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~A returned Californian on visit
ing NewXork. accidentally fell in will
some jolly good fellows of the bon
ton. who were enjoying themselves will
frequent potions Of lager and old bour
bon, and were quite sociable. The in
vitation was extended to their new
guest, and by the way, one Of then
had been in California some years be.
fore. The newly arrived guest re.
marked, gentlemen. if there is any.
thing am opposed to, it is drinking. 81
"Whst! temperance man from Cali.
fornia. 1 expected reproof from any
other source than that. Well, well,
you are right, there can be nothing
said to justify the course; I only indulge
in it occasionally" The Californian
remarked that he had seen so much dis
sipation. that he trembled when he saw
a man venture to take a drink. having
seen so much talent sacrificed by giving
way to it in its mildest form.
Here arises a question, how is it that
men of the brightest intellect are the
most addicted to this habit? The reason
is they are generally warm-hearted and
sociable in the extreme, and have only
taken the wrong steps in their genial
and friendly intercourse TO benefit man
kind. Manv wonder why men Of so
much talent and information go TO such
an extreme, but when the effects Of
stimulation upon the system are
thoroughly understood, we are not sur
prised to find all going astray. who
regularly indulge in It's use. Here
then, is a solution Of the whole. Spirits
in any form taken into the system,
accelerates the circulation Of the blood,
increases the pulsation, strains the nerv-
Gus system TO the highest pitch, and
when tins dies away 1Be~nerves IN'--
as far below their natural tone, as they
were strained beyond. Thus produang
in the individual depression Of SPIRITS
nervous twitching and aching, causing
a restlessness. Those who do not under
stand the cause of this weakness on the
part of those who arc under its infience,
are ready to give up and say. "let him
oo the sooner the better" But not so
with him WHO knows the grand secret
of the efflcts OF the "worm Of the STILL"
He says, "it is not the man himself
that wants the liquor, for he has re-
solved and re-resolved, that he would
not touch the accursed stuff which has
deceived and led him on, and is still
leading him to ruin and certain destruc-
ton, branding him with infamy and dis
grace among his fellows, and subjecting
him to the curse of an Almighty God
that no drunkard can enter the King
dom of Heaven, thus destroying all
hope here and hereafter.
The facts are, his system is under
law of stimulation which has become a
law Of nature, which. be can no more
control than he can The appetite for the
food that sustains the physical man.
Where then, is the remedy? Is there
no hope for such who have, by social in
fiuence with those who touch the wine,
been drawn into, and became a subject
under this law? We say there is. Let
the same social influence of temperance
and prohibition be thrown around him,
and as soon as nature can ressurrect
and restore healthy tone to the system,
he will be himself again, and all his
prostrated powers will shine out with
renewed splendor.
The great secret why men are unable
to extricate themselves from the Inhu-
ence which surrounds them, is the
temptation on every side by those
young men who know their duty and do
il not.
Oil young man. you who occasional
ly take a glass with a friend, you are
one Of the component whole that sends
the drunkard to a premature grave. to
awake not to everlasting life, but eter-
nal death, that never, never, never dies.
His blood is required at your hands
Influence is powerful. II is like a ray
of light diverging in every direction,
effecting everything that comes in con-
tact with it. Therefore let your infiu-
ence be cast with the cause Of Temper
ance. Be conservative, be wise, be
just to yourself, and true to those noble
principles. which the Almighty has en-
dewed you with, and when your star
sits, it will not go down, but will deck
the crescent of influence, and never
cease in effulgence. c. G. ID.