Operation of Stringent Legislation Illustrated.

A very stringent part of the law in Pennsylvania prohibits all persons, [unclear: with] or without a license, to furnish by sale, gift, or otherwise, to any person [unclear: are] spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors on any day of elections, [unclear: and] a Sundays. A violation of this law is made a misdemeanour, subject to a fine of [unclear: and]less than £10, or more than £100 and imprisonment of not less than [unclear: twenty] more than ninety days. This section is virtually a dead letter so far as [unclear: priva] residences are concerned; but all hotels, grocers, and other dealers in wines, [unclear: spirit] and malt liquors obey the law to the letter, fearful of the loss of their [unclear: license] well as the infliction of the fine and imprisonment. It is a curious fact [unclear: the] reports show an increased number of cases of delirium tremens and a [unclear: greatest] number of deaths therefrom in the prisons and houses of correction under this [unclear: law.] This is attributed to its rigid execution, thereby causing intemperate persons [unclear: and] habitual drunkards to resort to places where spirits are secretly sold of [unclear: very] inferior and far more dangerous character.