The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
a SMOKERS VIEW.
Using MIIder Tobacco and Less of 1t
as He Grows Older.


GAS a youngster in the army, thirty
odd years ago." said a smoker, Il
smoked plug tobacco and liked it;
used to cut off thin shavings, 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.
1t took a powerful draft to get this
tobacco started, but it held fire well
and made good, long smoke; and
after a supper of boiled pork, hard
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; a
pipe like that now would knock me
clean over; but do like to get sniff
of just such pipe on cool morning
before breakfast in the open air, when
/ happen to walk behind a man smok-
ing one.
Il continued smoking after | got out
of the army. Smoking a pipe a good
deal, but not plug tobacco. and com
ing finally to smoking chiefly cigars,
and these rather strong; and l 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 it
was just the other way; when it did
not stimulate me; but when rather,
my fire seemed clogged by it; when
though freely used for fuel, tobacco
didn't generate the heat, nor afford
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1t was still comfort, but no longer
help in the work, and in time it came
to be a drawback; to retard rather
than facilitate my mental operations.
1t gave a 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
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
4 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 it, and
! soon | began to feel better, a better
| tone, better nerve, and better grip
generally. 1t did me a pile of good to
give up smoking that two years and a
half; it 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 a
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 it was, but
that's what did.
Il had a few cigars, the last of a
box from which l had been smoking
when | stopped, and | got out one of
them with anticipations of great pleas
ure. These anticipations were real
tied, 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 it.
But | soon found that for my own
comfort and welfare, if | were to use
tobacco at all, l must use it in moder-
alton. Mine is a mental occupation.
but suppose man can work as hard
with pen as he can with a pick.
When | resumed smoking l tried it as
stimulant at work, but | 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 fieeting but continued
smoking while at work served now,
as it 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.
TyroIese Counting.
When young Tyrolese goes a.
counting in earnest he carries with
him bottle of wine, of which he
pours out portion and presents 1t to
the object of his affection.
II she accepts /! the whole affair
is settled. Very often the girl has not
made up her mind and then she will