The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03

men who make a living by gathering
this refuse tobacco. That number may
be found ON two streets, and it is GER
tainly safe to say there are others in the
same business
Is it not just trifie odd that as the
demand for cigarettes increased so did
that for cigar stubs. A member OF
large cigarette manufacturing company
said to the writer: "You have heard OF
the new alkaloid from tobacco which
French chemist has just discovered?
Well, our chemist was on the point OF
making that discovery Just as it was
announced to the world, and | as
sure you it is one of the most powerful
of poisons, being very similar to sui
phuric acid
Every boy knows that rice-paper
wouldn't hurt fly in case he should
smoke it; therefore when he buys cigar
cites he is always careful to get those
which are wrapped in that kind of pa
per, or at least those which it is said
have rice-paper around them. Now let
any boy 90 to paper manufacturer
and ask him the simple question as to
whether he or any one else could make
paper from rice, and the answer will be
that rice has no fiber, consequently pa
per could not be made from it. The So
called rice-paper is made from rice
straw, and it is easy to imagine Just
how much rice there is in it. The
cigarette papers are neither more nor
| less than a kind of tissue paper of
different degrees of fineness; and that
statement came from the same manu-
facturer who told about the poison.
1t is well known that tobacco acts to
certain extent upon the brain as
liquor does. Not long ago gentleman
who was anxious to know how this
stimulant or narcotic it acts on
different natures in both ways might
affect the brain of a growing boy, asked
one of the leading physicians in this
city what his opinion was in regard 10
the matter This is what the physician
replied;
Il can tell you what you want to
know, or | can tell you how to find out,
without any of the big words you are
afraid of. Smoke one cigarette, then
put a clean cambria handkerchief to
your mouth, and breathe through it two
or three minutes. You will find vel
low deposit which went into your lungs,
and if you have any commou~sense you
can tell yourself whether it is likely to
be Injurious" Had this physician
known OF Che 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 have
always used it, and ihey are lively as
crickets,@ some bright boy may urge
But if he will study into the mat
ter little further he will prob
ably 5jnd out THAT these men
either did not use tobacco when they
We're growing boys, but only when they
became men. with their minds and bod
les developed and hardened to ensRGr
ance, or that they had strong coHstitu
tons, such as VIZ seldom find among
our city lads of to-day.
And now, boys, for last argument
even though it seems trivial one after
the terribly sad story which has beer
told you. This smoking of cigarette:
makes you ridiculous. Grown people
think you silly ald laugh at yea whel
they see you trying to be men ly this
silly caricaturing of what all grown
mp smokers themselves pronounce {
foolish and senseless habit.-Harper'
Young People.