The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1894-04-18
Drunkenness Hereditary.
IBY REV. DIR. GUTHRIE ]

[ Many poor people are born with
propensity to this vice. They suck it
In with a mothers milk; for it is well
sscertained fact that other things are
hereditary besides cancer and consump-
tion and insanity. This vice presents
some of the characters Of physical
disease, and the drunken parent trans
mits to his children proneness to his
fatal indulgence. Besides the foul at
mosphere which many OF them breathe.
the hard labour by which many OF
them earn their bread, produce a pros
tration which seeks in stimulants some
times to rally the system, nor will be de-
barred from their use from any prospect
of danger. or experience Of correspon-
ding reaction. With our cultivated
minds, our improved tastes, our books,
our recreations, our domestic comforts,
we have no adequate idea Of the temp"
tations to which the poor are exposed,
and from which it Ii the truest kind"
ness to protect them. They are cold,
and the glass is warmth. They are
hungry, AID drink. II food. They are
miserable, and there ia Laughter In the
flowing cup. They are sunk In theii
own esteem, and: the: bowl or bsttle
surrounds the drnnkard with bright;
colored halo Of self-respect-so long
as the fumes are In his, brain. hes feels
himself man. "They drink to forget
their poverty, and remember thels
misery no more"
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Unanswered YETI Faith cannot. be anans'
wered,
Her feet were nrmly planted on the rock;
Amid the widest storms she stands undaunted
Nor ouails before the loudesr thunder shock.i
She knows Omnipotencs has beard her prayer
Bind cries, 1t shall be DONE sometines sone-
where"
Robert Brswling.
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Chances into past history do much tH
open our eyes to the real progress o.
the world. A bit of information has
strayed this way, touching the statua
of the temperance question in the six
teenth century. 1t is translation into
Epglish of some Of the rules Of temper
ance society performed by the upper
classes: 1. To drink daily only four"
teen cups Of wine. 2. italian, Spanish
or hot spiced wines are prohibited be-
yond one cup day, which must be de-
Quoted from daily allowance. 8. For
the further quenchipg Of thirst, beec
is allowed. 4. These fourteen cups
must not be drank at once, but after st
least three intervals. No doubt the
temperance outlook was .as profile
matio to the good people who nearly
three hundred years ago made the
above rules as 1t appears today to many
noble-hearted workers. Yet what
great things God hith wrought, and
the end is not yet!
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Z A white ribboner testifies In the fol-
lowing incident to two things-the
grand work of prevention done In the
field Of juvenile education and the
. awful besetment Of the life-path OF a
young man by the power Of evil: my
son Howard tonssof your Band ao1
5 Hop& boyst reported for oas> OF b'
grsN, dailiss In Chicago. IAst isummss
he was&ola thatthe: paper would pay
for all the whiskey and cigars he used
in treating Finally he was ordered
to get man drunk and eatechise him.
The result was that he resigned his pos
sition, as the information wanted could
not be obtained without. the aid oil
whiskey." r.
Traditions say that the Chinese burn
down a house to obtain that toothsoms
delicacy, "roast pig" and we smile as
the child-simplicityt that destroys tho
great to gain the less. Here is nation
wrecking its own house-its present
and future prosperity and purity-to
gain pitiful handful Of revenue dol
lara God pity the sbort-siGhtednees