Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-12-19

an agent Of such universally OF action on the ner
yous and muscular systems-one that at FIRST inva
rlaby produces vertigo and blindness, and throws
IFS victim PROSTATE on the earth in temporary
death, should not reach its climax in the role Of
it's peculiar power in that mysterious system where
nature has chosen to evolve redundant life? What
is the period for this grand demonstration Of Al ,
mighty power? What evidence does the Creator
impress upon the countenancs ofits possession?
One would think that man, more especially
yonng mans natural instincts would awaken him
to the discovery that some horrid vampire was
tanning him from mental sleep to physical death:
be has before him every day the bright eye, the
elastic STEP and the 1.-THE limbs OF bis eomPsnons
be sees, but seems not TO understand, the quickly
sverted eye the expressive and scornlul face Of in
suited woman, as she refuses to take hisofered but
detled seat in The omnibus or rail car; he permits
her 10 open the window aud expose her health to
the chill air TO get little air untainted with the
loathsome aroma of bis foul BREATH be is refused
employment at many gentlemaRly occupations by
most sagacious men, and yet he persists in debas-
ing HIMSELF be must have bis narcotic" his "stu
PETER" A very good proof of its influence on
the delicacy of nal's perception may be found
in the frequent appeal to bis opponents: LOOK at
me, it has never hurt me-" This appeal is often
made By men who, omthe associate habit of beer
| or brandy drinking, have become actually puffy
with soft fat and their breaths redoent OF that in
describably filthy and disgusting exhalaton from
liquor and tobacco drenching the floor in a circle,
and de6lng your clothes with their constant expec
toration, apparently unconscious of their ilthness,
aud their liability to a biting or insulting reply.
Both smoking and chewing also produce marked
alterations 10 the most expressive features OF the
face The lips closed by powerful circular
muscle, which completely surrounds them and
forms their PUPPY fullness. Now every mucle OF
the body is developed in precise ratio With its use
as most young men know-they endeavor to deVe-
| op and increase their muscle in the gymnasium
! In splitting, and holding the cigar in the mouth,
this muscle is in constant use; hence the coarse
appearance and irregular development of the lipa
when compared to the OF the features, in chew
| ers and smokers. The eve loses its natural FIRE,
and becomes dull and urid it is unspeculative and
unapprecative; il answers not before the word; is
owner gazes vacantly and often repels conversation
| by his stupidity. (
| The foulness of the breath in most chewers aud
smokers proves positively that the oil of tobacco,
with all its deadly powers carried into the blood
and pervades the whole system; it could not be
continually thrown out from the lungs if il did
not thus reach the sir-cells and windpipe; it is
thrown out there with the poisonous carbonic acid.
Some persons absorb the poison more freely than
others. We have seen paralysis of both the up-
per and lower extremeties in men scarce past mid
| die age. person who is saturated with tobacco,
or tobacco poisoned, acquires a sodden or dirty
yellow hue; a couple of bis breaths will scent a
large room; you may nose him before he takes his
seat OF this he is entirely unconscious; he will
give You the full force of bis lungs, and for the
most part such people have a great desire to ap-
| prosch and annoy YOU We have been followed
round large Office table by them, backing eOntin-
ually TO escape the nuisance, till we bad made a
revolution or two before our motive was perceived.
| In eating, the tobacco-chewer must lose all deli
icate appreciation of favor; we have observed, in
deed that he is very easily satisfied by the filthy
Irish cookery and greasy and cold meat and vege~
tables Of the hotel or boarding house; he seasons
bis food very highly, because Of his Obtuse taste;
many Of these uniortunates drink raw brandy for
the same reason.
The tobaccO-chewer rare Y eats n raw oyster,
prefcrrng It fried and coated over with grease and
its mpyreuma if he takes it raw, he oTtures the
poor creature with pepper aud vinegar, and sticks
fork in It; be can not elicit ii gently from its
pearly prison with his lips-they clumsy and
half paralysed.
Finally, and worse than all, be ceases to appre''
ciate the chaste salute from the rosy lip OF love,
and if the mistress of his bunted affections should
permit him to approach her cheek, it can only be
with pent-up breath, and sverted eye directed to-.
wards his pocket-the only attraction a beautiful
woman can possibly have for to6accO.chewer II
there be a vice more prostraIing to the body and
mind, and more crucifying to all the sympathies
of mans spiritual nature, we have yet to be con"
vinced of IL