Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-11-29
COLUMN,
EDITED BY JoNEsBoRo W. G. t. U.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE THE ONLY ABSOLUTE
LY SAFE RULE FOR INSURANCE.

Ihouut w ToJeCttOn, anu therefore con-
sidered as practically uninsurable: aer.
onauts, brewers, clerks and laborers in
breweries, bar keepers, saloon keepers,
beer bottlers, seamen, cartridge makers,
circus riders, coal miners, miners of
quartz, gold, silver, iron, lead, zinc,
copper, drivers of beer wagons, etc.
II have endeavored to draw some
useful general deductions from these
statistics, and from such other statistics
as I have had access to, and l therefore
feel that l am correct in saying:
". That vicious habits in respect of
his present use of intoxicating drinks
should invariably cut a man off from
the present benefits of life insurance.
"2. That vicious habits in the same
respect in the past, succeeded by an &C.
casional use Of intoxicants, should leave
a man open to a great deal of doubt,
and not entitle him to any cheaper
policy than a short term endowment.
"3. That such vicious habits in the
past succeeded by a period of not less
than five years of total abstinence,
would justify the favorable considera-
ton of a risk, provided the most careful
medical examination satisfactorily
proves that no constitutional impair
ment has been wrought by his past ex-
cesses.
a. That one engaged in any way in
the sale or manufacture of Intoxicating
drinks should be regarded with the
gravest suspicion, and only accepted
when the habits are unqualifiedly coed,
and the age of the applicant creates a
reasonable assumption that he has
passed beyond the period of severest
temptation"
Below are additional answers of in
surance companies TO the questions SUBJ
mitted to them by the Voice bearing
upon the relations of total abstinence
and longevity. The answers continue
to show the practically unanimous be-
lief among insurance companies that
the habitual use of beer and other in
toxicating beverages shortens life and
makes the user a hazardous risk. " Like
the replies before given, those which
follow are almost unanimous in reject
ing saloon keepers, ~bartenders and all
others engaged in the liquor business.
About seven per cent. of the whole
weight OF tobacco is a deadly poison.
The proof of this is the effect it has on
the stomach when first introduced into
it. Tobacco creates ulcers on the lips,
tongues, cheeks and Oonsils; it produces
giddiness vomiting, dyspepsia, diseased
liver, congestion of the brain, apoplexy,
palsy, madness, loss of memory, feeble
ness and cowardliness. 1t taints the
breath, ruins the digestion, obliterates
taste and smell, spoils the blood, op-
presses the brain, depresses the heart,
irritates the nerves, wastes the muscles,
obstructs the liver, dims the vision,
stains the skin, and deteriorates and
contamiDa tes every organ and tissue
with which it comes In contact in the
body. Its influence is to lessen vitality.
to benumb the sensibilities, to shorten
life, to kill"
The thing itself is filthy. 1t is strip
p,d, sorted and favored. 1t is then
p 1t into large piles, and negro men, in
cieck shirt only, are put on the pile to
work in the f1avoring. They get on it
a d tramp. The room is kept very
arm, and The negroes tramp, tramp,
all day, and the perspiration running
in streams down their bodies. 1t is af-
forwards sold to our fastidious (Yl gen
tlemen.
Six men employed by a Rushville
brickmason went on a strike last week
because their employer refused to allow
them to frequently quit work to drink
cider at a restaurant near by. The
mason has decided that his men can
not drink cider and do their work in a
satisfactory me
A. Kander, a merchant doing bust
ness at East Eud, was arrested yester-
day on the charge of selling cigarettes
to minors. He will be tried before
Squire Springfield today. The Ten
nessee acts of 1890 make it a misde-
meanor to sell cigarettes to minors aud
fixes the penalty at not less than $40
nor more than 800.
l believe that the great vices in our
large cities will never be conquered
until the ballot is put in the hands of
women.TBishop Simpson.
In view of the terrible corruption of
our politics, people ask, can we main
tain universal suffrage? l say no, not
without the aid Of women.-Bishop
Gilbert Haven.
The correct principle is that m
are not only justified, but exhibit the
most exalted virtue, when they enter
on the concerns of their county. of
humanity, and of their %God.-John
Quincy Adams.
Far and Wide.