To young men who are drifting easily into the dangerous drinking habits of society, we earnestly commend the chapters in which will be found the medical testimony against alcohol, and also the one on "The Growth and Power of Appetite." They will see that it is impossible for a man to use alcoholic drinks regularly without laying the foundation for both physical and mental diseases, and, at the same time, lessening his power to make the best of himself in his life-work; while beyond this lies the awful risk of acquiring an appetite which may enslave, degrade and ruin him, body and soul, as it is degrading and ruining its tens of thousands yearly. It is sincerely hoped that many may be led by the facts here presented, to grapple with the monster and to thus promote his final overthrow. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Monster, Strong Drink CHAPTER II. It Curses the Body CHAPTER III. It Curses the Body--Continued CHAPTER IV. It Curses the Soul CHAPTER V. Not a Food, and very Limited in its Range as a Medicine CHAPTER VI. The Growth and Power of Appetite CHAPTER VII. Means of Cure CHAPTER VIII. Inebriate Asylums CHAPTER IX. Reformatory Homes CHAPTER X. Tobacco as an Incitant to the Use of Alcoholic Stimulants, and an Obstacle in the way of a Permanent Reformation CHAPTER XI. The Woman's Crusade CHAPTER XII. The Woman's National Christian Temperance Union CHAPTER XIII. Reform Clubs CHAPTER XIV. Gospel Temperance CHAPTER XV. Temperance Coffee-Houses and Friendly Inns CHAPTER XVI. Temperance Literature CHAPTER XVII. License a Failure and a Disgrace CHAPTER XVIII. Prohibition LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. IN THE MONSTER'S CLUTCHES GOD'S BEST BEVERAGE, PURE WATER HEAPING BURDENS UPON POVERTY AN UTTER WRECK "TAKE WARNING BY MY CAREER" CRAZED BY DRINK ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING (12 _sequence pictures_) FOUR STAGES OF THE DOWNWARD COURSE A VICTIM OF THE DRINKING CLUB FINANCIAL VIEW OF THE LICENSE SYSTEM _"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also._"--HABAKKUK ii, 15. CHAPTER I. THE MONSTER, STRONG DRINK. There are two remarkable passages in a very old book, known as the Proverbs of Solomon, which cannot be read too often, nor pondered too deeply. Let us quote them here: 1. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." 2. "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babblings? who hath wounds without cause? who hath, redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder."