Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-12-12
ittFastl LtvlmS',--Effectss s0f Alcohol ON
af :.....u IT,, the Heart. f. -, ,.i

ittFassl Livlng',--Efsects sef Alcohol ON
! af ,:....u tf the Heart. II ... q. ii
From 1he Phadeiphia Ledger @'"h' "i'* u 1D' ~
i The expression ofi.i fast living' has passed
into the 'languageF of common life. when
fast trottingn on d race, course Ia spoken
OF the watches of the judges, determine pre-
.cisely what is meant by "2:17'' or "2:4O,"
as to time and to distance. The horses
which perform these feafs of speed are in
4 the long intervals between ;tienraces moder-
1 ately exercised, carefully groomed, and, it
4 may almost be said, affectionately nursed.
4 The great object of the owners Of the horses
Is to keep them In such sound condition that
| upon occasion they may be able Ito do won
ders upon the race. course without injury to
their soundness and vital condition. " Fast
horses" in the good hands of kind and con-
! siderate owners are not among the short
| lived of their species. ~ !nalJ fp5Ii.-yJ ~ .
But. = fast men are their own prpprietors,
and will neither accept advice nor submit to
Efestraint or discipline. What ~ fast living"
among men means has, like ''fast!funnn,g"
among horses, been reduced to a,seientiiic
} measurcmept.u The eminent physiologists
in Great Britain recently read before the
Royal Society the result Of experiments,
| continued for fourteen days. upon human
| subject When the man was. first taken in
hand, while in q, normal condition, using no
alcOholic beverages, his heart-beats in day
amounted to 100000 Under alcoholic treat
ment-anot intemperance, as II iscalied, but
moderate drinking--onf the, first d day 1.-The
heart beats increased four per centre On the
last day Of the alcoholic regimen, the heart
beats HAD Increased to" twenty-five Der cent.
The thrObs were at the rate of 127,O00 per
day. -lAnd when brandy was introducedin-i
to the potations, the heart-beats, went up to
131 900 per day. Carefully noting all the
| circumstances and Qualifications, the calcu-
Iiiation'' was made that when the alcoholic
stimulus was at its maximum. ,one-fifth more
work was imposed upon the heart than t1ialn under
its natural and healthy action, -, .',a,,
ldWIt wilf be" observed that Id these figures
there is no attempt at sensation 2or exaggerat
ttiOn. :. n The statement is not made by earnest
Fadvocates Of temperance, n aiming Of making
an impression on the mind or an appeal, to
fear. II Is the calm statement of scientific
men aiming only to reach true results; and
7 fithers is any exec ceptionto beltaken to their
VERDICT, i mast be, only, that upon one man
as subject, conclusions respecting all men
cannot BE definitely made! One thing how.
ever, is certain, that in every casethepersot1
who takes undue stimulus lives faster" be
the per censase mere es aesS saHA BY Gger-
| wor rking impairs his vital fupctions., If it be
Unanswered that observations show that some
hard drinkers livb long lives, the responsSis,i
tsfrle, some dos but, very few, p" and of these
| what sort of lives are they? With iDtellects
impaired, and seff-reIiance destroyed; with
ability for continuous eSeftion t.tken away; !;
with ambition displaced by indulgence ito
character and consequences and with hope.
tost IN s2ttish aespal sTstspfe sann9 be
.mernbered that d man under abnoriiial ex-
tcitement gets no restg GIhereareI certain of
the mental as well ,nsj the ybQdily powers
which have a. continuous action independent
of the will. III the healthy subject these
may be said Ito "keepalive' during sleep,
preserving the vitality of,the body I'M sound
condition for action when, one wakes, 10 But
the feyer-tossed patient, and the oyer-stimu-
lated '''fast liver" find but little rest'o re-
freshment in Sleep. 1'hephlses go bounding,
the life blood beats surging ION, and the re-
lcuperation of q slumherIis lost iptthe ftful
fever of oyer-heated blood. ~, ,ay,,,,,.,., ,,tI
"a To the verdict Of tile PHILOSOPHERS may be
added the testimony of'a witness who was
made the subject of subsequent experimental
tests. fl The pulse7beats in this case aFenot
before us. But the testimony of the witness,
J hardy Scotch soldier, Is conclusive upon
the mental and moral effects of brandy. 1t
could not bepbotter stated or in clearer Ian
guage. ~, The brandy" he said, '.''serred to
give him Kind of spirit, which made him
think he could do a great deal of work but
when he came 90 do it he found he was less
able than lie thought" There is a whole
temperance lecture in that testimony. 1t dis
poses completely of the whole argument in
favor of spirit stimulated effort, and coin
eides with the experience of all who have
,.. The great dainty that a Chinaman's palate
Graves, is ''fan chow, the flower of tea
the in perial tea-bloon, the priceless bever-
age of Chinese extravaganza "A San! Fran
cisco reporter was shown small quantity of
the almost priceless luxury, put up IN Q highly
ornamented box of sandal wood. six alternate
layers of perfumed rice paper and silk being
used TO preserve 1t from the effects of the
atmosphere. Rolled in balls, twisted into
tiny rolls, tied in little lunches like cigarettes
at one end, and whipped into shreds at the
other. was the tea flower, packed in loose
petals of its own kind to preserve its fra
GRANGE 1t is grown on the plantation of
very rich mandarin in the proyinee of Foo |
Chow, and can only. be procured from him
or his agent in Pekin, There was once 4 law
forbidding its export, but even Americans |
now buy and drink IT, 1t costs SIS, 90 Id !
gold per pound in China, and cannot I've sold |
IN San Francisco -for--icss -thun-$20 per |
'i'fnehI haa zsaals.,s. u 1. i -g2lla!nL na
% ,is jTlEofoHE TfiTos saylsS,' aSylsS''ind l6st last Weeks
ltfosdem Age: IN honest man dares to pay't
q debt due even to himself. have but small |
desire for lptbfessioial,z and nonesLno aGt
shred--fnr political distinction s4bpt If my
life Is spared, and If the stuff of which il Is
made proves not -Rholly ihad deouais 10 the |
higher uses of a manly character, think |
foreses NY title clear 10 At least one sort OF