the two hundred and seven million, three hundred and eighty-one thousand, six hundred and eighteen dollars, spent for home manufactured distilled spirits, gives a total of six hundred and fifty-one million twentythree thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars; and this sum, added to the sixtyseven million two hundred and seventy-four thousand and thirty-two dollars spent for imported liquors, gives as the total liquor bill of the nation, for one year, the sum of seven hundred and eighteen million twe hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars paid for five hundred and twenty million th:ce hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred and seventy-seven gallons of liquors.

COST AND QUANTITY PER CAPITA.

The population of the United States in 1880 was fifty million one hundred and fifty

If the drunkard is a criminal, what shall we call the man who makes the liquor, and the man who sells it to him?

five thousand seven hundred and eightythree. In round numbers, calling the population fifty million, the amount of liquors cosumed five hundred and twenty million gallons, and the sum paid for the same seven hundred million dollars, and we arrive at the following correct and startling conclusions:

As

Fifty million people drank five hundred and twenty million gallons of liquor, an average of ten and two-fifths gallons to each individual, man, woman and child. each gallon makes twenty glasses, it would provide two hundred glasses for each person. The average number of persons to each family is five. Each family would therefore consume five times ten and two-fifths gallons per

So overpowering are the effects of stimulants after years of use, that the beautiful sentiments of the heart and the aspirations of the soul, are buried so deep that they never see the light. Only utterances of despair pass the, lips, whence cheerful inspiring words for good might have sprung, but for the curse of rum.

year, or fifty-two gallons, just one gallon per week; or ten hundred and forty glasses per year, making three drinks per day for each family.

The cost of the liquor consumed by the fifty million people was seven hundred million dollars, an average of fourteen dollars for each person, and seventy dollars for each family.

There is consumed of liquors in the United States, reckoning three hundred and sixtyfive days to the year, each day, one million four hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred and fifty gallons, or twenty-eight million five hundred and eleven thousand glasses, at a cost of one million nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand nine hundred and

Look through our prisons, jails and alms houses, and see the human wrecks. Read the history written by alcohol in every part of the land. Can any man who can cast a vote with any sense of responsibility to God, or man, rest in unconcern, with this duty and responsibility resting upon him?

thirty-eight dollars; each hour, fifty-nine thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight gallons, or one million, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand, nine hundred and sixty glasses, at a cost of eighty-one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars; each minute, nine hundred and ninety gallons or nineteen thousand, eight hundred glasses, at a cost of one thousand, three hundred and sixty-six dollars; each second, sixteen and one-half gallons or three hundred and thirty glasses, at a cost of twenty-two dollars and seventy-six cents. There is, then, paid for liquors in the United States twenty-two dollars and seventy-six cents every time the clock ticks.

THE LIQUOR BILL AND MONEY CIRCULATION.

The amount of paper money in circulation at the close of 1880 was seven hundred and thirty-five million, five hundred and twenty

Every dollar paid for rum puts a stone in the strong wall of the prison, to confine a human soul for a crime committed because of drink.

two thousand, nine hundred and fifty-six dollars, being fourteen dollars and forty-six cents per capita; of gold and silver, six hundred and fifty million dollars, being thirteen dollars per capita; and making a total of twenty-seven dollars and forty-six cents per capita. We have seen that the amount paid for liquors in one year was seven hundred and eighteen million, two hundred and ninety-seven thousand, five hundred and eighteen dollars, or fourteen dollars per capita, an amount nearly equal to the entire paper circulation, more than the entire gold and silver circulation, and more than half of all the money in the United States.

THE LIQUOR BILL AND RAILROADS.

The average cost of constructing and equipping one mile of railroad, single and double track as now running, is fifty-five thousand, two hundred and fifty-two dollars.

Every dollar paid for rum is a silent footboard at the grave of some unknown in Potter's field,