Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-09
TOBACCO AND LIQUOR ARITHMETIC.

we paying for liquor as a nationY"
$4,000, 900, 900 annually"
"Step to the blackboard, my boy.
First, take q rule and measure this sill.
yer dollar. How thick is it?"
NEARLY an eighth of an inch"
well, sir, how many of them can
you pile in an inch?"
Between eight and nine"
give it the benefit of the doubt and
call it nine. How many inches would
it require to pile up these 5000, 900, 00O?:"
400, 600, 900 inches"
"How many feet would that be?"
1888, 1888 feet"
"How many rods2"
1905, 050 rods"
How many miles,"
'1,57S miles"
miles of WHAT"
"1,578 miles of silver dollars, laid
down, packed closely together, u ma
tional liquor bill would make"
Now, add the 5000, 900, 900 we are
paying for tobacco annually to the Ii.
quor miles of dollars, which is two
thirds as much, or 1862, and we have
1899 miles of silver dollars packed
closely together for our nation 5 yearly
grog and tobacco bill. Let these same
silver dollars be laid flat, touching edge
to edge, and they would make a con-
tinuous ring around the earth"
Reader, if you need facts about this
question, nail that to a post and read
it occasionally. 1t would take a small
army of men with scoop shovels to
throw away money as fast as we are
wasting it for grog and tobacco.-The
Anti Tobacco Gem.
SUING A DEMIJoHN.
A peculiar breach of promise suit
was brought In Manchester, England.
A maiden appeals to the court for dam
ages, now, that a certain innkeeper re.
fuses to take her in marriage after en-
couraging her to hope. II is proved
that he had the delirium tremens in her
house several times. She gets q YER.
dict of ten pounds. Why any woman
wants to marry the delirium tremens
we know not. She deserves congratu-
lation at escape from such a man, in.
stead of ten pounds for the loss of him.
No woman can afford to take a man il
she has to have delirium tremens
thrown into the bargin. A man is very
well, but better no man at all than
such an accompaniment. Let women
be cautious how they marry men with
highly spiced breath, the spice put in
to hide whisky odor. Better pay ter
pounds to get rid of him than sue hin
for ten pounds because he does no
marry you. If a man makes for him
SELF unhappy connubial relations, h
may run away and so get rid of it, blu
for a woman wrongly afianced Their
is no escape. The young man ma,
have glossy hair and bright eyes ant
immaculate broadcloth, but if h
drinks, eve moderately, make up you
mind that before thirty five he will d
one of the two things either sto
drinking entirely or else go to preditio.
and if he does the latter he will proba
bly, take his wretched wife along wit
him.
| beg you, girls, do all you can t
save the boys. Why is it, or how is il
that some girls will recognize and &C
cept the attention of boys when the,
are full of liquorp If these same girl
were to get drunk and go into the pres
ence of those boys, how do you suppos,
the boys would treat themp They would
turn from them in disgust, ant
say: mo drunken girl shall ever b,
my wife," And they would not be tt
blame for saying it. Then, if a mar
don't want a drunken wife, and won
marry q drinking woman, is it not pas
sing strange that some girls will rusl
headlong into matrimony with drunken
menu
Girls, stand up for Prohibition. By
so doing you will advance q nobll
cause, and, at the same time, protec
yourselves from the worst fate that Cal
befall q woman, to.wit, becoming
~drunkard's wife. Save the boys, an,
may God help you in the noble effort
-Upchurch.
Customer-The doctor says the cow
you have made me leaves no room TO
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