Year: 1875

MT. Editor Fl will not attempt 10 write scientific lecture upon the deleterous uso of tobacco portray lag the baneful effects of the narcotic poison upon the human system &c, but confine my remarks more parlit uaIly to the inconvenience and annoyance the use rs and those who are thrown in contact with them use.

 First we will take the subject of smok- ing. The time has come when no hotel office, or reading room is free from the nuisance. You cannot enter and remain any length of time without having your garments saturated with the stale nauseat- ing stcnch. When you depart the odoris in your clothing, and you enter your home and the effect is almost unbearable to the members of your family. Go where you will, in any public place, where smoking is allowed, the same stale sickening odor prevails. If you remain you must inhale the contaminating atmosphere. Time and space will not permit us to enlarge upon each seperate part of tobacco using Snuff taking merits 8 passing notice. Snuff and happy day it will be when the prac tice becomes obsolete. IL seems almost incredible that any lady would acquire the habit of filling her nostrils with the powder. ed drug for the mere qualification of the sensation that causes sncesing, process that nature employs to expel any foreign substance from the nasal organs as cough ing expels from the throat, or vomiting from the stomach.

 There is a certain aroxla pervading the breath of a snuff taker that cannot be dis gulsed by perfumos, any moro than cloves, cardamom seeds, or pastlls will disguise the smell of whiskcy. believe very few men however much they may be addicted to the use of tobacco, either smoking or chewing, would marry woman whom they knew to be Q confirmed snuff takcr, and the women of our country could do much to abate the tobacco nuisance if they would only set their seal of condemnation upon it.

 It is of tobacco chewing 1 wish more particularly to speak. Chewing by some would be called the most disgusting use tobacco it put 10. Speaking from observa- tion, 1 will take passenger. car on any of our main lines of travel, where cars are generally full, and as any one who will observe can sec many men chewing tobacco and with bowed heads. privately making copious discharges of saliva on the car floor al. [ .N pool. At station the tobacco chewers may leave the car, ladies come in and look for seats, all arc occupied except two or three recently vacated by these tobacco Chewers. But one alternative presents itself, they must enter one of these loath. some seats and drabble their skirts in the vile spittle, or hold them up and walk on lip toe to keep out of it. and then sit poised directly over the re king stench as eyapora 1ion goes on, endangering their health taturatiag their clothing with the delectablt odor, and sub hjecting them io the aggreva- ting annoyance.

 have known ladies compelled to take drawlng-room car passage after vainly look jug for a respectable seat in Ian ordinary car, and be subject to the extra charge simply in consequence of the loathson, practice of tobacco chewing in publi, places. 1 have sometimes thought that car arranged somewhat like cattle car enclosed with sats for convenience, shoul, accompany each passenger train for tn accommodation of the ced cheners, all, labeled on the outside. accordingly, an where all chcwers should be required l. ride. A special car is provided for smok CTS, and why not for chewers Why mak distinction.

 There is another phase of tobacco usin unknown among Us at the north, bu practised quite generally at the south. a'luAe to "snuff dipping" l will say nott about it now. but may at some future tim in connection with some other things know about tobacco using.

 Ax OLD ToBAcCo USER REFORMED.