The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-01-09

is an axiom We are confronted to-day
by great evil. We have tried 70 legis-
late it ont Of existence in vain, and We
have now knocked at the door Of the
schools. To-day thirry-fye States and
Territories have made the study Of the
effect Of alcohol and narcotics compulso-
~. Only twelve States are without such
legislation. 1t was the intent Of the leg
islature that the citizenship Of to-mor-
row should be sober. because you are
teaching them the evils Of not being so
Der. Such have been the drinking hab-
its Of the past; that the child Of to-day
is more likely to yield to the use Of alco-
hol and narcotics, than if such drinking
habits had not existed. In addition. the
child is surrounded by temptations on
every hand. The first thing to teach the
child is that alcohol is poison. But
teach the boy the definition OF poison.
4 poison is anything that has tendency
to shorten life OF to destroy health. 1t IS
not the nature Of beef-steak 10 injure
health or destroy life You can't prove
TO a boy that there's alcohol in beer until
you teach him something aboui distila-
ton The boy whom such knowledge
viii harm, would have gone wrong any
how; ne vas mortgaged to Satan before
he was born and the foreclosure was in
evitable. But the boy may say, apples
are good, grapes are good, why should
not the cider and the wine made from
them be equally goodr Alcohol in it,
tie quantity tends to awaken the appetite
for more. No other substance can have
the same assertion made Of it. Milk
doesn't do so water doesn't do 50. Only
when We come to alcoholics and narcot-
les do We find substances that cultivate
and foster appetite for more Of them.
When the first laws were enacted there
was not a temperance physiology in ex-
istence. We, the W. c. T. l., had years
Of fierce book-war, bat it occurred to me
to petition the publishers to put into
their books approved facts of science
on the subject Of alcOhols and narcotics.
Unless We outlaw alcohol it will make
Us a nation Of outlaws. One billion Of
dollars is invested in this country in al
coholic drinks. Teach the subject Just a.
would teach anything else-with text
books in the hands Of the pupils. The
law says, all pupils in all schools A Leg
islator said to me in this State I repre-
sent five million dollars in business. and
III vote for that bill if you'll take out
that clause, all pupils in all schools
replied: i see you understand no, we
can't do anything Of the kind Ninety
five per cent. Of the pupils never reach
the high school. You'd be willing to give
US the dve per cent. for the sske Of the
ninety-iiys per cent The morning Of
the 18th century was imperiled by the
military despotism of Napoleon. The
evening Of the 18th century is not i'm
periled by a military despotism but by
the despotism Of narcotic chemical
poison
Music by the Institute -"Help it on.
Song, by Miss Harrison-"Annie Lau-
RE
Mrs. Hunt answered queries;
l. How much time to the subject?
Answer As much as you can allow for
the subject Give them regular daily les
sons
2. Do any authorities claim that alec
hol is not poison
Answer-Taking my definition Of poi
son, l say, no. There are older books,
once considered authority, thai say alec
hol is a food, but l answer, no.
8. Is stimulant
Alcohol is a narcotic and not
a stimulant.
4. Is alcohol found in nature
Ansver-Pasteur says he has found it
in some cases, but always in such circum-
stances as indicate that it is there By ac-
cident
>. The law Of heredity provides that if
the parents have eaten sour grapes the
teeth Of the children will be set on edge.
The law Of God provides, Il will visit
the sins Of the parents upon the children
TO the Srd and 4th generation How do
YOU expect to set aside the law Of hered- .
ity and the law of God by a single gen /
eration's teaching and to clear the next
generation Of the consequence
Answer.-Knowledge might give us
strength to resist the temptation.
6. What would you give sinking
child, if not alcohol?
Answer am not physician | am .
very sure would not give alcohol.
Prof Houck opened by compIimentson
the order preserved by the audience.
"I'll tell you Of the first school-house 7 .
ever went to school in. In Palmyra,
Pennsylvania, and when | ride from,
Lebanon to Harrisburg on the morning
train find myself somehow sitting on
that side the train.
The old school house has all gone not
a stick or a stoneof itremains, but see it
yet, Just as it Was then +; I see all the mot
toes on the walls, and the boys and girls
who sat about on the benches.
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tee Of Examination for Permanent Ger
Fred Grof, J. D. Meese, r. X. Sanner,
c. NJ Baker, A. B. Grof. J. c. Langdon,
\. H. sanner, w. C. speicher, :. G.
c F. Livengood, ". II. Co
yer Letters-W. H. Spangler p T. Nil
Ter, 5. D. Eirick.
Recitation, by Prof NeiT Instead Of
reciiing, the Professor said he would read
the piece from Robert J. Burdette, euti-
lied, A Sure Cure for Rheumatism.
Music. Adjournment
Continued on Third Pggcl
A Modest. Sensitive Woman
Dften shrinks from consulting a physician
about functional arrangement, and pr
'ers to saiier in silence. This may be Il
feeling, but it is one which IS
argely prevalent. To all such women