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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.’’ A'. /A iv ii Cun'! 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This is a compound remedy, prepared with scientific skill from vegetable ingredients, which rarely fails to cure the severest cases of Chills and Fever and the concomitnnt disorders. Such a remedy the necessities of the people in mala rious districts demand. Its great superiority over any other medicine yet discovered for tho cure of lutennittents is, that it contains no qui nine or mineral, and those who take it are free from danger of quinism or any injurious effects, and are as healthy after using it as before. It has been extensively employed during the last thirty years in the treatment of these distressing disorders, and so unvarying has been its success that it has gained the reputation of being infal lible. It can, therefore, be safely recommended as a sure remedy nnd specific for the Fever and Ague of the West, and the Chills and Fever of the South. It counteracts the miasmatic poison in the blood, and frees the system from its influ ence, so that fever and ague, shakes or chills, once broken up by it, do not return until tho disease is again contracted. The great variety of disorders which arise from the irritation of this poison, such as Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Headache, Blindness, Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asthma, Pal pitation, Splenic Affections, Hysterics, Pain in the Bowels, Colic. Paralysis, and derange of the Stomach, all of which become intermit tent or periodical, have no speedier remedy than Ayer’s Aock Cure, which cures them all alike, and protects the system from future attacks. As a preventive, it is of immense service in those communities where Fever and Ague prevails, as it stays the development of the disease if taken on the first approach of the premonitory symp toms. 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