The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-04

the can"ercuS affection of the check from
which he suffered was due to the habit
he had OF going to sleep with quiL of
| tobacco tucked into his cheek, and rest
ing bis head on that side. Judge Kel-
ley, now 20 years OLE, smoked and used
the best fine cut immodarateIy for fifty
years. The operation which he submit.
ted to in Paris restored his health, and
he has abandoned the habit.
Iice-President Coirax for many years
smoked ten or fifteen very strong cigars
every Jay. He was suddenly attacked
by serious vertigo while Vice President
and he attributed it to the narcotic poi
son. He at once stopped smoking; yet
Nice-President Wilson, who never used
tobacco, was stricken almost precisely as
Mr.. ColfaX was. The late Senator Car
| peLter frequently smoked two boxes of
cigars week, and his sudden cola pse
was attributed, by those who did not
| know how for twenty-five years be had
burned the candle at both ends, to that
| habit. That Mr. Carpenter should have
| lived to the age of 30 after living life
OF almost constant defiance Of ali the laws
of health is regarded by those who knew
! him as remarkable. Sro Dslmonico and
| Mr.. Ives, q well known manufacturer of
New Haven, died OF perfectly well de-
| fined symptoms Of narcotic poisoning,
but both were we'll along in years. and
both We're never without the stimnlaut.
EX-President Arthur smokes less than
formerly, lighting his cigar now seldom
before dinner, but when in the late night
hours he was busted with work his COM
panion was cigar, sometimes three or
four. DR.. Hammond is reported to have
once SAID that generally three or four
cigars after dinner harmed few men OF
average constitution, aud Mr.. Arthur
thought they did him good. At all ev ,nts.
all his messages to Congress were writ
ten under the gentle stimulus Of fragrant
Havana. Most of Mr.. Arthurs Cabinet
officers were good smokers Mr.. Freling-
huysen did not use tobacco, though the
Assistant Secretary of State, MI Davis,
liked good cigars, and plenty of them.
Tobacco was the only thing That ever
made Secretary Chandler turn pale. 1t
was rank poison to him. and though he
tried many years ago to overcome the
evil effects. as became a good politician,
yet he never could. Alcohol, except in
almost homeopathic doses OF the very
best wine, affects the ex Secretary of the
Navy in the same way. Bat Gen. Gresb-
am was great smoker. lie smoked on
the public streets, al lis work. and when
ever he could. Secretary Teller liked a
cigar that would last a long time and
was not very strong. Secretary Lincoln
smokes good many pretty stiff cigars
every day, and Attorneys General Brcws-
ter liked one with body TO it.
Gen. Sherman is a pretty constant
smoker and he smokes, rs he does every
thing else, with nervous haste, so that
the cigar is more than half chewed up.
Gen. Sheridan likes a good black Reina
after each meal, with one OF two thrown
in between whites.
Nearly all the Senators use tobacco.
some of them constantly. Vice President
Hendricks likes a cigar, but he dearly
loves the sweet Detroit iile cut, which
he buys in bulk Perhaps Senator Frye
is the most persistent smoker of the SEN
ators. If there be a long session of the
Senate, he will leave his scat several times
in the course of it, and retire to the cloal,
room for q smoke. In his committee
room and other places OF unrestlaint he
frequently lights enc cigar at the stub of
another. Poker Jack Bowen from Colo.
RADIO smokes constantly, aud when he
can smoke he has paper Of fine cut at
hand. The two New Hampshire sena-
tors. Blair and Pike, do pct use tobacco.
nor do Senators Dawes and Uoar The
new Senator Chace, Of Rhode Island,
does not smoke, bat lfr. Edmunds smokes
a few choice cigars a day, and nov and
then rolls little pill of navy plug under
his tongue. Both Senators Hawley and
Platt, of Connecticut, are constant smok-
ers. Gen. Rawlcy not disdainiug a good
old fashioned chew. It is hardly possible
for any one TO smoke more, bigger, or
stronger cigars than the living skeleton
called Malone does, and his colleague,
RiddleGerger, is an almost constant smo.
ker. All of the Southern senators, ex.
cept German and Joe Brown, use tobacco,
and most Of them use it in two ways.
| Jones, of Florida, is not particular about
the flavor of his cigars, and il is 4 stand
| ing joke among senators when they get
poor cigar to send 1t to him. lie smokes
it as happily is though it cost dollar
Jones, OF Nevada, on Cho other hand, will
smoke none but the best, and lie makes
| away with ten or twelve every day Beck.
aside from a few STRONG cigars every day,
likes to titIlate his nostrils with pinch
of snuff now and then, but he docs not
do it SO publicly as Senator Thurman did.
Young Senator henna is great smoker,
and John Logan ruhs tiereely at big,
| black cigars. John sherman smokes 1t
tie cigars, light colored, and has them
made specially for him. Ben Harrison
likes pipe in his Office, but is more often
seen on the street with a cigar than with
out one. Senator Copger likes to smoke
| three cigars a day. Senator Allison would
would rather smoke a good cigar and
bluff out king full than to dine at tie
most epicurean table. David Davis was
a great smoker. Senator Conkling prac-
tically gave up the habit some years ago,
but he occasionally cuts cigar in two
and chews the cut ends. Dorsey has
been for years o constant smoker from
the time he arose till he retired. He
always lights cigar as soon as he gets
out OF bed, sometimes smoking twopr
three before breakfast. Blair, Chace,
German, and Camden not only use no
| tobacco, but are total anstaiuerS from
alcohol in all forms.
Mr.. Randall does not use tobacco at
all, but Speaker Carlisle woald be frantic