The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-18
wHIsxY's AWFUL WORK,

Whisky ma e Stephen Hite @Naurderer.
his wife a widow and his beautiful little
daughter fatherless The time he should
have spent in the society of a good wife and
pretty child he put in with vicious comrades
IN a barroom. On the night Of September
20, 1871, Hite was drinking with Albert
Bsurmsn. The two men quarreled. Hite
struck baurmau with his cane. The latter
retaliated with his fist. Hite then drew a
large pocket knife and plunged IL into the
stomach of BaurmAn, who fell dead. Hite
was at once arrested and made a game but
hopeless fight for lie in the courts. He was
sentenced to death and the sentence has
been carried ut.-Courier-Journal
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE BRAIN.
The specific action Of alcohol, while pro-
ducing a general disturbance OF and injury
to all the vital organs, is especially detri-
mental TO the brain, which is composed OF
numerous minute cells, of a gray, fatty
substance, with a large proportion of water.
Alcohol has a strong affinity for water, and
when taken in the stomach, being very vol
atile, a portion of il goes Immediately to-
ward the brain, and disturbs the finely ar
anged nerve-ibers and blood vessels so as
70 impair their inability to noursh this
fatty substance. In this way IL renders the
brain incapable of continuous logical
thought or action. aud the man is said to be
more or less drunk, " which is another way
VI 81 AALk AhNN liz Ilhu , IA Is DhIhllktAls
or parched with Inflammation and conges-
ton.
Tnis effect can be tested by putting a
drop OF alcohol on the tongue; the smart
ing, singing sensation proves that it is
parched by the alcohops eagerness to absorb
or get at the water in the tongue; and this
Irritating effect is the same on all the or
gans of the body, besides producing a crsv-
ing thirst. -Demorest's Family Magazine.
~ pSEIV VI-1TN no arm
"No, boys; | am going to quit-this Tins
for good" said a melancholy young man TO
a crowd of %cronies, as they stoppsd him in
front Of a saloon and asket him to take
something You know | nave been with
you for years and the painting we have
done has given this town a vermilion hue.
But | must quit now, 1t may go a little
hard with me at first, but In n snort VIII ls l
guess | will be able to rid myself of all de
sire for those jolly rants an 1 revels that we
have had together. Yes, the resolution is a
sudden one. but il is none the less firm
you see, after 1 was married | quit you
fellows for Il long time n then gravitatel
back TO YOU. 1t was not that | loved my
wife any the less; | Just got careless and
thoughtless. Somehow l seemed TO think
that since L WAS providing her with all the
material Injuries of life she ought 10 he
satisfied. l didn't intend to neglect her,
you know, and thought that she wouldn't
care If l did come downtown occasionally
at night.
"sSince these nocturnal absences from
home have become so frequent | notice that
a change has appeared in ner nature. Her
sparkling ~vivacity that used to charm and
e%lectrify me has commenced to waue. Still
she strives hari to appear happy. but she
is not the women she use1 to be. Her face
has grown wsne, her cheeks have sunkeE
and the merry CLEAN has left her eve. When
l arise in the morning with red lened eyes
and no appetite she looks at me pityingly
and hugs the baby closer to hsr bosom than
l ever noticed her do before.
"No, she has never spoken to me about il.
You see chats the worst of it. II she
would just pitch in ant give me a tongue
flashing her sorrowlng look wouldn't make
me feel so like a dog. She just looks that's
all. On, no, she doesn't fear for herself eX.
cept as | am sff That look tells me
palmer than words that sac feels aui kill
ing myself and will soon be lost TO her.
This morning she told baby to kiss papa
goodby. There was a strange pathos in her
voice when she spoke the words that | never
heard before.
"An1 then she turnel away n broke
into low sobs that she trisd to hide from
me. Cool God, boysl l didn't think those
things ever existed out of novels or of the
stage. That's the reason [ tell you that l
have quit. l like you all, know you are
splendid fellows, ami that you are my
friends, but-1us-er-she's the best friend
] ever had or expect to have, a~nd-and-
well, I'm going to be her frieni, too" The
crowd dispersed. Mob dy ''took any thing"
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