Smyrna times., 1882-06-07
A PoTtentouS Discovery.

me way OF the temperance rcformel
is set with thorns. Now comes thu
appalling tidings from across the sens
that an Italian has discovered n mctboI
OF reducing wine to solid extract an
that French chemist can transforyo
J brandy INTO Il crystalline state. in which
IL resembles harmless alum. The wiJe-
eP!'li ANA disastrous consequences ef
thlo discovery will at once be evident
10 every ,tocate Of total abstinence
VI what avail will it be to take o,vo,,
screens and glazed doors from harroon1s :
when man can carry his motutinoI
cocktail snugly concealed in his woiSt
coat pocket? To the great army of
h0h-aDstalners this invention of the
adversary offers both secrecy and con.
! Fehlehce IN gratifying their perverted
tastes. The results may be easily seen
Oy tracing the career of the aVerape
cl'izeh. lie rises in the mOrninr anG
leeiS 1t incumbent upon him to avert
malaria by taking what has been ammo.
prlately termed an eve-onpper
but the production of black bottle
ana the spiritu0us aroma that E,lIaws
its uncOrking never fail to attract tbo
interested attention of the wife of tbo
cltlZeh $ bosom and to induce an ener-
Seic fehonstrance. Sometimes this
mas ocen said to have availed in turn-
iii% lhc Desotted man from the error of
ms ways. But see the effect of this
discovery. In place of a bottle be
takes one or two Jumps of an innocent
looking substance and slides them into
his mouth, mumbling sometime abnnt
cough candy When he goes down
town his pocket will contain parcel
OF sollfled brandy. 1t will certainly
excite no scandal for him to take y
piece OF cough candy" in the car SO
th"t BY the time his place of business
Is reached he will have arrived at a
cohdltl"n utterly Ipbeftting the time
OF DAY or the reputation Of discreet
cltiHen. And on The other hand. tbe |
WIie al honc may he moved bv femi. |
nne curiosity to sample the cou~b
candy. with consequences too diSss-
trOus To contemplate.
The aspect of the bar-rooms will no /
changed. In place Of rows of gIittering
bottles. there will be Jars filled with q
substance resembling raspberry lam
Dut labelled port 'claret" and
sherry, and boxes containing lu,0ns
OF cegnac, lozenges of 9 old rye > and
sticks of Bourbon. Men can offer and
accept drinks " in the street with tho
X. greatest ease and without exciting the
slISh'eSt suspicion. In fact, it will
.rooaoiF be quite as correct to offer
TREND a box of brandy pills as cigar
Ahother feature of melonchOlv interest
IS that men Of bibulous propensities
VINO are induced by their wives to
lttend church will not be theYabV
'estralhed from gratifying their nro-
Invites, but Will be able to endure the
ohSest sermon stimulated into a stare ,
u eXhilaratiOn by the aid of brandt, !
oZehGes. Further, this invention MAJ ]
'e considered direct blow ut the min. ,
H,.'fy., ClergYMan's sore throat ~ is n
'isoFdef Well Known to ministers whose t
Congregations can afford to send them |
o EUROPE. AS remedy for the affiic- 9
ION II Is not unusual for the clergyman
o take lAto the pul pit box Of tr0cbee
: roll OF lozcnges. Now suppose
nat some ungOdly visitor has left a 7
oX OF crystallzed brandy living ON tbe
tudy table. The time for service is M OF /
uhui ana IN his haste the clergyman q
Haiches q up the box of brandy in place Il
| Ihe tr0ches, and betakes him to his T.
ulPit' Ills voice grows slightly husky q
hu ne takes troche, whick he re- Il
.arks is OF move! and not altogether p
hEleasant flavor. He feels an added j
uoyancy OF spirits and makes a mental IL
iehlorandum to order more troches of d
le same kind. The huskinesg returns, j
nd ne has recourse again and again I,
his misleading box. His shirts rise 81
uRERown heights, his gestures he, !,
ome vehement, his congregation is t,
aRed INTO beWilderment at his man. @
eF, nd-but we draw the veil. p
rms Is only one of the many evil Il
osSlbllities Of this discovery in the ',
lcked land of FranQo,-N. y Fribsac ii