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Show Temperance u'on.hi ii. I by tin- N m.'n.il Woman ( linsiiiiri Temper in t'nlon.) SENTIMENT IN RUSSIA. The I'etrogtiol eorresxnilent of the Neue Ztirlchcr Zeliung. in I survey of the two years finbrlcty In Russia, quotes a representative of the dnnm as saying that "the very thought of the fearful consequences on tin- battlefield and in the country itself of a continuation continua-tion of the alcohol regime makes every patriot shudder." The writer continues; con-tinues; "We are. therefore, more than overjoyed to know that It has been statistically proved that the dally producing pro-ducing capacity of the worklngman, since the promulgation of that message of salvation, tins been Increased by IS per cent, and that Monday, the day when millions of muzhik (farmers) were found in the gutters, has become u normal work day In Russia. Rut not only the inlr (village community) felt Ihe consequences; the life also In the city was as If of a sudden transformed. How quickly the population grasped Ihe prospective benetils of the great reform re-form is best shown by the fact that when It became known that the Imperial Im-perial ukase, in order to become legally valid, would need the express consent of the majority of the uilrs. only an exceedingly ex-ceedingly low percentage refused the Indorsement. "Nobody has so quickly and completely com-pletely grasped the Import of the social revolution as woman, the wreatcst sufferer suf-ferer from the old alcohol curse. We are. therefore, not astonished to learn that as soon as the saloons were definitely defi-nitely closed the peasant women Diarcbed to the Charcot! in Indian Hie to burn ii caudle each, thanking the Lord for the great delivery. "When last spring the question of repermlttlng the sale of beer and red wine came up In the duina. Tnnisov, a farmer-deputy, exclaimed: 'If the women wom-en would bear you they would pull vou down from this platform.'" A NEW YORK HOTEL MAN'S VIEW. Mr, Frank Case, for 14 years proprietor pro-prietor of the Algonquin hotel, New York city, has dosed his bar to stay ebised. The fact Is chronicled by the New York Times. Relng asked "why" by a group of astonished friends to whom he made the announcement, Mr. t'ase pointed to a small boy crossing the hotel lobby with a bunch of school books under his arm. "There's one reason right there," he wild. "That youngster Is my own son, Just coming home from school. I have decided that I don't want to pay his school bills and the Other costs of bringing him up on the profits from booze. I guess that's my chief reason, but there are others. "The large profits made by the bar, ($10,000 last year)." he went on, "made me sek. I had to admit to myself that I was a ruiiiseller, and that Is something some-thing I don't want to be. I am not posing as a reformer. I take a drink myself occasionally, but I don't want 1. 1 sell It to another man. Would you want to?" Everybody said no. Ithough there was not a total abstainer in the group. TO MEMORIALIZE CONGRESS. B peaking at a meeting of the Dry Chicago federation concerning the memorial me-morial to congress lu behalf of national nation-al prohibition, ax-Governor Pott of Massachusetts laldi "The memorial is east in very radical terms, bin it has won the rapport f moat persona of great Importance in the most conservative conserva-tive circles and lit all walks f life, Professors of Harvard. Yale, Columbia, Princeton, heads of great railroad corporations, cor-porations, presidents of banks ami lenden in the industrial and commercial commer-cial world, as well as scientists and nllenlit, have signed this document. We think that both congress and the country will be astonished at the char-ncter char-ncter of ihe signatures when they nra published," SIGNIFICANT ADS. Bnlooni Several flrst-Claaa locations, loca-tions, for sale or rent. Apply United Slates Brewing company, 2010 Elatou avenue. The above adverlls, ment Is from tha Chicago Tribune. Like the many Other ads of the same nature, it is a pretty g I Indication f what the trade thinks about the "receding prohibition wave!" Also of the real opinion o( saloon men as to whether or not pro-hlbltlon pro-hlbltlon prohibits. A SAFETY MEASURE. The new liability and compensation laws ghe the employer no option; he must pay for an Injured workman, Ir-respeCtlVI Ir-respeCtlVI Of thi cause. If he tolerates toler-ates alcohol-users 00 his premises, hu must pay the cost of their mistakes. ... .As a result of these laws employers em-ployers have Installed safety appliances appli-ances and started "safety campaigns." Their new rules against alcohol have precisely the same inspiration. Harp-er's Harp-er's Magazine. PROHIBITION BAD FOR BUSINESS. Prohibition Is bad for some kinds of business, am) this fact mu-t be admitted. admit-ted. It is bad for the business of loafing, loaf-ing, bad for tin' fellow that runs a drunk cure establishment, bad for th fellow w hose business Is robbing drunks on the street, bad for the Jallkeeper, bad for the bawdy house, ba 1 for the wives who have formed the habit of being beaten up every Saturday night b a drunken husband, bad for the pj r-asltes r-asltes who live off saloon keepers bj permitting thetu to disobey the law. Cole's Review. |