The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-11
u. 2. q. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED By MRS. y. I. HOBBS.


| Do Yonr Duty Now.
4 II is said, "A word to The wise u suf
ficieut." Then let every citizen loot
about him and study the signs OF ths
times. Toss tho cobwebs Of prejudice
from the mind come out for time from
under the prejudice Of party; and con.
slider with clear brain the best interests
Of humanity. Parties are made. and
live, or should be let live. only 90 long q
they serve to uphold or suetain the liv-
ing issues OF the day. Principle is ster-
nal, aud Of God. He who is governed
In his action by principle Is found
abreast with the best thongbts of the age
iu which he lives. and working for the
advancement and good Of the whole,
aud not Of the few. To him il matters
not. even though bis pet theories. cher
isbed II may be for lifetime. must be
put aside. n be sees that By putting them
aside greater good can be obtained 10
. greater number.
For : time perhaps be may labor in
obscUrity. ostrscised by those Of old and
established opinions differing from his.
To them he is . "disturber Of the peace"
and The cry IL, "away with him." But
10 agitation there 10 life and growth.
and the time comea when the people say
they will hear him. Then the new
thought must be engrafted on the old
trees. - unless. indeed, the old tree be
found tottering to its fall. II this Il the
case, II were worse than useless 10 wsste
the bud on the decayed trunk. Rather
place Il 10 good soil, and give Il the
proper conditions for growth. L will
not bear fruit 90 soon. but In time will
take deep root, and send ont vigorous
branches, overshsdo wing. and 10 time
replacing tho old and worn-out trees.
and bearing far better fruit. A century
sgo Benjsmin Rush stepped 10 the front
with thought burning ia bic soul for
utterapce. He ssw . great dsDgsr COM
Ing 10 humanity, and sounded the warn
ing note. Others took up the refrain.
and Temperance became the battle-cry
Of reformevs. The years rolled on op
position and ostrscism caused agitation !;
aud the legitimate result, growth, fol.
lowed. Minds governed BY principle.
aud an earnest desire for the public
wesl, we're brought into contact With the
thought, and. looking deeper into the
matter. So that liquor.selling and liq
Was monster TOO power
ful to be tempered with A. with in
spircd eye, they saw that the iniereets Of
society demanded its utter and complete
overthrow.
Now The battie-cry Of true reformers
j. Prohibition. Long have they sought
10 epgraft this bud of living thought,
this living issue. into the existing party
platforms, not knowing what they now
realize to be . fact, that those parties
were totteripg to their fall. Prohibi-
tioD, having been 90 often rejected by
the builders, as unworthy timber 10 form
even one email plank for their platform.
IL hss bean planted bv its friends in the
hearts OF the people. Here Il has taken
deep root. and i,s vigorous branches
threaten to overehadow and replace its
old form Of thought. To-day Il comes
before you and asks your support. Bot
we will "throw our votes away 10 the
cry. A vote cast for . living principle
10 never thrown away-one csst Tor
party policy 10.
In after years. which do you recall
With pleasure and which strive 70 i0r-
get? Wait, say some Yes. wait until :
few more Of our sons oil drunksrds'
graves. Wsit-yes, until another gen.
Grafton OF boys are taught the drink
habit, and 20 trained to be sustainers Of
the saloon. Wait-Yes, until your
daughter. sDd mine. lives 10 see ber hue
band made drunkard and her children
cry for bread - that the saloon may live.
"BeboId now IL the accepted time, now,
10 the day Of salvation."
MRS. MARY TAYLOR.
Arcadia, Kansss.