The South Western News, 1887-11-23

fects, it is the greatest social curse upon morality, religion and happis ness. It thereis any evil of social nature, upon earth, whick, essen essentially, - tially, essentially, requires prohibitory legisla~ tion above another, it is the social evil of the bar roown, There may be exceptions to the propositions I have laid down; but | all T have said is true of the char characteristic - acteristic characteristic bar room, and of the characteristic rumeseller, and of characteristic association. Police regulations, legal restrictions acd maodern sentiment, inmany places, have modified the accursed ewil: but the nature of the institutions aud their associations are all the same. Give the tiger, blind or seeing, a chance, and he will show bis teeth. Rub his paw backward, and he will display his claws. Just dive the bar room a chance, any~ where and by whomsoever run, and all the evils I have portrayed will characterize it, sooner or later; and there is not a bar room in America, however kept or regula regulated, - ted, regulated, that does not produce evil - evilnot not evilnot one that does a particle of good. A tiger caged is a tiger still; and however tamed, he is an animal whichno one would turn loose upon the community. I don't believe in the caged tiger, except for show; and not even then, if he -must put hiz paw through the bars. What an appropriate name is "TI. by common usage and consent to the bar room buss iness? Tiger!! I'have but incidentally touched' the widespread effects of the bar room upon society..upon the liome, upon the church, upon the 'morals, vpon the happiness and l vrosperity of Individuals, upon | polities and businessgeneraly. This ' would be a theme for volumes; and ! its discussion is so familiar that l cvery ome is pequainted with i, | The whiskey ring..bluck as Er'ol ! s and encirelinxothe world. . dbes | the hiroest business upon earth; | and its conseguences iu evil, mul-" ! titudinous and multiform, ahsorbl ulswallow upall other evils in ! proportion, DBillions of money are ;.,':;;:m,;w,'.'g in the drink bill and | investment of this country; and 'miilions of men, women and chils ~dren suffer in every eonceivable l woy by the liquor traffie. It is ' hell's bigzest buasiness; and all gf:"-::'.'cn stands aghast at it, The i The reformer is at work, however; lend nobla men and women | 're 'battline at the polls, lin 'the legislature, in the | pulpis, in the press, on the stump pancd upon their knees with God, | The high tide of revolution is roll roll| - | roll| ing up on the beach of this centu centu| - | centu| rv. Civilization is triumphing ;u\'cr darkness; and the vietory of Prohibition will come, I have said nothing of that small and decreasing clement of men, honest in the mistaken convictions about *'liberty" and ''manhood". . !n;xpmiiiuu to "'sumptuary legisla legislal - l legislal tion which vexes the citizens," and the like. 'This is a threadbare so soi - i soi phistry in the face of a stupendeus | evil; and it is time thrown away to ! combut this platitudinous old chest chestnut. - nut. chestnut. However, I want to say that [ respect the henest convictions of good men, though their arguments would land them in the lunatic asy asyi - i asyi lum.Every error has had its honest !and able defenders - even to poly poly| - | poly| gimy, slavery, anarchy, commun commun% - % commun% ism and the like; and so whiskey | finds a few advocates ot the same l orlers Ican only say of such, at last, T honor their honesty and acs ! kno vledge their ability; but T must {suy, from my standpoint,that their ability and honor are worthy of a l better cause, Alas! alas!

suddenly aud surely, a 8 the bar barroom - room barroom and its assoeiation: What was oncze hideouns and horrible will soon hecome agrecable and pleass ant to tha vitiated sense and natur natural - al natural ipelination of our sinful being. The inmate of the pemtentiary soon logos the sense of that repug repugnant - nant repugnant oder that fills the crowded prison. The hozis not conscious of the steneh of his stye; and -the once pure boy, thedosce hosomible and virtusus mangmill, BY associne tion, soon heeome dead o {ho' loathsome Liorinr of his i:'.iquitm:s' surroundings, especially in the fas fascisating - cisating fascisating har room, Butfewever rG-l cover from the effce's of her room | associstion. Tt i 3 the society of death. The: sa'oon is the de:n'?]_'." Upas around and beneath whiclh man socially cirelers and ('('Jt(l!'S' to die - to dieto cvery ennoblisg sentiment, idesal and relationship. | It is true the epon door to kel | and throuzh itwman's company i;; his gravitating companionship m]' everlasting despair. - Riackless, thronshtless, goiless, the mofly | multitode throwizing thronsh this gate of death, is madls, Sut merpi-| ly, rushing down the broadway to eternal destrution - actuated and inspired by its very assoeiation, Now it isthis very assogiation which sustaing the bar room. Break it up, and the saloon would be no more, It cannot he broken up. however, until you have des stroyed the bar, the very power of which lies in its association. So. cial drinking is ehiefly the rnin of the bar room; and the social fea feature - ture feature of this deally institution is one of the profoundest considera - considerations tions considerations which noves eivilzation to prohibitory measures, The saloon is not cailed the social evil; but it is in @ socinl evil. neot inferior in destructive power to that which is definitely characterized as such, It is upon a broader and a more deso desolating - lating desolating scale; and it leads to every cther sceial vice kuown to the in» institutions of crime. Rob the bar room of its association, and prohibition would soon he unheard of. The bar room would prohibit itself; but the associations ot the bar can never be destroyed until the bar itself is demolished, For

waves upon the head and upon the drum of the car in ruch a noisy room affects the brain just as a man softens a lemon by rolling and squeezing it until the pulp inside becomes liguid, Oae of the lead leading - ing leading officials of the Western Union | Company was compelled to givei up business some time ago on ac~} count of the approach of this trou troub'e, - b'e, troub'e, and his brother, avhio is in the service of the Baltimore gnd Ohio Company, is said to be threatened with the same "malady, In the rank and file of those who are con confined - fined confined to the operating tables the in instances - stances instances are evén more decided. The first*sign of the approaching diseases of the brain s a sgimple headache, which is g 0 ordinary a matter as to be often, if not ge'ne'r»% ally, disregarded, It is not until the disease has got a serious foots held frequently that 'the wictim is aware of its dangerous character, Operators in small offices with on - only ly only one or two keys are not known to be aflected, the ecases already treated by the doctors beiug, as said, confined to the great cantral receiving and distributing rooms in the main offices, 'b A L They Want Dr., Tucker. } Forr Gaixps, Ga., November 15, - [Specisl.] The Baptist here ! have indorsed Di. Tucker, and protested against his removal in very emphatic terms. The follow following - ing following document will explain itself. Baptist Church of Christ, Fort Ganes. Gu., November 6th. 1887: Resolved, by the church in confers ence, that we notice with deep ! regret that the proprictors ot the "Christiap Ind ex" have dispensed with the labors' of Brother H IT Tucker, as editor. Having full confidence iwthe Christian charac~ ter of Brother Tucker, and recog recognizing - nizing recognizing his great usefulness® to the denomination, it appears to us im improper - proper improper that our' denomination be deprived of his services, and, that, we tender to him ocur sympathy for the summary way in which he has been deprived ot his position. J. H, CorLEy, J. E. PAvLuIEN, Moderator.. Church Clerk.

How We'll Marry Byeand-by. Kansas City Journal.] I "Marrying is getting to be a farce and divorce a announced Rubbi Henry Iliowizi | in his paper before the Liberal winisters yesterday. It is this state of things that ecauseda witt) lawyer to preparea mew formula: "Mr. Smith," he wonld have tl e! officiating party say toa would<he bridegroom, "is it your firm pur purpose - pose purpose to make this pleasant lady your wife - until you meet one more pleasant ? STE e : | «Miss Jones, you have made up your mind to be the wife of Mr. Smith until you lose your temper and tire of him?" | "Yeou ; "Then I pronounce yow man and wite - until some court shall part you." e Macon. Ga.. November 15 - [Spe 15 - [Special,] - The - cial,] - The 15 - [Special,] - The following® trom this evning's News, will be of interest to the Baptists of Georgia: We saw a certain document tos day in the hands of a well known, pf)pnl:n' and wealthy Babtist of Mas con, which conclusively showa that a definite proje~t is ou foot that will surely result in the publication of a Bantist paper in this city. The plan iste buy the Christian Index, of Atlanta, and move the paper to Macon, where it will in futare be published and if the pros prietors of the Index will not sell then the projectors will establish a new paper in Macon. It is ins tended to operate the paper a 8 an adjus 1o Merer University, and | carefully wateh and foster the wel welfare - fare welfare of the iustitution as well as ladvxmce and protect the interesé of the Baptist chureh in every par particular. - ticular. particular. Buttered Toast. - Toast stale bread to a delicate brown, diF in | boiling water containing a little lsalt, spread with butter, and set in the oven.

Relief for the Anarchists' Families. CuicAco, November 15.--It g announced that the amnesty soc¢i soc¢iety - ety soc¢iety and the defense committee will join forces and 'assume the 'resgtc.m-'1 sibility of providing for the fami~ lies of the dead anarchists, and a permanent fund will be started for that purpose. There will be, after final recounting of the expenses of the funeral, a surplus of about 81,- 500 or 2,000 in the hands of the defense corimittee, which will form a nucelus for them to start the fund with. It is iotended 'to make this new organization na national - tional national in extent. N Thousand of men in this country keep half drank all the time, and yet they never use beer, wine or whisky, =~ They use bitters and tonic. There are seventy varie varieties - ties varieties of the furmer and seventy-eight of the latter, and they contain from ten to sixty per cent of aleos hol. In prohibition states they are in great demand, and they are freely used by many who are ens gaged iu the movement to abolish liquor, : e i The Houston Post advises the authoritics everywhere, in the case of an outhreak of the anarchists, to make no arrests, but to shoot the outlaws on the spot. The Galveston News protests against this, and says that the Post is aid aiding - ing aiding and abetting anarchy wheu it favors such extraordinary methods ) - e e dear old friend, how were you able to acquie such an im im'mense - 'mense im'mense fortune?" "By a very sim simple - ple simple method" "What method is that?" When I was poor I made out that I was rich, and when I was rich I made out I was poor." ~-[Texas Siftings. '

isa sereen at the bar room entrance; | and the door of this accursed hole | is the Jine of saparation between ' bar room interourse xnd the innos | cent and pure relationships of good i society. The saloon is sociallv| outlawed; and bow strange it js - | hew inconsistent - that a man : <hould be caught, perpetually or oceasionally, where he would be ashamed for his wife and children, 1 or the good of any class to see him ! | How feartul itis when a man ' reaches the point where he is not | ashamed to be seen in a bar room ! Tt argues either the low grade of society in the community where he lives, or it proves that he is far gone in vice and lost to all shamel ot himself. Now, what a place of social roȤ sort is a bar room! How a young man shudders the first time he stands before a bar room counter! How conscience smites and pleads against him! How guilty felt the boy the first time he stole through the back door, to peep into a bar room! How sleepless his little aching head as he rolled upon the pillow that night! How does an lonorable and virtnous man blush as he sometimes yields to the solis citation of a less exemplary friend, to take an occasional drink in a bar room! How must a church member feel who watches the cors pers and slips into these #inks of gin to drink and run from the sight of the debauched mob that mocks at his profession ! How the devils laugh at him! How they console themselves in their' iniquity ! How they brag upon

Prescor, Ari., November 15. - ~Private advices show that the recently discovered gold mine, ton miles from here, on the Lassay. ampa river, is richer by fur than anything ever discovered in the world, The ore advantages $l,OOO per ton and thousands of tons are in sight. Two men yesterday, with a common mortar, pounded out $BOO in less than an hour. The gold cling to the rock in the purest scales. A man with a knife can gcale off a handful in a few minutes: There is every indica. tion that the ledge contains fabu fabulous - lous fabulous wealth. This river has pro produced - duced produced millions in years past in places mining, and on one ocea oceasion - sion oceasion a pocket was found which yielded 100,000 in a few weeks. People are flocking thers in great numbers, - The pursuit of certain advoca advocations - tions advocations contimues to involve the pene alty of certain ailments. Telegraph operaters are liable, after long ser service - vice service to a peculiar palsy of the wrist, 'but if recent iustances evidence of the working of the law, they are 'now to become liable to softening of the brain, a trouble of a much 'more serious nature. The suffere ers are ohiefly operators who are crowded together in the rooms where a number of instruments are clicking together withan inces incessant - sant incessant clatter. The theory is that the constant pounding of the air

the distinguished aequisition to their ranks! How the bar tender winks and smiles aseant - ogles at the delighted crowd! How he would like to have your minister come; or to know even that he drinks wine at his own table, or banquets at the wine-dinner of his friends. Ilow he gloriesin got~ ting a member of the church to sign a petition for license at the end of the yoar ! T want to say, right here, that when a member of this church signs sueha- petition, bev:' goes out of thisbody,or I go out - outone one outone or the other. I had as soon sell whiskey as to have it done. Thene is no differance Between a rumn seller and a petitioner for bar room license. T will preach to no church that retains a liquor dealer in its mem'ner';'uip; and I had as soon they would have a bar keeper in the flock as a petitioner for license to sell whiskey. But oceasional tippling and tim= id beginnings soon end in frequent drinking and bold association with the company of the bar room, In i spite of conscience - in spite of warning and entreaty - the blush of original shame will scon fade from the manly check. Walking in the coansel of the ungodly will ,'s«m:: leave us standing i the way of sinners and sitting i the seat of the bold scoffer, Nothing corrupts }sn ranidly, hardens the heart so 8000, obilierates the conseience'so fesd g o < 2 A