The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-09

/ begun TO drink nlLef ine age OF NNtnNl -Onb
would raise their hands. Six responded.
He then asked that all who had begun TO
irink before twenty-one should raise their
hands. sea of hands were raised By
saving the boys from the saloon, we can 60
Tar 10 save the next generation.
THE CONSUMPTION OF BEER.
ado you know" said a dyspeptic-lookiug
man at the lunch counter in the Astor House
| few days ago, that we have no lager beer
nowadays2 This beverage that is sold as
lager beer is turned out in ten days or two
weeks time by the big brewers. The use Of
duplex air-pumps has almost completely rev.
| olutiouized the brewery business" brewers
I have to make their beer quickly in order TO
I keep up with the enormously increasing de-
mand, replied the dyspeptics friend. II am
| told ON the authority of a careful statistician
that the increase in the manufacture of beer
! In this city alone in the year ended April 30
last was more than 5000, 600 barrels. New
| York City now consumes annually trifle
more than 3O,0O000O barrels of beer. At
| the present rate of increase the consumption
in this city ten years from now will be 50,-
100000 barrels. ."-Ne,O York Times.
IN FAVOR OF STEINER MEASURES.
The Cdnddidn Churchmdn takes the view
that excessive drinking is a symptom of def
/ cient moral sense, which is in itself the root
! of all criminality, the cause Of all crime and
4 further that this deficient moral sense is
! uut W tut iikul lilulCNtu
| drunkenness. IA sentence on drunk is a
matter Of joke and merriment" says our
! contemporary. "a few days confinement
just long enough to sober up-and the person
! is let loose on the public again. The punish
ment of this crime Of putting ones self in
position to commit other crimes ought to be
| increased thousandfoldn OF course this
measure of increased punishment is meta
phorical. Ten days is the usual allowance
for what is known in New York police courts
as "a drunk and disorderly." A ten.thou-
| sand-day sentence would contne a man for a
generation and be in excess of the require
ments. 1t is high time, however, that In our
courts of law and in practical dealing with
drunkenness the offense should be deemed
serious one and its humorous element, il it
has any such, be ignored A man who gets
drunk puts himself in the way of committing
every known sin, and the legal punishment
seldom conforms with the weight of the
transgression.-Ne York Observer.
KEPT HIS PROMISE.
The celebrated French General Cam
bronze, when he was n common soldier, was
terribly given to the sin Of drunkenness.
One day, when he was drunk, he struck an
officer, and was condemned to death. His
Colonel, however, who loved him for his
bravery, obtained his pardon on condition
that he would promise never to drink wine
or spirits again. Twenty-Five years after
wards the Corporal had become General
anu ltnIlOTIdllLSl himself Dy MS heroic
retreat from Waterloo. Having retired in
to family life, he lived quietly in Paris be-
loved and esteemed by all. His old Colonel
one day invited him to dinner to meet some
of his former comrades The place of honor
was reserved for Cambronne at the hosts
right hand. A highly priced wine was
brought in which was served only on grand
occasions.
General said the old Colonel, ''you must
tell us all the news" and he was just about
to fill Cambronnes glass. The General
stopped his hand; the Colonel insisted.
But General, l assure you it is excel
lent
That has nothing to do with it." said
Cambronne, eagerly. at has to do with my
honor and my promise, Colonel-my prom
| ise as a Corporal; have you forgotten iii
Since that day not drop of wine has touched
my lips. My word and my conscience are
worth more than your wine"
INTEMPERANcE AND INSANITY.
A recent contributor to the Western
Christian Advocate, writing of intemper-
ance and insanity, quotes DR.. Parchaffe as
giving the causes of insanity in 916 cases of
which he had knowledge, and of these in
temperance was responsible for 16l He
quotes DIR. Griesinger, professor of clinical
medicine and mental science in the Univer-
sity of Berlin, citing drunkenness as lone
OF the most important causes of domestic
troubles, to which PAL more OF these cases
more says drunkenness stands midway
between psychical and physical causes Its
effects are very powerful and very complex" ;"
He adds "On the one hand the action of
alcoholic excesses is principally, purely phys
lcal in part direct by causing irritation and
changes in the nutrition of tine brain, by the
development of chronic stasis within the
Uranium; in part indirect by producing
drunkaru's scorbutus, fatty degeneration of
the liver, serious gastric diseases; in short,
by compete ruin of the constitution" He
then cites drunkenness as producing impor-
tant psych cal causes by the quarrels and
brawls which drunkenness SO frequently oc-
casions, and the sad mental impressions
which 1t causes, domestic discomfort, with
drawal from the family, ruin in business,
and loss OF self respect which it must force
home upon the dTunkard. This is weighty
scientific testimony which ought TO warn all
users OF intoXicants of the peril involved in
the drinking habit in the way OF physical and
mental deterioration and ruin. The insane
asylums OF this country steadily increase in
numbers, and like our prisons, are, many of
them, overcrowded. Alcoholism, directly
or indirectly, is undoubtedly chief among
the causes.-NationaL Advocate.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The annual drink bill of the world exceeds
$1,000, 100000
The Emperor of China has ordered all the
diStillarias i'm tho doadal diStricte 70 ho cIoSar