Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-06-26
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SN'h"i"ht 70 hcIlNtu from
the Latin word Stimulus, meaning o
goad and is the name given to an instru.
ment used during ancient times in
place OF a whip for: urging wearied ami.
mails to greater effort The stimulus
was either stick pointed at one end,
ora stick having sharp piece Of metal
in one end, by either of which the
wearied animal was pricked. Spurs
are modern forms OF goads or slim
ulants.
Now the most simple minded can
easily see that the ancient stimulant did
not add strength to the animal thus tor
tured, but every time the creature put
forth such efforts it became weaker and
weaker. What we now wish to do is to
show the resemblance, If any, which ex-
lists between the old and new stimulant,
!. e., between whip to a horses hide
and whisky to a mans stomach.
Everyone knows, by mere feeling,
that there are two means OF getting
strength from where it is located in the
body, viz, by an effort OF the will, or
by sudden start. The latter means is
the emotional. A pleasant sight, say OF
home, will cheer wearied animal and
even wearied men. We know also that
II mother who is wearied with a days
toll, is told Of The sickness OF her child
she will, by this emotional means.
at once become strong and work
vigorously during hours after being
profusely wearied. This shows the pow
er OF calling forth stimulus by an emo
tional start when the will cannot bring
forth strength. Let it be observed
that nothing was added to the person
thus acting, but the reserve fund was
operated upon by the idea in the mind,
and precisely the same results follow
that come from striking wearied ami
nal with a whip, or, in other words,
an external stimulant.
When certain amount OF whisky
has been taken in the body it is followed
by pleasant sensations and a general
feeling OF strength. The same results
in mild degree, follow the use of tea.
coffee or tobacco II the taking Of such
things adds strength, then those who in
dulge in them ought to be stronger
than those who abstain. Butfol the
man during a few hours after having
drank pint of even pure whisky. His
show OF strength will soon have passed
away and instead he will be limp, slack,
helpless and even unconscious during
hours to come. The taking of any in
Lernali stimulant is followed by a CORES
weakness. It is a fact that or
binary healthy people who do not use
are stronger than those who
10. The results then OF taking slim
llant are first pleasant feelings accom-
panied by strength, then weakness.
This shows that strength has been ex-
pended, but has not been properly re-
placed.
We know that when a person has
been paralyzed in an organ OF the body
such parts numb or indistinct in
ceiling. In order to have true feeling
here must be proper amount OF slim
illus in the part affected. If there is
feeling in the body there must
laye been an unusual amount OF energy
n the parts from which it comes. So
when pleasant feelings follow the use oil
my stimulant, that very fact proves that
m unusual amount of energy has been
expended. Weakness to a marked ex-
ent soon follows the manifestation OF
II strength. There certainly is weak
less following the use OF tea, coffee and
obacco, but since it is not so apparent
s that following the use of whisky peo-
lie do not believe it exists.
Two facts about the body must be re-
nembered. The first is that there is an
xtra voluntary intelligence which
yards all the internal affairs of the
ody accepting what is beneficial and
esecting that that is injurious. We
ave no consciousness of how the func
ions of the various organs OF the body
re performed, yet they go on building
themselves up independently OF our
Killing. We might even have taken
olson in our food, and not, even by
aste noticed it, yet when it comes into
ontact with the sensory nerves OF the
+omach, it was instantly rejected by
ne internal guardians. The second
lct to be remembered is that all warn
lgs OF either internal or external in
Try are not necessarially painful, but
'me of the most important may be
cry pleasant, and this TACT constitutes
le danger. The reason appears to be
lat when strong stlmulent, tobacco, :
II instance, used for the first time is
oplied to the body, the amount OF en-