The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-09

Alcohol is a poison made from the
sugar in vegetables, fruits and grains,
An alcoholic liquor is not a stimu-
| liant because a stimulant is a sub
stance which makes the organs of the
body do more and quicker work with
out causing them to work more slow
ly afterward Alcoholic liquor was
once thought to be stimulant, but
now is recognized as narcotic be-
cause it's stimulating power is fol-
lowed by a longer period of depres-
sion.
Beer is the commonest form of al
coholic liquor. 1t is called a malt
liquor because of the malt used in its
manufacture. About 1-20th part of
beer is alcohol, and it has the least
alcohol of any of the liquors. Beer is
usually made from barley, which is
first sprouted and then mashed. Bar
ley or any other grain forms sugar
as soon as it begins to grow. After
MASKING the barley is strained out
and yeast added to the sweet mixture.
The yeast begins to bud and gives out
alcohol and carbon dioxide. Hops
are added to give flavor to the beer,
and it is then bottled or put into
tight casks. The contents of bar
rel of beer are about SO per cent wa
ter, per cent alcohol and 2 per cent
protein or food. A better investment
for 5 cents would be loaf of bread,
which contains SO per cent food value
and one-eighth of a quart of milk,
which contains all the elements need
ed by the body.
The opinion of all life insurance
companies is that alcohol shortens
life. Some of the companies are send
ing out leaflets and printed matter
warning against alcohol The grad
uaI changes in the body tissues caus-
ed by alcohol resemble changes
brought about by old age.
liquors make fiabby muscles and a
weak heart; hence, a youth who de-
sires to excel in running, jumping or
ball playing, rowing or shooting must
be a total abstainer from alcohol
Professional base ball teams have
found drinkers" their greatest cause
of defeat and humiliation. The IA
nous Russian wrestler, Hackensmidt,
says: ''A6ohoI from the standpoint
of strength is the germ of death.
Alcohol drives more blood to the sur
face of the body than is natural; the
result is il time permanent injury
to the veins in the face. Beer bloats
some mem and gives the back of the
neck the appearance that belongs to
a very fat hog. Nearly all the rail
roads now will not employ a man
who uses alcohol either on or off du-
ty Alcohol has caused many youths
to become prison inmates. Under its
influence young men have become
quarrelsome and have killed compan-
ions and for the crime have gone to
prison for life or to- the electric chair.
Sevency-fye per cent of the crimes of
America and England is said by en-
inent judges to be due to alcohol.
Little Turtle was one of the In
dians who signed the treaty of Green
VILE in 1895, and the committee on
Indians invited Little Turtle to Bal
timore to tell them how they could
be most useful to him and his peo-
pie Now since Little Turtle was a
full-blooded Indian and a fighter they
expected him to ask for blankets,
I beads and tobacco, but instead ne
/ begged them to save his people from
! the curse of the white mans alco-
hol Every sentence had to be trans
lated. He said: when the young
men had been out hunting and are
returning home they come to where
they have liquor. They refuse, but
go on to another house, where they
find liquor again. They refuse it
again, but finally take it about the
fourth or fifth time offered. They
become insensible and after their
reason comes again they ask for their
peltry The answer is, You have
drunk them Where is my gum
1t is gone Where is my blanket?
| You have sold it for whiskey' Now,
brothers, figure to yourself the con-
dition this man must be in; he has a
family at home. wife and children
that stand in the need Of the profits
of his hunting. Brothers and friends,
since the introduction amongst us of
what you call spirituous liquors and