The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-02
w. T.U. MN.


Alcshellc Me6icatles.
Alcohol is born Of decay and dc
composition. Il 10 dsceitful and
vilulent poison and 10 often used In
connection with other drugs. Alco-
|hol beuumbs sensation and it. &C
|tion upon the red corpuscles, which
take up oxygen in the blood and
conveys il through the body, him
|ders these little messengers from
fully purifying the system. Alco-
IDOL shrivels and hardens these little
cells 90 that they cannot take up -
much oxygen - they otherwise
would. II likewise weakens the
heart structure. These arc . lew
Ioi the many reasons Why alcohol 10
dangerous % . medicine, given By
| Mrs. Martha N. Allen in her able
booklets on that subject. But let
| us look around % and ses the harm
wrought BY alcoholic medication on
our scqusintances and then draw
Jour own inferencee.
A delicate babe bad contracted Q
slight fever. The alarmed mother
hastily called . physician. He
mixed some medicine with alcohol
l and gave it 10 the child. Tne un-
diluted autidote might have been
|beusacial, bat the poisonous alco-
hol blassd through the soft imma.
|turs tissues Of The infant like . 81
,lmoon over young tender herbage.
1.-The child soon 10y cold in death.
,|"I cannot give up my bsbyI"
|shrieksd tho mother, He bad %
many pretty, loving little ways,
.Iall the time be SCENE near me, and
Iyst when Try 70 clasp him to my
'|aching hsaEt ny arms ere empty"
Thus with many tsars and moana
|shs gave the child back TO Heaven.
i But King Alcohol laughed deris-
lively. "Hal hal hal What fools
.lthese moytals bel Il was that
Ipoisoued the delicate babe. King
-Ibatan could not have dsadensd the
!tsndsr thing quicker. Had the in
, liant bssn tougher, might have
left him life with some painful and
lingering disease. Had be beer
!unccmmonly coarse and uncom'
. a|monly strong, / might have given
!. .Ihim . lasting appetite for myself 10
all my dsceitful disguises. | might
i.Ihsve made cruelty % active through
loot his nature that he would never
TRY % relieve human suffering.
might have given him such . pro.
|psnsity for blood that he would
q never Be influenced BY humans. SEN
'Itimsnt. In this way help on
liking Satan's affairs on earth more
adroitly than in any other manner. =
i A tired middle aged worker came
Ito his home 1t the beginning ol
Twilight. The days business con
Itlict he'd seemed 70 him very hard
land disagreeable. Pr0wling eyes
|nsd Rlared ct him with wolfish
spite. Sharp, harsh words bad
!. rasped bis ears and angsred biz
mind. He forgot Christ's patiencs
|undes unkind treatment and rstoEt
led ficrcsly, like . Wild animal, and
Tonight he Vas % fatigued that b
|could scarcely breathe. mix me
: soothing powder in . little alco
|bol." be beds his wife - soon q
|hs was within doors. She hastil,
Ioomplisd with bis rqusst, and wbel
lhs complained oi bis heart che let
him 20 bed. He rapidly grew wors'
land ssnt for . doctor, who likswis'
'.lpree cribed alcoholic medicine. HI
n|iivsd Lut Z lev days longer AM
:. sa.|lsarued men pronounced bic dsatl
iiI ! case Of ''hsazt failure" "Heav
-Ienly Fathsr," cried the agonise'
widow, "who is 70 care for my help
|less children and myssli?"
Bot King Alcohol again laughed
"Hal hal ha! These mortsls ar
nothing unless ridiculous. Tha
Imsn wss we'll enough, but he liket
|me-believed that | was neceeeaS.
Ito his hsGllhl ] dsceitfully weak
|ened his heart structure. lodeed
I en- responsible for many hsa'
failures.
A housskseper bod beeome =
|exhsusted that she ooAed hon heal
to.fooe whom il was . Iast 6aished
IHer husband kept intoxicaats il
lhis cellar, for hs was . politiciai
|end used 70 cay that issoegoed kq
|uors acre political mschinssy oil
. She had wondered 70 - men qua
=. Ibis frey stun q their table, an
.hough many Of them grew mud
|dled 10 their rsasoning, they AWAY
Voted q her husband directed
. She coocloded 70 strengthen be.