The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-30
RECENTLY REPORTED.

In connection with the Britis,.
Women's Temperance association, a
temperance home for women has been
esta blished.
EVERY fourth English peer is deal.
er in beer. One hundred and fifty-two
OF these noble lords, of whom one at
least IS a lord spiritual, receive the in
come from one thousand five hundred
and thirty-nine drinking places. What
fate prohibitory measure would
have in the upper house!
The soldiers home in Washington,
with eight hundred men inside its
walls, has hardly an inmate in the
guard-housc once a month. There is
no canteen permitted within mile of
the grounds, and earnest temperance
efforts are made to help the men keen
to high standard of daily living:
Dr. MORTON MANNING, who has made
al extensive study of insanity among
the aborigines of Australia, reports
that the disease is, with these poor
people, due almost wholly to the use of
liquor. ALI the cases of melancholio
originate in Jail, where the poor victims
have been confined as the result of their
Incorporate habits.-Good Health.
THE amount of beer consumed bv
each person in the beer-drinking coun.
tries of the world is between fortv-two
and forty-threc quarts annually. In
Germany, however, the allowance to
every man, woman and child in the
empire is more than twice that quaint.
ty. In Bavaria the allowance is two
hundred and ten quarts and in Munich
five hundred and sixty-five quarts.
REVOLUTION is taking place in the
drinking habits of the Japanese The
rice brandy called ''saki," which has
long been their national beverage, is
being supplanted by beer, brewed af.
ter the German method. In Osaka the
number of beer saloons has increased
from thirteen to almost five hundred in
the last four years, while the number of
resorts where ''saki' is sold has fallen
off. Years ago the Japs were wont to
drink 100, 000, 900 gallons of ''saki'' an
nually.
The progress of total abstinence in
dinner-giving circles causes a certain
amount of embarrassment now and
then. If the person invited does not
happen to be aware that his would be
hosts are total abstainers, and do not
give wine to their guests, he is apt to
experience a slight chill of disappoint-
,nent when the lemonade and iced
water are handed around It may be
presumed that emotion the reverse Of
pleasurable has on occasion depicted
itself perfectly distinctly upon the
countenances of diners who are accus-
toned to drink wine, for it is now pro-
posed that all invitations to wineless
dinners are to be accompanied by q
small bow of blue ribbon securely
fastened to the card.-London News.
Temperance and the Tropics.
DR.. Bessinger, after exploring the in.
terror of Luederitz Land, the German
portion of southwestern Africa, adds
his testimony to the experience that
total abstinence from stimulants would
reduce the alleged climatic perils of the
tropics to the danger incident 70 sand
storms and severe droughts. THE re-
nunciation of alcohol" he says, twill
enable travellers in this country to walk
twenty miles a day without danger to-
their health, and if the same organized
enterprise and the same amount of
treasure that have been wasted in pur-
suit OF the north pole chimera had
been devoted to the exploration Of this
continent, not q mountain range nor .
river valley Of tropical, Africa would by
this time be missing from our topo--
graphical maps. The Voice. -
Not Room for Much.-Dudeson-''I
have something in my mind, Miss Amy,
that should like to tell you::' Amy
Caustique-''In your mind! Well, il
can't be very much. "--Saturday Even
ing Herald.