The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-05
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE.
The Texas Eatticr and tho whisky Bot.
tie-Why One Poison Overcomes the
Othe:.-He who Drinks No Rum Will
Succeed Yetter in Life.


Those VINO. imagine themselves to be
friends OF whis IS are very fond oil quoting
the TACT that whisky is used as an antidote
to the bite OF ratt.esnake. Perhaps it is
often the best accessible remedy The
most effective remedy in the case of an
overdose of morphine is violent beating.
act that does not make a violent beating
attractive III the eyes of a sane man.
Certainly crude whisky is a very appro.
pirate remedy for the bite of rattle.
snake. The two go very well together.
both are venomous and deadly. But for
the rattlesnakc it may at least be said
that he gives his victims fair warning
He sounds his rattle. exhibits his fangs
and makes no secret of the fact that he
strikes to kill. Whisky works in a sly
lying way 1t lies so successfully tha. its
victim is often deceived to the very last
and. believing himself perfectly safe, takes
no preeaution to save himself. while every.
body else knows that he is done for.
The man bitten by rattler has no false
IDEAS about the probable result. He knows
that he Is i'll danger of his life. 1t is too
bad that the man bitten by the whisky
bottle could not get as prompt and clear
m idea Of his actual condition.
II man jokingiy praises whisky as a
benehcent agent because it overcomes the
effect of . snakes bite. tell him why the
whisky Offsets the rattler's poison.
The bite of a rattiesnaie injects into the
b'ood a poison which deadens the hearts
action, and which under certain conditions
so interferes with the heart and the circu.
latior as to destroy life.
Whisky is good for a rattlesnake bite
because whisky lashes the heart to desper.
itn activity.
II rattlesna;e bites YOU and YOU can.
not secure the help of doctor. or some
sensible heart stimulant, by all means fill
Yourself with whisky-usng one enemy to
kill of another temporarily more danger
OuS.
But don't yon see that the action which
makes the whisky useful in combination
18th rattlesnake poison is destructive to
two heart and the brain under normal con-
dit'ons: II YOU were pursued by fero-
olous animal you would lash your horse to
it, highest speed. regardless of conse-
nucnces. But what would become of your
horse. how long would it last. ii lashed
life?
The man who habituallv drinks whisky,
or who drinks occasionally to excess. is
laShinr his own heart. exhausting his own
vitality and drawing on his own future
The American suffers especially from
this whisky habit because he takes his
whisky. crude. practically undluted in
cock ,ai,S or otherwise, and very often on
IN crNptv stomach-thus sending the alco-
lol directly into the heart and brain.
Let the whisky drinker take mouthful
nj raw whisky and see how long he can
hold il in his mouth Let him look at the
second hand Of watch and see if he can
hold n mouthful OF whisky even for one
MINUTE.
Before The minute is mp his mouth will
Surn-1nd hn viii swallow the whisky "to
get rid of it," Much better spit it out and
end the whisky drinking then and there.
The nerves OF taste and smell are so ad-
iustcd az to protect our stomachs against
dangerous food and drink, Rut the
whisky drinlier tosses down his throat a
iery concoctio1 that would burn his mouth
If he held it there for minute. and as he
tosses back his head and swallows the poi
son he customarily remarks:
Here's luck or "Hanpy days"
Among all saysings of men none is as
nreposterously and patheticallv untrue as
rude whisky. MANY a poor creature takes
his drink with shiver, and mutters his
happy DAYS" while his wife ard children
are suffering at home. and while every
body knows that luckily for them his mis-
srable davs are drawing to a close.
II is whisky and its fellows, gin, brandy
and the rest. that make the drunkards.
We believe that the man that has the
strength of mind to drink nothing will sue
iced best in this world. We all know
hat in this country. where whisky drink
NO prevails, the drinking of milder alco-
1o,ic stimulants leads almost inevitably to
whisky in the end.
We say to a young man: II YOU drink
whisky YOU carry heavy handicap and
cou will probably fail-and every man who
drinks whisky will tell YOU this if he tells
cou the truth-Editorial in the New York
Evening Journal.