Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-08
The Baneful Effects Of Tobacco.

The Baneful Effects OF Tobacco.
An old man and youth stood
talking in the Union Depot one day,
The form er must have reached his six
tieth birthday, while the latter had
not reached his twentyfirst. Stand
ing near them, we could not avoid
overhearing a portion of their conver-
satiOn.
"Now You onght to know" said
the old man, THAT this vile habit oi
chewing and smoking that has got
such strong hold on your system, is
rapidly sapping the foundations OF
your vitality. 1t is destroying your
mind, weakening your memory, .sof-
tening the bones of your body, and
rendering you physically less strong
than you oughtto be. If you continue
in it you will he a feeble. nervous,
dyspeptic old man before you are fifty.
Unless you stop now, You will never
be worth much mentally or physic-
ally"
Il know it, uncle answered the
young man, who was holding a cigar
between his thumb and ore-fnger,
with that grace so peculiar to the ha-
bitual smoker, but can't quit it. j
have seen its effects already, and have
tried several times to break it off, but
it is impossible
Impossible! O. John. John. do
not say that. Rally all the manhood
and resolution there is in you, and be-
come a man. You don't know how
strong you will feel if you can gain
snch victory over your appetite
Try again and this time succeed. Do
not try to quit the use of the weed by
degrees-in that way you will never
conquer the habit. Quit at once and
foreper, and let no temptation induce
you to commence again. Will you do
it?'
Yes, uncle James, I wU,' and the
young man threw away his cigar; and
AS he moved away he stepped firmly,
as If his new resolution would be kept.
We could not but remark the diff
ference between these two PERSONS
The old man was tall, straight as an
arrow, active. with a still ruddy and
healthy compile Nion, and looked ~ II
he were good for twenty years of bust
ling, busy life yet; while he who should
have been the stronger and more act
i've, was pale, slim listless. with hol-
low cheeks and sunken eyes, and ap-
peared TO us to be nearer the gave
than the old man who was thrice his
age. The old mans voice. too, was
fnll, clear and sonorons, while that OF
his nephew was thin, piping and weak.
Perhaps not all the difference between
them was caused by the filthy weed
which is such favorite with so many;
it may be that the young man dissi-
pated in other ways. But there was
no doubt in our mind that tobacco had
much to do towards bringing him to
the condition in which we saw him.
And any one could see at a glance
that the old man had lived temper
ate, active life, and been firm in re-
sisting the temptations which too easi-
ly beset our youth.
We saw little boy passing along
Meridian street the other day with a
plug of cavendish in his hand, which
he was smelling and looking at
with evident satisfaction. No doubt
he had already learned to distinguish
the quality of tobacco by smelling it.
We really pitied the boy. Dwarfed
in appearance. with attenuated limbs.
sallow complexion and black lustre
eyes, he looked very far from being
the healthy, robust, CHEEKY and wide
awake fellow that boys of his age
should be. And so we see them eve
ry day and every where. An exchange
paper, in speaking of the baneful ef-
iects Of tobacco. SAYS:
The terrible ravages which tobacco
is making on the bodies and minds oil
the young. seems to be attracting the
attention of medical men in various
parts of the world. In a pamphlet
Just issued by DR.. Seymour, of Lon
don, on private lunatic asylums. and
the causes of insanity of late years,
the Doctor denounces with emphasis.
as one Of the producing causes, the
;nmoderate smoking INDUCED in by
boys and young men at the UNIVERSE
ties and larger schools, now called
colleges The remarks of the Doc.
tor are as applicable to the youths o
this country as of Europe. No one
conversant with diseases can doubt
that excessive smoking. especially il
the case of young people, must be
highly injurious to both mind and
body. Its effect is to depress the cir
culation: the heart becomes weak, II.
regular in its action. and the pulse i,
scarcely felt The victim becomes ir
resolute and nervous; his appetit.
fails, and his mind fills with imagina
~ evils. This may continue fol
years. but at length the smoker die,
OF suddenly; then examination ha.
shown that the muscular structure o
the heart Is imperfect in its action
the left side is thin. and in some ca
ses, where sudlen death has occurred
there has been fonnd little more thar
strip of muscular fibre left Ind
Daily Atlas.
INDIANA STATE FAR.-If the Fai