Lucknow Sentinel, 1890-04-18, Page 3IRE LIQUOR PROBLEM.
I Calm Consideration ot Proposed lietl ods for
its Solution..
ALCOHOL. NOT Alrfi EVIL.
The Beverage Traffic -Sentiment Improv-
ing -,-The Treating Habit -High License
Irk Practice-ProhIbitloz-Government
Control -Drink and Poverty.
TRIED PAPER"
Perhaps no question that •has ever pre,
utt:,� . tEa. is h
has been eo earnestly as the liquor
traffic problem. Nor ie this at all matter
triotrio• 1ul
avE irvsi�or, wio.ri uu,toaot �[c, Yap6 in-
terests involved and the effects of promis-
huone indulgence in intoxicants upon the
people of the country Great advancee,
both in interest and legislation, have been
made within the lifeot the preeent genera.
• Sion, and now that as a rale tihe ohurchee
--are ranged-with-tboeer-who-seek a -remedy;
the need of careful study and careful
action is more argent, as it is desirable in
legislation that we should not do one day
what we find necessary to undo the next ;
mit another fu short that we may arrive
at a correct eotutiun of the great problem
with which we have to deal. I have no
pian of notion to outline hero, but ,Merely
wash to examine into the existing facto and
dirt some side -lights up:n theories
nlctdy b._f,ara the public.
In approaohieg the eubjsot it will be well
to discover what it is we are desirous of
, doing away with, how it cause 1i to txiat-
enoe, and by what means it euesiets.
Dinah that has been spoken and written
in the temperance oanse hasrbeen stigma-
tized as fanatioal, and, raskieseell due
—allowance—fat the aauso -'and the oeoaaion,
and with the experience of many yeere in
active temperance work, I meted confute
that many extremely injudioioua state-
ments have been put forward by too en.
thaeiastio or ill-informed chempione of
temperance. But better counsels prevail
now and the maturer thought, while it may
bring less of deolamatory denunciation,
brings to the nlatforen .and press proposals
of reform studied out with greater or lees
aoouraoy from sooiological laws azid that
b , + liberal morality' that Tooke to the
go • • of the raoo, while conserving tree
in itridual. liberty.
Alooholio liquors, we may concede at
once are of great use to mankind. As welt
talk of prohibiting the•produetien of opium,
(a moot Iasi fel drug) because vicious
peo•le contr et the opium habit,
or • e mining o ea , .eoauee belligerent
humanity uto it in bullets to slay- each
other, as to • prohibit the production of
alcohol beoanee it is misneed and male a
cum .inttead of a blessing. But because
opium, etryohina, belladonna, aconite and
other drugs in the pharmacepeeia are
capable of being, • and are, abused, will
hardly be considered.a veld reason for re-
fusing the'sthenefits they bring ns, when
legitimately used.
What are the legitimate uses of aloeholio
produota ? To enter upon a discussion of
the notion of alcohol upon the healthy
human subjeot would unduly lengthen
this paper, and the subject has been so
frequently_a_nd exhaustively! treated that in
so far as the oouent ption of alcoholic pro-.
ducts by man is concerned, I may be
excused for briefly placing it in the oategory
of the drugs above mentioned. Where its
000asional, or even regular, use is indicated
in the treatment of a physical ailment it
may be as properly employed an 'any other
product of natureor chemistry; and it
should no more be recklessly prescribed
than other powerful aids to medicine.
Ana would you relegate it to the
pharmacy ? Yes ; if possible. It is
essentially a product to be discerningly
need, and the necessary degree of discre-
tion is not poeseeeed by all, or even a
majority, of those who scan accumulate five
-tsante andwalk up to G-ealoon'bar,-Pcrbops
=few will disagree with this conclusion.
Where, then, is the great obstaole.to the
desired reform ? Ah I the Sllveremiths'i
Yee, it is the aggregation of wealth
behind the men whose craft, is the manor
traffio that makes is difficult to battle with
successfully ; it is the organization in its
interest and the exercise of its daily and
nightly vigilance over a sooiety "'strongly,
even now, under its influence that delays
the consummation whioh temperance
workers on whatever plan hope ttfn but
there ie no cause for discourbgement. There
has been a great advance • even within a''
very few years. Fortunately we have had
legislators who have been prompt to make
legislation keep pace' with improving
publin sentiment as nearly as is
commensurate with the proper enforce-
meat of the law. Sometimes I am inclined
to think they have ex.reeded that wise
limi-partionlarly when I reflect on
repo , d prohibitory enactments which
were passed and ill-enforoed, and editors
professing . ordinary moral attainments
supported in casting disoredit,on attempts
to •enforce the laws and chuckling at
occasional failures. I am comparatively
young, but even within my 'recollection
there has been a revolution wrought by
improving sentiment backed by legislative
fiats. Twenty-five years ago in some
districts not to drink, and that to exoese,
WAS to be considered peouliar. Whiskey
was cheap, " good," and a common bever-
age. For years my father was looked.upon
se " a fanatic" because hie " raisings" and
" bees" were not supplied with the usual
kege of liquor, and because the bringing of
bottles of liquor to his mills ensured the
• disollarge of the workman who persisted in
doifiXeo after warning. A country dance,
a hog -killing party, a marriage, a
christening or a funeral alike furnished
an excuse for unlimited drinking. It was
the usual ratification of a bargain in bus!-
neas, and I well remember how, when quite
a boy, a good -old minister who , tried to
steer the th gh Harkness, late at night
M the olo'iiliettil;.eeome lesson, has urged
upon mesa steaming hot whiakey punch as
a " night nip. -places for the sale of
liquor were plentiful, and the man who
made it a tutor to -,pass many of them in
travelling Was a marked than in the com-
munity. There has been -a great improve-
ment. in testes and habits, and also in.
idcae of what io good fellowship, and in
our laws.
Apart from the more aggregation of
•
inimarmasiiamaiimaiimpammallalaaniarouncomallammaiima
money and the employment of -men in its
conduct, the 1i nor traffio owes much of its
etrength to false ideas of honor and
taooiability. Ttleee.false ideas render easier
tine progrdse of th-ciiin who have already
formed she -appal-to-for liquor, while they
are responsible for misleading thousands
of youths who otherwise would probably
have escaped the toile. I refer .to the
treating custom -a custom act Billy.*
absurd • and demeaning to real manliness as
it id obviously in the- interests of . those
engaged in the traffio to foster and stimue
late. " Come and have something" has
been the password to vice to many a youth.
I have no hesitation in saying that were it
poseible to abolish thia treating oilstone
and restore the publio mind to a healthy
condition on that question the majority of
i' tx
the end of the license year and the whole
beverage trade would be seized, with a
G[OVlaaac.
Another source of strength to the liquor
traffio is the revenue it returns to govern-
ment. People eee the revenue it brings ;
they do not realize what its toleranoeoosta,
even when the figuree are burled at them
in bursts of fervid and dramatic oratory.
Blood moneyfi Yee; yon may call- it that;
but a good many whom I have known as
" temperance" men, when considering
the pros and cons of the gates -
tion, hesitated about aoknowiedg- lea
` eople°thswwe nowtaveter cntol:tie`it; acid. s >e'EutInlltt$ IPA worth.
-- so�d,a Iiei'sivili.iic DON'a'S.
poorly enioroed,it ilea eorry failure. Space _
well not permit enlargement upon the plea Hither wadihither in •the World of Art Even the Baby alga Now Become the Vic.'
ilgal<fltet. ;grahiWIi9?t on: the .grounds_ ot" and Pash.ion. ttm of Reform:
throwing -men ant of em ployment i but Tho -glop nontrasta with_t n geeQnnse;-
tho bevertage+ traffic -)ie waeteP.ul
Even the icaby is the victim -of reform.
oureiy it
their labor could and world be applied to Silk gloves are now woven in one piece. Methode employed twenty a ease ago pro,
something of real good to mankind. The shape of Easter egge will be meioh intolerable in the maniere' of to -day.
The ciaestion of the Government taking
the same as last year. The infantile don'ts are almost an nnmer-
contrXol_ of the t.rafc either as they have The rick -rack sunshade for next sum one as the ettgaettieal negatives.
dentsin regard to methylated spirits, or on mer'( nee has a rill e# ribbon worked bite- Among the approved are :
the Swiee or Bisruprekie,n plop, may be kbt fashion over the silver wire frame. Dont rock the' baby, a
worthy ot consideration ; but whatever is Don t.let him - leep in a warm room.
done it should square aocuratel with The Alabaster females stop of soda Don'.t let him sleep with his head nnder
q y imintairrs are getting scoured,. cover,
natural o rights and aim ao the general thwell- Prospective. •brides may like to hear that Don't let bim elect , with hie mouth
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being ie the race without regardumin to the the rice Drop will be plenty. open. 1
facilities offered for the accumulation of
wealth by private individuals or revenue by The old style tie, passing around the neck Don't "Pat "him to sleep.
the State. „ twice and tied in a_bow, is worn again. Don't try to make him sleep if he ie no r
to ter ., . ii , .., i a
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acv.... R"t7'�;-'asP?'.'^ uy 4.. ��•z� .i.. .sa.�.^'r. `7=e^:.....scc;v-w ._,
by some advanced, that ink is the sole, .or the newest nd perhaps,most
�icmiiio-g Don't lat him nap in the afternoon.
p p , the moat beset!- Don't let, him be kissed.
even the prinoipal,canae of poverty and oaf- ful orris.
terwg. tsar of this further in my neat. violets are the Lenten flowers, but all Don.t let him wear any garment that is
MASQUETTE. women who wear them do not g waist oto church. wale enough to bind his throat, arms,
t or wrists.
Huge blank tall° or lace hats, covered Don't have ball -buttons on the back of
smokers and Non -Smokers. • with the °hoioeet •flowers,are shown for his dress.
Perhaps the most inordinate smoker in spring wear. Don't have clumsy Bashes on the back of
the. United States ia Thomas A. Edison, New ant -glass salad bowls and bon bon hie dreee.
who aIeo behaves that' chewing toba000 is .boxes are called kq `-i-poor because of the Don �i cool his food by blowing; it.
eh
a good stimulant for any one engaged incutting. Don't feed him with a tableepoon.
laborious brainwork. He le rarely aeon The fencing craze has brought out a new Don't use a tube nursing bottle. ,
without a cigar in his mouth, and he hexagold lace Doi, c cbange-the milk you started with.
rued the, art of chewing and emekii s,�s d. pin in the foram of two foils Don't bathe him iu hot ore 1
that no money price can jastify
my entering into partnership wish
a wrong. Doubtleee the public's ehare of
the business is unprofitable, but, ate in the
high tariff, some people eee a large sum
collected as revenge and, although they
nierve1 that they remain poor, do not see
clearly how they are daily bled to produce
it, so on the temperance question a good
many do oonsider the money as an offset,
and failing to see that it far from balances
the actual fioanoial account, taking no
notice of the moral phase of the question,
hesitate about pursuing nee otherwise plain.
coiiree. -Tiffs ie equally tree as regards
Dominion and mnnioipal revenue, and as
long as we are silent partners in the traffic
it ill -becomes ue to dettonnoe those who do
the drudgery part, The man who grows
eloquent in prayer for the stomas of pro-
hibition while he pookete his share of the
revenue from the traffio-or what is the
same, sanotions its use by the public -is
not over -consistent.
The Efforts of temperance workers are,
generally speaking, devoted to gradnaily
lessening the number of planes where
liquor is sold, and, at the same time in•
ortasiug the cost_ ofentering the ranks of
the bar=keepers by higher lioense. Let no
glance at this method and its results in
practice.
Premising that that large and growing
class o citizens who labor for the exams -
non of the liquor traffio in intoxicants do
not as a rule support lioense as a revenue-
produoing scheme, but es merely an inci-
dental check ani means of facilitating
inepeotion and control, I may dismiss the
money argument forthwith. The traffio is
either right or wrong in itself -either good
or evil to sooiety. If good why should we
create a monopoly in it ? Why forbid any
who wish to engage in it? We know
that the ory is raised that in numbers of
licenses the limit is renally reached. Why
make ti limit ? Why is Jones' money not
as good as Brown's ? yet Brown is autho-
rized to sell and Jones is refused authorize-
tion. Simply because we aim by the
double checks' of limitation as to number
id high -license fess to lessen the number
of planes in which saloons can be legally
established. Now, experience has proven
that white this redaction . in numbers has
operated with greater or less success in
concentrating the traffio in.. the hands of a
powerful few and killed out many drinking
planes ,it has, as. por contra, made the
traffio more and more .respectable,/,led to
the establishment of inviting resorts and
made, in many ways, the introduction to the
down grade more attractive and the descent
easier to the better class of young men who
would not easily be induced to patronize
.low resorts before they had acquired the
appetite. And, , further,the would-be
liquor .eel er wbo ie unable, either by reason
of price or limitation of numbers, to obtain
a license has a grievance over that which
he would be able to plead under general
prohibition, in that others are given privi-
leges deniedto him. Whatever the increase
in cost of licenses and limitation of num-
bora granted may have don , it must
alwae a oe kept in view that the refuel to
grant more than a .c in umber is a
violation of the rights of it citizens who
are by" the law precluded from obtaining
such (if the authority to carry on the traffio
is a right), and that it has given a degree
of strength and reepeotability to it that
it could never otherwise have gathered.
The weakness of the high lioense system
may be briefly stated': It creates it mon-
opoly ; it makes liquor places attractive ;
it gives the 'traffio an air of respeotability ;-
it consolidates all the liquor interests in a
degree in keeping with the money invested
and to be earned in it ; it is false in prin.
oiple, and while it places those refused
licenses in as bad a position se they would
be nnder prohibition, it does not in p,raotioe
materially affect the consumption of spirit -
one liquors.
Have we the right to prohibit -I mean
right, not power? Undoubtedly. Could
it be shown that without a beverage traffio
sufficient fors anoh purpose as I have
referred to as within nits proper sphere of
utility could not be obtained, the negative
might be loreefally urged. Could it even
be maintained that theconsequences of'the
beverage sale affeoted only consenting
parties -that the drinker took all the con-
sequences of his indulgences -I fear the
argument for prohibition would be seri-
onely impaired. But that, I fancy, cannot
be done. The consequences affect families,
sooiety, the State,and, will• affect posterity ;
and in ouch oases society has'a right to
protect its members and itself.
Shall we have prohibition, then ? Pause
and count the cost -not the money Dost,
but the work of enforcement. I have had
Bomb%xperienoe in the work ; I know how
lukewarm some people become when it
come° to be a case of personal action to aid
in compelling reepeot for the law. It is
astonishing . what a deep sympathy
a captured law violater ;gets when
that law , violation consists in
Belling liquor illegally. The few
„get the work to do -not pleasant work -
and even moral" support is Sparingly given.
The law is all right ; prohibition is ° de-
fensible, -but you require a higher state of
culture, a more thoroughly imprisoned
Act a smoker, he is prettied hard by Mark
Twain, wbo al:+owe hiwsat 300 c ;are a
month. Oooasionoily Twain has benefit to
break himeelf of the habit. At the age of
34 he ceased from emtking fora year and
a hall. " My health," he said did not
improve, beoanee it was not possible to
improve health which was already perfect."
But by and by he sat down with a coatraot the faehionable dinner table.
behind him to write his book, "3toughingOne of the sensations of the spring will
It." and then he found himself most seri- be the new nndorskirte of Rennin (loth,
onely obstructed. " I was three weeks whioh is striped in gold, red and black.
writing three cht•ptera. Then I gave up
theefight,-resamedmy 300• cigars,- burned`
the three chapters, and wrote the book
in three months without any •bother, or Dark garnets, q
difficulty. - opals findfavorfor hair ornaments and
Howe never ease toba000, except in a p
very tare self-defensivecigarette, where a fancy girdles.
great many other people .are smoking."_ Sleevelees oriental jackets, a mase of gold
Gladstone detests smoking and so does or silver embroidery, have sprung into
John Raskin. Neither Thomas Hardy, fashion for house wear, with one bound.
nor Louis Bianca nor George W. Childs,nor The long ends of mantles, wraps and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, nor John- visiles that reach .to the knees are called
G. Whittier, nor John Wanamaker has pans.. To:--finielr them_fringing-of-out
ever used the weed. Lyman Abbota opinion garnet, filigree gold or ptssemonterie is
is adverse to !tat tee by a healthy man.
used.
Haber Newton deems smoking a habit in- The fashionable soup plate becomes
congruous for "a man of the Spirit." But
Robert Collyer emokes whenever he wants smweld think soup was goingup is price ler and has very little depth, One
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to and thinks it nubody s buaineee except
his own ; and the venerable William l3: very soon.
Furness, of okPhiladelphia, ban been a Walking skirts become fuller and faller,
etenex roma e
hie n neap _ ie p egg and a decided change is tgkine p1eoe in
is one of the most inveterate smokers in the style and general effect of the " make
England. ill?
De Witt Talmage was once a smoker, bat • There•ie no end to novelties in fashion
he gave up the habit beoanee he found it this year. When she appear° in her spring
was getting too strong a hold even him, oatfit the girl of ,the per iod will be a bell- MRS. BOOTH'S CIG 3.BBTT S.
James.Payn emokes latakiathe whole time .ii!ini eight to eee —.
he is at work, and holds that it stimulates " Bute" ie a technical name among cloak Scriptural Quotations inside the Little
the • imagination. Bi.ppoly.te Taine finds makers this year. Many of the jackets and • Paper !toile.
that a cigarette is useful between two ideas,' wraps have high collars and sleeve -heads, Cigarettes t I fairly gaaped with aston-
" when I have the first but havenot ar- to support which a little rat or roll of wad- ishment, and could not credit the evidence
rived at the second." Nevertheless he ding is inserted. of my senses. I was standing in the ape.
does not regard it as a necessity. George. Bridesmaids at one of the April wed- Dial sanattlm of Mre. Mand Booth, down
Augnstue Cala has been a constant smoker dings are to wear Maud Muller hats, white in the Salvation Army headquarters et
for over forty years, but had he his life to tulle gowns, and will carry little gold- No. 111 Reads 'street.
live over again,he asserts, he would neverhandled rake°. There have been bride-
" Pray pardon me," I said "if I am very
touch tobacco in any shape or form. grooms who should have carried that ill-bred and inquisitive, but are those
Henry. M Stanleynettries.baia-pipe-eeith-Lima- ' lee3lent, really-nig.rettee4"
" Won't yon try one ?" was the answer,
,On rainy days Broadway is bright with and a roguish smile dimpled the face as
colored umbrellas, Plum -blue is the most the little case was extended toward me.
numerous a great many • tan silks are I drew out a " cigarette." • Itproved to
carried, and quite often the red, eilver, be a small °Droll of rice.paper, which.
green -and gray of the n�aokintosh is re- unrolled, "disclosed a delicately painted
pealed overhead. spray ofmaiden-hair-fern, beneath which
The "all over" cloak, intended for travel- was ineoribed in tiny but clear Characters
ling and shopping, is something of a a verse from Holy Writ which embodied
novelty. It is out to fit like au ulster. No a promise to those who are not weary in
lining,is used and the sleeves are of the well doing. •Each little roll bore a different
bishop pattern, fall at the shoulder and design of fiowere or leafage and Scripture
gathered into a,wrietband. words of cheer.
Boas have been prescribed by physioiane , " Yes, these are Salvation Army (igar-
ee a presentative against la grippe. They ettee," said Mrs. Booth. " One of our dear
are worn on all occasions and grace ball girl'a made them for me, and they affe rd
-room as well as dinrieriiailets. At the first-meiihis greateet comfort at times. s non-
official dinner at the Elyeee• Mme. Carnot see, I have much to canoe me anxiety ,and
kept a'Russian sable boa about" her nook pain, and when I am weary and sad .I
all evening. stretch out my hand for one of .these
some of the new fade -veiling of point ' cigarettes,' and I am euro to find within
d'eeprit ie finiehed with a pointed edge of it something that brings comfort :and
eilver, gold or black. Among, the dotted peace." -New York World. ,
net there isa pattern in which only a few
black pastille or polka dots are woven, ' The Maligning Mother -in -Law.
placedso far apart as to give the piquant Mrs. Van Bibb -What is the matter
effect of paphes. with my husband, doctor ? --
The rooks of oases"in which hymnal and Dr. Sohmerz-Well, he has symptoms of
prayer books are carried, usually made of mania a pot(, in' addition toaonte °aphatw.
leather, are now shown in etohed,carved and algia and -nasal hypet emia. .F, dui
filigree silver. The books are also bound Mre. Van Bibb -Oh, dear 1 What do you
in metal. For the relieionsly inclined these euppoee caused it ?
novelties will be prized•as Easter favors. Dr. Sobmerz-I think it is due themes -
With the low -out coat barques so de- sive °erevisiao and oandagallio absorp
cidedly tailor made a little vest is worn, tion. -
Origin of. Quinine. and usually two go with the suit, one of Mre. Van Bibb -Poor, dear fellow 1 And
cloth like the dress and another of Mansell- mother said there was nothinerathe matter
les. This smart little affair coiisists of with him, except that he had been drink -
'standing collar and a bosom five inohei ing too much. Ishall never forgive her. a
ea. ed and jet shoulder napes, as before
made known, are to be among fashionable
spring wraps.
Young men will be interested to hear
that brown and drab oclored Derby° will
continue the style.
What are called altar oandleetickr", very
tall and of silver, have found their Way to
.,..Blaok.._.nnderwear-•---•has- -come- to be- re;-
garded as an (essential to a black toilet,
whether for street or house.
a week.
IIo,.'t allow a comb to touch his head.
Lon t let him eat at the family table.
Don't let bim taste meat until he ie two:
- Don't let him sleep on a pillow.
Don't coax, tease, torment, mimeo or
eoolci him.
Don't whip him.
Don't make him cry.
Don't notice him when he poute. -
Don't frighten him.
Don't tell him about ghosts, bugaboo
or bad places,_._ _ -'
-DOW "ishake him. _ e+
Don't put him in short shoes.,
Don't dance, jump or dandle him.
Don't overfeed him.
Dont let'him sleep with en adult. '
Don't plane him face to fade on a bed or
in a oarriage with another child.
Don't let him swallow things or eat
aahea.
Don't let him roll downstairs.
Don't let him fall out of winds ' s.
Don't teach him to walk.
Don'twitsh Elbe It , ye soap.
Don't let him ohew painted cards.
Don'texpose his eyes to the sun waken
protected by a peaked hat or veil..
Don't scream in his ear.
Don't rap him ander the chin.
Don't lift him by the wrists or arms.
Don't staroh any of his clothes. '
Don't allow him to wear wet bibs,
Don't Worry him.
Don't give him anything to eat between
meals.
wherever he goee, and neually carries it in
his month. Dr Nausen, though addicted
to the weed, habitnealy abstains from
tobacco when on hie travels. the same is
true of H.H. Johnston and Joseph Thom-
son, who have some reputation as African
explorers. -Once a Week.
The Power of the Voice. .
Probably no one can ever fully estimate
how much influence he is oonetantly exert-
ing through his tones of voice. Nothing is
ro powerful to cheer the. drooping energiee
of a discouraged group as . the inspiring
tonee of hope in the words .of a new ar-
rival.Who hes not seen the immediate
effect °T a glad ,and sprightly voice break-
ing upon a dell and anintererested party of
people ? How their eyes brighten, and
their brows clear, and their forine become
erect 1 On the other hand, let a solemn,
or doleful, or fretful voice break in on a
gay and cheerful cotnpanyand how quickly
the emile dies on the Hp, and the depreaeing
influence, goes round ! The infant who
cannot understand a word that his mother
says is soothed and pleaeed, or grieved and
frightened by her tones, and the seeds thus
sown of love and gentleness,or of harshness
and impatience, aro surd to bear fruit in his
later development, and exert a stronginfln-
ence in mellowing his future character and
preparing it to contend the better with the
roughneils of the world. -N. Y. Ledger.
•
Of the thonranda who say quinine is
" good for everything," few are aware that
its introduction into the pharmacopoeia is
of comparatively recent Elate. Quinine- is
one of the most common of homceopatbia
drugs and ia need fon all ailments. It is
an alkaloid obtained from the cinchona
bark, whose powerful properties as a tonic
became known about 1637. At that time
the Countess of Cinohon, vice-gneen of
of Peru, was very ill with a lingering fever,
and the beet medical men of South America
were in attendance and had almost
despaired of the countess' reoovery.. One
day a 'Washerwoman appeared at the palace
and gave the coni tate' maid a bark whioh
she directed, to be given to her mistress.
The countess• rallied, and in a , short time
recovered. The Estrange bark was then
galled cinchona bark, whose praises the
vioe-queen Was always singing. -Chicago
Times.
AtiyOiri Would.
George (vain and p0 5poue)--,hissMollie
will you marry -me ?
Miss M. -Y -yes, George.
George -I knew you would t I knew
you would just jump at the chance 1
It is fortunate that usury was not
favoredin patriarohai times. A bueineao-
life of five or six hundred years would
enable a pnshing man'to own the whole
earth.
The prettieet challiea in the market
oost only 45 cents a yard. These goods are
serviceable for infants' wear and make
desirable house drosses.
long, whioh is provided with holes to but-
ton on the dress collar. -New York World.
A Great Power Scheme.
A contract was signed at Niagara Falls
yesterday between the Niagara Falls Power
Company and the Cataract Construction
Company, the latter composed of New York
capitalists, for the construction of a tunnel
30 feet egnare, starting at a point near the
water's edge a short distance below the
Fella and extending under the village and
above about two miles,'where large manu-
factories are to be built, the mills dis-
charging water from their wheels into the
tunnel. The company also purchased large
tracts of land near the river, whioh - will be
leased for mill sites. Theannel is of a
capacity to provide for the. development of
120,000 horse power, and is to ooet,$3,500,-
000. The work is to be commenced as aeon
as machinery and material can be got on
the ground.
The famous tapestry patterns are repro-
dnoed in gingham. Aside from the artietio
beauty of design these Seotoh an Rrenoh
cottons have a aheen se glossy as Milk and
the pliableness of silk. Sateena can only
be distinguished from Indian silk by feeling
them.'
The difference in the Bea is remarkable.
Some women can go round the house fixing
np things with no noise or bustle at all,
while others can't make their appoaranoe "Mannprint" is the new name for the.
in the streets without it. - product of the typewriter.
Pointers for Advertisers.
Don't expect advertisements to gear fruit
in, one night. You oen't eat enough in a
week to last you a year, and you Can't ad-
vertise on that plan either..
People wbo advertise .ono° in three
months forget that'fogke cannot remember
anything longer than seven days. '
If you can arouse cariosity by advertise
menta, it is a good point gained. The
fair sex don't hold all -the curiosity in the
world.
Quitting advertising in dull times is like•
tearing out a dam because the water is -low..
His Feelings Were Hurt.
First Tramp= ---Bill, I'll never go to -!hat
hones again. The woman there ain't got
no manners whatever.
Second Tramp -What did she do ?• Sete
tho dog on you ?
First Tramp -Naw; but she gimme a.
soft biled egg, and when I asked for a nap-
kin, she slid: " Don't be so pertikler."'
She ain't no Christian.
Colonel 0. J. Murphy, -an American,.
Proposes 'to build a corn palace at the
Edinburgh interoolonial exposition which
will be held this summer.
A Texas debating sooiety recently had
for a snbjeot, " To it proper to sound elle t'
^in
dorg ?"-Siftings.
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