Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-14

The botanist describes it as the
genius nicotiana, but you know
Il as inspiring, exhilarating, tas-
cinating, dyspepsia breeding, nerve
shaking, health destroying tobacco.
There is no danger OF my being otfen-
siyely personal because nearly all the
men OF this audience smoke or chew 1t.
Indeed know, by personal experience,
how it soothes and lifts into revery and
roseates the world and kindles sociality,
and then what bad results follow aud
what mighty struggle is required to
escape it.. know what it is to be its
slave and thank God know what it is
to be its conqucror. do not suppose
the most of you will give up the habit,
but want to hel o you in advice to your
children. Fathers smoke but l seldom
find father who wants his boys to
smoke. Now what shall We advise our
young men to do? You say: Did not
God make tobacco" Yes. Then,
you say, "God must have made it for
some good purpose" Yes; it is no
doubt useful. 1t is good to kill moths
in wardrobes and tick in sheep and po-
tato worms in the field and to strangu-
late all kinds OF vermin. 1t is good
For Fumigation
OF pestiierous places. 1t is a powerful
poison, and like other powerful poisons,
was made for some practical use. So was
nux yomica, SO was henbane, 30 was
night shade, so was belladona, so was
prusic acid. But the God who created
the poisons created us also, with COM
mon sense to know how to use them.
You say that there are certain constltu-
tions that do not seem to be injured by
il, and that persons disposed to plethora
seem to require the depletion. No
doubt of it. | have known cautious
and skijliul physicians to prescribe 1t, as
thew prescribe arsenic in certain
cases, and 90 we'll to prescribe it.
That it is powerful poison you
cannot doubt. A case is reported OF a
child living on it's mothers lap, and
drop from her pipe fell upon the child's
lin and it died in few hours. You say
persons have lived to great age in per-
perual use OF it. No doubt. So | have
known men seventy years old lnebrlate.
Sometimes, in spite OF all outrages to the
physical system men live on. But these
are the exception. In the case OF this
man OF the Jug, he lasts so long because
he is picked. In the case OF this man
of the pipe, he lasted so long because he
was turned into
Smoked Liver.
This country spends, yearly, Sll0. .00O,-
900 for tobacco, and the drug has
in the world 35O.O0O,0O0 consum-
ers. Ny subject is not lack
ing in practically. Let us advise
our Young people to abstain from this
narcotic because, first, nearly all the
medical profession OF the United States
and Great Britain pronounces 1t mat
ter OF widespread and terrific unbealth.
DR.. Parker, DR.. Agnew, DR.. Hamilton,
DR.. Warren, DIR. Bush, DR.. Abernelhy,
DR.. Hosack, DR.. Mott, and the whole
medical fraternity, allopathic, hom~o-
pathlc, hydropathic and electic, dsplores
it, abominates it, denounces 1t, warns
the human race against it. A distln-
puished physician says that it is pro.
life cause of seventy styles OF
diseases. Physicians say that this
habit is the mother OF nearly
all the cancers in the mouth.
MANY physicians say that by diminish
ing the vitality tobacco causes death from
disease OF the heart innumerab!e, that
il is the source OF neuralgia, indigestion,
appoplexy, nervous depression, that 1t
takes % per cent of the vigor OF
Our American People.
and depicting one generation recessarlly
depleses the next, until the accumulated
curse takes possession OF the centuries.
Why are the Turks unable TO contend
with other nations? This habit Injuries
and often destroys the intellect. DR..
Prince, formerly Superintendent OF the
Northampton Insane Asylum, said that
nearly half the patients came there from
nse OF tobacco. All physicians and re.
formers agree in testifying that the Use
OF tobacco points toward drunkenness.
II creates an unnatural thirst. There
are those who use this narcotic who do
not drink, but almost all drunkards use
tobacco. Between the two articles there
is "a strong affinity. 1t has been dem
onstrated over and over again that
man cannot permanently reform from
drinking unless he also gives up tobacco.
Ii is the testimony of many VINO have
been reformed that as soon as they
touched tobacco they surrendered again
70 the intoxicants. You have heard
how many OF the famous temperance
men, called Washingtonans, fell and
dsgraced their cause. Every one who
fell was tobacco consumer. The broad
avenue that leads to the drunksrd's
grave and the drunkard's hell is strewn
with tobacco leaves.
In other WAYS this evil habit is des-
tructiye OF property. A fire insurance
agent says that about half their losses
came from fires due to this cause. In
one CITY man threw cigar away and
with it e, 900, 600 worth OF property. The
fire that consumed Harper'5 splendid
publishing house years ago, resulted
from a plummer throwing a match after
lighting his pipe into apot OF camphene,
and down came that building and five
blocks OF stores, throwing 2,OGO hands
out of employment. As
result OF this narcotic habit
millions OF dollars perish every year.
But am chiefly speaking OF higher
values. Better destroy whole city
than destroy one man. Young men if
YOU will excuse the idiom will say bet
ter stop before you begin. a minister
OF the SOSpel CTleu JUL hioiH 'H''
bondage have tried to get out thou.
sand times. l shall try no more"
stand back from such a
Torpuemada. l speak one word
TO those who can afford to smoke and
whom smoking does not hurt, snd who
could easily stop if they want to. What
ia YOUR influence on others, my Chris
tian brother? Could you deny your
self for their advantage? By a little sac
I'll" on your part, you might, every
now and then, sAvea man. How much
or how little are We willing to deny our
selves for the good OF others. God help
us to DO our duty,