Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-12-04

Col. Ingersoil, in addressing juy
trying case involving the manu-
facture of alcohol. described this
arch enemy oil the human race thus
effectively:
Il am aware that there is preju
dice against any man engaged IN
the manufacture of alcohol | be.
lieve that from the time it issues
from the coiled and poisonous worm
in the dislillerv until it empties in.
to the hell OF death, dishonor and
crime. it demoralizes everything that
touches it from its source TO its end.
l do not believe that any one can
contemplate the object without pre-
judice against the liquor crime. All
we have to do, gentlemen is to think
OF the wrecks on either bank of the
stream OF death. OF the suicides, Of
the insanity. of the poverty. of the
ignorance. of the restitution, OF the
little children tugging at the faded
and withefed breasts of weeping and
despairing mothers, of wives asking
for bread, of men Of genius it has
wrecked, the men struggling with
imaginary serpents
believe every thoughtful man is
prejudiced against the stuff called
alcohol
'Intemperance cuts down youth
ia it's vigor, m lnhood in It's strength
and aye in its weakness. II breaks
the fathers heart, bereaves the dot.
ing mother, extinguishes natural
affections, grasses couiugal love, blots
out fiIal attachments, blights
parental h,pe and brings down
mourning age in sorrow to the grave
1t produces weakness, not strength;
sickness, not health; death, not life.
1t makes wives widows, children
orphans. fathers fends and all OF
them paupers and beggars.
ut feeds rheumatism, nurses
govt. invites cholera, imports pes
thence AMI embraces consumption
1t covers the land with idleness.
misery and crime In fills our jais,
almshouses and asylums.
t,Tt amman ,ps ,Dnt ,.o,,.,rer
quarrels and cherishes riots. 1t
crowds our penitentiaries and fur
nisheS victims for the scaffold. 1t is
the lfe- blood OF the gambler, the
element of the burglar, the prop of
the highwayman and the support of
the midnight incendiary.
ut countenances the liar, respects
the thief. esteems the bias phemer. 1t
violates obligations, reverences fraud
and honors infamy. 1t defames be-
nevolence, hates love, scorus virtue
and SANDERS innocence.
1T inctes the father to butcher
his helpless offspring, helps the hus
band to massacre his wife, and the
child to grind the parrlcidal AK,
1T burns up men, consumes won
en-, detests life, curses God aud de
spises heaven.
1T suborns witnesses, nurses per-
jury, defiles the jury box and stains
the judicial ermine.
1T degrades the citizen, debases
legislators, dishonors the statesman
and dsarms the patriot.
'It brings Shame not honor, terror
not safety; despair, not hope; misery
not happiness; with the malevolence
of fiend it calmly surveys its fright
ful desolation and unsatisted with
havoc, it poisons felicity, kills
peace, ruins morals, blights conf
dence, Stays reputation and wipes
out national honor-then curses the
world and laughs at its ruin.
ut does all that and more-it
murders the soul. 1t is the sum of
all villianies, the father of all crimes,
the mother of denominations, the dew
,l's best friend and Gods worst en-
envy"
Nevada's building at the exposi-
tion will be sold to the highest bid
der, as it is impracticable to move it
20 the university campus. The min
ing exhibit will be placed in the uni
versity cabinets, and the furniture
also will be sent to the university.