Prohibition and Prosperity.
THE Millville (N. J.) Bulletin, in a very significant sketch of the results of prohibition in Millville, says that “after the lapse of a dozen years of practically applied local prohibition the measure is to-day so popular as to scarcely possess an opponent, and there is not a man in the city who would have the temerity to run for any office as a license candidate.” It adds that “prohibition in this city prohibits, and, what is more, it is a moral, intellectual, and financial blessing to the laboring man, whose best life and prosperity began when the rum-shops left the town.” The blessing which Millville enjoys in the absence of liquor saloons, every community may share, whose citizens, like those of Millville, will make the necessary effort to establish and maintain the no-license policy.—National Temperance Advocate. THE Roman soldiers, who built such wonderful roads and carried a weight of armor and luggage that would crush the average farm hand, lived on coarse brown bread. They were temperate in diet, regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, yet eats only his black bread, onions and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives. He eats no beef, pork or mutton, yet he walks off with his load of 800 pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more active and can endure more than the negro fed on fat meat. The heavy work of the world is not done by men who eat the greatest quantity. The fastest or longest-winded horse is not the biggest eater. Moderation in diet seems to be the prerequisite for endurance.—Alameda Encinal.