The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-24

The owner OF costly and attractive buiId-
Ing, formerly used as saloon In New York
City. has gone out Of business ''T have sold
liquor" said the ex-saloon-keeper. ''for
eleven years. long enough for ms 90 SOC the
beginning and end OF its effects. have seen
a man take his first glass OF liquor in my
Place, and afterward MI tho grave OF sul.
eide. have seen man after man. wealthy
and educated, come into my saloon who can
not now buy hls dinner. 4 can recall twenty
customers worth once from ei00, ,00Oto $500.
700 who are now without money. place OF
friends"
pRcSKESSEs. ASp iSEnUEry.
Dr. James Stewart. an English surgeon.
In n recent lecture makes a distinction, not
commonly made, between drunkenness and
inebriety. The drunkard, he maintains, Is
person who drinks whenever he finds an
opportunity the inebrinte Is n person who.
In most cases. Is born with an unsound brain
and might even bo mar who never tasted
alcoholic drink In his life tho ono vicious.
the other diseased. The following Is a sum
mary OF DR.. Stewart's conclusions
/. Drunkenness Ia u vice. inebricty n dis
ease the two terms must not be confounded.
2. The disease of ineuriety once established
may be transmitted TO the patients offspring
either In the form of the alcoholic diathesis,
| epilopsy, chorea. insanity. or even tendency
| To crime. 3. The child ~ nm inebriate born
after the functional or structural lesion haa
been established is sure to inherit some ner-
| vous diathcsis. 4. The only security against
| this dtnthcsis developing Rs inebrirty is life
| long total abstinence on the part of tho
| child. .. Even the adoption of this precau-
! tion will not absolutely make certain that
| there Will be no transmission of the chnch-
eNia by the child To his or her offspring. 6.
| TO prevent the development Of the alcoholic
neurosis in other dirrctions--such Ms epi-
| lepsy- sudden excitement of the emotions
and s'nsihilitirs, such rs might bc produced
| by corporal punishment by strangers. should
In all cases DO guarded against. Z. In tho
prophylaNis inebr.cty the principle 20 be
acted ON with regard To- children's training
| Is, that II we Hcorntuate the good We attenu-
ntc the evil. x. The marriage of the child or
even grnndchild ot nm iuebriatc to nrst
cousin should be absolutely intcrdictcl.
science ANp ALCOHOL.
il ls n common idea that alcohol produces
| n warming effect in cold weather ;hS icel-
| lng OF warmth depends. IN the first place. ON
| the fact that the paralysis OF the central ner-
| vOus system causes an increased blood sup
| ply to the surface Of the body and. secondly.
In all probability. on tho bunting of the som
Nhility Of the central organs which are CON
| ccrned in the sensation of cold. The stimu-
| mting action which alcohol appears 10 exert
On the physical functions Is also only par
| Alytic action. Again. there IS u strong be-
lief that alcohol gives new strength nnd
| energy after fatigue has set IN the sensation
| Of fatigue Is one Of the safety valves Of our
machine. 10 stiilc the feeling OF fatigue in
order TO he able to work ON, j. like forcihly
| cosing th- safety valves so that the boiler
| n'ay be- ovcrnea,rd anl explosion result. Tho
pclIef that H,cohol gives strength to the weary
| y particularly dangerous to the class OF pco
| pie whose incom" n already insufficient to
| procur" subsistence and who are mislcd 10y
this prejudice into spending large part oI
their earning, on alcoholic drinks. instead OF
| purchasing good and palntahle food. cspeci-
nlly meal. cheese. milk. meat and other nitro
grnous iood-stuifs, which alone can give
them strength Tor their hard work. II is
commonly Thought that alcoholic drinks aid
digestion. but IN reality the contrary would
appear To- b" the case, Tor II has been proved
that meal without alcohol Is more quickly
followed hy hunger than when II l. taken. =
Lr. \. L. T. LOnghurst, in Westminster Ee-
Wow.