Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-20
Rudyard kipiing a Prohibitionist.

Rudyard Kipling says that one night in
a concert hail. he saw two young men
ply TWO young girls with liquor till they
We're drunk. They then led them stagger-
ing down dark street. The rest of the
story We give in Mr.. kipling's own
words. Then. he says, 'recanting pre-
viouiS opinions. ! became a prOhibitiOnis.
Better 1t is that man should go with
out his beer in public places. and con-
tent himself with swearing AT the mar
row. -mindedness of the majority; better
il is to poison the inside with very vile
temperance drinks. and 20 buy lager fur
lively al back doors. than to bring temp
tation to the lips of young fools such as
the four l have seen. / understand now
why the preachers rage against drink. |
have said. There is no harm in 1t. taken
moderately and yet my own demand
for beer helped 4, TO send these two girls
alone knows what end II liquor IS
worth drinking. it is worth taking, lit
tie trouble to come at-such trouble as
desires. 1t is not good that We should let
it lie before the eyes of children, and |
have been Il fool in writing 10 the con-
trary.'
This is important testimony. Rudyard
Kipling is no unknown person. No one
can accuse him of intolerance and fanat-
icsm. No one can taunt him with ignor-
ance of life.-National Advocate.
Don't Give Brandy!
The moral effect of early acquaintance
with scientific truth is illustrated by a
little story which the Rev. Mr.. Plumb
tells In the Boston ton TRANSCRIPT rlno,o :, an.
other state. said TO Mrs. Hunt: II shall
vote for your bill nave sold out my
brewery. and | am clean from the whole
business. Let me tell you what occurred
at my table. A guest was taken danger
ously i'll at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. there
was call for brandy to restore him.
NV little boy at once exclaimed: No that
ic ;,,st y;ha ~ ROpSn'f need lf WIFI
paralyze the nerves and muscles OF the
blood vessels SO they will not send the
blood back TO the heart.
when the liquor was poured out 20
give the man. the lad insisted on pushing
Il back.
You will kill him. He has too much
blood in his head already.
How do you know all that? his fata-
cr afterward asked
why. it is in my physiology at
school,
1T seems the textbooks, prepared by
such men as Prof. Newell Martin. +. r.
s.. of Johns Hopkins University. had SUE
ceeded in giving the lad some definite m
formation which had proved useful.
Senator said Mrs. Hunt. ARE You
sorry your boy learned thar at SCHOOL,?
Madam" the man replied, raising his
nano. Il would not take iiye tnousama
that my BOY will never be drunkard.
Gospel and Tobacco.
"A pastor states that while his whole
society expended in a year only SSH for
The suppOrt Of the Gospel at home and
abroad, sixty-seven of his church mem
bers expended $S45 for tobacco. y pretty
close race between the Gospel and tobac-
co. Scores e men spend hfty times as
much for tobacco as they do for missions;
and yet they profess to be servants of tne
Lord Jesus Christ, and TO love him more
than all else One hundred dollars for
tobacco and TWO dollars for missions, Or
even the same for each. What record
for he day o: judgment. Has Christian
itv no voice against Sucn Mucous n!
,.noc;Sy Holiness CONSERVATORY.