568 TOBACCO. 



placed crosswise and securely nailed, and under- 

 neath is the inscription : — 



•' Thou subtle enemy, thou hast held me fast, 

 But now I'm freed from thee at last; 

 Thou hast cost me £3 10s. each year, 

 But I consider thou art far too dear! " 



UNFLINCHING PRINCIPLE. 



A standing offer of fifteen hundred dollars a 

 month was made to the directors of the grand tem- 

 perance temple in Chicago for the privilege of 

 placing an elegant tobacco stand in the marble cor- 

 ridor of the rotunda. But in spite of their press- 

 ing need of money, Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, chief 

 manager of the temple affairs, without a moment's 

 hesitation, responded: "Never, not if fifty thou- 

 sand dollars were offered ; we are not poor enough 

 to permit the sale of that vile weed under this roof." 



THE GREAT CONVENTION. 



The rumors as to the virtuous tobacco abstinence 

 of the thousands of Christian Endeavorers who 

 attended the grand Xew York Convention were so 

 marvellous that I dared not put them in print till 

 I had made inquiries of Father Endeavor himself. 

 His response is a truly cheering prophecy of future 

 possibilities : 



Boston, July 27, 1892. 

 Dear Mrs. Lawrence : 



I think it is safe for you to say that so far as 

 can be ascertained there was no smoking among 



