Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-22

drinking. More than half the cases
of insanity III Amer ca to-day
are The direct results OF alcoholic
excesses. There is 10 form of in-i
sanity known 10 he experts .f To-
day that cannot be- caused by al
cohol.
Beer-drinking may and often
does cause one of the most hidt Gus
forms of insanity, known as
maj ia. The patient imagiles that
he is wealthy, prominent and
D, sstsfed of unlimited strength.
If one dare disturb th-se pleasant
thoughts be is attacked by the
maniac. And woe 10 the person
of inferior strength, for in the
battle with a madman there is nc
appeal either to mercy or reason
Beer-drinking causes q form oi
insanity known as nj lancholia.
The patient is sad and depressed,
and often tries to commit suicide.
Another form of insanity that If
sometimes caused by beer-drink-
ing is known as dipsomania. The
patient manifests at certain times
An uncomfortable desire for al
coholicdrinks. During these peri
DDS be will murder if necessary
in order to crafty his desires. 1t
is hereditary.
Delirium Tremens is a tempo
rary form of insanity due alone
to alcoholic excuses. TI nearly
every case The patient has visions
of demons, vipers, etc that strik"
terror to his soul. Seventeen per
cent of the patients die.
No heer drinker thinks that he
will ever rave behind asvlum
bars. 1t NAV never coma to that.
but scientific experiments show
conclusively that beer weakens
the brain.
We have now arrived at the
most important side of mans
nature, his moral side. One of the
first signs of moral degeneration
is the loss of will power. The will.
like Tho muecl"s, is strengthened
by exercise. Today we refu;e to
eat focd that we do not need and
to-morror it is easier to repeat the
act. But If to-day, we do anything
for the mnre qualification of our
sppetltes tomorrow il is harder
for ne to resist the sam" telnpta-
ton. If we never exercise the will
it dies. And with the loss of will
power there goes the loss of char
actpr, for the will is the basis Of
habit, and habits determine char
acfcr. Success in life is assured to
the prrsol having a strong, randy
and resoiute will. All his promis
es will I've kept, his duties dis
charged. let NE illustrate the ad-
vantage Of having ones will as an
ally IN the temptations of life. A
gartleman had yielded to tn" en-
treaties of his friends and prnmis-
ed never to drlnk alcoholic drinks
!again. lie faithfully kept hie
pledge for number of weeks but
it seems that fac was against
him. One day he nat two of hle
former frieuds upon the street
and was asked 10 takn drink. Hs
refused until one of the base
! wretches showed the bottle to hif
: face. TlRescent carried him back
to former days when as drun-
kard he reeled along the >street
.Suatching the bottle, be drained
Its contsnts. They carried hin
home, beastly drunk and tha
night he died in a drunken stnpor
Why? Because through habit hi'
Will had DecOme Els enemy IhtllE"
than his ally.
There is d very close connec.
ticn between the body, the mind
and the S ul. Anything that effects
one effects the other two. We have
clearly sboHn that a degenerativ'
change takes place in The body
and the mind and it but follows
; that such a change occurs.
. JOHN Locke says: "a souue
mind ia a sound belly is shor
but full description Of q happy
state in this world; be that ha
these two has but little more t'
, wish for, and be that lacks eithe
) of tcem will be but little bette
for anything else he may pos
sess."