The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-19

Grafton OF true merit can not, OF conrUA
address the public without saying some.
thing worthy Of attention. But even
these mar their best efforts BY ningling
with them the empty assumptions and
exaggerations Of the alcoholic style.
Speakers who are In the habit Of dtiakr
ing generally keep on hand for inssaat
use strings Of verbiage consisting g
words sonorous and lofty, but usually q
little meaning. With these they beguile
themselves and others into the belief
that something Of extraordinary signiA-
canoe is being said. Expressions about
Eternity Ecerlasting, the Almighty, and
the like, arc apt to pour In . mighty
stream from drunken lips Drinking
orators seem to be on terms Of great
familiarity with the Deity. They
speak Of the Almighty" in . manner
half patronizing and half contemptuouA
like small boy when he slludes to his
father - ''the old man." Not . scintilla
Of rational sense can b discovered In
drunken fustian Of this sort No more
definite idea or meutal picture can b
drawn from 1t than from the hidden ~;
cesses of an impenetrsble fog bank; yet
there are persons who admire with batea
breath and wonder what 1t all mesuA
Nothing is more deceptive than alcohol
in the role Of sratorv. 1t Is, however, 3.
universal liar. To search the eloqueaco
and poetry Of q nation, to- carefully cor
slider Its literature and legislatioa an4
mark the blemishes thst have been
placed upon them all by the sudscity,
the braggadocio and the Qualifications q
alcohol, would be Q curious and 10
structive labor.
The folly and danger into which the
treachery Of alcohol may lead its votariee
are very clearly manifested. in another
direction. Illusions, Authorizations au6
delusive convictions will beset tho
soundest mind when the sense Of feel
ing is impaired. Common sensation y
continually appealed to by all men II
order 70 confirm or deny the correctness
Of information afforded by thsspeoial
senses In truth, there must be q. thor
ough cooperation Of the several, senses
in the determination Of facts, OF the
mind will surely be deceived. Itis easy
to see, therefore, how misleading must
be- the knowledge of . person whose.
sense OF feeling is materially blhuted
And when it Is remembered that In the
drunken man the whole range Of sensi~
bility is deficient as we'll Is distorted,
the Misrepresentation under which. Id
mind must labor will be evident.
Into thu mind Of man who IL intoxik
GATED there often comes singular iaeaA
consequent upon the absence Of tho
sense Of fseling-the idea that b. y,
somehow physically invulnerablSs. His.
imagination seems to clothe his person,
in an impenstrable suit of mail In
this, belief he IL fortified by conscioss..
ness that be Is insensible to physisali
pain. All this Is tho result of inusioas
growing out a . poisoned and depravs6
state Of the nervous energies Tho
sense' of feeling is obtunded, and fee.
thatlvery reaseo the mind 10 misled; -
in fact deluded
But. the fansies ore likely to lesa -
disastrous consequences A dFuAksa
person. s often filled with an indomitap
bic and reckless courage. . courage liz
bio to,be carried to the highest pitch &
audacity and sztravaganoe. This asiseo
from his erroneous convictions resPsots
ing hiSpersonal safety - we'll - Of -
bodilyprowesa A man In this STATE a
drunken frenzy 10 truly pot valiant .
condition wellknown all over the wsslA
| Tragedies II abundance owe their
origin.to't the prssumptuous arrogance q
Drunkenness yot comical episodes ~
not unusual When the inevitabls tine
comes the asbsholio indulgences.is No
lengert possible some rest and ~
pose from tbs aelirium Of liquor 10 d.
mandAdiby thSsutPagsd physical brganp
ism, The. swaesning from the arunkAA
imsgimngs and fanoies 10 attended With
much nervous perturbation and mental
misgivings.. With returning sshristys
the notion o. bodily immunity nom dan
ger begtns To- dissolve and melt aws&
VerylikelE thsse u total forgetfulnese
as to manyotf the scenes and events q
tho neutrality-suspicious.. A notification
4 10 perhaps, received Of insults .tendersd
or ouAragcspsrpetrated or shameful In
deceAsies, committed, and apologies -
demanded.
Explanations and abasemenAs are nov
in opaerp Theperiod Is come whom II d
necssssrr for the drinker4 70 skurzy
arouad and, fiba out his various freaks
Of 'msanuess. At length The humbl1d
man, however high In the ''sosia1
scale, "is>readr to admit that he iasnu
better than HIS neighbours There ID Z
special performance that,h commsuly
d ordena&ttAs end OF IN alcoholic saecn,
Very few drinkers escape 1t. The.AA
nsss OH things imperAtivsly demands 4
and DISBURSEMENT m2sthe met II 4
knowa,. In common but smphstAclan
gaage, a., ne process Of 'crawl.ag on
OF the small end Of thehorn. q
u article by J. s WrigaA, n. D., 'AJeas
= nal AdtInehniety.
III Alcohol In AosVitals.
j The.qnsstion Of thai administrations
aleAhol in our hospi ala continues ,tosan
gage, attDntion. The suocesa, Of ~
/ London, Temperance Hospital. whioA,1l
sixteen years has carried ora its wss'
successfully witho0k having once N
\ sa1ibed alcohol in any form or foa q
!. purposs, has arreatsd the attentiaA q
. hose conducting eur hospitals - vs'
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