Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-19
W. 0. 7. u. NOTES.

VS. VI u We W. ~ ~
"Aii mems good
Be each mans rule and universal pence
Lie like shaft of light across the land,
And like a lane of beams nthwart the sea,
Through all the circle Of the golden year,
And feeling sure
That unto him who works and feels he
The same grand year is ever at the doors"
We resume our notes after their
omission for some weeks with the
dosire that they shall help swell the
tide Of influence for righteousness and
"purer laws.
A review of the field since the great
convention held in ST. Paul, Mimi, in
November, shows activity along the
lines of our national work. Mrs.
Lillian M. N. Stevens, president of
the National W. @. T. u, and Mrs.
Clara g. Hoffman, recording secretary,
stopped in Chicago on route from the
convention and were busily engaged at
the National w. G. 7. U. headquarters
there, until few days before the Holt
days, when they returned to their re-
spective homes in Maine and Kansas.
Miss Anna A. Gordon, yice-presidcnt
of the National W Q. 7. u, has been
on trip South in the interests of the
work, so states our National w. @.
7, .. corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Susanna M. ID. Fry, in her Union
Christmas with Mrs. L. M. N.
Stevens.
The Union Signal announces that
the date of the next national con-
vention, to be held in Seattle, Wash
ington, has been fixed by the general
officers rs October Goth and 25th.
Half the speakers at the National
Christian Citizenship Convention held
in Washington, ID. G., December 18th
to 10th. 1898, were women, several
prominent white ribboners having been
among the number. The Union Signal
states that tho object of this con-
rontion was "To make concentrated
effort to save Alaska and our new
islands and our soldiers from the
saloon
We select the following events Of the
past year from last weeks issue of the
| New Voice:
The fight for clean and pure sur
roundings for American colleges.
The defeat of the attempt to estab-
| lish liquor selling in the new National
Library at Washington.
| Tho death Of Frances E. Willard.
The launching of the battleship Ken
lucky, baptized with water instead of
| wine.
The introduction of the Ellis bill.
4 The SUCCESS of non -alcoholic medical
work by the Red Cross, among the
reconcentrados of Cuba.
The victory won by the total abstain
ing troops of Gen. Kitchener in the
Sudan.
The announcement of the success OF
the non-alcoholic experiments Of Lord
Wolseley, commandment chief of the
British Army.
committee at the Prohibition Park
conference.
The battle against the canteen system
in our army camps
The declaration looking toward pro
hibition in Russia by Novoste, the
leading liberal paper of Russia.
The Swallow campaign in Pennsyl
vania. lte,'
4 The victory of Canadian Prohibition
lists in the plebiscite campaign.
The casting of 80, 600 votes for Pro
hibition candidate for governor il
South Carolina.
The increase of the Prohibition Fart,
vote, in almost every State of thu
Union. l0i
The defeat of the attempt to repea
Prohibition in Vermont.
Il The effort to protect Alaska and on
new possessions.
1
II We give the following New Year
I thoughts from an editorial in tn
Union Signal: eis
/ "Would you belia pessimist seeinl
i only the mists or an optimist looking
} beyond the narrowed horizon Of today
Would you see fate in the world blind
5 memorable hard, or God in the worl,
3 working out the destiny of huma
soulsP The new year is q new outlook
| You look at it through the reflection c
0 your own soul. II you have made i
broad. and deep, and shining in tn
q light of Gods face, it will shine or
/ II it is troubled and turbid it will onl
y give flash here and there on its SUI
/ face. OF course poverty is dire an
selflshness and greed unbounded. bu
never before have SO many thoughtft
consecrated mon and women in and OF
y OF the church, peen thinking and tall
ing, OF social and economic condition!
/, and planning the remedies for existin
y evils; never before have so man
: pointed back to the simple condition
}. in the life OF the Apostles and the earl
\ church. lntemperanco and vice al
Q skulking everywhere. These evils seel
/ to debaurh- our men, our State, o,
!, NAHUM, NV lily ore chalien9eu
y never before. They hide their lace