Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-08
INTERESTING SMOKE TALK.
FnctS With which Few Devotees of
the Weed Are Acquainted.

| Fnrts with which Few DeNotees OF
the Weed Are Acquainted.
! Science has calculated that an aver
age puff of cigar smoke sets free over
2, 600, 900. 900 tiny PARTICLES. a whiff
| from pipe liberates over /. 500. 600. 600
of these particles and one from ciga-
rette starts .. 800. 600. coo Of them fly
ing through the surrounding atmos-
phere.
a very curious fact concerning tobac-
co smoke is the remarkable change in
color which it undergoes after entering
the mouth From the burning end Of a
cigar the smoke ISSUES in deep blue
threads while that which is expelled
from the mouth is of decidedly brown
ish tint.
Sir William Thompson uord Kelvin)
recently accounted for this difference
by proving that the minntest particles
have an intense affinity for moisture
| From this he reasoned that when tobac-
CO smoke is drawn into the month its
smallest particles are Immediately de-
tached from the rest by the presence cf
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 white handkerchief
after blowing smoke through it is
caused by SCOT and tar from the smoke
and not 10y nicotine. as nearly every
body supp0scs
The cake in the bowl of a pipe is
| composed of real ccal as good as any
that is mined. 1t is formed by the
juices oozing under the high tempera-
ture from the burning tobacco and
would burn if subjected to sufficient
heat.
Clogging in Il 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 :he strongest dog. and from
this have been argued its terrible effects
on the body of human being While
this statement is undoubtedly true it is
somewhat misleading. In order to com
nit suicide by smoking the dog would
have To consume over 400 strong cigars.
one right after another.
Whatever the i'll effects of tobacco
| when used to excess. in moderation il
acts ON an adult as mild sedative Ii
is claimed that after the thirtieth year
its use prolongs life and preserves the
mind by lessening the bodily functions
of waste and repair.
Experts say that in smoking. tobacco
is one of the least injurious substances
known. Compared with other well
known vegetable substances used for
the same purpose. tobacco is very mild.
There is evidence to show that the
ancient AZtecs made their victims in
hale the fumes from smoking grasses,
after which the intoxicated prisoners
went peaceably to the altar to be sacri-
feed to Quetzalcoatl (the sun god).
Both cubehs and corn silk infiame the
mucous membrane and upset the di-
gestive function. More of these evils
results from the moderate use of to-
| bacco.
| Hygienically strong tobacco is Aettar.4
than mild. for in smoke from the mild
varieties the tiny particles are far more
numerous and tend to dry up the blood
by absorbing large quantities of mois-
ture from the mouth and lungs For
this reason paper cigarettes. even when
unadulterated, are held TO be injurious.
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