Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-04-11

ION occurring IN excessive smokers froi
mai-nutritlon ofthe rctina. Ano'her clas
Of persons who ought not 20 smoke ar
those who have weak or unsteady cireal,
,ions ant complain of such troubles as pal
pita'ion. carliae paia, intermittent pulse
habltual.y cold hands aud feet, or chron
&c lancuor.
Lastly. there is reason for believing tina
the hatitnal use Of tobacco is likely 10 re
taSl the d9rE.rowth and development Q
thA hodyi 1ear, no one should become
sR, 2<cr ffff. ccl:,wCll past the pvriod Q
.pub4ty- .f"ahS. orenver. have no ex
for smoking. Sr they are spared n,
haEa wear and tear of adult life.
Now, after eliminating those who from
idinsyncrasy cannot, AMI those who frou
bodily ailmcnt or from tender years should
not smoke. there will still be large resi-
dium of happy folk who can smoke. cnio,
smoking. and are. indeed, the better 70,
it. Those are they who use tobacco with.
out abusing it--use il. that is 10 say, in
moderate quantity. in duo season. and
| honestly FOR the sake and comfort which
, i gives tlem-a comfort every bit as le-
climate as that which drinkers Of tea. cof.
| fee or wine extract. in each case from :heir
favori:c Leverage
y few words on each Of those points -
BY moderate smoking is meant smoking
| only Just 50 much and so often rs each
man finds 10 hc good fpr him. 1t is with
tobacco rs with alcoholic drinks. Every
. man q mature wears. sound health. AMI
common sense. soon gets to know what is
tn" limit of >af" Indulgence for himself. -
However widely this limit NAV vary in
different iniiviiuals. the following rule is
all .lu'r AMI unaltorahle-that when n
smoker brgirs to all bodily. or to be get
ting lis'lesS, dreamy, and disincIinel for
scriens thought or action. or TO shirk the
duties Of social Intercourse, this limit has
been exceeded
Tohacc" should be used as supplementary
10 food. not rs substitute for it. The
season. therefore. for healthy sHnkin. is
after meal Tobacco should not te ia
ken on m empty stomach (unlgsS t. stayc
of hun-"r) any more than alcohol. Snoh-
ing merely to kill time, or to color pipe g.
is childish abuse of tobacco.
A"air~t N ,icrate smoking in n haa,-
thy p"rsrn who enjoys it, not 4 single ar
"umcut of any weight has vet hacn al
vanc"!. Perhaps the most plausible of
them is this that every smoker daily i'm
hihcS small quantity Of tobacco oil aui
nicotine" and aS these substances tax,
hy themselves in the pure concentrated
state and in lar~e doses arc highly poisonr
ous. therefore every habitual smoke. y
slowly poisoning himself jus, as rea-
sonablc is it to condemn all alcoholic
drinks. such rs wine. beer, etc. as PERM
ciou$, because a draft of pure alcohol will
nearly or qaite Kill man; or to condemn
tea and coffee as dangerous drinks. be-
cause their active principles. theinc AMI
caffeine. taken alone and in large doses,
are poisons
One Of the best established truths in
medical science is. that the same phvsio-
logical agent. according TO the dose given.
may produce effects which differ not mere
in degree but in kind The idea o: small
doses Of tobacco or other such agent slow
Is accommodating in the system. and AT
'cngth producing the effect Of a single
large dose. is a priori absurd, ami as,
contradicted by experience
50 much-ani often 50 much nonsense
is pra;ed about the evils oftohacco. that
IL virtues rarely get hearing, and yet
the latter are many and great The qnic,
nervous unrest; TO soothe ruffici tenn
per; to favor calm and impartial thought;
to stead and clear (not to cloud) a con-
fused. ovcrpowcrcd brain to counterac.
the effects OF physical cxhaus,ion--theSe
are just the things which tobacco does. and
If II can effect ;hrs> ends safely and pleas
antlv. who shall deny it a place among
Gods good gifts TO men?