W. C. T. U.

W. C. T. U. meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock at McMillan Hall. John G. Wortley is to speak at the great Christian Endeavor convention to be held in Boston, July 10 to 14, 1895 Mr. Wortley's meeting is to be held in 'Tent Endeavor, " on Boston common, July 11, at 7:30 p. m., subject ''(.'hristian Endeavor versus Saloons' "Tent Endeavor" holds ten thousand pcople. All temperance workers who may attend this great convention should be present at this meeting, and thus rally to the support of "Our Champion" tor right against wrong - "The Church igainst the Saloon." EFFECT OF "TEMPERANCE DRINKS" A gentlemen who had a good deal of ingh.t work to do was in the habit of taking various bottled "temperance'' drinks with his lunch. His wife notieed that in the mom ing be would be cross and petulant with the children, but supposed it was causod by tired and over-wrought nerves, until one night he said to her, "Don't give me any inore of those bottled drinks ! "Why," she exelaimed, a new case has just been sent home! What shall we do with it if you are not going to drink any more? "Throw it all away," he replied, "and don't let the children have any, for I find that they have a bad effect on me. They rouse a thirst for something tronger, and I have formed a habit of following them up with largor beer. This makes me nervous and cross, and I expect I will be crosser than ever in the morning, but my eyes are open, and I will not take that that injures my nerves and weakens my system." WORLD'S W. C. T. U. The third biennial convention of the World's Christian Temperance Union opened in Queen's Hall, in London, at 9 :30 a. m. , June 19, with a prayer meeting led by Mrs. Charles Archibald, president of the Maritime Provinces W. C. T. IT. of Canada. At 10 a. m. the convention was called to order by the president, Miss Francés Willard. The roll-eall of official members followed, and then came the appointment of eommittees on credentials, courtesies, linance and resolutions. Then followed the report of the executive eommittee, the address of welcome by Lady Henry Somerset, president of the British Woman's Temperance Association, and the singing of "These are bands of ribbon white" by the white-ribbon choir of five hundred voices. Miss Francés E. Willard then addressed the meeting. The reports of the different auperptendents were delivered, and at midday there were prayers led by Mi's. Elizabeth Selmer, president of the Denmark W. C. T. U. of Copenhagen. The prayers were followed by a memorial service in honor of "Our Promoted Comrades," the memorial address being delivered by AJiss Francés Willard. Later, the report of Miss Alice Giilick, of San Sebastian, Spain, was presented. A cable dispatch from London, reports over two hundred pulpits of the great metropolis filled by whiteribboncrs June ltith, and engagements for over three hundred for June 23rd. Michigan has 419 W. C. T. U. loeul unions with a membersbii) of 7217; 314 Y's and 176 Loyal Temperance Legions with a membership of 3493. Michigan has passed a lavv fixing a tieavy penalty upon railroad companies Eorthe empleyment of persons addieted to the use of intoxicants. The amount of New England rum sent from the port of Boston to África has decreaaed in two years frona 1,025,226 srallonsto 561,265. the corner stone of Lathrop Chape], a 3art of Pisk Memorial Hall, wa laid with appropriato ceremonies .lune 22, il i-Uirriman, Tenn.. in connection with the coinmencement exercisei of the A.mori:an Temperancfi Universily. A friend of purity warns against the wandering phonograyh operator who tías cylinders containing obscence atwi;s umi songs wbich are ground out inlo t hc ears of our boys when occasion of such entertainment is offered. 'In a recent table made from personal investlgfttion it was found that iifty-iive per cent. of boys betweon the ages of ten and twonty-one usod tobáceo, thirty ■ent. used liquor and fortj-three per rent. usrtl profane, vulgar or indecent language." The watehman, of Boston, merits great iraise for its enterprise in securing the advance sheets of Miss Willard 's address at the London C'onvontion. Buch interest on the part of ot her religioua weekliea in Bpreading temperanco news would be an inestimable benefit to this reform of reforma. Count Goetzen, who led a Gorman expedltion in 1893 across Equational Afri ca, testifies that, "Owing to strict temperance and a regular mode of living, the health of Kuropeans who took part in the expedition was from beginning to end excellent. " Of tho flve million Christian voters in the United States, only two per cent. vote againt the liquor trame. The other nighty-eight per cent, vote the same ticket the saloon keeper does, or put their hands on their mouths and vote silence, which means the same. All the saloon keeper asks is to be let alone .J. ü. Nbrlley, a young man of our acquaintance passed throusrh many temptations in town and city, in college and university, and never forraed the drinking habit. 'f ho socret of his safety lay in tho fact that he was taught from his earliest years, not only temperance principios, but to hate liquor in every shapo. The power of early education is grcat. and is an important factor in the temperance reform. The subject of alcoholism received considerable discussion this year at the of the Indiana Medical Association in the reports of the committee appointed last year to investígate the elïocts of alcohol on the body in health and disease. Drs. Pletcher, Pairfield, Sternen, Symthe and Hall expressed tho belief that "The State owes it to her citizens to place all intoxicating beverages bevond the reach of themultitude by abolishing saloons and whiskey drug stores." LAWN FESTIVAL. Today the members of the W. C. T. U. hope to see a large number of their friend at the lawn festival which they give at the home of their president Mrs. Jennie Vorhies, 38 S. Division-st. corner of Williams. Refreshments vvill be terved from six to ten o'clock. The object of this festival is to raise some much needed funds wïth which to carry on some lines of temperance work in our city, especially among the children. This is a department of W. C. T. U. work from which most hopeful results have been realized in many places, and which appeals strongly to the hearts of intelligent lovers of the temperance cause. The society urgently invite you to be present, at this festival and thus celébrate your nation's anniversary in a most fitting manner.