The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-02

er sex. That ycnpg man or young
woman csn, by light literary and
MORAL improvement OF the spare ten
minutes here or there every day, rise
head sud shoulders in prosperity ard
character ard influence above the
iouneers who read nothing, or read
that which bedwarfS. See all the for
estS Of coed American literature drip.
ping with honey. Why pick up the
honey combs that have in them the
6sry bees which will sting you with
sn eterDai poison while you taste il?
O2e book may COR you or me decide
everything FOR this world and The
LEX. It was turning point with
me when in a bookstore ii Syracuse
one dav I picked up ocok called
The BesutieS OF Ruskin. It was
only book Of extrsctS. but il was al
rure honey, and | was rot satisfied
until l purchased all his works, al
that tins expensive beyond an easy
capacity TO own them. and with Whist
delight went through residing his
Seven Lamps OF Architecture and
bis Stones Of Venice" it IS impossible
for me 10 describe except by saying
that it gave ne rapture for good
books and an everlasting disgust for
decrepit or immoral books that will
las. NE while my lie lasts. AL
around The church and the world to.
day there are busy hives OF intelli.
gence occppied by authors and au.
;ncressss from whose pen drip distil
lation which is the very nectar OF
heaven, srd why will you thrust our
rod of !, ouisitiveness into the death
ful ssccbarire OF perditicn?
Stimulating liquids also come into
the category of emptstion delicious.
but desthfpl. You say, u cannot
bear the taste of Intoxicating liquor,
ard how any man can like ii is TO me
sn amazement Well, then, it is no
credit that you do not take it. Do not
bras about your total abstinence, be
cause ii is not from any principle that
you reject alcoholism, but for the rea.
son that you reject certain styles OF
food-you simply don't like the taste
of them. But multitudes of people
have nstural fondness for all kinds
OF intoxicants. They like so much
that it makes them smack their lips tc
look at It. They are dyspeptic, and
they ike to aid digestion; Or they are
annoyed by insomnia, and they take
to produce sleep; or they are troubled,
and they take it to make them obliv
ious; or they feel happy, and they
must celebra:e their hilarlty. Thew
begin with mint julep sucked through
two straws on the Long Branch piazza
ard end in the ditch, taking from
jag LIQUID half kerosene and hsl
whikey- They not only like it, but il
is an all consuming passion Of body,
mind and soul, ana after awhile have
it they will, though one wineglass OF
It should cost the temporal and eternal
destruction Of themselves and all their
families and the whole human race.
They would say, ~ am sorry it is 60:
ing to cost me and my family and all
the worl's population so very much,
but here it goes to my lips, and now
let it roll over my parched tongue and
down my heated throat, the sweetest
and most inspiring the most delicious
draft that ever thrilled human
frame" To cure the habit before il
comes to its last stages various plans
were tried IN olden times. This plan
was recommended in the books.
When man wanted to reform, he
put shot or bullets into the cup or
glass o. strong drink-oae additional
Shot or bullet each day that displaced
so much liquor. Bullet after bullet
added day by day, of course the liquor
became less until the bullets would
entirely 6ll up the glass, and there
was no room for the liquid, and by
that time it was said the inebriate
would be cured. Whether any one
ever was cured in that way I know
not, but by long experiment It is
found that the only way is to stop
short off, ard when a man does that
be needs God to help him, and there
have been more cases than you can
count when God has so helped the
man that be left off the drink forever,
and could count score Of them,
some OF them pillars in the house OF
GID.
One would suppose that men would
take warning from some Of the omin.
Gus names given to the intoxicants
and stand off from tie devastating in
duencs. You have noticed, for in.
stance, that some Of the restaurants
are called The Shades, typical of the
fact that it puts mans reputation in
the shade, and his morals in the shade,
and his prosperity in the shade. and
his wife and children in the shade. and
his immortal destiny IL the shade.
Now, I find on some OF the liquor
signs in all our cities the words
''Old Crow" nightly suggestive OF
the carcass and the filthy raven that
swoops upon it "Old Crow Men
and women without numoer slain of
rum. but unburied, and this evil is
pecking at their glazed eyes, and
pecking at their destroyed manhood
and womannoo5, thrusting beak and
CLAW 1uLO LuS WOftSI TSuatuS Cl villa!
was once gloriously alive, but now
morally dead. "Old Crow But,
alas, how many take no warning
They make me think OF Caesar on his
way to assassination, fearing nothing,
though his Statue in the hail crashed
into fragments ST his feet and ascroll
containing the names OF the conspira-
tors was thrust into his hands, yet
walking right en- to NEE! the dagger
that was to take his life. This infatu.
alton OF strong drink is so ieaty in
many 8 man that, though MS fortunes
are crashing, and his health is crash
irg, and his domestic interests are
crashing, and We hand him a long
scroll containing the names OF perils
that await him, he goes straight on to
physical and mental and moral assas
sinstion. In proportion as any style
OF alcoholism is pleasant to your taste
and stimulating to your nerves and
for time delightful 10 all your phys
ical and mental constitution is the