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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! •! r~*zl 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 * 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.— , 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. «* ‘ • *A»'» *»»«* *** rvilfij tonhip, lll.V cl.t lorcman tidltlU\<!l hiltl to hire U I1CW . j , * ‘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*.