The Progress., 1892-10-08
iItTEMPERANCE.
Tho Causes That Lead Up to It and Its
Immediate Results.

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saloon, still we have not made ourselves
masters of the situation until we have
acquainted ourselves thoroughly with
the cause. The cause is i'll the appetite.
What docs drinking man thirst for:
He Graves for stimulant. Something
that will brace him up.
A man disappointed by failure in busi-
ness or in his love affairs Is depressed
by the failure of his hopes, which acts
Immediately on his nerve center, which
is located i'll the body just behind tho
stomach. IL gives to the whole SYSTEM
a relaxed, depressed, unstimulated feel ,
ing. Alcohol is composed mainly OF hy- (
drogen and carbon. The carbon bard /.
ems and braces the tissues, while the
hydrogen initiates. hghtens up and lifts
up and raises rapidly to the head, and
to the top of that where hope Is located
AS a consequence it is a direct and I'M
mediate stilnulant, and the victim feels
that he has been directly helped.
The first effect, helpful as it seems, IS
ONLY for few hours at most. Ii the
stimulant was not renewed By secohu
drink it would be seen that all the buoy
ant feeling would pass off in less than
six hours. The hardening, compact
feeling it gives to the tissues of the body
5 does not vanish so readily, for contln-
, nation OF drinking soon reaches stand
2 still. >.
A system i'll Lax, fluttcring condl-
ton is by alcohol first steadicd and thea
!, paralyzed. Not stiffened, but SIMPLY
h braced to a standstill. This is the in
, toxication of the bodily tissues, and Is
the solidifying carbon. The diamond
represents pure carbon. Carbon Is adueu
S to iron to harden it into steel Inc
y r.inened hardness or woodlike appear
: ance Of Il full grown plant is the resu I
of carbon added to its soft, young, milky
10 fiber. Carbon stops action and Is The
l. greatest known cohesive. 1t Is the
l. solidifying, resisting power IL all eA
- rlosives. while hydrogen IS It's prlnclp'l
expanding. separating power.
y" Habitual drinking of alcoholic liquor
le so hardcns the tissues and stops actor
Y that gout, rheumatism and mental IN
u becility are the results. The buoyan
lifting up effect Of the hydrogen Is 500
q zone. Hence we sec that resortinS 7
G,inl; for stimulant is successful onl
III lono enough to mislead the victim, 10
-, its final effect is "A decided Disadvantage
II is the most ingenious fraud known I
nanliud-brilliant in its promises an
e. a most unlimited swiEdle IN Its fulnl
50. ment.
Men drink to keep warm and Grlnk
icon cool. because of the double eife'
tu - tht. StOrnlC
Ike it dispels the heat or sends IL outWar
thus the surface Of the body Is lmmco
ately warmed. The alcohol pushes u
heat before it as it spreads through u
svstem toward the surface OF the bod
it aod when the alcohol itself reaches Il
srrface of the body it has driven t
>. heat beyond it and thus leaves the who
body cold. Heat is the result ot actio
-. and carbon stops the action at Ell
IN noint as fast rs it reaches 1t, and enoui
ar of it paralyzes.
r. The man who is exhausted by ov'
~ work seeks this deceptive stlnuial
o"' The man whose system Is exhausted
~ sickness, by lack of food or by trying
'es live ON adulterated food, each and all
''er them turu to this fraudulent suppo
I'' Sleeping in foul or unvenllated apa
'me mcut exhausts the system and crea
was this craving for stiinulants.
tne We are often told that If laborinS
hile ple worked less hours they would l
ore ronize the grog shop more, but the
aw, verse is the truth. They patronlze
lng frog shop because they work too mi
he and are exhausted and seek a stimuia
'ack Overworked mothers produce child
his who are exhausted from birth. i
1ree exhaust their energy in work and
tant thus deprived of the power 10 give
ticient energy to their children. .
orts children are literally born tired
Ft. they crave a stimulant from their D
he mn. They are easy victims to the di
Tex habit. The children of exhau'
rom mothers are the genuine barroom
who ers In "A majority of cases the CT
all begins before the offender is born
rted oyerworking the mother. The primo
te a evils are igr orance and overwork.
him difficulty in hand is the desire Tor S