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Show (Conducted by thn National Woman's jH Chrlstlnn Tompcrnni'o Union.) SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION. H In ISO" two leading professors of. H Germany sent to tho men of that conn- H try a pronouncement favoring total ab- H stlnence. It contained this dcclara H "Science hnB shown that alcohol, H oven In modorato quantities, causes H disturbance In brain action, paralyzes jH tho critical capacity, power of will, tho H ethical and esthetic sense, and lowers H self control. For this reason wo H should realize that It is a poison and H no longer to bo classed with foods." Tho document received nlno slgna lures. Ten years later It was sent out H again and received 800 signatures ot H German medical men, 11G of whom H were professors. H In 1913 a great antlalcohollc moctlng M was hold in tho Prussian house ot den- M utlcs, Hcrlln. Tho honorary nrosldcnt bbbbbbI was tho German chancellor, Dr. von M Ucthmann-Hollwcg, and on tho commit- M tee of honor nil tho Prussian mlnlstors M wero represented and hundreds of em- M inent men ot tho empire Doctor Jen- M Ben, inspector general ot tho Dorltn H schools, called forth much applauso M when ho said that "tho education of M youth Is absolutely impossible with M out an antlalcohol elemont in it." M Slnco then such instruction has been M mndo a part of tho regular courso in M tho public schools of Germany, and M entlro courses in that subject aro of forcd by tho great universities. H FOE OP THE COLLEGES. M Of all tho foes of young manhood on tho Amorlcan collogo campus, al- M cohol Is tho most subtlo and dostruc- H tlvo. It is peculiarly fitting that tho H Amorlcan collcgo student of today, H wiser and better Informed than his H predecessors, should gtvo battlo to his H ancient and merciless adversary. It gravestones wero placed on our col M logo grounds to thoso slain In tho flush H of young manhood by Intoxicating H drink, tho acres of vordant lawn H around oven our best institutions H would bocomo vast cometerlcs ghastly H with thick-strewn headstones. With a H dovlllsh instinct for maximum destruo H tlvoncss, this demon of the campus H scorns to pick out for degradation tho H gayest, tho lovollost, tho most talent- H cd, and to ro-enforco his assault by en- M listing tho social and gonorous in- H stlncts which constitute tho vory H charm of youth. Opening always tho 'H gato to passion and appetite, ho Is tho H aggrcsslveally of ovorythlng which H degrades collcgo llfo, tho promoter ot H tragedies Innumerable on every cam- H pus. tho tiroloss enemy of vlrtuo, pur- H ityr dlllgonco and intellectual dovclop- H inont. Henry Louis Smith, President H Washington nnd Leo University. H GOOD LINE OF BU8INE8S. M It was at a campaign rueotlng In H Ohio. Tho spcakor Bald that West Vlr- H ganla had ilroiltcd flnanclnlly by vot- H lug dry. A man in tho audionco dls- jH putod this statement. Ho said that H ho wan a salesman, that ho visited H overy county scat in West Virginia, H and that his business had fall on oft H considerably slnco tho state went dry. H Anothor man spoko up and said that H ho was a salesman and "mado" West H Virginia regularly and that his bust- H ness had Increased since tho stato bo- H camo dry. Ho asked tho fellow who H reported a falling off what his line H was nnd tho latter reluctantly admit- H ted that ho sold undertakers' supplies, H at which tho crowd yelled. Tho man H who declared that prohibition had H helped his business explained ho sold H furniture H SURELY A MISTAKE! M "Smoky" Hohbs ot Columbus was H fined $100 and given six months for 11- H legal selling of liquor. What? In H Columbus? Surely must bo a mistake H Dootlcggors only ply their trado In H dry towns. That's why tho bonovo- H lout wots run saloons, to koop bad H men from bootlegging la dry towns, H Tut, tutl Yes, it must bo a mistake H Caldwell Press. jH PROHIBITION AND BUSINESS. M Endorsement of tho valuo ot a prohl- 3 bltlon law as an aid to general bust- OH ness prosperity was recently signed SuB by men representing tho leading Indus- .ji tries of Steubenvlllo, O., among others, JmS- two papor companios, a glass com- MMjf pany, two foundries, two clay com- KgEs panics, a tin plate company and a pot- jJM tory concern. QK HARD TO UNDERSTAND. Wm Just why anyone should ovor Bun- R poso that bocauso tho pcoplo of any 5$S city stop buying boozo thoy will per- jsK forco stop buying land, or paying rent 5v or patronizing tho moat market, baka F! shop, grocery or clothing Btoro is hard SS to understand, 5?v PROHIBITION PROHIBITS. JB "When tho number of nrrcota aro '& slashed lu two In ono year It Is pretty Mm concluslvo ovldonco that prohibition Wm. prohibits not only liquor setting buc Mk crlino ns well," Is tho cbmmcnt ot tbq Bi Youngstown (O.) Telegram on tho ro VI markablo docreaBO in arrests iu tho H stato ot West Virginia slnco prohlbl- H tlon becamo tho law of tho state H FACTORY REPLACES BREWERY, fl "Tear down a brewery and upon its jl ruins will rlso a factory. John Mitch- H ell. Labor Leader. H bbbbbbbbb! |