St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-18
SUCCESS AND FAILURE,
some DO Up and Other. Per.
eaetently Go Down.

- - - oA&0 kSUI
sistently Go Down.
Arc Patent II Oae VIM 0.I
rams to Nets the Habits
eaA Assoc1atioas q the
Individual
-. - following discourse. de.lin,
causes of the success or fail
men In their lives. was deliv
49, 49, ~ Rev. T. Dewitt Talmare /,
.snsnRton. His text was:
~ .nsA clap their hands at him and aha,
= ooe OF mis- place.-Job XVII, a
- ailusion seems to be dramatic
= niDle more than once makes xncI
...es'onA Paul says. 1--WE are mad,
snosser or spectacle to angels and y
II ID evident from the t=xt th.,
oeae Of the habits Of theater.goe-,
49, aown In Jobs time, because hs
oes m actor hissed on the stage
ampersonator comes on the board,
80 either through lack Of study d
s.s psrt ne Is to take or inaptncss OF
1 ancapacity, the audience is Of.
4s, and expresses its disapproba-
49, ma disgust by. kissing. Men
sheir hands at him and shall hiss
ont Of his place.
text suggests that each one Of
j, > pat on the stage Of this world to
.e some part What hardship and
nes1nG and discipline great actors
neve undergone year after wear that
10y might be perfected in their part..
nase often read. But we, put on
- asA&S Of this life to represent
V and faith and humility and
- and helpfulness little prep
Ataon we have made, although We
Ave three galleries of spectators,
rth and Heaven and hell! Have
We not been moro attentive to the
t1 taken by others than to the part
eea by ourselves. and, while we
seoed to be looking 1T home and con-
: eess9eang on our own duty, we have
fitfcising the other performer,
4eaying: THAT was too hieh." or
low." or too tame" or "too
oeDoustrativc, while we ourselves
Were making dead failure and pre-
laFing to be iRnominiously Missed on
tno stage? Each one is assigned =
Peecsi no supernumeraries hanging
!. around the drama of life to take this
e that or the other part, Is they NAV
= called upon. No one can take our
piacA Neither can we put on our
chafscter: no change Of apparel can
ak0 ~ anyone else than that which |
- eternally are.
Many make = failure Of their part in |
the drama Of life through dissipation. |
They have enough intellectual eouip-
nent and good address and geniality
anbounded. But they have . wine
Sioeet that contains all the forces for |
their social and business and moral
overthrow. So far back u the wear
- King Edgar Of England made q
Iaw that the drinking cups should
Aave pins fastened ut = certain point
y tho side, 20 that the indulger might
g reminded to stop before he got to
ehe bottom. But there arc no pins
projecting from the side Of the mod
er1- wtne cup or beer mug, and the
1rst point ut which millions stop ia
at the gr1velly bottom Of their own
grave DR.. Sax. OF France, has
discovered something which all
drinkers ought to know. He has
3oand out that alcohol. in every shape.
whether Of wine or brandy or beer.
contains parasitic life called bacillus
potunaAfae. BY = powerful micro
pcope these living things are discov-
orod, and when You take strong drink
yoa take them into the stomach and
into your blood. and getting into the
crianson canals OF life, they 70 into !
every tissue Of your body, and your ,
snttre organism II taken possession Of /,
b. these noxioue indnitesimals. When ,
ID delirfum trcmens . man sees evcry /
1oFn Of reptilian life, It seems Il is :
oaly these parasites OF the brain !
b exaggerated size. It is not a !
that tho victim Is I
In1Rsring from. He only secs in the
roO0 what ts actually crawling and Z
rioting in his own brain. Every time !
voa take strong drink you swallow
Ehese ma3gots, and every time tho inn i
biher of alcohol in any shape feels :
vertigo or rheumatism or nausea it is n
,nly the jubilee Of these maggots. .
E1orts arc being made for the dis \
,ovefy Of some geruaicide that can !
Ill tho parasites Of alcoholism, but :
he only thing that will ever extir- !
peto them Il abstinence from alcohol !,
md teetotal abstinence, TO which 1
scald before God swear all these
voun8 men and old.
America ID . fruitful country, and We =
a1so large crops Of wheat and corn I:
II oats. but the largest crop we raise n
! thls country is the crop OF drunk I,
lrda With sickle made out Of the h
|harp edges of the broken glass Of b
Doe4les and demijohns they are cut
loun, and there are whole swathes Of Il
aem, whole winrows Of them, and It a
akos III the hospitals and penitcn- Il
3axiog and graveyards and cemeteries h
) hold this harvest Of hell. Some Of >,
you are going down under this evil, 81
nd the never-dying worm Of alcohol .,
N has wound around you one Of its Is
,oils, and BY next New Years diay it !,
III have another coil around you, and ',
viii AFTER awhile put . coil around =,
onr tongue and coil around your p
rain and : coil around your lung !,
"a coil around yoar foot and . coil 4
roand your heart and so1ne day this i
worm will with one spring 4
|ehhsn I'll the coils 1t once, and ia :.
- 1ast twist Of that awful convolu- \,
= yoa viii cry out: 'tOh, my God!" !
a = eooe. The greatest Of drama Il
- & The tragedy Of The Tempest" hi
nj staggering across the stage "
the drunken butler; but "
- fhe stage Of human life strong hi
~ eends kingly and queenly and q
.a>ealv nnkures sta99erin1 forwnrd n
gains6 he footlights Of conspicuity cl
- ia staggering back into failure u
n ~ world Is impatient for their !,
and human and dia- Ii
~ vcices Join in hissing them or o.
= otnGe. 81
1fnny also make : failure In tho j
- q h1e through incidence. They .
- .a,raNa making calcnlafinns hnH =.