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he KEPT HIS RESOLUTION,

he KEPT HIS RESOLUTION.
Talking to a hundred or more men at st.
Bartholomew's Mission, in New York, Gen.
eral o. D. Howard related an incident in his
own life, for the purpose, he said, Of show
ing what great results sometimes come from
small efforts. At the battle Of Fair Oaks,
on June ], 1852, General Towards right arm
was shot off. LAS l was making my way to
the hospital, he said, weak from the loss Of
blood and from pain, saw a yousg man in
toxicated. He was so under the influence Of
whisky that, he could hardly walk. As
came near him stopped long enough to tell
him 1t did not pay to drink; 1t would ruin
him and be had better stop before the habit
had control OF him. Ipassed on to the hos
pital, had my arm amputated, and was sent
home to recover. l saw nor heard nothing
more of the drunken soldier until short
time ago, when q letter from an officer In
Washington told me his subsequent history.
Impressed by the fact that in my wounded
condition had taken enough interest in him
to stop and give him advice, he had then and
there resolved to quit drinking He kept his
resolution, and wnen the war was over SET
tied down to life Of steady, honest hard
work. He gradually rose, and the letter
from Washington told me he had just died,
g Judge on the Supreme bench in the State
of New Hampshire, one of the foremost men
in that Commonwealth"
SUCCESSFUL REFoREER.
It IS not often saloon-keeper becomes an
efficient temperance reformer. But few
years ago in one Of the thriving cities Of
Kansas there was such q reformer, at least
he was successful in making one of his GUS
toners temperate man. Several men were
summing themselves in front Of the saloon.
Among them was one Jack Crver, man
quite successful at his trade, but who depos-
tied most Of his earnings in the rum-seller's
Golfers, and Jack saw no more Of his hard
earned money.
The saloon-keepar thought that he would
have little fun, so he said, Jack, did you
know that had become an artist"
mo. What have you been doing?
''Come in and will show you some Of my
painting"
Jack rose slowly, and with rather indif-
ferent curiosity followed the seif-styled art
ist to large mirror and pointed at the i'm
age of his customer. There, do you see
that? I painted that rose red"
Quick as flash Jack turned upon him
with all oath, saying, You'll not paint it
any more" :.
He left the saloon q diff .rent man, and
kept his word, and enjoyed his owa earn
ings.
Inc writer Has OH several OCSiStoiS Al oao
past few years visited Jack and his happy
family in their pleasant home, and has seen
the evidences of his joy and pride and pros
perity. He thinks that prohibition is the
greatest blessing that ever came to the State.
He is not at all in favor OF resubmisson.-
A.. in Christian at Work.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Paregorc is favort, intoxican5 in the
prohibition districts OF Mine.
The first Convention o. the Worlds
Woman's Christian TEN oerauce Union will
be held in fremont Temple, Boston, in No
veuber. 1891.
1t has been proved by statistics that e life
insurance company on the total abstinence
basis gains thirty per cent. by reason OF the
superior vitality OF its policyno.ders.
In Ireland the numoer o. arrests fo-
drunkenness steadily increases. In 1887
there were 1900 arrests 70: that cause: in
1883 the number reaches Si.UOO, anu IN lSe9
climbs up to 92,Oc1
China now has National ". c. T. u,
with the necessary equipm meut o. general OF.
ficers--tifteen vice-presldsltS and nine su-
perinten1ents o. departments. Of the unions
organized by Mrs. L:avitc in her first tour
OF the world, all but oIe are dourishing.
Mr.. d. Lloyd George. VI. P. for Carnar7on,
in contrasting temDeraHc. sentiment IN the
country forty or fifty Years ago with the
present dav, noted taa fact tnat Charles
Dickens has no: a single teetotale- among
his male characters, whereas it would be inn
nossible for a Charles Dickens Of our days'to
ignore them. There we-, lG0 tae:otallers in
til. House OF Commons.
Finlanl APPEARS TO be the most favored
country in the world as regards ten ,rance
legislation. Local option is an old established
reform whic,: c untry districts have so far
derived benrti5 from thai they are freq OF
drink-shops altogether. The temperance So
cieties provide wer-stocked libraries, proper
ly-lighted reading-rooms, and comfortable
and enticing coffee-houses FOR those they de-
sire to wean from the pu5!ic-houSe.