The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-25

its use any more than dumb ami
mails would be. Nor will it in
any way accelerate the amount
Of mental or manual labors.
Read what that eminent sur
geon, Sir Henry Thompson. once
said: "There is no single habit
in this country which so much
tends to deteriorate the qualities
of the race, and so much disqual-
ifes it for endurance in that COM
petition which in the nature of
things must exist.
AS rule the drinkers iudg
ment is impaired, thus his appe-
tite is uncontrolled and drink
seems to be the god he worships:
and too often it predominates his
own physical condition and that
of his children.
Reason, Judgment, conscience.
pride, self-respect, regard for
loved ones and general good
name are all subordinated for
that god. appetite. Pain, disease,
debility and brevity Of life star
ing him in the face at every step
in his dissipated career seems to
be no barrier in the way of the
drunkard's appetite, regardless
of the value Of a vigorous
stomach. pure blood, healthy
nerves, a clear mind and sound
Judgment.
Why is it that the majority of
drinking men are not as keen Of
perception as the abstainer?:
Because of the enlarged brain
cells above mentioned. Alcohol
in the brain, that great Dome
of thought and palace Of the
SOUL" in its pranks among the
nerves and tissues Of that organ
is as ruthless as the paw OF a
Wall street bear.
The physical benefit Of alcohol
to a man is about as difficult to
find as the jaw to the mouth OF
a volcano or the face to the head
of a river
Strange that with such glaring
facts before US warning US of the
danger of alcoholic 1ndulgence,it
has so many devotees.
But it is only another of the
surprising evidences that differ
ent people arrive at different
conclusions from the same line
of facts before them, just as di-
verse opinions are formed of a
picture when viewed by two diff
ferent individuals. An artist
once showed a gentleman a paint
ing he had just finished. The
gentleman said, "My good sir,
you paint beautifully, you should
never paint anything else than
birds, those ostriches are most
life-like.
The distinguished artist turned
to him saying, "These are not
ostriches, they are angels
If man is to be governed by
appetite, the whole physical sys.
TEN will become dwarfed and
wrecked. Think for moment
what mankind would become II
freed from the early infrmities
and depleted constitutions conse-
quent upon our international IN
dulgences dictated by appetites
and passions, handed down
through the ancestral line, tax
inc new additions in their course
which like the mountain glacier,
will -and-by terminate in one
tremendous avalanche and crash
from it's own accumulated weight.
Providence has ordered that
all animal natures shall thrive,
improve, strengthen and surpass
their. ancestors. But man, by
yielding to appetites and passions
thwarts Gods primary designs
and dwarfs his own kind.
How careful he is to improve
the stock of his dumb animals by
keeping them up to- the demands
of natures wise laws. So too,
have we improved the vegetable
kingdom almost beyond concep-
ton, and still we strive on Tor
greater perfection. But man
alone of all the earth sinks below
his nature by yielding to appe'
tites and passions.