Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-12
TOBACCO DRUNXARDS.
startling Facts About the Raect Upon the
Human system os the Use OF Tobaceo--
A Specialists Statement.

Human system os the Use OF Tobaceo--
A Specialists Statement.
"Some of your statements made In
YOUR address before the Woman's Tenn
perance League, elected considerable
discussion" said Witness reporter
who was present at that meeting, to the
lecturer of the evening, Mr.. Garnscy,
in an interview.
'You refer suppose among other
things, to my classification OF habitual
users of tobacco as drunkards,' It
was not slip of the tongue. 1t is n
startling fact that tobacco user is n
drunkard. Especially is this true of
the smoker"
MANY excellent men. leaders of the
people, are smokers, who would reject
a glass of liquor with moral aversion"
II agree with you that many a man
can discern the alcoholic mote in his
brothers. eye, Notwithstanding the
cloud of tobacco smoke in his own. I
would, however, say to such an one
Cast out the beam out of thine own
eve; and then shalt thou see clearly
TO cast out the mote out of thy brothers
eye"
LET me explain the statement that
an habitual tobacco-user is n drunk
ard" continued Mr.. Garnsey. Medi-
cal men look upon any bl ain that is ex-
cited into unusual or beyond natural
activity by a narcotic. as being in an
intoxicated condition. The brain,
fflsely and unfairly acted upon, is in an
intoxicated state, whether the acting
agent is alcohol, opium or tobacco.
These three poisons each act in differ
ent manner. Alcohol excites its vic
tim opium puts him to sleep. and he
lies like dead man; tobacco takes n
middle ground produces inactivity,
stupor, loss of energy. A thoughtless
and indifferent tone of mind results,
wher not under influence of the weed.
The brain has been trained to act only
when intoxicated by the narcotic, to-
bacco. When the mind must be active,
users chew twice the quantity of the
weed. II their supply is exhausted be-
fore the task is accomplished, how they
sigh! The workman throws down his
implements. 1t is no usel l must
have a chew OF tobacco, or / cannot do
the Job, or discipher the problem, or
whatever it may be! Now, | ask, in all
candor, is such an one sober man. or
is he an intoxicated man when, the
chew being orthcoming, his nerves be.
come quiet, his brain rebounds with
new power and he accomplishes his
task?"
:" He would argue that the result was
good, that the stimulant helped him."
suggested the reporter.
because he had trained himself to
work only in an intoxicated state. 1t
affects The stomach as n deadly poison.
In course of time it utterly destroys di-
al. l.
affect the mind. what has the number
of pounds sold TO do with the number
Of suicides in any part of the country !
There are men who If you will give
them the number of the population in a
pounds of tobacco shipped to that dis
trict for immediate consumption there,
will tell you almost to man the num-
Der of suicides that occur annually
among them. This is fact. Habitual
tobacco users are men who seldom draw
sober breath. The smell of their
breath is almost equal to the gas of a
sewer pipe"
Public sentiment has great deal of
tolerance for the tobacco user"
THE public is not intelligent on the
subject and does not care for informa-
ton. The agency of tobacco is masked.
A strong, well-looking and hearty man.
who has sapped all the vitality from
his system, and has spat it out under his
feet. meets with some little accident.
perhaps has some sudden sickness and is
gone. What caused his death?' Friends
answer, 'Palpitation of the heart Now
tobacco is n direct cause of this disease.
Another died of bilious fever. Tobacco
is direct cause of indigestion and con-
stipation. Another, oh. he had pull
monary consumption Tobacco Is
known to be n direct cause of throat and
bronchial affection. and il is a grave
question with medical men whether
tobacco is not the main cause of so much
consumption in our land to-day. 1t was
no. always So"
What relation has the use of to-
bacco toe the appetite for alcohol"
a craving for alcohol is aroused by
the physical conditions produced by
the use Of tobacco. General debility,
weariness, and marked prostration of
he whole system are just the states
that alcoholic medicines have been pre-
scribtd for, for centuries. The sudden
stimulus of alcohol produces such an
e&uberant feeling, the victim drinks
deeper and deeper till all seli-control Is
lost. Delirium tremens, and death re-
suits; ard believe the selfmurderer
from this course will be called in iudg-
ment as any other suicide. 1t Is n sin
gular, yet nevertheless true, statement.
thatthe use OF alcohol alone never pro-
duces delirium tremens, but II Is n dis
ease natural to tobacco, and is hastened
by the use OF alcohol.
"Dr. Blanchard of this city," pur-
sued MFR. Garnsey, asserts that in fif-
teen years. practice he has never seen
or heard OF delirum tremens except
where tobacco had been used for years I;
and he says that though man should
drink all his days and not use tobacco
he might die from the drink. but the
delirium tremens would never show it
self; and that 1t Ii produced directly
through the agency of tobacco, which
completely skaters and wrecks the
nervous system. so that il cannot stand
the sudden hard shocks Of alcoholic
stimulants, and the delirium tremens Is
natural xf ar,oh a rnn1tefns4