The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-07-08
w. CT. U.
COLUMN.

Oliver Wendell Holmes says: ''rhe
humn race is divided into two classes; |
those who go ahead and do something
and those who sit and inquire, why
wasn't 1t done the other way?'
Life is made up not Of great sacrifi !
ces nor duties, but OF little things, H. |
which smiles and kindnesses and smai
obligations, given habitually, are whs'
win and preserve the heart and secur'
comfort True unchangeable love re /
models our chracters. removes the weed
OF selfishness. making US live for some
thing better than ourselves; making
us see new beauties in things around
us. and its sanctifying influence pu
rifles our lives. The following strong
words from Gladstone we would do well
to remember; Let us all carry with
US, deeply stamped in our hesrts and
minds, sense Of shame for the great
plague Of drunkenness which goes
through the land. sapping and under
mining character. breaking up the peace
of families, oftentimes choosing for its
victims not the men or women orig
inally the worst. but persons Of strong
social susceptibility. This plague and
curse let us all remember, is a nation
al curse, calamity aud scandal. | wish
we could all OF us take IL into our
minds, for surely there is hardly one
amongst US that has not seen, in individ-
ual cases, the pestilent results to which
this habit unfortunately leads; that
we should all carry with us individ-
ually a deep and adequate sense OF the
mischief. and an earnest intention to
do what in us lies, each man and
woman within his or her sDhe re, for
the purpose Of mitigating and removing
it,. Every act done In the great work
Of human progress will ever live.
Every act which tends to the annihila
tion OF error, is a stone. started from the
mountain top. which gathers force on
its way downward and starts other:
at every bound. No man ever becomes
temperate himself unless he tries t
make some one else temperate. This
is a doctrine laid down in the Gospe
in a hundred forms. If you are trying
to reform a friend or relative, you mus
introduce the desire to help reform som'
+ body else Michigan has law fixin,
4 4 heavy penalty on railroad companies 10
lemoloving persons addicted to the usl
> Of intoxicants. Senator Wray Of Brook
+ lyn n. Y, has intoduced an anti treat
ing bill. making 1t misdemeanor L
e treat" any person to liquor in an
i saloon, barroom or clubroom- Th
first offense is punishment by fin
l. of five dollars. aud the second by i'm
Il prisonment of not less than five no
d more than twenty days. y similar res
e olution has been introduced in the LEG
1 islature of Iowa. Don't drink 8 quart
OF beer at once, unless you are look
ing for a peck Of genuine trouble.
> Don't get the idea into your head tina
e you can pull yourself out of troubl
Il with corkscrew. Wanted by "
h c. T. U. new members ready and will
u ing to sign the pledge and help i
I the good work Wanted - In ever
State in the Union an anti-treatin
bill introduced in the legislature.
d Wanted - A contribution Of item
from one and all for the w. c. L. I
paper | am but one, but am on'
cannot do everything,
But | can do something.
- What I can do I'm willing to d.
And what ought to do,
- BY the grace of God will d
I, By Mrs. W. c. Warden for the v
t G, 4. U,