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Show i.'.'u;t trufiu i-, .1 ciiHMj ia eoriely I PStidg out ils vitals ; all attempts tol regulate it will uot only prove abor-1 tive, but will aggravate the evil; it must be eradicated ; uot a root must be left behind." f - t Temperance Department. By W. C. T. U. 1 f Mrs. Wm. Metcalf. Editress. T p'rom thu Character and Wisdom Series. An address making a plea for sound aud s.iber life : "The basis of intemperance i? the effort to secure through liq lor the feeling of happiness when h .ppiness does not exist. Men destroy their nervous nerv-ous system for the tingling pU-nsures they feel as its structures aie torn ap)rt. There -re mi.nv driifrs which cause this pleasure, aud in proportion to the delight they seem to give is the real mischief they work. As a drop o' water is of the nature of he sea, so iu i S doreo is the effect of alcchc), opium, tobacco, cocaine, tea or coffee, of the ualure of ruauia. Thay give a ; fteliug of pleasure or tst, whau rest or pleasure a es not exist This feel- iug arises from injury to the ue:v.s j which the braiu does uot truthfully iu'erprete." From Mr. Asthon's speech in the j Legislature : "The sale of liipior in I th'i United States ha? alooo increased crime far beyond th powers of i! e ! states, wii I) ll of th? revenues atising from th license of liquor, lo uuisb, L'iie c si of crime aloae due irei- . to the dii k traffic .is 1200,-0,000 1200,-0,000 r more than all thej liquo i 'venue oouivd into all the coffers of ail of the state of the Union.'1 Abraham Lincoln sai l : "The |