290 TOBACCO. 



. . . There is no doubt that thousands of delicate 

 women and children are seriously, if not fatally, 

 injured by this stupid selfishness of men, which is 

 the direct result of nicotine poison." 



Ruskin, "Queen of the Air:" "It is not easy 

 to estimate the demoralizing effect on youth of 

 the cigar. Tobacco is the worst natural curse of 

 modern civilization, and belongs to a tribe of ven- 

 omous plants, having the deadly nightshade for its 

 queen, and including the henbane and the witch's 

 mandrake." 



From " The Resources of Siberia : " " Among the 

 Buddhists in this country tobacco is strictly for- 

 bidden, the priests affirming that it is conducive 

 to indolence, and tends to waste the hours which 

 we are able to spare from the serious occupations 

 of life." 



"Tobacco, like alcohol, is a nerve stimulant," 

 and, as Rev. Dr. Monger says, "stimulated nerve 

 means at last irritated nerves, and irritated nerves 

 clamor forever. And being unnaturally irritated 

 and strung into undue action, they lose their force, 

 which is a loss of vitality." 



Prof. Montegazza : " It takes ages for ideas of 

 justice to become prevalent, even in the most 

 civilized states ; it has taken only three hundred 

 years for a fetid herb to conquer the world." 



From many recent letters on this subject sent 

 the writer, the following extracts are given : — 



Dr. John Blackmer, Springfield, July, 1892 : 



