Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-06-03
DRINKERS OF ALCOHOL.
No Such Soft Triple as Whisky
Gives Them Satisfaction.
Vice That Is Sure to Kill tn Victim In
tho Space of Two Three Years-
The Confessions OF q Fiddler
Addicted to the Habit.

Did you ever see an alcohol drinker1
asks the Kansas City Times. Not .
man who drinks whisky with alcohol in
its makeup, but the man who drinks
the straight fluid without q drop Of
water to cool his case-hardened throat.
There are men in Kansas City who
drink pure alcohol every day Of their
lives. They reach a trembling hand for
1t when they open their eyes in the
morning, and the last gulp at night
carries to a fiery stomach moro fuel
These characters are few. AS compared
with the whisky drinker, the man who
drinks alcohol is something awful. It
does not matter If the whisky drtnke1
INDUCES TO exoess-let him be the worst
sot upon the earth and the Moderate al
ooho1 drinker will surpass him In genu-
inc depravtty.
The eyes Of the man who has used al
cohol as beverage for q year start from
their sockets, all bloodshot and revolt
ing, perpetual leer is upon his faoe,
his complexion is blue and red by turns,
his whole frame quivers, and an sense
of moral duty Is away from him. The
ordinary d.unkard is not 10 be COM
pared with the alcoholic slave. Tho
former has on more than ono occasion
been redeemed; but who can point out
the drinker Of straight alcohol who has
lived to become a man again? OF tina
alcohol-drinkers in Kansas City mono -
more conspicuous than an old dddlsg,
without any name in Particular, who
frequents the hotels, saloons and public
corners. This old man never wears =
| shirt. He keeps his tattered coat but
| toned. He unbuttons his coat occasion
ally to take from its inside pocket .
| flask OF pure, white alcohol. The old
man holds the bottle in his hand for .
| moment, raises it to his bearded face
! with an unsteady hand, and before he
lowers his hand and replaces the flask
| in his coat the fiery liquid, in . dose
that would kill the ordinary man, has
| gone to his stomach. A grimaoe- that
| is all. The old fellow never thinks Of
| drinking water before or after these al
coholic draughts.
"Does it hurt your throat?" he was
| asked. He looked about him with a
| leer, shaped the meaning Of the words
| in his befuddled brain and answered:
Hurt? Nav, nothin' hurts my old
throat. I'd as soon drink that sbu6 a.
water-an' a good deal sooner" he
chuckled, laughing over his grewsome
| joke. why" he went ON, sAesd1fng
| himself against the wall, ~this ere col
| ored whisky the saloons seals II worss@n
| tumbler full Of It 1T swalles and novsel
| too good. Beer2 Why, could dEaHk
bari of beer il I'd room fer it inside o
| me, an the eneo'-there wouldn't be
/
| to drink? Oh, that's long story. Good
| many years ago. though, lemnoe toll you.
| Down in New England we didn't have
| all the sailors and worknoen drunk them
| days was rum-hot from the still. N.Y.
| but them was good days." unused the
fiddler. smacking his lips. 'Rum-lye.
drunk many a glass Of that white rum.
One day I remember . man showed me
a bottle of white-lookin' stun an asked
me eff I'd like some o 1t. I Jumped atl
| the chance. and in q half-min1t had
the bottle turned up. took q swaller,
fore knowed I was fooled. II was
alcohol-the straight stuff. tAought,
I was killed. jumped up an ran Oh -,
to jumped In head fust. When they
pulled me out I was half dead. But +
was tough, and purity soon I was we'll,
| again. Since that time I've been drinks,
in alcohol Oh an on purity steady"
.'Itis strange fact, said well-known,
druggist yesterday, "that alcohol dsiuh-i
ing Is On the increase. Wh1sky-drink-;
ing in its worst form was never 20 bAA
as aleohol-drinking. Uadiluted alcohol
will rob a man Of his honor, his brain,l
and his health in year. A man who
drinks pint of pure alcohol Q day
should be on the lookout for q grave
| yard. As sure as he drinks the pure;
drug for two years, 20 sure will he nesd'
. coffin before three years have passed.
And guess it is right that it Is 20. a
J man who has fallen 90 low a. to require
pure alcohol - . daily beverage has no