The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-02-02

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the two Dakotas dropped Off seventy per
| cent. the very first year and has been grow.
ing materially less ever since, and no ono
has been the poorer thereby but the saloon.
keepers brewers and distillers. Dakota
| Farmer.
| rHE EFFECTS or ALCOHOLIC BEvERAgFs.
Alcohol being tho product OF tae dec pm.
! position Of eripe.juics. corn, malt, aopies,
/ or other starchv substances. is theretors the
enemy OF lifc, the very ashes OF DEATH writes
| W. j. DemUrtst, President o. the National
Anti Nuisance League.
Scientists agree IN placing alcohol among
I the mOss irrt1nt, virulent and deadly
poisons to animal life A smali quantity
taken pure will paralizc the nerve csntcrs,
aud kill Instantly.
The ordinary effect Of alcohol ii % irritat,
/ rnd parch the mucus membranes " tho in.
| tcStines, and pnralyz, the nerves. When
taken into the system, either In the fOrm ot
whisky, bauly, b1ar, coriials, or la light
wines. etc. us poisonous effects, waite so
/ cxhilarating as 10 be very fascinating. ar1
deieter,Ous 10 all the nerve tissues aud Hbers
I of the body that general arrangement 0s
nll the Vital organs inevitably follows.
The eft 'cts Ot alcohol contained in
these beverages finds it, way to tho luugs
and arteries which are connected with heart,
and they become more or less cougcstcl aud
paruiyZsi 10y tho poison aud Incapable ot
and tins burning or corrOdng effect com.
ucnccs with the smallest quantity ot alcohol
taken In The ~ystem. Therefore thers /, NJ
such thin. a, "no ieration' IN the use oi
alcoholic beverage. tbs po son in them j.
always active IN its deadly mission, aud gooi
OH all through tue body.
The result on the heart and brain is es.
pcciaily noticeable, as these orsans ~, very
sensitive, ami are ~ retarded in their opera.
/ tons that disease aui death would rapidly
i ousue were There nos in nature 4 gcnerou,
amount OF active recupcratiOn struy Gin, 10
Cuuntprac. and elinunatc ths pDlsDn.
Alcohol, being "A tOreigi, poisonous clo-
ment, even when greatly diluted. as in bs,r
which contain, from tive to eight per can't
b. OF II, does not asstmiilic like topI, but taxes
nature with extra eNertou 10 tXpel the iu.
trudcr which is partly ej.ctcl tnrougn the
lungs or breath au1 mostly throuyn tho
pores OF til" skin aud through the kilnsvs
which are more or less inilimo1, AMI there
/ fore ohstruct,d III 10y congestion Enough OF
the poison viii ltnger IN tho system TO u
gravatc any disease 10 which ths drinksr -
liable, and hasten a fatal termination.
This specific acton OF elcohol, while pro
ducing "A general disturbance aud injury to
Nil the vital organs. - especially true OF tha
BRAIN, which Is composed OF numerous mi.
nutc cells, OF a gray fatty substance, sur.
rounded 10y limpid fluid. Alcohol has n
strong amnity for water; and when taken
ia the stomach, being very volatile. n por.
tion of 10 goes Immediately towards IN,
brain, and dsturbs the finely arranged
nerve-hbers so as to impair ther ability 70
nourish this fatty substance, aud In this way
/ u renders the brain incapable OF continuous
. logical thought or action, AMI the man IA
said 10 be moro or less "irunk,' which IL
another way OF SAYING that the mans
brain Is poisoned, or parchel with inlamma.
ton and congestion.
This effect can bc tested by putting a
drop of alcohol on the ton cue. tue smartung.
singing sensation proves that IL is parched
by the alcoho's cagernCss 10 absorb or get
NJ the water ia tue tongue, and this irritit-
Tug effect Is tho same ON all tho organs of
the body, besides producing craving
thirst.
A continuous use OF alcoholic beverages
I produc results that are irremediable
Afte,.,. Saaus attacks on the brain aud
Ost, se's'C,so ~ San; ChOh,U ,ihnn @
takes place in the victim OF alcohol which
mauifests itself In all tLe mans actions and
character
lie gene rally becomes moross and stupid
with tendency To paroxysmS of yiolsncp,
aud sometimes i1iotic hlarty. His will
power Is sluggish or nearly gone, aud he is
lett TO be controlled almost entirely 10y his
animal passions, which are closely allipl To
criminal insanity Besides, an ever-increls-
ing longing Is engendered Tor moro of tho
tery liquid To grdtlIy the cravings Of an III
satiabe appetite, and other symptoms fol
low, such as diseased fatty degeneration a
bloated boIy, IA sluggish action of the liver
aud kidneys. accompanied by a rcd or in
hamed skin, and sometimes by offensive
eruptons which can be plainly traced u al-
cohOlic poisoning,
Many OF these indications AMI SYMPTOMS
of n poisoned, diseased holy would horrify
drinkers were they sufficiently aroused. or
were they anxious or willing Ia belisy. tho
A. hatt ,l.
perlence, or could thiy realize that they
transmit To their post,ritya hereditary taiut
that Is too horrible 70 contemplate. Bat ths
truth comes 10 their impaired brains throug
50 many insidious problems OF prejudice,
habit anl appetite and thar axe 30 entlceI
by the peasurabio exciting sensltions that
they find difficulty in tracing the poisonous
effects directly To the amount ot alcohol
they consume, and SO are constantly cheat
| ing ana ilatterng themselves into a CDnvIr.
/ ton that they can uS' These pOlsnnou, bow
erages with impunity. Hcnco tho
/ poor victims OF ale cDholic poisoning,
| prompted by an imp'riou' thrs', 30 on an
on, until finally chrome deliriuu or de ueu-
/ tia takes possession of the brain, or uontn
I itself, through some ordinary or eNtrnoriin.
ary disease brought OIOr actively davelpuai
: by alcoholic poisoning, closes the So ,ne. THIS
Is especially true when they ARE Httlcke 10y
cholera or other infectious diseases. The
! certain victims are always those whose Sys-
TENS are impregnated with alcohol.
Even when taken ns "A meiicine, alcoholic
beverages frequently pro luce results far
worse than the disease. Extensive hospital
practice, both in this country AMI Europe,
has proved the great benefits Of M entire
exclusion of this poison rs u remedy, other
agents being used, which are quite as ell
c,ynt. but not followed by the parllyzug oy
Supplying effects OF alcohols corrosive poi
son.
Alcohol, in its action on animal matter, Il
somewhat analogous TO arsenic, morphine,
or ,trychnine: IL tends 20 susp,nl decay IL
dead matter, and in live bodies it paraly2a
or lniiames with congestion, in this wa
showing that It Is the active enomy OF al
lite. or death in disguise.
We put snake, and other animals an
sometimes dead men, into alcohol, to pre-
vent animalcule or microbes in the dea'
bodies from generating or living ON Tn
starchy substances contained in Them; SO al
actual life in the bodies is suspended. Blu
certain disintegraton aud death in its mos
active form is produced by the corrosion o
alcohol In living bodies, AMI in this way
| urOypS itself 10 Da a ncri1 dan lly pDis Du [