The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
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control. And finally a ]flabbiness of
tissue results from taking the smoke
into the bronchial tubes, where pure
air is required to O~xygeniZe the blood
and a erNOu weakness follows that
~r1eavcs the victim unprotected, and a
prey to any sort of malady or SOr
to which he may be exposed or liable.
And here seems a good place to say
that such silly tales as that cigarettes
are soaked in a solution of opium or
b~elladOnn2. or that the harm of the
cigarette comes from the arsenic in
the paper, have no place here. The
price Of opium absolutely fOrbids it's
use in any form by cigarette smokers,
beside that. it is not necessary-there
is q sedative quality and poison
enough IN pure tobacco to answer all
purposes.
Beginning as a habit, the matter ere
long becomes a vice. The first lndl-
actions Of degeneration is in your Gig
areette smokers SecretiveneSS. He feels
his weakness and so seeks to present
a bold from Bluff" is his chief char
acteristic. He tries to make an i'm
pressiOn-he talks big, is full Of prom
ises, plans and confidential utterances
TIe confuses dates, times, and places,
and often Will tell you he has done a
thing when he only intends to do it.
Only the strong man is honest
only the healthy tell the truth.
"A ne IS 1t ulSedSe OIL the W1ll-14DO-
criSy is q symptom.
When a cigarettist pays his devotion
to nature, he always passes the time
away by rolling a cigarette, this being
the only Instance when he displays a
seal in improving the moments as they
fly.
He dreams over his work, dawdles
Indefinitely, picks things up and lays
them down, and proves for us again
and again the maxim that the strong
man is the one who can complete a
task. not merely begin it.
n marked popularity of the Gig
arctic fiend is that invariably he
makes a great discovery: It is that
~cleverness, astuteness, trickery and
untruth are good substitutes for sim
plicity, frarkness. and plain, common
honesty.
For physical exertion our cigarettist
has q profound dislike. He calls a
cab and pays for it with your money
and if he has only a block to val
he takes a car. Should you by much
he soon grows weary and stops to
light a cigarette. When he rides he
pollutes the morning air with moke
Ere long he will grow as limp as a
printers roller in July: his vertebrae
is Goodyear: all of his decision goes
into smoke, and if you ever had any
hopes for him they are ashes.
The difference between mine and
thine is q very lazy proposition to the
ciearettist-meum and tuum are not
in his lexicon. Larceny and lying are
sprouts that grow from the same
soil.
h ciearettist has an abnormal
eg~otisn--1ie has much faith in him
self If this faith AYERS he rolls a
cigarette. Often in advanced stages
half the day is given to rolling Gig
a~rettes. To find men who roll Gig
a~rettes fo~ their own smoking for one
or two hours a day is not difficult. To
roll his own cigarettes gives the de
fective something to do. Nervous,
c1utching, scratching. searching, yell
low-stained hand-hands that alter
natcly play the devils tattoo and roll
cigarettcs-these are the hands that
forge your name and close over other
peoples mOEev.
cigarettist himself because it is of no
use. He has a fixed belief that he is
immune. and that all men are mortal
but himself.
His nane is Mr.. Knowitall.
He grins at warming; laughs at the
advice OF his best friends, and turns
your brOtherly appeal into a joke. He
sets his foolish little VII against the
knowledge and experience OF the
scientific and business world-all Of
which action is but q symptom Of his
r~aranoiac malady.
The man who quits the cigarette
habit muse see his own folly, and con
vince his own min of the existence
Of the vice ere it can be er~adicated.
The trouble is in his brain. There is
no salvation for him outside himself.
There is 20 doubt but that the cigar
ettist is often a man of many good
impulses. and over and over in his
heart there sweep resolves to cease all
subterfuge and be true. but these
niaudlin resolves are not to be trusted
any more than you hearken to the
promises OF a dope fiend.' The choice
between cigarettes and daily doses OF
cocaine, morphine or bromide is very
slight--ail and each lead downward
to the Srave.
Dishonor, perfidy. disappointment.
disgrace are the end of all. And so ]