The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-06-27

G. N, R. iiall, O'CLOCK. Nlsltins members Invited to attend.
 II. R. DAVIS. Chief Templar.
 Mss JENNIE MORSE Secretary.
 Prof. Hill has done great good in Flag ,taf along tho lines of temperance w,rk
 ue is an earnest worker, and a powerful aud eloquent speaker. and we earnestly recommend that the fir en Is of temperance will so arrange tluir plans wherever he is appointed to sIehk that the people may have an opportunity to hear him. For surely no one can listen to his lngic, and his graphic and pathetic word pictures without being convinced tEat their duty lies in assisting in the work for which he pleads He does not arraign the saloon alone as the sole cause of the misery and sin which flows from tie liquor traffic, but he stirs the dor inunt consciences of the people who, having the power to throttle the dragon, yet permit him to live to culse and destroy.
 1t is the work for wh;ch we plead" !" and the lodge of Flagstaff stands as an or,anization ready to mobilize the tcmpcrpnce sentiment, aud direct it to effective ends. Come out and help us in this good wo,k." @
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 A comedy young woman who said l,r name was Annie Thomas, and that sl 6 wa, chambermid in the Mansion II, use, Brooklyn, entered the Bedford avenue police station, in Williams bIrSh, late on Sunday night and told the sergeant that unless she was locked up at once she might commit suicide She said she went on a spree last "Wednesday and wanted an opportunity 10 grt S Der. She was held for intuXi cation, and WI on she Was arraigned in l.. Lee Avenue Police Court yesterday sIe begged Justice Goettin. to send her to jil for five days, so that she could brace up. She said that her dissipatpd habits during the last five drys had driven her almost crazy, and sLe was afraid that unless she was watched she might do herself harm Her request was grauted.-Sun.
 Just think of young woman who e,ilently desires to do Letter, being c,mpelIel to seek refuge ia ,i from t! c overpowerng temptations to which sI e is exposed while at liberty!
 If thi, was q litary case it would b, sad enough, but everybody knows t ct this young wom m is only one of .reat army of both sexes who nee toi'e protected against the alurements of the subtle demon of the cup E,Gybody knows, too, that it is tn" nature of alcohol to en(naIe and m s ve those who come under its power, and that while many are able to Use it without coming under bondage to it, very large percentage of those wh' have supposed themselves safe are c,n''nmI,y being >ercome ly it
 Why sho lli such an enemy of the human race be permitted 10 exist un dr the proteation of Ihe laws of A civilized community Why should Chlisti1n men and women sane io,, the manufacture and sale of tlis tr'acherous drug, either by licensing 1t or by using it them elves2
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 The British government has intro duced in the House of Lords bi.i which gives power to the courts to c mmit any inehriate to licensed retreat for a term of fro n six months to two years on the application of il relative or friend, supported by eri Gencc. The expression "habitual drunkard," as used in tho biIi, is de, clared to cover all cases where the persGn has become dangerous to him self or to others, or incapable of man aging himselt or his affairs, through h,bituaI use of opIIm or any other drug.
 Such law is DO doubt desirable under existing conditions, but Ike most r3'orm, legislation It begins at the wrong end; it puts paddock on the stable door after the horse is stolan. Why foster business which tends everyN here to produce certain results and then punish those whose only