The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-11-08
NSBURG, PA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1860

trembling, staggering, convulsions, and
stupor. OF the two habits, smoking aud
chewing, it is difficult to determine the
most detrimental, though [ am aware the
friends of Pipe and Cigar plead the com
parative innoXiOusness Of smoking; be-
cause, as they say, the alkaloid is not vol
atile. and the oil, partially decompoSed by
the fire, and consequently inert. The first
Of these arguments must be admitted as
true, but the second is not; for recent eX-
periments have evinced an actual augmen-
tation of this pernicious oil during the ap-
plication Of heat. What better eqemplili-
cation Of It's poisonous qualities would we
want than seeing person chew the first
quid, or smoke the first cigar The author
distinctly remembers his first sorrowful
experience, and would loathe to see anoth-
er suffer such penalty for an apparently
trifing infractiCn of Natures law.
Two young men who imprudently
smoked about thirty-two cigars IN imme-
diate succession, died OF apoplexy. This
i 'cumstance was we'll authenticated, but
cannot be referred to, for the reason that
[ have forgotten the author. Napoleon
once took a notion he would smoke for the
scented to him. When he had with some
difficulty succeeded in drawing a mouthful
Of the ambrosial fume. he said, take that
away from me-what abomination. Oh,
the swine. my stomach turns - He was
harassed for some time after the disgusting
puff, aud ever after pronounced the pleas
ure Of habit, fit only to amuse siuggards." !"
\ great portion Of our American stu
dents destroy their physical and moral
powers by the excessive use OF Tobacco
rendering themselves unfit to pursue their
studies, and frequently leading them TO
indulge IN alcoholic beverages, to soothe
into tranquility their tevered and poisoned
brains. The degeneration OF SPAN IS, by
European writers, attributed greatly to
the excessive use OF Tobacco BE this as
1t may, 1t Is certain that Spanlard Is rare
Iy seen without cigar or quld III his
mouth.
/ The pupils IN the Polytechnic School at
! Pars have recently furnished some GU
rous statistics, bearing on the Tobacco
/ controversy. Dividing the young gentle
men OF the college lnto two groups
smokers and non-smotSers-It Is proven
that the smokers have shown themselves
! IN the various competitive examinations
lar inferior to the others. Not only IN
the exam U'oHs oi Gh'erIn5 Cile So''oi
are the smokers IN lower rank, but IN
t the various ordeats that they have 20 pass
through IN a year, the average ranks OF
the smokers mad constantly fallen, ana
not IncOnslderabIyj while the men Wh"
did not smoke enjoyed cerebral atmos-
phere Of the clearest kind. l'de Dublin
Med. Press.
Sleeping in an apartment where Tobac-
co had been spread to dry has resulted IN
the death OF Il child by the most 1rlSht1ui
convuisIons. But to commence cltinS
casts IN which Tobacco has resulted emil
nently perHicious, and even fatal, would
require more space than we can aliot to
the whole subject
1t is the candid conviction OF many en-
incnt men, and L have no reason to d'1er,
that on account of It's wide range and al
most universal use, Tobacco Is more Inju-
rious to us as nation than alcoholic bev-
erages. Being used moderately, 1t pro
duces state Of general languCr or reposeD
which no doubt is a considerable barrier
to the healthful progress OF American lit
erature. But used more freely, 1t produces
mental disorder, analogous to deh|7a"'
t,cneeas, (vulgarly termed oman with the
poker
| am disposed to quote few OF the last
) lines of "king james Counterblast t1
Tobacco" which will be interesting on