The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
But Isaac Manhoff Quits
Habit of Industrious
Fumigation.
Woke UP Nights to Take
a Whit of the
Weed.
One-eIeventh of His Whole
Life Spent in Smok-
ing.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Feb. 27.-With a
record Of nearly 100000 cigarettes to
his credit, at an average OF sixty per
day. Isaac Manhoff, a Hebrew peddler.
has decided to renounce the weed. He
was the most inveterate smoker known
and the mania had such hold upon
him that It was necessary to awake at
all hours of the night and smoke
coffin nall before he could be lulIed
TO sleep again.
Manhoff was born in Russia When
he attained the age of twelve years he
began to smoke.
Twenty-Five years ago he came to
Dubuque and has remained here ever
since. He was a member of the police
department under Peter OlInger, but
after the defeat Of that administration
he re-entered the junk business.
For a man who has inhaled the fumes
OF SO many cigarettes Manhoff IS GER
tainy a strong man. Weighing about
l75 pounds. he has a massive chest and
a square build.
Wasted No Time.
He says: you see. when aWoke in
the morning the first thing I wanted
was a cigarette. Generally I smoked
about ten before breakfast. No. 1 never
smoked while eating, but as soon as
finished l would put one in my mouth.
Then through the day / would smor-
continuously. Then night would come
and 1 would smoke them late and many
times, even in bed
How many do you think you smoked
in a dayg
oh. 1 don't know. I think I aver
aged sixty
How did you happen to quit smok-
wen. you see it was lust like this.
When l was afflicted with a cold | usu-
ally got hOarse and while / smoked the
hoarSeness grew more intense. One day
not long ago the thought occurred to
me that I should fOTsake the cigarettes
II was then and there that I made IN
my mind never to smoke another one. 30
Mr.. ManhOff fixed his average days
smoke at sixty cigarettes. and upon this
963 O9V.
Startling Statistics.
Mr.. Manhon has used 1.2O4. 500 matches.
which amounts 10 sop boxes of 200 each
\ match averages about two and a
half inches in length. and when 1.2O4. 500
Of them are strung in a straight line.
one after the other, they stretch 2,71O.5OO
inches. or Do, SEQ feet, making a total Of
over forty-two miles
II ManhOff had all the tobacco he has
used in his life and all the papers in
one piece he could roll a cigarette that.
if it We're laid out i'm a straight linz
would extend over forty-two miles
Allowing three minutes for rolling and
smoking 4 cigarette. Manhoff has thus
spent 2,S9O.SOO minutes Of his life. This
amounts 10 $3.50 hOurs, or over 2.OO7
DAYS.
Two thousand and seven days are over
five years and thus IL is easily seen
how Manhoff spent about one-eieventh
OF his life in the satisfaction of his de-
sires for smoking cigarettes.
What It Cost Him.
Figuring that each cigarette produced
a cubic foot OF smoke. then enough has
been inhaled into his lungs to fill $4,000
cubic feet.
II all the papers that he has used in
rolling cigarettes could be placed to-
gether, that is, TO make a perfect
square, the one sheet would be nearly
an acre in area. Each paper is three
inches long by two wide, and the result
is easily seen. The big paper would
have an area of 5,7S1, 500 square inches
or 4O.150 feet.
Those are a few Of the facts that ap-
pear so startling regarding ManhOff' S
record That the reader might get an
idea Of the enOrmity of the mans In
diligence. it is best TO treat of the finan-
cial end a little.
smoking.
s8OlIOgspent in matches; SOP boxe;
at sos.
S2.4O9-spent in tobacco.
S4S1. SO-spent in paper. one hundred II
SS.i9i9O-What the habit cost him.