St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-03-30
REG IN ALI
A FISHERMAN'S LUCK.
A CURIOUS TALE OF ADVENTURE IN SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA, THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
THE NORTH.
BY JUNIUs L. HAMPSTEAD.

We will raise the power to 1000, and we
will find that when they become detached
every one of these little coins is fattened
in the center, upon both sides. We place
drop of vinegar with our object, and ii
becomes colorless. We add drop of
water the fiattened disks become round
as ball, to sail away with the current and
mingle with the other little spheres that
are filing the arteries and veins. We see
the little balls rolling and twisting along,
all moving in one direction, squeezing
through some narrow opening to become
round again.
The food we eat produces heat, just as
the fire in the furnace under the boiler
produces steam. By chemical decomposi.
tf0G, this heat produces SO much horse
power energy.
Now we have an engine in the human
body that requires every prudent atten.
ton. We can run it at as high a rate Of
speed as one of those engines behind US
and it will give out just as easily.
This is what takes place with your
whisky drinking men. They are shovel
ing in the coal too fast. We will see how
shoveling in the whisky ruins the ma
chinery. A man takes good stiff dram
It has no sooner reached his stomach thar
the whole system is thrown from its pedes
tai of regular duty, to travel with an in
CREASED rate Of speed.
The inner coat of the stomach becomes
inHamed, all the blood In his body rushes
to that member to see If there is house
on ere, and as we watch the blood cor
puscles, we are very much reminded of ar
excited crowd, IS they 60 plunging dowr
the street at an alarming speed. Tit
heart beats quicker and quicker the pump
in the machinery is working too fast. The
heart holds pint of blood at every beat
This poisoned current is hurried through
to be thrown upon the lungs, and the,
have to keep their part Of the machinery
going. One organ, then another, follow
suit until nervous exaltation makes u
feel happy by deadening the whole nerv
GUS system.
The blood is rushed to the lungs so fast
and is oxygenated with such speed, tina
we experience the same feeling that per.
,son does who has taken nitrous oxide. OF
laughing gas. The blood is stimulated
and feyerish. This is the philosophy of .
nIain drunk. The high rate. of speed has
to be maintained by an addition OF fuel, OF
The machinery must be slowed up. Wner
sncb is the case, an utter feeling of pros
4ration ensaes we have terrible head
ache and drink large quantities OF water
=, ranlaca the water in the boilers thal
s = IA RAPIDLY consumed This feeling
4 ,o,,tinnas until nature oils the bearings.
TAKE the sad wreck of one of these
Anman engines that has been piling TIN
coal into the furnace during the course
] short unnatural life. His stomach IS tn
burned out grating, all of his organs pre-
sa,.t a abnormal condition, his God-Hk
S-sin e a hard as q piece of bone and q
scared as the unhappy conscience ina
Z Iowered him to the level OF the brute cres
t;on. The machinery in mankind wa
s,niIt by an all-wise God to run hundre
Years with proper care.
3 af7ood bye, boys; must be OH.
s.Forgive me, Reggie; we have got .
every rough hand was passed up for
.hsEa and with tremulous voices the
hsda him farewell. He stepped ab0ar
and was sailing away.
ssWell, I gave the boys something 7
s. Rarinald FlowerdeW's little sail was fas
disappearing In the citing. a sstubbor
hsad wind delayed him, but By 9 judiciou