Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-03-19

annually swindles industry out or per-
centagc of its earnings. 1t holds out It's
solicitations to the mechanic or operative
on his way to work. and at the noon spell,
and on his way home ut eventide. On
Saturday when the wages are PAID, II
snatches a large part Of the money that
might come TO the family and sacrifices 1t
among the saloon keepers. stand 'he
saloons of this country side by side. and IT
IS carefully estimated that they would
reach from New York to Chicago.
Oh. how many are waiting to see II
something cannot be done for the stopping
of intemperancc. Thousands of drunkards
waiting who cannot so ten minutes IN any
direction without having the temptation
| glarng before :heir eyes or appealing u
| ,heir nostrils. they fighting against it with
cnfeebled Will and diseased appetite con-
ouering, then surrendering, conquering
again and surrenderng again, and crying;
",.ow long o Lord . how long before
/ These infamous solicitations shall be gone.
And how many mothers are waiting to see
| if this national curse cannot hit. On. IS |
that the boy who had the honest breath |
who comes homo with breath vitiated or
disguised? What II change. How quickly
those habits of early coming home nave
been exchanged for the rafting OF the
night-key in the door long after the las
WGNtDllldu lids bOtlC W aAt SAiSe' w W.
that everything was closed up for the
night Oh what a change for that young
man who we had hoped would do some
thing in merchandise. or in artisanship, or
in "a profession that would do honor to the
family name long after mothers wrnkled
hands are folded from the last toll! All
; that exchanged for startled look when the
1 door-bell rings, lest something has
t happen ed: and the wish that the scarlet
. fever twenty years ago had been fatal, for
, then he would have gone directly to the
, bosom Of his Saviour. But alas poor old
: soul she has lived to experience what
;, Solomon said: "a foolish son Is heaVl-
: pess to his mother.
s Oh. what funeral it will be when that
d boy is brought home dead! And how
: mother will sit there and say: us this my
d boy that used t. fonale and that walked
the floor with in tho night when he was
n sick? Is this the boy that held to the
10 baptismal font for baptism? Is this the
e, boy for whom l toiled until the blood
lie burst from the tips of my fingers, that he
lg might have a good home? Lord. why hast
N thou let me live to see this? Can it be
N that these swollen hands are the ones that
to used to wander over my face when rocking
him to sleep? Can it be that this swollen
is brow is that once so rapturously kissed?
to Poor boy. how tired he does look. l Won
en- der who struck him that blow across the
all temples? ! wonder if he uttered dying
SIS prayer? Wake up, my son; don't yot
at hear me? Wake up! Oh! he can't heal
I'd me- Dead dead. dead. % 44bsalom, my
is son, my son, would God that l had died
nd for thee, o Absalom, my son, my son.!
ed am not much Of a mathematician and
OF l cannot estimate it; but is there anyone
en here quick enough at figures to estimate
pS. | Nc, thnrn waiting FOL
I'VE something to be done. Ay, there are man.
/ is wives waiting for domestic rescue. II
ied promised something different from tina
Key when. after the long acquaintance and tn
i careful scrutiny of character, the hand an
ed. the heart were offered and accepted
hed What a hell on earth a woman lives in VIII
ne, mas drunken husband. Death, HOY
lovely thou art to her, and how soft an
ed, warm thv skeleton hand! The scpulchl
MY at midnight in winter is king
drawing room compared with shat woman
are home. 1t is not so much the blow on tt
for head that hurts as the blow on the hear
ed. Tho rum tend came to that beautiful HON
the and opened the door and stood there, al
ren said: II curse this dwelling with an unr
the lentinc curse. l. curse that father into
Iade maniac. | curse that mother into pc
iod, per- curse those sons into vagabonds.
my curse those daughters into profigate
lare Cursed be bread tray and cradle. Ours
reto be couch aud chair, and family bible WI
e of record of marriages and births and death
very Curse upon curser' Oh! how many wiz
ople are there waiting to see if something cam
been be done TO shake these frosts Of the seco
t in death off the orange blossoms! Yea, God
this: waiting, the God who works through /
and man instrumentalites, waiting to :
dren whether this nation is going to oyerthr
be this evil: and if it refuse to do So God "
my wipe out the nation as he did Ph9nicia,
eirs. he did Rome as he did Thebes, us he {
the Babylon. Ay he is waiting to see wi
seal the Church of God will do If the Chul
ding does not do its work, then he will wipe
out as he did the Church OF Ephes
the Church of Thyatira, Church OF Sardis.
mer- Protestant and Roman Catholic Church
out TODAY stand side by side with an impot
and look, gazing on this evil, which costs
be- country more than billion dollars "
$ be- to take care of the 500, 900 paupers, {
de- the 3l5, 900 criminals, and the &c, 600 Id
are and to bury the IS, 900 drunkards Prt
your goras boosted that out of the sixty year
olism his life forty years he had spent in ruin
sides youth: but this evil may make the more
aver, famous boast that all its life it has b
q ar running the bodies, minds and souls OF
II human race.
nould Put on YOUR spcctacles and take car
ot be and examine the platforms of the two lie
alton ing poltical parties of this country,
n. see what they are doing for the arres
evil? this evil and for the overthrow of
it be- abominat.on. Resolutions against n
o the monism, against political corruption, al
All! protection against competition with for
which Industries, but not one word about pre-
CHI its ton of family and church and ma
uned apainst the scaldine, blasting, all-cons
cid a ing. damning tariff of strong drink put
once on eyery financial, individual, spirit
INNER moral. national interest
+ New I look in another direction. The Oh,
d the ~ God ia the crandcst and most glol
DOT of institution on earth. What has it in
lor OF phalanx accomplished for the overtime
street drnnkenness9 Think of three hun