Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-03-01

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tion. Enclose the amount in one and two
cent stamps in the bill which we sent
you If your renewal is due and send 1t
along. We purposely print our bills on
paper which will hide the perforation of
the stamps from view.
Census bureau statistics show that I'M
der the fostering care Of the Republican
and Democratic parties the number OF
breweries has increased nearly 25 per cent
and the distilleries considerably over 100
per cent in the last ten years. Over $4,000
men are employed in these establishments
and nearly $25,OOO,OOO are invested.
The Wyoming legislatur at its last SEES
sion, resolved, after that states 30 year
trial of woman suffrage, that 'better can
didates have been selected for Office, meth
DDS Of election have been purified, the char
acter of legislation has been improved.
civic intelligence increased and womanhood
developed to greater usefulness by political
responsibility"
A. Gabrielson, speaker, and Ira D. AL
word, singer, compose a new team sent out
by the state committee. They are first
class. N. J. johnson is having fine sue
cess in the northwestern counties. j. j.
Craig is doing able platform and organic
ing work in the Seventh district. J. M.
Elan keeps right on succeeding. The Ger
rie-Baker entertainment combination is
making a fine hit. And there are others.
There was a striking scene in the City
Temple, London, one day this month, when
in his sermon Rev. Joseph Parker, D. D.,
the minister, administered a pointed rebuke
to King Edward. Having alluded to public
houses as trap doors of HE'LL DR.. Parker
referred to the Kings recent brewing of beer
while visiting Lord Burton. eff the King
brews beer, what can be wrong in making
it?'' asked the great preacher. His brave
rebuke was loudly applauded.
In May Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Woolley
will sail again for New Zealand. He calls
it the Sweetest, fairest, strongest little
country in the world" and believes it af-
fords prospect of the ''prettest, fairest
fight since God said, Let there be light J! ="
In spite Of his inconsistencies his desire in
creases, he says, 'to see the church in a
head-on collision with the liquor traffic and
be in the wreck of one or the other" He
will remain edtor-in-chief Of the New
Voice.
Seminary (Norwegian) Minneapolis, num-
bers forty members, one-ffth Of the entire
college and seminary combined. Monthly
meetings in which Hopkins Wealth and
Waste is used, are held. The members
subscribe for twenty prohibition papers
and the college library contains four. An
oratoriaI contest will be held and sex
tette with two speakers has been holding
excellent meetings in various parts of the
city.
The Prohibition party will hold state
nominating conventions as follows: New
Hampshire, March 70; Ohio at Zanes-
vile May and 6; Wisconsin at Milwaukee
June IS and 10; South Dakota at Huron
June "a and 25; Illinois at Peoria June
20 and 20; Colorado at Colorado Springs
July and New York at Saratoga Sept
and =, Chairman Stewart will attend
several of the above The New Hampshire
committee has challenged the other parties
to meet him in debate on the evening OF
the state convention, but they have de-
clined. We admire their judgment
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cur
ed Dy Halls Catarrh Cure