The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-22


capped the qaivering nostrils, the good
old man turned away, and leaning
against the fence he wept a i. " tears
OF SORROW over tho close Of the earthly
career OF the little mule. sa tf 'tsi 81
And we boys felt like one of the
family had passed away, aud We felt
sad when we went by the empty stall
and looked in and missed the familiar
form Of old Penny.-Mont9onaeyy NJ.
Folsom IN Cetlusto,ca STANDARD.
Tho Horrors OF Cigarette smoking,
DR.. Hammond, in the New York
World, says; As to cigarette smoking,
properly practiced and with due re-
gard to moderation, and provided also
that pare tobacco be used, / cannot see
how lit is more Injurious than cigars or
pipes. But no speedier method for
rendering existence painful is more
emcactOus than to smoke cigarettes
aud to tuhaie the fumes into the lungs.
ny this practice a very large absorb
Ing surface Is exposed - the action OF
the nicotine and other poisonous pros
ducts which are evolved when tobacco
is burned. As conse quence, the
system Ia more thoroughly subjected to
their influence and disease more Ger.
tainiy produced. The action of the
brain Is impaired thereby, the ability
to think and, In fact, all mental con.
centratton are weakened. Neuralyia,
especially about tho face, throat disea-
ses, nasal catarrah, serious affections of
the eyes, dyspepsis, and, above all,
interruption in the normal action OF
the heart are among the consequences
resulting from the fnordinate use of
tobacco, aud especially from the in-
hslation Of cigarette smoke. This Is
not mere theory, for hove seen many
cases of all these disorders in tho course
Of my practice as a physician, and have
known them to be directly traceable to
the cause mentioned. Laws for the
repression of cigarette smoking by
young persons are difficult, II not TIM
possible, Of enforcement. 1t can be
prevented only through The proper
education OF parents aud guardians and
the children themselves. #-.
Investigation shows that the cigar
cites sold In this country are, as a rule,
viieiy adulterated, and with substances
even more injurious than tobacco.
Something might be done, perhaps, by
the passage Of laws preventing the
manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
Surely If the law can interfere to stop
the production OF oleomargarine on the
ground of its being preiudicial to the
health Of the public, 1t might properly
be invoked on the same plea for the
manufacture Of cigarettes. Some states
do not allow alcohol In any form 10 be
produced or sold within their limits,
and yet am incliued to believe thai
more injury can be inflicted on the
human race by the excessive use OF
tobacco by young persons than by i'm.
moderate fiquor-drinking. The latter
would probably kill more quickly and
before the subject would have an op.
portunity Of procreating the species,
but the former would not only destroy
the health and vitality OF those who
might descend from him. ln the city
of Washington 1 saw few days ago a
Wretched looking child, scarcely 8
years old, smoking u cigarette ana
blowing the smoke from his nostrits.
His pale, pinched face was twitching
convulsively, his little shoulders were
bent, and his whole appearance was
that Of an old man. Should he live to
become the father Of O family what
kind Of children is he likely to have ?
The cruel war Is over Hfor sura.'
James SedPaib, the biographer OF
John Brown and the lifelong friend OF
Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner and
other famous champions of freedom,
told me yesterday that he recently
paid visit 10 Jefferson Davis at his
home in Mississippi. He was guest
OF Mr.. Davis for four days and enjoyed
his visit immensely. He describes
the old president Of the Confederate
States AZ "the most refined aud charm.
ing old gentleman whom he ever met
among the public men OF America
as the very opposite of the character
he is supposed to be in the North
as refined in his manners ard speec b
as Ralph Waldo Emerson, or L9ngfei.
low the poet, or Wendell Phillips, who
were the most perfect types OF nigh
breeding and noble nature ever met
in the north. Mr.. Davis is over SO
years old now, but Is in good heal II ard
in full mental vigor, giving every prom.
ise of living to see the twentieth cen.
tury. Using the phase in its true, and
not its cant sense" continued the old
abolitionist, "I can conscieniiousiy de.
scribe Beauvoir house as an ideal
home. Mr.. Davis is the finest type o!