The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-02

bis calling. Let Us teach them that
courage does not consist in the readi-
ness to brawl and fight. That sort Of
courage is possessed in common by all
animals. But that true courage con-
sists in daring to do right. When
temptations assail them, no matter
wha+ts'<ss:. '<ss.lL4ess lL4essEl may say, teach them to
dare to do right. Let US impress upon
them that it is net discourtesy to refuse
to drink, when requested to do so by
had almost said friend, but a true
friend will not offer alcoholic liquors
as beverage, to any one, so will say
"a person. Their refusal need not
offend. Let it be courteous but firm
no. All alcoholic liquors should be
eschewed. There exist many erroue-
Gus ideas about the effect Of alcohol.
1t is believed that it warns up the
body. On the contrary the agreement
of opinion OF all eminent authorities is
that it lowers the temperature. Alco-
hol produces paralysis. The flushed
face Of the topper is due to the fact that
the small vieDs are partially paralyZed
and cannot contract in order to force
the blood back to the heart. From
this paralysis of the small veins is due
the qulckened action of the heart.
The contractile power Of the veins act
as check to the motion of the heart,
and when this check is removed, tie
heart quickens its action. BY careful
tests it has been found that under the !
influence Of alcohol the heart does one
fifth more work than nature requires. /
Alcohol is placed in the list OF para
lying narcotics. 1t has been COM
pared with chloroform, and the COM
parison holds throughout with one ex-
ception. Chloroform is no surer, but
quicker in its deadly effects. DR.. 3.
w. Richardson, the English authority |
on hygiene, after summing up the evil |
effects Of alcohol adds: "But bad as this |
is, It might be worse; for if the evils of
alcohol were made to extend equally |
to animals lower than man, We should |
soon have none that were tameable, |
none that were workable, and none |
that were eatable." 1t isa crime against |
the laws of the land for a person to
burn his own dwelling: how much
greater crime does he com NIT, who
wilfuily burns up the temple within
which his soul lives, with whiskey.
The evil effects of the latter arc much
more far-reaching than those of the
former. They do not alone effect him
self, but his family and friends. His
posterity are injured directly and man-
kind Indirectly. DR.. Hammond has
shown that alcohol has special affin-
ity for nervous matter, and is found in
the brain and spinal cord in greater
quantity than anywhere else. 1t pro-
duces fatty degeneration Of the brain,
with a consequent impairment of the
intellectual faculties. An excessive use
Of alcohol will produce paralysis, insan-
ity, and various diseases of the heart
and blood vessels.
Let US faithfully endeavor to impress
these truths upon our pupils, and I
feel sure the most gratifying results
must follow. Teach them that they
are false to themselves when they de-
grade themselves by using alcoholic
liquors. No better advice was ever
given than that of Pollonius to bis son.
ITO thine own self be true; and it must
follow, as the night the day, thou cans't
not then be false to any man."