The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-21
How s,nikss Quit Tobacco.

O few years, ana rarely consumed more
than an ounce paper in day; Bnt he fear,
ed the habit might get hold of him and
become fixed, and if there was anything
that he abhored it was to see man be- Il
come o slave to q bad habit. He had used
tue weed some, to be sure, but there had
never been time during the last ten years
when he coald not stop at any moment.
He could break off at any minute ; and 1t
was a great satisfaction to feel SO.
Thompson, he thought, was an AFFECT
slave to his pipe. He pitied Thompson
for he had seen Thompson try to stop
ously every time he undertook it. But
Smikes wanted to show biswife how easy he
could quit. So Monday morning he remark
ed carelesslS to Samantha that he guessed
he would stop using tobacco. samantha
said she was glad of 1t, and added lmpetu-
ously, what she had never said before,
that it was a vile habit. Smikes appeared
q little nervous and confused when Samen-
tina said this, and mumbled out something
about being glad he had never got into ~
himself. In his agitation he pulled out
bis tobacco box and was about to take
chew, when he recollected himself and
plunged out of the front door, forgetting
| his umbrella. About half way to the Of
fico he met Jones, with whom lie was haV-
| ing some business transactions. Wine they
we're talking the thing over Smikes got a
little enthusiastic, aud he had almost
reached the Office before he noticed that
he was rolling an uucommoniy plump qa'u
| around his mouth like sweet morsei.
How it got there Smikes did not Kho"'
He puzzled over that little thing all the
rest of the forenoon, aud at last he took 1t
out Of bis mouth and threw it away, salts
tod that he must have taken it while talk
,ep with Jones. Twice that afternoon
Smikes took out his tobacco-box anu look,
ed at it. Once he took OFF the cover, aud
ismci!ed of the tobacco; 1t smeie 80 COCO
n INN
himself that it was the easiest thing in the
world to stop chewing.
Il He CONGRATULATED himself again and again
that day that lie did not become entangled
in the meshes of the filthy vice, land alluded
to the matter three or four tines that eve
ming at the tea table, till Samantha mar
Yelled greatly at the frmness of Smikee.
She had ALWAYS heard, she said, that IL
!, was hard thing to leave off. But Sinikes
. had told her and kept telling her that 1t
/. was "just as easy" and ner reverence Iot
+ the strength and independence of charac-
ter of Smikes grew like gourd. That
, night Srnikes had the nightmare. lie
3 Thought that legion of foul tends had
! got him up in a corner of the back yard
and had rolled over on HIM q mons.
D trious quid of ''fiue-cut," as large around
9 as a cart-wheel, and that they were tryln:
9 to force it into his mouth. Smikes strug
Q aled vigorously, and W hen Samantha SHOOK
him and asked him what was the matter
t tho Only reply was, that "anyoody coult
d stop chewing il they on!y made up thel
r. mind to it," The next day Smlkes was
g little nervous. He told everybody VIII
d came in what IA simple thing it was to stol
g chewing. Tho third day he harped aoou
: It all day long. lie told one man about l
p three different tunes, and When that M
rs informed individual ventured the optnlol
8, that he would be chewing again IN los
IT than week. Smikes indignantly ejaculat
y ed: "Mr. jenkins, when L make up M
Is mind to q thug that is the last OF IL ); tn
I'd fourth day Smikes heard that chamomii
n blossoms were sometimes used as a s1ostl
st tute for tobacco, and just out OF cure
e. them. He said to the druggist when 4
i'd bought them that it was easy enough I
ve atop the use of tobacco. On tue htth Ola
Smikes got sick.
ce His nerves gave out. lie snapped SOM
thing at Samantha at the breakfast tabl
er nrset his inkstand, burnt his fdgers pol
en- ing some cinders out of the CRATE, an
he had no appetite for dinner. That day tt
devil whispered to Smikes that tobac'
y was really beneficial to some tom per-
ur ments. Smikes had temperament OF tn
ak kind. The sixth day Smlkes felt ike
murderer, He seemed to himself to ma
Id become transformed into Modoc. ID
ut mouth was dry and parched. stot
ur healthy looking old gentleman came IN
Smikes' office that day. He was gre
9C friend of SIn1k6S, aHd 6S no "a" ava ="
DIS silver tobacco box, and daintiiy shook o
a small portion of the ipungent wee
z" Smikes felt his mouth water. He remark
led 10 Mr.. johnson that he had not cheWed a
Ter for 81 day and that he hal refra'ned so 10
;he Just to satisfy himself that anybody COZ
lat chew or leave il alone. He was fully sat
fed that it could be done, bat he ratt
aid thought that his was one of those tempe'
to ments that are really acted upon in q ber
liclai way by the temperate use of toSac
md Mr. johnson said he thought so too, a
as he handed Smikes his box, remark
ent that he had chewed regularly for thi'
ms years, and didn't know as It bad ro,,s s
large Quid back into his left cheek he 81
18th he thought there was great difference
she men. lie was satisfied that he could 81
oug chewing at any time, but there we're 30
temperaments to which gentle marco
aud or opiate was really blessing.-SaTH
was gi0n.
red SAYS the London Tablet of the 23cd uit
the will Of Charles, Duke of Brunswick, who