Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-07-13
W. G. 7. U. NOTES.

[These notes are printed as furnished BY the
press representative of the State W. c. 7. u, and
this paper Is In no manner responsible for their
statements.l
s'If to make the best possible man or
woman out Of yourself is your highest
tribute to your kind and time, it fol-
lows that every undeveloped possibility,
every neglected talent in you is so much
loss to the race"
The Union Signal informs us that
''Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon reached
Chicago on Tuesday, June Goth, and
that in all the miles they jour
neyed during the two months OF their
itinerary, not one appointment was
cancelled, not one hour wasted, not one
train behind far enough to disappoint
earnest appeal and held many meet
Signal of june Goth contains the fol-
lowing editorial, entitled Rum in
Africa -
The Anglican bishop of Equatorial
Africa has created profound sensation
by stating that rs per cent of the deaths
of Europeans on the coast of Africa
are due to drink.
The excessive thirst caused by the
burning heat; the unpalatable water
containing deadly fever germs; the
depression that comes from lack Of
civilized society, with feeling akin to
Inconsistencies therefrom, are given as
reasons which make temperance diff
cult liz tropical climates.
The leading testimony of the highest
medical authorities deserves respectful
consideration. We are told that strong
drink or alcohol IN the tropics often
proves fatal to both the white and
colored races, destroying both mind
and body, and that in coast regions
like those Of equatorial Africa nothing
short of total abstinence will assure
immunity from its DANGERS
In the face of such assertions it is
easy to understand why oriental re-
lieions forbid the use of intoxicants.
It would be we'll if our American
civilizers and Christianizers would
learn this lesson of total abstinence
from "the heather"
Recognizing idleness as most potent
ally of the drink habit, the British
have provided light games and sports
| among their soldiers stationed in tropi.
| cal counties.
America should not he slow in adopt.
| ing like measures for its 3d. 900 men in
the Philippines and its several Thousand
more in the West Indies, who are keenly
susceptible to temptations in theiI
peculiar situation.
The European congress, recently In
session in Brussels, and called chiefly
to consider means of avertine the
| danger that threatens to exterminatt
the native Africans as we'll as resident
Europeans, expressed itself as fully
awake to the folly of having allowed
the importation of alcohol among ths
| Africans.
How slow the world is to learn the
great truth, that all wrongs must al
some time be righted, and that in tht
event of mans indifference, evil viii
perish by the divinely appointed
method of its our self-destruction.
The New Voice makes these state
ments from an interview with til,
eminent Austrian, DIR. Rudolf Pooh
Said he: Eyes, am total abstainer
and have many times proved that th,
non-drinker has the best endurance
| In my Egyptian travels with the cara
vans of the Beduins across the blister
| lug Qt56r 10 L OTlDh DO luOE6 WdbbT budl
they do, for / swallow no alcohol t.
burn up the tissues of the body. I d,
not use tobacco either, and to temper
ance give the credit for pulling m,
through the experiences that ar,
counted dangerous. {"
DR.. Pooh is not content with tota
abstinence for himself alone. Will
two of his fellow doctors he ATTENDED
the late international Congress at Pari
and secured the next meeting TO
Vienna in 1901.
The Smyrna Band of Hope gave it
annual picnic last Thursday on tn
beautiful lawn Of Mr.. William Hudson
near the town. The occasion was al
enjoyable one to the little people, ant
preceded their usual summer vacation
There are nearly 80 children enrolle,
in the band, and they are CAREFUL
taught by their superintendent. Misse
Elizabeth Smithers and Susie Hudson
So :" King Alcohol" may we'll tremble
for they will ''grow up"
|
DOHER.