The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-10

ection is plainly the rehabilitation of
silver. RoTIDE.
W. c. T. .. COLUMN.
The ladies of the W. C. 7. U. of
Goodland held gospel union temper
ance meeting at the Christian church
last Sunday evening.
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The present day furnishes peculiar
sight in this enlightened country. A
man in the states prison for stealing
your purse while he was crazy with
drink, while the man that sold him the
drink has seat in the Legislature.
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One hundred and twenty-seven
thousand working women of New
York support their husbands, persum-
ably in drunken idleness.
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Mrs. General Bidwell has been made
superintendent of evangelistic work in
California. The general and his wife
are called Master and Mistress Rounti=
full by the many good temperance peo-
pie to whom they have shown their
large-hearted hospitality.
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The Woman's Club of Philadelphia.
with headquarters in the new Century
Club building, rents out the drawing
room occasionally to others wishing to
give an entertainment, but with the
rule that ''no Intoxicating beverage
shall be served at any entertainment
given therein"
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An English physician says that every
man who comes to the front in his pro-
fession in London is marked by one
characteristic, viz: That the more
busy he gets, the less in the shape of
alcohol he takes and his excuse is 81
am very sorry, but cannot take it
and do my work
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Immediately after the funeral of
Miss Mary Allen West in Galesburg,
ILL.,. photographer took two views of
the church with its japanese and
| floral decorations. A commission on
the sale of these photographs has been
kindly offered the Galesburg w. G. L.
U. for the purpose of aiding them in
the erection of headquarters. There
are two sizes, the cabinet size costing
25 cents and the larger one, 13x16
inches, costing $3.50. Orders should
be sent to Mrs. c. S. Rlchey, Gales
burg, Ill.
''As Christian wish to express my
views in regard to the relationship of
the church and saloon. The church
saves one drunkard while the saloon
makes ten. If you speak of prohibiU-
ing the drunkard factory the church
will politely inform you that they are
not a political party. If the church
cannot protest against evil without
becoming political party, was Christ
then a political party when he over
turned the tables and drove the money
changers out of the templeP" w.
Nelson, Spokane, Wash.
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The Long Island Railroad company
has informed all its employees that the
mere fact that a man drinks will be
considered by the company sufficient
reason for his discharge. The division
superintendent of the Illinois central
in company with a policeman visited
the saloons and gambling dens of Fort
Dodge, Ia, and the next morning a
number of employees of his road who
were found to be habitues of those
places were discharged.
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ION earth, peace, good will to men"
is the keynote of our worlds and ma
tiOnal department of peace and arbi-
tration so ably superintendent by Mrs.
Hannah J. Bailey, of Winthrop Centre.
Me. The fifth annual report is replete
with information regarding the pro-
gress of amity and arbitration among
nations and brOtherlove among the
people. Surely ''the bloed-feasts of
inhuman war will cease, and the tlum-
pets of the nations sound the jubilee
of peace so long as such efforts are
put forth.
The national W. C. T. q. has met
with another great loss. This time
the death angel has entered the ranks
of superintendent and removed the
beloved head of the flower-mission de-
partmeut, Miss Jennie Casseday, of
Louisville, KY. The Savior's call,
.'come up higher came on Wednes-
day afternoon, February 8, and gladly
did this ''white ribbon saint,'' as she
has long been honestly termed, re-
spond. 1t is well known that Miss