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for your pluck。 You are the John Brown of the temperance cause。
Your smashing of saloon fixtures has been but a very little thing beside
the effect it had； and was bound to have； all over the country； and the
world； in building up backbone and courage and holy emulation in hundreds
of thousands of those reading of it。 You are a credit to womankind
and humanity； you are infinitely more deserving of the gratitude
of the country than are the men at the head of our armies and fleets
in needless and demoralizing war。 I want to send you 2。00 but have
some fears it may not reach you safely if I enclosed it herein。 Praying
that the Lord may comfort and sustain you； I am yours very respectfully；
MARTIN MAHONY。
Trinadad； Colorado； Feb。 28； 1901。Dear Carrie Nation：Go on
save all you can。 If it had not been for the drink and dance halls I
would not be at deaths door at the age of 28。 I am thankful to have
enough life to repent； MINNIE MAY。
Mrs。 Nation a Modern Deborah。。 Thus Saluted by the Boston； W。 C。
T。 U。； at Memorial Service in Honor of Francis Willard。 Boston； Mass。
Mrs。 Carry Nation； the strenuous Kansas temperance reformer； was
hailed as a 〃modern Deborah〃 at a meeting of the local W。 C。 T。 U。
yesterday afternoon in the vestry of Park Street Church。 Not a dissenting
voice was heard from among the gathering of perhaps 200
women； but all over the room there was audible expressions of approval
of the Characterization； which was applied by Mrs。 Mary H。 Hunt； a
prominent member of the local branch of the union。 Mrs。 Hunt said
that Mrs。 Nation is like Deborah of the Book of Judges； who led an
army of 10；000 men to victory against her country's enemies； when not
a man could be found to lead the enterprise。 She aroused unmistakable
evidences of indorsement from her audience when she remarked that
the lady with the hatchet can truly say； 〃Until I arose； there was no
man to punish unpunished rebellion against the law。〃 Mrs。 Hunt concluded
by saying that thoughtful reformers are waiting with much interest
to see what will be the result of Mrs。 Nation's cyclonic campaign。
A Son Wrecked By Liquor。 〃Some day the mothers of this country
will burn all the saloons and never a man in all the land will dare to
check them。〃New York Journal。
DEAR MRS。 NATION：…I am one of these mothers and would be willing
to help you to wreck or burn these saloons。 I have a son who is a
wreck from the accursed stuff。 Oh！ 'tis a dark blot on this republic。 Even
Mohammedans do better than we； a Christian people； for in all Turkey
one can not purchase strong drink。 But it follows our flag wherever
it is planted。 Let me know if I can help you。 MRS。 P。 D。 OLIVER。
Helen M。 Gougar； Lafayette； Ind。； writes： 〃I want to thank the
editor of the SMASHER'S MAIL for the good she has done by her unique
method of campaigning against the liquor traffic。 Her message has gone
around the globe for everybody has heard of Carrie Nation and her
hatchet。 By the way I think the funniest thing on the pages of history
is the scare that has caused men （God save the mark！） to bolt and bar
their doors and turn pale with fright； because one little； old enthusiastic
lady was headed their way！！ Oh； ye braves！！ You are almost as brave
as if you used your opportunities to protect your offspring from the
accursed liquor traffic。 Let the smashing go on。〃
Far Away New Jersey。 Camden； N。 J。〃Mrs。 Carry Nation： DEAR
SISTER：When our New Jersey Prohibition Conference was held at
Trenton February 14； we sent a telegram to you endorsing your work
in Kansas； a prohibition State。 It was signed by our former candidate
for governor； Rev。 Thomas Landon； Rev。 James Parker； a former state
chairman； and myself； who offered the resolution。 Not having received
an acknowledgement； I do not know that you received it； if so； will you
kindly let me have a word from you to give to our State Convention
that will be held May 7？ I wish New Jersey had either statutory or
constitutional prohibition； there would be some smashing done here；
too。 Yours for the extermination of the liquor traffic； D。 W。 GARRIGUES。〃
What St。 John thinks of my work in Kansas： John P。 St。 John；
who was governor of Kansas twice and once headed the National Prohibition
ticket as candidate for President of the United States； warmly
indorses the acts of Mrs。 Nation in her crusade against the liquor traffic。
In a letter written to Judge W。 J。 Groo from Olathe； Kans。； he likens
her crusade to that of John Brown against slavery。 The letter was not
written for publication； but Judge Groo secured permission to give it
to the World。 It says： 〃My dear Judge： It was almost like grasping
the hand of an old friend to receive your letter of the 31st ult。 Mrs。
Nation is all right。 She is engaged in the very laudable business of
abating what our statute declares to be a common nuisance。 She is not
crazy； nor is she a crank； but she is； a sensible Christian woman and has
the respect of our best people。 Her crusade is much like that of John
Brown's； and I hope and pray that it may terminate as disastrously to
the liquor traffic as John Brown's did to human slavery。 How much
more in accord to Christianity it would be if our government would use
its soldiers to protect our own homes in our own country； instead of
sending them 8；000 miles away to destroy the homes of a people who
wanted to be our friends and whose only offense is their love of human
liberty； the same that actuated our Revolutionary fathers four generations
ago。 Yes； the Leavenworth mob was an awful affair and a burning
shame and disgrace to Kansas。 But it seems that under the reign of
William of Canton the burning of negroes at the stake and the killing
of Filippinos has become a very popular source of amusement。 Very
truly your friend； JOHN P。 ST。 JOHN。〃
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE MRS。 NATION TEMPERANCE CRUSADE IN KANSAS。
（By Rev。 H。 A。 Ott； in Lutheran Observer。）
Since sending my last article on the Nation temperance crusade；
the writer has received a large number of letters thanking him for the
article； many of which asked for a second article giving the results of
the movement after it had spread over the State。 This is the only
apology for my intruding a second time on your columns。 From these
letters I find that the good people of the East do not and can not understand
the situation here； because the laws and public sentiment here are
so different from what they are in eastern States。 It seems strange to
us to find many good people in the East indirectly supporting the saloon
by their wholesale condemnation of a woman who has had the courage；
nagged on by what she has suffered from the drink devil through a former
drunken husband； to go right into the drink dens and smash their bottles and
fixtures with a hatchet。 The smashing of joints and joint fixtures
is at an end without doubt as far as Kansas is concerned； although
Mrs。 Nation still believes that that method of suppression of a public
nuisance is the very best。 However； the effect of that smashing has been
to marvelously stir up the officers of the law； our legislature； and
public sentiment all over the State。 Mrs。 N