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tlioir future motto. No use, they Lclievo, attempting to stay 

 tlie overwhelming torrent of intemperance, wliile it is fed by 

 the wide-spread tobacco-liabit. Many are beginning to see tlie 

 absurdity of administering the ])ledge against tobacco to juven- 

 iles, vitli a quid in their own nioutli. One champion of the 

 (lood cause in St, John, llev. A. J. McFarland, has recently 

 announced in the most public manner, that, " Whosoever to-day 

 takes a decided stand against the licjnor traflie and the use of 

 intoxicants will be forced by the logic of his own arguments, to 

 condemn the traflie in and use of tobacco, as they are kindred 

 evils." 



Abolition of the licfuor-trallic is certain in the near future, 

 and who can doubt that its gioat fostering ally — tobacco, shall 

 not have a similar fate. Having been inseparably allied in 

 life, it seems fitting that in death, they should not be divided. 



The formation of Anti-Tol)acco Associations in the land 

 gives evidence that a spirit of inquiry is abroad. Boards of 

 jtublic institutions in Fianc(^, (fermaiiy, the United States, 

 Great Jjritain and elsewhere, issuing circulars forbidding the 

 use of tabacco to certain persons and in certain places ; and in 

 harmony with this, enactments of state legislatures, strongly 

 indicates that a sound of coming ruin is at hand. One of these 

 Acts now adopted in New Jerse}', states : " Every piirson who 

 s(!lls the narcotic in any form to a boy or giil under sixteen 

 years of age, is lial)le to a penalty of $20 for each and every 

 otTence." Similar legislation is being enacted in other states. 

 Scientilic temperance educational laws are now in force in 

 twentv-fivc states and all the territories of the United States. 

 These laws include instruction regarding the evil effects . of 

 tobacco as well as alcoholic liquors. The Kansas State Teacher's 

 Association, which held its annual session recently in Topeka, 

 adopted the following concerning tobacco : " Resolved, that we 

 condemn the use of tobacco in any form, by the instructors of 

 our youths, and that the use of tobacco by pupils in and about 

 our school buildings, shall be prohibited." It is even suggested 



