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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

had, stripped him Of his coat and got
ten mortgage on his home. Then he
would have stood good chance of
being elected to the city council or
legislature, along with the saloon
keepers.
Resolved, That we believe the
liquor business to be quite as honor
able as any other business, provided
that it is properly conducted.-Adopt-
ed at the convention of the liquor deal
ers of Northeastern Iowa
That is true. But athe only way
in which a business can be properly
conducted is SO that it shall conduce
; to the public good. The sale Of dry
goods, millinery, groceries, bread.
meat, hardware and lumber is so con-
Quoted. They are therefore honorable
lines Of trade. The liquor business
is not so conducted, can not be so
conducted. Therefore the liquor bust
ness is not .'as honorable as any other
business"
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
GEN. NILES RETIREMENT.

We were slow to believe that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would fail to make the
usual kindly mention of General Miles
on the retirement of that distinguished
soldier after his matchless record of
forty-two years of service The op-
portunity has passed, however, and it
was not improved. This gives joy to
the desk soldiers and to the pro-can-
teen crowd, whose pet institution the
General hit hard blow between the
eyes. The grand old veteran will, how
ever, take much comfort in the most
mplimentary testimonial rendered
him by unanimous vote at the recent
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
General Miles has not always agreed
with President Roosevelt. He sharply
disagrees with his view that the cul-
tivation of the war spirit is necessary
to the development and preservation
of patriotism in this country. He
lately said: 81 have had experience
in wars and have never found Amer
leans lacking in prompt patriotism or
in fighting qualities in any worthy
cause. The people do not want war;
They want peace" Commenting on
this utterance, the Cleveland Press
says, "The sooner the war spirit is
let die, the better for this or any other
Christian nation" To all of which the
great masses of the American people
say, Amen.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

Boss Durham spoke as follows to
Boss Murphy of New York the other
day: I'm Philadelphia, we don't pay
any attention to reformers, preachers
or newspapers. We quit that long ago.
They can't hurt or help us. We let
them go on and say what they please;
it doesn't affect the result. Philadel-
phia is over 100000 Republican"
Comment is unnecessary" but bit
of hard thinking would be eminently
in place.
District Attorney Folk of st. Louis,
who has made such splendid record
unearthing fraud and boodling and
who is now candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor of
Missouri, declines to probe the corrup-
ton that is known to exist in the Of
flee of the Excise Commissioner of
that city. The old story It takes a
big man to tackle the liquor traffic
when he wants nomination or a re-
nomination at the hands of either of
the license parties.
If the speech made by Bishop Nc
Cabe before the Erie conference of
the M. e. Church was correctly re-
ported, he declared that Old Glory is
without spot or stain on account of the
relation of the government to the
liquor traffic. If that be true, there is
no such thing as sin or responsibility
therefor, and the Bishops job and that
of every other Christian minister is
to hand out bouquets to their hearers,
sprinkle them with rose-water and fur
nish them with through tickets to
heaven on flowery beds of ease.
In this Christian land, on Christmas
day, the name of the Son of God will
be uttered profanely by many whose
brains are crazed by drink A multi
tude of young men will be well start
ed hell-ward. From many homes will
arise cries of women and children who
are being murdered by the one, who,
when in his right mind, loves them
more than his life. Why all this?
Partly because multitude of men,
who will on that day chant the praises
OF the Savior of the world, persist in
giving the support of their ballots to
the parties which give legal sanction
to the most damning curse that stalks
through the land. Why do they do so?
We are glad that we are not COM
PEELED to answer this question. We
pass it on to them.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

steal, and the last-named being also
sued by his brother for the value of a
half million dollars worth of lands
which he claims he signed away under
duress; with John Goodnow hoping
that the story of his beautiful life will
not get out, and with Tams Bixby
devoutly praying that his neck may
not slip into the moose, it looks very
much as though the Grand Old Party
needed the exercise of a great deal of
charity toward some of it's leaders.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
THE BETTER WAY.

Mrs. John Wilkburk of Hayton, Wis,
despairing of curing her husband of
drunkenness by other methods, locked
him up in his home, with his consent.
His neighbors could not account for
his mysterious disappearance. A few
weeks ago, at the close of a years con-
finement,i he was released. He de.
clares that he has been entirely cured.
We will know. more about that after
a few weeks exposure to the tempta.
ton afforded by the presence Of the
saloon. At any rate we incline to the
idea of locking up the liquor-the sa
loon-rather than the man. Man was
not made to be locked up. Judging
by their effects, that is the proper
treatment for drink and the saloon.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
Tit for Tat.

A straight ballot is always sure to
contain the names of Objectionable
nominees. Minneapolis Journal
OF course the Journal was speaking
of an old, party ballot It, is great
joy to vote ticket every name upon
which is that Of a clean and honorable
man. -. se@r ,.ss" r.a:. r@s
49,. ,a.,..s 4 *.a.*
County. option has been defeated
four times, which makes it palmer
than ever that we must, as the oppo-
sitien, vote for men, not parity.
j.. Flikkie in Minnesota Good Tenn
plar. ,,: ii, ...,...
Rather, it makes it palmer than ever
that the enemies Of the saloon should
vote with the party which will give
them better thing than even county
option, viz, state without saloon.
Phillip Allwine took So from the
pocket of a drunken individual in a
Seventh street saloon last evening.
He was sent to the workhouse for
thirty days.-St. Paul Dispatch.
He should have taken all the fellow
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

TO SUBSCRIBERS in ARREARS.

Bills of all subscribers then in arrears
We're enclosed in the September number;
In the October number we called attention
to this fact and stated that very soon aft
er mailing that issue we would send per-
sonal, communications to those still in ar
rears. I'VE were not then able to undertake
this work and expense but have just done
So. 1t has: cost us more than $50, every
penny of which we grudge, the more be-
cause it ought not to be necessary. after
enclosing bill four times year to sub
scribers in arrears to go to the additional
expense of personal communication This
would not be SO great if one letter always
did the business, but-well, you have your
bill. You may remit in stamps if you like
You need not. even write us a letter. Sim
ply be sure that your name and address
are on the letter sent you, enclose the
amount due in it, return to us and receive
our hearty thanks.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
Pith of the Press.

California Voice: The. traffic in drink
historically and logically means the traffic
in girls
New Voice: There is no moral evil upon
earth that can stand before the united,
vigorous, determined onslaught of the
Christian ministry.
Patriot-Phalanx: AS Prohibitionists it
is time to quit singing We're little Gid
cons band' To be a power in politics
requires numbers as well as courage. So
by every honorable means let us seek to
promote healthy party growth.
Detroit Record: If in any state or ma
tional election the Republican party wins,
the saloons stay. If the Democratic party
wins, the saloons stay. If the Prohibition
party wins, the saloons die. Do you want
the saloon to stay or die? Answer at the
ballot box.
The People: The liquor problem is,
says one, an evolution. It is likely to
be a revolution before it is settled right.
May it be only a revolution of ideas with
out blood-letting is the wish of a patriot,
but without shedding of blood no great
idea has ever reached full fruition. Per-
haps this may.
Northwestern Christian Advocates: If the
War Department had made half the effort
to- execute the law providing for estab-
fishing gymnasiums and reading rooms in
connection with army posts that has been
made to discredit the law abolishing, the
canteen, there would be fewer soldiers re-
sorting to saloons outside army posts.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
POOR THINGs!

With Perry Heath, secretary Of the
National Republican Committee, ap-
parently escaping the talons of the
law only through the statute of limi-
tations; with the big lumber firm of
Lieutenant Governor Jones and Ma
tional Committeeman and Boss Tom
Shevlin being prosecuted for a big
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

This number Of Backbone completes
our seventh year. Help us to celebrate
the event by sending us club Of seven
subscribers at seven cents each. At this
rate each subscriber must pay his own
subscription.
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You intended to send us club Of seven,
didn't you? Have you done it? II not,
was it because the time slipped by so
rapidly? We thought SO, and, say, the re-
mainder of the time will also slip away
just as rapidly. Won't you get at the
matter right away?
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We are only asking clubs of seven at
seven cents each, but you may take as
many additional subscriptions as you
please at that rate.
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The saloon will deprive multitude
of hungry women and children of even
a decent dinner on Christmas day.
Don't expect to win converts to the
Prohibition party in a thirty day cam
paign::, Pick your men and begin work
on them at once for November, 1904.
1t is. cheap to wish merry Christ
mas to a world weary and heart-sore
on account of the saloon. A Prohibit
ton ballot would be more to the
point. :-,, .
In the name of the Christ-child,
smite the liquor traffic hip and thigh
by shifting the political parties which
are synonym of license, that is, of
the saloon.
Ex-senator Thurston of Nebraska
has been engaged by the National
Liquor Dealers Association as it's
Washington lobbyist to checkmate the
Christian lobby and to stop legislation
against the liquor traffic. His job will
last several weeks.
If on Christmas the pinched faces
Of the children whose lives are cursed
by the saloon were to be pressed
against the windows of the citizens
who vote for license at local elections
and support license parties at state
and national elections, the gruesome
spectacle would spoil many Christ
mas feast. ~
In less than year the nation will
again determine whether the saloon
shall live or die. Have you yet de-
cided what you will do in order to in
crease the Prohibition vote in your
neighborhood and county? Have you
begun it? This winter is the best
time to make votes and it will slip
by rapidly.
1t is sometimes claimed that the
Dispensary system does away with
violation of law. Yet so outrageous
is. the defiance of the liquor law in
Charleston: South Carolina, that Gov.
Hayward has announced that there
must be some improvement" even if
he has to call out an armed and mount
ed constabulary to secure it,
Christmas should be a day of love
and joy and peace. But mingled with
it's happy salutations and songs, the
land will shrek, with hatred, groan
with sorroWg and rage with strife and
all on account, Of the saloon. Yet it
is a legal institution and it is we, the
people, and not a foreign potentate
who make the law which gives, it, life
Philadelphia brewers and distillers
are, charged with putting salieync acid
into their products, and DR.. B. H. War
rem, state. dairy and food commission
err, is launching crusade against them
on that score. Now suppose it should
be discovered that saloonkeepers have
been selling and their customers have
been drinking liquids which actually
contain Injurious substances! Hor
rors! -
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
Brief and Brainy.

We will never win the fight against the
saloon until Christian men widen the
circle of exclusion against the saloon
keeper to include their party as well as
their church.-C. N. Howard.
Never be discouraged because good
things get on so slowly here; and never
fail to do daily that good which lies next
to your hand. Do not be in hurry, but
be diligent. Enter into the sublime pa
thence of the Lord.-George Macdonald
Though the legalized saloon be "as blind
as fate, brutal as tyranny and merciless
as, DEATH am yet firmly convinced that
good men, helped Of God, shall wipe it
out, and that the tears and prayers Of holy
women shall prevail.-Chas. A. Crane, D.
D. e ...s Z;
Whether we .can~iever succeed in abol-
ishing the saloon or not, we propose that
the church shall withdraw her support
from the damnable treason SO that her
hands may be clean enough to touch the
hands of a drunkard's wife and child. =
John G. Woolley.
In very many localities I have been
grieved by what pastors and people have
told me concerning the ravages wrought
among young and old by the abuse of
drink. And in every case the evil has
been traced to the pernicious influence OF
the saloons. Wherever they exist, they
are public temptations to drink. Arch
bishop Keane. "y
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

Isaac Monderau, a. Pennsylvania Pro-
hibition leader, says in a letter inclosing
his; renewal:>g"I, have always been de-
lighted with your splendid little paper
ever since it came into our home.'
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01

Seven new Observation-Disclosures all we
ask OF you. Seven cents each-that's all
we ask OF them, provided they pay their
own subscription.
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MINNEAPOLIS, st. Paul & SaQlt Ste. Marie

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AS SOME BRITIsHERs SEE US
Point Of View American Lynchings That sups Belinda IN
England-Amerca ChargdWi Having mo Real Justice
Engishman Thought Am orleans AL Eager to Pull Rope

and grandmaw. And felt like an Issue Of
a yellow journal that has fallen nat.
house, he - said TAI unctously. i would re-
ceiye as guest any man OF ordinary rehne-
ment no matter what the color OF his skin ski
A man is man over here If he shows him =.
self to be such. We have no color line In
no. You. have no color line-every Amsri.
can knows that But why should you You
haven't the color.
but it would make no difference If we had.
English people are more Just, more liberal
speech and action for the people over here
than you have in America
Perhaps Englshmen are more liberal
dia? Englishmen there draw the color line
abo TFq s9S dG You not only had
Slavery SLAYER 0t there until comparatively recent
time, but the color line to-day Is more
sharply drawn even than in America.
oh "oh, ah-In sh X said Leopold; South
But somehow or other, could not interest
him in either place. 1t was America that
was the unforgivable offender, There was
there was something he winked the other
| eye at
Why, last summer we had some guests IN
the house who brought several colored serv-
ants with them, and they were very, Clearly
They w0pdnt eahs in basin p.t They They SAID add
| of water, and that in their country they con :
temptuously called 1t the Englishman' s
bath tub They said the English people
| did not know how to keep clean"
And surely If they judged the cleanliness
Of the English from that house. they were
warranted In their belief. For dirt was
everywhere. Not dirt of day, or week.
but of centuries. It was dust and sand and
lint and ravelinss. I don't believe that they
ever heard Of housecleaning. They were actu.
ally unable to sec dirt even tho It yelled at
them with athousand tongues.
"And as for keeping, their teeth clean, !
Miss Boney. They did not use a brush.
4 They said they could . not keep their teeth
clean with it. They had a little twig which
they chewed and chewed until they made a
brush end, and then they brushed and
brushed and brushed their teeth, sometimes
for almost an hour as they went about their
work. And that wasn't all. They had some
thing that they chewed that went all thru
the teeth and cleaned them where they had
not been reached by the brush. Their teeth
looked so fine that I asked one of them fol
a twig to use on my teeth. could not bite
it hard enough to make brush and ha6
him bite 1t for me. I have 1t STILL" and she
scurried away to find it for me. -
Now, what can be done with people of this
sort7 They reflect their points of view
They reveal the insularity of their British
ness, their inability mentally, even If the,
is not British. especially anything American
l realized the futility Of the discussion ant
SO silently stole away, leaving the two dot
: ing sisters, two friends. three cousins an,
! grandmaw to congratulate Leopold.
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of hell before I'd marry him. Then she
went to Berea and now she can earn more
than S. a month. Another girl created an
equally strenuous family crisis on her return
from college. Like the daughters of plain
and simple people everywhere. she imbibed
fne notions of living during. her college
course. She came to regard occasionaf
Iior Her father did not share her new
tangled notion, but the girl stood over him,
revolver in hand until he yielded up MS
and girls come from the feud~country. Ono
boy disappeared from tho college for several
days and his excuse was that he had been
to the county court to the trial Of "a shoot
in cese'' The professor insisted that his
attendance at that ceremony was not needed
ooh, yes; it was. was the man they had
been shootin' at
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Not sticky, greasy, gummy, but per-
Tuning, exquisitely dainty describes
Satin Skin Cream. Csc.
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MILWAUKEE, DEPOT.
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MISTAKE WAS FATAL
Cassie Benjamin Dies Of Drinking
Carbolic Acid,

Cassie Benjamin. aged II years, resid-
ing at 514 Fourteenth avenue Sc, mis-
took bottle Of carbolic acid for head
ache medicine yesterday, and before she
discovered her mistake, had taken IA
tai dose Of the poison. Four physicians
did their best to save her, but their skill
was unavailing. The girl died a few hours
after taking the poison.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-28

f. Schalles and wife: c. r. Sewcomb
and wife: w. F. Koehler and wife; A.
X. Lewis, wife and daughter; A. J.
Copeland and wife; J. C.. Sanford and
wife; Mrs. Ralph Thompson. Peter
Ward, Fred Steineger, wife and daugh-
ter, Miss Cloa; d. N. Hoover and wife;
Luke Hunter. J. NJ. Crawford. Frank
Lake. Jr. and sister; Miss Visa Lake.
Hon. Adair Wilson. Wash Patrick and
wife; Emory Brown. George Weaver.
wife and daughter; Miss Maud; Mrs.
Mrs. Todd and daughter; John Dayie.
Frank Fitchne. Mrs. c. Il. Dudley. ID.
w Hoover and wife; w. J. iredale
and wife: J. j. German, Harry Turner
and wife. Ed. German and wife; Ed.
Rossiter and wife; Doc VIM. OCon-
nell and wife: J. G. Higgins and wife;
Tom e. Davis and wife; X. g. Gaines
OF the Animas valley; Judge C. s.
Watson and wife OF Telluride; Judge
w d. Watson, Mrs. Ben HARDWOOD and
Mrs. A. l.. Cotton; Miss Marie Hol-
lingsworth, Mrs. Otis Ballou. Rasmus
Hanson. John A. James, Col. F. NJ
Snowden, Mr. Campbell. all of Silver
ton; Frank w. Barnes and F. T.
Brown and wife; George Tallman and
wife: f. p Brown Of Telluride; Harry
Schiller Of Denver and the San Juan
in general. ID. E. Newcomb and Mr.
I;skridge of La lara; Aleck Gorla of
Rico: Morris Gianni Of Ophir; Nat
Nash. j. E. Ptolemy, y. b. Shute. C
+. Allan.
There were several visitors present
but we are unable to give their names.
and also few Durangoites attending
have been omitted for same reason.
In addition to the above Messrs. Thos
lockwood, w. c. Chapman. S. w.
Pingrey. Thomas Mason, l. N. Covert.
Robert Dryer. Coe Franklin OF the
Durango contingent of pioneers pur-
chased tickets Tor the dance and re-
ception but were unable to attend.