The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-10-20


headache, and lassitude When cigar
is smoked badly, that is, when the com
bustion Of the cigar is slow and incom-
plete, carbonic oxide is produced in
small quantities, aud is an active pois-
onng agent, resulting in irregular mo-
ton of the heart, vomiting, commissions
OF the musc.e~, and drowsiness. The
nicotine tends 20 cause tremor, palpita-
ton Of the heart, and paralysis. The
volatile cmpyrcumatic substance pro-
duees SENSE Of oppression and taints
the breath and surroundings Of the
smoker with the well known estate to-
bacco smoke" smell. The bitter ex-
tract causes that sharp nauseus taste
peculiar to "A re-lghted cigar or an old
pipe.
by trying the effect Of tobacco smoke
on lower animals, we can obtain an
idea of It's influence on ourselves. Small
insects are stupetied rapidly, but re-
cover in fresh air. Cold-blOoded ami
mails succumb slowly to the smoke,
birds rapidly. Some animals, such as
the goat, can eat tobacco with impu-
nifty; but none escape the effects of the
fumes. Persons suffer most from to-
bacco while learning 10 smoke. Or.
Richardson says that the spasmOdic
seizure. are sometimes terrible, espe-
/ cially in boys. There is "A sensation OF
imminent death, the heart nearly ceases
10 beat, and sharp pains shoot through
| the chest. Examination Of inferior an
finals under such conditions show that
4 "the brain is pale and empty Of blood
! the stomach iCddcuod IN round spots,
/ so raised and pile-iike that they resem-
/ ole patches OF Utrecht velvet The
| blood is preternaturaliy fluid, the lungs
are as pale AS those OF "a dead calf, aud
I the heart is feebly trembling such is
I the primary action Of ones first cigar.
After y time, however, the body be-
/ comes accustomed 20 the influences OF
/ the poison: and with the exception of
| constant functional disturbances lowing
/ 10 the cNcretiOnary organs, notably the
/ kidneys, being compelled 10 do work
not essential 80 their duties), no dis
tressing results are felt. There are nu-
merou- instances where the evil effects
are scarcely appreciable, the ply steal
and nervous constitution OF the smoker
/ being capable of resisting the influence.
I'm many cases copious salvation at
leads smoking, and inthis circumstance
/ the opponents If tobacco have found
strong argument. Still, either 90 eX-
pectOrate or not 10 do so Is a choice of
Two evils. IN the latter case, the result
is 10 swallow the saliva charged with
poisonous matter; in the former. the
saliva needed 10 prepare food for di-
/ gcstion is lost, and besides, as IL con
tains salts of lime in solution, the effect
Is 20 produce large formations Of tartar
on the teeth. Smokers sore throat ="
is special irritable state Of the mucus
membrane induced by cigar smoking,
which soon disappears when the
habit is broken OF. Tobacco smoke
does not produced consumption
or bronchitis, but it tends TO
aggravate both maladies. Its effect on
the organs Of sense is TO cause, in the
extreme degree, dilation Of the pupils
of the eve, confusion Of vision, bright
lines, luminous or cob web specks, and
long retention Of images on the retina,
with other and analogous symptoms
affecting the ear, namely, inability 20
define sounds clearly and the occur
renee OF a sharp ringing like that
of a whistle or a bell. It's effect on the
brain is 10 impair the activity of that
organ and 90 Cypress it if il be duly
nourished, but 90 sOothe it II 10 Toe eN-
hausted. II leads 10 paralysis in the
volitional and i'm the sympathetic or
organic nerves, and 90 Over-secretion
from the glandular structures. Science
was not wise enough 70 prepare so for
midable an indictment of the nicotian
weed as the above in King James time,
else that monarch might have had bet
ter ground than his personal dislike for
stigmatizing the habit of smoking rs
"custOm loathsome to the eve, hateful
70 the nose, harmful 90 the braine, dan
gerous TO the lungs, and in the black
sinking fume thereof, neerest resem-
bling the horrible Stigian smoake of
the pit that is bottomlesSe."
And vet, despite all that Science can
say, the habit Is increasing. Two cen
turtles ago the Turks regarded smosing
as religious ollense, and paraded a
smoker through the streets of Constan-
tinople with his pipe stuck through his
nose as a warning to others. Who can
disconnect the Turk now from the ideas
of chibouque or nargileh, or fragrant
LataSia? Look at the best cigar wrap
pers the world can produce, raised on
tobacco fields in the heart of New Eng
land, where the Puritan fathers once
visited the direst of blue law vengeance
on the wretch who profaned His Makers
handiwOrk by making chimney of
his nostris.M The value of our tobacco
crop last year reached nearly $50, 0OO,
600. We consume annually some 15.-
600 hogsheads of the leaf; we import
ed about 5000 bales Of cigars, ETC.,
from Cuba in 1879.
What is the end OF il all? Effects
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