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THE DEMON OF INTEMPERANCE.
BY JT Nil'S ADEBHOM).
PnhHthrd by fleyoert.
The history of strong drink is tho his
tory of ruin, of blood and of tears. It is
perhaps the greatest crime that has ever
sconrged the earth. It is one of depravi
ty's worst fruits—a giant demon of dis
truction. Men may talk of earthquakes,
storms, floods, conflagrations, famine, des
potism and ruin, but the intemperance in
the use of intoxicating drink has sent a
volume of \v>c aud misery into tho stream
of the world's history more fearful and j
terrific than nil the rest besides. It is the I
Mississippi and Amazon in the rivers of;
wretchedness; it is the Alexander ami Na
poleon among the warriors upon the peace
ami good of man. It is like the pale horse
of Apocalypse, whose rider is death, and
at whose heels follow hell and destruction.
It is an evil which is limited to no age, no
continent, no nation, party, sex or period in
life. It has taken the poor man at his toil,
the rich man at his desk, the Senator in the
the halls of State and the drayman on the
streets, the young man in his festivities,
the old man in his repose, the priest at the
altar, the layman in his pew, and plunged
them in one common ruin. It has raged
equally in times of war as in times of
peace, in periods of prosperity as in periods
of depression, among the civilized and
among the savage, in republics and monar
chies. Since the time that Noah came out
of the ark, planted a vineyard, made wine
and was drunken, we read in all histories
of its terrible doings, and never once lose
sight of its black and bloody track. States
have recorded enactments again Is it, eccle
siastical penalties have been imposed upon
it, societies have succeeded societies for
jt| ox^crm{nation, hut it is like him whose
name is legion ; four thousand years it has
been raging all over the world destroying
some of virtue’s fairest flowers, wisdom's
richest fruitage. It was this that brought
the original curse of servitude upon Ham.
that has eaten away the strength of empires,
that has wasted tho energies of States, blot
ted out the names of families and crowded
hell with tenants. Egypt, the source of
science. Babylon the glory'and wonder of
the world. Greece, the home of learning
and of liberty. Home, with her Caesars—
the mistress of the world, have each in
turn hnd their hearts lacerated with the
dreadful cnukcr-worm, and thus became
an easy prey to the destroyer. It has
drained enough tears to make a sea, ex
pended enough treasure to exhaust Golcon
da, shed blood enough to redden the waves
of every ocean, and wrung out wailings
enough to make a chorus to the lamenta
tions of the fiinder world. Some of the
mightiest intellects, some of the most gen
orous natures, some of the happiest homes,
some of the noblest specimens of man it
lias blighted and crushed and buried in
squnllid wretchedness. Tt has supplied
every jail, penitentiary, almshouse and
charity hospital in the world with inmates.
It has sent forth beggars into every street,
and flooded every city with beastiality and
crime, and has done more, perhaps, in
bringing earth and hell together than any
other form of vice. This is a lamentable
picture but. alas, a true one. Such are the
dreadful fruits of the use of intoxicating
drinks. Verily, it is an emissary of the
devil, a destroyer of peace, a worker of
ruin, an instrument of damnation. It is a
running, and eating cancer, a consuming
fever, a wasting consumption. It is the
precursor of want and disease, it is the
father of prisons and asylums, it blights
the hopes and blasts the prospects ol hap
py wives and glad-hearted children. Now,
for a man in any way to give his sanction
or endorsement to such a dreadful vice is
sin, and one which is enhanced in propor
tion to the official or social importance and
dignity of him who does it. It is a sin fora
man to drink to intoxication —no matter
when or where, he is guilty of unmanning
himself. Hut it is a greater sin for one in
high position or much concerned in giving
tone to public opinion. But do 1 hear some
one say there is no danger to me in indul
gence. Point me to the drunkard who once
did not SR} r the same tiling as you, possess
character, wealth, talent, virtue. So did
thousands who are now level with the dust.
The enemy with whom you deal spares no
dge, sex or condition, lie attacks with
courage the poor and the rich, the virtuous
and the vicious, the learned and the ignor
ant. The tyrant is inexorable, lie is re
strained by no entreaty from the wife or
mother. He seizes the husband and the
father, the son the daughter. No ele
vation of rank or usefulness of station de
ters him. lie prostrates the eloquent ora
tor, the able statesman, the invincible pa
triot, the undaunted hero, and he marches
with a fearless front to the very altar and
drags his victim from beneath the cheru
bim of the temple. Is there no danger?
Ask the miserable victim upon whom the
jaw® of the monster have been immovably
| clenched, ami lie w ill point you to his rugs,
' to Ins wan and haggard countenance, to
' his emaciated wife and starving children.
! He will tell you that once he was rich
I and respected and happy; once his dwell
| ing was the seat of plenty, and joy’, and
| love; now he is a pauper. He will tell
you that whisky has done it all. Then pu
rify the laud of this evil, bohonupas of the
moral world, and it will become a Garden
of Eden, tit for the Paradise of God.
< nt It .Short.
For The Sun.
If you are a preacher, take a text write
y r oiir sermon, look over it, then cut it short
one-half. If you are a lawyer, unless it is
an extraordinary case don't bore the jury
with a long speech, make it short, sharp
and to the point; many a good cause has
been lost by' the long dry speech of an at
torney. If you are a doctor, when you go
to sec a patient fly around, tell a good joke
or two, measure out four doses of flour and
tell them to have faith and they will he
well in four days. Nine times out of ten
they will be up and about in a few days.
If you are a merchant, write short, sharp,
polite business letters ; ami if you put an
advertisement in the newspaper, don't end
by saying you are thankful for past favors
and solicit a continuance of the same—that
is what the merchant said who furnished
Job with ointment for his boils. Short,
sharp and quick, are the words lor these
telegraphic, high-pressure 'ones.
Quixote.
Artificial Itntier.
Wo feel confident that any subject per
laitiing to grease will be of interest to our
readers, even though the grease he used in
the human economy as fuel instead of lu
bricating the joints, for which latter pur
pose no substitute lias yet been found for
the natural synovial fluid. It is now said
that artificial butter is produced which de
ceived even the best judges, and the pres
ident of the New York Butter Association
saiil he thought it might deceive even him,
were the texture of the artificial product
more “waxy.” This waxy texture, the
inventor claims, is spontaneously produced
by simply giving the'bnltera few days age.
This butter is made from “ tallow oil.” as
it is called in the oil trade, the only differ
ence being that the suet from which it is
made is carefully selected, and then as care
fully washed to free it from nitrogenous or
albuminoid matter , and then in melting
the taliow care is taken not to let the temp
rature lie above 120 to 12*> F. The tallow
oil is then permitted to granulate or solid
ify, when it is pressed in the usual manner,
which separates thestearine, which remains
in the cloths in the presses.
This oil is now churned with about 20
per cent of sour milk in the usual way,
after which it is permitted to flow out of
the churn over ice. where the grain of the
tallow is destroyed. This churning is re
peated with more sour milk, and a portion
of salt, coloring matter, and soda added,
and after the usual working and packing,
is ready for market. The cost of this pro
duct is said to he about 12 to 13 cents per
pound, and it sells readily to the whole
sale dealers at 25 cents, who find no diffi
culty in disposing of it at a profit.
It is said that in England an artificial
butter is extracted from the Thames mud.
or rather from the grease and soapy matter
deposited by the sewers, and which is
gathered at low tide. We do not know
how true is this statement, but we have
seen butter—so called —which might have
had such an origin, if the odor were any
criterion. Then, again, a factory in Glas
gow is said to produce fine flavored butter
from old engine grease, soap fat, and refuse
matter of any kind, and this is vouched for
by several reputable newspaper correspon
dents who saw it done, ami purposely gatli-
ered the vilest grease, and carried it thither
to have it transformed. After all, what
does it matter whence its source, so long
ns the article is wholesome and palatable ?
Do not the duck, the fowl, and the pig
merely transform into food the vilest
abominations, which are forgotten by us
when we feed on animal?
l*ro|erl>- Appreciated.
“My dearest Fiducia, he said, as they
stood beneath a tree in a Hood of moon
light. “ 1 have longed—oh, so longed !—for
this blissful opportunity ; and even now 1
hardly dare to speak the swelling thoughts
that struggle up for utterance. Not in the
blistering glare of the noonday sun would
1 whisper to thee of sweet love that has
tinged my whole being with a celestial
brightness, but in this soft silvery sheen of
the constant moon would 1 syllable forth
; the ecstatic song of Kros. Oh ! canst thou
I realize how like the radiance of heaven thy
beauty beams upon me? And shall not
j the blessed boon be always mine? Wilt
thou not henceforth, for all coming time,
give me the right to shield thee from the
rough contact and chilling blasts of an un
feeling world? Oh ! if thy smiles could be
mine while life should last, they would
shed—they would shed —a —a —a — Ah,
dearest, they would shed M — While ho
hesitated and stumbled for a word, Fiducia
eagerly whispered : “ Never mind the
wood shed, Augustus, but go right on with
your pretty talk.’’
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