The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-01-14
TEMPERANCE BREvI1iES.

The Missourian's "cure for the drink
habit was entirely successful-''Quit
yer drinkin'."
WE have great horror for arsenic.
and fifty other things; the fact is, all
these things are mere bagatelle in re-
lation to the most direct, absolute,
immediate and certain poisonings
which are caused by alcohol.
BELGIUM is the paradise of saloon
keepers. Although the enactment of
license law two years ago compelled
about twenty-five thousand keepers to
close their saloons, yet about one
hundred and sixty thousand remain, or
one for every forty souls in the popula-
ton.
BEFORE the British began to rule in
Burmah there was practically no use Of
intoxicants. Since their advent what a
change! One distillery in Mandalay,
licensed by the government, turns out
five hundred gallons of liquor every
day, and there are now one hundred
and thirty-nine licensed liquor shops.
The committee of the British Med
ical association on legislation for the
inebriate has reported in favor of en-
downing proper authorities with power
to compel inebriates to be placed in re-
treats where they will be treated by
physicians employing the most ap-
proved methods.
MRS. SHAEN, lady guardian, speak
ing at Grimsby, Eng, said she had
asked for woman from the work.
house to take employment as a nurse.
She made known the request to the
master who after considering the
matter, reported that out of four hum
dred women inmates in the Kensing-
ton workhouse. he could only remem-
Der one, and that a woman of eighty.
who was to be trusted not to drink tho
brandy provided for the patient.
THE cause of prohibition is making
great Roadway in Sweden. Already
many parishes or communities enjoy
absolute prohibition. Total absti-
hence societies are numerous and
strong. Clergymen take an active in.
terest in the work; altogether the out
look for prohibition is encouraging:
At recent parliamentary election.
six candidates of the prohibition party
were elected. The cause of temper
ance has long received official recogni.
ton and support. Last year twenty.
five thousand crowns were appropria.
ted toward this cause. OF this appro.
priation a certain sum is set apart as
prizes for the best essays on the best
method of dealing with the traffic.
The remainder of the money is to be
employed in printing and distributing
the essays.
A Threatening Danger.
Every intelligent American citizen
knows in his heart that the rum power
means to rule this nation, just as it
actually does rule good many of our
larger cities. It is true that metro.
politan newspapers and political lead.
ers periodically recognize and scold
about this tendency and intent of the
rum power. rs we'll as its general
iniquity, but as soon as they have re-
covered their breath they renew their
work by voice and vote for the per-
petuation of the life of the ogre they
have been denouncing. We are willing
to admit, for arguments sake and be-
cause we want to be charitable, that
cowardice is full explanation of these
paradoxes, but at the same time We
earnestly pray that this class of COW.
ards may soon encounter some kind of
food that will deluge them with such
measure of courage as may compel
them to open their eyes to the light of
conditions as they exist. When such =
period of eye-opening is reached some
thing will be done, -Bostou Traveller: