Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-15

! ling center. 80 the MIMI OF the lnubuto'
smoking student who cannot compete
with his non.smoklng c5mpanion,w who
IL no more highly endowed mentally
.s n example Of ths allure Of MUD
because o; weakness produced Ia Tho
btain by an unnecessary aud evil
habit.
such benumblng eject does
touscc1 have on the orgai OF MUD
that u seriously rttatIs intellectual DE-
vcIoDmcnt, and on this account In
several European countries iis use Il
forbidden to oil students IN public IT,
siiluii0ns 0flcarniug. Our own 2 yern'
ment has taken steps sghinsL h. In the
military aud naval SCHOOL, In oue u
n series Of tests 70 ascertain the
I 'ilfcts Of tlhacco-smoki nv, and IN de-
/ tefmine whether the practice should
he prohibited, Dr. Dec,isne, Of tho
| polytechnic school At Paris, France,
divided the pupils into two classss-
tue smokers and uou.smokots. The
latter eKosiled the former during the
outire course Of study. o. thirty
eight Of the boys who smoked. twenty.
seven were found TO DO diseased from
ricJtiue poisoning. Dr. Gibnu, oi the
Unilod States naval academy at An.
rapolis, met with similar results, upon
which lac comments as ioll4wg "rhs
most important matter IN the health
histoty Of the students IL that relating
10 tobacco, aud IL introduction IL abso.
Iutely essential to their iuturo health
and usefulness. In this view have
teen sustained by my colleagues, and
all tAnitatians IN civil and military
life whose views l have been able 10
obtain" Subsequent experience has
confirmed the mental A. vol ~ physi-
cal decSdsnoo noted ~ Dp. Deosisne
and dihon, aud also by Dr. Seaver, Of
Yale, and Others, A. uniformly attend
ing the tobacco habit.
some persons will, ani do, urge that
great men-phllosophets, statesmen,
varriors-have been inveterAto users
Of thu weed. But mona will present
the absurd claim that emoking or
chewing made tnem great. All that
the Illustration shows Il that they were
great In spite Of the tobscco habit,
whose assaults on their mental vigor
dii not destroy II. Would they not
have been even greater still II they hai
absiained from the use Of the drug, IL a
query which should suggest itself 10
eyoiy oontomplative mind. None viii
argus that II Is an advantage TO great
mo- to become Victims Of tobacco
blindness, or 10 die VI smokers heart,
tobacco cancer, or disease Of the kid.
neys, lungs or stomach, Induced by the
habit, ne some have, done. None can
diepuIe tho fac! that their mental
power was lesscnod by the cause which
wrecked them phS sieally.
There are people who say that To-.
bacco ussrt can think better when they
are smoking. 30 also there are men
who, In order 10 think continuously on
Any subject, must lay aside tho pipe.
The great Newton raw the point when
lie refused 70 smoke bBcauss he "wJulJ
make no neoossities ~ himself" His
wss tue act Of master Of his appetites
and ptOponsities; he would not degrade
himself la slavery 10 a habit which
demanded either that no submit 10 It's
cravings to obtain peace OF mind, or
that he cast II aside ~ secure tempo.
rary relief from Its Irritating sflsoi on
his brain when that was wanted
Tor effective work. His wa.
tho order Of true greatness.
that will no, be- bound by master
vice, but follows the high rule OF divine
philosophy which teaches that "ht
thst rulelh his spirit is better than he
that ,aketh a city,"
Among the many important iacultie.
OF the mind lie that displayed In con.
nection with the exercise OF the power.
OF msmory. These fail from lack oil
cultivation and from other causes, hui
there IL none more completely des,
truotiye than narcotics and stImulants.
No wOHdsr that long continued smok.
Ing wields disastrous influence, since,
In addition TO the incubation through
the blooi, that portion Of the brain
nearest 10 the nose aud the roof Of the
mouth IL most concerned with memory
and the Intellectual powers In general
The almost constant irritation o, q
poison 10 vlrulsnt az nicotine on M
extensive surface contiguous to thu
brain docs not fail to inhict injury on
the organ Of miud; and II IL not mat
ter OF surprise that occasional cases Of
ina1nlly are trscei directly to sue usl
Of tobacco.
In tho settlement OF = new country,
as 10 early dAya on tho Pacific slope
where the Influx Of men for yesrs Il
more humorous thHn that OF women,
and where tho eujoymeuA aud 10,
straiuts OF homu ami tue society @
woman are measurably lacAiug, med
icll practitioners nave been given pc
culiar opportunities ut studying boil
the physical nnd mental rnecl0 NJ IN,
tobacco habit, aud In come respect
their reporIs thereon show an aslound
inc amNuuf Uf luiuFg tam tIG. a.t,...