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of suicide." *' [ would say to every young man in the United 

 States, if I could reach him, * If you mean to attain one of the 

 prizes of your profession, nnd live a cheerful life to the age of 

 eighty, throw away your dirty old jiipe, put your cigar in the 

 stove, never buy any more, become an absolute teetotaler, take 

 your dinner i the middle of the day and rest one in seven.' ' 

 The New York Times, in sjicaking of smoking, says : " One of 

 the worst effects is the provocation of an ai>[)etite for liquoi', 

 which, indeed, is not conhned to the young, but which grown- 

 uj) persons are better able to manage. When boys drink to 

 excess they are almost in\ariably smokers; and it is very rare 

 to find a man over fond of s])irits who is not addicted to the 

 use of Tobacco. Men who want to give up drinking usually 

 have to give up smoking at the same time, for they say that a 

 cigar or pipe generally excites a desire for li<|Uor very hard to 

 control." 



Some years ago the German government, becoming anxious 

 about the (!f)ects of Tobacco on the physiipu^ of the soldier of the 

 future, undertook to limit this growing evil, and ordered the police 

 to arrest all boys found smoking under sixteen years of age. 

 According to i-eports resulting from government investigation, 

 the non-smokers who attended the polytechnic schools were 

 decidedly superior in general scholarship and mental vigor. 

 Though German boys dare not smoke, nearly all (.Ternmn men 

 smoke. The trouble is, that their prohibition stops too soon, 

 before the boy's habits for life are formed. If it extended to 

 later years it would be more effectual. 



A scientific congress at Strasburg decided, if possible, to 

 ascertain the cause of the manv sudden deaths said to arise 

 from diseases of the heart. Sixty-five cases were made the 

 subject of a thorough ])ost mortem examination, only two of 

 which were found to have been caused by heart disease, nine 

 had been caused by apoplexy, and forty-six by congestion of the 

 lungs. The article- which reported concluded thus: "The 

 causes that produce congestion are cold feet, going suddenly 



