Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-04-14
WON'T ADVERTISE WHISKY.

WON ADVERTISE WHISKY.
All contracts for whisky advertise.
ments in The Ledger have expired, and
from this date no whisky advertise.
ment shall appear in these columns al
any price, If the saloon people desire
to expiate on the merits ~ of any pc.
culiar brand of their damnation, the y
can look elsewhere for a medium thro
which to extol its virtues. The Ledger
makes no claim to sanctifcation, but
when a saloon keeper tells us that a
VI ad. in The Ledger has sold for him
Sl,2OO worth of whisky it makes us
feel that we have been in a small
measure responsible jor the damage
done, and we promise to ''sin no more. y
Murray (Ky.) Ledger.
WASHINGTON ON 1NTox1cANTs.
In the provincial army, when gen.
oral charges of drunkenness we're made
against the Virginia troops, there was
no word against Washington person.
ally. He had, moreover. TINS early
deplored it as a serious vice, forbidden
1t by stringent orders, and applied a
hundred lashes to every man found
drunk. Still later he wrote that gin.
shops served to ruin the proprietor and
those who make the most frequent ap.
plication to them" and in advising
his nephew he adds, Refrain from
drink, which is the source of all evil
and the ruin of half the workmen of
this country Ladies' Home Journal.
TEMPERANCE CAUSE IN ENGLAND.
England has not enjoyed any drastic
temperance legislation within the last
quarter century, but during that time
justices of the peace have been given
jurisdiction over off beer licenses. 1t
has been made illegal to hold an cleo.
ton upon licensed premises, or to pay
wages in drink or in public houses.
Wales and Ireland have been blessed
with Sunday closing. Sentiment has
been created. Even the queen has
stamped the seal of her approval upon
the principle of prohibition for foreign
natives and for B~ecbuanland.
SUDDEN DEATH.
A printer in Boston used to come
into a printing office occasionally to
do necessary work. He was a skilled
workman, and a tall, strong man of
good physique, but he was an inveter.
ate user of tobacco. His whole face
seemed saturated with the poisonous
drug One morning he di not come
at the accustomed time; he had
dropped dead. Who can guess what
caused his death?
An able and prominent minister,
occupying an important position stand
Ing In the pulpit to preach, fell. He
recovered consciousness, was able to
be about, but in a few weeks time, he
was dead. What was the cause of itP
"A lady remarked that the last time she
heard him preach, as he passed to the
pulpit, at a considerable distance from
nre, the offensive smell of tobacco was
distinctly perceptible. His study was
full OF the odor of smoke. What caused
his death? A man who know him,
said He poisoned himself with tobac.
co." We do not know how that a
out we know that tobacco is a poison;
that 1t will sicken and unperverted ma
lure; it will kill if taken in quantities
by those who are unaccustomed to it.
u Is a dangerous, deadly drug, and
hat which will kill human beings and
'nimals, must, if used habitually, tend
o shorten life.-The Safeguard.
TOTAL DEPRAvITY.
George Mills is an expert in the art
taking on jags. One night recently
le started down town, taking with
his little ten year old son. Mills
Iropped into several saloons along the
way and took on an Immense jag. He
hen made his son drink more than the
title fellow could stand, until both
'ere in a beastly state of intoxic alton.
hen they went to the Salvation Army
Meeting in their hall at 62S Market
street. .
In a few minutes the boy was so
that he fell off the bench in
drunken faint. Some of the Saliva.
carried him into a vacant room
nd tried to revive him. Policeman
came in about this time -,
nd sent the boy to the station in the {
atrol wagon, and in the meantime