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Show Temperance I iNbtes88 I RUSSIA'S GREATEST ENEMY. H The new premier of Russia, llorls H V. Stunner, discussing with n news- jl pnpjr correspondent conditions ere- H ntod by tho war, said: H "Russia nwalts tho future with con- jB tldeuce. Some monetnry disturbance H may happen in our llnnnclnl system, H but Russia Is rich In latent wealth. jH During tho whole war tho deposits In M our snvlngs banks hnvo boon constant- H ly growing In an extraordinary fash- M ;.i:i. Tht prohibition of alcoholic bov- H erages has produced marvelous re- H suits. Alcohol was Indeed tho scourge H that gnawed, decimated and Impov- H erlshod our people. We destroyed this H enemy nt the beginning of the war." H The Russian minister of finance, 0H when presenting his budget to tbq fB council of tho empire, reported: 4"J "Despite wur expenses amounting to flH 12,000,000,000 roubles, and thanks tn VAVJ tho abolition of the alcohol monopoly, H tho financial strength of tho country, H Is growing. The savings of the tin? H Hon since tho beginning of the wnr IH have increased by 2,000,000,000 rou- AGA1N8T ALCOHOL. '" H Following tho action of the New xBfl York board of health In showing up H the drink evil and Us relation to tho H public health, the New Jersey ussocln- AS Hon unanimously passed the following HH resolution : 'M "Whereas, alcoholic beverages nru H detrimental to health and Indirectly H tho cause of disease. H "Resolved, That tho Health Officers' M association recommend that a cam- H palgu of publicity be Inaugurated by H tho state and local departments of H health for tho purpose of Informing H the public of tho dnngcrs to life and B health which attend the use of such H beverages." H GOOD ADVICE. H A traveler entered an Inn where a B Quaker sat by the fire. Lifting a pair H of green spectacles and rubbing his HJ eyes, whlh looked very inflamed, thu HJ newcomer In ono breath called for BS somo brandy nnd made a grievous HJ complaint about his eyes. HJ "They nro getting weaker nnd weak- flfl or," he snld. "And now oven the spec- HJ taclcs appear to do no good." HJ The Quaker looked first at him and HJ than at tho brandy. H "I tell thee, friend, what I think," , snld he. "If thou wouldst wear thy BV spectacles over thy mouth for a few HJ months thlno eyes would get well again." , HJ WAGES WENT FOR FOOD. BJ "Thero aro a good many foreigners "HI In Denver," says Ellis Meredith In the H Union Slgnnl, "and there Is a little Methodist mission at ono end of tho Itnllan colony. For several years past HI they have fed tho school children nt HJ noon. During tho winter of 1014-15 HI they averaged close to a hundred daily, HJ and lust winter It vnrled from 4 to M HO. up to the second week In January. HJ After the first dry payday the chll M drcn didn't come any more, or only a H very few of them. They had food at M home. That Is the kind of argument for prohibition that seems uuanswer- 1 able to me." HJ WHICH WAY WIND BLOWS: H At a recent meeting of newspaper HJ men In Chicago, comprising represent- H ntlves from four or llvo states, says M Sterling (111.) Gazette, a group of in H wore standing In the lobby of tho Ln H Salle hotel renewing acquaintanceship 1 and waiting for luncheon, when ono of H the number Invited tho little group to M hnvo a drink with him. Ono after an- M other thanked tho gentleman nnd dc M cllncd. Fifteen years ago, comments M tho Gazette, 14 out of the 15 would have accepted. M NO DRUNKARDS' HOME NEEDED. H As an example of how the dry law M works In Portland, Ore., the case Is H cited of a woman who for several jH years had been running a homo de- M voted almost exclusively to tho care M of drunkards. She appeared before M the city council recently and, In thu H course of her remarks on tho work of jH tho Institution, snld that since prohlbl- M Hon became effective she hud lost her M occupation and was now considering 9 n new lino of business. 99 LETTER CARRIERS DRY. Tho brewers contributed $100 to the . J8 convention of tho Letter Carriers' as- gp soclatlon which met in Flalntlcld, N. raj J., nnd offered further to donate n keg of boor for every keg purchased. Tho iSr carriers declined with thanks. "Four- j teen bands and not a drop of beer," $B was ono of the slogans of tho parade. jj?$ "Our first dry Convention," said a vet- J eran carrier who hus been a member WTjij of tho association from his youth. (Yffl TEMPERATE ARMY. ffj A temperate army wns something sHi not conceived of In the old theories of )!B war. But, ln fact, a drunkhrd is today wM ns much out of place In nn urmy us ho !ah would bo on a battleship. A modern rjK urmy Is a fighting machine only less w complex In Us naturo than a modern H navy, and equally dependent on sobrl- oty in tho ranks. New York World. vfl BREWERIES ANQ CHURCHES. H For every dollar put Into new brew- s cries and distilleries In 1015 thero wera , , $38.20 out Into new churches. - 1 i aJB |