The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16

the organism must be consumed by
useful labor. AS the digestive organs
were already taxed to their normal
power, if more food be eaten it can not
be assimilated, and must therefore be
got rid Of unused, and this takes an ad-
ditiOnal amount of reserve force, and
destroys that much more of the reserve
force already in the body. If the indi'
Yidual then who uses alcohol is to live
out all his days he must perform less
labor than he could if he let alcohol
alone; but if he reduces the amount OF
labor to the extent of the vital force
consumed in Kidding his system of the
alcohol he mag live out all his DAYS;
proGtded the alcohol does not inure
the organic structure, and this accounts
for the fact Of some persons living to
old age who were habitual alcohol con-
sumerS. But this reduction of useful labor
does not suit every one, and many OF our
people take stimulants of some sort pur-
pOsely to increase the rate of the life
forces in order that they may be able to
do more work, never rejecting for a
moment that by so doing they are
drawing upon the reserve of vital force,
and that when that is exhausted they
must haul off for repairs or die pre-
maturely. And if any unusual effort is
thrown upon them, or their digestion
fails, the fund of reserve force being
used up, they 90 down at once and
there is no help for them.
Tobacco, as well as alcohol, will in
crease the rate of functional action
without adding to functional power
With the majority of people the use of
tobacco, either by chewing or smoking,
will very materially increase the fire.
quency of the heart beats, and conse-
quently, the rate of functional action.
While it does not produce the amount
of mental disturbance that alcohol does,
it produces greater disturbance to the
nervous system, or organic life, and,
therefore, eXhausts the reserve force Of
the nervous system more rapidly
than the former. But because
it does not craze the mental
powers, but rather soothes them,
the tobacco user vainly imagineS that
he is benefited rather than injured by
such indulgence. But as tobacco can
not be built into the organism to add to
its stock of reserve force, nor can it be
burned in the body for the evolution of
heat, it must therefore be cast out of
the system, and this will consume a
considerable amount of reserve force
already in the organism and which
should be huSbanded for the future eX-
r igencies of life. More than this, it con-
taius poisonous principles that directly
; lower the life forces, especially in per-
sons of nervous temperament This
poisonous effect on the nervous system
| ( -, in, To
duce instantaneous stoppage of the
hearts action and consequent sudden
death With almost every person the
, beginning OF the habit is attended with
, extraordinary sickness and suffering,
and why so many young men persist in
its use until the habit is fully formed is
= a mystery it is hard to explain. 1t is
true that after person has outlived the
, repugnance of the organism to the in
PRODUCTION of the poison and continues
, in its use, he gets a soothing and eX-
; hiIarating feeling that is very agreeable
, to most persons; and were there no bad
| effects to follow, this might be some
t compensation for the suffering endured
at the beginning. But bad effects never
fail to follow its use, and although
it does not craze the mind, it evidently
| lowers and debases its action. The to-
bacco habitue can not have the extent
, of mental power he would have if he
avoided its use and lived true to tho
? laws Of his being. This effect is prob
{ ably produced by its injury to cell
formation of the frontal brain. 1t GER
tain}y acts iniurjously on the blood
, cells, as has been revealed by the
e microscope.
: SOM of the injurious effects of smok-
inc the weed might be avoided by
5 properly arranged cigar holders or long
| stem pipes, if kept well cleaned And
the smoker Who lives a quiet and order
E ly life may reach extreme old age, al
though any great sudden shock or ex-
, element subjects him to risk of pre-
= mature death. A perfectly healthy
; organism with large amount of re-
serve force is capable of resisting al
most all approaches of diseased action,
| let it come from what source it may;
= while an organism deranged by bad
habits, exhausted of its reserve of vital
l force, is ready to fall prey to any great
disturbance Of the life forces. This fact
7 is strongly verified by the report of
5 Lieutenant Greedy, of the Inflated
J Arctic expedition. OF the nineteen of
his men who succumbed to the intense
: cold and short ratiOns, all OF them were
; tobacco users but one. and he was the
| last one that died. while not one of the
; six who survived and were rescued
, used the weed at all And this is
complete vcrihcation OF scientific teach
f ING. The increased work imposed upon
f the organism by the use of tobacco to-
f gether with its directly lowering effect,
exhausted the reserve force of the or
| ganism of these men, and they had no
| capital of vital force to draw on when
, their daily rations were cut short, and
5 the intense cold they were subject to
= and which required active exercise to
: keep up the temperature of the body
? befell them, they inevitably died; while
e those who did not use it had SUI
2 iicicnt reserve force to keep up the
Q internal fires of life until relief
e came. And almost every day there are
t reports of men suddenly dropping out
, of existence from this lack or reserve
force, which should have been carefully
t conserved for the trying ordealS which
are liable to come to us all While il is