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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
DEVILS SIDE.
Name

Jeremiah, I'll bet million dollars
that some Prohibition crank has set you
up to this. Well, you can tell him that
no amount of bamboozle can get me to
leave the grand old Republican party.
Now, go!'
"Pa, no one set me up to this. Itwas
your sermon last night made me think
of it. Now want to know if you meant
what you said in your sermon-that God
was always on the right side, and that
every Christian man should get ON that
side too"
"God knows that am in favor of pro-
hibition, jeremiah"
"How can you be in favor of prohibi-
ton, pa, when you are over on the sa-
loon side and vote with license party?"
II vote for prohibition at every nom
partisan election"
"In other words, you get over on Gods
side when your license party does not
need you, and after you vote you get
right back again on the devils side and
NOtO AOA tdOAASChoO PoAAOy VI yOu4 PoAeys
Jeremiah! Better go careful or you
will catch thrashing, as sure as my
name is Elijah. 1t is serious charge to
say that I, a minister of the gospel, am
on the DEVILS SIDE"
"Pa, the Republican and Democratic
parties are for license. No sane man de-
MES that. License means saloons, sa-
looms mean drunkenness, and drunken
ness means crime, misery, wretchedness,
poverty, devil and damnation, and so
long as you are on that side you must
bear your proportion of the whole re-
sponsibility. Pa, better get over on Gods
side"
Here, you young rattle brain, get out
of this! Get, Isay! Get! There, thank
the Lord, will have peace for little
while longer. But say what you win
that boy of mine is getting to be mighty
smart. guess If stick to the Repub-
lican party had better not preach any
more such sermons. 'Tisn't safer
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
STRONG WORDS.
The Methodist Church Utters No Uncertain
Sounds On q Great Question.

SOUNDS ID Great question.
Recent Methodist Episcopal church
conferences have spoken plainly. VIII
mington, which includes the Methodists
of Delaware and the eastern shore, Ma
ryland, said:
1--WE believe that the legalized liquor
traffic is the prolific parent of evil and
the sum of all denominations, and we be-
lieve that there is no question before the
American people that deserves such at
tention as the overthrow of the saloon
and the legal destruction of the license
system, and the two numerically great
political parties not only ignore this i'm
portant issue but continue in wicked
completely with the accursed traffic.
THAT, as the representatives of him
the purpose of whose mission was to de-
stroy the works of the devil, we array
ourselves against the traffic and pledge
our hearty cooperation to any system
that will insure it's destruction; since
it can never be legalized without
SIM that as Christian ministers we
repudiate those political parties which
continue to foster this business, and
brand as utterly unworthy the support
of Christian voters any party that either
by declarations against all sumptuary
laws or cowardly and criminal silence
in the face of the ravages of this traffic
continues in completely with this busi-
ness; that as leaders and teachers of
public as well as private morality we
will by all right methods seek to bring
the people up to some high standard Of
political conduct that has for its immedi-
ate object the destruction by the ballot
of freemen of the legalized saloon"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
New ENGLAND Christians.

The New England Christian conven-
ton in June declared:
Concerning the liquor traffic of our
country, which is such mighty foe to
our Christian work, which is so thor
oughly organized and exerts SO mighty
a political power, we would express our
unqualified and unalterable opposition
and would most earnestly exhort our
people to use all honorable means for its
suppression; to give no aid to compro-
mise measures, under whatever capti-
waiting title, and to give no support, by
voice or vote, to men or measures which
do not seek the enforcement of the prin-
ciples of total abstinence for the indi-
yidual and prohibition for the state"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

IF some men would pray as they vote,
the prayer would be something like this:
30 Lord, protect the saloons, give
them more power, destroy Prohibition
lists and let the rum traffic flourish. Lead
the boys into the way of temptation that
we have prepared for them by our bal
lots. Increase the drink traffic, O Lord,
so that we may have more work for our
police and courts. Let the curse spread
all over the nation and let no home es-
cape the pangs of the poisonous serpent"
That prayer would actually represent
the voting done by the great majority of
the church members of this land. There
is no getting away from this fact.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THE government places in the hand of
every man over 81 years of age ballot
which is supposed to express his opinion
on one or more public questions. If the
ballot he casts express his opinion, then
it is not in any sense thrown away. no
matter if his were the only ballot cast in
the nation for that principle. On the
other hand, ballot that does not ex-
press his individual opinion is thrown
away every time, whether he is one of
ten or one of ten million.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. II.
JEREMiAH'S LOGIC.
The Youngster Once More Gets His Repub-
lican Pa Into . Tight Corner.

The Youngster Once Moro Gets His Repub-
lican Pa Into Tight Corner.
WRITTEN FOR THIS PAPER BY TALIIE NoRoAx.1
"Say, pa"
Eyes, what is it, JeremiahT'
"In your sermon last evening you said
that God would never get over to mans
side of any question; that man must get
over on Gods side."
That's right, jeremiah, and it is q
great thought, which, by the way, Is en-
tirely original with myself"
"Then, pa, you said it was better to
stand alone with God than with the
whole world without him."
"Yes. That's true, too, jeremiah"
"a pause.)
"Pa."
"welly"
"Is God on the side of the saloons?"
Jeremiah, why do you ask such fool
ish questions? You know that God is
never on the devils side, and the saloon
Is of the devil and for the devil"
eyes, know all that. But wait until
I get my slate, for want to get all of
this down. Now, / draw a line down
through the middle of the slate SO. Now,
on one side 1 write God and on the
other devil I'll begin on Gods side
first. If he is against the saloon, he
must be for prohibition. Is that rightT'
"Well, yes. 1 suppose so. Oh, yes.
God is of course in favor of prohibiting
all evil. And the saloon is great evil"
"Then there's the churchesi"
Eyes"
"The W. C. T. u"
Certainly"
"The Prohibition party"
"Eh?"
"The Prohibition party"
"Yaas, yaas. suppose So"
"Now, we will take the devils side.
First, put down the saloon. Under it,
license system. Next, anarchists, GRIM
inals, thugs and bummers. Is that righty'
Eyes. Go right on"
"The Democratic party?"
eyes, yes, certainly; the Democratic is
on the DEVILS side every time, and the
devil is always in command when the
Democratic party is in power"
"Then I'll put down the Republican
party"
what? On which side?'
son the saloon side, Of course. Isn't
the Republican party in favor of license?"
'The Republican party is in favor Of
high license and is against the saloon"
"Well, pa, is God in favor of high IL
cense?''
"N-o, II think not"
"Think not? Pa, you know he is not.
Now, there's no getting out Of 1.-THE
Republican party must go down on the
devils side. Now, pa, here's how the
the thing stands. You write down your
name on the side you are on"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. VII.

Suppose that all political parties in
the United States agree to have pub
lie parade of all its voting members in
each town or county in the nation. On
Monday night the Republicans parade;
on Tuesday the Democrats; on Wednes-
day the Populists; on Thursday the Pro.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

It is pretty difficult matter for any
one to keep sweet" when we see the
professed Christians Of the land de-
nouncing the saloon with their mouths
and sustaining the traffic with their
ballots
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
POLITICAL POINTS.
A FEW PRACTICAL THOUGHTS PRE-
SENTED TO OLD PARTY READERS.
Here's q Chance For Some Republican or
Democrat to Win s1O-If the Reasoning
In the Article Is Correct, What Are
Christian Men Going to Do About 1t?
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO THE CLASS Br
TALLIE MoRGAN.l

NJ. i.
Two men, whom / will call William
Smith and James jackson, live in this
town. Both are members of the same
church. One is radical Republican
and the other an uncompromising DEM
ocrat. Both have strong political views.
Ten dollars reward will be given the
person who can state positively the views
of the Republican or the Democrat on
any public question. What must man
believe in in order to be consistent Re-
publican or full Hedged Democrat
Another man, whom l shall call John
Dickson, is amember of the same church,
and he is a we'll known Prohibitionist.
Every man, woman and child in the ma
tion knows positively of at least one
thing that man believes in and votes for.
The government knows that for every
vote cast for the Prohibition party there
is man behind it who believes in the
entire legal suppression of the drink
traffic. What principle beyond the de-
feat of the opposing party does a Re-
publican or Democratic ballot stand
for2 High tariff, low tariff or no tariff?
Free coinage or no free coinage? Prohi-
bition, local option, high license, state
control, low license or no license?
Who throws away his vote-the man
whose vote stands for some one definite
principle or the man whose vote ex-
presses nothing beyond his adherence to
a political party which is on both sides
of every public question?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

The trend Of scientific research. there
fore, up to the present moment Is mora
and more against assigning any definite
food value, direct or incidental. to al
cohol- M. Hunt, M. d.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

The way to make votes is to select
your men; talk with them; ask them if
they will read literature you will send
them. Keep at it; never lose your tenn
per in argument, but tell the truth firm
ly and fearlessly.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

Here's direct appeal to every father.
He cannot get away from its truths.
"Have you boy to spare?" What for?
Why, to keep agoing the 100000 rum
shops of the nation. Send for one OF
more of these posters and put them up.
They will create sensation. They cost
10 cents each, postage prepaid. Address
TALLIE MORGAN, Scranton, Pa.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. III.

If the Louisiana minister who
preached against the Louisiana lottery
iniquity from his pulpit and then was
found out to have voted for the lottery
party is a Hypocrite with big H, what
should the minister be called who
breaches against the saloon and then
votes with a political party that favors
License with big L?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

= SHORT STORY.-Said to be the strongest
uProhibition tract ever published. A saloon
Keeper seeks membership In church. He
Is refused on account Of his business. He then
make them . speech. showing that he could
not be in the business IL the church members
had not voted with him for license. Nearly
100000, sold and the demand continues; 20
cents hundred, S1.60 thousand; postage pre-
paid. TALLIE MORGAN, Scranton, Pa
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

rate. xloUU,otU
Since the legalized saloons of Scran-
ton must make in clear profits 81, ,sO0,-
600 a year in order to meet expenses,
how much must they make each month,
each week and each day? Counting a
net profit of so per cent, how much mon
ey do the saloon keepers Of Scranton
take from the people each year, and
what do they give in return?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. X.

Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania once
said that God made corn, corn made
whisky and whisky made Democrats.
If this is true, why does not the Repub-
lican party prohibit the manufacture
and sale of whisky and thus prevent the
making of Democrats?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

\ TERRIBLE CHARGE.-A wife murderer
Nupon being sked by the judge, Prisoner at
tho bar. have you anything to say why SEN
tence of death shall not be pronounced on
your" makes plea showing that the voters
are also guilty-a plea pronounced by B. o.
Flower, editor of The Arena, to be wonderfully
strong. Over 100000 copies sold; 20 cents
hundred, Sl.60 thousand, postage prepaid.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
A STARTLING POSTER.

One That Should Be Posted Up All Over
the Nation.
Here's the copy of full sheet GA by 3s)
poster, printed on heavy paper. in great,
big black type, that should be put up in
every public place in the nation. Read it.:
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. v.

If men continue to support a political
party while it is doing wrong, what rea-
son have they to expect that party to do
right as long as the party receives the
approval of it's members by their bal
lots?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

WHICH is the wiser, the man who
votes for what he wants, though he does
not get it now, or the man who votes
for that which he does not want and
gets it right off?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

nAIR OF KIDS.-How two children turned
"a local option election against the liquor
men. Very effective in nonpartisan cam
paigns; 20 cents for 100. e150 for 1000; postage
prepaid. TALlIE MORGAN. Scranton. Pa.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO, III,

In 1860 the per capita consumption of
intoxicants in this country was about
four gallons, and in 1893 the per capita
proportion had grown to about II gal
Ions. AT this rate of increase, how long
will it take this nation to get into hell?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. TX.

If the Democratic party is the "whis-
ky party" how is it that there are moro
saloons in the one northern state Of New
York than in all of the southern states
south of Mason and Dixon's line COM
bined?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

If you swallow strong drink down.
the devil will swallow you down.
Adam Clarke, d. d.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

THESE are the days for open air Pro-
hibition meetings.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

hibitionists, etc. 1t Is agreed that the
parade shall be In couples, who shall
walk arm in arm, and that the people
are to find their places in line by num-
Der. Two tickets numbered 81" two
numbered "2," two numbered 49," ETC.,
shall be placed in a box, and each
voter must draw number and then find
his place in the line of march. This
would be simple and fair way of ar
ranging the line of march. Monday
night is come. Every voting Republican
Is out, and what sight! The Rev. J.
Emlenton Smith, D. D., LII. D., who
doesn't believe in bringing temperance
into politics." is hooked to Mike Nc
Ginty, the keeper of low down dive.
Deacon Smith is arm in arm with Hans
Vanspookenheimer, who believes in
"bersonal liberdy" and no Sunday.
Elder johnson hitched up to Italio
Capillo, in whose ginmill several muir
ders have been committed. Tuesday
night would be just as bad. Good,
moral Democrats linked with thugs and
bummers, rumsellers and divekeepers.
Wednesday night almost as ridiculous.
But what about Thursday night, when
the Prohibitionists parade? Not sa-
loon keeper In linel Every minister,
deacon, elder, lawyer, doctor, business
man, satisfied that, no matter what num-
Der they would draw, his partner in the
parade would be decent, clean, intelli-
gent man. Any man who would not be
willing to join in such a parade of his
party ought to have the manhood to get
out of it, and get out quickly too.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
CHAPTER vi.


Some Of the snakes had gone over to the JOS
and Mrs. Joslyn's favorite house dog was about
giving up the ghost. Mrs. Smiths pet pony lay
stiff and dead In the stable.
The two women held a meeting In the Joslyn
parlor.
They organized themselves into a Prohibi-
They passed prohibitory law and then re-
solved to put the law into practice.
Bright and early the next morning two wom-
en-, with vengeance in their eyes and axes In
their hands, We're seen to wend their way to-
ward the snakery.
They closed up every hole but one in the
snake cage.
Then the unsuspecting menagerie was
awakened. and Forty Rod Strengthened out
hts coils and came out to investigate the cause
Of the disturbance.
No sooner was he fairly out than down came
the Prohibition ak, and at one strike his head
few of. Jersey Lightning heard the racket
and came out to look after his companion.
Another stroke and another snake less.
In 10 minutes the whole tribe OF snakes lay
dead, never tq go again.
Just then Joslyn came fastening up, and
when he say his pet snakes laying in dead
pieces around the ground he Indignantly asked:
''See here, what have you been doing2"
Mrs Smith walked right up to him, holding
the AK in her hands as Ii ready for moro bust
ness, and with a voice and look that meant
every word said she replied:
.Wo have been killing off your Internal
snakes, and IL you bring any more such rep
tiles here I'll chop off your head too"
Jacob caved In. Mrs. Smith was q danger
Gus woman. He decided to leave snakes alone
In the future and attend to his farm
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
WANTED!

WANTED!
60,OO BOYS!
To Replace the
60.0W DRUNKARDS
Who VIII Die This Year.
Have You q Boy to Spare?
Saloons Can't Be Run Without Boys.
If You Vote With License
POLITICAL PARTIES,
You Should Not Object to Your Boy
PATRONIZING THE BARRoOMS!
By Order of
U. S. Gov. SALOON Assn.
Apply at any of the 240 Agencies.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO. ".

Scranton, Pa, has population of
about 100000. We have 400 legalized
saloons-the unlicensed saloons are too
numerous to mention-that pay license
fee of $500 year. Each saloon keeper
must make In clear profit every year the
following, which is the average expense:
License fee. $500
Lawyers's fee, petitions, etc............... 100
Rent 1000
Light and heat. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
Barkeeper's wages. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. COO
Saloon keepers wages. 1900
Taxes,free lunches and incidentals. ...... 500
Necessary profits for one year. 800
-Four hundred legalized saloons at this
rate. 81 800 OOo
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
NO, VIII.

If prohibition does not prohibit" and
"more liquor is sold under prohibition
than license, how comes it that the liquor
men fight all prohibitory laws as they do?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28
JACOB JOSLYN,S SNAKES.
BY TALLIE MORGAN, SCRANTON, PA.
Copyrighted by the Author, 1se4.l
CHAPTER I

"yacob, you are confirmed old fool"
"Oh, yes, Of course. You women have all
the sense Of the world, and the men are all
fools"
"Ircpeat. you are regular old fool, Jacob.
To think that you permitted that circus man
TO bamboozle you into paying $40 for a lot Of
Gagged snakes that very likely will be the death
Of isome Of us is enough to make any one ques-
tion your sanity"
Now, you Just hold your horses. One Of
these days will be able to cell those snakes for
10 or 20 times the amount paid for them, and
as for managing them-you just let that to
me-"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-08-28

Also connections made at Chicago with all
Buffet and Dining ear lines to the