The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10

Mildes rsAacee the older Ne Grows
and Less % II Each Year.
"As younsster In thu army. thirty odd
ycAD ago." said smoker, II smoked plug
TOBACCO ana liked Il: used to cut on thin
snavines, across the layers. from tho end
q the plug. and roll them and crumhle
them between the palms OF the hands. and
then load up the Pipe ana smoke. Il took
powerful draft to get this tobacco start
co. but u held IRE well. aud made q good
long smoke; and after q supper Of boiled
pork. hard bread. and lineup cofYee--thAt,
you see. was what you might caii pretty
sono 1000 g smoke on--a pipe Of cut plug
was delight. But gracious goodness!
couldn't begin to smoke that now; pipe
ike that now would knock me clear over;
but DO like to get O. sniff or lust such
= pipe ON Z cool morning before breakfast
IN the open mir, when happen to walk
behind a man smoking one.
Il continued smoking after rot ont Of
the army. Smoking q pipe good deal,
but not plug tobacco and coming finally
to smoking chieny cigars, and these RAJ
ther strong: and came finally, too, to
rely on tobacco q good deal to brace me
up In my work. and Il was a great help
and comfort. and I could do better with
u than without It; but at last the time
came when 1t was Just the other way:
when It did not stimulate me; but when,
rather. my fires seemed clogged by 1t;
when though freely used FOR fuel, tobacco
didn't generate the heat nor AFFORD the
stimulus at all that It once had. It was
still comfort, but no longer a help In the
work, and In time It came to be a draw
back; to retard rather than to facilitate
my mental operation. II gave a little
glow at the outset, but that was soon lost
and the brain. as one might say, became
opaque and insensible. and SO tobacco
came TO be worse than no help, a him
drance. as far as work was concerned
"One time u wise friend told me OF a
friend OF his who had been immensely
beuc1ted by abstnining from tobacco. and
made up my mind to try that myself
] was sort Of run down and half played
out-and for two years and half used
no tobacco whatever. 1t was hard work
to give It up. but soon got used to be-
ing without 1t, and soon began to feel
better. and had q better tone. q better
nerve and better grip generaily. 1t did
me pile OF good to givc up smoking
that two years and a half: 1t seemed to
sort Of shake out OF me the ragged nerve
end, ana to freshen me, and brighten me.
and strengthen me. 1t was giving nature
chance, and nature responded by Civ
Ing me buoyancy and powcr OF resistance.
Nothing ever did me any more good than
that long period Of abstention from to-
bacco. 1t brought me around into good
shape again. and then once more I took
up smoking. That may seem foolish;
perhaps II was. but that's what did.
II had a few cigars. the last Of box
from which / had been smoking when I
stopped and got out one OF them with an
ticipations of great pleasure These antici-
pations were realized, though only at the
BEGINNING. for the smoking OF the cigar. be-
fore I had got through with II, pretty near
ly upset me. But the next cigar didn't at
feet me that way. With that fell into the
old habit of smoking readily. so hard Is It.
to give up the habit and SO easy to re-
sumo It.
"But soon found that for my own COM
fort and welfare, II were to use tobacco
at all. must use It In moderation. Mine Is
a mental occupation, but suppose man
can work as hard with pen as he can with
. pick. When resut:ed smoking tried 1t
az Q stimulant at work, but I promptly
found that that would 1T do at al. 1t gave
a light and agreeable exa.tatfon at the out
set. but, as before, one not at all lasting
nor of sufficient force to be valuable, and
not only that effect. brief ard fieeting, but
continued smoking while at work served
now, a. 1t had come to do years before.
only to clog up the BRAIN In fact. found
that as far as was concerned could not
work and smoke, too"-New York Sun.