The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-09
TEACHING TEMPERANCE.
The Device Adopted by the ". C. I. q. of
Oakland, Cal,

The Device Adopted by the w. C. 7. q. of
Oakland, Cal.
The benefcent effects of agitating the
question of teaching Temperance in
public schools is not confined to the
States which have secured the scientific
Temperance instruction law. Through
efforts in this department the subject
has been brought to the attention of
parents and teachers all over the ooun-
try, and this can not help being bene-
fetal, for it has caused an arrest of
thought upon vital subject, and think
ing thereon has led to grand results.
Thousands of children are being taught
Temperance at their mothers knee, or
in the family to-day, because the w. c.
L. u. has educated the conscience of
Christian parents along this line. In
hundreds of schools the effects of alco-
hol and tobacco upon body, mind and
heart are being taught because, through
the same agency teachers have been
convinced that, as employees of the
State, to whom is intruSted the train
ing of its future citizens, they are in
duty bound to teach those things which
shall guard them against the worst foe
threatening good citizenship.
In many schools outside the favored
eighteen States this teaching is system
atieally done from approved text
hooks. In others, where the introduce
ton of textbooks is not possible, ex-
cellent work is done through oral les
sons, for which the teacher makes
special and careful preparation with
the aid of the best authorities Again,
much has been accomplished BY plac-
ing Temperance books of reference in
school libraries, and encouraging
teachers and pupils to use them. The
latest device for introducing Temper
ance in public schools comes to rs
from California. The Oakland w. c.
L. U. have published a set of arith-
metical questions which are given to
teachers to be Incorporated with their
class questions. We give a few from
those designed for each grade. If they
do not teach scientific Temperament
they do set children thinking concern
ing the benefits of practical Temper
ance:
/. There are $4,000 saloons in the United
States and ISL. 600 public schools; how many
more saloons than schools?
z There are about 600O00 drunkards in the
United States: How many cities of 10000 in
habltantS each would these drunkards form?
D. a. Ii family spends Is cents q day for
beer, how much is expended in weeks? d.
How many ioaves of bread, at 10 cents loaf,
could be bought for the same money?
4. a. A smoker spends 20 cents q day for
cigars; how many dollars will he spend in one
hall year? % How many books at g.
apiece, could he buy with this money?
. a. At 20 cents gallon, what is family'E
beer Dill for 20 days, taking two quarts daily2
% How many pairs of shoes at 81 q pair, will
ms money purchase?
6. young man, now p years of age began
tn smoke cigarettes at the age of IA, and
smoked 10 cents worth daily. How many
books worth 81 each, could he buy with the
money spent?
Z. poor man, seventy years of age, was
sent TO the almsnouse. Had he saved the
money spent for tobacco since he was twenty
years of age, providing he spent an average
oil $3O year, how much would he have hadf
.. teetotaler and whisky drinkcr started
together on journey, each with his his own
horse and buggy. The distance was 00miles.
The horses each Travelled at the rate of miles
an hour The teetotaer made the journey In
day at the saloons on the way for his dram,
losing on an average of fifteen minutes every
time. How many days did 1t take him 10
make the journey?
8. al In early times Schoharie County, N.
Y, was bought of an Indian chief for barrel
of whisky. If the Indian drank one-half
pint day, how long did it take him to swal-
low the whole county, o. As the county
contains Z56,OO0 acres, and the whisky was
valued at 81 gallon, what was the price per
acre.
TO- How many cylindrical tanks feet in
diameter and 10 feet deep would it take to
contain the 272,000000 gallons of liquor con-
sumed in the United States last year.-Unton
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