The Nevada picayune., 1885-04-02

cd to try the experiment. Now. in some countries they use arsenic as habitually as you do tobacc6. It will kill them you may say, SO it does, just as tobacco will kill you by inches or by 16ths just as you please. We put our ear to the huge locust and hear the gentle grating of d Dorer. Thou insig- nificant worm! what dOst thou hope to do with that m onster tree' Crate, grate, grate, for years does that almost imperceptible grating go on, while the proud locust lifts its head in fancied security. Final. 1 ly, storm comes and the locust hopes to brave it as it has thOus. and other storms; but alas, its strength is undermind ed; its vitals are eaten away and it alls victim to that tiny worm. Thus does to- bacco or alchohol or any otLer poison, taken habitually; under mind the system, slowly impercep- tibly, but surely. Dr. Landerman said: "The most deadly sickness l ever experienced was from chew ingand smoking tobacco" Thanks 10 kind nature, my first chew sa.is- fled me. It was In my boyhd cd, and I should have noticed 1t in it's proper place as ''my first chew.' By good luck, a school-mate who had acquired the accomplishment gave me a peicc of "twist' or ''doe leg" the most loathsome of all forms of tobacco to begin with. After rolling the man. making bo. Jus Q in my mouth a few minutes with huge anticipations as to my sudden growth, tho air all q. once became rathnr Sarn and op pressive and 1 sought the cool shade of a board pile-and if a martyr ever put in a mortal hour 1t was this martyr to tobacco" A tobacco eater cultures his poison until worse one comes along. A malignant fever, for instance. and then Messrs. Quid & Co. mus, evacuatc. When Ar. Fever sees fit to leave Quid S Co. he may rt turn again. Every tobacco eater knows this.
 Having gone over some of the immediate effects Oi l tobacco, or how kind Nature tries by deadly sickness to help this enemy out of our systems, let us see what Mr. Tobacco does when he has conquered and disgustcd Nature. so, that he has complete possession of the system and lodges there habitually, By being chewed, or smoked or snuffed to. bacco gives a temporary stimulus, to the nervous system, "quieting the nerves" aud giving an imagin- ary str ength to the muscles, stm- ulating the brain also to increased thought. Now, how does this hap pen, seeing that tobacco adds no real strength to the system' 1t happens in this wise. Nature grieving over her much abused system, and having a little seusi sibility left, uses it and her strength in still endeavoring to cast the vile enen,y out. Per- haps you are weak in body and dare not go half dozen squares without taking bus or car. Iou cannot bring your own wood in, nor carry your ashes out. You 60 to bed overcome with fatigue. Along in in the night you hear a burglar examining your wardrobe you jump out of bed and after giv- ing the scOundrel severe drub- bing either kick him out of doors or hold him till policeman re. lieves you. Where did this strength come from? The next days soreness and prostration will tell you. Thus nature in trying to eject the intruder, draws on his reserved strength that is laid by to keep up q regular and healthful action of the during the whole twenty-four hours.
 The chewer is like an imprOvi- dent heir, he draws and draws and draws through his agent, To- bacco, until his whole patrimony is exhaused, and then he sinks in- to utter helplessness. The names of the progeny of that prolific couple, Nicotine and his consort, Nicotianine, is as the namo of all aerid couples, Legion; they have