New-York tribune., 1883-03-18

circumstances TO encourage this mood
The only sure brain stimulantS WIN
me arc plenty fresh air and tea but each OF these
in large quantity produces kind OF intONlclIiGn.
the mtOXicatiOn of a great amount OF AR caEsiins
wakefplne s, with delightful confusion Oh sPi'ib 10
without the capacity of steady thoughI; t te" +ben
tOXlcaOu unsettes and enieebles my WI, p'c - of
a great dose Of tea often does get eOOd WoI% 0ubiIe
me Though | may pay for IL altei"aIuN' hnyc
alcohol renders all mental work Impossible nav d
been accustomed to make the ehects Oh u" 49,; ~"
wine q mode OF separating two types OF oI"Si Isir
tuition. | have an artist friend Wuo'o "binh
IS Hvccr alter n bottle OF CarloNlun, o,,, of
would stile ny mind, and 10 him my sVI9n&I & E,p of
tea would be poison. we are eoIu, I tad ION
nervous OrganZatiOn but how dliierehliaItu III ~"
not tell. Ny pulse goes always ratncI too OF ~.
a little emotional disturbance sets Il goii,g az ''
absurdly rapid rate Tor hOul@, ana extreme p9 NJ
f4tigue follows NV conviction - that no ON, Lule
applies to all men. but for lnep IKE nc H.oilC 10
certainly not necessary. and al best of Iilie vs.
I hIvr y kindlicr feeling toward tobacco, though
am only occasionally smoker
Mr. z. A. Freeman on the contrary has no llKing
for fbe scented weed. Il tried it once or twice
when young" he writes, "but, finding it nasty l
did not try AGAIN. Why people smoke l have no
notion IF am tired OF WORK short sleep sets me
up again."
Professor Ernst Iaccke OF jena, finds strong col
fee very useful in meltal work. Frederic h',r-
rson has always taken pint Of claret once in the
day and finds himself rather stronger
with than without it. Mr.. lIaTson's
furnishing valuable hints to the fercely industrious
thinker He is fifty years oh and his health IS per
feet lie i, accustomed TO much open-air exercise
long sleep and lit le food. lie reads and writes from
eight 10 ten hours every day, and never remembers
TO have been a day unfit for work. NJ. Toursueheh
Uses neither tobacco nor alcohol, and his obserVa-
tons on oth.r ptope have led him to the conclusion
that tobacco is generally a bad thing ana 'ha'
alcohol taken in very small quantities
can produce good effect III some
cases OF constitutional debility As for MIR. Ruskm
he thinks that tobacco Is very bad thinS; ne
abhors. indeed the practice Of smoking ms dIsl"c
OF 1t being based mainly upon his behef that Il
cigar or pipe Will very often make man content 10
be idle for any length Of time who would not o.her
wise be so lie looks also at the ne 'th'tc sldc oi
the subject. and Americans will bc pleased To Iead
that he excessive uso of to5acco among all classes
both in France and ltaiy aud the consequent spit
ting everywhere and upon everything has not
tended to lessen his antiplthg. jules
Simon regards the use OF tobacco as
practice much % BE- deprecated. as It's ten
dency is to separate uen from the society o.
women. He believes, too that when taken IN excess
II his a stup.iying effect and that Il may ac. Is
POISON. A French Senator who departed this ne
not long ago assured him repeatedly that lie was dy
ing from the effects of constant smoking.
The la.e Anthony Trollope can hardly be quoted
in support of any theory for man recA-
less enough to regularly read an hour
IN bed every morning on first aWakmg'
cannot be accepted rs good authority. nave
been smoker nearly all my !ifr," he wrote in Feb
ruary, 50 Five years ago found 1t certainly
was hurting me-causing my hand to shake and
producing somnoleuce. / gave it up for two years.
doctor told me had smoked too much-tAIee
laroe cigars daily Two years since took 10 it
agaiD. and now smoke three small cigars 'y,Ty
small and. so Jar as | can tell, without any effect
NJ. Tame writes:
All that can say is that have never made uscof
alcohol ~ any form ~ essential stumu laut.
Coffee suits ne 3nuch better. Alcohol so Tar p. /
can Judge is good only a, a physical stlmulant
after great physical fatigue, ana even theh II
should be taken III very small quantities. As Tor
tobacco have the bad habit OF SMOKING cil aretics
aud tiud them useful between TWO ld'aA-Nlrh
| have the first. but have not arrived at the
secOnd but DO no. regard them rs a necesSltY IL
is probable that there j. little diversion produced
at the same time, little excitement ana eXhlara-
ton. But every custcm OF tins KIND becomes
tvranuicqi and the observations which accompany
your letters are very jHdicIOus Among tue men oi
letters and Of science around me theIe - n0t
one TO my knowledge who IN order to
think and 10 write has recourse 10 spIfltu-
Gus liquors; but tnree-iour'hs OF them smoke
and almost all take before their work Il cupoi col
fee have seen English journalists writing their
articles by night with the ana OF OO'tls oi cihIn
pagnc. With us the articles are written IN the day
time and our Journalists have, therefore, no ncccs
sity to resort 10 tins stiAulant
Mr.. Charles Rcade does not mention the use Of
alcohol but expresses decided opinions IN the MAJ
ter OF tobacco 81 tried 10 smoke five or SIX times.
but ii always made me heavy and rather sick
Therefore as it il not necessary OF iie and COSTS
money, and makes me sick spurn.d IT from me.
have never felt the want of it.. ! have Ell many
people the worse for it. | have seen many people
| apparently none the wore for It, never saw any
| body perceptbly the better Tor it, Mr. James
Payn's testimony is the exact opposite lie smokes
| the whole time he is engaged in cOnpositon-ight
/ tobacco or latakIa, TO he surc-and ne has 1T
tie doubt that it stimulates the Imagination.
| Mr. Wilkie Collins l. another novelist who loves
his cigar. It supports him under the agonIcs OF
gout. when am H." he writes, tobacco Is the
best friend hat my irritable nerves possess. When
| aln well. but exhausted for tho time by hard
DAYS work tobacco nerves and cOmpos-s me.
/ There j. NV evidence in two words When a man
allows himself to become giuttOn IN the matter OF
smoking tobqcco he suffers for IT. and if he becomes
glutton in the matter Of eating meat, he Just as
certainly suffers in an thcr way. When | read
learned attacks on the practice OF smoking,
| feel indebted to the writer-he adds
largely to the relish Of my cigar
Mr.. w ID. IIowells never uses tobacco, except III
rare self-delensiyc cigarette when great many
other people are smoking, and he commonly drinks
water at dinner. When he takes wine nc thinks it
weakens bis work and bis working force the next
morning Mr.. Thomas Hardy IS almost rs abstinent
as Mr. Howes. lie has never smoked pipeful Of
tobacco in his lie, a cigar; and his Impression
Is that its use would be very injurious in his
So far as he has Observed it is far from beneficial to
any literary man. Mr.. Phyn may reflect with adyan-
tage upon Mr. Hardy's next sentence: There are,
unques ionably writers, who smoke with impunity
but this seems to be owing to the counterbalancing
effect of accident IN their lives or constitutions
Oh which few Others could calculate" Mr.. Hardy
goes on to say: " have never found alcohol help
full 10 novel writing in any degree. My experience
goes TO prove that the effect of wine, taken
,.rnli.1Inaru fn ilnanInutIXn Mnrk Ia Hind the