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anothor. Ho liad cjrown up in tho filtliy bal»it of sjiittinpf and 

 hlowini,' smoke in tlu^ faces of all near liiiii. ladies included, and 

 Ic did not seeir. to comprelicnd that it was altogether unht'- 

 coming to anyone pretending to K-indncss of h(\u't and good 

 maimers. Had his wife, on Ids daily letmn from ])usiness, put 

 lier mouth up to Ijo kissed with the staiiu; of Tohacco- juice on 

 her Hi)S, and a (piid tucked aw.iy in her cheek, lie would have 

 tiu'iiod away from Ik r with uniittci-uhle disL'Ust ; and vet 

 women are com[»elled to sul>itiit to these alioniiiudilc, loathsome 

 things without murmuring. 



The smoke of a cigar is stifling, and the jiortls of nasty 

 Tohacco juice, which a smokier lca\'es at iutei \;lI.s in his \Md;e. aiu; 

 anytliing Itut pleasant to hjok at, to siiy nothing of !ia\ing to 

 wad<> thi'oiigh, or sweep a dress over them. On trains, in street 

 <-ai's, in puhlic halls, and even in ehurclies, the same niii.-.anee 

 ahounds, for no place is too sacred for its unclean ]ire^cnee. 

 Oft(!n when we see those .sallow, diied up looking, s!eep\', 

 watery-eyed slaves led out hy their maNtei's (dirty pipes or 

 cigai-s) into a car provided for them apart Irom the resix'ctahlo 

 company of refine<l ladies and geiitlemen, we cannot help think 

 ing that it would lie a good thing fer humanity if they were 

 treated like lepers ami l)anished for life. 



I'hen look at the money sj)ent for this indecent, filthy, dis- 

 gusting, degrading, injurious, and, therefore, wicked i)iaetice. 

 "Stiong language,"' you say. Would that it were stronger, for 

 no language is strong enough to set foith this noxious hal»it. 

 Look- at the expense I l-'ive cigars a day, w liidi is a molei'ate 

 nundter foi- an hahitual smoker, would amount to s'.il in a 

 year, if the poorest cigars, ;he fivecent ones, he used. If tho 

 ten cent ones h(! used, nearly 8-00 \anish in smoke in (iftv-two 

 weeks. If t wenty-fivecent lla\anasi>e indulged in. .^' !.-).'» are 

 annually spen.t for this luxury. 'I'he man who has used even 

 tlie cheapest kind dui'ing the p;ist twenty years has pulled 

 away in Tohacco-smoke a handsonu^ residenc(^ and s{»aeious 

 grounds, while he and his family are, perliaps, li\ ing in small. 



