The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-20
TEMPERANCE.

TEMPERANCE.
fS LEARNING TO COUNT. II
issNumber One-The beer shop shuu,
Number Two-Nor drink, nor brow.
Number Three-A tectotaller bo.
Number E9ur Keep drink from @ tho door.
Number Six--To tectotal fix.
Number Scven-Bs 10 temperance given.
Number Eight-Don't be caught by the bait.
Number Nine A mocker In vino. Aa.
Number Ten-Be teetotal thenp
WHICH WILL YoU HAvES
as Entesing the office Of q well-known mer.
chant. I lifted my eyes and found myself
confronted with the most thrilling temper
ance lecture ever steered myscf against in
the whole course Of my life. 1t was an in
scription marked with pen on the back OF
q postal card, nailed to the desk The In
scription read as follows: ,s G-
which,.
WIFE OR WHISKY?
THE BABES OR THE BoTTLEse
HOME OR HELLf
"where did you get that, and what did
II wrote that myself, and nailed It up.
there," was his Aply, land i will tell you
the story of that card.
L
10 drinking habit. iwouid run out oncs
I'm while with a visiting customer, or sttho
invitation of q traveling man, or on every
slight occasion that offered. I soon found
that my business faculties were becoming
dullcd, that my stomach was continually out
OF sorts, my appetite failing, and a constant
craving for, alcoholic stimulants becoming
dominant. saw tears in tho eyes Of my
children, and then / took long look ahead.
"One day i sat down at this desk, and half
unconsciously wrote the inscription on that
card. On looking .st it upon its completion
SS,s ;S i nailed il up there, and read it over
went home sober, and have not 4 sSSss 4 4
how startling is its sliiteration Now have
no literary proclivities, and / regard that card
as en- inspiration It speaks out three solemn
warning every. tune look ut it. The first is
voice FROM the altar, the second from tho
cradle, and the third and last FROM"
My friends earnestness deepened into q
solemn shaking Of the head, and with that he
Resumed his work. .Ft-t .t..lf
don't think violate his confidence by re-
peating the story Of that card In fact, IL 10
should lead to the writing of similar cards TO
adorn other desks think he will be immeas-
urably gratifed. Erening Call.
PHYSICAL ErrEcTs OF ALCOHOL.
DR.. w. s. Searlo says in the North An,ert:
ces" AtOVtcW. DuO Ill tle PHYSICAL results Oh
alcohol are varied, much moro diverse are
its effects upon the mental and moral nature
Of man. Indeed, they are as multiform as
man himself. Ono general classification only
| Is possible. Certain individuals fortunately
the smell minority aro always pleasurably
+ affected by stinitilants. Each successive doss
I nrouses In them increased exhilafation; dnd
when iptoxication sepervenes their seiisa:
tions are delightful. Their every sense is ex-
alted; they fancy themselves endued with
cvd'y gift-with all power and possession.
AS Is often remarked, those ore generally
mon Of the most brilliant intellcct, and OF
| the most Charming moral qualities. Once
led captive by alcohol, these unfortunates
seldom have sufficient power Of will to re:
s0rain from fenewed indulgence. No mors!
considerations avail to restrain them. and,
with few exceptions, they yield wholly;
finally and fatally to tho tempter. For such
mon total abstinence Is tho only refuge =
- Upon tho large majority Of men the
effects 81 Heohoi; tdken to intoxication, are
clearly and essentially different: although at
first oxhilarsted, repeated Indulgence bfings
drowsiness, dullncss of apprehension, anas;
thesia, vertigo, nausea and vomiting-in
| short bodily and mental symptoms which
arc excessively disagreeable. or this class
very few become druukards, and those are
| men to whom anaesthesia becomes desirable
as a temporary refuge from bodily pain or
! mental distress. Herein lies the sole o1pla-
nation Of the fact that the proportion OF