The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-14
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF iNTeMPEaANcE
woman ana Intcmperance- She Ia the
One who suffers the Most From the
sale and Manufacture of Intoxicating
Reyprayes.

woman ana Intcmperauce- She IL the
One who suffers tho Most From the
sale and Manufacture OF Intoxicating
Reverages.
Women. as general thing. are not in
temperate: vet she is the one that suffers
the more from the sale and manufacture
Of such beverages.
The wife sits up alone till the midnight
hour aud often much later, waiting for the
coming nj him who but few years ago
promised to love and protect her. and now
with trembling heart aud bated breath she
lis,ens for his coming footsteps. longing
10 have him come. yet dreading his imbe'
clio words aud often crue words.
Don't YOU suppose. as she looks on the
drunken face and bloated form of him that
al one time she loved with all the strength
of her purc voung heart. and realizes the
blight that has fallen on her life. the
hone'essness OF her future. don't you think
she has depth OF suffering OF which no
one IAN have any idea save those. who
stand in the same storm tossed shadows
Md there are thousands and thousands
oi women in this free beautiful land OF
ours who night after night keep just such
weary vigils
And sure that mother. who for days to.
7ether denies herself the full amount OF
food that she may the Letter feed her lit
tie children: and. as she tucks the thin,
worn covering around them in their little
beds. and sees their pale. pinched faces,
haggard from want OF food. and hears them
murmur in their troubled Sleep Bread.
mamma" and knows that he who should
he tho support OF those little ones. is
spending his earnings m drink-drink. AS
she knees beside the empty CRATE. and
lifts her ewes to heaven in prayer. she sure.
" knows what it is to suffer when. in low,
agoni7ing wall she cries out. "Oh, God,
whv hast Thou forsaken me?'
There is another mother, Time Eas
written long lines on her face; her hair
is well sivered Years ago she was lett
q widow with one child. a lovely little
boy She loved him with all the strength
of her intense nature. She made many
sacrifices that he mioht be the better fitted
for lfe's Journey She tried to teach him
to avoid evil, aud to become a good and
useful man. She thought her teachings
were heeded. But they who deal in strong
drink indrced him to visit their places OF
ruin and death. Many and many a night
that faithful mother sat up and listened
with aching heart for the coming footsteps
OF her once Dure, now ruined, boy. Amidst
it all she still loved him, and prayed and
hoped he might reform.
One night she waited all the long. weary
hours for him to come. but the morning
light found his bed still emptv. He had
gotten INTO uIunken quarrel. anu VI
heat of passion struck n companinn blow
that deprived him Of life. He had his trial
and was sentenced to a long term OF years
in State Prison. The evening before he
was to be taken to prison his mother Wis
tied him in the county jail The nartine
of those two brought tears to all who wit
messed it. Then the poor old mother went
slowly hack to her lonely home. She went
in and directly up to her boys room; there
with clasped hands. she krelt down beside
her boys empty bed. and bowed her head
on the white counterpane. And there her
neighbors found her the next morning
One soft. silver lock OF hair fell beside the
lust parted lins. 1t hung there motion
less. No breath caused it TO tremble. She
was dead-dead of broken heart.
And yet, amid all this suffering that wc'
man is constantly enduring. we see every
dav some pure. fair young girl giving her
sell in marriage to a man that she must
know is a user of strong drink. And 50
long as woman will do this, so long must
she bear untold suffering.
If every young woman would utterly re
fuse the company OF every and all mer
who indulge in intoXicants OF any kind ol
form. OF who in any way favor the hduol
traffic. it would bring about a greater tenn
perance reform than all and everything
that is now or has ever been done.
But will they do it?-Western Christian
Advocate.