The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-04
10Th CENTURY
CURSE 1T is
Cocaine Strongly Condemned As 1t is
ussd By Many People in This
Section of Country.

cocaine is used by many of our people
have been informed by taose who
ought 10 know, that the sales of thi:
drug nave increased enormously in tn,
last few years, and are sun increasing
When administered intelligentiy by a
competent physician, it is truly bless
4 ing to mankind. But wnen used as q
!, dope by men and women indiscriminate.
lly, to render a temporary oblivion; to
enable them to forget for a short time
their weaknesses, their faults, their
sins, their sufferings and their sorrows.
But at what cost to them in the
lendi On, what costs
Regaining consciousness again with
every nerve vibrating and unstrung, wit
erery fibre of their being calling out
More. More,,- and taat continued
from day to day, when the drug can be
obtained, until there is nothing left but
a miserable, meek, mentally morally
and physically, of wat was created in
Gods own image. It is a curse. Oh,
lpity them, and reach out neIHng hand
to these poor birth marked human souls.
There is good and bad in every
human heart, and it is the struggle of
life to conquer the bad with me good"
We have all our little weaknesses,
our pet sins, and some Of us are trying
to:-
"Atone for the sins we are Inclined to,
by condemning the sins We nave no
mind TO-"
And are tempted to cry out. in our
spirit of self.righteousness, awe thank
God that We are not as otner men
or even as this publican"
This writer deserves no special credit
because ne has never used the drug.
lsimply for the reason that ne has never
been tempted in that direction. He mas
suffered much though. and is perfectly
aware of his many faults, and is con-
seious of the beam that is in mis- own eye
that he must remove before mis- bro
tner's; no doubt some one will cry out
Physician, heal myself.
There often comes over MIN these
words of the poet:
In men whom men pronounce as Ill,
find so much of goodness still,
In men whom men pronounc9.divine,
find 50 mich of sin and blot;
hesitate to draw the line
Between the two, when God has not.
| There is good in every one of these
human souls with the birthmark we are
aiismoull.d from the same clay. Some
Of these are poor, some of them are
homeless. Then let MS remember tae
Masters words: Foxes have holes;
birds of the air have nests; but tae son
of man hath not where to lay mis- head. p
| honestly believe that every, reputa-
bic druggist in the state win be glad
Ito see some legal restriction put upon
the promiscuous sale OF this destroyer
of manhood and womanhood, this demon
which makes mockery. OF the God given
human brain, and is a blighting, blast
ling, whitening curse and is no respecter
lof persons, race or color. Can we not
help these poor souls and DO something.
belt ever 50 littlel to eradicate the
abusesof this really valuable remedy for
tn alignment of human suffering. Let
US BE- as least charitable, remembering:
Charity siffereth long and is kind;
Charity envieta not; charity vaunteth
mot Itself and Is not pulled up :
thinketn no. evil and is not easily pro-
voked.' 81.
Our own lives must be spotless, and
Jour daily walk mighty immaculate be-
fore We attempt to push out hess for
tunate neighbor down the HILL, lest he
turn upon us, encasei in our self.rigaf.
locus armor, and smite US through the
joints of our harness. Then let US try
to feach out a helping hand to put on
therlrakes, before IL is too late. How
many of us could survive the ordeal, ~
Jour. 1earts were laid bare, AMI our sec.
lret lives were exposed, naked to the
worlaf How many? An, how many?
When some one of our friends starts
upon downward course, course dia-
metrically opposed to that of which he
gave every Indication of following; We
are 50 pronesto overlook all the good
that is in MIN, seeing only his faults
as through magnifying glass, counting
them by vote to cast into his teeth.
lis no wonder he cries out with all the
fervor and agony Of bursting heart:
'EWnere are ye, my faithful friends :
Friends of my sunny days.
lGonei Gone /! like dust before the blast
Or chaff before the blaze
1 When we meet brother then who
is slipping backward. let 1t be heart to
heart, pulse-beat to pulse-beat, anl by
a hsnd-clasp, a gentle word. look. soul
speaking to soul, let MIN know that ",
fare his friends. There are many noble
Il mon and rranan 1rho la,,o t>oox -