Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-22
PRIZE ESSAY
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it.. A physician knows when GER
tain forms Of heart disease are caus-
ed by tobacco, and naturally he ad-
vises the patient to give 1t up. 1t
hardly seems worth while to risk
losing ones health for the. sake OF
tobacco.
Tobacco, by its effect upon the
Innings of the nose, mouth, throat,
and lungs, causes great discomfort,
at times, not alone to the one who
is using it, but to those who are
obliged to breathe the smoke of to-
bacco. 1t dries the throat so that
the voice becomes husky, it pro-
duces coughing and it is quite inn
possible to sing in an atmosphere
which contains tobacco smoke. The
habit of swallowing tobacco-smoke
is injurious because it iritates. the
delicate lining of the bronchial
tubes.
Tobacco Injuries the entire nerv-
GUS system. Tobacco is never
necessary; it is always hurtful to
boys and young men, to weak peo-
pie and those disposed to consump-
ton. The use of tobacco in the
United States Naval and Military
Academies is forbidden on the
ground that it is attended with Sc
rious damage to health. The nerves
are weakened by it, and the hand
in particular lack steadiness on that
account. A teacher Of drawing, of
fourteen years. experience, has said
that he can always tell from the
character of the lines in the draw
ing whether or not the pupils use
tobacco.
The supreme Importance of the
brain is at once recognized when we
consider its location with reference
to the other parts of the body and
it's protection. 1t is incased in a
bony box-the skull, and is compos-
ed of nerve cells and nerve fiber.
Everywhere present in the brain are
the tiny blood vessels. And it is
connected with every part of the
body by numberless nerves. We
find that the brain has charge Of
our thinking willing, loving, feel
ing, remembering, etc.
The weight of a mans brains is
about 90 ounces, although many
eminent men, like Webster, had
much heavier brain than the ordina-
ry man. Through the nerves the
brain receives all its sensations and
it is the controlling power of the
body. 1t has three divisions: The
cerebum, or larger brain, the cere
bellum or lesser brain and the me-
dulla oblongata, or narrow brain.
The brain is the royal part of the
body. There can be no great per-
son without clear and active
brain.
Healthy young people. should be
happy. Weakness and worry have
small part in their lives unless some
of the needless weakness and wor-
ries are invited in.
One of the wholly needless causes
for weakness and worries is the
cigarette habit. There is not the
slightest excuse for beginning such
a health-ruining, dollar-stealing hab-
it. 1t is just as sensible to cut off
your own fingers as tobeginsmoking
cigarettes. Be wise! step up the
pledge ladder, get aboard the anti
cigarette schooner and escape the
needless but decidedly black clouds.
Cigarettes Injuries the heart. Any
thing that Injuries the heart Injuries
the whole body
The cigarette Captain says: "fol-
low me; let me lead you!" will
take every noble purpose out of your
life;" Il will pour the very life
blood out Of your veins and arte-
ries. Il will rob your boyish cheek
of its bloom, your eye of it's bright
ness and your form of its erectness.
/ will hold your brain in an iron
grip and prevent your mind from
developing. l will prove to you
my power to make invalids, crimi-
nails and fools. l will open the door
of the saloon and lead you from
there to the work mouse, the reform
atory, the penitentiary and perhaps
to the gallows.
Nearly all the leading business
men of the country have forbidden
the employment of boys and young
men who smoke cigarettes. This is
because they know that the victims
of cigarettes cannot be trusted.
The laws of nearly every state in
the union forbid the sale of tobacco
to boys. And the laws of Colorado
even forbid people to give boys to-
bacco, so that boys who use ciga-
rettes are not only disobedient to
their parents, but they are disobe-
dient to the laws of their state. Pa
triotism is, after all, duty " ones
school, and ones city. And no
boy does his duty either to himself,
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