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Show WHY HE AVOIDS UQUORS. l,tiir IcIhsH ti. lt..L'. ii.uu mi loUt tMlltiriKf. WwanI Hok.editoi of Tliollim' Homo Jimnnl, writes lu Iho oung CrtiNi ler: Flint uf all, Iioterdll so Iwauimi 1 seemed (0 pis an InU ru hatred cf all liitoxit4itits Although brought up Mtli tvinuou tho tablo 1 toiihl netcr Ito indoc.il to tosto It. wh.'ii, us u thild, soino light wine would U laevd to my mouth to sin 'I o somo good moth.rs thismn) seem an unwise thing for my pumnt to hsto dune, but it must In ro-mem ro-mem l rcl thut 1 wu Wrn and bniught up until myslxth )nar in HolUud a totintr) wheredrunkeuiiPMlstiitersodi but w Ihmo i-eople, JiiBti nnd bw , Vllet if In 11 imMlerilo um of light wines nnl hau'ltcun brought up foi tears in that belief. Hut. a I grew ol ler. I began to apply rraw ulng to my riuclples. IJ. ing i irly thrown Into buslneiui lifo and unions; mu older than in)Mlf, 1 naturall) im.turxil (pitckly. I was about nlxtetn year- old, if I rememlior rlhtl) .when I bcriu attt tiding publiu dtiitnrs Miid astinbtagyii thotnpitit) of n newt-iviju'r newt-iviju'r lviK.rtt r. Wines w ero mom freely umh! then nt dinmrs thmi now, an 1 1 soon saw tli.it 1 inuxC mnko up my mil d whoihtr at these gntl 1 rings I should partake of wines onhf bno them. I hrvl Imn 11 traiiiKl to tho 1Iief that it wis alwa)s lst to err on tho safu ni lo, and tu I wit down to thu first 1 til Ha diimtr leter attend, d .1 New rngliul dinner in lirooUyu I ttumxldowiinll thu w luo glavsoH M t Im foro my plato and thistlmofollowcHUvirslmxi. At brut, nit 1 rim ij l netrr to touch liquor or spirits tf any kind directed lo Mutliothi.tllng (f myfrhiils Uut ttitido up my lulu 1 that there was 110 uo hating a 1 rim ij lo miles onestutk to it. And jiut bt mosjty right luro bihllmy )oung reoiltrs who mayseu thtwtwonls, InettrliMt iiuo fritnd by my rtfusals, but I mmlo m ore of frlendfthiiu. Another thing which led mo to ma ho p Mny lulu I net tr to touch liquor was tit djnugo which 1 saw wrought lyit iij-ui f.jtjio of tho finest minds with w hlth it w on oxer iny pi It ihfo to come Into contact, imd I totirludod tint wh it had resulted injurioiuly to others tnlght I rot o so to nir I h it 0 set u, ci t n in in) few )tnrs of prufiMslonal life, souivcf thonimrtt, )ea, IrillUut literary men dethrouod from splcndl 1 jltliui owing to nothing (to but the ir Indnlgeuto la wino 1 hato known men with Nilaries of th mssiids of dollars per )ear, otctipt ing imolllon whtili hundretls would strltou Ilfetlmu tunitaiu, toino lu Ing gary from drink Only recently tin ro nppllel to mo, for uuy jxwitloji I could uirerhim.onoof tho most brilliant txlb torlul writ trs in tho iiuwrpuptrirofos slon a man who, two )euni ago, roi!y couunand 1 $100 fur a sluglo iilltorinl in hitfcp?tliUkM, 1 hat man becunu so unrtliablo from drink that editors nio now afraid of his articles, and alt lit ugh ho.nutodat write usforciblo editor) it as at uuy limo during his life, ho nits lu a cellar In ono of our cities writing nwsj hi 1 w r ij rs ft r ono dollar i r thou ml AndUiitlionlyoueiuitati 0 of ..'. n 11 1 mM r ito h re I do not h d I my fi ' up 1 1 a t rriblo vxw , 1 hoi L itouauf utvtm of lutliwhof u MSSJIJSSk. iiuro monnd ma ctutlnco uthcrs that u char mind and Jimvr do not go to-tctht to-tctht r 1 know It Is sail whin on? brings up such an inctniito a thlst Oh, well, that mau drank to exit Ono glass will hurt no one How da theso (s-oplo know that It wont One drip of krro-m krro-m tio h ts bevti known to throw into lluiuo an almost hoi less lire, uiitl un.i glat f liquor nny fun Info llama 11 Miiolilerfnrr tptiik hiddfii uway whero wu netcr thought it existed The irk may Imj tlirn and It tuny not Why take tho rtV Liquor touhoulthy loy orouug man will ntr dohiui tho leuktiurtklu of gisnl; It mti) do him harm 'J hen, n 1 1.1 cd nroun I an 1 catno lo knew moreof jfoj loaiid things, I found thuulwars utunswtrablo argument in latirof uyniinginius nbsilmnte, 1. e., that tlio most suuerul men In Amrrltn t.xla) urolhoMwhonerfr lift wli.o-khua wli.o-khua to th ir lip-. Itecomlug interested luthlsfntt,! haltho tiirltmily to ir-oonolly ir-oonolly inquire into it, and ot twenty tight 1 f tho lu.i ling bitInos men in (Lo country whoMJiiatm I slecttd ut imi-dum.titetit) imi-dum.titetit) two never tomb it drop of winu of un) sort, lmado up my mind UiHt thtro wasK-innrtattun for this If liquor brought safo pbajruni, thy did thoso men uUtnin from It? lf, us somo My, it Is stimulant to a buy man, why did not thcto mtn, dfnttliig Iho hrgest bufciiitstt Interests in this touiitr,rtrOrt toll And whdil saw that IhtM wiro the men whoso or Inlotislugn itlusinetts matters tnro accepted ly Iho leading (utittrn of tho worll, I conclude! that tin Ir Ju Ignn nt In tho use of liquor would satisfy me If their judgment In btul tics matti rs coul 1 command tho rexxt andnttnitiou of thoh-alrrsof ttndo on belli sides of tho s a, th Ir dtHlluu as to tho use of liquor was not apt tola w rung And us t'pi)itunitierf ctnim to mo togo aiounl in homes und at public) places, I tmd thut Idonototcnpy t toliutr) io-sit io-sit Ion Iho t illicitly to abstnlu from llquurs It growing moro mil inoro uii'utig joong men of todiy, Iho brightest )ouug men I know, )ouug men who aru filling jiositions of ixwer and promise, net cr torn h u drop of beer, wintscr Intoxltnutsof any sort And tin) jouug man who todiymaktsuphU mind thut ho will ho on thesufusldunud adhere to strict aUtinnuo will hud that ho is not alone Ho has now tho tery lt dement In bulmH at d portal life in tho largest .lliu cf our laud w Ith him. |