Our Captain Janes

New Philadeli-hia, Onio, ) Oct. 2G, 1887. To the Editor : Dj:ar Sir: - We have to thank Ann Arbor and the temperance people of Michigan for the loan of her adopted son. When it was known that Captain Janes was visiting the home of his boyhood, the ladies of the W. C T. U. immediately requested him to address the people of this place on the subject of "Intoxicants and Intoxication," upon which the Captain has became a specialist. Accordingly a series of six lectures wa9 arranged for. No work was ever more opportune or more cardially received. The impression produoed upon a large audience in the M. E. church on Sunday was profound, and will be lasting and fruitful. A still larger audience greeted him on Monday evening in the Lutheran church and on yesterday evening in the Presbyterian church. We all knew theexceptional and even wonderful life the Captain had lived, his talents and services to this country and the cause of enliehtenment and human progress abroad. We had heard his matchless lectures on Japan; but were unprepared for theglowingeloquence, the intelligent enthusiasm, and the rare educational power he brings to the service of the greatest cf modern reforms. It is little to say that his advent here seemed to be providential. The result of his work promises to be phenomenal in the extensión and strengthtning of our organization, the demand for more and better literature, and kindling afresh the determination to change the attitude of governmeut and law toward the saloon abomination, to enact and enforce prohibition of the liquor tjaffic. In these lectures Capt Janes has the hearty co-operation and support of the ministers and the Christian people of the place. Arrangernents are being made to have these lectures repeated in the neighboring town?, Uhrichsville and Dover. Respectfullv,