The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-25
rHE MORNING STAR AND CATHOLIC

yery usefpl ana important parts in the process
es Of digestion and change Of tissue. me
whiskey pOsssssing the pure spirit in n mSIe
concentrated form, i. absorbed mere d rSp
ar stimulates in q shorter time, but possecSoe
ing nutriment Of any krd. Ale or porter; r A.
enough possssslng the sane am nssiSes it sup
does not stimulate 30 for
Productios 81 heat and restoring the, the .0;s
ths: owing to the constant hnss waS'e Do not let
IT, be Annderstooa that, because 1 advocate
tho taking Of ale or porter in preferences
whiskey, recommend their oonsnmPtionin 81
do not. 1 believe one can be abused as wen as
| the other but under ordinary circumstances'
unless contra indicated by pecuiarities Q. con
| cry sense better and healthier beverages man
whiskey and the other strong drinks akin s.i 70
itsuoh as gn brandy and :. run, orders are
issued night that no spirits be taxen On
the following morning; and. TO Sas aI Sesn COM
nied With. il is the practice Of the corporals |
| earefuIly to smell the breath Of every man
when assem bled in the morning before march
snsssts, were forthwith. ordered out Of the !
| ranks, and prevented from marching on tnaS
day, it having been found that such men were
pecuiiarly su6ject to he frostbitten and other
wise Injured. Every Russian soldier has BIS
allowance of oil us q part Of his rataons, expe;
riencs having shown its value as az cons.1ns
u.
4 drinss to resist cold We had painful case
of this nature reported in our local pa
pe,Js James and Thomas Ferris . were last
! seen by q companion in the evening in o
, state Of drunkenness on tie Antrim road.
, They died next morning, after being brought
' to the General Hospital. believe had those
y two young men taken. instead of strong spiri-
tuous drink tea 9s coffee they w inh T.; o1 th
: same way, be at this momentin the eploymen en-
of life. suffering, perhaps some tritiing al
ment from exposure' No t aonOi il verr as ueb
bic him to 4" tide over," some very trying
ind oS!y but If the
D. exertion has to be sustained for g consider
r able time il 10 haeless--nay, injurious. 1t
IN should Ne used somewhat after the manner =, o,
ns borse tagging &C the finish, applied the spurs
SO for final effort to land him first at the post
ey the horse gained strength from the application
Of the stimulus of the spur as the man does
N by the application of the stimulous of alcohol
is hs very ~
antidotes to diseases. This is most CHROME
ra- Gus opinion No doubt il one has to come in
ho tagious disease, and that his nervous system il
eve depressed through fear, he will derive grea
on benefit on that occasion from, say q glass o
Who whisky or a glass of brandy, but if this be
is comes habituaI, aud he is often exposed +
eve morbiio Influences he is far more likely to fal
ter q victim than the person who abstains fror
We here who have not remarked, although the
and may not be. aware of the real Importance {
t a the question put by doctor, when he has bee
lily asked to give his opinion as to the probabl
der ssne in u very serious case of illness, has
ate been of incorporate habitsi How much drin
ex toll you that the answer to this question vel
lens much in3uepces his opinion, In such cases
thy fever, smallpox, and all dangerous contagio!
will wounds and frsotures--in fact, in all Il
the affections of the body which jeopardi
all lifo-the chances are very much in i
the vor Of the temperate mamie who a
ngs, stains altogether or takes drink in model
ten, tion-as against the man who INDUCES t
'sely freely in such beverages. When this passi
,olio drink is established there is no passi
this like it. TIE others are mere pigmies compar
of with it, and seem to be covered into subj
cath. ton, when this monster reigus supreme
true One master passion in the breast,
very Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.
each The whole nature of the man seems now
owed change; some of his noblest faculties are p
nd o verted no becomes diseased both morally &
Il TO physically. This one absorbing passion, VIII
daiy it has the power. will brook no control WI
tn,er 1t feels itself restrained will not consider
use most artful cunning to attain its Object; 8
'teri- then he or she rushes reoklessly till the m
may tai faculties become wreck. And now beh
oeess that noble creature, man, made to the im
and Of hts Creator, snnk lower than the v
con brutes, bereft Of all those glorious attribr
entail @iord oF The craat;oD ~ 7 mead not tell
10 by that when ore arrives as this state whore
,eiorS mind gets from under control, he 10 affec
ave" with disease known a. deleFium tremens,
takes moro commonly, "the hostors.n Such pert
once fcx, Che time being, becounee an irreepons
1T is Thsre Ia another and a verv laree class knC
81 A as tipplers who do not 60 to suoH extren
terial' who would not for any consideration be "a
Ugly of drunkenness. They believe, or try TO m
Ldded themselve ga helieyc that little sSimulsnt
1act' necessity. Some say that little of it IA
away, tates tho transaction Of business others t
more it to create an appetite little before brt
good fast, aud little after 1t to promote digest
Il any . lttle through the course of the day to
wItn up the strength; take it again at dinner
ne nre the Same reason as at breakfast; and thro
~ TO the course of the evening, for the sake of
eos5ag fellowship. could not refuse to join fr
alto snn aItbon0h not often Affected with any
on of str;Ling svSintoms il never we'll and the
perl souous alcohol mskes slow but sure inr
10 Bys- hacon,sS mora or less diseaset. and thus