TEMPERANCE COLUMN.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1890, Page 1 (Supplement)

TEMPERANCE COLUMN.

* JOTTINGS. A noble epitaph is upon John B. Gough's Monument. It was written by himself, and placed upon bis tomb at his own request. "I can desire nothing better for this great country than that a great barrier high as Heaven bhou'.d be raised between the unpolluted lips of the Christian and the intoxicating cup ; that everywhere men and women should raise strong and determined hands against whatever will defile tho body, pollute the mind, or harden the heart against God and ULs truth." Mr. W. Wilson, who if, in tho Glasgow Daiiy Mail, giving a practical course of lessons on swimming, gives this piece of advice :—": — " It is a mistake for any one under the influence of malt liquors of any kind to go in for a swim whcie the water is deep in hopes of a bath having a sobering effect ; for if the sea is at all rough, or the bather tumbles about, the bath will have an effect quit* the reverse of what was wished fur.'' Now is the time for farmers, says the Temperaneo Chror.i le to try Stokos amongst thpir harvest men This is a strengthening drink, easily made, and cheap ; the chief constituent is ground oatmeal. Another good drink is made from £ oz. of hops, £ oz. of ginger, or hoiehound may he. used instead of hops. Every Church of Englaud Diocesan Secretary will furnish the recipes Another excellent drink is Duustan's, which is cooling aud refreshing, and free from alcohol. The Hey. Dr. Hannuy, secretary to the Congregational Union, gave a stirring Temperance speech at the recent breakfast to tho British Medical Association. The doctor took tho pledge, 7th March, 1837. It was due to a lecture delivered by a com mcrcial traveller from Liverpool, named Johu Finch, that Dr. Hannay traces "his position of life, and any service ho may have been able to render to the cause of Temperance, or tho cause of truth, to that one act." A very interesting und rather novel method of making known the facts of the Temperance lefornmtiou has been adopted at Chicago, and apparently with great success. A Temperance Education Society has been started, and it Bas purchased space in the several tram cars, and posts up printed matter bearing on the Temperance Question. In consequence of tho success several of the local papers, opposed to Temperance aud Prohibition, are attempting to answer the arguments made so plain. A missionary, tho flev. J. W. Faraday, stated that in South Africa they had great difficulty with reference to the drink traffic. More harm was being done by brandy than nil the good acccomplished by the missionaries. Some of the brandy came from Germany, but very much of it from England. At one of their most interesting stations, in spite of tho protest of chief, missionaries, and people, a canteen had been set up, aud tho work of demoralisation bad begun, and was going on. And now a flourishing Wesleyiin mUhiou station might be wiped out of existence by braudy. The British Weekly quotes the following from a speech delivered at the North field Conference :—": — " Alcoholise the cup of tho Communion, and it will be the devil's blood. As I travel, I slum the Communion table as I would the saloon, and for the same reason. 60,000 gallons of grog are dispensed by the priests of God in -America every year. Alcoholise a nation and it goes back to barbarism. Alcohol is the incarnate curse of Scriptures. High license Legislation is like the painting on the saloon windows, to keep conscience from looking in." The Northern Advance says :—: — "Publicans in Manchester aud elsewhere are boginuing to cater for Temperance folk , and it is common to see iv their windows that beef tea may be had "hot." If in this way their ordinary distorters be weaned to better habits it will be a great gain, bnt we fear that it is not the aim For any man trying to train himself to do without alcohol stimulants to go into a public-house for a substitute is like a burnt child playiug with fire, or a singed moth fluttering once more round the fatal flame. Besides, to such the mere smell of drink is often an im'sibbibln li'inptation." Prof. Wilki is, of Victoria University, Manchester, speaking recently to tho students of Lancashire Independent College, said, '• Ib behoved the Christian minister to understand the social needs of tho time, and, in face of tho widely extended wietchedness which prevail, to make himself acquaiuted with the newer political, econoni)', which sought to remedy tho existing evils. As to whether they took an active part in ordinary politics or not, must be a matter for their own decision ; but when it was clearly a question between moral obligations and personal or national self-in-terest, he could not see how a Chiistian man could be satisfied with a silent vote." A letter has been received (says the Daily News) by a Lancashire correspondent from Mr. James Tyson, an Australian millionaire, which states that that geutletnan i 3 about to pay a visit to this country. Mr. Tyson is one of tho most remarkable men of the century. The sou of au English emigrant, ho was born in 1808, and worked for a wage of .£3O per year until 1855. He entered into business on his own account in 1858, and since that timo has amassed a fortune of between £4,000,000 aud £5,000,000. His family sprang from Cumberland, where there are families of the same name who claim relationship with him. He has never in his life had a day's illness, aud is not kuown to have drunk a glass of spirits or used tobacco. His career has been as romantic as it is remarkable. A Parliamentary paper has been issued containing the ninth report to the Homo Secretary of Mr. ii. W. Hoffman, Inspector of Retreats under the Inebriates Acts, 1870 and 1888, for tho year 188 S. From this report ie appenrs that the workiug of the Act, as amended from the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, and vow called with it the Inebriates Act, has been very satisfactory during the year. No now retreats havo been opened duriug tho year, but for the sevon establish-

ments which were in existence iv 1887 renewed licences were obtained. There has been a decided increase in the number of patients treate.i, the aggregate admissions in 1888 being 99 against 66 admitted in the previous year. The health of the patients, as a rule, has been exceedingly good. Brandy, rum, gin, and whisky, are all compounds of ethylic alcohol flavoured with ethers peculiar to themselves and the mode of manufacture. Iv the case of gin it in often flavoured with turpentine, tincture of cardamunis, and other extracts ; but when tiucture of juniper berries is used, it is commonly called " holknds." In all the c> alcohol" is chemically the same.