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ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1929.
THE IIEI'ARATIONS SETTLEMENT
11 THAT tli cynics suid could never he done is done. The
VV German rcpiirutions (juestion is nettled. There is com
promise. Germany will pay more than the ultimate sum
which she had declared possible. The allies will accept less
than the minimum which they had said was acceptable. The
agreement marks a lonjf step in Europe's progress back to
normalcy. It is a rood thing for the world.
The vastre.ss of the accomplishment is glimpsed in an
Associated Press dispatch published in the News-Iieview
Wednesday. The allies originally demanded $120,000,000,
000. J'rom Germany. It was a vengeful demand. The pur
pose was not only to exact payment for war losses and more,
but to cripple Germany financially and keep her. crippled.
That' was al the war's close, when war hatreds und war
fears were acute. l!y l!)2:i, when the reparations cqmmis
sioirmet, matters had cooled. The commission scaled Ger
many's debt down to !j3o,000,000,000. The agreement now
reached cuts it to $9,000,000,000.
Not alone a sense of .justice nor yot a gradual reawaken
ing of esteem for the nation which was a mighty foe prompt
ed the vast concessions made, although it may be supposed
these' were factors. Hut there had come a general realiza
tion "that a Germany active was more valuable to the peace
and -stability and prosperity of Europe than a Germany
prone. It had come to be recognized that if Europe was to
go forward, Germany must be allowed to go forward. So
the settlement, while vastly to Germany's advantage by com
parison with previous demands, was not an unselfish settle
ment on the part of any nation.
American thought and American effort led the difficult
and tortuous way through the negotiations and averted
the)' threatened breakdown, but we on this side of the water
should not be too smug about that. Ours was a position more
nearly detached than others and we were thus in a natural
placo of leadership. Our delegates at Paris seized their op
portunity and did well their part, but they had a natural ad
vantage. They have performed a service to the world of
vast import. '
'. On the bads of the scttloment, Franco will obtain
enough to pay her war debts and have something over to
wards restorations. Great Urituin will get enough to cancel
her war debts.,. So will the nther. European, allied nations.
The United Stales wiLreceivo .enough Xo'pay the costs of her
army of occupation following the war. And Germany will
Ue able to pay.
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A number of newspapers about the state have scath
ingly criticized the last number of the Oegon Slate Monthly,
organ of the alumni of Oregon Slate college, because it is
largely devoted to amateurish attacks on the University of
Oregon., Wo must decline to get excited. Such stuff from
either side is utterly mistaken in concept and wholly lack
injjjn useful purpose rr accomplishment. It is neither in
spired nor counteinu jctl by administrative heads al either
institution. The zealots guilty of it are remarkable chiefly
for their paucity of space between the eyes. Let 'em rave
oh. -
OUT OUR WAY
By Williams
Sure, he worked
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wo.,:p,T.orr. CjRe.ene.f? Pasture.,. Z?..
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'The rapidly IncroualtiK illvoree
rule." reimukiMl tho wll, "InrlicitU-s
.anci of $21't.7i1 as of Juno 1.
Anions the larger cunti ibulorM tn
di'iiiiirrathr fund weit; Sl:",0OU
; ta-h from John J. K:i.skub, chair
man of thu di'itiocralic national
( committi't;, William F. Kenny, Hcr
ijjtut II. I.fhinan, all of Kv.w York
ipiy; JKmi.ooO from M. J. Median,
and JfiH.OOO fuch from Jlf-rnard M.
jliamch, William II. Todd, T. J.
! iMara, John F. Gilchrist, James J.
Kiordun, and Ituprcsi-ntative Par-
Ihat" Amt.r;ca i indeed becominc kur all of New York.
(he land of the free.
"YtH," replied the prosaic friend, !
hut the continued marriage rate !
miRKCHts that it la still the home of ,
the brave."
RaleHtnan: "The doctor said he'd"
put me on my feet again in alx
i'ekn.
Grocer: "And did he?"
"Yes; 1 had to sell my car to
pay his hill."
Probably nobody ever sets too
nliKhlem-(i to be a littli? istipersii
tioutj.
POEM FOR THE DAY
By LOUIS AU3KT BANKS
"Mow Ih It," nsked a police mac-
tHtrate of a culprit haled before
him for robbery, "that you man-
uued to take thin man 'h watch
from hi.s vest pocket when it was
secured by a patent aafuly catch?"
"My fee, your honor," replied
the man politely and with dlmiiiy.
"Ih $IU for the full course of six
lesaoiiB."
"You want more money? Why.
my hoy, I worked three yonra for
$11 a month riKht In thin eslab
llMhnieiit, and now Pin the' owner
of It."'
"Well, you see what happened
to jour boss. No man who treats
his help that way cuu hang onto
his business."
(Copyrighted by Office Cut Byn
dicate.)
IMKMJUIS
HOLD MEETING WflH
I.'.spi:e the inclement weather,
I here was an excellent allendance
for th" Kiwiinis-tiranKe proran
held lit Yonnalla last nlKht. The
Ifofleburff Kiwaniu club lias been
visitinR each of the (Inun,'es of the
county, and hist niht made (he
triji l Youcalla, where the meet
Ikk was held in the Methodist
church building.
The Kiwiinis club and Grange
each contributed numbers for I he
excellent pronram, and a very fine
entertainment was furnished, 'i lie
ladies of thi Grange served re
freshments after the program.
Do You Know Your
Own State?
Excftrpts from "Orfgun Gcosniphtc
Namcii" hj Mc Arthur, which ex
plain the origin of names of
geoj-raiihlc landmarks through
out the -state.
FREEZEOUT CREEK
Frnezeout Crock, Wallowa
aounly This stream is in the
easieru part of the county. It
was named by one Jack John
son because he nearly 'froze
mere ono night. Johnson was
n prominent, pioneer character
of the Wallowu country.
FIVE PITCHERS TO
Yankees Also Trimmed, By
Cleveland New York
Giants Win 1 4 Out
of 1 6 Games.
FreuwuUir, I'liuilllla county,
wuh tinlnhljshcd its u rival com
munity to Milton, Just to till'
eouth, uud hoped to get Bot
tlers uy the device of offering
tree water lor irrigation pur
pones. The original plat of .the
town wan filed uh New Walla
- Walla, in 1S(J!1, on aocount of
proximlly to Walla Wallu,
Washington.
Camp at Idleyid I'ark.
Ily WILLIAM J. CHIl'MAN
(Associated I'reHs Sports Writer)
Tile proueeUinis at Khifoe park
yesterday fell Jar short of he ins
any part of an Athletic holiday,
hut the antics of the Urowns did
enahle several of the bench hands
anioUK the pitchers to get a j,.w
moments in the sun. The St. I.oul
Bans clulilied Khmke, Orwoil,
(iuinn, liommel and Yerk - for 18
hila to win by the noct ucore of
lo to 6, .hut as the Vai,K, c , oblis
lnsly lost, the cost to the Athlet
ics was negligible. The champions
are the boys upon whom Connie
Mack has bis wily eye fixed the
champions and that string of eight
cames he must play against them
later this month.
Turned -hack by Cleveland for
the second successive afternoon,
the Yankees dropped to third place
behind the victorious Browns. The
hugmen remained seven and one
hait games from the lead as the
Brownies reduced their own defi
cit to six and one-half contests.
The Indians defeated the Yank
ees by the effective process of run
ning up a big early lead and hold
ing It to win by 7 to 3.
Washington fans saw a collnnse
of two pitching stnffs in the same
park yesterday whan the Tigers
rallied for nine runs in the last
two Innings to defeat the Senators-
by 17 to 11.
The White Sox-Red Sox game at
Boston was postponed on account
of rain.
Giants Going Strongly
Thu Giants continued their
spurt at the expense of the Cardi
nals, winning the final game by 8
to 1 behind Carl Hubbell's fine
pitching. This triumph extended
the Giant streak to fourteen out of
sixteen and six out of seven In the
w-est.
The defeat dropped the Cardi
nals to third place as the Cubs con
tinued to feast unou the Itohlns,
winning the third and last of the
series 11 to 2. Charlie Root pitched
in as fine form as he has displayed
this season.
The Pirates prevented the fllanM
from cutting down the margin be
tween first place and fourth, win
ning again frohi the Braves 0 to 2.
Donald Hurst hit his tenth hom
er at Cincinnati, but his wild throw
in the eleventh with a double .play
In sight permitted Ford to score
from second, and the Kedlegs
eased home front.
SEALS GET CLOSER
Mmjriati-d Pre Lvmu.il Wir)
Pacific Coast league events of
yesterday proved to be only a se
ries of severe setbacks for the
league leading Ban Franciiico Mis
sion Heds.
The Los Angeles Angels, third In
.the league at present, scored two
whirlwind victories at Los Angeles
over the Kilb-fer .club in the day,
the only club in tbe league this
year to accomplish that feat and
to abruptly to halt the victorious
march of the Reds.' In the first
Kame the Angels fought -their way
to a 9 to 5 verdict, and Jn tbe af
ternoon battle came back and com
pletely subdued -the Red horde
with a count of 7 to 1. The latter
game went seven innings only.
Another jolt suffered by the
j league leaders was the victory of
Hollywood Stars at Rrnrfutioti
field here. The Scab, now thriving
in second place, and apparently de
termined to give the Reds a battle
for the pennant, outsluged and
outpitched the Stars to tne tune of
a 4 to 2 score.
'Oakland Jiad two big innings in
the game with Portland, played on
the lot across the bay, and took ad
vantage of four errors by the
quack-quacks, finally defeating
them 7 to 4. After the second In
ning Jack Knight pitched shutout
hall for the visitors hut his team
mat8 were unable to bunch hits
off Martin Dumovich's offerings.
In his first start for the Sacra
mento Senators, on their home lot,
Jack , Cano, 200-pound Fresno
youth, stopped the -Seattle Co
mancnes and won by a Bcore of
6 to 4.
RUTH EXPECTS TO
E
NEW YORK, June 8- Lying In
a sick bed, George Herman Ruth,
mighty man of, swat, held the un
divided attention of baseball's mil
lions today.
A victini, according to official
pronunciamento, of "in use ular
heart trouble," the great home run
slugger of the New York Yankees
will be out of the game for an in
definite period.
The more optimistic of Ruth's in
timates said he would be back in
the Yankee's lineup within a week
or ten days; the more pessimistic
inclined to the belief that Ruth
would not don bin unifom again lor
a month and a half at least and
possibly for the rest of the sea
son. Certainly there appeared to be
no basis for ealy reports that
Ruth's' baseball career was over.
Kfforts to learn the liabe's exact
condition wore hampered by the
wall of mystery with which hiB ill
ness has been shrouded.
Ruth himself was quoted as de
claring he would be "as good as
ever" in ten days. Yankee offi
cials, informed by the club physi
cian that muscular heart trouble
was not necessarily a serious hH
ment, thought the Habe would be
with them In a week or ten days.
HOW THEY STAND
IN BALL LEAGUES
UTAH SHIPPERS FAVOR
NORTHERN LINES' PLANS
(Afwiplatf-H Prrn. Leaiwl Wire)
SALT LAKE CITY, June 7. The
Utah shippers traffic association to
day informed the interstate com
merce commission of its advocacy
of the application of the Great
Northern and Western Pacific rail
roads for perisf.ion to connect their
lines between Klamath falls, Ore.,
and Keddnie. Cal.
The association asked permission
to be heard in behalf of the appli
cation if. the commission -holds
hearings, , ,,.
Kat barbecue sandwiches .and
live forever. Brand's Hoad Sta'ud.
Pacific Coast League
V. L.
Mission 49 22
San Francisco 43 31
Los Angeles 40 33
"nklnnd 39 25
'lollywood 34 34
ri crr.mnto 32 43
Se-ltle 26 42
Portland 23 45
National League
Pittsburgh 27 15
Chicago 26 17
St. Louis 28 19
New York .'4 18
Philadelphia -1 21
Boston 16 27
Cincinnati IS 27
Brooklyn 15 27
American League
Philadelphia 3S :1
St. LoiMs 28 19
New York 25 18
Detroit 27 24
Cleveland .. i 23 22
Washington .. 16 27
Chicago .. 17 31
Boston .' 13 30
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EDITORIALS ON
THE DAWSNEWS
TREASURES DISCOVERED FROM ABOVE
This significant story comes from Montreal:
"Airmen employed hy the Northern Aerial Minerals Ex
ploration Company have flown 100,000 miles over northern
Canada in the last nine months and have not met with a single
arciclenl. stales John F. Hammell, president of the company.
The planes have tiavcled from the Alaskan coast on ihc west to
the Labrador coast on the east, and from the Tinnscontinentnl
Railway to the Arctic Circle, carrying prospectors who have
gained for the company several new gold fields, as well us de
posits of every known metal."
These modern methods make us smile;
' T hey fit into our modern style.
I he old prospector Tin way hark
Who had his pick nnd loaded jack,
Who camped nlout nmnne, the hills
And tiied his luck alone, the tills,
Was hut a plain and homely siht
'Lonjiside a man on aiislup fli;;ht, j
The old style miner mutt tied his a-.jc. j
' And smne of them wl-ic wondrous f-nyc ; I
Pint in the;.c d.iy.i nf iuiiiin;; schools i
Moll turn theii eyes to sh.uper toh.,
When we fou;;!jI one to mle our land,
To make it slill moie littuly stand,
We chose a mining engineer
' Our picMucnlial wheel to steer.
The wealth belon to him who su n ,,
Vi lu knows at.it tii m;;iis u mes.
Who, looking tiom die sky .dn.vc.
Lights down upon tin m like a dove.
' loi finding IrcaMitrs lirsli tu iuw.
There's nothins; like the skyline view;
,' 'v It shows nil tilings in proper place.
And j;ives them no d luums iiacc.
(Continued from page 1)
knowledge, do not be cay I duwn.
One uf the anciently acceM-d
ideas that is cIuiiikmik Ih the idea
that any opinion that is worth
while must necessarily b: uu opin
ion that is set as firmly uud as uu
chuuKeahly as concrete.
There's teaching here for all our muiI;;
No matter what our catlhiy mlrs;
Via not the mole brnca'Ji tin- ground
Who has life's richest trcaMiies (mind.
Hut he who dreams and no. us above
Who revels in the heiylits ol love;
T is he whose mind nnd heart olt faie
in upper realms uf lofty prayer.
REOPENING OF DEN
INFESTED BORDER
MEETS PROTEST
WASHINGTON, June 7.-dtenc
siniiiiive Sums, ri'puhlicaii. Call
turn in aunt iiuiced Iml.iy he had
been assured hy Secretary Siini
siiu that requests tu open the Mexi
can holder at Mexicali and Tia
Jttana, Mexico, would he most care
fully considered before any action
was taken.
lie ha ill Stfiasnii told him "110
simp judgment would ho taken in
this mallei." lie Gilded lu had un
eimam iiieiit with president llomci
Monday to discuss the mutter.
"I am (julte euuiideiit Ihat the
president will not lend hiiusell IO
.-'a h a haekward slop us tipeninu
the border for hours a day at
pti ti loued by resort owners in the
Mexican omis of Tin Juaua and
ieii alt," 'S iiiK uid. "The Am
erican cimimuuiiics iiiuuu Hie
An xieau hmder are a unit in de-
ma net hm protect mn (tout the e il
influent va aeru.ss the boundary
! :i:ie."'
DEMOCRATIC DEBT
DOWN TO $557,775
WASHINGTON, .lime 7.- The de
ficit ot $t,f.iii.otiu let! on Hie hands
ot lite ilyiuocratic national e.ouimil
t e at tne elo..e of Hie uusueces
i fid presidential campaign ot Al
jhed K. Smith hits been reduced to
' f '"7.7T;"t in outstanding obligations,
A report to William Tler c;e,
lei k "1 Hie Iuhim hv J.uues V.
i Gerard, treasurer of the deumcnit
ji" Kfoup. hsictt cnuti ihiilHUis sinee
March 1, us aiaotintiiik; to (l.n.Vv
j .1. K. Null, treasurer of the re
jl'iihlhan naiiouai committee, also
i tiled u report which bhuwed a bah
FUNERAL SERVICES
ETHEL K. BOYLES
HELD YESTERDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Kthel
K. Itoyles were held in the Mel hu
ll ihi enurcn ot Myrtle creek yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock and
Hie large auditorium was filled by
hoitowIhr friends and relatives.
The nuiiiorous floral tributes at
tested the esteem in which Ihe de
ceased was held in the ctiutniiinity.
Hev. Hall was ofi'iciutitr; mitiLster
and interment took place in Hie t.
O. o. F. cemetery. Funeral ur
raimeineiits were in charge of 11.
('. Stearns of the Hong las Funeral
Uotnc.
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
The Benefits of Total Abstinence
PENDERGRASS AND
FARMER BATTLE
TO ANOTHER DRAW
Atiylin I'eiiderrjiss of h'tHehurn
and Orlando Fanner of Fueae.
l.'i-ptuiiid boxers, met in Kimetie
lasl niht for tiie'r fourth bout.
I'emler Jiass and Farmer each hold
a decision and I hey have fouuht
t.vn draws, lust night's match alfo
eiVllim in an even bre;'k. The fiht
was Ihe best on the Kugene card,
and pave the Inns plenty of thrills,
U wns a nory bailie, wiih e:ich boy
showing n ri'at deal uf sUHl and
hlttlim uldlity.
Ile-h .luilil of I'orthi'Hl ktutekid
out Ued llai-'er of akima in the
f:l'h ri'inid of tbe main event.
FOR IV EFt LOOK ING GLASS
RESIDENT IS DC AD
KFOKNK. June S. Charley 1
lirown. lor Hi years a resident of
Cottage drove. di tl al ! n'cloi-k
Tl ursd:i nbtlit in Coll i -e drove.
He w.m ai'i to he Hie fi'st v. till t-i-h
'-i hie ii in Fri--i,a i iun'v, c.tli
foriiia, hoi n A nst '''. is;,:,, six
tei n t ;t;-; laiel lie CUllie to Hre.'.en
;u:d in 1 mi was married in Look
in :i;'avs v.HVy. ( r tnn,
He is su:vid hy his uidoM.
y s. 1 a ry I!i ou n. three child re ;i.
Mi ". Kll.i M,M,M. Oakland. O, ,. ;
Jovhiil Prov. a, Cu!tai:e (irove, and
V.Mli.l l'oyd. Medlonl: five fraud
I 'lil.lr n aed two :reat m'aiKh hild
fell.
He v ;( s a tvember of th" ( ''rls
tian cb:ir: h and Mo.h vn Wondni'-n
et Ameiicii. He h.:d hi en an in
v,i'fd for a year.
Funeral services wt'l be held a:
2 : :;n o'cIim K Salurdav ai'tei noun,
Kev. Shaw olfii iai n? a. T Hie t:hv
chape in Cot'aKe drove. W'tHnliiit ti
of the V-,id will lie in i!i:,me o:
t he ser ice. interment w 111 be in
the 1 O. O. F. cemetery.
The International Uniform Sun
day School Lesson for June 9. The
Benefits of Total Abstinence. Jere
miah 35:5-11.
By WM. E. GILROY, D. D. ,
Editor of The Congregationalist
The ancient world did not have
the problem of distilled liquors
and the powerful intoxicants that
are inventions of modern time, hut
wine In a Krupo-jjrowinK country
proved sufficiently in toxical inn to
make the problem of drunkenness
very ancient and very real. Always,
apparently, .there were the same
react ions to I his situation those
who went to extremes of excess in
drink In;, and those who, seeing
the evil of this thing that took
away men's senses und wills, de
termined that they would have'
nothing to do with intoxicants.
Without discussing: the claims
of those who ussort that the Itthle
in specific passages does not for
hid the drinking of intoxicating
liquor or does not characterize it
a si a sin. It oulit to be fairly clear
to any unbiased mind that the gen
eral spirit of the Hihle and the ac
tual text of many passages is
against the use of anything that
destroys man's conscious mastery
of him.-ielf, ami that In this con
nection w hie is described as u
"mocker" and strong drink is char
acterized as "ratiing".
Tho.se who follow the law of
total abstinence arid those whe
fight the liiiuor traffic in the mod
cm world have 1'te Bible on (heir
side despite Hi" ipioi in i: of an ue:
caion;tl let that milit o to up
hold the ennipariitive liHrndesHiies.s
or even the supposed benefit of the.
moderate u.-e of wine.
Beside the Issue
It ouuhl to he fairly obvious to
anyone who tbouthtfutiy considers
the matter that such passages as
have b'-en quoted by those who op
pose such measurvs as prohihitioii
in modem days have little or noth
ing to do with that iMie. The ques
tion under ) tug prohthiihm is not
whetliei or mil drinUiug be a fin.
nor is it even whether under cer
tain eii'-nnisTanees the moderate
use m liquor miv'ht le a benefit.
The tpiosthm Is rather that f the
freaeial elieet upon society of traf
fic in alcoholic intoxicants and
whether that effect be so evil -as
to warrant the entire suppression
of such a traftie by law.
The prohibitionist says tha'
such siipprvhtum of the truffle is
justified upon the facts because
any mippoi-ed benefit to the indi
vidual, even if one granted it, (s
out of all proportion to the injury
to other individuals and to the
evil eit'uct upou society. The unti-effect
1$
Text: Jeremiah 35:5-11.
And I srt Ix-fnrP tlie sons of the house of tile Ilcrhabitoa Iots
full of wiiii. anil nips: and I natI unto tliom. Drink ye wini'.
Hut tlti-y said. We will iliitik.no wine: for Jonadah iho. sun ot
K"c!)ali our falhiT coniinanili'il us' sajiiiK. Yo sluill drink no wine.
neither y.'. nor your sons for ever:
Neither shall ye huil I hiiuse, nor sow Fetid, nor Jilant vineyard,
nor have any: hut all your days ye shall dwell in tents; thai jo'lnay
live many days In the- land where ye be strangers.
Thus have we obeyed tbe voice of Jouadal) the son of llorhah our
father In all that he hath ehi'.rned us. to drink no wine all our days, we,
our wives, our son;, nor our daiiKhters:
Nor to build houses for uu to dwell In; neither have we vineyard,
nor, Fi'd J, nor seed :
'Hut we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done accord
ing to all that Jonaduh our father commando I us.
Hut it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar kiiiR of Habylon ca'me
up into the land, that we said, t'onie. and let us co to Jerusalem tor
fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of thci ,ht' attitude of having nothing
Syrians; o we dwell at Jerusalem. ' w-halevor ! do -with Intoxicants
. I Certainly the habit of total abstl
nrohihiiionist either contends that i holds that prohibition is an Inef-j nence is safe sane and not onlv In
ihe individual has the inherent feetive remedy for an acknowl-; the direction of the hiKhest viiu-s
ncht to .t: ink intoxicants regard i edcrrd evil. but in opposition to what has at
less of this uucslinn of the social; Into these auctions there Is im w-nv. ,lv..l. i
ui'on ihv cumumuity, or necessity that wo should eutor evil.
here, lliouh they are tho most
vexed -questions under discussion
.and determination In America at
the present hour. The lessun with
which we are dealing here presents,
the matter of total abstinence. It
is worth while to note that the
practice and Inculcation ot total
abstinence from alcoholic liquor
have not by any means lost their
value or warrant through tho pass
lnp of a prohibitory law.
Unfortunately, prohibitory laws
are not one hundred per cent per
fect either In relation - to liquor,
automobile speeding, or an hun
dred and one other things that so
ciety' has to suppress or regulutu
for its own welfare. While the ef
fect of prohibition has been very
largely to remove the liquor trtfffic
out of the environment of those
who do not wish to drink and who
do not wish to have the nuisance
of Ihe traffic in the environment
of their lives, it is probably true
that many who want to drink can
get hold of the stuff by goin? to
dives or by patronizing the boot
legger. i.aw and law enforcement are
undoubtedly helped today where
men and women take the attitude
of total abstinence as they did be
fore prnhihitiou eamo Into effect. '
It is entirely wide of the mark
to say, as nonie do. that prohibi
tion has weakened the cause of to
tal abstinence, because total ab
stinence Is just as sound and valu
able an altitude as ever before.
Abstinence Is Healthful
What have been the uffects of
total abstinence? They are very
well shown in the story of thesa
Ifechahiles. and they have been
domonstratml in .every generation
of history. The effect of total absti
nence upon health Is marked.
Those who have not made the
drinking of alcohol even in modera
tion a habit have never suffered
from the lack of it, and those who
have had the biiblt and have given
it llli have almost invariably laid
stress upon their happier and
healthier condition under total ab
stinence. When one considers what the ef
fect of the liquor habit has been
in the life of humanity and the
scourge of alcohol throughout the
ages, secondary perhaps only to
the scourges of war and slavery,
it ought not to bea verv serious
sacrifice for any man or woman to
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