The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-08
w. c. T. U. COLUMN,
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. /. HOBBS.
A DISGUISED DRUNKARD.
lie Reforms When Shown q Photograph
Of Himself Taken While Drunk.

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husband should know how he locke,
when he was drunk. She knew
how he looked well enough anc
needed not that any man shoulc
tell her. Her children also knew
by sad experience. but the mar
himself had very imperfect ides
Of the state Of the case. So once
when he came home and fell into Z
maudlin slumber she sent for thu
photographer to come forthwith
and on his arrival she set before him
his work.
She ordered the photographer to
photograph her husband as he sat
in his chair. The photographer did
his work and did it we'll, and when
the photograph was finished and
laid beside the husbands plate a,
breakfast il was revelation, and
the sobercd gentleman experienced
a decidedly new sensation. There
was no need Of explanation; the
thing explained itself There was
no chance Tor contradiction; the sun
tells no lies. There was no room
for argument. There was only one
thing 10 do, and that was to quit
and il is very fortunate that the man
had courage and sense enough to
do il.
How many man j. dcbasing
himself and drifting downward into
darkness, who, if he could but take
a good look at himself i'm his maud
lin condition, would turn about
forthwith and vet bc man among
men. And if an observing man
does not wish Ia sit for his likeness
in state Of intoxication he has only
to walk up and down the streets oi
some of our great cities, and he can
see the whole performance at a
glance. There are plenty Of speci-
mems of men sober. If men drunk
and Of men half way between-in
all stages If intoxication and in all
conditions 10 which strong drink re-
duce> men.
The man who is just entering up
on course Of dissipation can see
one man who has taken the next
st-p. and 20 has gone on further
than he has. If he will haunt the
streets. the police courts, the pris-
ons, he can see the whole problem
Of intemperance worked out from
first to last. He can see men
Young. daring. reckless and gax-
He can see them excited, bcwil-
dered, debased. besotted. lie can
trace their course ON and on through
paths OF Sorrow, degradation and
crime, until at last they end in
dark. dishonored graves, over which
love may weep in anguish, but
where hope plants no flowers and
sorrow has no consolation.
Let the moderate drinker, let the
man who has taken the first glass
walk up and down among the sa-
looms, grcggcries. doggerie-, dance
halls and dcns in the slums Of our
great cities, and he can see the pic
ture of himself after one year :
drinking. after two wears, five years
and ten wears. If he lives so long,
and if he j. wise man he will he
content and quit the cup without
waiting to sit for his own photo
graph.-Christian Safeguard.
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With large maloritles in the legis-
laturcs Of Ohio and New York this
year. the Republican party refused
to touch any excise bill, no matter
how moderate, that was likely to
offend the liquor trade in any re-
speci. Elsewhere our correspon-
dent tells how the Haskell bill was
defeated in Ohio. O'Donncll's bill /,
a somewhat similar one, was ac-
corded even less consideration at
Albany. Even Local Option bill
j. too exalted a measure now for the
Republican party Ia touch. But
We haven't seen any notice vet tfrom
Rev. DIR. III. X. Carroll that he has
left the party on that account,
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One Of the members IL the Cana
dian Parliament made terrible
threat the other day. lie pro-
posed. if the Prohibition resolution
that was pending should be adopt
ed. 10 move at once to abolish the
Parliamentary bar, corresponding To
our "cold tea restaurant at Wash
lngton. How many men tainted
away, we are not yet informed, but
the terrible threat had the desired
effect. and action was deferred!