, 1879-11-13
Something TO Avoid.

Young man do you doubt tina, the
effect Of the use OF tobacco Il dcmoral-
izingl Go to the club-hou,e. that gildel
threshold TO life oi degcnericy and
desradation, where the carl.rack takes
the place Of the Catechism, and the av.
erage topics Of conversation are the latest
horse race, walking match, prize fight,
billiard or sparring exhibition. You
will find there every Individual To he al
animated miniature volcano, breathing
forth fire and smoke, and at intervals
belching out a defing lava stream.
Take the next step down to the wine
ana sample room, where the fashionable
rowdy and professional gambler robs
night of its peaceful quiet, and under its
cover tills the pages OF lifes record-hoOk
with words of bIasphemy and deeds of
infamy Go to tha gambling table
where one is robbed of his money, and
his moral life crucitied, and you will find
that tobacco holds high carnival. Go to
the grogshop where manhood is SO
swiftly wrecked and the divine image
obliterated, and it is tobacco smoke over
head and tobacco juice underfoot Go
into every haunt of sin on the face of
the whole earth, and tobacco, alcohol
and curses are the nefarious and diabol-
ical trinity - the great triple
enemy of the human family. Ques-
tion every young man you meet, with a
cigar or quid of tobacco in his mouth,
and he will be found to have strayed
away from the protecting care of a
mothers influence, and the shadow of the
church and Sunday school. r-. d. .
1t has been discovered upon investiga
tion, in the Polytechnic Schools of Paris,
that the non-smoking boys are decidedly
superior in general scholarship and
mental vigor, to those who smoke /; and
the German government, appreciating
the injurious effects of tobacco on the
physical constitution, has made smoking
on the streets by boys under the age of
sixteen, an offense punishable by fine
and imprisonment. l.I.Bg ../.f
If you would not destroy your health,
and deaden or callous your moral sense (;
if you would not acquire habit which
is generally contracted in boyhood, and
Of which the testimony of unnumbered
thousands of men if that they would $50
gladly shake it off if they could" habit
which is constant, and which becomes
an incalculable drain upon the pocket as
we'll as the constitution; habit that has
not one single virtue that can plead in ex-
tenuation for its existence; then live in
the purifying atmosphere of the church
and Sunday school, and under the inAu-
ence ond council of a mothers unselfish
devoted love, which is everwatchful to
guard you against evil. Despite the la
mentable spectacle and truth that very
many ministers and churchmen defle
their bodies, yet strangely enough expect
pure water from muddy fountains--who
daily outrage and defle Gods human
tabernacle, while in the same breath
invoke His blessing upon it, the grateful
fact is prominent, that in the churches
will be found the best standard of morals
and correct habits, and the best examples
to emulate.
Smoking or chewing tobacco is a pro
cess of distilling or extracting an oil
which is so deadly a poison, that two
drops placed on the tongue of a cat will
produce death in four minutes /; will
take the life of the largest sized dog,
and by puncture in the nose of a
squirrel with a pin dipped in it, will
cause death in six minutes. 2 The sudden
death of Gen. Dakin, of Brooklyn, aid
of DR.. Hallock, of New York city, was
due to the paralysis of the heart, caused
there is little doubt for thinking, by to-
bacco poison, for they were inveterate
smokers while great many lives were
closed prematurely through its influence
and hundreds of thousands are daily
living on the verge Of the s'me proba-
bility y.-Phrenologica Journal.