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Show I TEMP ERA N CE f f D E P A R'T Mi N T f of the W. C. T. U. j2? j& L : . j I Conducttdby MRS. S. WAY, . " 5 MRS. WM. CRAIG. MRS. WM. FLEWELL1NG t Y I 1 v poisons subdued, nil matter mibjected mind, all conquering mind, shill livi Hnd move, the monarch of the world. Glorious consummation! Hall rail of fury! Reign of reason, all hull!" Hie Temperance Speech After His Nomination for President. After the formal noilflcallon of hH nomination he sajd that as an appropriate appro-priate conclusion to an Interview so Important aDd interestlnK as that i vhlch had Just trnhnplre.i lie snpposed j grind manner would require that he ' should treat the committee with some- thing to drink; and openlug a door that led Into a room In the j rear, he called out "Mary! Mary!" ' A girl responded to the call.' to whom- Mr Lincoln spoke a few j words In an. undcrtonee, ami closing j the door, returned again to his gucatn. In a few minutes the malrieu entered, I bearing, a large waiter, containing I several slass tumblers and a larg- ; pitcher in the midst, and placed It upon the center table. Mr, Lincoln arose, and jraely. addressing the company, com-pany, paid: "Gentlemen, we must pledge our mutual healths In the most healthy beverage God has given to man It is the nnly beverage I havo ever uaed or allowed to be used In my family, and I cannot conscientiously conscientious-ly depart from It on the present oc-earion oc-earion It Is pure Adam's ale from the spring." and taking a tumbler he touch' d If to his Hps, End pledeed Ihem bts highest respects in a cup of cold wjiTer. .' ' SAY, BOY.S! ( 1 , Pay. 1-ovk, the sport season U al-niOKt al-niOKt here; the Reason for the enjoy ment of the National game, baseball I and niny other outdoor sports. Listen Lis-ten to a few worda from "Mike" MJr- j phy. a man who knows, at bletlfs and athletics a thoroughly as you know j the alphabet. -Mr.' Murphy says:- Cigarette. Cig-arette. undermine courage and ruin nerves. T can tell the athlete who tr.tiiokvs too many cigarettes the moment mo-ment I fee him. , When he gets on the I rack be is nervous, aud dislikes to punish blmaelf. . He la the man .who lacks the "fight"-at the finish. My advice to every boy who wants to excel ex-cel In athletics Is to refrain from j cigarettes." Remember, boys, that this : man know what he's talking about. J My son., follow not In the footsteps of the loafer, and make no example of him who-Is born tired, for, verily, I say unto you, his business is over-sleeked, over-sleeked, the sext3 on the corner are nil taken, und the whittling places are all occupied. . ' It I batter to saw-wood saw-wood at two bits a cord than whittle at a whittling match and abuse the government. My son. whilst thou hast In thy skull tbe sense of a Jaybird Jay-bird break away Trom the cigarette habit, for lo! thy breath stlnketh like a glue factory, and thy mind is less i intelligent than a 6tore dummy! Yea, thou art a' cipher with the rim knocked off. Robert .1. Burdette. Ireland's national holiday was Identified Iden-tified with the temperance movement. Thv Father. Mathew Total Abstinence society led the large procession, hcins accorded the first place by the Iird Mayor, who serv'ed no wine at the holady banquet. I 1 LINCOLN AN APPRECIATION. "Hi Work! Sublime Achievement Over Which Humanity Shall Eter-nally Eter-nally Shed its Tetrs, and God, His Benediction." ABRAHM LINCOLN. Thu coi-.r or the ground was In him. Urn . i cil uai'tit, Tbe iaug and color of the primal thlt:9. The tnci Untie an 1 J'.'i'lc nco of tb? rocVs; Tl glaring f the v.tnd fr.at sbiikcJ the corn: Tic convrtr;1 "' the Mr! lire' dare.? the ;r.i: 'lhc- ji.Mir;- i f i'.i - r. ! i Iihi 'oves all lc3v"-; T'- v ;1'.y f: i.;- tl a' hides :i!l Kr:)":i; The io,-l::K K'-tJe-n M - the v,v s n well; - '! t ilr rpnc.1 a.l t ii ; of I'g'.n, Tr.Ti :'v, s ' fte.Iy the nhrinV.ln ; w cril, A? lo tb- '! n'; thrii'.T to ilie r1''- 1 tl t'.'O ; '(.'i 'o .v ill-" r :e L'te ;r-' : :i T i ii tjj'.m' ' ".-J r tii Ky i v?v '::::..::. Ltr.irlr.'r 23i-occi. . T.ie n e c i i c i o 1 1 i " ? in I!a' Ii" (.oiiriy. Krv.tci;-, I- .vr.ic i AlTVh:i.u l.r..cij sic'i'.' .";'. 'lO.ir yc-s 'I li , !n 1 w i 'i iii ,n a Mt' e e car-ii car-ii n iiii'.r ! ..'".-I t!." iifs.ii. vl;-i. vl;-i. !'.-i!7.-:ri ' :i !: I :. I...- ( i.i 'n.'l'y . fj.'Lil ti .; : -.- ii.-i: n a )'; of Kn.''i ( ;( :'. . b.'x .'.!:. tm r iv. '!cti-g '!cti-g (-.IN. Hi iv .r.c 1 1 : t 1 1 li"l. accorn-PjiM accorn-PjiM '! ' his 'l.c: aiic.dc- i .01 u I'.-w v.f;'t, fcl'oiyi by iic'aoi- Ij.i Kin r . a.i I I ne. by Caii b lTazi:l. Jht'io. n ni 1:1 tin v. is .or vh. boy ' f.. clphi r i r.-i t:!Ki.i;;o ili "ilih-liie'lc,' "ilih-liie'lc,' wliilc hs :iici licr'.-' v. :;s to "e I-i!r;'-i' J-.xi.i j'7;;ij ( r i ho LI'icolna ml-fi;,i-d !.e:Kr cj I'tty. I-t'i.nnr.. Jl-lc .Vbrshant Linclin a'leuie,l ttirei; i-iiicl-t, bit i v bile' va ibo time n'py )i ' rr-erj frnri the inrt tbnl lie aiiMnied sc.-! o')i oniy ;i :o n l'o;;r iii. nibs I i 'nli .l Mis hmiie berc I lu'iliier Ji.or u i v.I tji.w. curl the f.oo.-w.4 f.oo.-w.4 the ban- :md naked cnrib. Lincoln's Mother. A buy n .;: !nve.I .i mm her moi'.' thau dhl Abiaiiiiin Ll-.iiom loVod Kls aod from Uie laci ib it sadness was never again absent ironi liis. eyes wo can judge of tbe gr'el of tlie littbj fellow fel-low wh i stood by the nide pi ie c-.tr-Tin when his mother's .ioiIv was 1 wei'-td wei'-td inio the ti-8-, Ti clay n neat marble mar-ble monument stnii K iuai ii1( plac? nnd uiion ll v,c renil. ' Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mothi-.- oi Pi'sblen. Lincoln. Died October :., A. O . IS is. a?od .1.". years. Kiccttd bv a iiiini'of her lartyrcd fou. 1ST'.." The wro il Mrs. LlncoIV said of Abraham, J 'Abe was. the- best boy. I ever faw r i'V ever expect to see." The Llnenlns' ilrawn by an ox-team, moved from Indiana te Decatur, Illinois, Illin-ois, , Abraham Lincoln's First Work for i Temperance, j - At i be-age of 17 Abraham Lincoln I wrote an csi-ay vti "Tempviance" I which was published in a weoVy pap-j pap-j i'V. To appreciate this cne. nnut un-I un-I ilerstand something of bis environment ! at the time. U. Is thus described: "The ettlcr were v-ery sociable and 1 jMCommcJintng, bat there was nnro I liranktnness and 'aicery .n a small I tca'e. more Imiiiiira.kv, le3; religion, j lesa conildoncc than oh.ewl'ere." ; Hew Liquor Was Regarded in Lin- ! coin's Youth. ! Ainaiiaui Linco) i saU in one f iih ticMressei--. "When nil n' us first j oprnc I rt!ir eye;) iipot) the r.:a?a of , cxlsti-nce. we found Intiixlcailug iiq-ior I ltd ..nl;'.eJ i y ev.iyi);.oy, repudiated i by nobody, Ii coniuio :ly enloivd into u.ir 1'it il:au;;lu oi the Inrant. and the I laKt ilra ;ghi o' tre (lying man. l"r"ni sla'.i) c" the jiaron down to j j tuo K'SS.e iiiit'ct ct the hi molest I i-'ci.r.s i;iec:iii?d n In this, that and I ' Ir.e o her (lls.-.Dsei; jiovernment Pr-j Pr-j nied K lor .dicrs and sr.llnrs. and to hav. a , " or roi.'i 15, a husking I : liLf -tfo-.v.!,' a:iv. htrc alxjui with-j with-j c.t It v.-a: Insj'icrible. Se, too. It v:3a ovoryw'hcie a 1 cancelable article j 01 maoLiactarc au.l merchandise. Tho ! 1 al-int; cf U was regarded us an hon f;;'.a'e Kve'lboof, r.nd ho who could ! r.inJ-.e n.ost Va ; the nnsi enterprising !, .n:?d rc; pi clable." I W(:o C311 be Excuecd from Working l Against Strong Dring? j Abraham Lincoln asks si.me per-! per-! lliu ut qaostiens ci ncorning our re-j re-j i-iUMistb'.i'iy in this temperance work. ; l. ;'st-: v hnt one of us but can call 1 to niiii 1 some lelative, more promising J In yiauh than all his lYllov.'p, who j has laPcn a s.urllice to strong drink? 1 . Shall he (drink) now be ar- I listed In his desnlalory career? In J fiat ari'est all con give aid that will; ! 11 r J v, ho j-hnll be. excused who can I nnd will in.t'.'" ' He Fcrtclla the Grandeur of the Pres- cut Revolution. "Ii" ilx' rulathe granicur of revol-j revol-j i.tioas jball l:o estimated by the great ; f.mount of human misery they allevl-j allevl-j i.'c, uml tbe small amount they inflict, 1 then 'Indeed will this (the lemper-j'lihc-c reviilutlon) be the grandest the I , world shall ever baVe Keen." . . . "liy it no mpbans starving. n wid i ov.s weeping, liy It none wounded in j lei-Hng, none iujiied In interest; even , the dram ni.iki'i- and the dram seller . will luive Rllded Into 01 her occupa-I occupa-I Hons ho gradually as never to have I toll the enang and will stan! ready j to join all others In the un.versal j n'ng of gladness. . . : Happy day 1 when all 'appetites cent rolled, all |
