Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-13
MY BOY.

MY BOY.
1t was not on the field of battle,
1t was not with a ship at sea,
But a fate far worse than either,
That stole him away from me.
Twas the death in the ruby wine cup,
That the reason and senses dorwn;
He drank the alluring poison,
And thus my boy went down.
Down from the heights of manhood,
To the depths of disgrace and sin,
Down to the worthless being
From the hopes of what might have
been;
From the brand of the beast besotted,
He bartered his manhood's crown;
Through the gate of a sinful pleasure,
My poor, weak boy went down.
WOMEN AND LIQUOR.
1t has been recently observed that
drunkenness has universally declined
in the United States among men in the
professions. the higher classes of arti.
sanship and trades, and in commerce.
Is it not true, on the other hand that
the use OF intoxicants has increased
among American women?
A few years ago the sight of a re-
spectacle woman drinking an intoxi-
cant at the public table of an Ameri.
can hotel was unknown. Today it is
30 common as almost to have ceased
causing surprise. At almost any first
class restaurant women, apparently ra-
tional and refined, take the cocktail,
which a few years ago they knew moth
ing about, with as little EN- Embarrassment
as their men companions; nor is it as
rare as it should be that women will
order and drink cocktails even when
unaccompanied by men
The latest phase of the increase Of
intoxicants among women is found in
the fashionable candy establishments,
where, under various names, small
quantities of intoxicating liquors aer
mixed for the accommodation of a con-
sentative social legislation. especially
in relation to intoxicants. All women
inheriting European ideas about wine
and beer see no evil in their moderate
use. If American women, to the man
or born, become themselves a tipping
sex what will remain, after awhile, of
the force of this argument.
American physicians are largely re.
sponsible for the increased use of all
kinds of liquor among American wo.
men. They prescribe stimulants in a
large number of cases of i~nvalidism
among women, with the inevitable re-
suit that, whether s~alutary or not fol-
the sick, the habit grows among the
healthful. 1t is not a long step from
hops to corn, from the brew to the
still.
1t would surely be a melancholy phe'
nomenon of the closing decade of the
century If intemperance, declining
among intelligent American men.
should have made substantial and gen.
eral advance among intelligent Ameri
can women.
1t might be worth while for the Fed,
eral and city authorities to inquire into
the legal liability of liquor decocting
candy shops to pay the proper license
fee.-Chicago Times Herald.
DEATH BLOW TO COFFIN NAILS"
Anderson, Ind, March 1S.-The city
council, as a result of a vigorous cam
paign by Christian bodies, today passed
an ordinance making il a misdemeanol
for any person under the age of sixteer
to smoke a cigarette, punishable by ar
rest and a fine not in excess of 1876
Patrollmen got instructions today t
make arrests. This is the most pro
nounced move ever made in this Stat,
against this habit. The officers viii
hold courts of inquiry in cases of at
rest to determine who made the sale
as it is against the law. This will b,
followed by a curfew ordinance.
Only a few hours before his suddeI
death, in conversation with a brothe
minister, the late DR.. Boole warmly ad
vocated the ordination of women int,
the ministry, and remarked of this a
he had of political equality, ~ bas
my advocacy upon the ground of sim
pie justice, nothing less and nothing
more. The w. G. T. U. has done NOR
toward the repeal of the wicked an,
the uplifting of religious laws thal
any other organization"
II you would always be healthy
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