The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-27

to druggists. On the other hand, II he
wants whisky he goes just as naturally
to Saloon" All! Why is the man who
sells spirits not called spiritualist The
word saloon acts on the president of the
w. G. T. U. as red rag does on bull.
The excellent creature( may her tribe in
crease losses up her head and joins issue
with the man at once and with noble
=;sor. She hurls great chunks Of statis-
tical, religious and miscellaneous wisdom
at him, till the wonder grows that he is
not annihilated. The power of earnest
conviction is great, and before woman
how weak thing is mani
He is well nigh ready to say, Almost
thou persusdest me to be Rechabite:
when some hooking fiend pulls him up
with a broad grin, suggesting rascalIy
Sir Toby's immortal proposition, 'Doss
thou think because thou art virtuout
there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
The charm is broken, and he is safe from
the president for that time.
But 1t cannot be doubted that thefe has
come to be more or less disagreeable
suggestion in the word Saloons" All
good women seem to share in this strange
prejudice. They fairly hate the ''saloon."
They cannot or will not see that there be
saloons and saloons. In the moments of
madness to which their mankind are so
subject, they extract from these promises
that they will not enter the abominable
place to look upon the wine when it is
red or the whisky when it showeth itself
in It's amber beauty. Much unnecessary
suffering is thereby caused, and much So
phisticated effort to beat the devil around
the stump.
consulate"
These rash promises are also I'M
doubtedly the source OF much aad seri-
GUS illness to the unhappy men who
E:ske them. Frequently it is nominated
in the bond that illness is to be consid-
| cred an exceptional state Of things, justi-
flying an infraction OF the rule. Even If
not so nominated, it is not seldom so con-
sidered by the jesuitical invalid. The
women, too, are poor lawyers, and they
invariably fail to specify the manner
form, description, sort, kind or kinds of
Illness, indisposition, malady, disease,
trouble or sickness which may be treated,
benefited, relieved or cured by the suf-
ferer's favorite prescription. The result
is that we may trace back to these wretch
ed promises an amount and variety OF
human suffering compared with which
the Armenian atrocities sink into utter
insignifcance. How these attacks would
end il the remedy were not SO convent
emily get-at-able, is an inquiry from
which the mind shrinks.
Yes, the saloon must go-and be re-
placed by some more understanding
word. Consider what an enfranchise-
ment would follow upon this simple
change. All those, and their name is le-
gion, who have an oath at home, and
who would not lay perjury upon. their
souls-no, not for Pommery-might pro-
coed to palter in double sense-might
keep the word OF promise to the ear and
break it to the hope" 1t is easy to play
the sophist with a politely complacent
conscience. But that by the way. Your
moderately thirsty soul, then, having ar
gued out the case to his own satisfaction.
HES him to the winners. Hs! Eureka!
Pintner--hem somewhat stiff docs not
fall trippingly from the tongue but twill
serve. o, the power Of words as Our
Daily Work was wont to remark during
the recent revival. What struck one
most in that rather original periodical
was the power of juxtaposition, as thus:
snow is the accepted time, now is the
day of salvation - You can get a 81
saddle at Robinson's for $3.50" This is.
no doubt, fin de steele aud striking, but
to the average unreconstructed man who
has some respect for true religion, it is
somewhat lacking in stateliness.
Pope Cor was it the Salvation Army
poet p. said that words were nothing but
leaves, whose abundance indicated
scarcity of fruit. Byron knew better.
"Words, said he, ''are things" And so
they are. Given time, the words the
thing. Did you ever think-but here
we are, following another OF Nicotina's
vagrom becks-and if We follow her fur
Their afield we shall be late for dinner,
though in plenty of time for the conse-
quent reproof. And the colder the din
ner gets the warmer becomes the reproof.
But thus it must be. The brightest bles-
sings are too often fungacious; the desa-
gfements tarry and intensity while you
wait. And when we get into trouble on
account of our dalliance with her lady
ship, the little traitress slips off and
leaves us alone to take our medicine.
Presently, however, she skips back and
is wooing us again so winningly that we
forget her faithlessness. What wander
ing jade she is, to be sure. Frequently
flying OH in any and every direction but
the one we would have her take. Aud
yet she has such an irresistible, follow
me-lsds way Of her own, that we gener-
ally do follow where she leads (oblivious
OF OF. own wishes) and, following, find
that ner ways are paths of peasantness.
She has led us far from the theme of
thine illness, my Barrie, but aiblins thou
vert willing enough to forget il; and so,