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HE « t J ASPER NEWS.
VO L II
He ah 0 he tall and kingly*
With lip* that near tueh wine.
With eyes so dark and piercing—
'Vhts hero knight of mine.
He shall be strong and steadfast
To battle for the wrigV,
And all the world shall b n, »or
My brave and galicnt knight.
The lord of stately manstoni,
And crowned with earthly fame—
I waited for his ooming,
Nor knew him when he came.
No crown of earthly l opors;
Nor riches did he brings
Si in eyes were blue and tender,
And Live's hand crowned him king
Tlie years are long and maney
We’ve journeyed side by sidt,
And lie is sti/l iuy lover.
And I am s ill his bride.
Jfould T have been as happy
With my grand knight idca\
As with the love and honor,
wind truth, which crown the real!
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THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
The entire exposes of the late civil
war Nsrth and South aggregated $8,1
<15,237,000 Perhaps a halt* million of
live* were lost. The tears of the wid
dftws mid the pitiful cries cf the or¬
phans filled filled the land wito sadness
»*.d c-t/ed forOi th* activp benevolence
of the generous people all over the
hind, who pourd out their benefacthrs
without s f int to relieve and bless tho
i.eedy
The expense of aHeut spirits since
the war amounts to $900,000,000.
The slain of this mighty, erne.- war
lor this time has been 1.900,000 its
toureleavnd widows 1.000,000, and its
alnios/ unpitied orpoeus 4,000.000.
War has slane its thou#inds but the
liquor traffic has slain its reus of thous
and*. We would say of bloody war.
•Shill the sword devour for ovi-r?”
But shall we not say of this relentles
bloodless war, win se j (tinned shafts fly
with noisless speed and fatal preclusion
•Shall it neverenjj Shall it '•ontinue
to fill the land with woe and death aud
poverty?’
There arc 535.621 persons in the U.
B. engaged in the various business <je
fl irtnmnts, «jf the l qii»r traffic. Th^e
arc ail imu prodtijms «* t»» the ben»ii
eiaj i nd nst lies of the cuiiitrv- Extinib*
liiig the 7* bur of each one of tcese nuru
at lift cea < a dar t.;cie is a in*» i«*
/ASPER Gsl SATURDAY MOllMNG MAY 16 1335
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the country of $272,812 a cay. That
amounts in one Week to $1,036,8 2
loss. In one month the M.-S to the
^reductive interests of tin* country is
$0,547,488. How much A.* th might
be added to the country where rhe-e
men avtivlv engaged in p'usuits wlfoii
contributed to the aceninihition •>; •. I <1
and va nahle property for the ge • • !
we/fare of the peop/e !
But Isere is ob*ir loss of all this
liable labor. But this is not the w »rst
There are about a milieu of <u 'n, 1* -
aids these who arc bv>- , ... , v h y,-.
«a au». Ww, I
♦ he bar-room so that we not only Ipose
the inl» <v o’ 5 ho '00.000 men engaged
in the liquor traffic, hut loose a Uiifioii
besides who are lured aw try from the
UidnstiMi per suits necessary to support
themselves :iml families, to liabi's of
id eness a id-vm*, wlihvi degrade and
»idn their ovn not 1 ''d. Tl'fS H'V
worse than \v 2 the productive lib' —z
of one and *» ^ dllton !■•* men, wor“
mini.try tl.tw fi lers »♦ »
mil I ion ,»t money daily. I bus do>w tin
liquor traffic h.e parali/e the prmh£dv;>
tor ee of 1 ,• 'yt»u^ t»^ .i . ^r.-i s .,
m tint of moh'/v $40.(^10,000 .’1
This amount in the better days j the
rapuhiic, betore tiie war, wonldt have
.lelrav < Hi*nxpeiwe m "ij piwnii.iant
of the Untied States. A,,d .........
this is liwr. and worse tliau l^t in »!>>«
oue single item, (low nnod, l-ppier,
loere peastui more r,isoeeto, more v.r
tuous this milium and a half citizens
would he, ifengiged in some honorable
morra/ pursuits, which would benefit
their race u*'d pleas their Devine Cre¬
ator.
The number of actual paupers en¬
tailed upon the country hv the liquor
traffic is about 125,000 The labor of
these persons would he worth at least
$40,000 1 er day supposing s me of
them to be families. lint this is lost
Add to this loss the eost to the country
to the snpport of thqsepaupers,amount¬
ing in the aggregate to the sum of Dear¬
ie $10,930,429, and yon have waned
from the treasure of the country da’ly
die sum of near/y $75,000. The sober
industrious people of the United States
are taxed ten milion dolnvs anuajly to
feel an 1 clothe the paupers of ti.e
liquo" traffic.
Georgia pays anuallv over $109,000
«.f this amount to sustain these unfor
tuirito victim* of this blighting a/1 de¬
stroying traffic. How patient how
forbarng we are. H«»w I«wg will we
submit to such injuries? When will
nn indignant and out rane l people rise
n » and throw of a yoke heavier than
that of Egyti-in bondage, more oppres¬
sive and galling fba« the cbaii.e id the
galley slaves* and more destructive
t W ar. ‘amine and pestilance.
But 1 must be quint, some helive it
in 'i<c, a ' rifht, and best t** tolerate
traffic. * l'v " they have, bu/ they see
not, etc.—
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WOMFA iV 10 PL A V POKE/?.
i A Story Krmi Washington Which
j May 1/ :.c The HairStand
! on r'a d
The craze for playing poker luis
broken out niiiong fashionable t adieu. in
\V}is..ington T!>* dnitigs »t‘ilu ' r my
poker Club, officers have been blasted
,jj.p mutter m'general kiiovvled.r itiul
^ but dnr ng Lent, when >t # was
s wicked t" tiaiiee, tfie liur uiuites
have consoled themselves with /li ,'!at
| j|ie eh ps and die X ^ c *dt of
“tin*draw” /' * - — y,» ng
| ; fj, Mb m-ml, There i» In,, quite .ver a large
K||l|l |M where betting «hov 0
twenty five wa*> pr** l hhity L
avorite game sunong tficJJviTuhg
j t.mvrver is the-‘piwi.iv aura, five ftr ’ ,r *
; , on d t ♦♦ 'fids is almost exclnMvl
c01lHn( , ( | , (1 w !„, | lllv .. „„| v „
liiuiteil nr............ an,nun. * pin
1 oitoli w<*et( but there is said to be
| py
# ^ „f f(in fi, f .,he spectator,.
>y K „ ltl)!m( .. 1 ,| )H
g one. \ much more refined and re
sneotaMe form of iMimsement has been
established for their enjoy.,,out The
poker parties where both sexes play
do not Mse vulgar money that, would ln»
carrying the thing too far. Ebibo rate
and cosily favors arc provided—paid
for of course bv 'lie gentlemen—and
then the entire party stfs down to a
game of “freeze out.”— This is a very
pop-.ilnr and intertainig style of amuse
ment and is played quite extensivly.
Some of the young lady players have
become adeps at the game. One of
the most, demure looking young mips
es in iowii recently defea/ed an “old
stager” at a party given at a certain
fashimialfle residence, and when, a few
eve nings later he came hack for his
revenge she won cut ugh kid
ti lnriii yeir.
‘Then f •. ; t won’t . - , , let.
you your
ditugbter go with the nlfrighi’.iy
p ir py?*
•I | llHJll I WOlj’t '
,1 dilupjorc you wa*
NO ‘Jil
opposed U) young folku having
a goi ultimo.’
‘That # in’t it. I in down on
sleighing 1 , and Mary ^*lnn ban
had her lust one while / have
to foot her hills. The hist tiu.fr
/ let li» go .die hud to squall
111 id loose ton dollar set; of
tee'll in tt snow drift when the
n.eigll Up rot. A &ild thut CHll t
h,»r mnnO* phut whwi she
***** , " .rue. » lul1 * " 0,K ... '> *
got no husineHH in u sleigh.
‘Mor. y help us!’ oxchifueu ft
Fleritla ; tniwberry grower “l
inn a ruined mini ”
•1 low (\in that be?* asked t>
frieini Your crop was ningmfl
^ |lriv<xl wfe |y
purthern lllftrkot. . ,
know h >W CitriditJ I W.V't
Vo K.uVfr. thfr hottoill ol Illy b*
J n’nfred close to the It*).’
| i < A Vrm. «*
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*A»'» *»»«* ***
rvilfij tonhip, lll.V cl.t lorcman
tidltlU\<!l hiltl to hire U I1CW
.
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‘Well that new titan has gone
; find filled tliC 1 K)\t*8 WTOllg Hldu
up,”
An aide honied father wa a £ntnff
home to Ids dinner, when his eyes f ol
upon his young hopeful bar ! at woik
, „} invr /| n p ^npw fof hi. uncle for fun.
Its cwtioitw what b*to of fnn *t is f«»r
, bo vs t<» shovel snow for rmieh idy else
nnd yet it is suer l.anl work to shovel
snow off the pavemcnt*at. home.
dClome on hmue to dinner ►hoistfd
the father y n k|u w it wi// rmm L
scliAo/ time.*
‘finn’t I ave to gn to a.thoof. Aif
swered the Vipcfuf
fc \Viiy not pray,* said the pater.mI.
putting on *D that went huMce*-.
♦Only one session,* ♦dioUWtd' the boy
/** g.»f bal weather for h* rhiicren to
go nil*.