fiS TOBACCO. 



" l>iit it is si:cli a luxury to sit down of fin oveiiini,' to a (juict 

 I'ijM'. It so.ithrs the l.rain, and oiio frcls so iiiucli hcttci' after 

 it,' sMiiic one ii!(;uls. Sonu! say tlioy cannot sU'cj) uuli-ss tlify 

 Imvc liist drank so niurh liijuor, or eaten so mueli opium, 

 -Does tliat justify the drunkard or the opium-eater? The 

 sniokc!- puts his I.ody in an uiinatui'al state, and wlien lie is 

 tired le.st will not eonie \>y icslin;,', so lie ;,fets it as the one who 

 uses opium, l.y iniu^in^' his l»oi!y. '{'he man who never smokes 

 is h'ss tireil, and can read, and sp<-ak, and write liclter in the 

 e\cnin-- than if he snK.keik No doul.t there is a eei tain kind 

 of eoai-s(; ph'asurr in sniokim,'— hut is it ,i,'ood f(jr one '.' Whv 

 e.tnnot a man, liki- his hard wtakin-' w ifr, eniov a (luiet excnin" 

 V ithoiit a pi]K; J 



Smokers are stilish. Thoe^h they know tliat they are 

 annoyin,i< people tliey wdl indulire, .generally he^^^dnnin;^' to 

 smoke any wlu-re, no matter how otii.'i- pcoplo feci. Sometimes, 

 it is true, they are thou'^htfnl enoii:,di to ask if one has any 

 ol.jeetions, fully expeetini;- the answer, " Non(^ whatever," 

 thou;.'h they know one lias oKJcrtions hut docs not care to l)e so 

 impolite as to say so. In this way many, who have not 

 courage to stand out ayainst I Ins e\il, are made to sin, to tell 

 falsehoods. 



Smoking' l)rutali/,es tlie feelings, destroys good desires, self 

 )'(>speet, common drecney, t<'nderness, and kindness, Somo 

 time ago, while visiting at the elegant home of a lady now- 

 deceased, her young husl.and came into the room and, asking to 

 he excused, threw himself on a sofa and lit a cigar, " Do 

 stop smoking, Charlie,' j.leaded the poor wife, "the smoke 

 makes me cough.' The lady had consumption, and a violent 

 fit of couidiing would l»ring on a fatal luMnorrhage ; hut the 

 young man, who loved his wife, and is regarded as [doasant and 

 kinddirartfd, kept on smoking, notwithstanding the invalid's 

 repeated rripie^ts and j.rotests. Ili' was aware of tlit; dangerous 

 condition of his wife's health, but could not understand how 

 cigar-bmoke, which was so pleasing, could be so offensive to 



