The Forrest City times., 1892-11-04
.renneranoa Notes.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Cnion of the Sandwich Islands IS leading the fight against the intro duction there of the Louisiana Lot tery.
 There are eighteen brewers in the New British Parliament, six less than in its predecessor.
 The Dakota Farmer says: "Notwith- standing the efforts of the liquor deal CTS to the rary-drunkenness has been almost entirely wiped out-many a former moderate thinker has quit the habit and above all host of young men have started on sober and indus trious careerunder three years influence of so called prohibition. The drink. bill of the residents of the two pakotas dropped of seventy per cent the very first year-and has been growing ma terially less ever since, and no one was made the poorer thereby but the sa- loon keepers, brewers and distillers. !"
 New Zealand expends ltss for liquor than any other dominion of Queen Victoria 's--viz: Si6. per capita linplace of $50. in 1s79) while Great Britain at Urge spends Sl9; and New South Wales $53.
 The Kentuckey State W. c. T. T.. convention recently held at Newport in that state, was a pleasant and prof itable one. Another department was added to the state work-that of fran. chise.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance union of Waynesville.''N North Carolina, laid the corner stone of their new build ing July 1. They had donation of S4000 in land and s3500 in cash,
 Kassas-with prohibition and one hundred thousand more people than Texas--has one penitentiary and nine hundred and ninty six prisoners. Texas with saloons and one hundred thousand less people than Kansas, has two penitentiaries and three thousand cunvicts.
 X Worlds Temperance Congress, 10 be composed of representatives Of all temperance and religious bodies of all natinnalties in sympathy with the tenn perance reform, has been called by the Worlds Temperance congress commit tee, appointed by the board of mana gers of the national temperance society, to meet in the city of Chicago tbe first week in June. 1893. It is expected that the congress will continue during four consecutive days. Separate sinulta- neous sections will be held as may be fonud desirable and necessary for the T, adj lg and discussion of papers upon special topics inclusive of every aspect of the temperance reform. Papers have been invited from large number of gifted and able writers in the vari- ous committeeman and women-and many acceptances have already been received.
 The Rev. c. s. Adama Van Schelte- ma, who is now in his seventy eighth year, is still laboIing earnestly for the advancement of the temperance cause in the Netherlands. The King Will liam's house" at Amsterdam, founded by him, has six hundred members, all abstainers, and branch at Ymuiden, with sixty-five members, has secured ground for the building of temper ance institute,
 The petition of the worlds Woman Christian Temperance union for pro- tection of the home, addressed to the governments of the world, beseeches each ruler ito raise the standard of the law to that of Christian morals"- to strip away the safeguards and sane tions of the state from the drink traffic and the opium trade, and to protect the homes of the people by total prohi bition of these curses of civilization throughout all the territory over which his or her government extends" This petition has lately received hearty en- dorsement from the Iternational Mis- sionary union, composed of missiona- ries from many lands. and the Young Peoples Society of Christain Endeavor at fhQir apuu.tI m qptiup held in tho city of New York. These with endorse ments from churches, missionary soci- cities, peace and other moral associa- tions, the Salvation Army, Good Tenn plars, Young Mems Christian asssocia- tions and other bodies. aggregate mill ions who have thus said we desire the complete banishment of intoxicants, opium and other narcotics, and with the Woman's Christian Temperance union appeal to the rulers of nations to exercise all power in them invested to accomplish this deliverapce.