Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-07-20
GOOD AND BAD OF SMOKING.
Interview by George +, Shrady. NJ. d,
Who Attended Gen. Grant.

Smoking even the finest Havanas
will not cure neuralgia. 1t may, how
ever. make a man so contcnted that he
forgets about the pain. No one can
deny who has tried it that there's lot
of solid comfort III a good cigar.
at is only when we forget the law
of moderation that smoking becomes
injurious. Then, when the appetite
fails and the nerves are unstrung, it Is
time to stop. \ man when he reaches
that stage be he president or the
humblest citizen must learn self-de-
NAL.
"In spite of the fact that President
Mekinley's nervous trouble is said to
be the result of excessive smoking and
that many persons have always be-
lieved that Cen Grants death was
caused by too great a fondness for the
fragrant weed, do not believe that
tobacco in moderation is harmful.
Smoking in its way is a good thing,
out of its way very bad thing. 1t
may he comfort or it may be an In
jury. Every man must judge for him
self. If it doesn't agree with him 1t
does him gread deal of harm.
"The first symptoms that a man is
smoking too much are loss OF appetite
and nervousness, and then sleepless-
ness. When this train of ills falls
upon a smoker he had better call a
halt He Is not using tobacco In mod
Grafton, but in excess, and paying the
penalty
LAS we all know, tobacco contains
nicotine, extracted matter. and the
products of combustion, principally
ammonia and carburetted hydrogen.
THE ammonia and hydrogen are the
same that would be generated il we
burned any dry weed and are no more
hurtful. The nicotine and extracted
matter give the bouquet, and a cigar
for the quality of this bouquet and the
quantity Of nicotin& and extracted mat
ter it contains.
when there is an excess of nicotine
the cigar Is rank, but when 1t is In
the right proportion-well then a
smoke is about all man needs to
make him supremely happy. 1t
wouldn't be surprising II he did in
dulge a little too freely when he had
cigars Ike that. The temptation is
almost too great III resist.
"The man today who inveighs
against tobacco is apt to be called a
crank. II he confines himself to ar
III, hn In
listened to. But there he must stop.
Reformers are often extreme.
Some have said that tobacco brings
On a craving for drink. That is abso-
lutte nonsense. Even at the risk Of
offending these well-intentioned indi-
viduals, will say that think good
cigar one OF the greatest comforts
known to civilized man.
Nearly all brain workers are great
smokers. Tennyson, Newton, Spencer
Lowell, the greatest scientists, the
wisest sages, the most famous painters
men. have almost invariably been ha
bitual smokers ever since the courtly
Raleigh introduced the weed into Eng
lish society.
Neither do believe that men have
often died from smoking. II Is case
where men have died and worms have
eaten them but not from smoking.
In Gen. Grants case tobacco was
no. the initiative cause Of his throat
trouble. II aggravated the symptoms,
for The smoke, passing over the dis
diseased surface, irritated II. Yet 1t
can hardly be claimed, even by the bit
teregt foe OF tobacco. that smoking is
entirely responsible for the production
OF cancer OF the lip.
1t must be admitted that cancer OF
the lip is common among pipe-smok-
ers. The cause in this case is not so
much the tobacco or any particular
poison Il may contain, but the persist
ent irritation OF tbs lip by the pipe
stem. Clay pipes are particularly
dangerous. They are easily heated,
have a rough surface and are usually
held stationary on one side Of the
mouth. The first indication OF this
dreaded disease Is warty patch on the