Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-11-15
TEMPERANCE COLUMN
EDITED BY JoNEsBoRo W. G. t. U.
Lady Henry somerset's statement

Lady Henry Somerset's statement
concerning Miss Willard is Of deep in
terest to all white ribboners: III wish
to tell you that there is hope for all
who love her in the absolute certainty
that If she will follow the prescription
that has been laid down for her, a pre-.
scription by no NEAR easy to such a
brain and such a heart, and If you will
helpher to carry out that prescription,I
believe we can speak with a certainty,
as far as any human events are con
cerned, that she will be given back to
you with completely restored health
and strength. 1t is a great difficulty TO
her to rest. Many women, since I
landed on this shore, have come to me
with the natural question, why can
not Miss Willard rest upon our shores
where we would have her within hail
and see her face and reach out to her
once in a whilep' Just for that reason.
30 many would reach out to her: so
many, just one want, would be brought
to her, just n question that she must
settle, that rest would be impossible for
her, and only the faithful friend of all
these, the trusted Anna Gordon knows
how hard a task we have in a place in
which she is severed by the great ocean
from interests which are as dear to her
as life, how great a task we have to
make her rest, and how impossible
would be the task if she we're within
hail and reach"
A signal triumph for w. G. T. U.
principles was reported in the Conven-
ton by Miss Lucia Kimball, Supt. of
Sunday school work. After many years
OF seeking the cooperation of Sunday
School authorities and the consequent
securing the temperance quarterly les.
sons in the International series, we re-
joice 10 learn that the tables are turned
and these authorities are now seeking
US. Chas. Waters, Sec. of the London
Sunday School Union, asks our coopera-
ton in securing a temperance Sunday
not only for the school but for the
church also; and w. II. Dietz has form
ulated a plan for a Temperance Day
for the children of America such as
children 8 day" snow in the churches)
In the interest of which he seeks the
support of our organization. His plan
was presented to the General Assembly
OF the Presbyterian Church, which re-
solved that "a day be observed as a day
of prayer for the success OF the temper
ance, and that our churches, ministers
and Sabbath schools be requested to
observe this day by such services as
shall be best fitted to rouse and interest
in the subject and secure sound biblical
instruction thereon" We rejoice that
the church is thus preparing for a Wig
orous attack upon its most powerful
enemy. 1t is coming right along"
and ere long will see eye to eye with its
most powerful ally, the w. G. T. u,
upon the great question of the liquor
traffic at the ballot box as well as in
the Sunday school room.
1t costs twenty five hundred dollars
to keep a man in prison for five years,
and three thousand to keep a patient
in the infirmary, while it takes twenty
five hundred to keep five children in a
%workhouse in England. The sale of
strong drink is rather a costly thing,
for it is the principal agent in filling
the prisons, warehouses, etc.
One hundred and eighty seven stud.
ents at Yale were put to the test, and it
was discovered that those who did not
use tobacco in one year gained over
those who did 20 per cent. in weight,
29t per cent. in height, 10 per cent. in
chest measurement, and So per cent. in
lung capacity.
Students at Amherst were also meas
ured, and the difference was found to
be even greater in favor Of non-users of
tobacco.
DIR. Laban Dennis, of Newark, N. j.,
has made a study of this question, and
in q recent exhaustive article, makes
very strong argument against the use
OF tobacco by young men. He believes
it prevents their development in both
mind and body to their best possibilities.
Judge Hudson, of South Carolina,
now declares the whole ''dispensary"
law unconstitutional. If the higher
courts sustain him the law will 20.
But as Mr.. Childs, chairman of the Pro-
hibition State Committee, says in an
interview, the State having once got
rid of saloons will not 60 back to them.
1t will go forward to Prohibition. The
saloon has gone; the ~dispensary must
now follow.
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