The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-05-17

Many persons think of the effects Of alcohol
mmduigence me as temporary, as if the man were
All r1ght again as soon as no had slept off his
| hntoxication. This is partly true for in this
| as I'm other cases, nature at once begins the
work OF eliminating the poison from the
Moreover, the recuperative force grows
we weaker and weaker under repeated potations,
nL at last It is lost altogether. There is not
| only tendency to numerous diseases which
are directly caused by the alcoholic poison.
uuI aC She same time the system is rendered
susceptible to diseases of other sorts. I'm fact
the condition Is one of physical deterioration
What is worse, this deterioration tends 70
perpetuate itself in the mans posterity. Saws
tpr. pr. kichardson, of London; Not ono of the
transmitted wrongs, physical or mental, is
more certainly passed on to those yet unborn
than arc the wrongs inflicted by alcohol"
says DIR. Forbes Winslow, Of London:
The human race is morally, mentally and
socially deteriorated by that poison " and the
ceiGbrated Dr. AnStie, of England writes:
when drinking has been strong i'm both
parents, 1T is a physical certainty that it will
DC traced in the children"
Among the inherited tendencies is that
strange paroxysmal and irresistible craving
FOR liquor which comes on ut intervals il NAV
oe or months, though meantime the man Is
absolutely free from it,
DIR. HuSs, of Sweden saws TINT half b;s
nation are annually consuming an average of
torty gallons of liquor each; that new dis
eases have appeared, and old ones have in
creased fearfuily in prevalence and intensity.
and that i'm consequence the Swedes have de
@ @Ierlorated IN stature and physical strength
The testimony from Franco and other ma
tons of Europe is similar
Nor are these effects confined To inebrates
and to those who indulge i'm the more fiery
liquors. Sir Henry Thompson, after over
twenty years devoted to hospital practice. as
well as TO private practice in every rank, testi-
fies us follows:
II have no hesitation in attributinr a yerv
large proportion Of some of the most painfrI
ana dangerous maladies that come under INV
notice to the ordinary use of fermented drink
III quantities CoivenJionally deemed moder
ate. There is no habit i'm this country which
SO much tends to deterioratc tho quality OF
the race"
In view ef-sucfu- -testimones-and thew
might he greatly multiplied--is the war
against the saloon one of fanaticismy-
Youths Companion.
MILLIoNAIRE'S DETERMINED WIFE
A special from Michigan City, ind, saws
that Mrs w. o. Leeds, wife of one of the
richest men in Indiana, has secured evidence
that nineteen different saloon keepers i'm
he esy Attributes axe sS rses rntns
habits to the influence of politicians and sa-
loon men, who have fastened themselves
upon him. Mrs. Leeds says she proposes to
have the saloon keepers suffer from $40 to
800 fine for every drink sold to Mr.. Leeds
after notice was given. Her investigation
showed incidentally that out of sixty-tive
places in Michigan City where liquor is sold.
only fifty-one are licensed. She intends to
have the unlicensed fourteen forced to close.
/. Mrs. Leeds is we'll supplied with money and
looks like a determined woman. The saloon
keepers do not appear to be worried. 1T Is
rumored that Mr.. Leeds has promised to
stand back of them in any proceedings and
supply the sinews OF war. The amount of
money he can control is estimated ut rs, OOO,-
0CO.