Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-17
4 sMoKEA's VIEW.
Using Milder Tobacco and Less Of u
az He Grows Older.

Using Miider Tobacco and Less OF y
az He Grows Older.
AS youngster in the army. thirty
odd years ago. said smoker.
smoked plug tobacco and liked IL
used TO cut on thin shayings, across
the layers, from the end OF the plug,
and roll them and crumble them be-
tween the palms of the hands and
then load up the old pipe and smoke
II took a powerful draft 10 ger TINS
tobacco started. but 1t held nre Wen
and made a good, long smoke; and
after q supper OF boiled pork, naru
bread and lineup coffee-that, you see,
was what you might call pretty solid
food to smoke on-a pipe OF cut plug
was delight But gracious goodness.
/ couldn't begin to smoke that now;
pipe like that now would knock me
clean over; but do like to get snin
of Just such a pipe on a cool morning
before breakfast in the open air, when
I happen to walk behind man smok-
ing one.
II continued smoking after got out
OF the army. Smoking a pipe good
deal, but not plug tobacco, and COM
ing finally to smoking chiefly cigars,
and these rather strong; and | came
finally, too, to rely on tobacco good
deal to brace me up in my work. and
It was a great help and comfort. and
/ could do better with it than without
IT; but at last the time came when 1t
was just the other way; when 1t did
not stimulate me: but when rather,
my fire seemed clogged by 1t; when
though freely used for fuel. tobacco
didn't generate the heat. nor AFFORD
the stimulus at all that 1t once had.
1t was still comfort. but no longer
help in the work, and in time II came
to be a drawback; TO retard rather
than facilitate my mental operations.
1t gave little glow at the outset. but
it was soon lost, and the brain, as one
might say, became opaque and insen-
sible, and so tobacco came to be worse
than no help, hindrance, as far as
work was concerned.
'One time a wise friend told me Of
a friend of his who had been immense
ly benefited by abstaining from tobac-
CO, 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 being without 1t, and
soon l began to feel better, a better
tone, better nerve, and better grip
generally. 1t did me pile of good to
give up smoking that two years and
half; 1t seemed to sort OF shake out OF
me the ragged nerve ends and to
freshen me and. brighten me and
strengthen me. 1t was giving nature
chance, and nature responded by Civ
ing me buoyancy and power of resist
ance. Nothing ever did me more good
than that long period of abstention
from tobacco. 1t brought me around
in good shape again, and then once
more ! took up smoking. That may
seem foolish; perhaps 1t was, but
that's what did.
II had few cigars, the last of
box from which l had been smoking
when | stopped, and l got out one of
them with anticipations of great pleas
ure. These anticipations were real
lied, though not only at the beginning,
for the smoking of the cigar before
got through with it pretty nearly up
set me. But the next cigar didn't af-
feet me that way. With that fell in
to the old habit of smoking readily,
so hard is 1t to give up the habit and
so easy to resume 1t.
But soon found that for my own
comfort and welfare, IL / were to use
tobacco at all, must use 1t in moder-
alton. Mine Is a mental occupation.
but l suppose a man can work as hard
with q pen as he can with pick.
When resumed smoking tried 1t as
a stimulant at work, but l promptly
found that that wouldn't do at all. 1t
gave light and agreeable exaltation
at the outset, but, as before, one not
at all lasting nor of sufficient force to
be valuable. and not only that effect,
brief and feeting, but continued
smoking while at work served now,
as 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
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