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 at retail especially and the lower the place, the baser the liquor compounded of a variety of vile and poisonous substances and mur! What does the reader think of champagne which sells at $2 go per costing to compound only 30 cts.? It is not surprising that so many rush into saloon-keeping when the profits of their business are from fire seven hundred per cent.?

What is surprising about it is, that men dare to make a business of poisoning their customers; or that men can be found who are willing pander to the basest appetites, and the lowest vices of other men have pride enough to he sensitive about their business being made diste liquors in Portland to-day, who have owned that they know that the end utable. What is shocking about it is, that there are men selling druzza and that they are not always careful enough in mixing them! No won of their drugs is quite often to produce the sudden death of the drinke will not give it up, make the desperate fight they do over it. A man w that such a business cannot stand praying! No wonder that those can fight for it at all, must needs fight desperately. Their courage is on that of a clean conscience, but of a desperate determination, and a dou? ful issue. What transpired in the secret sessions of the liquor dealers no one a say; but a unanimity of action was generally perceptible on the follory days. It would seem as if it had been agreed that certain rules of conex: should be observed, and certain means agreed upon to be used by diferen persons. If so, then it fell to Mr. Moffett to try the effect of fire, vze and noise in “abating the nuisance of prayer and singing." On the occasion of one of the earliest visits of the ladies to the We Foot, Mr. Moffett made such demonstrations as drew about them a res crowd of people and obstructed travel. This was just what was desz: on his part, as it gave him an excuse for calling in the police, who act! ordered to disperse the crowd-meaning the women. One of the oticias acting on the instructions given him, began not only to order awar- women, but laid violent hands on them, and without respect to the point hairs of some, pushed them rudely about, bruising the shoulder oil* lady against the post of the awning. and consi own way deserted interrupte But na home as jail, when refreshm lacking being ca the side decided saying, is been ille States, po his own The a tion in enemies had not of polic But tl quaintar had per Since they were compelled, they yielded without a word or nothing tious mc of pers first visi carry th of duty mains v a legacy ers, onl ever vis strance, and started back toward the church. But one lady put her han through the officer's arm, and told him with much firmness that it went, he should go too! to which he was constrained to submit txt occasion was improved to the edification of that officer, who was of indignant friends. the church and confronted not with Crusaders only, but a goodly n. continue to visit this particular saloon, both by the League and its support The subject was discussed, proand con, whether or not the League shul for if they were prevented from going to one place by the violent constant ers. The resolution arrived at was, that if any were visited, all mus of the proprietor, they would probably be debarred from going other places in the same manner. to ways unable But her