The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-19

'0t ~ il he alone had the power q
decide between the saloons and the
home. Ii j. solemn duty, and il
every elector will realize his re-
-ponsibility aud measure up 70 his
duty a. citizen and a patriot, the
saloons will be outlawed. The Full
.crum.
Not a brewer Or a saloon man cal
be found in the whole country who
will vote for a prohibition party,
but there are tens OF thousands oi
church members throughout the
country, who are voting for the
LIQUOR traffic. No wonder satan and
willy politicians laugh at practical
religion. Leader.
If any saloon keeper would darf
to give a horse liquor and make the
animal reel and unfit him Tor labcr-
such a saloon keeper would suffer
at the hands OF every person IL
whom such conduct became kmcwn ;
but what does the public DO when
ne perpetrates such mischief to a
man, also known a an American
citizen. Editor
Each one should speak out. there
fore, his own message. II il be on
ly a single word, it will yet bie-, the
earth, and any human life that fails
to hear its message and learn IT.
lesson, or fails to speak il out, keep
ing il locked in the silence ui the
heart. leaves this earth little poor
er. But every life, even the lowli-
est. that learns of God and then
speaks out it, message, adds some
thing To the worlds blessing and
beauty.-OullOok.
The temperance movement i not
OF man. but Of God. 1t has a hold
upon the christian and patriotic
cart OF this land. 1t stands linked
with vital interest Of the people. Il
has host OF workers at lts back
No !. trograde tendencies are visible
but signs rather point in the othel
direction. Besides, much Is ex
pected from our youthful temper
.ance organizations and from Christ
ian Endeavor societies, "a theil
latent force is brought into play
There ought not then, to be, anc
must not be any standing still ol
going back in the work Of destroy
ing the saloon or suppresslng the
Liquor Traffic. As noted leader:
pass from the scene of their labor-
there is all the louder cal Tor re
doubled zeal and activity on th'
part Of the rank and tile in the tenn
perance army.-The Presbyterian
According to Mr.. W. ;. Caine
Who has been an earnest friend D
the people Of India, and whose OBJ
-ervation and experience give hi.
words great weight, the lndlar
famine j. due to large extent u
the use of opium and Indian hemp
lie says the production OF these in
toxicants is doubling every ter
wears. and that statistics show
great increase in the consumption
of 'hese articles. He denOunces
the English gov rnmsnt for es.ab
fishing Iiquor shops to obtain a rev
enue from them. He says thai
nine -tenths Of the Indians would
prohibit the traffic, and that there
fore the sole responsibility rests OF
the English government. lie
charges the government with pand-
ering Ito the lowest vices OF tht
people. But our federal govern
ment l. JUS a. guilty. for il, tho,
panderS TO vice aud encourages in
temperance by making the mlnu
tacture and sale Of liquor a source
Of revenue. And this guilty part
nership between the government
and the liquor traffic must be dis
solved before we can make much
progress in temperance reform. LET
us not denounce Great Britain fol
its completely in the opium traili,
IN India and China 80 long a. our
own government receives 50 large q
share Of It's support from the manu-.
facture and sale If whisky and
beer. Lever.
The woman whose husband op
poses woman suffrage often has I,
support him at the waSh-tub.
Better worship in a Prohibition
meeting on a week day than in
high license church on >und y.
Local option won't do it. Al
the saloons must die together. w
must kill the license system.
The license money j. Just 20 muc
more wrung out of the poverty {
the drunkard's home.