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Show pen-cn employed ly Lira toe1.: nil n;: .!e &tcj i for i-rcvcntir;; result. TL? j cr.ilty nttncl. 1 i-i I.-.rge cno'j.;!i Lave caused t!.J act to li quite generally obeyed ia Lcr.'lon, and the ci:;. create in drunkenno'3 is rail to le quite ncticeal.Lv It is stated that there is darker, however, tit-will tit-will not long stand, owing to the objections of the proprietors of. drinking place?, nanykjf whora have restaurants and hotels attached thereto, to be mn. sidered. guilty until they prove their innocence. Their contest will be a political issue at the next Erliih election, London is also experimenting with a law which ! enables a husband to have his wife confined ia an asylum for the treatment ot slaves of drink upon the presentation of proof tissue tis-sue is a confirmed drunkard. ' The rule also applies to tippling husbands. The Government is not supposed sup-posed to bear the expense of treatment in eith case. The first victim of this law was .a titled woman, wo-man, who was arrested at the instance of her Ue lord. Of course, the prominence of the woman made the initial enforcement of this statute of far-reaching; far-reaching; effect. The proposed Bamberger law is similar to this last-named measure, except that the Utah bill provides that the county In which the drunkard liresfchall bear the expense incurred in having him treated in an asylum for inebriates. DRUNKARD LAWS IN OPERATION. In connection with the drunkard bill introduced in the State" Senate by Hr. Bamberger it is inter-r inter-r .Me" to note the progress of the new liquor ordi-o-ce licensing act which went into force in London --'-w Year's day. Temperance leaders in Eng. lit i are said to be greatly pleased with the work- f the law The new British measure provides where a licensed" person is charged with per-l-, in, drunkenness on his premises, or it is proved :..n"v iTon was drunk on his premisesit shall " i V1 ( licensed person to prove that he and the |