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and to devise means for putting an end to the use 

 and the traffic. 



Anions the terms of admission to the Training- 

 School for Boys, at Oxford, Ohio, is found printed 

 in Italics : — 



" jyb pupil wiU be received into the boarding 

 hall who uses tobacco in any form. 1 " 



This condition was made in the face of public 

 sentiment, and with the probability of its dimin- 

 ishing the numbers ; but it is winning its way, as 

 right, in the long run, must ever do. 



In the advertising columns of the Washington 

 Star appears the following : " The prayers of God's 

 people are most earnestly requested for the 

 thorough purification of a young church, whose 

 pastor and officers are inveterate tobacco-users, 

 much against the wishes of its members/' 



In Xew York and Brooklyn the evil is felt to be 

 so great that petitions have been circulated, asking 

 for a statute law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to 

 minors. 



As we have already seen, tobacco is forbidden 

 in the Naval School at Annapolis. There is the 

 same prohibition at Girard College, while at Cor- 

 nell many of the students have voluntarily signed 

 a pledge of abstinence. At West Point, the pro- 

 hibition which had been recommended by the 

 trustees is carried into effect by the order of 

 Lincoln, Secretary of War. 



At one of the annual meetings of an English 

 anti-tobacco society the chairman stated that they 



