Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-09-12
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
EDITED BY JoNEsBoRo W. c. T. U.
WHAT SMOKING DOES FOR BOYS.

ioiBV hunlpeI VI bOyb uuueI ulleSu
years of age whom he observed smok-
ing, was led to inquire into the effect it
had upon the general health. He took
for his purpose thirty eight, aged from
nine to fifteen and carefully examined
them. In twenty seven he discovered
injurious traces of the habit In
twenty two there were various disor.
ders of the circulation and digestion,
palpitation Of the heart and more or
less taste for strong drink. In twelve
there We're frequent bleedings of the
nose, ten had disturbed sleep, and
twelve had liberation of the mucous
membrance of the mouth, which dis
appeared on ceasing the use of the to-
bacco for some days. The doctor treat
ed them all for weakness, but with little
effect until the smoking was discon.
tinued, when health aud strength were
restored Medical Journal.
Says the anti Prohibitionists, "you
have no right to legislate on what q
man shall eat and drink" Our answer
to that is, that we are legislating every
day on what a a shall eat and drink,
and especially on what he shall sell
TO eat and drink. Let a butcher hang
up at his door a piece of tainted meet.
and offer it for sale, and see how quick
the officer of the law will be after him.
Let a man declare his intention of
drinking a solution of arsenic and see
how quickly he will be ''prohibitedn
from doing it. Let a man propose to
eat an ounce or two of rough on rats
or any thing that will jeopardize his
life and see if the law will not exercise
its right to controlling him as to what
he shall eat or drink. The poison of
alcohol is just as deadly and sure. only
in the quantities taken, it acts slower.
The people have the same right to leg
islate against its use that they have to
legislate against the use of my other
poison.
we learn, with pleasure, that Lady
Henry Somerset is making another
visit to this country, and will remain
till after the National w. c. T. U. Con-
vention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio,
in October. This is Lady Henry s sec
ond or third visit in a few years, show
ing her interest in, and her kindly
feeling toward our people, especially
the w. @. T. U. 1t has occurred to us,
as Miss Willard nov has her a sum-
mel home in the North, how nice it
would be if she could have a winter
home, somewhere in the orange groves
and magnolias of our sunny South
A home to which she could invite her
friend, Lady Henry, and where they
could, for a season, hide from the very
severe winters of our North, and from
which she could give part of her time
to work in the South, where she can
accomplish, perhaps, more than in any
other part of u country, for the next
few years. True both she and Lady
Henry are such busy, active bodies,
that it would be useless to ask them to
rest from work, in a climate so delight
full as ours is in winter, but we should
love to see those two noble Christian
women, whose broad motto is For
God and home and every land" have
a home in our beautiful Sunny South.
THE DIFFERENCE.
Ito my lady friends, upon her inter-
view with a member of the school board
of No, Butler County, Kansas.
So yer want ter teach our SCHOOL,
Yes, l know yen keep the rule,
An III do the very best yer know an
can;
An III do yer dooty tew,
An I'd like ter see yer through,
But our boards determined it'll
have q man.
There's a Teller yere from town
He's been lately comm down,
An the board-I guess they like his
talk an face;
He was hyur the other day,
An he jes' had this ter say:
That a woman, somehow, didn't
know her place;
That the kitchen is her spere,
Stead O. runin' thar an hyr,
Huntin jobs as only men ken turn off
right;
An he ken teach, they say,
Keepin' books an algibray,
An be handy eff the bigger boys
should fight.
Yes I'll tell 'em what yer say:
Yer ken teach the algibray;
That the big 'uns never fight 18th yer
yet;
An yer 'stificate-fus' grade
Lays his paper in the shade;
An gals an boys all like yer, tew-
you bet.
Yes, we know he drinks an chews;
But yer see we can't refuse
Him fur actin jes' like other fellers
act;
II amt no use to waste yer talk
Bout "ex-am-pli'ary walk
They're determined on a man, an
that's a fact.
s we'll go homo. Their minds is sot.
TIL air a stubborn headed lot.
Be's contented in yer spere es wimmen