Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-04-21
Temperance Column.
Csadnctsf By tie Ladies IF the Or
ford ". e. T. U.

The Boston Traveller stresses
the fact that rum means 10 rule
America: every intelligent
American citizen knows in his
heart tia: rum power means TO
rule this natlcn, just rs il does
a great many of our larger cities
Il Is true that m tripoIItan news
papers and political leaders Pc
riOdieally recognize ard scOld
about this tendency and intent
of the rum power, "a well ss its
general iniguity, but 4. soon as
they have recovered their BIZ cath
they renew their work by Voice
and vote for perpetIatIOn 0fths
life OF the ogre they Fave been
denoGncin-- We are willing to
admit for arguments sake, and
because We want &c De chsTTts-
bic, that couarGIce 70 q full ex-
planarI0u of these parOdoxes
but. az the same time. We ear
Bes.iy pray that this class of
Cow ards may s0on encounter
some kind Of food which viii
deIage them with such mess
IRE CT e0arage as may compel
them TO open their eyes to the
hight Of conditions as they may
exist When such . PERIOD of
eye opening Is reached some
thing viii be done.f
The SaaitarIan, for February,
Dr. A Bell editor. referring to
iRebrie-y and disease says /:
drunkenness IS indeed the
cause OF many fatal diseases
cerebral meningitis, congestion
and s0ffeniBg Of the brain. ept-
lspsy, x2stFitEs. diseases Of the
hyer, heart aad kidneys, and tn
creased liability To ali di-easrs
In Itself however, drunkenness
= not a disease known as I1eb
riefy,' or sy any other name in
tended TO make it Iess 0Gf0us /:
but. IL "a nov. as It has ever been
tie most debasing Of all sins,
against both divine and huzlaa
AVS, aud deserving the sever
est repr0hation- Il sh0cld there
fore oe made propcrtiaaaliy the
most Odious anu the most liable
10 punishment, as beiagths most
enectaAl Of all means tor It's pre-
venuon.-
Beer % supposed By some to
De an innocent and wholesome
beverage , aud il WAS confident
y claimed that, if more beer
we've used there would be less
drunkenness. This claim. how
ever. can scarcely De maintained
wit1 seriousness hereafter The
consumption Of beer in this
country has become enormous /:
but drunkenness has not been
banished or diminished. The
Scientific American saws con
corning the beer drinker !.
Compared with iusbriates who
use different kinds of alcohol,
ne II more ineursble and more
generally diseased. It Is our Ob
servatI0n that beer drinking IN
this country produces the very
lowest kind of ~ine5riety. closely
allied to criminal insanity. The
most dangerous elass of rufans
IN chr large cities are beer diruk
ers-r
The Temperance Authentic
puts these statements ard prob
lens: Il. There are II5.COe
IN the United states, and "a. Geo
public schools How many more
saloons than schools IfIam
correctly informed, there are 81
GOO more saloons than schools
, The people of the United
States pay $4,000 0C0 yearly for
tia support of the public schools
and 81 4S5.O0o.000 for the sup
port of the saloons. or sI.i05,0CO
more than the schools. 3 The
value OF the food products of
our country for 4 single year il
about s60o,OG0GOO. The coat of
alcoholic drinks is about sI.4S5.|
0so.ooO. How much more does
the liquor cost than the food
aud clothing l answer sSs5.-
W0.eoo 4 There are about coo
0oO drunkards in the United
States. How many cities of 40
inhabitants each would these
drunkards makefr