Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-09

Ohio seems to be a most favored State as
far as Federal patronage goes. During. the
Republican regime she always obtained the
lions share of the appointments, and under
Notwithstanding the fact that she went for
Blaine. The appointment of John B. Stall
10 to the Italian mission, however, is one
which is equally acceptable to the better
classes of both parties. The post of Minis
ter to Italy is one Of the most important
that the President has at his disposal, and
one which must be filled by the best repre-
sentative obtainable. Mr.. Kirby, now En-
vow Extraordinary to Austria, was the first
to be mentioned for the Italian mission, but
for some uneXplainable reason, he was un-
acceptable to the King Of Italy and his ap-
pointment was recalled, and he was given
the Austrian portfolio. John B. Stallo, who
received the final appointment to Rome, is
a resident of Cincinnati, and is in his sixty
second year. He was born in Germany and
there received the advantages of most
thorough education. Coming to America,
he found employment as teacher of Latin
and Greek, and also gave instructions in
mathematics at the st. Saviours College, at
Cincinnati. He studied law during the in
tervals of his employment, and going to
New York, practiced there from l843 to 1S47,
and during the latter year returned to his
adopted city. He has served as a Judge of
the Common Pleas Court of Hamilton coun-
ty, Ohio, but with this exception, has devo-
ted his time to the practice of the law. AS
a philologist, Mr.. Stallo has few superiors,
and his knowledge of the language makes
his appointment an especially fitting one, as
Rome is, during the greater part of the year,
crowded with tourists and pleasure seekers.
His address and his kindly benevolent face
make him favorite with all with whom he
is brought in contact, and he will doubtless
become an especial favorite with the Italians.
"THE BIAS TO SELF-INDULGENCE."-
Enough, and more than enough, perhaps,
has been uttered concerning the prejudicial
effects on the body of habitually using alco-
holic beverages. 1t is rare now to find any
one, we'll acquainted with human physiolo-
gy, and capable of observing and apprecia-
ting the ordinary wants and usages of life
around him, who does not believe that, with
few exceptions, men and women are health
ier and stronger, physically, intellectually,
morally, without such drinks than with
them. And confessedly there is little or
nothing new to be said respecting concu-
gated, discussed, and tested by experience,
as this. 1t is useless, and indeed impolitic,
in the well-intentioned effort to arouse pub
lie attention to the subject, to make eXag-
gerated statements in relation thereto. But
the important truth has still to be preached,
repeated, and freshly illustrated when pos
sible, in every quarter of society, because
very natural bias to self-indulgence is al
ways present to obscure mems views OF
those things which crafty it. While in ad-
dition to this, an exceedingly clever COM
mercial interest of enormous influence and
proportions never ceases to vaunt its power
to provide us with ''the soundest," "purest,"
and most to be suspected of all with even
"medically certified" }" forms of spirit, wine,
and beer; apparently rendering alcoholic
products conformable to the requirements of
some physiological law supposed to demand
their employment, and thus insnuating the
semblance of proof that they are general
ly valuable or at least harmless, as an ac-
compartment of food at our daily meals.
1t is not, however. with the evils of
"drink" that I propose to deal here; they
are thus alluded to because, in making a
few observations on the kindred subject of
food. l desire to commence with remark
on the comparison, so far as that is possible,
between the deleterious effects on the body
of erroneous views and practice in regard OF
drinking, and in regard of eating, respect
lively.
l havefor some years past been compelled
by facts which are constantly coming before
me, to accept the conclusion that more mis-
chief in the form of actual disease, of i'm
paired vigor, and of shortened life, accrues
to civilized man, so far as / have observed
in our own country and throughout West
ern and Central Europe, from erroneous hab-
its in eating, than from the habitual use Of
alcohol, considerable as know the evil of
that to hc.-Populnr Science Monthly.