The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-05-19
To Keep Men TEMPERATE.

1o h66p nl6n temperate
A German Temperance Society is
about to be formed, whose chief OBJ
Jeet is to Introduce into Berlin cheap
coHee taverns, after the English pat
tern, for the poorer classes. This is
well they have served good pur-
pose, and there should be more of
them here and everywhere.
To encourage Improvement in the
mode OF living, so as to make poor
more comfortable, is long step to-
ward keeping them from intemper4
ance.
1t is great mistake to say that
men seek Intoxicating liquors because
they have an appetite for them, or
because they like the taste. Children
eat candy because they like it, not for
the after effects of it, which are often
very dlsagreeable. Men seek LIQUOR
lot The sakeQ f the effects thal.fal!ow
tffe use OF II. S0fif4 !!je0Dfe oY NV
beer, wine, rum or brandy, etc., for
its own sake they like the taste of it +;
haye an appetite for it. But the most
OF drinkers and drunkards take intoX-
lcatlng liquor because of the effects ;
because it makes them "feel good''
afterwards. There are two stages after
the drink, the first exhiIaration
when the topper feels "happy," the
second Of stupefaction when he is in
sensible to the trouble that oppressed
him when sober. The young man,
not yet drunkard, takes his glass to
be excited, and the eXhilaration he
Heels IN company after drinking is the
pleasure that appears to his silly
mind one of the great enjoyments of
life. He is in fair way of becoming
a drunkard. But the evils of intem-
perance are chiefly among the poor.
They drink because of the care and
hardness of life. Drink first excites,
then Supplies. They feel better at
first and then do not feel at all.
This suggests the direction which
philanthropy should take in saving
men and woman from intemperance.
1t is good to preach Temperance to
convince men that it is Wisest and
best to abstain; ply with arguments,
inducements and appeals, the more
the better; keep on with the old
methods and reform and save as
many as possible, But so long as
human hearts remain as they are, the
poor and anxious and care-Worn, op-
pressed with the load of tollsome
and i'll reQuited life will seek relief in
the worst of all ways, by making
themselves poorer and more miser-
able in the use of intoxicants. The
worn woman often becomes an opium
consumer. Country druggists keep
it ready to hand out quietly to farm
ers' wives and daughters, who, being
exhausted with overwork, seek COM
fort in intoxication with opium.
TIE poor generally prefer drink, in
toXicating drink. Then, the lesson
we learn is that as Christian philan-
thropists we ought to meliorate the
physical condition of the poor, make
the cost of living less ; increase their
Incomes; brighten their dwellings ;
improve their minds give them re-
ligiOus and intellectual enjoyments /;
meet their humble wants with things
convenient for them, and adapted to
their situation and gradually educate
their tastes so that they shall love
and desire that which is clean and
comfortable. NoW the miserable pre-
fer misery to the neat, tidy ard
healthful circumstances of those who
are better, and also better off. The
destruction of the poor is their power
ty. The bad love darkness rather
than light, dirt more than cleanli-
ness they do not wish to have better
rooms. more light and air, more
health and sweetness. They must be
saved somehow, but the way to do it
is not easy.
This is the problem that presents
itselfwhen we seek to make men tenn
perate, and to keep them So. 1t is
hard, but is not impossible. What
ought to be done can be done, and the
present age is the only one in which
we can do our part of the work.-N.
Y. Observer.
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