Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-27

penalty upon any one, who shall smoke
tobacco within twenty poles of any
house, or who shall take tobacco in
any inn or common vietuaiing
house except in private room, so
that neither the master of said house
nor any of the guest shall take offence
1 there at.n
In the earliest records of the Harvard
University soon after its foundation is
the following regulation. mo schola r
shall take tobacco unless permitted by
the President with the consent ofhis par
ents or guardians, and on good reasons
first given by the physician, and then
in a sober and private manner
DIR. Nenner In work entitled "Via
Recta adj Nitam Longam,n published
at London In 1855, gives brief sum-
mary OF the -.
Injaries Done by Tobacco
He writes thus: at d;ieth the brain
| dimmeth the sight, vitiateth the smell
hurteth the stomach, disturbeth the
humOTs and spirits, corruptetb the
breath, induceth trembling of
the limbs, eXseccateth the Wind
windpipe, lungs and liver, anpoyeth
the melt scorcheth the heart and
eauseth the blood to be adjusted. i'm a
word il overthroweth the spirits. per-
verteth the understanding, confoundeth
the senses with sudden establishment
and stupidity OF the whole body"
The public regulation Of the Canton
of Berne placed the prohibition ofsmok-
ing in the list of the ten command
ments and Immediately under that of
adultery. There was also court es-
tablished called the chamber of tobacco
for the express purpose of trying and
furnishing all violations of their pro-
LibitiOES. In addition to the above We
cannot let the subject pass without Civ
ing the opinion of an old perigrinant of
New England known by the title of
Rain water Doctor"
He was said to travel always before the
storms, prescribe and leave so as to be
in advance of the rain. 1t is somewhat
difficult to trace his ideas through his
eNtravagant and almost unintelligible
writing, but when they are traced they
are at least in accordance with the for
going. He SAYS, "Then in this iunc-
ture, Notwithstanding the magnitude of
the task and the little time to perform
il, one must yield to necessity; there
fore in the list Of prescriptions, tobacco
being computed the most offensive and
notorious, We have to proceed to the
detection of the tendency of the cele-
brated fashionable herb. Upon that
head it is obvious to the behOlders of its
Use, that incompatible in its prevalency,
they must admit the ingenious industry
or piOus fervency of its constant wor-
shippers, having found out to denote
their cOmmendable reverence or multi
ply their recreative enjoyment, and re-
Ceive the bliss of their idOlized portion,
mode and rite of duplicating perma-
nent libatiOn, mentioning the illus
triOus members Of the
Herb-RuIinS Triarehy.
For one must be SccOunted the periodi-
cal sternutitory, or the continued pull
verified idol, strenuous nOStril commune
ion, aud a. partner OF the salutiferous
eXertiOn must be reckOned the herbus
| sButative masticatiOn; to complete the
! trifariOus herb despDtic government,
| must be added its efficaious combus-
| ton, or the sportive holocaust sacrifice
! OF the nutigerous fumigation. By this
undeniable specimen ofthe plant fumi-
| eating production, one is advised that
| it is not enough 10 have the precaution
10 abstain from the fumigaling recrea.
I
sirous of health must also
have the caution to avoid as
they would the plague and con.
tagiOn, the pernicious company OF
those mouth inflamed torch bearers,
effectual promoters of destruction only
comparable to Eesuvius, which of their
luminous bowels void nothing hut
calamitOus ignition, bituminOus prlnci-
1 - nf,,1 inf
Thus, gentleman, has tobacco, the use
of which
Originated Among the Savages,
where many, very many of our gentee
and fashionable customs had their orr
Gin, spread throughout the civilized
world.
IL has made its way a you see
against declamatiOns Of the learned
the prohibitions of civil and religious
authority, and it now gives rise to al
extensive branch of agriculture anu
commerce in every part OF the giooe
Nes, gentleman, though the learned hav'
deciaimed, the mOralist preached ant
legislators passed their enactment
against the use of tobacco, it has al
been TO no purpose. In every corner o
the earth among the civilized and IN
savage, the high and the low, the grea
and the small, the rich and the poor
are found its thousands, yes, l ma,
saw it's millions indulging i'll the de
lights of the pipe, the snuff box ana IN
quid. $3.50.
Now am not going to inflict upol
YOU long lecture on morality, nelthe
am going to tell you that the use 9
tobacco is the most sinful and inJurlou
practice on earth, but l am going .
tell you it is
AGreat Evil
and one of sufficient magnitude to dc
serve the most serious attention.
The tobacco which is raised in tn
warm climates is mild in its faVo
while that in the colder ATTITUDES
more strong and pungent. The Benga
tobacco is perhaps the most mild an.
pleasant i'm its properties. After I'M
, the West India variety, from which
made the Havana or Spanish cigars
Next is that of the southern
States. and lastly that tobacc
which is raised in the northern part
of the Union, which is the most acrl
monious and pungent of all. The prrin
ciple which gives to tobacco its peculla
characters an empyreumatic oil, whlcl
is found in no other species of plant
and this oil one of the most deadil
poisons known. By the experiments
of Brodie, two drops of the oil of tobac
90 applied to the tongue OF cat pro
duceS
Death ir Fifteen Minutes.
Tobacco given in moderate quantltie
TO those unaccustomed TO its use, give
rise to confusion in the head, vertigo
stupor, faintness, nausea, vomiting, an'
general debility of the nervous and cir
culatory functions, which if increased
results i'm alarming and even fatal pros
tratiOn.
The symptoms ofits excessive action
are severe retching with most distress
inc and continuous nausea, great lee
bleness of pulse, GOODNESS OF the skin
and sometives coma and commissions
1t PROBABLY operates both through IN.
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