The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-01
BITS AND BREVlTlES.

In England penny cups of coffee arc
sold near large factories by temper
ance workers.
The mum Der Of shops licensed to sell
spirits in India about equals those
which sell opium.
TIE man who neglects to teach his
children sound temperance principles
helps the barkeeper.
GREAT BRITAIN spends an average of
twenty shillings for drink for every
half-crown it gives for religion.
RUSSIA has prohibited the sale of
ether and its compounds, because of
the spread of the ether drinking habit.
In London 1878 women were taken
into custody, during 1891, upon the
charge of being s'drunk and disorder.
ly." ,
A GERMAN proverb says: "Intempcr-
ance drives reason out of the head,
money from the pocket, the elbows
through the sleeves, and health from
the body" .....-.. =
THERE are now nearly one hundred
asylums and retreats in the world for
the treatment of alcoholism. Heredity
is the chief factor in nearly sixty per
cent. of the cases.
The bishop of Chester, Eng, @advo.
Gates the trial in England of the essen.
tial features of the ''Gothenberg sys.
tem," in use in Sweden and Norway.
The new government is pledged to deal
vigorously with the drink evil. =:
GEN. BooTH, the Salvation Army
leader, has three hundred and eighty
men, mostly broken-down drunkards,
at enc time, working on his farm a few
miles out of London, and they are de-
scriled as decent, industrious, useful
and enthusiastic lot of people now.
The Young Abstainers' union of Eng.
land, the object of which is the promo:
ton of total abstinence from intoxi-
eating liquors among the sons and
daughters of the upper and middle
classes, has now eight branches and u
membership of over eightthousand.
THE fact that drunkenness is increas.
ing among the women of Stockholm
leads to an inquiry whether the Goth
enburg system, which has helped to
make the public house. respectable, is
not responsible for the development OF
the drink evil among the better half OF
the community. s S ss
In East Riding, England, is prnc.
tical illustration of the church public
house, Of which much has been writ
ten. 1t is public house open to all,
providing ADVERTISEMENTS and nom
alcoholic drinks for sale. It has IL
brary and games, and is the headquar-
tiers for various clubs IF men and boys.
The constant use Of beer gives the
system no recuperation, but steadily
lowers the vital forces, Our observance
is that beer-drinking in this couotry
produces the very lowest kind of ine-
briefly, cleeelr.allied to criminal insan-
Fifty. The most dangerous class of ruff
fans In our large cities are beer drink
erA .@s:s.s ~:
AT the late pugilistic carnival at New
Orleans nearly every spectator was
provided with flask Of whisky. but
the defeated champion turned temper
ance orator sitter his downfall, charg.
| ing booze with his ruin. There was
no one TO deny it. It has ruined better
men, who were masters Of choicer
vocabulary. $50; S. 5 sss ...
INVESTIGATION into tho way that
public money IS expended in: Boston
shows that over $3.50, 600 are spent Ia
the city hospital, OF which amount
almost q, 600 went for alcoholic
drinks. Il is said that no doctor ont.
side begins 70 lose the number Of pa
tients carried out from this hospital
more than one ont Of nine. The com.
partson between that and the temper
ance hOspitsl reeorda would sugfcst
q The. physicians ii change that the
afay iof looholic ptsssrit lisfa = fs1s
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