122 TOBACCO. 



thrown away for tobacco and intoxicating beverages? Those who 

 an- so adroitly seeking for the cause of this condition of aft'airs, 

 would they but take the trouble to examine the statistics and inves- 

 tigate this matter, would find herein one. cause for this great 

 depression that has been more potent than all others combined. 



Cigarettes and Tobacco are Ruining Millions of 

 Young Men and Boys, thereby developing the pas- 

 sions, softening and weakening the bones, and greatly injuring the 

 brain and nervous system. A boy who early and freely uses 

 tobacco never is known to make a man of much energy of charac- 

 ter, and generally lacks mental and physical energy. The larger 

 proportion of the aged, and those of mature years, very much lament 

 that they were led to indulge in this habit. This should be a sol- 

 emn warning to the young not to fall into the same error. Many 

 boys have erroneously conceived the idea that to " puff " a cigar or 

 cigarette, or chew a quid of tobacco, is manly is genteel. Yet, if 

 they did but know in what contempt such a course is held by the 

 thoughtful and considerate, there would never be a repetition of it. 

 I fancy I hear some young reader remark, u My father used 

 tobacco many years, and died an old man; if tobacco killed him, it 

 was very slow poison.' 1 I am apprised of the fact that some men 

 of strong constitutions, active lite and otherwise good habits, may 

 use tobacco and alcohol, and even get drunk often, and yet live to a 

 good old age; but they are exceptions to the general rule; a much 

 greater number will die young. 



Besides, it will be found that most of those who lived to an old 

 age did not commence the use of these poisons very young; else 

 they used them moderately and were never what we call hard drink- 

 ers or smokers. And we would further say to this young man, that 

 if he were born after his father commenced using tobacco, he does 

 not, for that very reason, if not for others, possess his father's 

 strength of constitution, if the latter used tobacco as freely as most 

 voting men use it to-day; neither can he follow in his father's 

 footsteps without the chances of filling a premature grave. How 

 many of us are to-day suffering from paternal errors in consequence 

 of the iniquities of fathers being visited on their children. 



Tobacco Destroys Health, Imperils Social Stand- 

 ing, Extinguishes the Affections. Besides it produces 

 consumption, feeds dyspepsia, cherishes nervous diseases and pal- 

 pitation of the heart, excites liver complaint, creates cancers, 

 encourages headache, engenders weak eyes, invites disease and pro- 

 motes softening of the brain. Its foul perfumes invade every rail- 

 road coach, street car and omnibus-line; contaminate hotels, "board- 

 ing-houses and private apartments; its stench invades the family and 

 social circle, and nauseates the mother, sickens the wife and insults 

 the daughter; it extinguishes the affections of the doting lover, 

 the young bride and disgusts the young maiden. It weak- 

 ens the digestion, perverts the taste and leads to intemperance. It 



