The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-08

statistics shswina That The Chsisfs Fri
asfHia Il Tsf tess ~ ns dreaded fhaa
the Ram rs.tIisass.
IN n recent article In those columns
on Labor In Europe" based upon q
volume " Consular reports, We spoke
n the effects NJ inlemperanec on the
condition u the laborng classes In tho
various countries a. evidenced by the
statements and statistics furnished by
the tonsula, Since writing tho article
mentioned, an extract from the London
Times has coma 10 our notice which
adds still more abundant aud startling
testimony on the point under consider.
alton. The statements of the Times ara
based upon Parliamentary reports from
her Majnsty's Diplomatic aud Consular
officers ON the special subject of the use
Of Intoxicating liquors on the Continent
of Europe. We quote few Of the
moro striking statcments The con.
sumption OF spirits In North Germany
Ia very great; and out Of yearly nv.
cragc Of i,45O suicides in Prussia for
five years, sos have been due
to dipsomanla and delirium
trcmens. The percentage Of sui.
c.des n among males due to alcohol
was $40, whereas among females II
only two. With regard 10 fatal aeoi-
dents also, large number OF them
were attributable TO drunkenness. Sim.
liar statistics were furnished in connec-
ton with the lunatic asylnms. Taking
3.l06 eases yearly treated In the gen.
ernl hospitals for dipsomania. 600 cases
OF delirium tremens in the lunatic
asylums, 597 private dipsomanlacs, sos
suicides and 5ll drunknrds accidental
" killed. there is total of b.2i2 cases
yearly of alcoholism in fatal form.
The Prussian States alone showed /. 1921
men and 95 women treated yearly for
delirium tremens. II appears that seven
tcnths OF those suffering from alcohol
were In the prime OF life-that Is, be-
tween twenty and fifty years Of age. In
tho kingdom Of Prussia in 1882, the es.
innate expenditure on spirits alone was
500. 900, 600. while all the direct State
taxes for the same period produced but
s37. 800. 600. Taking tho whole expend-
ituro upon beer wine and spirits, II
amounted to s23l, 900. 900. or more than
double tho amount realized by the Prus.
sian exchcauer for It's taxes and stamp
duties, etc."
In Belgium the showing IL even
worse. '9The use OF spirits increased
GO per cent between 1851 and 1881.
and Of beer increased during the same
period l5. 75 per cent. Tho consump-
ton Of spirits, wine and beer for 1851
amounted In value TO sbout se5. 600.
600. Although the country ia so small
lt.contained in 1880 no fewer than I26.-
900 places devoted TO the sale Of intos-
icatinp liauors. There was public
house on the average for every twelve
or thirteen grown.,Ip males. The ami.
cides rose from fifty.four per 1000. 600
inhabitants In ls4s 10 eighty in 1850.
The lunatics advanced from 100 per
/. 600. 600 Inhabitants in islO IN / AID In
1881. The Inspector-(;encraI Of Rel
eian Prisons rsports that four-fiftbs Of
the crime and social misery during the
last quarter OF a century has been al.
rectly attributable 70 intcmperapce."
These statistics are onlv n mart of
those given summarizing The effects Of
intemper ance in the different countries
OF Europe but thew are sufllcient to in
dictate 10 some degree tho extent Of tho
rayages of tho seouree OF drink. n we
nut over AGAINST tlrnse facts and figures
The statistics of such an endemic as the
cholera now raging In Spain. wa shall
see that the latter Is lar less to bo
dreaded than the plague Of the rum
traffic. One single day's number Of
deaths from cholera In all SpaIn was
over six hundred, and the total deaths
for n single week have reached some
thousands Startling as are these
figures, they appear positively insigni6-
cant by the side Of the number that
yearly fall before the drink scourpe.
Cholera kills lis victims quickly and
does not convert them into murder
Gus 6ends or rayine manlacs. or
throw a burden Of lifelong dIserace
and misery over tho helpless and Inpo-
cent Should auy endemic cause one
half the sorrow and anouisb N which
The figures we have ouoted olve but the
.sintsst indication. n cry Of horror and
| alarm would 20 nm stioh as never vel
has been heard ON he earth. What an
awful visitation Ia tbis--tbis cvil that
dooms iis victims 10 years Of main and
torture. that DESTROYS them pIecemeal.
until they become objects Oh loatbine
and disgust. that oonverta some into
manIaes and imbccIles. and otbers into