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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26
Dr. J. G. Holland IN ScribnsT for Mdreh.
THE DELUSIONS OF DRINK

Ihc OELO SOE DIGlN N
King Solomon has the credit
of being the wisest man that
ever lived; and he declared
that he who is deceived by
wine, the mocker, and strong
drink, the raging, is not wise.
The deluslons of drink are as
old as drink itself, and are as
prevalent now as in Solomon's
time. There are menwho hon
eStly believe that alcoholic
drink Is good for them; yet
there is not one Of them who
would touch it except as a pre-
scrlbed medicine if it we're not
Tor Its pleasant taste. The de-
lusion touching its healthful-
ness grows out of a desire 10
justify an appetite which may
be either natural or acquired.
If a man likes whisky or wine,
Re likes to think tha.it is good
Tor him, and he will take some
pains to prove that it ID so, both
to himself and others.
Now, alcohol Is a pure stimu.
liant. There is not so much nu-
triment in it as there is in a chip
1t never added anything to the
permanent forces of life, and
never can add anything. Its
momentar lntensification OF
force is a permanent abstrac
tion OF force from the drinkers
capital stock. All artificial ex j..
cltanls bring exhaustion. The
physicians know this, and the
simplest mans reason is quite
capable of comprehending it.
If any man supposes that daily
drink is conducive TO health,
he is deluded. If he possess a
sluggish temperament, he may
be able to carry his burden
without much apparent harm,
but blrden it is, and burden II
always will be.
After a man has continued
moderate drinking long enough,
then comes a chaDge-a de-
sire tor more drink. The Old
quantity does not suffice. The
powers which have been insen.
sibiy undermined, clamor un-
der the pressure of business, for
increased stimulation. 1t is
applied, and the machine starts
off grandly; the man feels
strong, his form grows more
porlly, and he works under
constant pressure. Now he is
in a condition of great danger,
but the delusion is upon him
that he is in no danger at all.
At last, however, drink begins
TO take The place of food. His
appetite grows feeble and fitful.
He lives on his drink, and, OF
course, there is but one end to
this-viz: death! 1t may come
suddenly, through the collapse
of all his powers, or through
alrophy and emaciation. His
friends see that he is killing
hlms II, but he can not zee 1t
at all. He walks in a delusion
from his early manhood to his
death.
A few weeks ago one Of our
city physicians publicly read a
paper on the drinking habits oi
women. 1t was a thoughtful
paper, based on a competent
knowledge of facts. 1t ought
to have been of great use to
those women of the city who
are exposed to the dangers it
portrayed, and especially 70
those who have acquired the
habits Il condemned. Soon af.
terward there appeared IN the
columns of a daily paper pro
test from a writer who ought TO
be a good deal more intelligent
than he is. against the doctors
conclusions. The health and
physique Of the beer drinking
Englishwomen were placed
oya. ara,nok fha haalth and
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-02-26

pends entirely upon the period
Of life when the task is under
taken. The typical English
woman who has stood by the
beer diet until she is more than
forty years old, is too tat to
walk anywhere easily out Of
doors, or gracefully within.
During our late civil war
this matter of drinking for
health's sake was thoroughly
tried. A stock of experience
and observation was acquired
that ought to have lasted for a
century. Again and again,
thousands and thousands of
times, was it proved that the
man who drank nothing was
the better man. He endured
more, he fought better, he
came out Of the war healthier
than the man who drank. Moth
ing is more easily demonstra
BILE than that the liquor used
by the two armies, among Off
GERS and men alike, wac an un.
nitigated curse to them. 1t
disturbed the brains and viii.
ated the councils Of the off
GERS, and debilitated and de-
moralized the men. Yet all
the time the delusion among
officers and men was, that there
were both comfort and help in
whisky.
The delusions of drink are
numberless, but there is one of
them which stands in the way
of reform so decidedly that it
calls ior decided treatment
We allude to the notion that
it is nice thing to drink nice
liquors or wines at ones home,
to offer them to ones friends,
and to make them minister to
good fellowship at every social
gathering, while it is a very
different thing to drink bad
liquor, in bad places, and in
large quantities. A man full OF
good wine feels that he has a
right to look with contempt
upon the Irishman who Is full
of bad whisky. 1t is not a long
time since the election of a
professor in a British universi.
ty was opposed solely on the
ground that he neither drank
wine nor offered It to his
friends; and when, by a small
majority, his election was ef.
fected, the other professors de
cided not to recognize HIM so
cially. There are thus two
men whom these sticklefs for
wine despise-viz.: the man
who gets drunk on bad liquor,
and the man who drinks no
liquor at all. Indeed, they re-.
gard the latter with a hatred
or contempt which they do not
feel for the poor drunkard.-
The absolute animosity with
which many men in society
regard one who is conscien-
tiously opposed to wine-drink
ing, could only spring from a
delusion in regard TO the real
nature of their own habits
The sensitiveness of these peo
pie on this subject, however,
shows that they suspect the
delusion of which they are the
victims. They claim to be on
the side OF temperance. They
deprecate drunkenness, and
really don't see what is to be
done about it. They wish that
men would be more rational in
their enjoyment of the good
things OF the world, etc, ETC.;
but their eyes seem blinded to
the fact that they stand in the
way of all reform. The horri.
bic drunkenness Of the larger
cities Of Great Britain, with
which no hell tina: America
holds can compare for a mo
mont. can navar ha raiormad
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
The Story of a Picture.

A painter wanted picture of inno-
eence, aud drew the likeness of child
at prayer. The suppliant was kueel-
ing beside his mother, the palms of his
little hands were reverntly pressed to-
gether; his rosy cheek spoke of health
and his blue eye upturned with the ex-
preston of devotion and peace. The
portrait of young Rupert was very
much priced by the painter, who hung
it upon his study wall, and called in
Innocence" Years passed away; and
the artist become an old man. Still
the picture hung there He had often
thought of painting eounterpart-the
picture of guilt-but had not found
the opportunity. at last he effected
his purpose by payinga visit to a neigh
boring Jail. On the damp floor of his
cell, lay a wretehed culprlt, name Ran
dali, lroned. Wasted his body, and
hollow his eyes; vice was visible III
his face. The painter succeeded ad-
mirably, and the portrait of young
Rupert aud Randall were hung side By
side, for 'lnnoceuce" and ''Guilt !"
But who was young Rupert and who
was Randall? Alas these two we're
one. Old Randall was young Rupert
led astray by bad companions, aud
ending his life in the damp and shame
I full dungeon.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
How to Check the Borer.

send you herewith plan for the
destruction, or rather one to proven.
the borers from destroying my trees
As far as the trial | have given it goes,
| am satisfied with the result. IL is
worth the trial by those who have
peach orchards and can afford the risk
on few trees, if they are doubtful in
regard to the efficacy OF the plan. |
would not hesitate one instant in ap-
plying it to every one of them. The
remedy is as follows: Scoop out the
ground, funnel shape, some three OF
four inches from the base of the tree
70 the depth of first surface roots, aud
clear out all gummy ooze with knife,
and kill borers in sight, and then fill
the space you have dug out with coarse,
dry salt-rock salt, if possible, or that
from refuse fish brine is good and
cheap. The weather will dissolve this
gradually, and what is made liquid
there will enter worm holes in sufici-
ent quantity to "salt out" the borers
without injury to the tree, which takes
its nourishment at the extremity of its
roOtlets and tar away from the trunk
where the salt is.-RuraL World.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
Perils of Steamboat Travel.

So great has been the destruction OF
l,fe by steamboat disasters, arising
from various causes, that the gradual
diminutiOn OF danger from that source
will be regarded as matter of gener-
raj interest. That such is the case is
indicated by the annual report Of Mr..
Burnet, supervising inspector general
of steamboats,, recently made to the
Secretary ofthe Treasury. Its shown
that during the five calendar years
with 1873 there was steady increase
in the number of vessels annually in
spected. The whole number in 1869
was 294S, and in 1873, 3743. The an
nual addition in 1870 was 154; in 1871
1876; in 1872. HI; and in 1873, 293.
The loss of life from various aeci-
dents has decreased in proportion to
the exteut of these precautions. The
number of lives lost from all causes in
1873 was 222, while the average for the
four years Immediately proceeding
was 356. The number of lives lost by
explosion was only 10, the smallest
ever recorded in one year-the total
for five years being All, and the aver
age for four corresponding years about
l02 The number of lives lost by FIRE
in 1873 Was ITO, being greater than a i
other causes combined, and the loss Of
life from fire in 1872 and 1873 bears
even larger proportion to the aggre-
gate loss from other causes.
Such results demonstrate the i'm
portance of thorough investigation
into the causes of SO many frightful
disasters, and that the proper atten-
<ion and inquiry on the part. of in;
speetors and steam vessel would tend
still further to reduce them. Acct
dents, of course, are liable to occur
from collisions and other causes over
which no human foresight or skill can
have control, but it has been shown
that proper precaution and careful
management may do much to lesson
the perils aud disasters incident to
steamboat travel.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
The Republican Party.

The New York Tribune is giving
the demoralized Republicans some
wholesome advice. 1t says in one
article
Two years of administration yet re-
main to those in power. Whether
these are to be the last, depends en-
tirely upon the way in which they are
employed. Wise and careful govern
ment; economy In appropriation and
equal economy in expenditure fear
less investigation of abuses and equal
ly fearless reports; due regard for the
rights of States and individuals ;
prompt cessation of the oppression OF
the South which has done much to
make the name of Grant Infamous ;
moderation of the bitter partisanship
which is characteristic of thlrd-rate
intellects such as compose the Grant
party-these benefcient reforms might
do much TO regain for it the prestige II
has lost, and enahle it to present a
conf !ent front in 1876. Here lies its
opportunity.
Its peril frs: thrusts itself forward.
If any one thing can be said to have
been decided by the elections. it is
that the people will no longer tolerate
that strange political essence detested
in Massachusetts as Butlerism, in
Pennsylvania as Cameronism, IN Mich
| igan. as Chamberlain, and known gen.
orally everywhere as Grantism. The
Republican party as now constituted
needs not so much reform as total re-
construction. Grantism has been re.
pudiated at the polls; it must now bt
Fepudiated in the caucus and the con
Tention, If Republicanism is to estab'
/ lish any further claim to existence
The leaders who have been condemn.
ed by the people mu t be desposed by
/ the politicians, or the latter may a:
well abandon their calling. New mer
and new measures must show them.
selves. But if, on the other hand there
is to be no change either in the policy
or the leaders OF the party; IT It's noto'
rious corruptiOnists are 10 be sustain
ed and encouraged; if sovereign States
are to be governed by telegraph from
Washington, and usurping despOtisn
made permanent by Presidential cap
rice If yenaiity is TO be concealed
defended, extenuated. and denied; if
in short, Grantism is still to masque
rade in the dress of Republnanism M
the election of two years hence will b,
decided long before it takes place
There is only one way for the Repub
lican party out of its present peril
Gov. Morgan aud the other bewilderet
leaders. who are talking in dazed wa,
about reorganization on a broade
basis, may as we'll take notice. Tn
reorganization which includes Gran
or Grantism is reorganizing for des
tructiun.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
The Virginia Tobacco Crop.

The Danville (Va.) News says : The
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
reports the total production of manu-
factured tobacco durin, the fiscal year
of 118,54S,6l8 pounds. The actual
production exceeded that of the pre-
.ceding year by over two million pounds,
and the foreign expectation by nearly
three quarters of a million. Manu-
factured tobacco pays One-tenth OF the
entire revenue Of the Government
and only noxious weed! But it is
nevertheless golden weed"
The Lyuchburg Virginian says
Within the memory of the oldest in
habitant there never was anything like
the influx OF tobacco We are having
now. The town is daily inundated
with it. The warehousesare all crowd
cd and overrrun with the weed. and the
streets are blocked with wagons. The
sales are protracted in the night, and
it is difficult then to get around. Not
withstanding the manner in which the
market is crowded the prices are kept
mp, and planters are reaping a harvest
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
Short Weights.

The American Grocer has opened a
vigorous warfare upon the system of
swindling known as short weights, and
which consists of putting less into a
package than the marks on the outside
represent.
The uninitiated public have but lit
tie idea of the extent to which this is
DONE Everything that is put in pack
ages is cut short-sOshort, in the case of
oysters, that one packer in New
York confesses that it is quite com
mon to put up six, five and even four
ounces for pound. All canned goods
are put up in the same way, and the
public get but about half the quantity
of goods they bargain and pay TOR, and
take the balance in water.
This affects the people-the consul
mers; but there is another class
of goods where it affects the re-
tailers, who have much more power
of correcting it. This is in the
case of packages that have to be broken
and retailed from, as in raisins, pork,
&c. The Grocer has found a number
Oh Ttldll6IS WHO nave QuiI sclliuS id1 Ci
raisins altogether, BECAUSE they found
the packages so short of what they are
represented to contain thatit is impos-
sible to avoid loss in handling them.
1t is useless to attempt any list of
the articles that are thus packed short;
it would be about co-equal with list
of packed articles. The evil is one OF
fearful magnitude, and has continued
to grow until endurance can endure no
longer.
The Grocer recommends as RENE
dy that retailers and consumers weigh
or measure everything they buy, and
that national law be enacted cOmpell-
ing every packer to put his own name
upon all packages packed by him, forbid
short weights under heavy penalties,
and make every packer responsible for
his goods. This would undoubtedly
remedy the difficulty, provided such a
law were enforced. but there is reason
to fear that it might fall at that point
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
IF We KaEK.


If we knew the woe and heartache
Waiting for us down the road,
II our lips could taste the worm wood.
If our backs could feed the load,
Would we waste the day In wishing
For q time that nefer can be2
Would we wait in such patience
For our ships to come from sea?
If we knew the baby fingers
Pressed against the window pane.
Would be cold and stiff Tomorrow
, Never trouble US again,
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow?
Would the print OF rosy fingers
Vex US then as they do now?
All, these little ice cold fingers
How they point our memories back
To the has v words and actions
Strewn along our backward tracki
How those little hands remind rs,
As in snowy grace they lie,
MOI tr scatter thorns-but roses
For our reaping by and by.
Strange we never priced the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown:
Strange that we should slight the violets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seemed oDe-half SO fair,
So when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can oiiaway,
Never bio somed in such beauty
As ad0rns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our men,
ory,
With their beautiful perfume,
Come TO US in sweeter accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather in the sun beams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses;
Cast out the thorns and chaff;
Let us fiud our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to-day,
With a patient hand removing
All the briars from our way.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
The Wheat Fields.

Wheat, all along the line from
Athens to Knoxville. looks better than
we have ever seen it at this season.
On most of the farms the breadth
sown is larger than usual, and has been
put in well. Indeed, there is mark
ed Improvement in the appearance OF
many farms, more evidence OF system,
thrift aud substantial comfort than
ever before. The truth IS, theayerage
farmer of East Tennessee is a good
deal further removed from poverty and
hard times than he generally believes
he is. If he would only adopt the
plan Of selling his surplus on the first
market, and pursue it from year to
year, he would never be hard pressed
for money to psy his taxes or for other
purposes. The loss to the farmers oi
East Tennessee this year by holding
their " wheatfrom harvesttill Christmas
even in the event Of an appreciable
rise in price after the latter date. vii
not aggregate less than one hundred
and Fifty thousand dollars, The
breadth sown this Fall is at least one
fourth larger than in 70, and we are
confident that the plant at this time
looks fully 20 per cent. more promis-
irg.-Athsas Post.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
Christmas Gifts
sfJ
e
FOR ALL!
sERVIcABLE AND APPROPRIATE.
APPROPRIATE.
With a Small Outlay Of Money.
GAINESVILLE, TENNESSEE, December, 1874.

CLARKsvILLE, TENNESSEE December, 1874.
holidays approaching naturally begin about
and would be of mutual
would make them Of Boots
profit of selling would have made selections especially
adapted Christmas Gifts such Slippers for Ladies and Gents all
and co HandsOme Shoes in Side Lace Front Lace and Button
Chdren Calf Boots Gents Boys and Youths and
Stylish Men and Little Men of house
town. line Chren Leggins In making gifts OF this KIND
being article that
the place till it becomes dusty and soled but
holidays good often brings mind kind
membranes of the donor
shipment of Mems and Boys Kip
Boots d Shoes They the Goods town. and SOLD AT LESS
PRICES-so big trade this fall the have
had goods satisfaction In selling goods
much for good-but how little sell
for expenses lay by little day For believe
business by short profits
But Put the and then
goods My is
No Franklin Street Please call, and oblge
Yours Truly
Dee. 12-tfl " l.. WILLIAMS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
The True Course for Employees.

The Mercantile Journal, has sen
sible editorial on this subject, which
We copy in part. as follows:
The true question for an employees
is not how much he can get forthwith,
but how he can keep employed
The men who get rich are not usually
the strikers who refuse TO work for
particular wages. Strikers are apt to
waste in idleuess, in the course of a
year or two, time wherein they could
have earned more than the amount for
which they strike. Those who in
crease their income are the men who
aecustom themselves to regular indus
try, who keep steadily at work for
such compensation as they can get,
live within their means, save money.
and invest it. Thus they keep up
good income and increase il from year
to year; quite as fast, In most cases, as
they become able to manage it with
The employee who takes
the most pains to find out exactly what
service his employer wants, to render
that service carefully and generously,
and who, having mastered the details
of his work, does not leave it to 90
into some other employment where
larger but uncertain compensation is
promised, is the man who is morally
certain TO rise. When hard times
come, or when his employer is unfor-
tunate and is compelled to retrench,
be is the man who will not be dismiss
ed, and who will not lose time in |
seeking work, when he would, of ne |
.essity, be eating up his savings till he |
inds it. When vacancies occur in /
he esta blishment, he is the one who
will be intrusted with the most valu-
Ible work which commands the high
st pay. When bis employer wants a
,artner, he is the man likely to be
ho-en. When others are discharged
er incompentency, he will be retained;
or his knowledge of the work and his
,nown reliability make for him a good
'OsitiOn in which he is sure to be able
o do so well. True, this way of life
) not always easy; it requires self
ontrol. conscience, and steadiastness;
ut it the way to self-respect, honor
ble standing, legitimate wealth and
Louis Republican.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

ENGINEERING learns that a rolling
mill at Columbus. Ohio. has recently
contracted to furnish large quantity
of rails to a railroad company at so
per ton. This is said to be So per ton
less than the price at which the same
quantity of rails could be delivered
from England to the same part Of the
United Ststes.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19
A WRITER to the Evansville Courier
relates the following story:

Among the old retired Cumberland
river pilots is one w. II. Carroll. who
lives on his farm at the mouth OF
Smithland. Several pears ago he was
employed to take the steamer Atlanta
from Nashville to the mouth Of the
Cumberland. On her way down she
struck the pier at Clsrksvillc bridge
and sunk. The hull aud cabin parted,
the latter floating down the river All
her crew LETT the wreck except Carroll.
who refused 10 give up bis job. He
being observed at some point below. y
skiff was sent out to his relief. But
be had refused 10 abandon his craft,
saying that he agreed with the captain
to take his boat out for so much, and
he would have to go on out rs agreed
upon for the trip. As he passed
Smithland he rang his bell to land.
but she wouldn't Land. He, however,
successfully landed in field below
Smithland. The Atlanta still owes
him for the trip"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

Is it true that since the introduc-
ton Of lady operators on your line
there isin't so much vulgar talking
over the wires?' asked a female suf,
fragist of a Western Union Official.
Yes ma 'ar1," be answered; bat the
conversation makes up in length what
Il lacks in breadth"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

IT may be that "a woman in Berlin,
Germany, has forty mine children. II
wouldn't dim one bright star in the
shield of American freedom if she had
one hundred and forty y-nine.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

THAT dog of yourn few at me this
morning, and bit me on the leg. and
| now notify you that ! intend
to shoot il the FIRST time | see il. /"
The dog is not mad" Madi /
know he Is not mad. What's be got
be mad about? It's me that's mad"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

No MAN ever worshipped brazen
image who had onee tusseled with a
life insurance agent.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

The Oldest Western settler-tha
evening sun.