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classes of the Latin School, one- orphaned children, if allowed to
From the Charnel House of Death
Come and Help U*.
Worse than war, than storm or tempest
half the pupils use tobacco. In the speak, could tell a wonderful story
Hear the bells whose hurried measures 1
Is this slayer of mankind
English High School there is com­ on this subject. The morning
Fall upon the startled ear,
For he kills the soul immortal
paratively little smoking. East papers say, he was killed last night Every clanging note of warning,
Clouds the intellect divine.
Boston placed the per cent, of at a certain saloon, he took his own
Tells of sudden danger near.
Yet this foul insatiate monster
tobacco u^ers from 10.to 30. ,
life—had been on a spree, etc. ’Tis the Fire Fiend, see him raging
Is empowered to walk our earth,
Like a strong, relentless, foe,
Roxbury had been fighting the What was the cause of hi« death ?
Eqter homes, ag ugg t_UD welcome,
vlTeince 1 »tfttTfe'u t tfie" mhn ner™oF "WKisk'y\ What" causecI tTiat noble
Sit besrde“u8 at'bur hearth,
As he rushes to and fro.
Shatter fondest hopes, we cherish,
smokers had doubled. All these young man to fall, and throw a
See amid the blazing ruin
Poison our domestic joys ;
school« “ prohibit ” the use of to­ stigma upon the name of his
Victims struggling in despair ;
With his wanton smiles alluring
bacco, but indifference, and bad ex­ family? Whisky; whisky did it. Who will lend a hand to save them,
Bob us of our noble boys.
ample on the part of the. parents, What causes our prisons to multiply
Who to rescue them will dare ?
Mark the tears of desolation
render it impossible to control the and our taxes to increase annually ? Men of courage, men of valor ! •
Shed beside their early graves,
Could yo» atand nnhfgfling by
boys..........
Whisky is at the bottom of it. And
with calm indifference leave tEemf
In New York and Brooklyn the What causes such squalid poverty
Of the ones he still enslaves.
Thus to suffer, thus to die ?
Men of conrage can you listen
evil has become so great that.peti­ in many of our lirge cities to-day ?
No ! with pulses roused to action,
To their agonizing cry
tions are being circulated, asking Whisky is the one poweiful under­
S ou I b responsive to the call,
for a law by the State to prohibit lying cause. The bloated faces, red You would venture e’en where danger. And with calm indifference leave them
a.
Thus to perish, thus to die ? .......
the sale of tobacco to minors. Such eyes, and pimpled noses, whence
Might the stontest heart appair;
You who love your country’s banner,
a Jaw ought to exist and be en­ come they ? There can be but one And with eager handB ontreaching
Fought to save its starry folds,
forced in every State.— Outlook:
answer—strong -*drink. .Dp .our k Full of courage strong and brave,
Will
you see it stained, and sullied.
Snatch them from the dreadful peril
people know these facts? Cer­
With
the blood of human souls ?
Save them from a fiery grave.
Trample down this dread destroyer,
A Child's Question.
tainly they do. Why, then, is the
Just outside the sheltering harbor,
Now in this decisive hour
evil tolerated ? Because of the
" Papa, what is a Prohibitionist?” money there is in it. '¿’hereby — Witbin the reach of friendly hail
With your voices, with your ballots
. Help ua crush the Tyrant’s power.
“ A person who tries to make the many live easy, though ^heearnings^ 9ee~U*at-vassal tossing wildly
At the mercy of the gale,
people drink mure whisky.”
I d the distance shining softly
are often snatched away from the Long has she withstood the tempest,
Like a beacon light from hon e
“ How do Prohibitionists make innocent, and helpless. Christian
All dismantled, decks unmanned,
See
the star of Prohibition,
Human power-oam Lay ail her
men drink more whisky ?”
people, touch not., exce pt in wiping
Beckoning to ns through the gloom
pa ss ing a wu n st d ef w lu w
We win^nenher tainc nor faller,
out this evil.-—¿¿rf.
To her timbers helpless beings
against making and selling intoxi­
God is just, and right is right,
Cling in wretched hopelessness,
cating drinks.”
We will conquer, we must conquer,
their shrieks and prayers for suc-
In this glorious Temperance fight.
“ How does this law lead men to Why all Smokers do not Die of Hear
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Tobacco
Poisoning.
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drink ?”
See their signals of distress,
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“ Because they will not obey it,
It is often objected that whilo Men of courage, could you listen
Sudden Changes of Weather are pro­
my son.”
To that supplicating cry
chemistry and scientific experiments
ductive of Throat Diseases, Coughs,
“ Is it good to drink intoxicating st cm to prove that tobacco is a And with calm indifference leave them, Colds, &c. There is no more effectual
There to perish, there to die.?
relief in these diseases to be found than
liquors, papa j”
powerful poison, the experience of
* No my
.. 'I tiopb you w ill thousands of persons disproves the No 1 mid shouts oY'cB'BW trtrnrg" " ’•-«« "theeeeef BrowoeHroeefeial-Troebeev
From the crowd, along the beech,
Price 25 cts.
never drink them.”
thejry of its poisonous character,’ You with life boat, through the breakers
- The silence of the soul speaks to
“ What do men make them for ?” since if it were so intense, a poison
Would essay that wreck to reach,
“ Well, chiefly for drinking."
God.— Boesuet.
as described, cases of death from to­ And ydur eager hands outreaching
“ If it is bad to drink them is it bacco poisoning would be much
Full of courage, strong and brave,
IfajrThe most brilliant shades possible,
Snaith
them from their dreadful peril,
right to make them ?”
more frequent.
on all fabrics are made by the Diamond
.Save them from a watery grave.
“ My son, you do not understand
Dyes.
Unequalled for brilliancy and
To this objection we answer:—
Hear
the
booming
of
the
eannons
these things.”
durability. 10 cts.
1. Oae reason why so few persons i And the steady tramp of feet
“ No, I do not. But papa, would
are reputed to die of nicotine, or Tramping, tramping to the measure,
Bear the cross ! Far heavier is
not good people obey the law ?”
tobacco poisoning, is the wonderful, Of the drums resounding beut,
self.— Fenelon.
“ Oh ! yes, ’•but there are very faculty the system possesses! of ac- T is a foreign foe-advancing,
many bad people.”
See the gleaning from’¿far ~
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r#T,r Durability is better than sham.”
comodating itself to circumstances.
“Do the bad people ol»ey any Through this means the worst pois­ Of their bayonets in the sunlight,
Durability of health is worth more than
All the dread array of war.
the wealth of a Vanderbilt, Kidnoy-
law ?”
ons may by degrees be tolerated,
Wort is man’s co-laborer in maintain­
Would
yon
turn
away
unheeding,
“.Well, no; I am afraid they do until enormous doses can be taken
ing
health. With healthy liver, bowels
In your country’s darkest hour,
| not willingly.”
without immediately fatal effects. Leave her flag, to fall dishonored
and kidneys, men and women will al­
“ Is there a law against steal­ Corrosive sublimate, strychnia, bel­
ways be in good health. If the bowels
In the proud ursurper’s power ?
ing ?”
are
torpid, if piles torment, if the back
No
!
with
rallying
cry,
for
freedom,
ladonna, an<L many other poisoni,
“ Certainly, my son.”
is
full
of pain, get a package of Kidney-
i
j g,|p<r defe nce.
may thus be tolerated.
You with shot and shell, would bravely, Wbft~affiTT>F"cu'fe<rWirfibuf"inoro suf­
“ D<>e8 it make them steal ?’’
2.
In
our
opinion
the
majority
of
fering.
Djive the bold intruder hence.
“ My son, I think it is time for
tobacco
users
do
die
of
tobacco
Lo ! a great gigantic monster,
you to go to bed.” Ex.
What I most value, next to Eter­
poisoning. Death as surely results,
Walks nnctraiwed«'«4iM»ughaut opr
nity is Time.— Madame Swetchine.
ultimately, from chronic as from
land,
Wipe Out the 'Evil.
acute poisoning, though the full ef­ Stalking in his footsteps, grimly.
*A11 ladies who may bo troubled with
Sin and death go hand in hand,
Our murderers whence come fects are delayed, it may be for
nervous prostration, who suffer from or­
Myriad hosts are following after,
ganic displacement ; who have a sense
ey ? Come they not, generally, years. A man who dies five or ten
VictMne-ei-iHfcflendish will.
of weariness and a feeling of lassitude ;
account of strong’ drink ? Who years sooner than he should, in Would yon know this thing of evil;
who are languid in the morning ; in
d^es ? Some whisky makers and consequence of • tobacco-using, is
T’is the demon of theatill.
whom the appetite for food is Capricious
whisky venders. But what killed by the poison just as truly as Worse than fi lming conflagration
and sleep at proper honra uncertain,
are e facts in the case ? Sorrow- though he died .instantly from an
Is. his pestvtrntial b>oath..^,._
_.should bwverecourse to. Mrs Pinkham’*
tng ives, desolate mothers and overdose.— Good Health
Like unholy incense rising
Vegetable Compound.
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