The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07

denied to consumptives (except wher
 there Is splitting of blood), especially 1T
 certain severe climates, since the
 smoke is a sort of protecting mask
 against the deleterious influences of fog
 and cold upon the respiratory passages
 A philosopher has pretended that
 crime is never committed by person
 with cigar in his mouth, and more
 than that that person while smoking
 is seldom capable of bad action. This
 is because tobacco renders one gentle
 and resigned; 1t quiets the tense nerves
 and induces beneficial sense of we'll
 being. Lady Campbell has said that
 the art of smoking impresses even the
 conversation with sentiments of good
 will; it fafors the conciliation of ene-
 mics, and the pipe of peace of the sav-
 ages is not allegorical, but a realism
 Even more than music tobacco hates
 discord; it candidates and pacifies
 Nor does it appeal alone to the sense of
 taste and odor; the sense of sight shares the pleasure; as is proven by the fact that blind men never smoke and men blessed with eyesight seldom smoke in the dark.
 | Before the use of chloroform the | strangely sedative qualities of tobacco were employed to lessen pain in opera | tions and divert the suffereds atten- | tion. General Moreau is historical example of this, for he continued to smoke while both his legs were ampu- tated at the thighs.
 Boerhave and Palmer, by smoking, I, ba nc+ Irj jat O pains of neuralgia and when we see tobacco thus soothe the spirit and di- vinely assuage suffering we can truly say with Levy that tobacco holds the first rank in the moderators of society. Some people assert that the sedative action of tobacco sometimes seriously affects the physical faculties, but the vigorous Orientals and Arabs, con- firmed smokers, and Germans and the Swiss and all smokers prove by their physique that this is not so
 Those who are engaged in intellec- tual pursuits seek tobacco to lessen brain fatigue inseparable from their work, and to stimulate the mind. To- bacco quiets the fever of work which so often acects the man of letters and the artist, and, as Taine has said, it is useful in moments of intellectual idle ness. It excites imagination, but, un- fortunately, abuse follows closely upon its temperate use and It's effects are especially baneful upon the memory, sometimes leading to loss of memory, and even to a true though transitory aphasia; it also favors revery rather than action Smoking especially inter- feres with systematic regularity of daily work, and favors in the highest degree a desire to put off things until to- morrow. Beyond dispute it allevi- ates the taedium vitae, but in causing one to see life in roseate hues it lessens the perception of necessary duties.
 Violent anger fades In gentle smoke. which becomes an agent of union and conciliation People who are the great est smokers, the Swiss, for example. are the least revolutionary It is a precious consolation in old age when so many comforts are denied, and it Is a powerful resource in times of grief, of anxiety and trial. Rochard. noted French hygienist, says that after having used and abused tobacco for many long years, I have given 1t up, and do not suffer, but if I should ever be afflicted with violent grief if I should ever be obliged to make great intellectual effort, I am convinced that I should return to the habit In spite of myself" These are the words of an honest philosopher.
 It Is among workmen that the espec- ial need of smoking is seen in its great est degree It is to them the material poetry of existence. Tn certain cases, as among tanners, men who are em- ployed in cleaning drains and sewers, it Is a providential protector against unhealthful emanations. To men em- ployed in laboring occupations smoking relieves fatigue of the muscles. Bork- graeve has compared the working wo- men of Seville and Lisbon, who smoke and live in an atmosphere saturated with tobacco smoke, with the working women in cotton mills, and the latter are, by far, more seriously afflicted with anaemia.
 In the army and navy the benefits of tobacco are beyond question. Accord ing to Van Swieten the soldier finds in his pipe companion and consoler Levy has shown that smoking prevents and Maracke declares that the privation of tobacco during campaign Is as injurious as privation of food. Longmore has forcibly shown the good effects of tobacco upon wounded soldiers, favoring repose and lessening nervous excitability.. Those engaged in the relief of the injuded re- alize the virtue of tobacco and for this req son carry abundant quantities, and Fonsgrives affirms that there is noth- ing so good as tobacco in the marine service for enabling the sailor to en- dure long Journeys, the hardships of tempest and the miseries which are necessary part of the seaman's life. All of these advantages have their dis if carried to excess; If smoking becomes, as 1t were a vocation instead of an inoffensive distraction. Bernard Gubler and many others assert that the moderate use of tobacco is more useful than harmful. truly says that pipe Is like a cup of tea, and one may poison him. self by drinking tea to excess or even eating beefsteak by the pound.-Indi- annapolis Journal.
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