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is done, other things being equal, by those who command the best tools.

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Tools and Man—See. TOOLS, MORAL  What matter a few troubles and pains now, if it is only the work of the chisel and hammer cutting away the hindering crust, to reveal the diamond?—   (3259)    Topics Tabooed—See. TOTAL ABSTAINERS IN DEMAND  The other day I picked up a newspaper and, glancing over the advertisements for help, read as follows:  "Wanted—A bartender. Must be a total abstainer. Apply," etc. Is not that a curious advertisement? What should we think of such an advertisement in another line of business? How would an advertisement like this look? "Wanted—A barber who has never had his hair cut. Apply at the barber-shop on the corner." Or this? "Wanted—A salesman in a shoe-store. He must go barefooted while on duty. Apply at Bank's shoe-store." What other business finds it necessary or desirable to advertise for help pledged to make no use of the goods sold? Can it be that the liquor traffic finds it has wrought so great demoralization among its followers that it is forced to draw upon temperance or total abstinence "fanatics" in order to continue its business?—California Voice.

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Total Abstinence—See. TOTAL ABSTINENCE, VALUE OF Here is testimony from the medical examiners of prominent life insurance companies as to the value of abstinence from alcohol:   (1) I note that you ask whether or not we believe, other things being equal, that the use of alcoholic drinks is a personal handicap and increases the actuarial risk. In reply to this question we must certainly answer in the affirmative. There have been numerous articles written and numerous statistics compiled on the effect of total abstinence, and they show without question that the mortality experienced among total abstainers has been decidedly less than that experienced among moderate drinkers. (2) This company prefers total abstainers for insurance risks. This is from a selfish standpoint, as we are forced to believe they are better risks for the company. We are imprest by the large number of applicants living in the States of Alabama and Georgia who say they drank periodically or regularly before prohibition went into effect, but do not drink anything now. If prohibition in Alabama and Georgia and the "dry" counties of Indiana has done nothing else, it has made a difference in the answers given by applicants to this company. (3) We thoroughly agree with all authorities that the moderate use of alcohol tends to shorten life and increases the hazard incident to life insurance.—Prohibition Year Book.

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TOUCH, POWER OF

There is a legend, setting forth the power of touch, caught in the amber of old Greek pages. From their palace on Olympus, the gods looked down on barren fields. At last they sent Ceres down, clothing her with the power of touch. She touched the sand plain and it became a clover-field. She touched the bog and it became the spring that widened into a river. She touched the fallen log and it was clothed with moss and snow-drops. She touched a thorn-bush and it became an olive, and the brier ripened figs. Soon the gods, looking down, beheld hillsides soft with flush of grass and clustered food. Oh, wondrous power of the divine touch, setting forth the power of Christ and His disciples upon the souls of men. Jesus touched a prodigal, and he became a beautiful son; touched the Magdalen and she became a sweet saint and the angel of purity; touched the murderer and he became a hero, and dying, Jesus communicated the power of touch to His disciples. Peter and John touched three thousand enemies, and they became a church; touched slaves, gladiators, Roman soldiers, and they became disciples of righteousness and peace. And so the evangel of love spread, like a blest contagion.—

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