TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4959, 23 February 1895, Page 3

TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

The United Stales I'mbi/tman Messenger says: "As the saloon prospers, in any community, the Church dcBliiirs, and, as the Church prospers, the Saloon declines. The death of the saloon

may notalways betlie lite of the Church; I hut the life of the saloon is so far as it controls men, the deatli of the Church." Illegal liquor sellers of Vermont are much disturbed by a remit decision of the Supreme Court, holding that a man convicted for selling is also convicted for a second offence—the keening for sale. The penalty for a soooikl oil'cncc is imprisonment as well as a line—hence the aneasiness, At the Session of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars in Norway, just held in Christiania, several well-known advocates adduced clear evidence that the Gothenburg system was a perfect failure. JI was shown that drunkenness was not reduced, hut that, on the coutrary, the principal Norwegian towns compared most unfavourably with even the worst of the English ports. It was unanimously resolved to form new lodges in all their towns lo educate popular opionion in favour of absolute prohibition. There were 218 delegates present, who represented 101 subordinate lodges, with 10,761 adult members, and 57 senior and junior branches, with 1,157 members. The "liquor consumers" in Sural arc tfjMiid to be on strike, not because TernWerancc principles have gained ground there, but because intoxicating drink has risen in price and deteriorated in quality, while the vendors have further got into the habit of giving short measurement. And so, according to a prominent Indian journal, the people have arrived al the conclusion that" this is past endurance, and they give up drink in despair." After all (says the Weekly DUpnteh) it is better that the natives should give up drink in despair than he driven to despair by drink. Central News telegrams from Port Arthur recently say: " It is (rue that the capture of Ibis place was marked by regrettable execsses.but the offenders were not regular soldiers. The facts are as follows; The night after the capture of the stronghold a number of coolies attached to the army as labourers aud for transport work came into the town from the camp in the outskirts, These men carry swords in order to obviate the necessity of always having regular Iroops told off for their protection. Being armed, they are sumiosed (o be able to take care of themselves iu ordinary circumstances, although they not soldiers. " Unfortunately, ■jiese men obtained access to •o'hiuese spirit stores and got mad drunk. While iu this condition they were reminded of the atrocious cruelties committed hy the Chincso upon defenceless Japanese prisoners, and became frenzied. All the coolies practically ' ran amok,' and no Chinaman whom they came across was spared. In several cases after the actual killing the coolies slashed aud hacked the bodies of their enemies. The frenzy did not last long. Some of the miscreants haye been arrested." .Darkest Enyhd says:-"Commis-sioner Hidsdcl has succeeded in another direction. Soderteige is one of the principal summer resorts of the Stockholm gentry, and is associated with the Salvation Army's great midsummer naval demonstration and camp meetings. The great restaurant and beer-garden near the landing-stage, has been leased by the Army. The building embraces 40 rooms, a large-sized theatre, skittlealley, and garden. The theatre is already occupied by the local corps, The bar and spacious eating rooms arc bcim; converted into dining-halls lo supply lite poor and working classes villi cheap food. The garden will he utilised in summer for Salvation entertainments, at which nothing but Salvation singing and (Amusic will he heard, and none but 1 WTcmperance drinks will ho sold. The scheme has called forth universal approbation. The working out of the affair will be watched with keen interest by Colonel McKie in Germany, Colonel Olipliant in Holland, and other of our Continental leaders. Bought to go." The writer of" Cycling Notes" in the Mawhttler Guardian says:—" Ido not * suppose any cyclist iu these wellinformed days, takes hot whisky and water as a remedy for chill, when caught by ram far from home, as used to be the barbarous practice in high wheel days. It is not ovcryone, however, who knows what is the right thing to take, and this I am willing to explain. A celebrated Irish long-distance rider 1 once told me that when he feared a sudden chill, or wished for a really good and nourishing stimulant, he took a cup of hot milk. I tried the recipe and found if exceedingly useful. Hot milk is perfectly easy of digestion, having none of the heaviness of the cold article."