The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-17

evils arising AMI that have arisen from the
use OF alcohol rs n leverage
Could we with ink tho ocean Gii.
Were every blade OF grass quill
Wrrc the whole world OF parchment rnade.
md every man n scribe by trade
To write the horrors OF those wo,s
Would drain the OCEAN dry,
Nor would the scroll contpn the who,c.
rAough stretched from sky to sky.
Tur DAuE STAIN or DRrSKENNrss.
Max O'Rcll. whose book on tho British
Colonies completes his "crclc otthc globe"
says the dark stain OF Englishmen under tho
sou,hcrn Cross Is drunkenness Hn be-
lleves. however. that tho great energy and
resource OF the rico and their Inherited love
Of law AMI order will euro the Ills. There
is. he says, to- ho seen cvorywhrrc in tho
south the rose blooming, but 1t has also q
nasty thorn.
IT strs Tur rrrvuriC's firr.
Tho Ncw England Homo iorcihly says.
"Ih" thing that is sappiug the liic OF tho
h'ruhic anu creating morn s'ugnation and
ruin VA business than all the silver in tho
world. u the iosHly'i rum ttinlr. which
sucks not lcss than 81 200, ,0D),O1l worth OF
substance directly rom the channels OF
wholesale trade, and saddles upon honest
industry not loss than rs much more OF per.
sonhl hurl ms to hear tho r'su,, OF tho trat-
nc. The Nation docs not cN'at which can
endure nu annual drain OF $1,000. 200 .Ol1io
public vice wiiA the physical dctcncricy re-
su,tius
TrsriNoNY AGAINST ALCOHOLIC nrvrrAdrs.
Tho British nrglstrar-Grnrrnl has pub.
Ilshnd table Of comparative mortality OF
mon. twenty-five To twouty-siV years OF nrp
in different occupations. tho inquiry cover.
lns period ot thr'o years which bears
significant and emphatic testimony against
alouholi" beverages "a rclatcitp health nnd
longevity. rho STANDARD ot 100 was taken
as III" lowest or most h"nthiul. lnn-krep.
crs nnd liquor dealers represent n mortality
oi 2Ii inn or hotel scyicr. 3g7 and brew
"rs, 30 Will" farmers are put down NJ ia
Eur''urrs ~ lON, AMI ministers az iUO.-Nl
uouaI Temperance Advocate.
uAsrgE OF srtr.
Tho hoet medical authorities, and thos,
no, committed to- any total abstinence thcp
RES unite IN saying that ono OF the princk
pal effects oi alcohol Is TO loosen the delicate
nni irm grasp OF the will upon the passions
IL gives slack rein to the lower nature. II
IS only through holding the forces Of th,
lower nature IN absolute suhoriinntton &C
roason AMI conscience that II is possible tc
Turn li'o into truth, into pure affection foi
/ tho excellent, into the service OF man auI
. III" worship OF God.
In most OF us tho control OF tho lowot
/ nature ly spiritual forces Is too ntul and
/ unsteady we 10 not ait on the throne Of out
/ own souls, masters of ourselves and any In.
dulccucc of amy kind that gives the forces ol
/ IN" lower lttD "a irrcr rein ussnils tho mas.
tcry through which alone there Is the posi-.
| blity OF changing earthly life into the values
oil eternity.-Sacrcd Heart Review.
srEGEoSs TERRIBLE MISTAKE
az few years ago. said Charles J. Patior-
con. o'PhilnIclpAia Il learned the secret
otihc life ot man who had passed more
than quarter OF century with scarcely n
stn'e. Hc had been n physician and sur
coon, md on ono occasion had 20 remove an
injured oye in order 10 Slvc the other eye.
Out prevent totnl hlin lness. Tho night be-
'oro tho operation he had been drinking
heavily with somo irenis, ami. although
tho following morning ho was sober his
hnnh w1' unst'1iy m his nerves unstrunc
"Avcr administering cMoro'oru no made
fatal and horrible blunicA removing tho
well eve Ly mistake, and thus No .i,nin- his
pntIeu, 10 perpetual blindness. n, 1no-nsn,
he discovered bis error he turned ae man
,'--a- \ comp-'ent surgeon, deedH every
thing no p from
the neighborhvy4 .... coRvictSd tinsi . 81
r1rnnin Ter Of his li'n was one constan,
round o; remorsr, AMI he rapidly developed
into n confirmed misnnthropn. The s-cret Of
his life was klown % number OF people,
Hnl was Nnally revealed 10 mo. rnI bluc-
der was the direct result Of otdrinkiuc.'
T7rAL ABSTINENCE ~ -IE ENGLisu Aa,rr.
Tho General in comnaul o, tho Enclisb
military forces ot India has rer 'utIy made y
report 10 tac War once upon tho effect OF
! Tue excessive u7p Of alcoholic liquors upon
disc .ac .nl health among the soltiers.
| IL appears tb1; g. ~ pgesaC. IT, ~.5tr
than 10000 English soldiers serving Ia IndII
~ tui'l gtstaincrs, AMI Il is fouRl that.
. tnkinc these into account and comparinl.
pf h., Ia. I,,I.
TO a greater or less extent In tho use of
/ liquor, tho abstalncrs are the mo lei men In
the service The number OF times that thcy
are arrested for.oiIcusns against discipline Is,
/ proportiona,cly, not Ou,-tcnih rs large rs
[ In the case OF their f'l!ow-sO Ol Tiers who drink
liquor. The records OF the hospitals show
that the liability OF the total atstlincrs to
. sickness IL only Ont-hali ~ great Us tho liza
biluy OF the alcohol consumors As th.sh
lines are drawn, among the consumers must
be included u large number who are very
| moderate drinkers, Hnl whose record OF
| good behavior and hcalthfulness may NOT
| vary greatly from that OF the alstaincrs
| hence the record OF those who sometimes
drink TO excess, IN the matter OF h'havor
| and health, must be very murh worse than
/ the figures abovc would Indicate IhomorIl
| drawn ~ that, SO fur Hs efficiency IN tho
! service Is concerned, II Is greatly Tor the ad-
vantage OF thn English GOvcrnmcnt To in-
/ sst that its soldiers shall be total ahstuiuer-
/ a conclusion which the soldiers themselves
/ scrm to turn toward, since the number 20
/ classified Is said to be nearly twice ~ lArsp
| low ~ II was ten years ago. Boston
Herald.
TEMPERANCE Srws ASp MOTIFS.
II is slil that Clcveianl, OAio, has ono 81.
loon 10 every l7j inhabitants
Tie Austrian Legislature Is considering q
bill FOR the prevention Of drunkenness.
Tho Boston Trade Unions, forty thousand
strong. have decided to vote no license
For every dollar spent In England on
drink only a cent Is spent on riucation.
Whisky preserves corps"s 1t makes
corpscs, also. Don't lc, II make corpse OF
you.
A wor',lnSman that aids in the support OF
the saloon-krcpor's family eventually de-
grades his own iamiiy.
A convict in tho Northern Indiana prison
diank alcohol which was bolns used In paint