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Show (Conducted by tho Nntloiml Woman's Christian Tompcrnnco Union,) DESIRE OF WHISKY VICTIM. Somo years ago in n village of western west-ern Now York on election morning tho recognized village toper went to tho polls. Ho asked for a tomperanco ballot, bal-lot, ,ftnd a liquor seller got him otio, supposing a Joke was at hand, Folding Fold-ing It an best ho could with trembling hands, tho blear-eyed, bloated-faced, ragged, Unkempt man went to tho ballot bal-lot box and registered his wish. Then thoy began to scoff and sneer at tho drunkard who had cast n tomperanco vote. "A pretty tempcranco voter you are," Bald one. "Why, If thoro was a bottlo of whisky yondor thero at the top of that liberty polo, nnd If you could havo tho whisky by climbing tho polo at tho risk of your llfo, you know you'd climb." And then tho drunkard straightened himself up as best ho might nnd answered thorn. "Know It!" he said, with trembling, painful emphaslB: "Know It t Oh, yes; I know It. And I know another thing, gontlemon If tlio whisky wnsn't thoro I wouldn't climb." TRIED AND CONVICTED. It Is ono of tho most cheering signs of tho times that tho causo of torn-poranco torn-poranco is steadily gaining champions in tho United States congress. This from Representative Ciydo Kelly of Pennsylvania: "Tho American saloon has already been tried and convicted In one-halt tho territory of tlio United States, and In tho remaining territory whero It still waves tho Stars and Stripes it will soon bo seeing tho stars and wearing tho stripes Facing tho facts and knowing tho meaning of tho struggle, strug-gle, tho liquor Interests aro forming a battle lino of gigantic Btrongth. Wo accept its mighty challenge, for wo know that with this giant wrong overthrown over-thrown many others which havo marred and ecarrcd humanity for gen-orations gen-orations will go crashing down in ono great heap of wreck and rubbish. And crediting that, wo do not aBk how many tho enemies nro, we only ask whero tho enomlos nro." NO FINANCIAL PANIC. Tho American Machinist recently published a chart showing tho number num-ber of workers (wngoearnors, proprietors proprie-tors and executives) engaged in twelve of tho manufacturing industries of this country. Tho following aro tho figures: fig-ures: Foundry and machlno shop products prod-ucts 1,117,411 Lumber and Umber producU 784.9S9 Printing nnd publishing 3SS.4GJ Cotton KOOil.i .187,771 Mun'H clothing 27M37 Iron nnd Htetl IVO.Tc: Hoots and shoes 2IS.923 Tobacco products .. W.r.U Women's clothing 197,021 Mont products .'. 108,710 Mult liquors , CG,72' Distilled liquors ,223 If all the broworlcs nnd distilleries woro to close their plants tomorrow thero would bo no panic In the business busi-ness world, only a little readjustment. HER LITTLE LECTURE. A young innii, in company with sov-oral sov-oral other gentlemen, called upon a young lady. Her father was present to assist in entertaining tho guests, nnd offered wluo, but tho young lady tiBkcd, "Did you call upon mo or upon papa?" Gallantry, if nothing elso, compelled them to answer, "Wo called on you." "Then you will please not drink wlno. I havo lomonndo for my via-ItorB." via-ItorB." Tho wino glasses woro sot down, with their contents; untested. Aftor leaving tho houso ono of the party exclaimed, "That was tho most . effectual tomperanco lecturo I over heard." POLICEMEN AGAIN8T SALOONS. "How many of you would liko to dco nil tho gnloons closed?" asked Catch-My-Pal Patterson of 200 po-llcomen po-llcomen who had gathered at thoa mounted polico headquarters In Chi-' cngo to hear him speak. All but about twenty-Ova men stood up Cnpt. Charles Hcaloy, who introduced intro-duced Mr. Patterson, took occasion to sny that no mnn who drank could remain re-main on the mounted poltco forco. CHEERING NEWS FROM TEXAS. Tho farmers of Texas aro organizing organiz-ing to "oppose tho liquor traffic nnd to assist in all proper ways In driving liquor out of tho stnto." Slnco farm- , crs aro a potent factor In tlio mnkiug of "dry" states, this Is a .cheering sign of tho times fc- the Lone Star .Stato. COLORADO BANKS GAIN. During tho six weeks immediately following tho adoption of stato-wido prohibition tho stnto banks of Colorado Colo-rado mado a guln In resources of $1,575,639.89, Tho real eBtato dealors Bay that saloonkeepers and bartenders uro buying ranches nnd truck farms. BREWERS' VIEW. "Thero nro oven companies nnd Individual In-dividual employers who threaten to discharge employees for drinking alcohol al-cohol at any time. Thoy do not caro if that is social und economlo slavery. Their main object is to protect their poqketbooks" Tho nrowors' Journal. TEMPERANCE' REFORM ADVANCE. "A movement of victorious yesterdays yester-days and confident tomorrows." .Thus tho Union Signal epitomizes tho ad-auco ad-auco of thl) tomperanco reform. |