BARRED'1 FROM NORTHLAND
Alcohol Is' Not Allowed to Be Sold
Along the Coast of Labrador
Many of Its.Ill Effects.
"Alcohol'Is not allowed to be sold
on any part of the coast on which we
are working.'' says Ur. Grenfell, a fa
mous physician who is working among
the Eskimos; "but so surely as It
comes an Illicit sale begins, one
pees its evil results as quickly
as if, instead of alcohol it had
been the ,germ of diphtheria or
smallpox. Lying at my anchors
in Labrador harbors, women have
come off the ship after dark,
secretly, for fear of being seen, to ask
me for God's sake to try and prevent
its being sold near them, as their sons
and husbands were being debauched,
and even their girls were in danger.
"1 have seen it come among the Es
kimos. It kills our native as arsenic
kills flies, and it robs them of every
thing that would differentiate them as
^ human beings from the beasts.
"Why don't I want to see liquor used
at sea? Because when I go down for
a watch beiow 1 want to feci that the
man at the wheel sees only one light
when there is only one light to see;
that when the safety of the ship and
all it carries depends on the cool
head, the instant resolve and the
steady hand of the helmsman, there
is not standing there in place of the
man the poor, debased creature that
all the world has seen alcohol create
“1 have seen ships lost through col
lision because the captain had been
taking a ‘little alcohol.’ I have had
to tell a woman that she was a widow
8nd that her children were fatherless,
because her husband, gentle and lov
ing and clean-living, had been tempted
to take 'a drop of alcohol' at sea and
bBd fallen over the side, drunk, and
gone out Into a drunkard’s eternity. 1
Jiave had to clothe children and feed
them when., reduced to starvation, be
cause alcohol had robbed them of a
natural protector and all the necessi
ties of life. I have had to visit in
prisons the victims of crime, caused
as directly in honest men by alcohol
as a burn is caused by falling Into the
fire. I'kT
“I have been doctoring sick men
and women of every kind, and 1 have
found that I can use other drugs of
■which we know the exact action and
? which we can control absolutely with
greater accuracy In cases of necessity
for stimulating the heart. 1 contend
we can get Just as good results with
out it, and I always fear Its power to
create a desire ■ for itself. It Is not
necessary for happiness, for I have
known no set of men happier and en
joying their lives more than the crews
of my own vessel, and the many, many
fishermen who, like ourselves, neither
touch, taste nor handle it."
ABSTINENCE MAKES BIG GAINS
In No Country in World Has Cause
of Temperance Made Better
Progress Than England.
The progress of abstinence from in
toxicants in Great Britain may be
seen in the report of the temperance
organizations connected with the Free
Church union. Thirty years ago out
of 2,660 such ministers only 760, or
about one-third, were abstainers. To
day there are 2,670 abstainers out of
a total of 2,963 ministers, or seven
eighths of the whole. Out of 59
young men newly entering the minis
try 57 were found to be teetotalers
and 44 of these had never known the
taste of drink. In no country in the
world has the progress of total absti
nence among ministers been more
marked and more rapid than in Great
Britain, where the present arch
bishop of Canterbury is an active
friend of temperance In church, so
ciety and state, says Interior. Ad
dressing a recent meeting in Liver
6s pool Lord Charles Beresford, from his
youth a member of the British navy
and now standing at Its head, said
that 46 years ago he came to Liver
pool with a squadron which the city
entertained. Out of 4,000 men who
went ashore that year not over 300
returned to their ships sober, and
1,600 were left In the hands of the po
lice. Two years ago Lord Beresford
*ald he brought a fleet to the same
city, and out of 3,000 men who went
ashore not over three failed to re
port fit for duty when the shore leave
expired. Admiral Beresford attrib
uted the change to various causes, not
the least being the gracious influence
of Christian women who followed with
their prayers and temperance litera
ture the navy round the world. The
address of the British admiral stands
in marked contrast with that of an
American admiral who has recently
.expressed the fear that sober Ameri
cans will prove ''mollycoddles.”
Governor Hoch on Temperance.
Ex-Governor Hoch of Kansas Is san
guine of the complete success of tem
perance throughout the country. At
j a recent meeting in Chicago he deliv
f ered an address, in the course of
r i-which he said; "There is absolutely
nothing to be said in favor of the
saloon. As soon as the Middlefleld
[bill, or some other like it, gets through
congress, to make shipments of liquor
into dry territory contraband, the re
maining great obstacle to temperance
.will be moved.”
THE SEVEN KINDS OF GIVERS
j _
First, those who give spontaneously
1 and generously, but only to them
( selves—autogivers I hey might be
; called.
Second, those who give thoughtless
ly, without any real or high motive
givers of the occasion, as it were.
I Third, those who give as a sop to
i conscience and self-esteem; in a spe
( vies of ntonemeut for the evil they do
I —penitential givers.
I
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Fourth, those who jjve as a matter
of display, to win public applause for
their generosity—theatrical givers.
Fifth, those who give because
others give, because they are expected
to give, and are ashamed not to give,
and therefore give grudgingly—con
ventional givers.
Sixth, those who give because they
feel they ought to give; who give
through a sense of duty and not
through love—moral givers.
Seventh, those who give in the spirit
of Jesus; who give because they love
their neighbor as themselves, and
above all things desire to help them—
spiritual givers.
To which do you belong?—Rev. E. L.
Meadows in Pittsburg Christian Advo
cate.
POT SHOTS.
Pockets are one night stands for dol
lars.
A poet Is a man who knows how to
make words dance.
Most of the aeroplanes nowadays
are falling because of a defective flew.
The worst thing about real trouble
Is the fact that you can very seldom
talk about them.
Wild oats are a peculiar grain
which is sowed with a bottle and
reaped with a patrol wagon.
Phenomenal gravity does not assist
statesmanship, but It serves to keep
ofT some of the good fellows.
A “man’s man” is not necessarily a
man whom any old skate can take
away from his wife for an entire eve
ning.
Speculation consists of betting that
the big fellows are so much Interested
In robbing someone else that they will
not notice you.
Why Is it considered more of a
credit to descend from a fine old fam
ily than to ascend from a common
crowd of ancestors?—Literary Maga
zine of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
WORDS OF THE WISE.
An ill weed grows apace.—Chapman.
Saying and doing are two things.—
Henry.
He that dies i pays old deists.—
Shakespeare.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of
fame.—Euripides.
Excess of wealth Is cause of covet
ousness.—Marlowe.
As good be out of the world as out
of fashion.—Cibber.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtu
ous man.—Addison.
The two noblest things, which are
sweetness and light.—Swift.
Think not that thy rvord anc thine
alone must be right.—Sophocles.
Oft hath even a whole city reaped
the evil fruit of a bad man.—Hesiod.
Nothing Is there more friendly to a
man than a friend in. need.—Plautus.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
The best example some people can
be Is by keeping out of sight.
A man can overdraw his wife’s pa
tience worse than his bank account.
It’s better to be an ass and enjoy
life than a wiseacre and be wretched
over It.
Little children are so naturally
honest that it fools the life out of
grown-ups.
The reason a man can make so
much love to a girl Is he doesn’t
dream she Is making him do it.—New
York Press.
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.
We can never understand how a
woman can raise three or four chil
dren and not go crazy.
If you are as sensitive as the peach
crop you will encounter about the
same number of frosts.
The henpecked husband is one'
white slave who doesn't attract the
sympathy which is his due.
If the man in the wrong kicks hard
enough und roars loud enough the
man in the right will usually apolo
i gize.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
LIQUOR EVIL !S STRONG FOE |
i —
Arguments for Its Existence Are Sur- ;
prisingly Few, Weak and Spe
cious—Three of Them.
The liquor evil Is a strong and
mighty foe to everything that is pure
add good and true. And yet strong
anil mighty as it is, the arguments for
its existence are surprisingly few and
weak and specious. Only three are
worthy of even a passing notice:
The first Is the personal liberty
plea. Of course ours is u free land;
but free for what? Not for a man or
set of men to injure other men and
the community. Hut this is exactly
what the saloon Is doing. It is an un
mitigated evil. Freedom in such a
case becomes only a license that
should and must be curbed, writes
Rev. Charles H. Chapin, D. D., In
Christian Work and Evangelist.
The "poor man's club" is another |
specious argument. Hut, it may be!
replied, in return for the warmth and j
sociability and good cheer furnished
the poor man by the saloon, he is
dragged down physically, mentally,
morally, spiritually, and at the same j
time he worse than wastes his money, j
Thus the cost is too great. And, then, j
what of the wives and children? Are j
they to be utterly disregarded? Is it1
not better and less selfish for the man '
to make his home livable and attrac
tive for those whom he is bound to
love and cherish and support? I^et
him put into his home the wages he
spends for rum, anil there will be less
need for a "poor man’s club.'
But there is the revenue which the
city, county and state receive from
l the license system, which, it is as
j serted, is an essential thfng. In reply,
it may be said, and it can be clearly j
■-and convincingly proved by facts and
figures, that more is actually paid out
for police and criminal courts and
prisons and poorhouses because of the
saloon than is received from such a
revenue.
What, then, can be done to down
this foe, which, when looked squarely
in the face, has not a single Justifiable
argument for its existence?
Four things may be suggested:
>t-. First, conviction. Some few have
deep convictions against this unholy
evil because they have been injured
by It in their hearts and homes, and
others because they are active against
j it. But the great majority of good
people are lukewarm. Ail such need ,
to be aroused. If they would only ;
make an intelligent study of this
monstrous curse, as It is their duty j
to do, they would soon realize how |
it ruins the individual and leads to
pauperism and crime in the state, and
as a result their convictions would
stir their very souls and lead to some '
sort of action.
Second, charity. Most of the foes,
of the saloon are Christians, and char-;
ity Is a Christian grace; but the lack
of this grace is lamentable. Instead
of attacking the saloon, too many
temperance people aim their shafts ,
against each other, simply because
other methods than their own are be- j
ing used.
Third, concentration. Temperance
sermons and addresses are good, but
unless such bring on some definite
action the saloon only snaps its fingers
and laughs. We need to do as the
little girl did who prayed that God
would not let her brother catch birds
in his trap. When asked why she
was so confident that her prayers
were answered, she replied, "Because
I smashed the trap." If we answer our '
own prayers by voting against the'
saloon, by defeating legislators who
are allied with this evil, and by enact
ing laws against it, then the liquor
interests become truly frightened.
Fourth, co-operation. This is the j
tendency of the age, but temperance 1
and church people have not yet suf- <
flclently caught the spirit of it. Tern- ]
perance organizations are too far j
apart. There is thus a wicked waste
of power. We need to get together,
to work and tight as one man, to pre
sent a united front. To quote some
wise and true words from former
District Attorney Jerome: "The
reason why the church's wishes
and demands find so little con
sideration at the hands of poli
ticians, legislators and executive of
ficials is because they so rarely agree
amonrr themselves on any specific and
definite demands, and they do not go
about their reform work in a way to
command the attention and co-opera
tion of 'practical men. No party In
city or state could, or would, realst
them if they acted together with
earnestness, sincerity and true unity
of purpuse."
Because of a compliance with these
four essentials, there are sure signs
of success in the temperance cam
paign in many places.
Abstinence Absolutely Safe.
Gen Fred Grant tells us that In
early life, because of the greatness of
his father, he had an unusually large
number of invitations to drink. He
says: "1 tried to drink with extreme
moderation, because I knew that alco
hol Is the worst poison a man can
take Into his system; but I found out
it was impossible to drink moderately.
For that reason I became an absolute
teetotaler-—a crank, if you please.
When a man can say, 'I never drink,’
he never has to drink, Is never urged
to drink, never offends by not drink
ing.”
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