Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-13

erty has increased in value 90 per cent
its school attendance 60 per cent, its
terms of court both civil and criminal
have been reduced one-half. Its police
force is the same and its county poor
house is almost tenantless. The social evil
has almost disappeared.
Teach peace. the adjustment OF wrongs
| \ womsn's mission should always be
peace That fair dove which carried
forth the olive branch was surely brood
ing creature who left nest, as she went
forth upon divine mission.
The following statistical fact will en-
courage all temperance workers: In the
United States twenty years ago there was
liquor dealer to every 1872 inha bitants.
Now there is one to every 272 of the popu-
lation.
New York state stands first, Pennsyl-
vania second, Wisconsin third and Cali
fornia fourth in the number OF breweries
and distilleries in the United States. In
the entire country there are now 1880
breweries and 4, 791 distilleries
Rev. Robert Dawson. of Great Britain s
] Congregational total abstinence associa
i ton, has recently donated to the London
missionary society the sum OF 81 900, the
result OF forty years practice OF total
abstinence
The American national congress of
+ friendly societies, which makes life in
surance a chief feature, recently passed a
resolution declaring it unadyisable fer
benefit societ}e~ to admit to mem bership
men engaged in retailing liquors.
temperance lecturer was once asked
w hat shall we do with the grain now
equired for distiliing9a The prompt
ply was: Feed the drunkards' wives
nd children with it. They have gone
dngry long enough"
Many man viii turn up his nose at
liquor traffic. vet when election day
ones ill not turn up with he noes.
The deaeons Of the East Baptist church.
hanover street, near Girard avenue.
Philadelphia, have resolved that here
fter any member ef the church signing
Il application for liquor license shall
e excluded from the church, and the
aggregation has approved their action.
Atlantic City has one saloon to every
Nty-nine persons
Belgium has increased the number q
-sr hrewer.es ~ =
The Chicago Tribune says: a strike
never hurts the trade in whisky
Victoria, Australia, in 1898 produced
1851 $50 gallons of fermented liquor.
Temperance puts Goals on the fire, meal
in he barrel, -four in the tub. money in
the purse, credit in the country, content
ment in the house, clot hes on the chill
dren, yIgor in the body, intelligence in
the brain and spirit in the whole consti-
tlon.-Beng amin Franklin.
The sluices of the grogshop are fed
from the wine glasses in the parlor, and
there is lineal descent from the gentle
man who hiceoughs at his elegant dinner
table TO the sot who makes bed of the
gutter.
There We're 1890 criminals convicted in
Canada last year, of whom thirty only
did not use intoxicants.
Either We must abridge and break
down the liquor business, or ii will ruin
and destroy Us in body and soul, in home
and state. There is but one solution of
the problem that promises any safety 10
ourselves and our homes. The liquor
business must be made disreputabl it
must be made Improbable and, lastly, it
must be made impossible.
Every Sunday sale q liluo-, every sale
to a child and every reeling drunkard in
a license state demonstrates the failure of |
saloon "regulation. Down with the I
humbug hat after four centuries OF trial
in he hands Of its friends Is still such a
stupendous failure Toice
\ recent cablegram from Yokohama re-
ports that all throughout Japan the
women are Offering their services in the |
war. A corps OF trained women nurses
have been sent from the Tokyo training /
school to Seoul and OF hers are preparing /
to follow Volunteer nurses are
numerous and some women have gone so I
far a. to offer to raise corps Of female +
soldiers.
Vote with party that has no; saloon
keeper in it.
The United states supreme court Is
solid for prohibition.
The saloon stands as the giant curse OF F
America. II must go.
Chicago spends every year so, OOo 900 for
Intoxicating drinks, and an immense sum
for tobacco, choral and opium.
successful competitor for he prize in
a foot race made this graceful temperance
speech in accepting it; Gentlemen, l |
have won this cup by the use of my legs.
trust that l may never lose the use of
my legs by the use OF this cup