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when taken, they seem to quiet the
pain they have caused; but when the
effect passes the pain reappears.
The man who smokes feels comfort
when he has a good cigar. But the
fact is we'll attested that, at his best.
he is capable only of s%uppressine
the feeling of unrest caused by to,
bacco. At his best he feels only as
a nor-smoker of like ply sique feels
all the time. The nervous system
of a man is the most delicate piece
of machinery known in the uni.
verse. Any drug which affects the
nerves, nc matter what nerve stlmu-
liant, depressant, soporiic, whatever
it may be, can act only by putting
the nervous system out OF order.
The cigarette may be tiny, but 1t
does It's share in the mischief. 1t
retards development and prevents
maturity. A cigarette boy of six
teen rarely becomes a man; he feels
like a wormy apple. Ia a man, as
we'll as a boy, tobacco Injuries the
eyes, throat, lungs, heart, and gene
raj physical condition. Is it pos
sible for a man or boy physically
weak to have a strong, we'll develop
ed mind? Judgment, self-control,
and perception are mental powers
and when an intoxicant is taken in
to the system these three powers are
rendered incapable of action. This
tact comes to us from the Egypt
lars. Plutarch says that wine was
forbidden to the Egyptian rulers
six hundred years before Christ be-
cause it was injurious to the nerves,
oppressive to the head, an impedl-
ment to invention, and an incentive
to lust. College professors have
found that those boys, who use to-
bacco or alcohol, invariably stand at
the foot of their classes. Doctors
report that nine times out of ten IN
sanity is caused by either alcohol or
tobacco. Jack London in speaking
of alcoho1, said: John B%arleycorn
stirs up the maggots of the brain
blotting out all reason and leaving
the mind q blank"
When the physical and mental
powers are lowered naturally his
moral standard is degraded. When
the alcoholic thirst clutches a man,
he will resort to any method to OBJ
tain something with which to lull
that burning desire. When a boy
becomes a slave to cigarettes, the
same result occurs. Robbery and
murder has been the result Of this
irresistible cry of thirst and crave
for Tobacco. Home, work, and life
itself are neglected in order that
this inward raging may be satisfied,
and each time it takes a little more
to fill the ever stretching jaws which
lead to destruction. In passing
through the cells of Sing-Sing pris-
son, one SORROW wreathed face after
another tells the same sad story, /
did il when l was drunk" / had
to have money to satisfy my tobac-
co crave" Lord Bacon says: AL
the crimes on earth do not destroy
so many of the human race nor alien
ate so much property as intemper-
ance." Drink is the mother of
want and the nurse of crime.
In the higher class of society the
social career Of a man is marred if
he refuses the wine cup, cham
paigne glass, cigar or cigarette. At
first he takes a tip at his club just
for politeness sake and smokes so
that he may be in harmony with the
rest; at a ball he suggests q toast
with the wine cup as a mark of
courtesy. But what about the time
when alcohol, like a serpent, twines
his deathly arm about the inner
man, when the tobacco gnaws at his
very heart strings, and he looks only
to find himself a drunkard and
opium fend? His manliness and
self-respect have forsaken him, and
he is forever more beharred from
society. Who now is benefited
by his presence in the world? An
illustration will show: A nan is
lecturing on temperance. At one
point in his remarks be takes out
his gold watch, and holding it to-
ward his audience says: L will
give this watch to any one present,
who will rise and tell me one class
of people in this world that has
ever been benefited by the saloon"
He made that offer all over the
country and no mt ever took it up
until one day a gentleman stood up
and said: Il think 1 can tell you
one class"