The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-31 00:00:00

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lam them as to the si
ices to which it may give rise wh
cess of growth is not yet completed, ant,
vet-fitil•yedeveloped.
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smoking as it exists amo t the present .4 a
But a still graver question remains onsidered.
What will be the result if this habit be continued
by future generations ? It is but too true that the
sins of the fathers are visited upon their children -
and their children's children. We may here take
warning from the fate of the lied.lndians of Ame-
rica. An intelligent American physician gives the
following explanation of the gradual extinction of
this remarkable people :—One generation of them
became addicted to the use of the firewater. They
have a degenerate and comparatively imbecile pro-
geny, who indulge in the same vicious habit with
their parents. Their progeny is still more degene-
rate, and after a very few generations the race
ceases altogether. We may also take warning from
the history of another nation, who some few cen-
turies ago, while following the banners of Soly man
the Magnificent, were the terror of Christendom, but
who since then, having become more addicted to
tobacco smoking than any of the European nations,
arc now the lazy and lethargic Turks, held in con-
tempt by all civilised communities.
In thus placing together the consequences of in-
temperance in the use of alcohol and that in the use
of tobacco, I should be sorry to be misunderstood
as regarding these two kinds of intemperance to be
in an equal degree pernicious and degrading.
The inveterate tobacco-smoker may be stupid and
lazy, and the habit to which he is addicted may
gradually tend to shorten his life and deteriorate
his offspring, but the dram-drinker is quarrelsome,
mischievous, and often criminal. It is under the
influence of gin that the burglar and the murderer
become fitted for the task which they have under-
taken. The best thing that can be said for dram-
drinking, is, that it induces disease, which carries
the poor wretch prematurely to the grave, and rids
the world of the nuisance. But, unfortunately, in
this, as in many other cases, what is wanting in
quality is made up in quantity. There are checks
on one of these evil habits where there are not on
the other. The dram-drinker, or, to use a more
general term, the drunkard, is held to be a noxious
animal. He is an outcast from all decent society,
while there is no such exclusion for the most assi-
duous smoker.
The comparison of the effects of tobacco with
those of alcohol leads to the consideration of a much
wider question than that with which I set out. In
all ages of which we have any record mankind
have been in the habit of resorting to the use of
certain vegetable productions, not as contributing
to nourishment, but on account of their having
some peculiar influence as stimulants or sedatives
(or in some other way) on the nervous system. To-
bacco, alcohol, the Indian hemp, the kava of the
South Sea Islanders, the Paraguay tea, coffee, and
even tea, belong to this category. A disposition
so universal may almost beregarded as an instinct,
and there is sufficient reason to believe that, within
certain limits, the indulgence of the instinct is use-
ful. But we must not abuse our instincts. This is
one of the most important rules which man, as a re-
sponsible being, both for his own sake and for that
of others, is bound to observe. Even such moderate
agents as tea and coffee, taken in excess, are preju-
dicial. How much more so are tobacco and alcohol,
tending, as they do, not only to the degradation of
the individual, but to that of future generations of
our species.
If tobacco-smokers would limit themselves to the
occasional indulgence of their appetite, they would
do little harm either to themselves or others; but
there is always danger that a sensual habit once
begun may be carried to excess, and that danger is
never so great as in the case of those who are not
compelled by the necessities of their situation to
be actively employed. For such persons the prudent
course is to abstain from smoking altogether.
Trusting that you and your readers will excuse
me for having occupied so large a space in your
columns,—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
Aug. 27. B. C. BRODTE.

THE EARL. OF CAITHNESS AND HIS

LOCOMOTIVE.

In his journey towards the north, Lord Caithness
met with some very laughable incidents. In one
part of the Highlands he observed a man with a
horse and cart approaching, but still at a consider-
able distance. As the parties drew nearer, the
horse and cart came to a standstill, and the driver
was seen intently watching the progress of the
carriage as it came puffing onwards on a fine level
piece of road. When his lordship was within about
a hundred yards of him, he appeared in the greatest
trepidation. He looked here and there, and every -
where, in a state of complete bewilderment, and at
last bolted, leaping a fence, and running a consider.
able way over an open space of ground, till he came
to a few bushes of underwood, where he ersrAmeed
himself. The horse appeared to possess more saga-
city than his master—looked on matters with a
philosophic eye, and stood unmoved ma the middle
of the road, scrutinising the party and the machine
as they passed, with the inquisitiveness of a con-
noisseur. Some time elapsed before the man was
seen to leave his retreat, and when he did appear
he seemed to move with caution, and to have strange
misgivings as to the singular object -which he had
seen. On arriving at a certain country inn, his
lordship was surprised to find so great a stillness
about the place that not a creature was to be seen.
anywhere, and every door was shut. His lordship
left the carriage, and knocked at the door of the
inn, but he knocked long and loud before any one
answered. At last an elderly female, evidently put
forward as the mouthpiece of the party within, put
her head out of a window, and. asked very pertly
what he wanted. His lordship told her that he
wished to remain there over the night,. The beldam
replied with a jeer of the most twatalising kind,
" Na, na, we'll hae nothing to do wi' playactor
fouk ; we've had enough o' trouble wi' characters
o' your kite already," and shutting the window
with a triumphant air, and with some force, she
disappeared. His lordship stood for some time
endeavouring to convince the inmates that he
was in no way connected with playactors, but
whether he was heard or not, the same stillness
prevailed. His lordship, seeing that further argu-
ment was useless, stepped over a few fields to the
house of a neighbouring farmer, with whom he was
acquainted, and stated to him the nature of the
mistake. The farmer soon returned with the earl,
and was not long in convincing both mine host and
mine hostess of their error. Of course a thousand
apologies were made to the earl and his countess
for the uncivil way they had been treated, and as
many maledictions hurled at the head of the ostler,
who, on the first appearance of his lordship's car-
riage coming steaming onwards in the distance,
had alarmed the whole establishment by calling
out " Play-actors ! "—Banffshire Journal.

A GOOD STATE FOR MINISTERS.—There is a law
in Maine exempting from taxation " the house and lot not
exceeding two acres," owned and occupied by " any mini-
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