The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-29

men who make LIVING h. -
this refuse tobacco. That SIS, saanefing
De found on two streets, and + may
same business. '''ois 70 the
Is 1t not just a trife odd tb..
demand for cigarettes increaseda . the
that for cigar stubs. A mani cI q ald
large cigarette manufacturer, s.,,'er o. 9
salu 70 the writer: You have beaFPs 10y
the new alkaloid from tobacco - ,vhies q
french chemist has Just disco ou.ca
Well, our chemist was on tba 'S ,s:
making that discovery lust a. pG = g
announced to the world ana was
sure you it is one Of the most no,a. q.
OF polsons; being very similar 70 - Y
Every boy knows that r;oau
wouldn't hurt fly in case be , papei
smoke it; therefore when he hpvs s !.
cites ne is always careful to Nj al-
which are wrapped in that kind - s'oss
per, or at least those which it i ~ s
have rice-paper around them. Nov, ~. ~
any boy 60 to q paper manufactnr -
and ask him the simple question = Ut =
whether he or any one else could mel $
paper from rice, and the answer Mr., ,:l' Il
that rice has no fiber, conseonent, Is, =. Y
per could not be made from If Tbsa r. S
called rice-paper is made from e..
straw, and it is easy to imauina H., ~
how much rice there is in RI T m.
cigarette papers are neither mora : ny y
less than q kind of tissue nansr ~ y
different degrees Of fineness: AMI thss
statement came from the same mann ,,,','
tacturer who told about the poison.
1t IS well known that tobacco ats j
certain extent upon the brsin = $
liquor does. Not long ago q gentlen,sr
who was anxious to know how m.
stimulant or narcotio-since II acts r, an
different natures in both wavs-miabt
affect the brain of a growing boy. asked
one of the leading physicians N tbis
city what his opinion was in REGARD Is
the matter. This is what the physician
replied:
II can tell you what Won want "a
know, or | can tell you how to find ont
without any Of the big words YOU sra
afraid of. Smoke one cigarette. them
put clean cambria handkerchief a.
your mouth, and breathe through il two
or three minutes. You win find i III.
low deposit which went into your lrtngs
and if you have any common-sense YOU
can tell yourself whether it is likely Ia
be injurious. Had this physician
known of the story with which this
article begins, he could have said to
what extent it might be injurious.
Tobacco does not often kill people
for we know lots of old men who haYe
always used it, and they are lively al
criekets,n some bright boy may urpe
But if he will study into the mat
ter little further he will prob
ably find out that these men
either did not use tobacco when they
were growing boys, but only when they
became men. with their minds and bod
les developed and hardened to endnr-
anee, or that they had strong constitu.
tons, such as we seldom find among
our city lads Of to-day.
And now, boys, for q last argument,
even though it seems a trivial one after
the terribly sad story which has been
told you. This smoking Of cigarettes
makes you ridiculous. Grown people
think you silly and laugh at you when
they see you trying to be men BY this
silly caricattiring OF what all grown
up smokers themselves pronounce a
foolish and senseless habit. -HafPef's
Young People.