The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

TEMPERANCE notes . I OF NO EARTHLY USE, Alcohol Ii TliM ot » DU* torlHMr and » Haatroyar. * fftt* acienoe 1* the voloe of nature. « kit nature says must be right If al« rtboUs mlijr a poison, nature will not Mtt bar laws because we are ignorant -#jiidloed. and regard It aa a food, f tdoesnature say as to the relation wbol to the human body?. food is required to supply two great g^ttaof tho body, .The firstrgreat want stthe body is material for its structure; (hasecond is fuel to maintain its tom* narsture, The simplest notion we can ssitorm, even a thought passingthrough St*wind, occasions the - woaring away «(tome tissue of the body. The body ]i being constantly worn down and giutt be constantly built up. i This pro* £941 can go on only when tho body is kept at its natural temperature of about tSdeffreos. Nature supplies the two wantsby providing two kinds of food, Theonekind is called nitrogenous, .and (applies all tho substances Of which the -tody'is composed. The other kind is' called non-nittogenous. or respiratory foods, which are burnt up in the body tomaintain its'temperature. The egg isa typo ofnil the food in nature. The white, or albumen, is the material for •‘ building; •the yelk is tho .fuel for warmth. The body has one other, want. It roquires a solvent by which : thefood can be liquefied and curriod to every part of the body. For this pur­ posenature supplies but one fluid, and •■ that is water. Now, nature having supplied these . (wo, kinds of food for the two groat w'r*s how can they he made available h the body’s use? The answer is: ‘They must all be converted Into blood.” No food can be used in the body, either for building np its struc­ ture or maintaining its temperature - until it has been converted into blood. Nearing this fact in mind, we shall be ■1prepared to judge whether alcohol canbe.of use in sustaining the human body. Carbonate of lime and chloride of •sodium (common salt) are constituent parts of the blood, and become'part of the substance of the body. They are, therefore, foods. Arsenic Is not a con- . Stltuent of the blood, and can never be­ come part of the body. Therefore It Is mot food. Alcohol is just as truly as arsenic a foreign substance which can never be changed into blood hor become part of the body.' In support of this the highest medical authorities may be quoted: . » Dr. Edward Smith. F. B. S., England: “Alcohol is not true food,' and it neither .warms nor sustains the body by the elements of which it is com­ posed/' • Liebig: “Beer, wine, spirits, etc., fur­ nish no element capable of entering into the composition of tbe blood, mus­ cular fiber or any part which is tho seat of vital principle.” Dr. T. K. Chambers: “ It is clear that Wemust cease to regard alcohol as ■ inany sense an element, inasmuch os it . goesout ns it goes in, and does not, so far aa we know, leave any of ita sub* stance behind it." Many such testimonies from high scientific authorities may be quoted toi prove that alcohol iaa substance entire­ ly foreign to the human body, and can never become a constituent part of it, Therefore, the idea of nourishing or building up the body with alcohol is a pure delusion* Various parts of the body require starch, sugar, - lime or iron, but no part ever requires alcohol. To dream of buildingup the body with alcohol hi as irrational as to attempt to .build a brick house with smoke, A further revelation of science, the result of moatcareful observation and experi­ ment, is the following: Tfa action of alcohol in the human ogttem i» intariah^f thato f a dioturber and a datroytr. There is no part of tbe body that it does not injure, It infiuencee every membrane, itlrrltatoe every tiseue, and deadens every nerve. It also affects the chemical composition of the blood and other fluids—a most serious matter. It precipitates the pepsin of tbe gastric juice, and it injures the corpuscles in the blood, Unlike food, which builds up, alcohol always pulls down. Itbnrns sod destroys every structurewithwhich it comes in contact. It also interferes with the heslthy performance of every function, its presence everywhere ia the bodycausing excitement, and neces­ sitating extra work in every organ for its expulsion. It passes out of tbe sys­ tem as. it went ini but its passage through, the system mills for Increased action of the heart and other organs, sad thieinOressed action to expel the poison is fatally mistaken for increased strength. " While it irritates and destroys, aioo- hol also prevents the creation of new blood and the proper assimilation of food. It also retains in tbe system the wastematter that nature would expel, thuspreventing those changes on which thehealth and life of tbe body depend In support of everyone of these state­ ment! the opinions of the highest med­ ical and scientific authorities may be quoted, L«t webrieflypresentthe oon- fraet whichscience eetabUeba* between food and alcohol, Pood is changed into blood andused tobuild np tbe body* alcohol nevar is. Foodsinch as oil* and sugars warm the body; alcohol never does. Portbeott- eelation by which the prepared food kt tarried, to every part of the system, wafer ia absolutely aeeeseatyt atoehct Rwthis purpose ia, net only tajarfotta bnt positively fatal. Stealthy efteina- ifea of effetematter Is peemeted bye** .....-1— ercite; It is retarded by alcohol. And alcohol never restores, like rest or sleep. On entering the stomach it. un­ dergoes none of the processes to which food is subjected, but flies immediately to tbe nervous centers and tbe brain, and by deadening the nervous sensa­ tions induces those delusive feelings of warmth and -strength that are really lessoned sensations of .cold und fatigue. The supposed beneficial results of al­ cohol are matters of guess-work. That It'is a substance foreign to the human body, and always sets as adlsturber and a destroyer, are matters of scientific demonstration,—8. Brazier, in Golden Buie. , A STRpNG COMBINATION. Church and School Hand ha Band In the Temperance Canae, It is safe’ to assert that tbe churcbes ought jto. rise to the Temperance level of the” public schools. Mandatory *n? struotion in the schools of twenty seven States and all the Territorfos of the American Union has recently set Up in. the. name of -science a new. unassail­ able and alluring standard, Below that standard the voluntary Temperance in­ culcations, directly or indirectly given by the precept and example of the churches, ought not to bo allowed to fall. This does not necessarily mean that the churches should devote as much time as 'the schools do to scien­ tific Temperance Instruction; nor that they should employ.thp methods of tho schools, -But'it ' does mean .that they should not be satisfied with inferior re­ sults, -The standard enforced by vol­ untary Christian action in tbe rer ligious training of tbe family in the matter bf.Temperance, ought hot to bo lower than the' standard made manda­ tory .by public law in their secular training. This principle of reform in the relation of the churches to tho Tem­ perance cause is as fair and safe as it is comprehensive apd radical. It means that the Sunday-schools should bo taught as sound Temperance doctrine as the secular schools. It means that preachers should all lift their precept and example-in the pulpit and parlor to the level which secular teachers are now required to attain at the school desk. It means that, the church mem­ bers everywhere should riso to the Temperance level of compulsory in­ struction in the common sohools. What is the level? The mandatory Temperance 'instruction now given In the public sohools requires everywhere total Abstinence, from all narcotics; that is, from both alcohol and tobacco, A majority of the faturo citizens' of tbe Nation are now in sohools which teach total abstinence,- Such instruction is < mandatory In all the schools,,naval and military, as well as Territorial,'“how under the care of bur Federal Govern­ ment. It has, been necessary to aobievo a great victory over apathetio, corrupt or hostile State Legislatures in order to secure this advanced Temperance ih- struotion by authority of public law. It has boon necessary to aohfeve a greater victory over the foremost pub­ lishers of text-books to induco them to issue sound Temperance doctrines in volumes on' physiology and hygiene. Both these victories, by the blessing of Heaven on tho labors of Mrs. Hunt and her assistants in tbe Woman’s National Christian Toniporanoe Union, have been achieved; and so a now era dawns, Great publishing houses, such ns the Appletons, A, 8, Barnes & Co., Xvison, Blakeman <fc Co. and Van Ant­ werp, Bragg A Co.,: or suoh as the syndicate of text-hook publishers lately organized, now issue approved Temper- perance text-books all keyod up to tho level of total abstinence. If aUndard’and approved Temperance text-books are used, nothing less than total abstinence can be .taught in the secular schools. It is highly important that a school-teacher should bring his personal example up to the level of bis official precept,.but In twenty-seven States and Territories of the American Union overy ’teacher must now bring his official precept up to the level of total abstinence. If a teacher should be a total abstainer, then, for yet stronger reasons, every preacher should be, and every church member, As to the methods by which -the Tem­ perance Instruction of the yOung is to be brought up in tbe churches to at least the level it has attained in tbe schools, each church must of oourae de­ cide for itself. I venture to suggest only that by pulpit hints or by special addresses Or lectures, by Sabbath-school instruction, by the use of pledges, and by the circulation of sound Temperance literature, and especially by personal example, the standard of total abatl- THE FARMING WORLD. HORSE MANGERS/ a Bandy and Efficient Plan Iw Reading Horse*. I send you a plan of a rack for feeding horses, which we have had in Use for over a year, and -which has given good satisfaction both for feeding hay and grain. Thia^raok is two and ono half feet wide by ten foot long, and feeds four head of horses. Fig. 1 •shows a front view for one horse. It is in seotions; each section combines a hay-rack on one side and a trough on the other side. Fig. a gives an end viewbf one section, showing the way tho grain-spout comes into the trough, and the way the hay is putfnto the rack. . This. rack can be built, by any person that can work with tools. FIQ. 1, MAKGEB9FORItOltSXSTABLK. The bottom of the rack should be three and one half feet from the stable floor. - -For th$,(.bottom, use two planks 2x14 inches, which leaves a 2-inch space through which to lot the lining boards down, Use a 2x4 scantling to nail tbe upper ends to, and make the trough eight inchos deep. Cut the boards tlir slant you want tho trough to be,, and let them run clear through to theotherside tomake the’endof the trough on the oth­ er side. Muko thegrain-spout 7x7inside and cut it off even with the ha'ck of the rack, as shown in Fig. 2, dotted lines. Let the lower end of thespout stand out nonce should be everywhere reached in tbe churches, Mr, Spurgeon was many years a wine-drinker, but now he days: “More men have been killed by gripe- juice than by grape-shot." The new, approved Temperance text­ books, which are now molding the sec­ ular schools of the Nation, ought to be in all Bunday-school libraries. Once a month at least, instruction in harmony with these standard books should In some way be effectually given in nil Sunday-schools. Lift the youth, tho adult membership and nil the preachers of our Churches to the level of total ab­ stinence, which Is now the level, not only of the secular schools, but even of the life aeeuranoe societies, and im­ mune# results mustsooner or later fol­ low. The new height* and uplands of scientific Temperance instruction and religious precept and example will form » vaet water-shed, down which drill flow new rivers of Temperance sentiment with resistless current* and unflinching eatemeti that will rieoeee the land.-** geee^iCoric,la<fiUeaffoAdr*aoe. V FIQ, 2. ‘ on the bottom of tbe trough to put a board in for tho back of tbe trough, ns shown in Fig. % Make tight partition between each section. For the rack use two scantlings, 2xfi, for top and bot­ tom pieces. The rungs can be either iron or tough wood. Bore a hole through the partition for the top piece to run through, so you can pull the lower end out for cleaning the rack apd fasten the lower end with two pins. These racks can be used to a good ad­ vantage in a barn fifty feet long, with a barn floor eighteen feet wide. Divide tbe stable in four parts, and feed down at each side of the barn floor.-—A. G. C. Shoemaker, in Farm and Fireside. h o r t ic u l t u r a l h in t s : F qitltby droppings are rich ia am­ monia and phosphates, l'ut them on the garden. T hk warmer the climate in which seed Is kept, the greater la the effect upon the vitality of the seed. ( N early every soil can be changed in character by an intelligent application o f fertilizers, sand or clay. S table manure is a fertilizer that contains in an available form the ele­ ments tor plant growth in thfe garden.. PjixPABixo the soil fora vegetable crop is half the battle. Lump* of earth ana-nice vegetables do not grow well together, BR mkhrkr that room grow down and not up and that they get down with difficulty If the soil is notdeeply pulver­ ized, R khkmbkh through thia summer that while Hie soil may sometimes be too wet for stirring it will never be tod dry to be stirred. T*r* atmosphere contains ammonia snd nitric arid, but these must be ab­ sorbed by the soil In order to benefit vegetable growth- LIVE STOCK NOTES. T ijerk is pork in grass os well as beef and mutton. T here are but few horses that are not tractable and docile if - they are treated properly. Do sox expect any farm animpl tc “ pick up” its living and put much meat upon its bonos. , ^ H olhtkin -F uiksiax transfers for the week ending July 29 included eleven bulls and fifty-four cows. Iv you have any old sheep—scrub hogs or unprofitable cows—get them ready for tho butoher as soon as pos­ sible. As soox,as an animal is matured it ceases to be profitable to keep, unless it is a work animal and possibly sheep. ' I f tho pastures in which ho colts are kept get short this dry weather use bran and oats to make up the shortage. A frequent change of pasture for sheep, sky overy week or ten days; is conducive .to thrift; and should be regu­ larly attended- to. I t costs less to produced pound of lamb than a pound ,of 'mutton. A pound of lamb soils for more than’a pound of mutton. See the point? W hew cattle have to go too far for water they will often go without to their discomfort, and whon they get to the water they will drink to their in­ jury, . , . Coux is not absolutely necossary for making pork. Wheat middlings and water, with an occasional change to oat­ meal and oil-meal, makes good pork. T iir site should,not be too fat, just Thrifty and vigorous is the best. con­ dition. He should have exercise and be fed on bran. Fattening foods are hot good. D on ’ t forgot to put up some nice sec­ ond clover. The pigs would enjoy some nexKwintor. If you have a good silo, silage will take the place of clover hay. Grain itotton .for Steer* bn Feature, The following are the “ Suggested Conclusions” of a trial made by Prof. p. E. Morrow at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment. Station, and detailed in Bulletin No. 9, of the “ Value of Past­ ure, and of -Grain Ration with Pasture, for Young Cattle”: ' ‘The results from two years’ trials in­ dicate that a grain ration to young steers on good pasture is not usually profitable. The value ..of the increase in weight by the grain-fed steers over that by those having grass only will rarely repay the cost of food and labor. The Increasedvalue of theanimals from earlier maturity and bettor quality may make the grain (coding profitable. '“ Especially if tho grain given be un­ ground is it essential to have pigs fol­ low tho cattle; if a profit is to be had. “ To secure the greatest gains per ani­ mal'tho pastures must not bo fully stookod. .To secure the largest gain per acre they should bo fully stookod. “ An acre of good grass may bo ex­ pected to siipport a steer weighing from SODto 1,009 pounds, and enable It to:make a modorato gain during tho summon . "Tho rate of growth of cattle, either on grass alono ojr.srith» an added grain ration, is very irregular, being especial­ ly checkedbyeitherdrought orexcessive rains, extreme heat or cold storms. “ The addition of grain or other food to tho pasturago beforo the grass fails in the autumn is clearly advisable, “ The acrongo of pasturAgo may prob­ ably be safely decreased’ ono-third if the steers be given a full grain ration. “ It is doubtful if at present in most parts of Illinois cattle can be main­ tained or an increase of weight be so- cured at so low- a cost in any other way as by allowing them to get all thoir food during tho best of tbe grazing season from good pastures, fullyout not overstocked. Banting Fodder. Inautumn, before the sled can be used, tbe appliances illustrated herewith will commend themselves, For haul­ ing. lodder on a wagon; the hay-rack Is best; but to use it would often re­ quire shifting front box to rackand back fio , 1. again each day when tbe farmer has only one wagon and dally hauls some green fodder to help-out the pastures, In such case it is hotter to use the wagon With the bod on, laying the fodder lengthwise in the bed until it is full, and then crosswise, as the hind wheels project above the bed on the ordinary wagon the arrange­ ment shown In Fig. 1 Is necessary. Tbe rta. standard is brought above the wheel by a stick passed through the ring*. Over the top of the stick, add secured to it by a nail, is bent a hoop, the ends passing through cleats driven into the box. This holds the fodder off the wheels. Loading fodder on a wagon; whether on the box or hay-rack, is very difficult; especially after the load le partly on, unless a ladder of some sort is provided. A very good one Is shown in Fig, i. It le simply a wide hoard; to which are nailed cleats at proper inter­ vals, fastened to the rear of the Wagon by two short pieces of ropes or chains. As the wagon is driven along it drags after and i*atonceready for use.“ -Amer­ ican Agrlcn Itnrist. _. T urkey hens after threeyears old are unprofitable. A gobbler i* useful a# jhre years. BIDDI.B — ® P h o t o g r a p h e r XENIA, OHIO. Enlarging old pictures a specialty. Artistic Crayons, tho new Opals and Transparencies. First class work guaranteed. C. C. HENRIE, • — contractor FOR— t ^ Tin. Maui Slat? o j E - a t J j a SPO R T IN G , A N D G E N E K A I i J O B W O R K Castings furnished promptly fpr all kinds o f Stoves. Oipeo over Hook’s Dry Goods Store; Xenia, O. Agent for Eureka Furnace. Q. L . FAINE, D.1KS. KliEK REYNOLDS, to.D.H1 PAINE & IEB 0 LDS, D E N T I S T S ! Xenia National Bank building,- cor. Main and Detroit Sts., Xenia, O. 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