Arkansas weekly mansion., 1885-11-21
COMMISSIONING.
The Bad Iisslts Into Watch the Yotth OF
tho Land Arc Falling.

tno Luuu Fru fh'"k'
"How many cigarettes will person
have to buy to mako them reach milo
in length. II unburnci'' asked n Fulton
street dealer in tobacco Of a reporter.
Whom told lhst llfc was too short TO
figure out such conundrums tho young
gentleman strokcd his hands )me mus
tacho anil said "This Is an easy pu1.
zle. Thirteen cigarettes will make a
yard, and rs there are l,760 yards in =
mile, II will take 22,ssO bits Of bleached
paper containing little tobacco to
measure out tho distance Of ono milo.
To smokers who use twenty cigarettes
day II will take thom |, ,l44 days 10 nc
compl sh this task, ut u cost OF s11i. 40
Now, you soc how easily that problem
Is worked out" said the amiablc Young
man.
'Is cigarette-smoking on tho in-
crcascP" asked tho reporter,
III am sorry 10 say that u 10, for .
more pcrnlcious passion docs not exist
thnn tho love for tobacco rolled up In
this shape. The cigarette habit moaus
death and destruction to those who be-.
come welded TO this fatal habit, but
what arc we to do? A boy will come in
and ask for . cigarette which costs him
one cent We don't sell to all boys, but
there arc some whom we can not res
fuse. A boy sent out Of factory or
shop by the workmcn to buy tobacco
for hclr MONDAY smoke will skip our
store aud purchase goods elsewhere II
we refuse 10 sell him lung.teascr for q
cent. OF course, he has to bc accom-
modated Or else, through his influence,
we may lose the custom OF twenty men.
Now, as TO tho increase. In the month
Of September 81, ,625, 7so pounds Of to.
bscco were made Into cigarettes In New
York city alone, against io,2l0, 40
mounds IN the same month Of 1884. For
the year ending October LIST, 1884, 3ii.-
9s5, $50 pounds OF tobacco were manu-.
faoturcd into cigarettes. and the total
number Of pounds used In tho samo
way tho past year was 39J, $40. 069, Dur.
Ing tho same periods the tobacco turned
Into cigars was COG, a3i, ,45i pounds for
1884, and COL. .0ii, ,ib0 pounds for tho
ysMr andlng October LIST, 1888, II will
thus be scen that, while cigars have do.
creased b,S9S. i0l pounds, cigarettes
has increased during the year 6l,4iO,'
400 pounds.
What Ia the cause Of this wonderful
In ,rsaso srd dec casew
"Clgarettssuoking has tho same Of
foot on boys and young men rs opium
has on grown pnple Tho tobacco
which tho cigarettes yle msde of Is so
mild 10 taste that tho smoke from thom
can b, drawn on the lungs or inhaled.
which, In time will have an injurious
effect upon the smoker The invcter-
ats ciasrette-smokcr will ro]sct iine
jmportsd cigar tor . clgArette, pref r.
ring tho latter. which, Ia bundles, cost
onlv half 4 cent aplec,. The price Of
the article ought In itself DO sufficient
prouf that cigarettes arc made out OF
common material, ana choap tblngs
arc always bad. Some people ina ginc
that gum opium Is used In cigarettes,
hut this is q mistake, as that dug costs
six dollars . pound. which woul bc too
expensive 10 tho cigarette manipulstor.
The white paper Is blcaehcd by an ar
senioAl preparation. aud that is poison.
Gus enough. heaven knows Cigarettes
ought 70 bs stamped ont OF existence,
Tor they arc sapplug the life out Of our
young mon. Johnny Morrlsscy, thesson
Of the OK. Congressman aud prixs.hght-
o., WA killed BY excessive cigsrsiss.
smoking, and the v nth Of th, land ara
falling W the waysldc day NfteI day
Bro0klva Unton.