The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-10-01
ingersoll on Alcohol.

dressing a jury in a case which in
volved the manufacture of alcohol.
made his terrible arraignment of the
demon. 1t is marvellous piece of
word painting and has been publish
ed many times. We reprint it so that
our readers may have a complete
copy:
i am aware that there is prejudice
against any man who manufactures
alcohol. | believe that from the
time it issues from the coiled and
poisonous worm in the distillery
until it emptIes into the jaws of
death, dishonor and crime, that it
demoralizes everybody that touches
it, from it's source to where it ends.
| do not believe anybody can com
template the object without being
preludiced against the liquor crime.
All we have to do, gentlemen, is to
think of the wrecks on either bank
of the stream of death, of the sui
cides, of the insanity, of the ignor-
ance, of the destitution, of the little
children tugging at the faded and
withered breast of the weeping and
despairing mothers, of wives asking
for bread, of the men of genius it
has wrecked, the men struggling
with imaginary serpents, produced
by this deyiiish thing; aud when you
think of the iails, of the almshouses,
of the asylums, of the prisons, of the
scaiTolds upon either bank, l do not
wonder that every thoughtful man
is preiudiced against this damned
stuff called alcohol. Intemperance
cuts down youth in its vigor, man
hood in its strength, old age in its
weakness. 1t breaks the fathers
heart, bereaves the doting mother,
extingUishes natural affection, erases
cojugal love, blots out filial attach
ment, blights parental hope, brings
down mourning age in sorrow to the
grave. 1t produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, not health; death,
not life. 1t makes wives widows;
children orphans; fathers fiends, and
all Of them paupers and beggars. 1t
feeds rheumatism, invites cholera,
imports pestilence and embraces con-
sumption. 1t covers the land with
idleness, misery, crime. 1t fills your
jails, supplies your almhouses, and
demands your asylums. 1t engenders
controversies, fosters quarrels cher
ishes riots. 1t crowds your peniten-
tiaries and furnishes victims for your
scaholds. 1t is the life blood of the
gambler, the element of the burglar,
the prop OF the highwayman, and the
support OF midnight incendiary. Ii
countenances the liar; respects the
thief, esteems the blasphemer. It VIC
lates obligat on, reverences fraud,
and honoss infamy. 1t defames be-
nevolence. hates love, scorns virtue
and ISLANDERS innocence. Ii incites
the father TO butcher his offspring,
helps the husband to massacre his
wife aud the child to grind the par
ricida! ak. 1t burns up men, con-
sumes women, detests life, and curses
God; despises heaven. 1t subOrns
witnesses, nurses perjury, defiles the
jury box, strains judicial ermiue. 1t
degrades the citizen, debases the
legislature, dishonors statesmen, and
disarms the patriot. l. brings shame,
not honor: terror, not safety, de-
spair misery, not happiness; and
with the manevolence of a fiend it
calmly surveys it's frightful Gesola
ton and unsatiated havoc. It pois-
ons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals,
bligbts confidence, Stays regulations,
and wipes out national honor, then
curses the world and laughs at its
ruin. 1t does all that, and more. 1t
murders the soul. 1t is the sum of
all viiiainies, the father of all crimes,
the mother of all denominations, the
devil best friend, and Gods worst
enemy.
Dizziness. loss OF appetite, hatu-
lency and nausea are all connected
with dyspepsia or Indigestion. Her
bioe viii give prompt relief. Price
so cts. City Drug Store, W. B.
Frame.
The grand jury at Newkirk, Okla.
has returned an Indictment against
Oscar Taylor, as accessory in the
escape of Clyde Mattox. Taylor ha:
been nlaced under 81 900 bond.
After Dinner.
Take one of Beggs' Little Giants
The pleasant after dinner pill cures
indigestion. City Drug Store anC