Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-03-04
Eastland, Tenn.
SbeciaI 10 tie Me70S.


Will copy this interesting piece from
the Gospel Trumpet for the benefit of
tobacco users who take the Sequachee
News and don't take the Gospel Trum-
pet, written for the Gospel Trumpet
by Edward N. Lydeck. Would you
believe that thousands of people smoke
a poison, and yet they do. They know
that it is hurtful but yet tobacco has.
the power of making those who use it
like it so we'll that it is almoso impos-
sible to leave it alone. You have no
need to be told what it is that so many
people smoke and chew. Wherever we
go we are almost sure to smell the
odor of tobacco. Why is tobacco a
poison? Because it has nicotine in it.
Nicotine is one of the most deadly poi
sons known. If tobacco smoke is
blown through a white cloth the spot
where it went through will turn yell
low, and give off very offensive odor.
! By experiment single drop of nico-
tine has killed full grown cat in one
minute A tea made of tobacco and
! put on the skin has caused death in
! three hours. Soldiers have been known
to shirk military duty by making
themselves sick with poultice of to-
bacco which they had put under the
arm or over the stomach. You must
know, then, that it is hurtful to the
health of those who use it. What harm
does it do2 Sooner or later it makes
the heart beat faster, brings on GER
tain kinds of Indigestion and irritates
the throat and lungs It's effect upon
nerves and brain is plainly evident.
The poison of tobacco deadens their
delicate parts. The old tobacco user
is often cross, peevish and liable to fits
of anger Tobacco has an injurious
effect upon the young people, it stunts
the growth of the body and weakens
the mind. No one should laugh at the
pitiable sight of a boy made sick by
his first smoke-there is nothing to
laugh at. 1t is really the effect of a
poison upon the delicate brain and
nerves. Even after young people get
used to tobacco they often suffer from
indigestion, headache, loss of appetite,
and trembling of the muscles. The
whole story in few words is, ''No
person should ever use tobacco if he
wishes to keep well, and is anxious to
J succeed in life. " Do you wish to keel
NOuE InlHu dCblNb anu dllN6 bO dli Iudt
, is good and useful2 Do you wish to
, have clear ideas of things, and Wig
; erous will powerg Certainly you do.
| Well, then, let tobacco in every form
= be for what it was made--a weed. II
will dull your wits, impair your pow.
|, er to think and weaken your memory
: God has given us good health as a
precious gift. We cannot be too thank
full for it. How weak and foolish it il
to be chained to any unwholesome hab
, it, like that of smoking or chewing to
! bacco, which often spoils this great
: blessing.
!, Well, suppose the Eastland boy
: have forgotten the scare they got las
summer, when they came so near be
q ing endicted for playing ball on Sun
J day, as | see they have taken it III
again. Boys. you are not only run
ming over the laws of the state. bu
you are breaking the laws of God ant
- trampling His word under your feet.
and sea some boys that claimed sal
vation a short time ago into thes
Sunday ball games Are you trying T.
lead sinners to Christ, or are you let
ting the sinners lead you down to tn
DEVILS darkest pits of helll | thinl
that some of the people who profess T.
be christians are too easy, they cour
the devil too much, and / think the,
should expose and fight him more.
r. L. G. F. b.