The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-24

passes; soon the bright look fades
away from the boys face, vacant
stare takes its place, and the boy
becomes an idiotic fool. At length the
mother asks the magician to change
him back again. But. to her aston
ishment. this he could not do. He
could turn bright boys into idiots, but
had no power to change idiots into
bright boys
V.-The Warning from Seeing the
Effects.-Vs. 1895. 33. Thine eyes
shall behold strange women" Ex-
pressing the fact that wine excites
lust, and defiles the imagination and
the character. The r. ", and the
margin Of the A. ", have, "shall be-
hold strange things as the drunkard
does in delirium 9emens. And all
the time on the way to this his vision
is perverted. Nothing appears to him
as 1t really is Thine heart shall
utter perverse things" Because the
heart itself becomes 'perverse." Wild
rawlings thy heart shall utter. THE
primary sense Of the verb being to
turn thing upside down, as said so
often of Sodom and Gomorrah. Hence
the noun denoting topsy- -turviness, ut
ter contradictoriness, absurdity, and
wild confusion, the talk of a man in
the delirium tremens. ."-Tayler Lewis.
What ridiculous, incoherent non
sense will men talk when drunk, who
at another time will speak admirably
and to the pointl Henry.
"a. "As he that lieth down in the
midst of the sea" Asleep on vessel.
in the storm, and unconscious Of his
danger. Upon a mast" An
unsteady place. whence he is almost
certain to fall. The drunkard is rep
resented as surrounded by danger,
and yet insensible to his perilous situ-
alton, as a reckless mariner reposing
in frail bark in the midst OF a roll
ing, tempestuous sea; or as a sea-boy,
sleeping soundly in unconscious
security at the masthead, in immi-
nent peril of his life. The drinker
does not believe he is in danger even
when most in danger.
S5. They have stricken me
and was not sick; they have beaten
me, and l felt it not" This is the in
ebriate's contemptuous answer to the
admonitions Of those who warn him
of sickness and wounds. He has been
stricken, and not made sick; he has
been beaten, but he has felt no
bruises. It was but the temporary re-
suits Of a frolic. There is no occa-
sion for being troubled. Advice and
warning are of little use then. The
very drinking habits dull the con-
science and harden the. heart. "The
fool will not learn even by expert
ence." When shall Z 5wake?" Bet
ter, emitting the Interrogation, Wher
shall awake | will see it yet agail.,'
Cook. Il Will seek it yet again -
The picture ends with the words of
the drunkard on waking from his
sleep. He has been unconscious of
the excesses and outrages Of the
night, and his first thought is to re-
turn to his old habit Cook. This
is a true picture. One of the great
est punishments of drunkenness is
this Unsuitable appetite. that, in spite
of all warnings, and in the face of all
consequences, the drunkard returns
again to his cups.
vi. The Flower of Safety.-There
is one safety for the young--Let all
intoxicating drinks alone. There is
no other course that is safe. Do all
you can to promote temperance. Stand
openly and eternally on that side.
Sign the pledge.
How Kipling Became Prohibitions
list. "Rudyard Kipling, whose stories
and poems are read by all the English
speaking world, tells how, in a con-
cert hall in the city of Buffalo, he saw
two young men get two girls drunk
and then lead them reeling down a
dark street. Mr.. Kipling has not been
total abstainer, nor have his writ
ings commended temperance, but of
that scene he writes:
"'Then recanting previous opinion,
/ became prohibitionist. Better it is
that man should go without his beer
in public places, and content himself
with swearing at the narrow-mfnded-
ness of the majority; better it is to
poison the inside with very vile tenn
perance drinks, and to buy lager fur
lively at back doors. than to bring
temptation to the lips of young fools
such as the four had seen. under
stand now why the preachers rage
against drink. have said, There is
no harm in it. taken moderately"
and yet my own demand for beer help
ed directly to send these two girls
reeling down the dark street to-God
alone knows what end. If liquor is
worth drinking, it is worth taking a
little trouble to come at-such as a
man viii undergo to compass his own
desires. 1t is not good that we should
let it lie before the eyes of children.
and have been fool in writing to
the contrary. Anon.
Get all to sign the pledge. This
Is one OF the most effective ways Of
promoting Temperance.