The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-18
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF MTEMPERANcE.
b Texas Rather and tho Whisky Bot
tls-why One Poison Overcomes the
1ths7-He Who Drinks No Rum will
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de-why One Poison Ovsrcomes the
0thsT-He Who Drink No Kum wtll
Succeed Better In Lie.
Those who imagine themselves TO be
friends OF whisky are very fond Of quoting
the fact that whisky is used a. an antidote
often the best accessible remedy. The
most effective remedy in the case Of IN
overdose OF morphine is a violent beating.
Yet that does not make q violent beating
attractive in the eyes OF a sane man.
Certainly crude whisky is a very appro-
pirate remedy for the bite OF a rattle
snake. The two 60 very well together.
Both are venomous and deadly. But for
the rattlesnake it may at least be said
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 that its
! victim il often deceived to the very last
and. believing himself perfectly safe. takes
no precaution to save himself. while every
BODY else knows that he is done for.
The nan bitten by a RATHER has no false
ideas about the probable result. He knows
bad that the man bitten by the whisky
bottle could not get as prompt and clear
an idea OF his actual condition.
II a man jokinaiy praises whisky as q
beneicent agent because it ovcrcomes tho
! effect OF a snakes bite. tell him why the
whisky offsets the ~rattler's Poison.
The bite Of a rattlesnake injects into tho
| blood a poison which deadcns the hearts
action. and which under certain conditions
so interferes with the heart and the circu-
lation az 10 destroy life.
Whisky il good for a rattlesnake bite
| because whisky lashes the heart to despcr-
ate activity.
ii a rattlesnakc bites you and you can
not secure the help Of a doctor, or some
sensible heart %stimulant, by all means 6l
yourself with whisky-using one enemy to
kill of another temporarily more danger
Gus.
| makes the whisky useful in combination
with a rattlesnake poison 10 destructive TO
the heart and the brain under normal con-
dit:ons? If you were pursued by a fero-
cious animal you would lash your horse to
it, highest speed. regardless Of conse-
uuences. Bat what would become OF your
horse. how long would it last. II dashed
and goaded to high speed every day OF its
life?
The man who habituallv drinks whisky,
or who drinks occasionally to excess. In
\ lutntnp his own mart, cNuduSttuk uS 1--WE
vitality and drawing on his W future.
The American suffers especially from
this whisky habit. because he takes his
whisky crude. practically undiluted in
| cocktails or otherwise. and very often on
| an empty stomach-thus sending the alco-
hol directly into tho heart and brain.
Let the whisky drinker take q mouthful
Of raw whisky and see how long he can
hold il in his mouth. let him look at the
second hand Of = watch and see II he can
hold 4 mouthful Of whisky even for q
minute. 49,.
Before the minute il up bis mouth will
burn-and he will swallow the whisky Ito
get rid Of IT," Much better spit it out and
| end the whisky drinking then and there.
The nerves Of taste and smell are 70 ad-
justed as to protect our stomachs against
| dangerous food and drink. But the
whisky drinker tosses down his throat q
fiery connection that would burn his mouth
IL he held IL there for a minute. and as he
tosses back his head and swallows the POI.
sor he customari!y remarks: .
'rHere's luck" or "Hanpy days"
Among all ~saysings III men none 10 az
preposterously and pathetica!ly untrue a.
those which accompany the drinking OF
crude whisky. Manv a poor creature takes
his drink with a SILVER. and mutters his
"happv DAYS" while his wife and children
are suffering at horne. ami while every
BODY knows that luckily fo- them hiS mis-
cradle davs are drawing to- a close.
II il whisky and its fellows. gin. brandy
and the rest. that make the drlnkards.
, We believe that the man that has the
strength OF mind to drink nothing will sue
coed best in this world. We all know
| that in this country. where whisky drink
inc prevails. the drinking of milder alco-
holic stimulants leads almost inevitably to
whisky in the end.
We saw to a young man: II YOU drink
YOU will probably fai!-and every man who
! drinks whisky will tell YOU this. IL he tells
you the truth.-Editorial in the New York
/ Evening Journal.