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A PITIABLE SPECTACLE.

The Jung Brewing company rec snt-
ly sued Edwin st. John, Saltwater, for
$685., the amount of his bill for beer,
whiskey and cigars distributed gratu-
itously among voters in order to in
duce them to vote for st. John, who
was the Republican candidate for
Mayor in 1904. St. John admitted the
purchase and distribution and Ward,
lungs agent, testified of series of
beer parties occurring, it would ap-
pear, at pretty regular intervals lex
cept during the week when the
preachers on the North hill made a
'holler' What spectacle this must
be for those Republicans who still
think of their party as the party of
those total abstainers and highminded
patriots, Horace Greeley and Abraham
Lincoln!
THE PEOPLE PAY THE FREIGHT.
The postoffice department pays a
rental to railroads of $4,000 year for
mail-cars that cost about that sum to
build, and they will easily last twenty
years, says Farm and Home. Besides
that the department pays higher rate
per ton for matter hauled than any
other shipper pays. Railroads pay the
meat trust cent mile for the privi-
lege of hauling the trust cars and car
ry freight for them cheaper than for
other shippers. And the government
is making imposing and costly investi-
cations to find evidence Of railroad
determinations! And the postal de-
partment is constantly getting after
newspapers which are suspected Of
abusing the. privileges accorded Sec
6nd:: class .PIbucations! The alleged
object is to: Prevent the usual "defi-
eit.",
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-05-01

SIdIe COuullII0o.
Seeing the uselessness of attempt
ing to arouse interest along old lines,
at the close of his third meeting Mr..
Hinshaw made an appeal for funds
for the support of county organizer
and to his surprise three men raised
their hands for subscriptions of $25
each and within 48 hours $275 had
been pledged to the county fund. In
a tour of only three weeks $500 were
secured.
"But where will you get your men
to man these counties? was asked.
Ten men from the colleges of Ne
braska answered, Here are we; send
us. 4" At the succeeding state conven-
ton nine of the ten expressed an in
tentiOn to devote their lives to the
overthrow of the saloon.
Ernest E. Taylor, Nebraska's secre-
tary, attended Parker College in this
state four years and while here won
the honors in state prohibition ora
torical contest. He hopes for forty
men to cover the counties of that
great state.
gagement with the Minnesota state
committee as Field Secretary. His
special work is the employment and
training of young men, especially
college men, for field work. The COM
mittee hopes to have fifty such work
ers in the field this summer. About
IS are already under contract to begin
at the close of the school year, some
of them before that time. Thirteen
have begun already. Prohibition work
has reached a new epoch in Minnesota
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PROHIBITION oRAToRIcAL CONTEST.

Minneapolis has captured the prize of
the Grand National Oratorical Contest of
the intercollegiate Prohibition Oratorical
Association, which will be held Friday
evening, June %.
This contest admits only orators who
have won an interstate contest under the
same system. There is no other college
oratorical association which has higher
step than the interstate. There will be
six speakers, each of whom has won his
local college contest, his state contest
and his interstate contest. Every orator
must deal with some phase of the liquor
question, and must treat it on the basis
that. the beverage traffic ought of right
to be entirely prohibited. He may
recommend the Prohibition party or local
option or the Gothenburg system, or any
other system that he believes looks to-
ward the ultimate total humiliation of
the business.
The six orations that will be delivered
in Minneapolis will be the selected ora
tons from probably not less than 800
that have been delivered, beginning with
the local college contest and climbing
on up through the interstate contest
The event is of national Importance in
the college world.
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PROHIBITION TRAINING SCHOOL.

In connection with the Oratorical Con-
test, Minnesota and Minneapolis have
also landed the annual Training School
which the intercollegiate Prohibition AS
ISOLATION holds in some part of the middle
west every year.
The purpose of the Training School is
the instruction and training of college
men who are entering the Prohibition
field as a life work, and also the help of
county and precinct chairmen and others
interested in the organization and sue
cess of the party. Indeed, every enemy
of the saloon, whether party Prohibi-
ZIONIST or not, cannot possibly attend this
school without being vastly benefited
On the Faculty will be Quincy Lee
Morrow, Secretary of the South Oak ota
State Committee; D. Leigh Colvin and
Harry S. Warner. Chicago; Virgil G.
DR.. Stanley B. Roberts, and DR.. w. B.
Riley, Minneapolis; VIM. A. Rice, At
torney- at-Law and Organizer for the 9th
Congressional District; Harley H. Gill,
Superintendent Of Fieldmen; ]. D. Engle,
Chairman of the, Hennepin County Com
mittee; Harold Crozier, Secretary of the
Young Peoples Prohibition Movement;
Secretary w. G. Calderwood and Geo. F.
Wells.
The school will open June 10, running
till the 18th; The tuition for the full term
will be $3.50.
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AMMUNITION FOR GUNNERs.

There are over 400 ministers on our
subscription list. This delights us.
It is a testimony to the work being
done by our paper which we appre-
ciate. The fact suggests great pos
sibilities. Suppose, for instance, that
each of these ministers, many of whom
are pastors, should make the most ex-
tensive use possible-or at least prac-
ticable-of the facts, figures and ar
guments contained in our paper within
even one year. What tremendous
power for righteousness they would
exert! We know that not few of
them, with whom we are personally
acquainted, are striking sledge-ham-
mer blows against the saloon.
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THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.

July LIST, when The Public Veal
will become a semi-monthly, our paper
will have completed nine and one half
years of life. It was preceded by the
Citizen, the Temperance Review, the
Minnesota Radical, the Northwestern
Prohibitionist, the Western Leader and
we wot not how many more. All of
these were excellent journals and
welded sledgehammer blows for our
cause. One by one, however, after a
much briefer career than that of the
present paper, they succumbed but
in no case without gallant struggle
by their publishers. Some subscribers
hustled for new subscribers. Some
did not. Some were careful to keep
their subscriptions paid in advance
Some were not. The result was in
evitable.
Minnesota Prohibitionists may we'll
congratulate themselves that their lat
est attempt in the newspaper line has
proven the most successful one. What
has been accomplished, though, should
be only stimulus to greater endea-
vOr. We can, we must, undertake
greater things than ever before. Back
bone becomes The Public Veal.
The monthly is soon to become semi
monthly. We want to expend more
money upon the makeup of our paper.
We cOvet a vastly wider hearing. We
should nave great increase in the
number OF our subscribers. We must
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Editorial
CHANGE OF NAME.

With this issue Backbone becomes
THE PUBLIC VEAL. This is one
step in the advance movement which
the Publishing Committee and the
State Committee have begun.
The name Backbone, which has
flown at the head of our paper during
the nearly nine and half years of
it's publication, has been a winner.
It's unique character has attracted at
tention far and wide and has done
much toward bringing us subscriptions
from nearly every state in the Union.
A great number have expressed their
delight in the name which, in their
judgment, so we'll suited our people
for, they have often written and said,
Not few of them, we suspect, will
dislike to see the old name come
down.
But the time has come, as the man
agement thinks, when different
name will better suit the character
and scope of our paper. Within the
limits of our columns we now propose
to discuss and champion related re-
forms and to labor for the physical,
mental and moral welfare of all the
people. We shall strive for nobler
citizenry, a grander nation, better
day.
THE PUBLIC VEAL expresses this
idea better than any other title that
comes to our mind. 1t is affirmative
and emphasizes the fact that the Pro-
hibition party is opposed to the sa-
loon and like gigantic wrongs only be-
cause they menace the public welfare.
Some have been displeased with our
former name because they have sup
posed that it indicated an assumption
on our part of about all the moral
courage in the universe. Backbone
has possessed no such spirit but we
are glad that the change of name will
remove this rock of offense.
The name, THE PUBLIC VEAL, is
dignified, ethical and sufficiently I'M
ique. 1t is expressive of the purest,
broadcast and highest in the thinking
and living of the people of today. : II
is toward this ideal that we set eur
face. It is toward this that: We shall
endeavor to point our readers. :: |:
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have thousands of them if we continue
to publish a semi-monthly, keep the
price at Csc and pay our bills-and
we must pay our bills. If we make
The Publi w e a l such a
paper as we greatly desire that it
should be, we must have the help of
many. Shall we have your help?
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-05-01

G. Hinshaw
was employed
last May and
was sent out
to raise funds.
At his first
three meetings
he raised SIPS,
the people be-
ing unrespon-
sive to appeals
made in the
name of the
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-05-01
THE PUBLIC VEAL.
THE VOTERS ONLY MEDIUM.

thing make his protest against the liquor
Lord the people, that he wants the saloon
recognized;
declare ITSELF and his conviction make
method fulfilled drops
ballot that calls for prohbtion-Frances E. Willard
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Ur.WrtH.IHE:.BARsd

The G1deOnS, an organization OF
Christian travelling men, are boycott
ting all hotels which maintain a bar.
Wouldn't you think, then, that Chris
tian ministers would give wide berth
to these death-traps? Isn't it especial
ly clear that associations of ministers
ought not to hold their meetings at
such hotels?
If they pay for the privilege, do they
do wisely to put their money into the
till of the liQuor-selling hotel? Is this
fair to the hotel which is making a
fight to run without a bar? If the
proprietor places parlor at their dis
posal gratuitously, are they as likely
to fight the saloon end of his business?
If the bar is run in violation of laws
and ordinances land which of them
is not?) could these ministers con-
sistently make war upon it until they
had first gotten out from under it's
proprietors roof? And if one of the
duties of Christian ministers, individ-
ually and collectively, is not to battle
against the liquor traffic, whether le-
gal or illegal, what are they for?
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HINSHAW'S WAY.

This is how the Nebraska state COM
mittee came to make material change
in it's methods of work and of money
raising Virgil
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1906-05-01

Judge Jaggard Of the Supreme Court
recently declared his belief that under
the Minnesota tax law, corporations could
property but also on the value Of their
business in the state. The spectacle
would then be avoided of small proper
ty-owner paying more tax than a gigan-
tic corporation making it's millions In the
state. More equitable distribution Of
public expenses is inevitable let it come
by whatsoever method 1t will.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
Answer to Question No. 6

What is the valley of Raca'
And what Ia Baca: Psalms Sic }
A question which has been
standing in the CREssET for
quite u while without being an
awered. But the .ime has come
tor Us to answer the question,
IN the 9Th. anG 9th. vs.. in this
same S4th, Psalm we find :his
language:
Blessed is the man whose
strength il in thee; in whrsc
heart arr the ways Of thon,."
Who passing through the val.
'ey of Dsca make it a wei: the
rain also ti'le.h the pools.
The man whose strength is in
the Lord, that man is blessed of
the L"rd, this mans heart are the
ways of them that pass thru the
valley Of Baca, making t a we'll;
That is making the velley If Baca
U well. We must notice that the
valley il represented as being
dry, or it. would be no need OF
those who passed through it, to
make il q well. Tn. valley be.
come, a great watering place,
u place to quench thirst. This
same man is spoken of in this
manner.
Aud man shall b. Ne M bnline p.ac,
ftniR The wind aud v c"vcmsnt iron
the tempest. rs n liver ~ water In u dr.,
place. As the shadow ~ a great ,ock !,
a ucn.y land. LA. So.
Yes he Is "a rivers of water II
, a dry place; The man who's,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
Question No. -.

Ed. please allow me space in your
valuable paper for some educated
we'll informed man to tell me what
that image was that John the Rev.
spoke Of in this manner.
Aud he had power to give life unto
the image of the beast that tho image
OF the beas, should both speak and cause
that a. many as would no, worship III,
image of the beast to be killed
Rev 1918.
john V0lncr.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
Answer to QUESTION
No. 8.

What is the highcs: Lart Of. the,
Dast! And define the highest
part from the lowest part.
prov. s--26.)
Tho question itsolf provoke
inquiry. Before God had made
"the highest part OF the dus, 'ot
the world" There would havsto
DO lower part There cannot be
u higher part ofauything; unless :
there is a lover part. Hence, We
must find some reason for the
expression made above. We
learn in Gods own language that
on tao fret day of this work Of
I creation Ho created tho earth.
But we also learn that there could
not, have been, very much dust
until otter the 3rd. day as the
waters Gov cred the earth until
that time aud thu third day tho
dry land appeared and after tire
land became dry the dust thon
could be compromised,
:, And then after the seventh
day. the day called the sabbath,
God says that he formed man,
from the dust Of the ground.
This formed man then became
} the highest part Of the dust If
the sorId. This also defines the
highest part OF HE dust from
the lowest part. The formed
ulan the highest part, and this
/ also separates this formed man
from the man created on the
sixth day; The man male and fe.
male who was created from 10th.
/, ing, spoke into existance,
Many people hold prejudice
: in their hearts until it hides
! from their view the blessed
truths Of Cots pure designs.
For the man who will not stop
to see, and investigate any thee.
~ presented, deprives himself
of much wisdom and good know
). edge.
N S" readers @of the CREssEr
y please read after your hum BILE
I" servant And learn both sides
Of a question before you set up
n your conden cation againlt 9th.
70 er side.
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heart. are re ways Of them that I
90 through he valley Of Baca,
making ita van y wafer.
The man who met ~ Gamari.> !
tan woman at the. we'l "a said,
that II you had asked q nsT /.
would Of given you . wen II 4
Of water springing up into ever-
lasting life. The womsn- repre-
seEting the Church, the Church !
the valley Of Baca. Christ the
Raca. Hence. the people that
pass through the Church to
heaven, have the ways Of the
heart Of Christ. making the
church well Of water that eli
who will may partake Of its puri.'
ty, and thirst no more; for Christ
said. Whosoever seekath after
Righteousness should be filed.
This fully applies TO the charac-
ter and the seven men in the
last days: when the restitution
Of all things come. For Christ
said to US by the prophet
For who hath dsspised the day Of
small ,hingss for they shall rejoice and
shall see the plummet In the hand Of
Zerubbabel with those seven, they are
the eyes Of the Lord which run to and
fro through the whole earth. Zech.
4-l0,
This makes a complete well
for every one to drink and IL is
the way Of Christ.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
QUESTION NO. II.

Also tell me what We arc to learn
from the 10 Oh. Of Genesis where
Jacob calls his sons to gather themselves
,ogather that he might tell them what
should be!all them in the last days.
e. Il. Sappi"gton;
Seyuin Wash
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would b their God. But to tia
Jews, He aays:
II. even !. VIII tear and 60 away; !
viii take sway. and mono shall rescue
him. $3.50
TIwill 60 and return 70 ny plscs.
Ill they acknowledge their Offences. apd
seek my face: 10 their afliction they
will seek mo early. Hosea S-l4-lo. !
The time when He cane, and
tore, and went away. was when he
came aud brought Judgement to
the Gentiles aud blinded the eyes
Of the Jews, by parables; ind in
this their affection. he left them
and went away to bia place asain
until they would seek him: and he
says, in their affection they will
seek him aarlv. for tho time must
come. when they will say;
Come and le, us return unto the Lord
for BIZ hath torn. and he will heal US; he
hath smtten. and he will bind us up
Are. two days will he revive us; IL
the third day he will rsise us up. ant
We shall live In his sight. Hose'
6-l-2.
Therefore. seek the Lord, while
he may DO found, Call upon hin
while HI ia near; OF let the wick
] ed iorsake his Ways. and the un
: righteous mar his thoughts, ant
return unto tho Lord for he vii
have mercy and abundantly bles
I you. by fully trusting in Hin
for his promises arc sure, For a
the rain and snow cometh from
heaven, aud retUruath not thithal
but watcreth the earth, that
. brineeth forth fruit aud seed t
the sower, and bread to the cate
a 80 shall this word be. that goet
0 forth out of his mouth; it sha1
= not return to him void, hut
shall accomplish that which b
u pleases, and proftir. that whel
unto 1t was semt.' So then til
Jews are in tn, dark for "a littl
season. and abideth without
shepherd. God said to them
/. For a small moment have | f0rsak,
thee. hut with great n,crcics will GA
or thee.
:, In q little wrath hid my face ira
thee for N moment. hut with everlastil
kindness will have mercy TN III,
saith the Lord thy Redeemer. lsa.
is.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
Question No.lt

II God IL y God OF mercy and
iu.tice aud il Job wus . perfect
and upright man why did God
turn him ovo, into SAtnn's hand
10 smi,o with sore ho,ls from tho
solo OF his foct unto his crown
job 2-6-7. Il II just 10 punish
man Lpr being periec, and uprigh,
IS. e. Merritt.
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Fer Sale

Saw xiil.' Engine 10 horse
power aud saw rig for sale. OIL
1t this OPrlcE II you want cheap
rig and buy al once.
We will take q good team IN on
the mill Or will trade 1t for good
pie.x ut il,'Wius land or timoe-
land
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Bro. Garrett will you allow me to ask
this question through the inquiry
column OF your valuable paper. And II
no other preacher or person answers II
you pleh,e answer. which IL; Please
explain tho last paragraph Of the 20 Oh
Of Isaiah. e. L, Ssppington.
Seguin Wash.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
Question No, -.

BRO, Ed. please le. SOME preacher
tell me who is the cause Oi so many
divisions: making SO many dlltsser'
denominations all fighting eacl
other with the sword Of sclsms.
John Volacr
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-9e-34-35
Nov il may BE- we'll for % vol
make . few explanations npon
the above quoted scripture. Al.
Though W hsvs prsv,ously given !,
. few oommsnts On the same. bnt
it will do NO harm 10 givs
them again. Az the Lord has
given, We give, and - be divides
his'own word 20 do We the same
Nov the Egyptisns are the real
6sntiles; the Israelitss the real
Jews, and the Assyrisns are the
mingled people, or in other words
We may call them dentila-Jews. !
l(Spoken Of i'll Nehemiah, 18th
Oh, .8rd. Vs. But says one
God calls the Egyptians his PEG.
pie, Yes, that is true; for this is
the idea act forth in the prophecy;
but take notice; that same prop
hscy says, In that day, ect,'
which includes within itself
q time that is not as yet, but is to
be at some future time; and in
that day that is to come, the
the Egyptians shall be called the
people Of God.
But first God had to purify
; them befor, they could be called
} his people. They we're called his
people after Christ died and pur-
chased them with his own blood
: and not before, That is, they
we're not called his chosen pso.
pie until after Christ sent them
: the Holy Ghost; then they were,
' Us Peter said, A chosen genera.
, tim, a royal priesthood, a holy
l. natios, q peculiar people. TIM.
q they should show forth the
u praise Of him who called them
, out of darkness into his marvellous
U light. III times past thew were
not a people, but are now tn,
n people Of God" And they have
u only gained this inheritance
d through Jesus Christ, the righte'
y Gus: By giving them eternal liz,
Il and granting them Repentance
=, unto that life: And in this nam
nor they stand by faith, TIN
8, above prophecy was fulfilled afte
II the death OF Christ.
~ And tho Gentiles We're the !,rs
!, to accept Christ, Aud the prop
in hat /" Hosea" in speaking If tn
10 day that shall come and brin
Or salvation and joy and peace
0. the Gentle world says,
And II shall come To pass tba, In III
A. place where Il was said unto them '
h, are not my people there II shall be sai
H., unto them ye arc the snna of tho livlr
:, God Hosea. Ito
is Now this prophecy in the stri;
he sense ct tho term, Is opp.ied
W. the Assyrian, or the mingled pc,
nd pie: and tho Gentlles +,
'st then they belonged to ii
lie Gentle world. and thair redeml
~ tion came drought Christ. Better
this they were not called ii
lot chosen l'eopl. OF God; simply b,
ay cause they had mixed themselv
,h' up with the Gentiles., B",
-; Assyrians and Egyptians wa
h;s numbered allie. aud Chris: h
cot came their stay and staff,
md And Israel shnll be third, ~
Ito the prophet: that ia. they sh,
""' be the third to receive Chri
~ And Christ himself said. 1T
Z first shall be last, and the ID
~sv shall be first" Now this mea
rim that a. Israel is the first
''"n order in Gods kingdom
'"a'' earth, they shall be the last
~ receive Christ. The Cent?