The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29
INTERESTING SMOKE TALK.
Facts With Witch Few Devotce. of
the Mrch Arc Acunniu4ni


Science has calculated that an aver.
age pun or CIGAR smoke sets free over
1000, 600, %" Tiny PARTICLES. IL Whit
from pipe hberatrS over | 500. 600. 900
of these particles. and one from \ ci.,u
rctte starts 1900 900. 900 of them Nv
ing through the surrounding at,uns.
phcrc.
4 Very cnrious fact concerning tobnc.
co smoke is the remarkable change in
color which it undergocs after en.crin.,
the mouth From the burning end cf a
cigar the smoke issues in deep bin.
threads. while that which is expelled
fruiii the mouth is of Il decidedly brown
ish tint
Sir William Thompson OLord Kelvin
recently accounted for this difference
hy proving that tho minutcst PARTICLES
have an intense affinity for moisture
From this he reasoned that when tobac-
co smoke is drawn into tho mouth its
smallest PARTICLES arc Immediately de-
tachcd from the rest ny the presence of
moist surfaces. to which they fly and
lodge
An crror now common even among
OLD smokers exists III reference to- the
nicotine i'll tobacco. The dark stain
4 which comes on Il white handkerchief
! after blowing smoke through it is
/ caused Ivy SCOT and tar from tho smoke
ami not hy nicotine. as nearly every
body s,pporrs
Tli. cake" III the bowl Of IL pipe is
composed of real ccnl. as .nnl as any
that is mined 1t is formed hv tho
I juices uozin:, under the high trllpcra-
turc from the burning tobacco and
would burn il subjected To sufficient
heat
CloEEinE Ill pipe stem is caused by
the rapid accumulation OF tar
Nicotine is cuorlrsS and forms less
than one ten thunsanhth part of all th,
substances prccipitatcd from tobacco
smoke
1t has often been quoted that grain
of nicotine administered all at ono,
would kill the strongest dog. and from,
this have heen argued its terrible effects
OH the body of II human being Will,
this statement is undoubtedly truo it is
somewhat misleading In order to com
NIT suicide l'y smoking tho dog woult
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 sedativc II
is claimed that after the thirtieth yea1
its Use rrolonys lifo and preserves tn,
mind by lcsSrnirg the bodily function.
of waste and repair
Experts say that in smoking, tobacco
is one of the least injurious substance.
known. Compared with other wei
known vegetable substances used fol
the Same purpose. tobacco is very mild
There is evidence to show that tn,
ancient Aztecs made their victims in
hale the fumes from smoking grasses
after which the intoxicated prisoner
went peaceably to the altar to be sucri
feed to Quetzalcoatl (the sun god)
Both cubehs and corn silk inf1alnc eh,
mucous membrane and upset the di
gcstivc function None of these evil
results from the moderate use Of to
bucco.
Hygicnically stro,.g tobacco is better
than mild. for in smoke from the mil.
varieties the tiny particles are far Nor,
numerous and tend to dry mp the bloc,
by ai'sorbiE" large quantities Of lnis
ture from the mouth and lungs Fu
this rcnson paper cigarettes. even whcr
unndrltcratcd are held t. !.e iniuriuus
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