The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-11-11
TIE JUICE OF A LEMON.

That purely physical causes have
more to do with intempeTance than any
innate or acquired moral preverSuy Is
coming TO be very generally admitted y
those who have made a study OF the
subject; The power Of the human viii,
vigorously and persisteutly put forth,
especially when aided by the Divine
grace, frequently ayails to reform the
drunkard, and the instances Of such re-
formation are too numerous to allow
for further question OE this point.
Such cases, however, are those IN which
the abuse Of intoxicating liquors is In a
measure voluntary, and therefore sub
iect to control on the part Of him who
has fallen under the influence of this
vice. Even where drunkenness has be
come babitual, if it is merely habit 1t
NAV be broken off, no matter how strong
the depraved appetite has become. Tins
is only saying thai in all lapses from
morality moral forces within or without
the man may be effectively employed TO
bring him back 70 virtue from lndul-
geuce in any vice whatever. unless there
are physical conditions in the case that
require a resort to something else.
Where drunkenness is a disease, as it
certainly is in many cases. it is as diff
cult to reform from it as II would be TO
reform from Indigestion, rheumatism or
any other malady. In instances of the
kind supposed simply moral appliances
are not sufficient to effect sure and per
mauent results. What may be called
the periodical-or, rather intermittent
--drunkaTd comes under this descTip-
ton. He does not drink habitUally and
regularly, but spasmodically, rs it were.
He will go for months without liquor
and apparently without desiring il, un-
til all of a sudden he enters upon
protracted ami desperate debauCh.
When this is over with he remains en-
tirPly sober foT another period OF great
er or less duration, and sheu Yields
again.
This kind of drunkard, If he may he
correctly called such, IS not led away
by diSSOlute companions. He is not
tempted from without, His first drink
is usually taken alone, and when the
spell of his long abstinence Is once
broken he throws of all restraint and
plunges into the widest excess. He is
for all practical intents and purposes
beside himself
SThe sudden and impeTious access Of
this strange craving for alcoholic stim-
ulants mystihes many people, ana very
few pretend to be able to comprehend
it. The duh. inert condition that al
most universally pTecedes such attacks
is fact that needs to be noted IN this
connection. The condition is said 10y
the physician 10 be owing TO ali inactive
or torpid liver. and were II promptly
corrected the OveTmastrriug desire for
liquor which supervenes would pass
away without being yielded 10. To
those who are afflicted in the way de
scribed, and who win recognize in what
is here said an attempted portrayal Of
their sad experience. a corrective Is
recommended which viii be found ef-
fective in a great many cases. and
which has the merit of being exceeding
" simple II Is taking the juice of halt
a lemon the last thing at night before
retiring and the first thing on rising iu
I the morning It can do no harm TO try
this Observation-Disclosures RecJrd.