The Cairo bulletin., 1874-05-31

The SAVIOR at the wedding feast m Cana;
his mother says: "They would have wine
Then the first miracle: "Change" and water
becomes wiuc. At the last supper lie takes
tho wine cup and saws; "l will drink no
more OF the fruit of the vine until drink 1t
new In the Kingdom OF GodP' lie drinks,
and says to His disciples "Drink otit, all OF
ye."
And Socrates, the anticipator Of Christian
ity, what of himg Hard-headed old Grecian,
n great drinker was he;--took his bumpers,
maybe, TO drown the voice Of tougue-using
Xsntippe! One night at the house OF Phedrus
was indeed glorious night, and it- story,
learnt from Plsto's symposium, is wei to'u
by an able spologist OF the drinkers.
Agatho, friend Of Socrates, at the Olympic
games At Corintb. had won the prize OF ira
gedy. Athens was proud OF the triumph
and the most distinguished OF the city had
been lctcing tn, victor. They had been
drunk for siN nights. Meeting at the house
| of phedrus, they said ''Iet us be sober to-
night. and we will start theme Ibe |
| theme wa, love; and. as Socrates was pro- |
nouncing hi. Judgment about the true ana |
beautiful, in came Alcibiades, tough warrior,
drunk himself, surrounded by drunken
body OF Athcnian BOYS. with garland> on
their heads. "'rhis will not do cried NJ
| cibiadc.. we have le5n drunk aud YOU have
not" They agreed to drink, aud required
socrates Fl drink two measures 10 every
o,ner mans one, because he could stand it
,nd.>o. drunk, inhcy were laid down on
the lounges. after the Athenian style, all
Iexcept an old physician named Aristodcmus.
Plato m Ike. him the hardest head of the
company, except socrates. lie aud Socra-
ties drank Ii the gray OF the morning, and
then Soctates took his bath aud went down
to the groves TO talk Academic knowledge,
GREAT, IsDHED, is BAccuusi
| MANY of the most talented aud best Of
mankind have been his worshippers ever
snce the tune hc planted the first vine aud
discovered the mode of extracting the pre-.
ciou, juice Of the grape. The fair humantie'
of old religion live no longer in the faith OF
reason. but does the belief that the power
of EacchuS IS yet potent to do violence TO the
tuith--as potent a. the god when he tho TuS-
csn mariners Transformed l. II not true that,
even to this day, the vessel of good inten-
, ton is stopped, by his power: Is not the noun
tain Cithiron still alive with worshjppers
:. OF the god of the iyy-crowncd head
|, -"supernal
Il A, the forehead Of APOLLO
y knd possessing youth eisrnaE'
: ruE PAINS oF TuE cur.
l. De Quincy, in his confession, of n
l. Opium Eater" has. pictured the pleasure
e and pains OF opium. Moderate indulgenc,
II in intoxicating liquors i, not un
:; pleasant, but excessive Indulgence j. pain
e ful. The pain. cannot be described by ID,
o. use of the lines employed TO describe tn,
At pains of opium:
IN las when some great painter dips
AZ Ills pencil IN the gloom of earthquake and eclpse
Is Nerves torn; dreams peopled with hor
rible phantoms, and waking hours swarninI
4. with frightiul illusions, Describing III
pains OF liquor, Cough says:
For days | endured mole agony tha
| pen could describe, even were II guide
- by the hand OF II Dante. Who can tell IN
ed horrors Of that horrible mslady asSrayate
=. by the slmo't eVcr-abiding cOn,clou,ne'
u tnat il Il seicsought. llidcOus faces ~
as peared on the ceiling and on the ilOors fou
As things crcpt along tue bed-clOthc>, and glai
-, ng eye, peered into mine. was M on
y time surrounded by millions OF mOOstrOu
OF | spiders, who crawlcd slowly, slowly, %
NJ | eNery limb whilst beaded drops OF Irespl
ration would start TO my br0ws, and IN
limbs would shiyer until the bed rattle,
H. again. Strange lights would dance bciOr
10 nv ewes, and tuen suddenly the yer
he blackness Of darkness would appal me 10y it
dense gloom. All al once. while gazing at
&c fightful creature of my distempc red min ]
OF | seemed struck by Sudden blindness.
of knew candle was burning in my room
ro but could not see IL; all was 80 pitch darl
lot the sense OF feeling, too, for | Ell
ie- deayored TO grasp my arm In my hand, bt
lm ! consciousness was gone. putmy hand I
cir my side, my head, but felt nothing, and III
rd 1 knew my limbs aud frame We're there
hu And then the scen0 would chang,
al was falling, falling, swiftly
res an arrow, FAR down into SON
20 terrible abyss; aud 30 like realit
VI wa, IL, l could zee the rocky sides Of II
no horrible shaft. where mocking, gibinl
,ut moving icnd-llse forms were perchcd
he and | could feel the air rushing past IN
making my hair stream otlt by force OF u
on unwhoicsoms blast. Then the paroNys
,n- sometimes ceased Tor few moments aud
us wOnld sink back on my pallet drench
Ia. with Precipitation, utterly exhausted, Ill
feeling dreadful certainty OF the renew
Ia OF my ioinents.'
lial Vivid picture this but II does not tell
the story. The torments OF delirium ha
never adequately been described, even
,cr. the victim. They crowd upon him III
tbs mries of Eschyles, crying: clap
the man who keeps his lips irom the GU
Him we avengers touch not. But VT
iro woe to him who does not. We, the foari
tor family of the night. fisten our elves up
lie. his whole being Thinks he by flisht To
cape Us! We ny faster In pursuit, twi
and our snakes around his feet AMI bring him
,t, the ground"
,a". In the cup pleasure is found, but h
great the danger that al IN II Turks
drink ut all, says Casio Is to be now =,
. sblc man, by and by fool aud presently
the beast. Every nordlnatc cup il unhles'
the and the ingredient II u devil.
SUPPRESSION.
ken Not upon individuals only do the evils
rest tho vice OF mtcmperance weigh heav
clds They oppress society, y,dcmOraize it, incre
dig the burden of taxation and multiply erin
the Therefore, public policy demands that !
ALTA bricty be suppressed.
hose Many believe prohibitory legislation
ions, be made encctual, but experience con
diets this belief. The human appetite &
not be controlled by law, when public oI
ion encourages the appetite. Drag the
ncr to the altar; put bayonet TO hi, he's
i of order him 10 prsy;-ho will mentally GU