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Show ' m """ ii" H .i I'lului t ii ly tho Ndtionul Woman'H afl CliriHllun Tc-iniiernnre Union.) ' H i VORK FOR A DRY STATE. , H A Trmlna Unionists' Antl-Iloozo " M Leaguo has boon orgnntaod In No- brnska. It will work for tho dry f 1h amendment to bo voted on by tho pco- fl plo of tho stnto not Novombor. "At- 'M trmpts to show that union labor as u 'M wholo Is siipportiug tho liquor Inter- t ests will not bo permitted to go un- M challenged," says tho prcsldont of tho M league, Mr. I. J. Copenharvo of tho v M Omaha Typographical union. M Tho leaguo has leaned tho following v stntomont; ' M "Tho object of this league Is to Im- aH press upon tho gonoral public Unit cor- j M tain 'labor organizations' nnd 'Trado M Union Llborty Lcngues,' controlled by tho liquor lutcrcstB, do not volco tho -' truo sentiment of tho labor organtza- t M tlons of Nobraskn In their effort to M mako It appear that tho laboring class M Ib subsorvlont to tho whims of said M liquor Industry. ' M "It shall bo tho aim of this organ- l' M Izatfon to publicly disclaim In overy . M way posslblo that union lnbor of No- ' M brnska looks upon tho uso of liquor ., M ns nn aid to Its welfaro and ndvancc- ' M ment, but rather that tho use of in- ft M toxlcnting liquor is tho greatest hand I- YM cap union labor has to contend with M In mnklng Its fight for Justlco for tho H working class. M "Tho members of this leaguo resent M any effort of tho liquor elomont to' fBH place union labor of Nebraska In tho M nttltudo of supporting nn Industry that x M novor has and novor can aid tho work- M lugmnn In his strugglo for bottor con- i M dltlons for KImsolf and family." M Wet brain. ' H Dr. W. A. Evans conducts an "How l to Kcop Woll" department In Chicago Ufl Trlbuno. Tho other day, undor tho abovo caption, ho devoted consider- 'M nblo spaco to tho drinker's brain. ' M "Tho mnn," ho snld, "who takos h ' H social drink should know of a now M danger that lies In storo for him. It ' M is wot brain. Ho has probably heard M that drink lowers tho moral tono, that M It weakens rcBistanco, that If ho In- M dulgcs presently ho will bo unable to M resist, that it makes his Judgment. M poor, and that, finally, ho dovolops do- , M llrlum tromens. Dollrlum tremens was 'M tho voll beyond which nothing lay. V "Doctors Scoleth and Deifold now , JM como forward with tho warning that wl boyond dollrlum tremens lies wot JmEbbI brain, that only ono man in four at- Vil tacked by wot brnln rocovers. And flBH Doctors Scoloth and Dolfold ought to '-iVIB know, for tho former has boon physl- ' trH clan to tho bridewell for many years !afl and ho has cared for about 2, GOO ijil drunks a year during all of that tlmo. 'Vl A great many of thoso drunks havo 11 had dollrlum tremens. Many of them jll havo had wet brain. Most of the wet rlfl brain cases havo diod and autopsy has UH been mado on them. Evory drink Is a f mixed drink. Thero are no othcrg kinds. When a mnn takes a drink,! '' howovor slmplo It may bo, ho mixes Inf 4 M somo dogonoratlon of his nerro cells,! ' 'somo chanco of dollrlum tremens, and' M a fow other ingrcdlonts. Lot him un- M derstand that ho also pours into tho T H glass about ono finger of wot brain." iJH ! CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. i That tho uso of boor and wines doou j M not tond to decrcaso tho consumption ' of strong liquors, is shown by Gabriel- IjH son, a Swedish statistician who has 'l published tho results of his ro- ' 'H searches. Tho figures aro for tho po- tH rlod 100C-1910. ! Franco consumos moro than throo i iV times as much alcohol per capita nB i H tho United States, duo to Its general U uso of wlno. Italy consumes nearly threo times as much, Spain twlco as f much, Groeco twlco as much, Swltzor- J H land twlco as much, Portugal nearly j H twlco as much. Belgium consumes j H considerably moro alcohol, although H It Is ono of tho leading beer countries. H In Gormany 49 per cont of tho total H drink coiiBumptlon Is of spirits, whllo ij In tho United States moro than 55 H por cent of tho total drink consumption H Is beer, which seems to lndlcato that i'H tho Germans, desplto tholr boor proju- 41 dices, uso considerably moro splrltB l' por capita than tho United States. 1 H A GREAT LESSON. fSP Among tho Incalculable louses ro- VU suiting from this great war thero k&m standB out prominently ono benefit; It S has brought to nil countries engaged itH In It and to others a realization such. jrcg ns thoy novor had beforo of tho rela- ff3j tlon betweon alcohol and efficiency Wa Something, and perhaps much, of that jftj new knowledge is euro to romaln af- ara tor peace returns, for, of courso, It Is ilgfi not only with buccqsb In fighting that u strong drink Interferes, or only In war j2g! that men need to havo all tholr wits ;5j about thorn all tho tlmo. Now York. Jrs Times. ' Wig STATE IS8UE. d To eavo a hog from cholera and dt- gKl vorco a tick from a cow Is national, ,X& but to prevent drunkenness and to dt- ' h vorco the saloon from tho mothors nnd im tho homes of tho land Is a stato Issue- jH Congressman J. W. Bryan. I Mm FOR TRADE DEFENSE. Ll What would bo said if prohibition lets In paying their bills would vdo- jtffl duct 1 por cent to bo applied to light- 4 SH lng tho liquor traffic. That is what ,: IJH tho liquor doalera of this country are H doing "for trade defense " -'- IH |