Who Wants John Barleycorn?

— ! IN THE WORLD OF SPIRITS 121 faith, repentance, baptism, the laying on of hands, the gathering of the Saints, the Millennial reign, judgment, and the glory of the Hereafter. And he drank in every word eagerly. He and his wife and the older children were baptized, and there was exceeding joy in that home. As he came up out of the water of baptism, he exclaimed, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." Liverpool, England Who Wants John Barleycorn? John Barleycorn seems to be an unwelcome citizen these days; in fact, he is about to lose bis citizenship. If the present trend of public opinion continues, he will, within a decade, be a "man without a country." Russia has banished him; Iceland has outlawed him; Germany, France and England have driven him into a corner and curtailed his liberties; Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have enslaved him; Canada has warned him that his days are numbered, and the United States is inflicting upon him the horrible death of strangulation. The railroads have kicked him off the track the steamboats ; have cuffed him into the sea; the mills and factories have declared a "lockout" against him; the employers of labor won't hire him the medical world has recently cut off his strong right ; arm; science has disinherited him; the social set has ostracized him; the commercial club has tabooed him; the fraternal organizations have black-balled him; the church has excommunicated him; and the Government is seeking a divorce from him. Children shun him; the girls refuse to marry him; the women detest him, and the men are ashamed of him. Poor old John Barleycorn, once so popular but now so friendless But it is your own fault, John, for you have broken laws, ignored ordinances, murdered men, ravished women, starved children, robbed homes, stolen money, crushed hearts, wrung tears, debauched character, ruined aspirations, starved ambition, sneered at honor, polluted virtue, destroyed skill, lowered wages, enslaved toilers, encouraged accidents, incited riots, debased governments, dethroned rulers, degenerated races and mocked at God. Glenwood (Colorado) Post, quoted in The Native American.