Milford chronicle., 1892-08-12
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any opinion in regard to lie We Of foo
or drink. you must know rs habits o
the individual who gives ii he man wit
drinks tea or cnffee or spices and coudi
ments, places his organism by this mean
i'll a condition tor these articles toNspeal
right out for themselves and he cahNo
blame them. The individual who use
tobocco, resigns his judgment to greatei
or less extent to this nauseous plant, anC
II will speak out through all his thoughts
aud actions often in extreme selffishuess
The man who Pours alcohol into his
stomach, virtually resigns his manic q
TO the voice of that which may well be
called evil spirits" In all cases unless
the system is very much blunted, the in
dividual has a struggle in getting it iuto
a condition to bear stimulants Many a
little boy has spent days OF horrible nausea
in acquiring the "manly habit" OF using
tobacco, aud even the most inveterate
chewers who have saturated their system,
know that there is a limit beyond which
the weed becomes exceedingly poisonous.
even to their corrupted system. We have
often marvelled at the extent of power in
the human system to withstand the viola
tions of physical laws, as we have passed
near individuals, who were reeking with
the fumes of alcohol and tobacco.
We have not much hope of redeeming
such individuals, because the rum and
tobacco assert their devine right to be
themselves, and having been ensconced
on the throne Of system which is sur
charged with these, it ceases to be the
man that we are able to appeal to, but
the stimulants to which he has sold him.
self. It is a sad feature in human history
when we refer to some of the finest minds
that have ever cast their light on this
world, haye thus sold themselves to those
low and grovelling appetites, and crying
out Of the bells of their designations, they
have still shown something of brilliant
, talents with which they have been in
dowed. Intemperance is a fearful evil,
sapping the very foundations Of human
character and human power, and our
main hope must be in the education Of
the young, inducing them to avoid its
very beginnings. A fearful responsibility
rests upon many physicians, who not
only administer alcoholic preparations
but actually recommend it as "a generator
of life force" a most fallacious idea. for
stimulants never generate life force but
always excite, irritate, and exhaust it, and
those who succeed in the habitual use of
those. do SO in spite of them, and not as
the result of any beneficial action.
The human system is sustained in pro-
per health, aud the wasted elements are
renewed by the use of that kind of food
which belongs to the class of nutriments,
and which in proper quantities, always
satisfy the natural and healthy demands
of the system.
Among the articles taken as food in
civilized life, are stimulants of various
kinds-pepper and spices belong to these
they do not. however, sa tisfy the de-
mands of the system, and are used to
create an artificial desire for food.
Every person knows, that after eating
one or two spiced ginger cakes, there is
great craving for more.
This is not the case when crackers or
plain food is taken. The stimulaut excites
the stomach, aud causes an unnatural
flow OF gastric juice, which produces ex-
haustion. Pollok expresses this idea in
speaking of Byron. He says "He drank
draughts that common millions might
have quenched, then died of thirst be-
cause there was no more to drink. -
Those who have witnessed the wild and |
craving for stimulants, of the
car realize something of this /
The true plan to escape all these evils
which flow from this terrible source is to
avoid the beginning. Parents should
never give their children stmulents
as articles of food, for this in
ofinstances, has laid the found
atoms for an appetite which has led them
OIL to ruin
Those in whom the appetite has already
should pause aud ponder well
he road that lies before them.
No man can contemplate the awful
of the Keeling drunkard without
at the thought that he shall
come to that condition.
We walk slowly into the insidious arms
If Briarian monster, the moderate dduker
never expects to be drunkard but the
Willy enemy is coiling its serpent folds
lround him, and every glass of liquor is
twining tendril that shall bind him
loser and closer until he falls. There is
10 safety in the habitual use of any kinds
# stimulants-their affects is evil and
vii only, aud the habitual use is never
to health.
Aud most especially and earnestly
would we appeal to the young and pure
o show the world by example how much
letter purity of body is than that coudi-
ion which results from iutemperance.
youug man, if you are tempted by your I
ssociates, or by any other influences 10
inter- upon the use of tobacco or liquid, q
ause, and you young woman, who WELD e
uch moral power over your Brothers and 5
nd friends be true to your own highest
ntuitions speak firmly but kindly to
hese-do not be deluded and deceive
with the idea that you may have
over to inform them Remember that {
is always mnch easier to prevent evil
ian to remove It.
JAS. H. STANTON, NJ D.
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