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Show Bible Drcve Him to Drink. Abram rs. Cartridge, very drunk, was picked up by tho police forco from the gutter on South Main street, says a dispatch from Waterbury, Conn. In bis hand he clapped an open Dlble and ho spoko to the oCIr-prs strangely In Scriptural phrnces In court Abram told that study of tho Dible bad driven him to his fall. "It is eo full of inconsistencies," ho declnred. "I learn its truths and am uplifted then I discover that its truths are false, and I sink to the depths. How can I deliberately stay In my right mind, Judge, when I And thnt the foundation of salvation Is bulldcd on Band, and good liquor, which will mnko mo forget it, Is bo cheap?" Cartridge was sent to Jail for 30 ays. |