Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-06-23
v. c. I. b. NOTES.

"Maka yourselves nests OF pleasant
thoughts, trinht fanciea, satisfied
memories, noble hiatories. faithful
sayings = treasure houses of prscious
rostfu thoughts which caro- cannot dis
turh nor pain mako gloomy, nor poverty
| take away from ua, bouaua built with
nut hands for our souls to live in. ~
RuslSin.
Lovely June" has as it's browning
| day the ninth--Jo Casaeday' a birth
day, for years observed as Flower Mis-.
sion Lay wherever the white ribbon
unites loyal hearts. Gentle, patient
jennie CaasedRy, upon whom was laid
the cross Of bodily helplessness and
suffering, and to whose brave snirit
the Master gave wings with which to
go about doing gond." And because
she go lived, the observance Of her
birthday last Thursday gave Joy to
many sad and weary hearts.
Pleasant, indeed, ia ii to think OF the
Frightening of the faces Of sufferers in
hospitals and Of the eagernesa with
which little children held out their
puny hands TO the missioners, for the
flowers. Those behind priaon bars
shared too in tho ministry the object
always haing to impress them with
"tbo exceeding HinfulnesB OF SIM" and
at the same time to point them to the
Lamb of GnH which taketh away the
ain of the world" Another class for
gotten "a often as any uther--ihe in
mates of almsbouses, we're in many
instances made happy by remem brance
on the flower crowned day.
And throughout all the service
fragrant With love, was the inspiration
which came to those who engaged in
it, frum Jennie Casseday's rememh ered
life, in that she lived not "unty her.
sell :"
The Union Signal OF last week gives
the following letter from tho pen Of DIR.
NJ. s. Gabriel, n prominent Armenian
physician in New York City.
am in strong sympathy with your
cause, because have vast knowledeu
Of tha disaeter worked by the abuses OF
liquors. II ! differ from many OF thu
munhors of my profession regarding
this question II Ia M the very important
point that | believe that oven tina
moderate hut habitua uso at liquors
and wine and le0r is had for the
system. Though they contain elements
OF food because they are derived from
l0Ou, yet they are not natural food.
Nature does not furnish them as food,
They are not suitable FOR our digestive
System. l do not want TO be misundsr.
stood. | do not mean that the Uuca
sional or habituRl use of pure wine or
beer in small doses, ia ruinOus to the
system. Tbousantla nave used than
habituall ~ and without very appreciabla
harm. But does that mean ansoluts
harmlcssnoss? No. And that Ia the
important point. | am convinced that
they are more or less harmful. Some
persons powerfully constituted can
endure unnatural circumstances of
existence; othors Of less strong con.
Htituti0n, feel the bad effects only
after long years of continued abnormal
living. Or. Lancereaux of France says
that peasants who make q moderate use
OF wine are often affected by liver
disease. This is very significant. The
beverage accused Ia wine, the best Of
beverages, tho one which most an
proaches food and ia wine pure and
unfalaiiied, made OF good grapes by
the peasants themselves.
1t Ia used by'Eohsants who are most
Of the time in the opsn air working in
the field and living natural existencu.
They never abuse wins to tho point OF
drunkenness. T."
Now the conclusion. says the Signal,
which forces itself on our minds
10 this: III even pure wine used
moderately, and used by peasants, lie
apt to develop in the long run liver
affection, how much moro injurious
must he the use at vsrious liquors and
wines, which nre more OF less impure,
by people living in cities and passing a
great part Of their time in storos and
factories! Such uso is in itssf auffi.
Gent to degenerate nation In a few
generations F."
Tbe SignAl informs US that nthn