The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1902-03-06

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yearly carried down to the level
OF the common drunkard. Liqu-
or has carried down to disgrace,
poverty and destruction many of
the most talented men from the
Bar, Bench, Pulpit and the Halls
Of Congress. Seven-eights Of all
crimes are caused b drunkeress.
Criminals are an expense to the
United States of over $o50,000,-
600 per year; from this traffic is
sent to prison 100, 600 persons
annually; 100000 children are
reduced to a state worse than.
orphanage; it sends $4,000 to
drunkards graves, and makes
60o, ZOO drunkards yearly.
According to the report Of our
Commissioner, the people Of the
United States, in ore year, sswal.
lowed from the counters Of retail
grcgshops poison to the value Of
ST, 573, 6 1886.
One OF the most melancholy
sights in this world is. a human
being, with God-given faculties,
made useless and in ruins by the
use OF ardent spirits. This evil
is contajious, and we often see
boys, mere children in years,
trying to ape all the antics of the
West old codger frcm the lowest
dram shop.
AJudge once said in senten-
eng a cu1pr1t to death, "Nor
shall the place be forgotten in
which occurred this shedding of
blood. 1t was one Of tne thou
sand anti-chambers of Hell,
which mar like plague spots the
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fair face of our state. For the
pitifu1 sum Of a dime was fur
nished the poison that made the
one he murdered a fool, and this
trembling culprit a demon. How
paltry the sum Of two human
lives. And shall we license this
traffic, and say the burden has
committed no offcnse cognizable
by earthly tribunals? IF so here
is what we license him to do"
Licensed to make a strong mar weak
Licensed to lay a wise man low:
License! a wife's fond heart to break.
And cause her children's tears to flow
Licensed to do a ne.gbbor harm;
Licensed to kindle hate and strife;
Licensed 10 lie We the robbers arm;
Licensed 10 abettthe murderer's knife
Licensed, where peace and quiet are,
To bring disease and want and woe;
Licensed the soul o. alto mar.
And fit them for a world of woe
The public school study Of
Physiology, which includes will
other laws of.health those which
re.ate TO alcoholic drinks ant
other narcotics, isnot reform
measure, it. aims at prevention
or the foundation of habits tina
will make reformation unneces
sary. The children in DIR pub
: lie schools arc in the habit-form
ing period of life, and the Amer:
can people-have said that during
that period they should be laugh
the laws Of health as stated, witt
: physiology enough to make thes.
laws ineligible.
The stare has need of strong
sober men and women. There
fore it provides that its school
, shall teach the physiological an
hYgienic facts which show tn
conditions of.such strength an
soberity. Having done that, tn
, pupil is left free as the air to &C
or not on that knowledge. Blu
the hope Of all education is th
: fact that the human mind is S
constituted that early informa
ton does influence subsequen
acton. The people Of the pre-
: sent day exhibit more intelligen
interest in the discussion of sar
: itarY problems. both public an
private, than AM preceding ger
GRAFTON, and this interest appear
to be steadily increasing as |
the cause Of this gratifying ii
; terest, a5large share, in our opir
!. ion, OF this country may wit
2 justice be attributed to the sys
E tematic study Of physio'ogy an
!, hygiene, including the scienti6
z temperance instruction who
: has for some years been a par
of the regular course Of stu ! y 70
all rpIils in cur PUBLIC schools
7 Mrs. CARktE WABNaE,