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Friday, July 28, 1911 WAYNESVILIxB COURI Communications THE GREAT BY Hon. Richmond ALCOHOL History is a record of a sad pro fession oT worid tragedies. Na tions and empires in turn have .risen to greatness only to fall, lief ore the deathblow was struck ff ofti withqut the evidence shows every case the ravages of a titanic destroyer within, under . Whose operations the vitality and -Strength of the nation were sub merged in a general degeneracy. For centuries the world's phil osophers and historians have look ed on appalled, overwhelmed. Only in the last few years has Science taken up the question. Following her rigid method, un .3er which nature and life have lib wly yielded up their secrets, science has at last cleared up the ttystery and. identified the Great Destroyer as alcoholic poisoning. The Discovery. The discovery, like most great discoveries, came about almost by accident. During the Boer war it was found that the average Englishman did not measure up to th standards of recruiting and the average soldier in the field ta'.amf ested' a low plane of vitality and endurance. Parliament, alarm 0 1 by the disastrous consequences, instituted an investigation. The : ttmmission appointed brought in . a finding that alcoholic poisoning Was the great cause of the na tional degeneracy. The investi gations of thecommissiott have toeeir supplanted by , investiga tions of scientific bodies and indi vidual scientists, all arriving at the game conclusion. As a con Sequence, the British government ' Jhas placarded the streets of a hundred cities with billboards set ting forth the destructive" and de generating nature of, alcohol and and appealing' to the people in the name of the nation to desist from drinking alcoholic beverage tfnder efforts directed by the gov ernment the British army is fast hecoming an array of total., ab ttainers. I The governments of continents, I Europe followed the lead of the t British government. The French government has placarded France with appeals to the people, attrib uting the decline of the birth rate find increase in the death rate to Widespread use of alcoholic bever age. The experience of the Ger- maiy-government has been the sarnie. . . The German emperor has r; clearly 'stated that leadership Jn - War and in peace will be held by the, nation that roots out lalcohol He has undertaken to . eliminate even the drinking of beer, so " far GS possible, from the German army and navy. In the summer of 1909 an inter national conference on alcoholism Was held in London,-to which most X)f the great nations sent scientific men or delegates. Comparing the results of investigation made In all parts of the world, finding that these results agreed, repre- ' " eentative medical leaders of the Conference drew up a report in the form of a statement defining the nature of alcohol as follows : The Nature of Alcohol. Exact laboratory, clinical and pathological research has demon strated that alcohol is a dehydrot Ing, protoplasmic poison, and its Use as a beverage is destructive and degenerating to the human organism. Its effects upon the ! cells and tissues of the body are depres&ive narcotic, an anaesthetic -Therefore, therapeutically, its Use should be limited and restrict ed in the same way as the use of other poisonous drugs. It is to be noted that the inves Selections DESTROYER. Pearson Hobson IN HISTORY tigation has been conclusive. The question has passed beyond the experimental stage, beyond the stage of theory, and is a demon stration that is final, like the dem onstration 'hi t the world is round and not flat. Alcohol a Poison. The last ' word of science, s after l exact research of all the domains, is that alcohol is poison. It has been found to be a hydrocarbon of the formula C2H60, th it is pro duced by the process of fermenta tion, and is the toxin, or liquid excretion or waste product, of the yeast or ferment germ. Accord ing to the universal law of biolo gy that the toxin of one form of ife is a poison to all forms of life of a higher order, alcohol, the toxin of the low yeast germ, is a protoplasmic poison tcj; all life, whether plant, animal orlman, and o all the living tissues 'and or gans. . Alcohol Has No Food Value. It is necessary to surrender he old idea, so widespread, that alcohol in small quantities has a food value, that its temperate use nas any oenents. ine experience of the -railroads has lead over . 39 great railroads to forbid- the use of alcoholic beverage amjong their employees. While tjie men thought they were being fortified, xeperience proved the contrary. Science has supplemented experi- ence by actual and accurate measurements. If a. man drinks one glass of beer, the day on which he drinks it his general effi ciency be I lowered on an lavtfrasre- of 13 per cent. If he takes three glasses of ber a day, or the equivalent in -light wine. for 12 days, his efficiency at the end of the 12 days will ble lowered from 25per cent to 40 per cent, depending upon the temperament of the man and the nature of1 the work. In doing mathematical work, like book keeping, the loss of efficiency goes above yie 40 per cent limit; in memorizing the loss goes up -as high as 75 Thus the most moderate per cent, and tem perate drinking is harmful. No matter m 'what quantity taken al cohol remains a poison. AlcohcJ a Narcotic, Not a Stimulant. In like manner it is1 jnecessary to surrender the old idea that al cohol is a stimulant and jhas medi cinal value as such, for i1; has been found to be narcotic. What is thought to be stimulation is in reality a condition where the (higher centers of co-ordination and control are more affected by the narcotic1 and, under the para lvtic effect, turn loose the lower activities. The real effectj through out is depressive, and all the ideas of medicinal value attach- f." . . ' L ihg to alcohol must be abandoned Snake Bite Fallacy Consumption Fallacy. The old idea .that alcohol, is good for .a snake bite, mad dog bite, or other forms c f poison ing must give way, for e:periment has shown that in such cases al cohol not only does no good, but actually hinders and even pre vents other treatment from being effective. Two men biti;en at the same time on the street s of Paris by the same mad dog were treated at the same hospital. One speedily recovered.' The other was not susceptible to treatment and died. Though not inebriated and not a heavy drinkerj, but only a temperate regular' (fxtoker, it was found that the alcohol in his system prevented all treatments from taking effect. The old idea that alcohol is good for those threatened with lung troubles must be abandoned. Ac curate records show that deaths from lung trouble are directly in proportion to the average amount of alcohol consumed. In one prov ince of France, where ' the con sumption of alcohol is 12.5 liters per capita per year, the deaths from consumption are j 32.8 per 10,000 per year, while in a similar province where the consumption of alcohol is 36.4 liters per capita, the deaths from consumption are 109.8 per 10,000. With regard to drinking alcoholic beverages what applies to consumption applies to pneumonia and other diseases of the lungs, like, grippe, pleurisy, colds and the like. What applies to the disease of the lungs applies in a general way to the diseases of the stomach' and intestines, diseases of the kidnevs and blad der, diseases of the liver, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, diseases of the nervous system and the brain, diseases of the blood; diseases of the bones, muscles and tissues. f The alcoholic toxin not only has poisoning effect of its own in every case, but in addition, through low ered vitality, the. organs and tis sues are opened to attack from other vi.1 ( s. (To be continued.) 107,692 MILES "ON TIME.".. Fast mail train Xo. 15, leaving Chicago at 9:30 p. m. daily, via the Burlington route, arrived at the transfer at Council Bluffs ex- etly "on time" every day from April 1 to July 18, inclusive 109 consecutive days. The distance from Chicago to the transfer is ;)! miles, so that during that time this tram ran u3,84b miles or more than twice the distance around the . oriel without even a minute 's delay' in arriving at its terminal, notwithstanding the fst that it was quite frequently held for in a ii in Chicago. The Burlington fast mail train No. 7 leaving Chicago at 2:49 a m. also enim man ana tne um eago ' : newspapers. During the above-mentioned period of 109 consecutive days, its departure was also frequently delayed, yet tl.is train ran, the same distance (C'J,84C miles) and beat its . own sel.td:;"!e. ' Both tuains have been in service for many years as the Burling ton has carried the. traus-co-nti-n'lMilai rntil for twehty-sdyen years, having met every demand of the yost office department. ! The i u.ning of trains on sched ule tin.-e is one of the first obliga-tior-s a railroad owe.s to its pat rons. j Such o'lnctuality in trans portlio.n is of tremendous im-fortane-5 to the commercial and "social life' of the country thus served. It not only reflects the wonderful physical condition of the Bnrlington roadway and equipment,- but the very high character of the entire organiza tion, as well. It does take some time to spray cows, but it is time well expended. Saying nothing about the comfort cf the, cows, there will be a real I money return for the work you lay out. Saw off the handle of an old broom and use it to brush your horse with alter you have been 6 er him with a comb and brush Of the regular, kind. Be careful how you handle this in the stall the first time, however,- lest the horse may be scared by it. If sows are expected to raise a fall litter it is best to wean the spring pigs atk from eight to jten weeks bid. i o- ( Whena ham or smoked tongue has been boiled, try plunging, it in cold water as soon as removed from the fire; this will inalse the skin come off easily and smoothly. WOMAN ATTAINS AGE OF 111 YEARS Has Laughter Ninety Years Old, nd Has Lived Under 25 Presidents 11 k Decades. Charlotte Obrver. Atlanta, Ga., Jury 23. Mrs. Mary Trawick Porter, aged 111 years, a real daughter of the American revolution, a woman who has lived in three centuries, when stirring events were making the history of nations, has just been located in an humble cabin in Bartow county, Georgia.' Her sole companions are her daughter, Miss Mary Proctor, ager 90, and two great-great-grand children, descendants of another daughter, all who are left of six generations of her family. Mrs. Proctor was born in Wake county, North; Carolina. She is the daughter of Kiley Trawick, who left North Carolina about 1800 and later moved to Alabama, where Mary was married to Hiram Proctor when she was 19 years of age. She was Proctor's third wife. Her husband was a veteran of two wars, the revolu tion and the war of 1812. On a bed of straw, constituting a mattress so thin that the rough plank slats can be seen, this daughter of the revolution lies, her form emaciated, skin wrinkled and almost la skeleton. Her aged daughter, never tiring of her feeble efforts to give her mother every possible ' comfort, adminis ters to her wants and tills the soil in a small cotton and garden patch nearby. The meager profits derived from this labor she adds to the $12 a month pension Mrs. Proctor receives for the services her husband rendered in the war of 1812. She was born but a few years , after George Washington was elected president. George Wash-! ington.was the only president who served before Mrs1. Proctor be-' came a native of North Carolina. She has lived under tihe admin-' istration of twenty-five presidents, including John Adams and Will iam Taft. Until a year ago, when her mind became so enfeebled, Mrs. Proctor would tell her great-great-grand children of the epoch-making incidents in eleven decades over which her life has spanned. Her stories were vivid kaleido scopic pictures, treating of her personal knowledge of the early , stages of the history of heV own land.. . ! . The morning of her life she spent in the eighteenth, century, when the United States .govern ment had just been established; the afternoon in the nineteenth ( century when brother fought against brother in the civil strife of 1861 and now in the twentieth she hears of the discussion of world wide peace movements, of long journeys by air ships, in striking contrast to the methods of travel when she was a girl and the modern method of doing a thou-: sand things in as many different ways so foreign to those employed a hundred years ago. when she j was eleven years old.. i A movement has been started in Atlanta during the past few days to raise funds that will be suf- ficient to care for the two old women the rest of their lives. It is always best to get the little pigs eating crushed grain or whole oats as quickly as possible. When starting to wean a litter, take the largest pigs away first. The man who is governed by a good wife is well and wisely ruled. 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