Spirit of the age., 1861-06-05
Stimulants.

Close observation and correct ply sooe zeal |
researcn reach the same conclusion, that /
hearty oating and steady, hard work in the |
open air give the highest degree of bodily I
vig"r, endurance, and lastingness. Sucn I
persons have strong appetite and a rapid |
digestion, which Speedily converts the food |
into nutrlnent, and the labor as rapidly 4
works the useless particles out OF tHe sys-
TEN Deuce, the newer man Is the hard. |
he works aad the heartier he eats. But !
supposr, in addition, lie drinks liquor la se
ly. lis effect Is to rest the met morpnuSiS
OF tie tissues, to keep Iunger IN he body
what Oh ht 10 nave been wo, ked off; hence
he soon becomes over full /; his SKIN becomes
DIS ended, and he is always iii -ht = IA cry
EXPRESSIVE phrase that 1t is clear, thcn
that whatever arrests waste arrests the
change which ought to take place in corpo-
| real PARTICLES, prepatory to Their being con-
vey ed away out of the system, and is unnat-
ursl ami peri Icioas.
A matI who has bottle o! rum will sur
yVe ms friend at sea desc t, Sinpls
because 1t Is tie nature OF the alcohol to ar
rest waste and decay, up to a certain point.
SO IL is VITA a man VINO 5 udIeS hard, who
over-w orkS the BRAIN Alcohol has an affinity
for The brain. Within an hour after Il glass
of brand, is swallowed, more of it is tound
| III gwen quantity OF train than in any
/ equat qaantity of blood. rnis was demon
strdted twenty years ago by DR.. Percy, so
| we rest uere with bare statement of the
/ TACT Hence, man with glass of toddy
will think longer, his brain will longer work
with activity, than if he had none u9 TO a
Certain point, because it arrests the meta
| mprpho,ls OF the tissues of the brain. Coffee
and tea do the same thing, and so does to-
/ hann h11k r. IL, t., 1.
famine, dozen years ago, i; Was often
made subject Of remark, mat when almost
Starving a wretch cha ced to get a allt!le money,
it was expended in tea tobacco or spirits;
and when asked the reason, the same reply
was made, 1T went farther" Ihan an, thing
else; it was concentrated carbon, no bone,
no husk, not an a,om of waste.
We sa~ the great intellect Of this nation.
on being called t. make speech in the cid
jenny Lind Hail on Br adsay, so drunk
that he could scarcely artlculate distinct
word; the syllabies ran into each other in
sound; and he had to hold himself up by
the corner of the table which oppostunely
stood oy.
1t is reported of the greatest divine that
ever trod n this continent that he sudden
ly stopped in a sermon, raised his Land to
his brow, and exclaiplng, God, as witn
sponge, has Glotted out NY mind, burst into
tears, aud sat down. He had fallen in.o
haDits oil drinking Spirits
One of tue best writers on doctrine in
most Influential denomination, and some of
VIII Sc proiuctions are made standards IN his
cuurch, as drunken man, and died of the
chronic darrnea, which often eds drunk
aids life
These men were at times compelled to
bi ain-w rk ahpn IT was not in working ofder.
when IT as tired and exhausted ;but some en-
gagement, some inegorable necessity, as they
thought, dem anded the effort, and they iound
in one way annthcr that cup of tea or a
glass If toddy enabled them 10 come up to
the task, and thus the haot grew ON them
un.il at las they found themselves under
tie necessity of 'saking dink before ma
king pualio address. and sometimes before
, ITS pres aralion. But tea and alcohol are
transient in their effects Suppose man
has to be one OF several speakers, and hal--
: pens to misc. lculate on The length Of the
addresses to precede his, the inevitable re.