Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-04

Vi tDlS uuuefS eyes, aS Il DOOR, lit
frightened sparrow might tremble al
crouch until she falls into the one
mouth OF the blacksnake which bf
charmed her. We find that even a fe
OF the ministers who fill the pulpits
the gospel OF Jesus Christ are terrO
lied by the sight Of the serpent of II
toxicatiOn, because the rich brewe
may be the president OF the board @
trustees or the wealthy distiller's fan
lily may be the largest contributors [
the financial support OF the church
The curse OF sinful intoxicants is UNI
versal; therefore all Christian people
and that includes you and me-shoul,
band themselves together for It's ex
tlnction. We should deal with the ser
pent OF strong drink In the same wa,
the travellers over the western prairie
deal with the rattlesnakes. There 4
Is universally obeyed law that ever,
man shall kill every rattlesnake b,
may see. 1t ought also to be a uni
versally obeyed Christian law that ev
cry Christian should strike at the hid
eous head Of the Satanic adder of in
toxication whenever it reveals itself
or lifts its fatal poisonous fangs to
strike
There are four distinct reasons for
hating this serpentine evil Of lntoxi.
cants, four distinct reasons to wage
against 1t unsparlng and relentless
warfare. The first Is because the SER
pent Of intOXicants destroys a mans
brain. dethrOning his reason and utter
ly running his mental capacity for any
kind OF important work. AS q mer-
chant he will enter into wildcat spec
ulations until often his whole fortune
Is swept away. AS physician he will
unfit himself for the sickrOom. AS
lawyer he Will ruin his practice, be-
cause he can no longer plead In the
courtroom as he once could plead. And
everywhere the cry will be raised
about this poor. drunken mental wreck.
no matter In what sphere Of life he
may live: Make wayl Make way!
Leave him alone! He drinks! He
lrinksw
When a man begins to drink intoxi.
ANTS. his mental usefulness is ineyita.
'ly weakened. The temperance lectur.
RS sometimes neglect to press home
his appalling fact when they dwell
lpon the vast amount of money which
annually spent In a national liquor
Ill. They tell us that one seventy-ffth
+ all the American race Is every year
In the manufacture and the
ale OF intoxicants. They assert that
9OO,OOO.OO0 is spent annually for ac-
ursed drink. They affirm that a great
rmy Of over $4,000 men and women
wing In the city Of Chicago devote
heir entire time to running the places
evil resorts which are chiefly kept
pen through the influence of strong
rink. The amount spent every year
pom national LIQUOR bill is Appalling,
ut that is one Of the least Of the evils.
ANY a rich man could easily AFFORD
spend $1,000 or $4,000 or even 800.
10 annually for liquors II the evil end
there. But no man, not even John
Rockefeller, rich as he is, can af-
rd to drink intoxicating liquors.
hen a man Is addicted to strong
ink, he is heading toward mental as
ell as physical depletion and annIhi.
ton.
Farreaehing Results of Drink.
The evil results OF q mans mind
ng weakened by intoxicants are very (
reaching. We read with amaze
ent how boa constructor can swal. {
W down a calf or kid or deer ap- I
rently five times wider than the ]
tural size of the serpent's throat.
It every country boy has seen the |
me phenomenon upon small scale. i
snake with throat hardly larger q
In your little finger will give chase t
a large, fat toad. 1t will then gather O
'ether the two hind legs OF the toad I
j by suction slowly draw the whole S
1y down its throat and into the q
mach. Then. II the country boy I
j pick up the snake by the tail and o
lp him as he would q whipcord, the q
pent's mouth will open and the toad b
] be elected. alive and well, as was b
lab when thrown from the mouth G
the big fish after he had been j.
aging for three days In its internal a
ity. But, though the student Of a
pentology may wonder at the size ?,
a big toad which a small snake is
2 to swallow. his wonderment ought q
'e as nothing compared to the utter in
)nishmeDt with which he sees the al
e meal which the serpent Of in m
cation can swallow after the brain G
its victim has been wrecked by di
ng drink. Without any apparent pt
rt 1t can swallow down the mer- tn
nts store, the minister's pulpit, the
yers Office, the surgeons operating th
e, the mechanics bench, the en- 70
er's engine. the sea captains ship. al
, mark you, In order that the Sol CT
ME serpent may accomplish this Gle
ronomic feat Its victim does not lie
; to be intoxicated all the time. un
that the minister has to do to lose po'
pulpit is to reel as a drunkard- Gh
once. All that the engineer has ten
o to wreck his train is 10 be drunk trit
1t ouce. All the physician has to dru
D make a wrong diagnosis and kill to
patient Is to be drunk-just once. tax
recount, therefore. Of the becloud- hou
Of mans intellect and the un- stol
ng Of the human reason through the
influence OF the wine cup | hate VIII,
Solomonic adder with an intense hay
d. l hate it with unutterabie OF
ing. l hate 1t as God wants ev- the
christian to hate sin. y
serpent Of lntoxication can de- We
a mans heart as well as his head. Ions
cad of bridegroom who took his the
: bride to cabin upon the hill. ana
Of the Rocky mountains. The gret
! husband unknowingly built his Pill
over a den Of snakes. After the witt
ed couple had retired for the beSt