Temperance Column

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3099, 15 September 1899, Page 2

Temperance Column

■» [The matter for this colnmn is snppiied by a representative of the Bruoe Prohibit.on League, who alone ia responsible for the opinions expressed hereunder,] The drunkards will never die out — I'll tell yon the reason why : The boys, the girls grow up As fast as old dtuokards die. The drinking of brandy, according fco a writer on " Mountaineering," does not keep out the cold. He states that it has the opposite effect, and adds that alcohol is valueless as a cure for giddiness. Prohibition is solid in;} Kansas. The newspapers of the State are opposed to resubmission. Ttiat counts. NOT 3TECESSABT FOB." MEN"TAT WOBK. Sir Richard Webster, Attorney (jj-eneral in the Imperial Government, aaya he has been a total abstainer for 18 years, and is convinced that alcohol is not necessary for any kind of mental work. He has known many able lawyers ruined through drink, and many others who have spent iv it what should have been bhe stay of their old age. DEINK TEADE PEOJTITS. An illustration of the eoormous profits made by publicans wan given at Dover (says a Home ptp«r) ia a, ca-:e where the tenant of a local tavern made a claim for compensation a^.iinsb the oorporation. The lowest profit was made on wine, which yielded 100 per cent. Ale yielded 150 per cent, profit, whilst on spirits tho return was from 150 to 250 per cent. The publican instanced, amidst great amusement, how these profits could be rnado. Experts on the coi poration side put the profits on aa hotel busines. at from GO to 80 per cent. The claimant was awarded £1845 compensation, in lieu oi £4000 claimed by him. UJNFEEMENTED WINE. Churches in Scotland that use unfermented wine at tho Communion. — In the annaal register of the Scottish Temperance League for 1899, the list of the Churches iv Scotland that have adopted unfermented wine at the Lord's Supper is given as follows : —

don't you know ? " There are patient little women here below Whose sons and husbands to the dramshops go, Who would like to gently drop A ballot that would Btep The wrecking of their loved ones by this foe. Don't yon know, don't you know Where all mothers ought to go, When they have their little families Depending on them so ? They should cast a righteous vota And their loyalty devote To God and borne and babies, don't you know."

Established ... ... 33 Free ... ... ... 171 United Presbyterian ... IG4 Congregational ... ... ]54 Baptist ... ... 112 Wesleyan Methodist ... 52 Primitive Methodist ... 16 Evangelical Union ... 11 iMiscellaneous ... ... H Total ... ... 727