The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-10-07

That person who follows the direcr
ton Of spirits speaking through
mediums will be fooled four times out
of Eve. Spiritualism is not truthful,
therefore it is not the thing for us to
follow, though others, may do as they
please. Spiritualism is loafer. Science
is gentleman. Religion is the child Of
God, teaching purity. Let us Judge
Spiritualism by the flowers its vine
has brought forth by its Free Love ad
vocates and lusty orators, and see where
it belongs
s Strong Drink.
That man is q maniac, deliberate
suicide, who drinks tea, coffee, or ardent
spirits Of any kind, to induce him to
perform work in hand, and when he
feels too weak to go through with it
without such aid. This is the reason
that the majority Of great orators and
public favorites die drunkards. The
pulpit, the bench, the bar, the forum,
have contributed their legions of vic
tins to drunken habits. The beautiful
woman, the sweet singer, the converse
tionalist, the periodical writer, have
filled but too often drunkard's grave.
Now that the press has become q great
power in the land, when the magazine
must como out on q certain day, and the
daily newspaper at fixed hour, nothing
waits, everything gives way 20 the mex
orable call for copy. Sick or well, dis
posed or indisposed, asleep or awake,
that copy must come; the writer must
compose his article whether he feels like
It or not, and if he is not in the vein
for writing he must whip himself up to
it by the stimulus Of drink. Some Of
the greatest writer's Of the century have
confessed to the practice, on urgent oc-
casions, Of taking sip Of brandy at the
end Of every written page, or oftener-
Lord Byron at the end Of every para
graph sometimes!
1t may have escaped the general
readers notice that more men have died
young who have been connected with
the New York press within ten years,
and that too from intemperance, than in
all other educational callings put to-
gether; young men whose talents have
been Of the very first order, and gave
promise Of life of usefulness, honor,
and eminence. The best possible thing
for man to do when he feels too tired
to perform a task, or too weak to carry
1t through, is to 60 to bed and sleep
week if he can; this is the only true re-
cuperat;on Of brain power; the only act
ual renewal of brain forces, because dur
ing sleep the brain is, in sense. at
rest, in condition to receive and ap-
propriate particles Of nutriment from
the blood, which take the place Of those
which have been consumed in previous
labor, since the very act Of thinking
consumes, burns up solid particles, as
every turn Of the wheel or screw Of the
splendid steamer is the result of the
consumption by fire Of the fuel in the
furnace. That supply Of brain sub
stance can only be had from the nutri-
ment particles in the blood, which were
obtained from the food eaten previously,
and the brain is so constituted that it
can best receive and appropriate to itself
those nutriment particles during the
state Of rest, quiet, and stiffness Of
sleep. Mere stimulants supply nothing
in themselves, they only goad the brain,
force it to greater consumption Of its
substance, until that substance has been
50 fully exhausted that there Is not pow
er enough left to receive 8 supply; just
as men are sometimes 80 near death by
thirst and starvation that there IL not
strength enough left to swallow any
thing, and oil is over. The capacity Of
the brain for receiving recuperative par
ticles sometimes comes on with the ra-
pidity Of lightning, and the man be-
comes mad in On instant; In an instant
loses al sense, and he is an idiot. It.
was under circumstances Of this very
sort, in the middle Of 3 sentence Of
great oratorial power, one Of the most
eminent minds Of the ags forgot his
idea, pressed his hand against his fore,
head, xnd, after i moments silence.
said: God, Is with . sponge, has blot
ted out mymind" Be assured, reader,
'.thefesis rest for the weary" only I'M
early and abundant sleep, and wise and
happy aafs they who have firmness
snonsh tosfesolve that s'by Gods help,
Iswill seek e IN no other way. /" Halls
Journal Of Health. II