The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-03
EVANSVILLE ND WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER
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sPITTING

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Will the time ever come when the spittoon
that disgusting remainder that people spit, will
tbe removed from our parlor, steamers, and
ears? Those who chew tobacco should feel a
Edelcacy in having this one Of the lower vices
made apparent by the use of Ia case de taJac,
as few others rarely avail themselves of this
fconYenience. - a ~ 1e II .sfii
The habit of splitting is propably one rea-
son why the Americans are so meager in per-
son. They spit themselves to death, and then
talk wonderingly about our climate-swefi
the number of those who die of consumption,
and look like seare@crows during the period of
their natural life. Women and girls rarely
lspit-from an instructive sense ofits indelicacy,
but men look solemn, talk grave, and spit
They finish a sentence in conversation by
| spit, just as we close aparagraph in our edito-
rial with aperied. 49, m
Boys, as soon as they are installed into broad
lcollars, spit. They practice in order to do this
well-shooting forward the body, and the under
Hip, till they become masters of the art, and
able to hit spittoon at the greatest possible
distance. y ~ s- ALB 70 f4es-
| If splitting must be done, the pocket hand
kerchief is the only legitimate medium, and
this can be used in manner as little obvious
| to the spectator as possible. Those who have
lthis habit iilveterately established should car
Try an extra handkerchief, that the one wisely
kept for show may be as little Objectionable
las possible. FlsI lfsslf ~
Seriously, our secreti5hs, if healthful, are
never offensive, and never in undue quantities;
the habit of casting the saliva from the mouth
causes an extra secretion which must, in its
turn be elected, and thus. nature is severely
taxed to supply the waste, the gums shrink
the teeth fade, the throat is parched-bronchit-
lis first, and finally consumption, or some other
decay of a weak organ comes in to close the
tseene. III
| An Arab would run a man through who
lshould presume to spit in his presence. The
bird never spits-the toad squats to the earth
and the serpent secretes saliva as deadly poi
Isoh. IF we weep passionately the saliva is
bitter; it is pungent and'scanty in the action of
the baser emotions, while love renders it sweet
land abundant The saliva is associated with
our whole animal economy, and follows closely
upon the action of our m ndsj sympathetically,
Intimately with all its moods
Sensitiveness inclihes US to swallow down
our saliva, while disgust disposes us to spit it
out. The scent of roses noistens the lips
more than the tongue, lemons cause the
mouth to be filled with saliva. The sight ofl
one hateful to US dries the mouth, While on
the contrary, one who is agreeable moistens it.
Hence, those who weep much have dry lips,
while those who suffer without tears, have
not only dry lips, but an acrid mouth. Here
lis beautiful philosophy in all this, and those
who waste the seeretions by splitting, lose not
only the action of these glands, but unques- |
tonably weaken the fine. sensibilities associat-
ed with them. Show US a man who spits and
you show us a man of uncertain characteris-
tics and one whose sensibilites are not to
be trusted. Doaway with spittoons, and ma
ture will do her work more geniatly for man.
She will beautify him, whereas noY size is obig-
ed to be continually patching him up,
Mrs e. Oothcsi Smith.