Stun
bling blocks over which their children
often fall into intemperance. The
cider mill has justly been called the
training school of the distillery.
Fourth. Because all anti-tcmperance
men and women always condemn all
cider drinkers who claim to be Tenn
perance workers or advocates.
Fifth. Because reformed drunkards
dare not use it.
Sixth. Because in the New England
and Middle States, especially in Pennsyl-
vania and Rhode Island, where the prod
ucts of whole orchards are manufact-
ured into cider, and where the cider
pitcher has taken the place of the water
pitcher, there are more drunken ac0naen
than are to be found elsewhere in the
United States.
Seventh. Because cider drinkers are
necer successful Temperance workers.
The calls of their appetites for alcohol
prevent them from becoming active and
earnest, and there is no room in our
ranks for idlers.
1.-THE fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good
ness, faith, meekness, Temperance;
against such there is no law" Accord
ing to Bible law, when one law is
broken all are broken; and so when a
person is lacking in Temperance all the
fruit of the Spirit is at least very i'm
perfect dare say that cider in its i'm
agined weakness has become the strong
est barrier in the way of Temperance re-
form.
Eighth. Because cider is Satan's bait
with which he catches and holds, at
least for a time, weak-minded, would-be
Temperance people. Satan is more
subtle than any of his subjects, and he
knows that people who drink cider will
not hinder the spread of intemperance,
but rather encourage it by their failure
to fight. There is no halfway ground
in this or any other branch of church
work. He that is not for is against the
Temperance reform; at least in practice,
If not in principle.
just so long as Satan can keep the
people in this undecided, purgatorial
state, just so long will Temperance re-
form lag; and, therefore, we want none
in our ranks but such as can, with Paul,
say: IF meat maketh my brother to
offend, will eat no meat while the
world standeth." If drinking any kind
of cider creates an appetite for alcohol;
If cider is a snare to the innocent, and q
temptation to the weak; if it binders
Temperance reform; if it is the weak
arm of intemperance with which Satan
i trying to confound the strong arm of
Justice and righteousness; if by its use
we may influence . weak brother or
sister to take the first steps towards in
ebriety, we willingly, yea, gladly, pledge
ourselves to drink no cider while tho
world standeth.-Sallie B. Hoskins, in
Union Signal. ~
Railway Prohibition.
Economic considerations prompt rail-
way managers now very generally to
prohibit the use of intoxicants by their
employees when on duty. The Canadian
Pacific railway has adopted this rule:
THE use Of Intoxicating liquors will be
followed by immediate dismissal from
the company, and preference will be
given to employees who abstain from the