The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17

they would point their thumbs to tie
heavens; if they wanted him to die,
they would point their thumbs down
So today by the lessons of the bargain
counter we hold the life and the death
Of multitudes as they did in the Re
man Coliseum. Shall we say "Ihumas
up or Thumbs down."
The Earl of Shaftesbury's Caroc~.
Did you ever hear how the Earl OF
Shaftesbury was led to devote him
self to his great life's work? No Sool-
er did he enter parliament as yo1ln.'
man Of twenty-five than he at once he
gan to look around to see whom h.
could help. First he arose and advo
Gated laws for the alienation OF tho
sufferings of the insane in the Ful;!:r
asylums. AS soon as the pitifui eN-
istence of these poor unfortunateS was
bettered he wrote in his diary, And
so by Gods blessing my first effort has
been made for the advancement of hui
man happiness" Next he advocated
laws to better the condition of the
poor paupers farmed out to work, as
some of our states farm out their Grim
inals to work in the mines. Then be
extended helping hand to the poo:
little children who as chimney sweep
ers were compelled to work for liz
ing. Then this nObleman, noble not
only by blood, but by achievement
started out to help the seamstresses
Of London and the bootblacks and at
last even the criminals themselves
And when he died the Prince of Wales
as well as the London poor We'd with
each other to show honor when the
good Earl of Shaftesbury's body was
laid away among the honOred dead at
Westminster abbey. All these noble
philanthropies received their first i'm
pulse when as a boy he saw friend
less pauper in 4 cheap box being car
ried by five drunken men to the pot
ter's field May these thoughts on the
bargain counter be to us what that
plain wooden box was to the noble
earl. May we from this moment real
| ize that there are countless multitUdcs
In want and in poverty. May we 81
forth prayerfully, hopefully. trium
phantly, to do the greatest good we car
| to the greatest number and to help al
suffering hulaanity in Christ's name az
Jesus helped us. Then will the TRACE
dy of the bargain counter be for US &
| lifetime inspiration for Christian serv
ice.
copyright, 1907, by Louis Klopsch1
| Prevalence of the Drink Habit.
| Per cent of men who drink. 50.
Per cent who drink to excess. 80.
Per cent who are inebriated, II.
Per cent who are incurahIe, I.
Per cent of women who drink, 65.
The man who is responsible foi
these figures is DR.. w. D. Lawrence O
Minneapolis.
Fifteen per cent of the adult male.
in this country are teetotalers," sale
DR.. Lawrence to the Des Moines CO.,
respondent of the Clinton Herald
while So per cent are what may h'
termed privilege drinkers-that is. mel
who claim the right to take drink a
1t pleases them. but who do not drin'
| to excess.
Thirty per cent are diseased through
the use of drugs. These. statistics re
late to the use of drugs as well as tn
use of liquor. They are inebriates an'
have acquired the habit, which is be
yond their control. Of these - pc
cent are submerged.
'They are dipsomaniacs and reluir
the attention of the public. aid of be
nevolent societies, organizations. Sever
per cent are hopeless, and it is useles
to expend funds on them except TO iso
late and detain them humanely and a
work If possible"