The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-01

demonstrate THIS Iact, ALSO Snat iIs redch
is the most widespread of any evil. Let
me set the matter before you. What is the
object of intemperancef What Is the OBJ
ject of drink? 1t Is the one ingredient con-
tained therein. Were 1t not for this
deadly drug, there would be no more harm
In drinking whisky, brandy, beer or wine
than In drinking water or milk, but 1t Is
the deadly drug, alcohol.
81 ask your attention to widespread
fallacy, that there Is no harm In taking
anything that God has provided. Alcohol
is not God-given gift, but made by man,
and God never intended that they should
make 1t. For instance, we cannot exist
without air. Air is composed of three
parts, each of which Is a deadly poison,
namely nitrogen, OK sgen and carbolic acid
gas, take away one ingredient, and the
others make a deadly poison. The Lord
did not intend us to decompose air. In
much less simple manner, you cannot ex-
tract alcohol without rot. That Is without
fermentation of distilling or both. Alco-
hol can be extracted from most all fruits
and vegetables, but not until you have de-
stroyed the original product, and then
what Is to be done with 1t? 1t Is mingled
with various liquids to drink, and all the
harm is in this, for alcohol Is deadly
poison. All the other poisons put together
do no compare with alcohol, for 1t causes
more mortality among the human race.
"All deaths from other causes are insig-
nificant compared with the number caused
by alcohol. Every year more deaths are
caused by it than in 100 years from natural
causes. What do you think are the
number of deaths caused annually from
this cause, 400? / am speaking now of
the United States. There are 10000 people
killed in this country every year. Is this
not appalling? and the cause is alcohol.
There is no comparison to this. The loss
of life i'm the Civil War was considered
enormous, yet in four years there were but
an average of 10000 killed yearly, while
from alcohol there are 240,00 killed in the
same length of time. This is a most ap-
palling calamity.
"What more is alcohol? 1t is the oppo-
site of everything said about it. i know
that the poor man does not become drunk
to offend his God, neither does he become
drunk to shorten his life. Then why does
he become drunkard? am unable to give
a positive answer to this, but / will say
that / consider it fascination or hypnotic
state which overcomes his Will power, and
it is not matter of his own violation. AS
a mental or mind study 1 cannot express
1t any other way.
''Slavery is the most abject of conditions
and the poorest slave is the slave of intem-
perance. He will invent various excuses
like the other slaves for lwhom druggist
have always to be on their guard, the NOR
phine and cocaine fiends.
"How is the spell to be broken? How is
the delusion to be removed? By restoring
healthy state OF mind. My purpose is to
impress upon your minds the fact that
nothing in the way of drugs can cure you,
but it is quite easy when once done.
sis alcohol nutriment? II SO there
might be a reason for taking it. No. AL
cohol is devoid of the least part of nutri-
ment. God has not made the human sys-
tenn capable of assimilation, and alcohol
Immediately works to that end. A pecu-
liar property Of alchol is that its effect is
immediate.
"It has the power of rising to the brain,
passing through the blood vessels and
muscles"
The speaker then explained in detail the
effect on the tissues and senses. Continu-
ing Father Ryan said: ~ shall not go
further as have said enough to show you
that alcohol is deadly poison"
The physical effects on the stomach,
liver, blood and brain were then explained.
Father Ryan then remarked that "alco-
hol instead Of stopping at physics reaches
the moral health" After remarking on
the results from moral standpoint the
reverend gentleman gave statistics show
ing that of the total number of inmates of
insane asylums, 20 per cent. were there
from the effects Of alcohol.
"But does its effect stop here? No, 1t
goes beyond all this and reaches his re-
ligion." After dwelling on the question
from this standpoint, Father Ryan coD
cluded his remarks by saying that the
greatest drinkers are the good natured,
the men possessed of fine sensibilities, and
the generous minded" At the conclusion
of the lecture the speaker was greeted with
prolonged applause.
The program of the entertainment was
as follows:
P1anO Solo..... ..... .................,..
Miss Kathleen OBrien.
Recitation. ..............
Miss Lottie Larkin.
Address,. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Rev. X. NJ Ryan of Brooklyn.
vocal SOLO,. ............... .........
Mrs. Thomas OBrien.
Violin SOlo........ .............. ........
Master Joseph Hines.