, 1879-07-26

l. AAA l. A4k1A4ScANs
vhnt IA 1te-Enccts of Infused, Narcotic,
nnt, Intoxicating Bevera Grs-Linnbo OF In
capables.
70 tAe Editor oj The Tribune.
BLooMtaoToN, ILL.,, July 24.-Not onc-llatt Of
the temperance advocates can rive the dcflhi-
tion Of temperance. Wehs;er'a dctln!tion Is:
"lIabttunl moderation In regard TO the fn1ul-
gcnce Of the natural nppotftcs and passions; re.
strained or motlcratc indulgence"
According to this definition. ncarly nil Of the
so-cullcd advocates OF temperance srs sailing TN
der ialse cotors. There Is a negative as we'll as
q posltiro lntcmpctancc, md the pEollib!lionist9
nrc as incorporate 90 tho drunkard who In
dulecs to excess, Ilc Is tho true temperance
man who practices moderation In all things that
io docs, and II he nbstuins from all fndulgcncos,
then lie Is intemperate.
DurIng the last 300 ycnrs many practices have
come into vogua That havo made great changes.
About tbs beginning Of tic seventeenth cen
tury tea was introduced into Europe mud Is
now consumed among 750, 900 Of men,
VINO use 1,500, 600 tons per nnnum. Coffee
ho,tsca were fltst established In London about
tic middle Of tho seventeenth century. Coffee
Is used among 1I0 0o0, ,o0o Of men, WHO coneunic
yearly 3i5 600 tons. Thcgcncral Use OF these two
irftsIons, tea md coffee, ceasly Indicate that,
after uslng, they are craved by mankind. 1t
has been we'll established by james +. W. john
son, NJ. D., +. Il. y. l.. nud f., Of Europe, that
tea and coffee help to digest the food,
especially among those who uro weak
and OF old arc. The craving OF these
drinks Is 10 great TINT even the
poor ulatl, VINO paFely earns enonEn TO Dnv tne
purchase tea at,A coffee, shi Ills wife anu 1n!nily
gratefully snre In this indulgence. Now tltsc
prohtbitionlsts, among whom nfe many ianatses'
desire to a1otish all icrmchted drinks, hna e..
bctr-shops.. but ti'sir zea! leads t1Gr ]aaemeht
astray. In proof OF thle ntsch TO o'aasfohs;
am OPPOSED 70 e9lee pa'aSes, ns M pGtoSo .hn
they arc moro deterioratli,E tnhn beer.shops.
greater aud moro fnjurous than those ol matt
liquors."
Il would bo as senssble TO prohlolt ,he use OF
infused drinks ns 70 pron,n,l ne uso o. a
Cd beverages, fur tho cravings for ooth KINDS are
akin. DR.. johnson further says:
"Fcrmcntcu drinks taken IN moderate 0uat,,
titles oct l'kc tcn IN letseli,E tile ooaiy WASTE.
That they .arc of great value to psrsons whose
powers of digestion are impaired, either w hls'
ctsed or advanced a9p; mat "tncT aeem, aiso;
to defend the body. to certain extent. nEnlnat
wear a1!d tear which constant exercise 1sla aei-
tatl9n Of the mind Is up. 10 OCCASION" ~, vnr
tnodcrn temperance lecturers VINO KNOW notn.
Ing OF chemistry or physiology. and hut 1ttlo oil
science, ha'e maua 0 1iscoscry thni glhons.
malt, nnd spir!!uo1!s !lg1ors arc nl], IN any
Quantities; gsessly deleteflons ., TO u .ne nanan @
iieans know nothing rs compared with them ;u
| BcLcntite knowlcdEe. Their afrogance may he
excused, from ilse tact tAat hie'r little kno~l-
.dEc has made them mad. d.
The narcotic appetite s an instructive craving,
like that Of tea mud coffee, md produces The
same general effect upon tho human system
All people indulge, more Or less, their anpetitcs
md passions. Atnong US the English hop, Is ex-
tensiyelY used; IN Northern Europe the lcdum
lln1s It's place. tie natives oil the llanalayos and
nf the Andes have Their thornapplei tile south
sca Islanders a1a the natives @ o. IN" IT,, lndia,l @
not datc tho beginning of tho use OF opun,
hcmr, and the ecctlcnut among Eastern
AsnticH; the peF'lVaan nuleteer and bis Indian
chewing tic cocoa,icaf; the aborlclncs Of Cen,
trail Amcrica smoked tho tohRcco-lcaf, and
dreamed away their life In smoky revctie, cen
turtles boi9to C9ntnb.s was d 1ors,, or the arst
in tropical c1!mes tl!e fctn,ented sao Of the palm
tree Is used. In Mexico the nloe produces The
Mexican pnlaus. II would % piece q yandal.
'sn. to debar the peasants Of ysne-clad France
II these prohtb!'lonists bud lived In chrlsts
time they would hare bad him arrested for tsc
manufacture 81 wise a.. al'a & o. glysns aTay , te
same, aud on'Ployed aen' Sam Carey, ol Ohio,
These nrohibitnata appeal to the bascr pas
s!ons Of the religious to excite them to Join the
crusade. This last c1a'npie Of NONSENSE going
tho rounds Of The pscss Is this from temper
"trhe whole Christian world atvcR about So
goo 0o0 yearly toscnd the Gospel tq TIC heSt'es'.
1n 1879, 4reat nr,sn!n and tlia United States
Well, people are 10th ~ scnd money to the
| hcathen fr0ul many reasons. About twenty
years etnce Archdcacon Jettcries, OF England,
missionary IN We Eass Indies, stated That mfot
| missionary ERbOr,-for Ol1D person born AGoit OF