Cañon City record., 1899-03-30
IF YOU SMOKE A PIPE.
YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN
THIS BUDGET OF FACTS.
Things Few Smokers Know-Enect of
Tobacco on system Cause of tho
-Cake' I'm Pipe and of ClogginK-
Opium and Nicotine. q

It 10 calculated that an average puff
Of cigar smoke sets free over 2,O0O,OOO,-
600 tiny particles, whiff from a pipe
iiberates over 1.S00. .000.0 900 Of these
particles, and one from cigarette
starts $500, ,00O. 900 Of them flying
through the surrounding atmosphere,
A very curious fact concerning to-
bacco smoke Is tho remarkable change
in color which it undergoes after enter
ing the mouth. From the burning end
OF q cigar the smoke issues In deep blue
threads, while that which is expelled
from the mouth is Of delicate brown
ish tint. Sir William Thompson Uord
Kelvin recently accounted for this dif-
ference by proving that the minutest
particles have an intense amnity Tor
moisture.
From this he reasoned that when to-
bacco smoke is drawn into the mouth
its smallest particles are tmmediatsy
detached from the rest by the pres
ence of moist surfaces, to which they
fly and lodge.
An error now common even among
old smokers exists In reference to the
nicotine in tobacco. The dark stain
which comes on a white handkerchief
after blowing smoke through 1t ID
caused nv SCOT and tar from the smoke,
and not by nicotine, as nearly every
body supposes. This same stain Is de-
posited on the teeth and fingertips OF
cigarette smokers.
The cake in the bowl Of pipe is
COMPOSED of real coal, as good as any
that Is mined. 1t Is formed by the
~ ntvt, fer o.
ture from the burning tobacco, and
would burn II subjected to sufaoient
heat.
Clogging in a pipe-stem is caused by
the rapid accumulation Of tar.
Nicotine is colorless, and forms less
than one ten-thousandth part Of all the
substances precipitated from tobacco
smoke.
1t has often been quoted that a grain
Of nicotine administered all at once
would kill the strongest dog. and from
this have been argued Its terrible ef-
fects on the body of human being.
While this statement is undoubtedly
true. 1t ia somewhat misleading. In
order to commit suicide by smoking,
the dog would have to consume over
four hundred strong cigars. one right
after the other. He could put himself
out of the world much easier by eating
the boxes.
Whatever the ill-effects of tobacco
when used to excess, in moderation 1t
acts on an adult as mild sedative.
It fs claimed that after the thirtieth
year its use prolongs life and preserves
the mind, by lessening the bodily func-
Gous OF waste and repair
Experts say that for smoking tobac-
CO IL one of the least injurious sub
stances known. Compared with other
well-known vegetable substances used
for the same purpose, tobacco is very
mild.
Opium, without doubt, is most fear
full In It's effects. for the drunkenness
It produces ultimately unbalances the
mind. Grape leaves. which are smoked
In parts Of western Pennsylvania, are
in some ways almost as powerful as
opium. and legislation has been under
taken against their use. Both cubebs
ana corn silk inname the mucous mem
brAne and upset the digestive func-
tion.. None OF these evils result from
the moderate use Of tobacco.
Hygisnicaiiy. strong tobacco is better
than MID. for in smoke from the mild
Varieties the tiny PARTICLES are far more
nuusfpus and tend 70 dry up the blood
: BY ehhorbins large quantities OF mois-
ture frem the mouth and lungs. For
this reason paper cigarettes. even when
unn1nlterAtsd. ars held 70 BE- injurious.
Ne Got Thsm.
ss<1HS NJ thu best reasonn 6Ivan for
rastin4 elss tsctb vas that of ! eci-