The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-02
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE.
Brilliant Editorial From the New York
American on the Subject of Moderate
Drinking-Alcohol Hinders Digestion
BE Sociabie But Keen Sober


ana against such drinking this paper ha
ever lifted its voice as strenuously as
knew how.
If men will drink. let them drink i
moderation. The whisky habit is an evi
put 1t Is not so much of an evil when in
dulged IN moderately as when it is carrie
to excess
About the logic OF the proposition ther
is no .oom for dispute. No one will thinl
OF questioning it,
Excessive drinking is a bad thing.
nut what about the socaled moderate
drinking That it does one a great deal o
harm TO drink TO excess no one denies. bu
now about the other question: "Does i
10 one no harm 20 drink in moderation"
tai te France for an answer. The Frcncl
people, are not drunkards You might ira
vel oil day in France without finding 1
drunken man. The sot is a rare phnnomc
non in France. And yet for continuous
respectable alcoholism. the screwng.up oI
nerves and heating OF blood day and night
N9eai IN ana wear out, France goes ahead OF
all other COUNTRIES
And what has this habit done for France
France. where drunkards are almost I'm.
I known. where 4 sot is a living curiosity
where 'carce,v any one drinks 10 excess.
out where nearly every one drinks moder
atev?
The answer is given in three words-tu
bereuosis. epilepsy, insanity
One of the most distinguished OF living
Erenchmen VI. Mesureur, Director Of tn.
Department Of Charities Of Paris. is re
Sponsible for the above statement. which
he has had printed in lar,r type on pac.
ards thit are posted up ~ about the gay
canita'.
" " Is q fact worth. thinking about.
Frenehmen and Americans are made ont
o. the same material. and a"r subject to
the sar'e physical laws. and il it is y fact.
- VI Mesureur Gains it -. thai moderate
n'inknc has scattered far md wide in
France th' seeds OF CONSUMPTION. cni,cDsv
arg lnS'Hity. 1t i fair to presume that it
wlii dc the same in this country ii given a
ch1r.rce.
THIS is > GOOD p'ac" to notice tho argr.
me0t. made hy cartoin rc1p,c. that mod.
crate drinki", niIs digestion.
Eo's IT. = b. active clement in tho nro.
cess Known - digestion is peusin. Now. If
Inl. quantity. OF ga astric Juice is PVT into
he't'e' end a,rohol is added to IT, the
..is' seti e. t@ thc oot tom of the bott.c in
To 'hare OF tnc, white powder.
r. oTrch when olc takes Alcoholic E,uor
.l.ccho,, noutra'i2os the effect Of the p-u.
. ~ ~ tle gastric juices. ard as 4 result the
i',,.n, Is r'proper,v digestcd.
, acre ~ another way in which alcohol
"' 11ers DIGESTION.
rour litt'e alcohol r1or il. Won will no.
i''o. vat the. org quickly bcrins to harden.
4, II 1t were, nelng cooked, Something vorv
taken irto tho etomach. 1t hardons the in.
ner coating OF the stoToch-in other words.
llraIr2es the Thousands .of little arms that
=, I"e snnuosed to take hold Of the food and
Upon this ~ltter ~ drink rs on aid TO
DIGESTION SIR Henry Thompson. the great.
esq authority ~ the world on the subiec+
says that alcohol. so far from aiding di.
Eestion oniv obS'ructS aud retards it. and
that the only safe rule is to abstain from
aicnho. Altogether.
cir Hsnrys hoon. Diet in Relation to
snnuI1 read
Is sometimes claimed that tho use OF
whisky promotes socia bility and makes men
co,r,"enial one TO another
we hear this said very often. But did
Won ever stop LONG enough to ask Yourself
tbs question: What sort OF good.fe,low.
snip Is 1t that either cannot or will not
show, itself until it has been given glass
Of whisky
After YOU have GOT that sort Of s0ciubi'.
~, IS 1t worth very much TO you? What
shady compliment it is to vour friend and
Yourself to say that YOU cannot sit down
together and he sociab'c without first ad.
~ N""' Od'nS WIN uflhN.
,an I voh be sorlable ard he soho at the
same tine! Is the sociahility in the qass
Of whisky. or IS it in the sentiments of
thn heart?
But the reply may coro. "The whisky
iimuates orr minds and helps us to bright
thoughts After a glass or two we can
thnlnl; like lightning and talk ike a house
afre'
Yes. But about what docs the whisky
help you to think and talk?
1t is q. very imnortant question. Quality
counts Tor something in this world. espe.
r,ially when we come to the matter of
thought and its expression.
a dozen word. spoken out Of clear
brain mon noble theme are worth
Thousand thrown of in the heat of drinl;
lpon cheap or commonplace matters.