Show T 1 i ill p i iorii iv rii at boston governments are asked not to legalize the sale of liquor miss nov 10 preparatory to the international convention of the constam which opens hera tomorrow the executive committee of the worlds union assembled thia morning in the maps on street aka a lull attendance including miss frances E willard of L idy henry somerset of london mite fawcett ef toronto misi mry clement lavitt of mary A of ohio and miss aher puh of the committee was for hours in the to bd presented to the convention tomor rowAn immense roll of to the of the world asking the outlawing of the liquor traffic and the opium trade all nations was introduced here in the meeting nearly every country on the face of the globe is rep resented among the the petition ae follows honored rulers representatives and brothers we your petitioners petition ers although be the physically weaker aex are strong of heart to lore our homes our native laud and the earlda family of babions Bat ions we knew that clear trains and pure hearts make honest lives and happy hemea and that by these the nations prosper and the time is braueht nearer when the world shall be at peace we know that indulgence in alcohol and hoium aej in other tice which disgrace our social life makes misery for all tae world and moat of all for us and our children we know that aad opiates are sold bader bezal which makes the governments partners in the traffic by accept ine aa revenue a portion of the profits and we know with shame anat they are often forced by treaty upon eithur isnor ait or unwilling we know that the law might do much now left undone to raise the moral tone of 31 clety and render vice difficult we have no power to prevent these iniquities beneath which the whole world gioana but you have power to redeem the honer of the nation from an indefeasible complicity we therefore come to TOU with the united voices of representative women of every land to that of christian moral to strip away safeguards safe guarda and bancs eions cf the state aroa the drink traffic aed the opium trade aad to protect our hoiaas by the total prohibition ef these curses of civilization civilisation throughout all the territory over which your extends the city is filline tp with to the twe conventions and ahe gathar id aro certain to be the largest in the bictory of the temperance movement on thia aide of the water the executive committee hia bishop phillipa to deliver one of the addresses of welcome but a greyly ft as presented to the committee ie the that he would be out of town during all of the but otherwise would have ben glad to reerend ree pend EARLY MILES AT A CLIP e ar portera who have matin the lonebe nuni in the world the only employed emp loyes of the canadian pacific who are with the express trains all the time between montreal and vancouver are the sleeping car porters rasy travel nearly three thousand miles without a break and are on the road for nearly six days it is a pretty hard life but at both ends of the route the porters have an opportunity to rest though even then they hardly get sufficient recuperation for two or tarse nights the porter is not likely to get over three or four hours sleep a night and he is lucky if he pets that he is his own conductor and collecting the car tickets and accounting for them adds considerably to his work leaving montreal at p m he is certain to have a busy time 41 ottawa shortly after midnight and then he has his boots to black and he is lucky if he gets a wink of sleep before two or three a m he takes a pillow and lies town in the smoking room when no passengers are there and catches cat naps if he can he is likely at any moment to be aroused by a bell summoning him to one of the berths and the bell is sure to be kept busy after daybreak alter leaving winnipeg he has a comparatively easy time across the plains though he is compelled to be up after midnight both at eegina and at calgary at all important stations he has to go to the telegraph office with a statement of the accommodations unoccupied in bis car so that the station agents ahead may dispose of berths ue has a busy time through the mountains As a rule he loses nearly his entire carload at winnipeg and it fills up there at once with passengers from the south he loses his passengers again at banff and their places are supplied by tourists who are going on from that pleasure resort then many of hh passengers get off at glazier and others come ou so that nearly all the time he has much to do in the way oi keeping his accounts besides his duties as porter at vancouver he lays over for two days and aa a rule he sleeps in the car occupying it all the time for the round trip when he returns to montreal he has been away fourteen days then he has a longer rest he is off dut for five d ss s except that he has to take hia tura ut the depot at night to assist the outgoing porter in taking care of lug ae his five days rest puts him in pretty good condition for mother two weeks tho porters say the trip is rather trying but that there is nothing like getting used to a thing the company pays them forty dollars a month and they expect to make at least as much in fees all of them are colored men from the states and have served on some of our best lines X Y sun |