The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-02-18
THE MODEL TOWN.

ms nlouel town or Pullman, Unnamed
for the founder and famous builder of the
Pullman c~ars--is a prohibition town. as IN
deed all model towns are. An Australian
gentleman, becoming interested in this widely
known village, addressed a number of cues
tons to a leading official of Pullman. An
English paper gives the result as follows:
!. In what year was the city of Pullman
toundedg Answer-lSS0.
:. What is the population at present Feb.
ruary, lS9O2 Answer-1l, 600.
.. How many churches does it ~containP
Answer--Six.
4. How many schools also, n teachers
employedp Answer-Four day schools and
one night school; twenty-four teachers.
None.
9. How many magistrates, with amount of
s~alariesl Answer-None.
|. Z. Number of police, and their cost? An
swer-Two, at seventy-five dollars per
month.
:. What is the annuala amount spent in the
relief of the poor? Answer-None.
y. Can you furnish us with your statistics
OF crirneg Answer-We have none.
IL. Have you any asylums, such as those
Tor lunatics, orphans, benevolent, etc.? An
swer-None.
II: Is the trade in strong drink prohib-
tied? Answer-Yes.
IL. Do you attribute to toe absence of ia
clllties for getting drink az improved state
OF morals as compared witt other cities in
your State' AnsweT-Yes.- Union Signal.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
A saloon occupies the house where the first
Sunday-school in America was held at Paw
tucket, R. /.
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce as
sisted the w. C. T. u. to pay the expenses
of the last national convention.
Washington's birthday will be observed in
tha Wpn9uig Christian Tpn1nalsanaa TTnion
by another membership crusade.
Mrs. Case of the Baptist Mission at Mying-
yian, has formed temperance and purity
leagues both among the Burmah pupils of
her school and the English soldiers stationed
there.
At a temperance meeting lately held in
Rangoon, Burmah, where but fifty natives
we're present, seventeen signed the pledge.
The speech, made in English, was translated
into Tamil, Telugu and Hindustani.
The National w. C. T. U. will send dele
gates to the National Temperance Conven-
ton to meet next June at Saratoga. Among
them will be Mary A. Lermore and Clara
Hoffman, President of the Missouri Society.
Several new divisions have been added to
the national white-ribbon WORK. Among
them are a department of mercy, home and
foreign missionary work among colored peo-
pie and Woman's Christian Temperance
Union restaurants.
The W. C. T. U. of st. Johns, Newfound.
land, organized threa months ago, has since
doubled its membership. 1t lately held a
public meeting, and sustained the interest of
the audience to the end of a programme two
hours in length. The largest hall in the
city, seating over a thousand persons, was
packed.
"a hospital has been established at Des
Moines, To- notes the st. Joseph NeUs,
''for the treatment of alcoholism by the
Kelley method. The method proceeds on
the hypothesis that drunkenness Is a disease,
and the chloride of gold treatment is used.
1t is claimed that less than one per cent of
the patients treated with this remedy, which
is a powerful but harmless tonic, ever return
TO the drink habit" ,
PASTORAL DUTIES TOWARD TEMPERANCE.
Bishop Cameron, Of Canads, has issued a
letter to the clergy Of his diocese, treating Of
their pastoral duties toward the temperance
reform. He cites the depredations made by
i-ntemperance, and calls for a charge all to-
gether, upon this fercest wolf that comes
down upon the fold. The work must begin
with the priest himself. The phrase; 4
practice teetotalism myself is found TO be
worth more than any amount of preaching"
says the good Bishop proceeding to callfora
pledged priesthood. "Heetotalism conduces
so powerfully TO the preservation OF health,
that the combined voices Of reason and ex-
Pc nv kAHA ~ w W. - AaSA R1AAAAk A1A
tor in the work of social amelioration, that
revealed religion soaring above the passions
ana prejudices OF fallen humanity, and shap-
ing her divine lessons to the self-denying
spirit of a crucifed God, not only pro-
nounce il to be good, but also, under circum-
stances which we see most widely to obtain
in our day ana generation, a necessary pres
s~ryation against a scandal that deals dam
nation 10 those for whom Christ
died our interest as individuals, as
member OF the great Chris
tian family, and as disciples Of Jesus Christ
loudly call upon us TO enroll ourselves under
the sacred banner of the to5al abstinence
pledge and by a united effort 70 battle each
and every device of its enemies. " 4 =
Isolated efforts, however strenuous and en-
during, will not do. Hence, dear Rev.
Fathers, every one of you who has charge of
souls, is expected 10 do his duty in this cru
SADIE against the demon of intemperance.
There must be no neutral, no laggard among
you. 4 p You are hereby requested 10
combine, to declare relentless war against
the traffic and the use of intoxicants, and TO
insist prudently on every member of your
respective iocks becoming as soon as posi-
bic enrolled undo the blessed inner of the
League Of the Cross"
TIE letter closes with the injunction: "Be
pleased to impart, in season and out Of sea-
sou, the substance OF all the foregoing prin-'
ciples to your respective hOcks," and notice
is given that hereafter upon every New
Years Day, each pastor in the diocese win be
expected 10 inform the Bishop Of the precise
number Of total abstainers in his parish, the
report 70 be made from the parish pledge
book.