The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-11-30


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two evils. In the latter case, the result
il to .swalleW. the, saliva charged with.
poisonous matter; ii the former, the,I
Saliva neeNed I'D prepare food fordi-
gesti0nsis .lest andx beaidesy as,it con-
talps salts of lime, in solution, the effect
is to produce large formations of tartar
on the teeth. 1ssSmokefs rs sore throat y.
isaspe0iaai irritable state ,of the mucous. !
membrane induced BY cigar smoking,
habit IS broken Of Tobacco smoke
doesei met ,RproduCda beonstmption
or dbrenehitis, >, but 1T tends ., to-
aggravate both maladies. Its effect on
the organs OF sense is 10 cause, In the,
extreme degree, dilation of the pupils
of the eye, confusion of vision, bright
lines, luminous 81 cob web speckS, and
long reteatioAI of inAgesion the retina,
with, 0thers and analogous, symptoms
affecting the ear. namely, inability to
define sounds CLEARLY and the occur
|feneeaof a sharptriagihgsouiM like that.
of o whistle Or > bell Its effect on, the,
brain is to. impair the ACTIVITY OF that
organ and to oppress It il it be duly
fnourished, bat 10 ,soosheit if il be ex-
hansted. 1T lads atai, paralysis, in the
volitional and in the sympathetic or
organic nerves, and TO over-secretion
from the glandllar structures. Science
was not Wise enough to prepare SO for
lmidabie an Indictment, of the nicotian
weed as the, aboyein King james time,
else that monarch might have had bet
ter ground than bis personal dislike for
tstigmatiaing the habissof smokinglas b
sseustOm loathsome to the eye, hateful
to the nose, harmful to the braine, dan
gerous to the lungs. and in the black
stihking funae thereof. neefest resem-
|bhngethe horrible Stigian 1smoake of
the pit that is bottomlesse,".', die. r
And yet, despite all that Science CAN
say, the habit is increasing. Two CEN
turtles ago the Turks regarded smoking
as 10 religious .ofsnse, and ,paraded .
smoker. through the streets Of Constan-
tinopIe with his pipe stuck through his
nose as warning to others. WAo can
disconnect the Furk now from the ideas
tof' ieAiboudue or znafgilef1, OF fragrant
LatakiaP,f Look at the best cigar wrap
pers the world can produce, raised on
I tobacco fields in the heart Of New Eng
| land, where the Puritan fathers l.once
visited the .direst of blue law vengeance
| on the wretch who profaned His Makers
handiwork by tsmaking b chimney Of
his nostrils. nIsThe talueof our tobacco
crop. last year reached nearly. $50, OOO,-
600, :. We consume annually some 75;=
900 hogsheads Of the leaf; we import
Ped about 81, eco bales of acigarsy ETC.,
from Cubalin 1875s lEi'4, as.isaA ga
What is the end Of it alp Effects
on individuals likewise affect communi-
ties, these In turn influence the nation.
No person that smokes can be in per.
feet health, and an imperfect organism
can not produce perfect one. There
fore it is logical to conclude that, were
smoking the practice Of every individual
of q nation, then that people would de-
generate into . physically inferior race.
It would follow, moreover, that, in
3tihose smoking is~mOst
practiced, lower physical, and q con-
sequently lower infellec.pal, develop
ment must be found. Such, we think,
viii be concededstc, 10 trugof Spain, Of
Cuba, of Portugal Of Turkey, of Greece
and of the South American countries
where those who are addicted to the
habit vastly outnumber those who Dc
j aet snqksn .s i Says AHssss'eeni 0 !.