TO THB KDH'OK. SlR^—It is a marvel to mo lhab tho zoaloau advocated for prohibition do noo recognise the timl and fundamental prin ciple that" l&ymg rho axu to tho root of the tree" la better 'han moroly lopping off ft few branobea. h iu a moro crying for tha mooo, the doHparlng planobof Innftlicfj, to dcmirlorato tho total abolition of drink or othor stimulanta and nar« ootlca, Tho poob Oowpur hath said, "Without) gracj, nun'e lifo inaanlfcy is without care." So this phaso of Insanity cannot bo eradicated bob by tho power of fcho Goopol, and ovory prohibitory law will be in tho Jong run powerless. Bab there lo a w»y to minimise tho drinking cascom in tho future, and ib ia wonderful that not one of tho gri-at loadera of prohi bition oootom to know tho way or oaro to adopt) it. Ono of thorn has eaid wish truth that oar young mon aro bocoming more addiced to drink,, and no wondor. Why is thio ho? There in ftbuolato'y nothing in tho nataral circumotanooa and conditions of colonial life to induce re sort to drink. Bob thoro haa boon per jnittcd to cause and to oontinao tho un nfttaral and irrational praotlco of cigar otto smoking amongst) oar young people, and nob ft atop is takon bo prohibit a chief caaflo-of druukonriofjfi hero, Xl parents will not or cannot prevent thoir ohildron from indalgonco in thin poison, then tho #fcato mast) undertake to «»vo tit, children, oron ah it ondefcvoro to Uaoh thorn tho primary elements of education* Cigar ette flraoklngto oxcoss amongob adolta hao beenfound to bopoifionoufj, how much more deadly muati it bo with " babea and oucki lingo." for oven such may be ooon imitating tho old foolri who roll (ho swoeb morsel and puff off its dolotorioua fnmoa around, Will you reprint tho following ex tr»ct m a warning : "Ono of tho gravost facto rotating to tho harmi falnees of oigarotto nmoking to oxoosb Is ono thai* hao jufib oomo to light. In tito distinct) caooy, recently related, with Initijvlf) and datoo, by Vt Forbofi VVinelow, the London opeclallni, ib was neco88»ry to apply leechon to porfiiotout cigarotto ntnokorK. 