Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-12
SOME FEARFUL FIGURES.
How Much q Georgia Man Can DrInI
and Smoke I'm Eight Years.

"That IL finely colored pipe" remarked .
reporter Of the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph to we'll
known gentleman Of Macon, the other day a
he sat on the curbstone at one Of our hotels,
putting wreaths of smoke from a well-browned
meerschaum.
Eyes, he replied, and it has cost me- about
$500 to give it that color"
'HOw sO?"
''Well. I kept a faithful account for eight
years of all my expenditures, and, as have not
| Away been what you might call an upright,
moral man. the account is a fearful one"
We knew the methodical habits Of this bache-
Tor. and hence we were not surprised at his
statement. In addition to the itemzing OF his
expenses. he had kept full journal Of his do
| ings, and could tell how many headaches. how
many days sickness, how many times drunk;
| and thus 1t was an easy task to lot down at the
end of the day how much whisky he had drunk
| or how many ounces Of tobacco he had smoked.
NO old maid is more precise or systematic than
81 stopped drinking two years ago, but have
continued to smoke And up to the time when
let up on whisky. found that l had smoked
| up 400 pounds of tobacco in this pipe. smoked
one pound week. and, at times. when troub-
! led with neuralgia, l smoked four ounces q
day, which was pound and a quarter a
week"
what did the tobacco cost your"
Ten years ago Durham was shipping his
tobacco In barrels instead of bags, as at present.
and l paid 81 per pound to Is cents, and then
GO cents, but, averaging the price at 75 cents the
| $3.50 per year"
How much whisky did you drink in the eight
| years."
sixteen berrels drank quart per day.
l was paying S12 per week at certain hotel in
| Florida. and the barkeeper has boosted on sew
that
PAID him "a per day for whisky. ginger, bran
| dy. etc, which makes with the board. just $40
per week! Now, Is barrels at 500 per barrel is
| just 600 but that does not cover the cost to
| me, as paid % cents a drink for lots of it.
| calculate that my whisky for the eight years
cost me fully 80 600. if not more"
The nervous system of this gentleman does
not seem to have been impaired by this exces-
| sive use of tobacco and liquor. He holds that
| but few men could stand it, and when his hands
| commence to tremble, he will cease to smoke.
Occupations for Women.
| Charles w. Elliott in North American Review.
This rather fascinating occupation [type-set-
| tingl is found to be very hard on women if they
| stand at the work. The testimony of Miss
s. is given. who had for long been a type
| setter and foreman of composing ROOM 1t
was Il have no hesitation in saying that !
think never knew dozen lady cOmpositors
WV WIZ "tii. IiCI tIOuDttS are
! those belonging to the sex. and great pains in
| the back. limbs. and head"
with regard to this highly organized Occupa-
| ton ttelegraphyl the same general statements
are made, with difference only: "ThOse at all
| familiar with the demands upon the nervous
energy and manlpulatiye dexterity required by
| the processes of tclegraphy will not be sur
prlSed that the rapidity, readiness perception
| etc, are found to exert upon the general and
special health of the youthful lady operator a
| y and sn,,n ,a,
| operator" many years in the business reported:
Il have broken down several times from sheer
| nervous debility. | was well in every particular
when entered the office Since broke down
the first time have never been right though
much improved when out on my vacations"
Few occupations would seem so attractive to
the average working-wOman as the counting of
money in the treasures of the United States
1t is found to demand concentration alert
ness, continued exercise" and these with the
monOtOny. work mischief. One of the oldest
lady workers said: Gradually they learn to
count faster. but they continue in the work but
| short time" The counting Of the rattan
strands at Wakefield is found to produce the
same unbearab!e results.
OF stenOgraphy we have the same report
constant employment therein would inevi-
tably break woman down in short time"
Here sewng-machne work is one of the
greatest OF the modern occupations for women,
and it is found to be a doubtful blessing. The
troubles produced by the continued use of the
seWlng-machine are ClasSed under some gen.
eral heads: First. indigestion; second muscular
pains; third. diseases peculiar to women; fourth,
general debility.