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White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 October 1895, Page 7

Drink, the only terrible enemy whom England has to fear.—The late Duke of Albany. The law ought to make it easy for men to do right and difficult to do wrong, and a time may not be far distant when a man will no more think of tolerating a dramshop than of poisoning the well from which his neighbour draws water to drink.— Mr Gladstone. One of the commonest things in society is that people are injured by drink without being drunkards. It goes on so quietly that it is difficult to observe, even though it leads to degeneration of the tissues, and spoils the health and intellect. Short of drunkenness, I should say from experience that alcohol is the most destructive agent we have in this country. —Sir William Gull. Five thousand two hundred patents have been issued to women in the United States.” A medical college for women has been opened in St. Petersburg. This year, in England and Wales, no fewer than 893 women have been appointed as Poor Law Guardians. Dr Emma Johnston is the recently-appointed Health Commissioner of Peoria, Illinois. The Durham University, since it received its new charter, permits women to become Bachelors of all kinds, except Divinity. Miss Ella Bryant is its first woman graduate Bachelor of Science.