Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28
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ABSTINENCE AND REFORM

"man 10 bundle Of hablts;" and the
experience Of most persons would con.
firm this expression after a little com
liberation. Men do a great many
things, good and had things, not pri-
marily because they are evil OF good,
but IN an unconscious way, from usc
aud custom, aud Il reason were asked
Il would be hard to supply. They have
become mechanical A. Il were, asking
blessing ut meals, having family
prayers, ut,ering mentally supplica'
ton Ia all duty from sheer force Of
habit. There h an uncomfortable
feeling u these usages are neglected or
overlooked, even II there IL but little
warmth Ia the performance thereof
Appetite IL INDUCED On ths same basis.
Persons may not care Tor or banker
after tea or coffee, but they would
mics the warm drink wonderfully,
and II vislting where these bsv-
crages were unprovided, there
might be- submission without thought
or comment, and yet all through the
day there would be feeling rs Of
something lacking, which might
Tor might noD gradually die
away. This ls evidence OF the power
Of habit aud its tenacious hold upon
humanity.
II this "bundle OF habits" were
mainly Of an unwise or evil character,
each one would have 10 be broken
singly apparently, or the change
would be beyond individual efforts.
BY taking one at a time, whatever the
fault OF habit, Il seems much easier
to overcome; save 10 the case OF eritit
ual regeneration, where, alter ro,olyo
aud obedience TO prescribed Law,
man 10 assured Of Divine aid In
the lauor for salvation. Many men
are la slavery to habits which iron "a
lack Of will power hold complete mas
terry over them. But compulsory
restraint does not seem 20 much or NO
trying ~ they or others might imagine.
Once under the discipline Of a prison,
for instance, tho use Of liquor Is sud.
denly cut Oh, aud no serious inoon-
veulonce results, while other vi.
cious features Of unavoidable
character may las We know
continue in unrestialned activity.
Men Of year', where habit has become
dsecond nature" are Mt time, to be
pitieI quite as much as blamed, and
probably some Of these characteristics
par,ako sjm0 way Of horodity. Bu.
young men can DO found without
uumber who have thoughtlessly or de.
hboratcly acquired habits which nre
not only otieusive, but absolutely In.
lurlour In their eilects. The use Of
liquor anu tobacco have this feature.
Fret indulgcd In as matter Of
brayado, t. vile away few idle mo.
ments, from imitation, or n mistaken
Idea that 1; was manly to drink Of
smgke-wlthout special pr0oiviIy they
have formed habits which IN their
graft hcatlon have dragged them down
to DEATH
The strange and increasing use oil
cigarettes Ia case In point. Contrary
10 older example, against general
counsel, and even with some dlslaste,
this habit grows Apace; until all self.
respect IL los', all shame ut using, all
regard for those TO whom 1t Is OBJ
noxious; at uuseemly timts, aud
ia or near places where It 4,
moot OF all u nuisance, long
suffering people wish that It could be
abatei, or prevented. Somewhere
Into the billions Ot cigarettes are made
and sold annually In these United
States, and many eminent men OF
observation declare that this habit h
more fatal than even the use OIL
alcohol; ami liquors cost the nation
ten tIucs more than all tina. is spent
on oIucatioul It's claimed that the
sgl0on keepers arc rs four 70 One IN
comparison with ministers and clergy
Of all denominations combined, aud
tie startling assertion Ia made, thai
while SIXTY thousand OF ouTpopuatlon
uiu annually Of drunkenness, there 1,
moro Generalization from cigarette
smoking than oven those appalling
figures may impyl
Leading u8wspaper5 have bBen In.
3 yostigatiug the composition OF thi,
, popular aud apparently nslsnitioNnt
thiug, aud chemical analysis has do.
term.ned that they are all made oil
tobacco imperioOty lormontei, and
that consequently nicotine, Que o
tl1 most deadly p0lsons, i,
naturally 30 superabundRnce, a,
rule. Then In addition Il
this Inherent quality, nearly al
brands bear evidence Of having been
tterpud TO impsrt one tav0r or another
Shllpr,er 10 generally usea; slme ar
impresuatct with belladonua or tx
tract OF llmson weed, both dangerous
narcotics, ami slupofyiog to the nerves