Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

house sale, dispOsing OF It by the glass
As simmer wears on apace the syrup In
the soda fountains, particularly at re-
sorts. begins 10 grow stronger through
opportune injections. And In the out
living suburban districts in the fall Of
the wear, as we'll as in the spring and 10
the winter, cider kindles the enthusi-
asm OF the tourist. Cider, ale and
wniskey are the wicked drinks OF the
State. Hop beer, twO-per-cent, ginger
ale and water are the prevailing harm
less drinks that are gradually eating
THAR vav into the heart OF the State.
The high price and difficulty OF get
ting LIQUOR into the State has had de-
terious effect in increasing the tempta-
tion 70 produce a cheaper drink for the
poorer classes by Introducing noxiouS
materials. WhiSkey as sold here at ten
cents a pint will cut very graceful
groove along the aGmentary canal
The so called "tunDel whiskeY" on tap
In some sections Of Wheeling is not q
circumstance. There is whiskey sold
here that never even had an introduc-
tiop 10 the real fluid of that name. In
many cases where no nOxiOus materials
are introduced the spirit frumenti Is so
diluted with water as TO resolve itself
into an essence Of Whtskey.
It may take a little longer to get
drunk 10 Maine than in some other
States, but the infusion into the
system OF these nOXiOus ingredients,
makes the after effects more dis
astrous. A man ia Wheeling under the
influence OF fire water is said 70 see
stars. but when troubled with ophidian
ballucipations up in Maine the United
States and some Of England is unfolded
10 the vision.
A prohibition jag is worse than
high license jag.
some years ago the State seeing
that the peple were still imoiolng de-
spite the mighty mandate, concluded
thew ought TO devise some plan
nv which to pocket little OF
I the spare coin, and conceived
the idea OF establishing a system OF
/ State agencies, for purely moral and
I legitimate purpose. These ergencies
are located in the large cities, and the
Drovipce Of these establishments Is 70
/ proyide the purest liquors at a nominal
cost. and only 10 quantity, nothing oy
\ the glass. II has worked TO a charm.
/ The agencies are only supposed TO sell
LIQUOR for three specific purposes, med
ctnal. mechanical and scientific. Every
! pnrchaser is supposed TO sign his name
I i'm book, but more often they forget
| This. To begin with, Medicinal covers a
| wide field, aud on every pay day
there is an epidemic OF sickness.
| The people ia line at the
agency waiting for the fluid
looks something like stampede at the
box Office for a Henry Irving engage
ment Mechanical Is of rather broad
significance, as well. The story Is told
of a tbinlv-clad mau who walked into
the agency one day and wanted some
whisky.
For what purpose?" inquired the
agent,
mechanical" said the man.
"Weu, what are you going to do?'
continued the agent.
"Saw wood" said the man with a
cbuckle. He got the whisky.
Altogether, the way in which the
Deonle of Maine refrain from the fluid
reminds one OF the reply Mark Twain
sent 10 the WOman's Total Abstinence
Society when asked IL he was ia Sympa-
thv with the movement. Certainly,
dear madame, was always so much In
/ favor of total abstinence that refrain
from total abstinence itself"
The gentle reader will not inter tnat
the writer is in favor Of intemperance,
/ far from it, but simply not In accord
/ with provisional prohibition.
Here in Maine, as in other prohioitiou
I States. it is the metaphysical question
stated and answered, whether or not
nrohibition OF anything does not lead to
its desire; showing the increasing ap'
netencv of those scottish Series for the
| forbidden vice, aud well Illustrating
Cav's fable Of the foolish young cock
who ne'er had been in that condition
bnt for his mothers prohibition. How
evar il is we'll for those imbued with
tbe splrit of reform TO keep in mind the
Snlen1id self-conQuests OF Coleridge and
/ DeOnipcy and those other and stirring
cords OF st. Paul in the thirteenth
vsrse Of the eighth chapter OF First
/ Corinthians. ,..,. =
Bur whether prohibition prohioits is
laf, ~ the deductions Of the reader.
FREDERIC MASON.