Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-15
effect upon the mind. but facilitates dipes.

effect upon the mind, but facilitates diges-
ton, increasing the amount of gastric juice,
as have frequently shown to my classes
by experiment. Take . dog and make a
gastric fstul in him SO as to collect his gas
trio juice by tube, and put q little tobac-
CO in bis mouth. Almost instantly the
gastric juice begins to flow. What excites
the secretions of saliva excites the secre-
tions of gastric juice, pc that man actually
assists digestion by an er-dinner cigar,
provided he is not one of those unfortunate
persons to whom tobacco is poisonous.
Personally, l never smoke until about 8
p, M, after my dinner, and then l smoke
Ave or six moderately strong cigars from
that until midnight, and l know I'm q
wiser, better and happier man for it
How can man tell whether tobacco
Injuries him?"
IF smoking makes man irritable,
fretful, and he feels as if he would like to
jump cut Of his skin, it is injurious, but if
after being worried over some little thing
he comes to look at it after smoke quietly
and perhaps laugh over it, then tobacco is
beneficial to him. 1t is highly important
for mankind to pass through life with as
little bother as possible, for it is bother after
all that chiefly shortens existence, and to-
bacco lessons the tendency to bother and
worry. Alcohol does the same thing, but
its collateral effects are so bad and the COLI
lapse after the stimulating effect has passed
is 80 injurious and depressing that it isn't
to be mentioned in the ssme breath as to-
bacco, which does no harm to the general
ms jorty of people who use it moderately
and properly"
THE DUTIES OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
DO you think cigarette smoking by
boys can be materially diminished 2"
1T, must be done by parents, although
| smoking can be prohibited in the schools.
The excessive use of tobacco tends to the
deterioration of the human race through
parents whose nervous system ls broken up
by its immoderate use. What have sald
in regard to women smoking applies TO
women as we have them in America. AS
the Acid Of labor for women enlarges and
they enter the professions and trades on an
equality with men. their nervous systems
| will undergo q change and they can use to-
acco, with impupity and even benefit
Hence, it was with good deal of truth
| that an English journal Remarked: The
coming womb will probably smokei"
DR.. Lewis A. Sayre was found smoking a
fragrant cigar at his hon Q n Fifth avenue.
| "Cigars smoking is bad eaough for men,"
smoking myself, but certainly cl-
garetts are worse for boys than
pipes and cigars. The nicotine alb
| sorbed from the cigarettes has very bad
| effect upon the nervous system, and taken
| iE excess weskens the action of the heart
and IN that respect diminishes the force Of
| the circulation of the blood. This neces-
| saIily impairs nutrition of the tissues and
of the brain ITSELF independent of II @
| poisonous influence of the nicotine upou
the brain and nerve tissues. Dfyness IN
| the mucous membrane of the fauces and
larnyx is produced, and boys who smoke
| cigarettes are mostly in the habit OF eA-
polling the smoke through the nostrlls,
| which produces the same dryness IL tue
| mucous membrane Of the mares. Boys
make chimneys of their noses by exhalllng
this dry, hot air, and destroy the naturl
sweetness and liquidity of the tones Of
their voices Every hey who expects to be-
come al orator with liz aid voice shonld
never smoke cigarette. The habit
also causes oss of appetite. boys smoke
for breakfast, and growing boy who has
hi. growth and deveopme It. It results in
a nervous trembling of the hands, and
carried to excess cigarette smoking affects
the memory. | tn nix paper cigarettes are
worse than tobacco cigarettes. 1t may be
because the paper abs orbs more of the nieo-
| tine, whic. is hence carried into the system.
Certainly the paper cigaretts has the worst
| odor"
"How would you prevent children from
smoking cigarettes ~
| "A law enforced against things which
| children see others inoulge in would be,
| think, of doubtful propriety. Home i'm
hlences are likely to be more effective