The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13

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Prise Fight.
Tho prize fight Sc New sOrleans 10.
tween sullivan and Corbett has il II :
lesson Of temperance and right living.
The defeat Of Sulliv an, IL rightly con-
sidered. will carry to the mind Of every
young man proof Of the proposition
that sobriety promotes health and
physical strength, while debauchery
and drunkenness iniure the one and
sap the other. Sullivan, In the hours
II chagrin and sorrow following the
contest. self.accusingly cried out Is the
little group Of friends about him that
''boozs'' did it Every teacher of phys- .
ical culture, every trainer of men for
:ontests in which bodily endurance IS
to be taxed to its utmost, viii give tas-
timonys that Sullivan but stated the
truth a. 70 the primal cause Of his en-
tire collapse. The pugilist, long be-
lieved to De peerless in physical
strength and endurance. is noted fors
his debauoheries. For 81 he vcral wears
be has been . hard drihker, sindulRirlr
in protracted drinking bouts with boon
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thirty.six he is defeated champion.
his career cut short, and he probably
will, in the course of few years, BE
back at his origin occupation of sew
sr-digging. unless his old enemy.
abooze," brings him to the grave.
On the other hand, Corbett, who tri-
nmphed over Sullivan, is q strict alb
-stainer. He never drinks of any intox-
icant In his hou. of triumph after the
New Orleans contest, when surrounded
by excited and admiring throngs Of
friends, and with champagne flowing
like water. he resisted every impor-
tunity to drink; even the zone glass;
he was urged to take ..in good fellow
ship was steadfastly declined with the
remark: 81 guess this is good enough
TOR me-" Is he lifted glass OF water to
his lips. Though one can have no sym.
patty with prize fighter as such, vet
We can admire thoroughly and CON-
mend heartily his steady abstinence
amid class Iof men to whom a refusal
TO drink is, as q general rule. tanta-,
mount to . personal insult. Tho ex-
ample is one that should be profitable
10 every young man. It often REQUIRES
. considerable amount of moral cour-
age IT, say mo" on aconvivial occasion,
and thousands of men have taken the
6rst step in the drunkard's path by
their unfortunate lack of will power.
The ultimate and inevitable result OF
the drink habit in destroying phvsica:
strength and undermining the constitu-
ton is fact which should be deeply
impressed upon the minds Of the risino
generation The young men of
America, as a rule, must make their
way in life by their own exertions
The great majority must, do this bv
labor-either by hands or brain, or
both. No lesson can be more i'm
portant to them than INDULGENCE in
any intoxicant INJURIES the BODY. and
| affects their power for steady.
| persistent work. The effect upon
the brain is no less marked than
upon the muscles; and the mental
worker who INDUCES the drink habit is
at quite as great disadvantage as the
drinking man who bors at some handi.
craft, Drink means decav of strength.
both physical and mental. Itderanoes
every physical function, and makes the
BODY premature!y old. In the case Of
Sullivan, most authorities upon prize
fighters will ALWAYS maintain that the
ex.champion at his best was the sn.
perior in strength and endurance Of the
man who so easily defeated him: but
his bodily strength had been imnaired
;mna;red Henca he 49, dataa+ 80
had this not been the case, he would
asSuredly have been victor.
| The tallacy is worldwide that drink
Is strength-gi giving: This is because
there is fictitious access of exhil-
aration following the swallowing of
any Intoxicating liquor, which is mis-
taken for an addition to the bodily
powers The truth is the exact reverse
of the common belief. Liquor adds no
strength, nor does it add to tho endur-
ance of the mans physical powers 1t
is the Delilah which robs him of his
strength and makes him old when he
should be in his manly prime Teach