The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
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| George ". Cook.
THE BEER DELusroN.
The claim that beer is a healthy drink Ia
;he greatest of delusons 10 bioats and
| makes fat the drinker while stuping the
strength of both body and mind. Even beer
| drinkers are fast finding this out The Mil
| waukee sentinel reports Theodore Roosevelt,
former member OF the New York Legislature,
rs saying:
"Do you know" said Mr.. Roosevelt, hold
! ing up his glass and looking through the am.
\ ber-hued liquid. that there is not n thought
In n hogshead Of beer; that there is not an
| idea in whole brewery? | mean" contin.
I ucd the New York politician that nothing
Of merit was ever written under the inspira-
4 tion OF lager beer. IL stupetes without in
| vigorating and its effect upon the brain is to
stagnate thought DO not imagine that | am
temperance orator. | am simply comparing
| stimuants Some of the brightest of literary
efforts have been made while under tho infiu-
| ence of spirituous liquor, taken by the poor,
| overworkcd author Ia avoid "A complete
! physical and mental collapse. shall wait to
| see II any man can write anything who has
| adrop of beer in his system
| BonfOrtS Wine and Spirit Circular which
! Is good authority in this case, speaking Of
| the discrimination of the Government in IA
! vor Of beer. says:
five were getting better beer there
would he room for some liberation of this
/ the quality Of American beer il steadily de-
! tcriurating, aud already there are thousands
. of cl-infurmed people who scrupuuusly re-
fuse Ia touch It on account of its injurious
effects
Again It SAYS: ut is notorious that our
brewers seldom drink their own beer or the
/ product OF any other brewery. At the places
which they frequent and at which they take
their meals, or at public picnics and summer.
nights festivals which are attended 10y brew
ers, IL IL generally noticed that these men
drink anything hut beer. II beer is healthy,
I why do our brewers refuse tu drink becri'
} The Scientific imei icdJ SAYS: 1T Is our
observation that heer-drinkiug IN this cuun-
try produces the very lowest Kind of in"hrl-
ETY.. closely allied To- criminal INSANITY The
most dangerpu, class of ruilinus IN our large
cities are hrer-iriukers. intellectually. u
stupor amounting almost 60 paralysis arrests
the reason changing all the higher faculties
into mere auimalSm, sensual. selfish. slug.
gi-h, varied only with pnroSysms of anger,
senselcsS and brutal
SIGNIFICANT FGsUREs. -----
The standing armies OF all Europe are nsti
! mated at 2S,OOD,wO. including the reserves
and their COST at 500 go 900 annually. Tn,
J United States could assume the sipport of
That tremendous armament. pay the entir,
military hill of all Europe ont Of our cast
I outlay for liquor. and still have $500 900 ON
to spare II ,hc liquor outlay was stopped
Tan We Afford 10 let it go ony IL would be q
Vet truer comparison to likcn these liquoI
employees 10 an invading army ~ 5OGOW
men. II they were To turn their attention tC
burglary, and cHch steal $500 per wear and
out OF every ten kill his man every year
which would b" unusually prosperous and
unusually murdcrous burglary-still they
would not he Hs destructive ns now For
thiS leaves ont all the indirect cost and we
cannot count less than GOOpD deaths from
lnirmpcrance every year, many carrying the
. estimate to UUUlU
Hence SO far from counting the support Of
these liquor employees as deduction from
the total drink cost, IL is AN added itcm--the
support of half million non-producers
Their work In any productive industry. at "A
reasonable average for all grades of skill en-
ployed, would he $500 600 600 They would
add at least that much to the national wealth,
which is now dead loss. and must be cur,
rlcd TO the debit side
LIQUOR EVNKING rs FRANCE.
Alcoholism and crime 90 hand IN hand in
jther countries rs we'll as our own. The re-
port Of the last international Congress for
the Suppression of Alcoholism, which was
held IN Paris from July 18th to August lst
lSS9 aiiirmS that crminality aud mental
alteration follow a march parallel with tho
consumption of alcoholic beverages II ap-
pears that during the last fifty years the
consumption of alcohol in France has trcbled,
the number of lunntics has quadruplcd and
that crime aud suicide are steadily on the
increase. III WAS stated lllhi the number OF
crimes and offences against morals rs exactly
In ratio with the consumption of alcohol.
The one obvious lesson which the FIench
people, and all others, must needs learn is
the wisdom and duty of abstinence. .-ISmper-
uHcc idrOcdte.
PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.
For some time among the temperance men
III this city there has been much talk of AN
International Temperance Convention, to bo
held here in 1872 during the Worlds Fair.
We are glad 10 see that the National Tenn
pSrdnce 1drocdtc is urging the project. by
all means have the leaders from all over the
world come together and compare methods
and exchange ideas. IL will du good Tho
National Temperance Society is the origani
zaton to rush the project to success Let it
take the lead, aud we will all give helping
hand. Voice.
"sLuM SALOONS"
"Slum saloons" Are there any other pray,
Is the shop where n job is finished worse than
any other where IL is begun or passed alongY
Is 1t the last step in flight of stairs any
worse in character than those above IT, Is
thief ~ broad cloth any less thief than in
rags Let us away with these distinctions
They are all sum saloons Day Ddpn
TEMPERANCE SEWs AND NOTES.
Five Thousand children are connected with
he York Eng Band Of Hope
The Church Of England has Just compelled
|
! IL out.
Beer must be pretty bad for boys when a
boy only five years old had to he treated in
Berlin hospital for deirum tremens.
The greatest treasure of a nation is man
hood. Anything that destroys that is an
immeasurable CURSE Aud that is the size OF
the liquor curse,
The w. &, T. IT,, Of Montreal, Canada re-
ports 1000 children in that city under the in
iiucnce of special temperance teaching in
loyal legons and bands OF hope.
DIR, B. w. Richardson says; "Not one Of
the transmitted wrongs, physical or mental,
Is more certainly passed ON TO those yet un-
born than the wrongs which are inflicted by
alcohol"
Mrs. Mary c. Ieavtt of Boston, who Is
on a temperance advocating tour around the
world, has lately been the guest of John
Bright's sister Mrs. Lucas, in London. Mrs.
Leavitt has travelled 10000 miles since she
set out in 1884
The Rev. DIR. Lorimer has returned 10 Chi
cago after u considerable tour in Europe.
"ln London" he says what struck mo ss
most important was that there are no open
saloons on Sunday, excepting for abo AN
hour in the middle of the day and AN hour at
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