Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-26

picked up and brought to the lungs to
be burned with the oxygen we breathe.
thus consuming or getting rid Of a
portion Of 1t. Another small portion
Is vOlatilized and passed out through
the pores. This is excessive and de-
structive labor thrown upon the body
that brings nothing in return.
Ordinary exercise or work tears
down the old cell, thus making q place
for the new one, which is produced by
food. but 1t is not SO In the labor per-
formed In casting out these poisons.
1t Is exhaustive labor that consumes
tissue, fat and the vital fluids of the
body and leaves nothing in their place.
This quickening of the circulation
produces feeling Of exhilaratiOn, and
while the battle is going on In the
blood. while the white cOrpuscles are
being consumed by the million and the
red ure taken from their natural work
of building tn fight an enemy, while
In the cells and along the blood high
ways are strewn millions of dead
atoms that might have been put into
the human structure while all Of this
Is going on the brain Is giving to the
drinker the false Impression of pleas
urable feeling.
The Hearts Hard Work.
This wonderful little engine, no hig-
ger than your fist, pumps all the blood
in the body through the superior vena
cave itself. about every forty seconds
during our waking hours and about
every sixty seconds while we are
asleep. sn
While one Is in normal health the
blood travels through the veins mt
lightning speed, and 1t has oil It can
do to keep the red stream passing
through the lungs fast enough to he
charged and purified with the oxygen
we breathe but when we ill our bodies
with the poisOns Of liquor. tobacco and
coffee-and when l say liquor 1t in
cludes wine and berthe work Of this
little automatic machine Is doubled
and sometimes trebled. 1t keeps up
the battle day in and day out for
months and even years. seldom COM
planning. giving back perhaps now and
then only n "murmur" of distress. sell
dom missing beat. but after years
of constant warfare with the stiWu-
Lifting drinks and the sedative narcotics
1t finally weakens. misses beat now
and then. flutters like dying bird
and ceases forever its action. and its
possessor dies. The family doctor per-
haps will say the cause of death is
heart failure. and he IL right. That Is
the only way to die that science knows
anything about. But what made the
heart fail? That is the real question.
II the true cause Of heart f8ilure and
the number of good men and women
who die long before their time from
using these pOisOns were made known
the world would stand appalled,. II
these facts could be made known to
the millions Of happy. healthy boys
and girls who take their first drink.
cigar. cigarette or cup vt coffee they
would shun them as they would some
thing that would parolyze muscle or
sever an artery.
Inc AcSton OF Vo0aCC0s
Tobacco Is both stimulant and n
sedative. The stimulating effect Is over
come, however. by the paralysis or
deadening of the nervous system.
Therefore the effect is not felt at the
time, but comes as reaction In the
form of insomnia. nervousness or the
familiar tobacco heart.
Tobacco acts directly upon the optic
nerves and affects the millions Of nerve
fbers leading from the iris that wcn-
derful little curtain that gives color to
the eye). The constant use Of tobacco.
especially smoking. ultimately deadens
the action of these nerves. and the eye
sight begins to fail.
Tobacco poison acts. however, with
more severity upon the sex vitality
than upon the eyesight. Nicotine poison
destroys vast quantity Of body albu-
minoids. 1t consumes and preys direct
Iy upon the very germ Of life and weak.
ems probably more than any other poi
son known to chemistry the reprOduc.
tive power.
If Health Is the greatest asset of the
nation" then the government. it seems.
should print these facts in simple lan-
guage and distribute them through
some of its various publicity bureaus.
How to Reach Boys.
Few persons. it seems. understand
youngsters. A boy can digest a lot
of common sense and considerably
more scientific stuff than we give him
credit for. At the time when boy Is
changing into man he Is most apt
to contract the liquor. tobacco and
coffee habits. and at this very time he
is most DESTROYS Of possessing fine
physique. He boasts and Is proud Of
his prowess. and he is not apt to use
things that will weaken. tear down and
destroy that muscular and athletic
force which is his personal pride.
Girls are apt to contract the coffee
habit ut the time they are budding into
womanhood. Social functions. the loss
Of sleep and the general plan Of en-
tertainment usually demand a stimu-
ant which coffee supplies. II the girl
could be taught that coffee makes sal
low skin. wrinkles and premature old
age and destroys dimples and roses.
changes bubbling youth into the old
lady. she would sllun these poisOns as
she would her greatest enemy.
Old chaps who have used whisky
and tobacco all Of their lives are not
apt to change their habits even II they
knew all the facts. and dear old ladies
are not likely to change their coffee
pr the sparkling spring water. for the
appetite il tyrant that from long in
diligence becomes our absolute master
and lawgiver. But 1t Is different with
the girl and the boy. Every girl wants