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Show (ronductPil by the Kiillnnul Wiitnnn'H ChrlMtlnn Tcmporniiro Union ) 8ALOON THE PAUPER-MAKER. Ono out of ovory ten pcoplo n pauper! This statement Ib made con coming Cook county, Illinois, of which county tho city of Chicago constitutes con-stitutes tho chief part, and Is given in tlio niinunl report of tho president of tho hoard of county commissioners. During Inst cnr tho number holpcd wns 250,000, tho chief cause of nood in 9,000 of theso cases being roportcd as unemployment Tho close connection connec-tion between tho 7,000 saloons of Chlcngo and tho burden of pauperism Is easily seen. Any business map accustomed to employ labor could make a tolerably accurate conjecture that fully two-thirds of tho men who cannot In ordinary times Bcctiro employment em-ployment nro unrcllnblo and undcslr-ablo undcslr-ablo ns workmen becauso of their Indulgence In-dulgence In liquor. And tho men nnd women who each year dig doop Into their pockots for tho taxes necessary to caro for those 2fi0,000 paupers nnd other dopondent citizens, nro In a majority of enson tho samo mon nnd women who II-censo II-censo the Institution that produces thorn I MENACE TO THE BOY. (Prom tho speech of Congrossmnn Qnrrott of Texas, In bohnlf of tho Ilobson resolution,) "I am not afraid of tho blind tiger for my boy or myself, but of tho tlgor that can boo tho tlgor that stands on every prominent corner with bright lights thnt blink at mol Young men do not bogln tho drink hnblt In tho blind tigers. Thoy learn to drink at mahogany tables In tho high class bcor gardens and restnurants, whero they servo nlco llttlo drinks with fruit sticking stick-ing around thorn. When you took our sinves away from ub wo suffered, but wo thank you for It today. Wo thought wo had a right to dccldo that question for ourselves, but you sold wo could not. Now whon wo want to destroy tho saloon curso, you will yell 'states rights' at us." JUNIORS DRY UP THE TOWN. In Georgetown, O., a few weeks bo-foro bo-foro election, young mon of from fifteen fif-teen to twenty years of ago organized organ-ized n Junior Business Men's club and nnnouncod themselves as a "bunch of winners." Thoy mado a thorough canvass of tho town and solicited overy voter, saying to tho drinking classes, "You wanted saloons in your Jay; you'vo had them: wo boys don't want thorn in our midst; won't you help give us what we want?" The result was thnt Oeorgotown wont "dry" thrco to one. This campaign has attracted much attention In the Btnto and tho "Wets" fool thoy hnvo nothing to hopo from tho now generation gen-eration about to stop Into tho electorate. elec-torate. LIFE-CONSERVER. An exhaustive Investigation Into 2,000.000 lives insured during tho Inst 24 yoarc was recently completed by the life lnsurnnco companies. Arthur Ar-thur Hunter, a Now York actuary, reporting re-porting Borne of theso findings to the Association of LIfo lnsurnnco Presidents Presi-dents in Now York city, snld they showed that "tho loss of G00.000 mon In the prosont war could bo mado good In less than ten years through completo nbstlnonco from alcoholic bovornges by tho Inhabitants of Russia." Rus-sia." FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Tho following figures aro given by a writer in economics: In 365 days there aro (21 hours to tho day) 8,070 hours. Tho church Is open on an average of COO hours a year, the schools about 1,900 hours, tho aver-ago aver-ago factory about 2,400 hours, and thu average business concorn about 3,800 hours, whllo the saloon nnd other llko resorts aro open about 4,725 hours. SAME OLD PROBLEM. Tho problem that facoa ub today Is tho problem nil ages huvo wrestled with, and tho pen of history has yet to record its perfect solutlou, that of causing tho Individual to accopt In his lifo the Ideas nnd tho Ideals that mark tho trail of an advanced civilization. Mrs Amy C. Deoch, National W. C. T. U. organlzor. GOOD JOB FOR BOYS. At nn Epworth league meeting recently re-cently a group of boys, each with a spado on his shoulder, marched to tho platform. Another boy met thoin nnd asked: "Where aro you going, boys?" In unison and with emphasis thoy replied: "Going to bury tho liquor trnfllo," and then marched from tho stago. CONFIDENCE IN PHYSICIAN8. Said E. U. Stewart, M. D., In a ro-cent ro-cent nrtlclo In Kntiuas City- Star: "Tho liquor trafllc could meet no Burer ond today than to loave Its fato In tho hands of tho physicians of tho Unitod Statos." DRINKER NOT WANTED. "Tho last mnn hired, tho first flrod I tho man who drinks." I KILLS AND PRE8ERVE8. i Alcohol kills tho living and pro ! sorvea tho dead. - ' |