The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-20

There Is no greater evil 81 smoking
gith Tho possible exception Of cigar
elites, than The literature intended o.
discourage the habit. Tits exists in
tuo ferns. one, frankly denunoiatoEy,
pretsnds toenianata from Tho pau 81 .
wollskuown physician Ii wsrns men
against tabecco As ar iasidious poison
which briggs about death that il
lingering and otherwise pnplcasant
It states Incidentally. ana iiioticallY Is
vel, that single drop af nicotine
placed on a eats tongae viii XII the
cat instantly. As ifAay esne man w0ald
no around willie single arons of nicotine
o. his person, looking Ter cats % kio
instantly There ara BOO ma4y Has5eF
Ways Of doing Il
TIE ether form u the little fsxa-lins
issm. EsasinN that 'Silas @, WoaSala.
Of ChUauag Coznszs, wha died recantty
at the advanced &ge az los. never
used tob1eeo N Euy faTn Possibly
he never used e finger bewl az > aaptiu
10 any sorGa, either hsa evidences waaia
be laaking TO shuH that his lie HAs
prolonged ~ snch ahsginenrs Besides.
saIae pa5pls lsve all ahsy oaEhf 10 IN
hslf his uamhaF ef wears, Thuaszads
Of men have undonhasaly been kept IN
1gneranss 81 the hisssiaEs Of Tobacco
through snch malaga intlaaness
Euaaliy pREnicioas is The tendency
81 certain elderly persons 10 hribs
yunnw male relatives with promises Of
gold watches. 10 ssohsH the n0xiaas
weed until they are twenty-five
Countless young men are Tins Thought,
lessly led 20 hhrfsr away millions OF
dollars worth Of harmless enjoyment for
3 gold filled hantings $50 watch costing
thirty-two dollars
Even the grocery Esurp cigar is NOT
an nnmixad evil. tits mixed ina show
ease with chewing, percussion
caps, ooecanut candy and pink toilet
soap, and TASTES Of all. II has a
lnstguus wrapper Of rich mahogany
color, which sneIosss pieeas Of rope,
feathers and dried grass. One is
aiways given b a farmer, with q fine
flourish Of prodigality, after be has
purchased 8 bill III goods. He sniEBs ct
it critically, bites OF the end, thereby
permitting some OF the miscellaneous
filing to escape, lights il in anxious
suspense. and goes ont TO pile his jug
% m0lassEs and bundles into the wagon
When he is well ont of town he care.
fally sxtinguishes the light on his boot
heel, and places the charged remnant in
his pocket, 20 be broken mp and smoked
in his pipe alter he reaches home.
One Of the glsring evils OF smoking
is the picture on the cigar box cover
Tnese depicting scenes OF wild ravelEy
10 an oriental palace are only found
with poor cigars. Cigars from a box
bearing a picture Of an ornamental
Spaniard profferiag a bunch Of cigars
70 delighted Englishman in cordu-
roy hnntlRg suit, in front Of coAt-of
arms, are also not 10 be frifled with.
Among the minor evils of smoking
may be msntioneds
Wanting to smoke and having moth
ing 10 do it with,
Placards reading "No smoking
allowed"
Having a poor and a good cigar, and
giving away the latter BY mistake.
Having 10 accept and light o cigar
from friend who thinks any cigar that
draws welr' Is good.
The man who uses q meersehanm
cigar holder ornamented with craven
female, sGanily draped.
The man who abeWs an nulit cigar.
The man who calls it weed" or
see-gRr,"
When / was q small boy q very old
man warned me against tobacco. He
smoked inveteTaiely a big, brown pipe.
liked TO watch the smoke curl M
about his head, as he sat in his big
chair There was 4 queer, far reaching
inak in his eyes that made me think he
saw something more in the smoke than
I could see. During the intervals,
when he filed che pipe. he would say
sharply, that smoking shortened life.
From this l inferred, he being then in
his ninetieth year, that had he not be-
como slave TO the tobacco habit, he
could confidently have expected to have
attained the age Of one hundred and
fiity years. W. l. WusoH.