The morning times., 1896-08-31

arbitration: in Justice as opposed To greed
Of gain; in peace On earth and good will
to men,
We therefore formulate. and for our
selves adopt the following pledge, asking
our sisters and brothersuf a common ia niger
and common hope, 10 make common cause
with us in working its reasonable and
helpful precepts into the practice of every
day life:
PLEDGE.
Il hereby solemnly promise, God helping
me, 10 abstain from all distilled fermented
and malt liquors, Including wine. beer and
cider, as beverage, and TO employ all
proper means to discourage the use of aud
traffic in the same"
To confirm aud enforce the rationale OF
this pledge, We declare our purpose to
educate the young: to form a better public
sentiment; to reform, so far as possible. by
religious, ethical and scientific means, the
drinking classes: TO seek the transforming
power of divine grace for ourselves aud al
for whom We work, that they and we may
wi!fuIly transcend no law OF pure and
wholesome living: and finally we pledge
ourselves to labor and pray that all these
Christ, may be worked out into the Gus
toms of society and the laws OF the land.
One hundred and fifty thousand licensed
saloons In the United States; 2, 100000
drunkards i'll the United States. The
drink bill of the United States for 1891
according TO reliable estimates was ST.
2OO,O 900 900.
The censuss o: 1890 gives 1905 Us
the number of paupers In alnishouses; the
average cost of their support may be placed
at a low estimate at 500 per year, ma king
a cost to the tax payers who support the
institutions of 81 ,304. 800. In the State
of New York the cost OF outdoor relief is
about two-thirds as much as the cost OF
If the same proportion holds good through
out the entire country, the total cost for
outdoor relief would he about 81. 500 roo.
Three four,hs of this pauperism is esti-
mated as due to inteniperapce, OH which
basis the cost of supporting drink paupers
is 50, ~ 600 annually.
Among themany lines of department work
in the W. c. I. u. none has reached such
proportions and been received with such
favor, in the same space OF time, as have
the W. c. T. L. medal contests. The med
ais are admired byeverybody, and all agree
they could not be improved. This work
now extends from the East to the West,
and with its rapidly growing popularity
will soon reach the gulf. A plan Is bag
evolved by which the holders OF diamond
medals may continue in a regular orator.
cal contest course to he called ". c. T. U.
School OF Oratory. Each diamond medal
holder will receive a certificate OF gradu
alton. The post graduate commencement
will consist of Rotations to be taken from
The Educator, the Endorsed recitation book,
and delivered by the graduates, thus encour-
aging the holders of the first me dals to win
them oil.
The kellogg Memorial Building at Chau-
tauqua, n. Y, built by James II. Kellogg
of Rochester, n. Y, is in charge this sum-
mer OF Miss Rena \ asher. Mr.. Thomp-
son built the cottage in memory Of his
mother, and it is through his generosity
that the W. c. T. L. has a Chauta uqua
home. The noon tide prayer hour is
observed in the building daily, and is led
by the distinguished visitors at Chaut
qua Large quantities OF literature are
distributed during the season, and the
ladies are always present to receive and
entertain callers Mrs. Caroline A. Leach
and Mrs. B. F. Vincent have a general
oversight.
Miss Belle Kearney spoke at Old Orch
ard August IL, at the Maine School OF
Methods, in charge of the W. c. T. T., and
captured all hearts by her mastery ad-
dress. She is to remain at Old Orchau
resting for a few weeks