The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-27
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.

TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
What Is Being Done for Temperance by
the Enemies of the Saloon.
Mrs. Susanna NJ D. Fry, the manag
ing editor of the Union Signal, is an A.
NJ. and PHI. D. by examination, has had
university training of high order, for
eign travel and stndy, and as judge in
the liberal arts department Of the Co
lumbian exposition, being retained upon
the committee of awards. Every recon-
mendatiOn which she made was accepted
by the board Of judges. General Eaton,
for sixteen years commissioner for the
United States bureau Of education, said
of her: "AIrs. Fry was one Of the most
intelligent, judiciOus and efficient Of the
one hundred and thirty judges Of liberal
arts at the Columbian exposition.
While for fourteen years professor of lit
erature and history in the college al
Bloomington, ILL.,, and dean OF the
wOman's department she gave lectures
on art and history to clubs in Blooming
ton.
A return Of the various articles In
common use in New Zealand has just
been completed and shows great fall
ing off in the consumption of liquors
and tobacco in ten years, but a slight
increase in the use Of cigars and cigar
cites.
As result of government control of
railways in Russia, great reductions
have been made in freight and passenger
rates and the number and speed Of ex-
press trains. Under the new system the
mileage decreases in proportion to dis
tance travelled. new impulse has been
given railway building in the empire.
Some Endeavorers Of Anita, Iowa, be-
coming concerned at the wholesale
and wanton destruction of birds for Orna-
mental purposes, circulated a pledge
among Anita young women EndeavOrers,
wherein they promised not to wear birds
plumage as ornaments. The young men
, took pledge not to do any more pot
hunting. This movement has spread
and the county Christian Endeayor con-
,, vention has indorsed it.
The drink bill is estimated at a bill
lion dollars and yet there are tens Of
thousands Of people living on the charity
Of those who do not drink.
,, The surgeon general now assures US,
" and furnishes statistics to prove, that al
$ coholism is on the decrease. In 1890 no
y less than seventeen posts had more than
ten per cent. Of their average number
l. under medical care for drunkenness; in
/" 1891, eleven posts; in 1892, ten; in 1893,
seven, and in 1894, four. These figures
L are hopeful, and warrant the belief that
le in the near future delirium tremens will
$ form no part of the unofficial tactics OF
- Ohr standing army.
%
u Phillips Brooks has said: "WOe to
50 the man who loses the faculty Of wor-
70 ship, the faculty of honOring and loving
~ and fearing not merely something better
q than himself, but something which is
the absolute best. the perfect good, his
= =, God The life is gone out Of the soul
u when this is gone. There is cloud up
on his thought, palsy on his action. a
. chill upon his love. Because you must
worship, therefore you must have God"
:
- An incident in connection with the
work of the floating hospital in Boston
8 points to the urgent need Of instruction
in dietetics among the poorer classes
Mothers boarded the vessel carrying pack
ages containing green fruit, sausages,
1e cold potatoes, salt pork, beer, brandy
and whisky, all Of which were cOnfscat'
IL ed by the physicians in attendance ant
OF consigned to the dock instead Of being
lg given to the sick babies as their mother
intended. No wonder that children com
In ing from such homes are constantly all
In ing and that doctors bills make such sal
inroads into the parents wages.
III
at During 1894, as nation" says tn
Advance, I'VE spent $6O9,OO00OO, O
81 100000 more than all the apprOpria
tion Of congress combined, for alcOhOli
ed spirits alone. To this must be adde'
1t more than $617,0OO,OOO for beer, making
ey total Of 81, ,226,OOO,OOO. This provide
IT. 100 glasses Of whisky and 220 glasses 0
beer for each inhabitant between tn
'eu Pacific and Atlantic per year. In strik
ing contrast with this enormous expen
he diture the nation received as interna
lg. revenue tax less than $l00,0O0,0O0. 1
i've the light Of these facts, is 1t too much
ny say the liquor traffic constitutes the ag
problem, politically, socially, industrial