Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1898-02-01

against the drinking habits at Yale Uni.
versity and the Sc saloons by which it Is
surrounded. Miss Willard urges all W. C
the signatures of parents to petition and
forward the same to the faculty.
Hoopstown, ILL.,, town Of four thousand
inhabitants, has never had a saloon. The
mayor receives a salary of so cents a year
the remuneration of each Of the councilmen
is half that amount and no fees are &C
Icepted. Last year the combined salaries o.
the mayor and city fathers were given to
help needy widow pay her taxes.
Pres. Patton, in an address at a Prince
ton alumni dinner at New York, said, "Pro'
hibition will not stop drinking in Prince
ton; 1T will increase the trade in cork
screws" He was cheered vociferously
President Patio mis- making a great mis-
take in arraying himself against the posi-
ton of his church on that question.
Our premiums are simply immense. Ev
cry receiver of one, without exception
acknowledges their receipt in the mos
enthusiastic terms. Others are winning
them; why not you? Some who canno
MAKE a canvass are getting others to do so
Can't you do this? There IS more than ont
way of downing the saloon. This is one O.
the very best ways.
Lady Henry Somerset has written a let
ter to Lord George Hamilton, the secretary
of state for India, that the letter which
she wrote him early in 1897, in connection
with the repeal of the Indian cantonment:
act, was widely misunderstood, and sht
therefore desires to withdraw her indorse
ment of any form or principle of state
regulation of vice.
No temperance meeting need be dull l.
some fore handed officer or worker will Gu
an issue of BACKBONE INTO bits, giving
each of a number of members an article
or item to read aloud. This has been dom
in number of cases. The aforesaid work
er will be still wiser If ne or she will fol
low up the advantage thus gained by say
ing, 'Those extracts were from BACK
BONE, the greatest little prohibition pape
on earth. It only costs Is cents a year
Don't you want to subscriber
Lady Henry Somerset has again resigned
the presidency of the British Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, this time or
account Of continued ill-health. Miss Will
lard declares that mo other woman evel
temperance reform" as Lady Henry, ant
tor of her time'' This is a high tribute
both to Lady Henry and to Miss Willard
In the launching Of the Japanese battle
ship, Kasagi, at Philadelphia, for the frs
time in American history the use of wine
or whisky was omitted from the ceremony
Instead, the much more picturesque an6
appropriate Japanese custom was observed
of setting free half a dozen gray pigeons
The temperance and prohibition organiza
tions of st. Paul are holding a series o.
essay contests on "How May We Best Nee
the Growing Demand for Better Enforce
ment of the Liquor Laws?'' The Prohibi
ton clubs held their contest on the St1
inst, N. R. Frost taking the honors. Thu
Epworth League city union will contes
on the oath inst, and the final contest, I'm
der the auspices Of the Christian Temper
ance Federation, at which the winners a
occur March 8.
There were state officers elected in eigh
states last year, and in all Of them the Pro
hibition vote showed an Increase. The vot
in 1896 given in the following table is tina
cast for lowering for president. In Penn
sylvania the vote given IS for Lathrope
candidate for auditor general. The vot
for Swallow for state treasurer was 119, 1863
1896. 1897
Iowa .................. .......... 3,l92 1000
maryland ........... ........... 5,9l8 GIL
lMassachusetts ......... 1888 5,3S
NEBRASKA ......... ............. ,l98 l,64
NEW 1Oih .lO,UOG 1870