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from the floor of the tobacco house. Collect a few 

 "snipes," old discarded stubs, and let the chil- 

 dren smell the sickening odor from the poison that 

 gathers in the mouth end of the cigar during pro- 

 cess of smoking. If you can find a very strong 

 pipe, borrow it, take it to the school room and 

 show it to the children ; disconnect the stem from 

 the bowl and dig out some of the strong nicotine 

 and let the children smell it. How nauseating it 

 is! How are cigars made, by hand or by machine- 

 ry? I wonder if the hands of the cigar makers are 

 always clean and free from disease. Plug tobacco 

 may be discussed in somewhat the same way. 

 What is saliva good for? What does the tobacco 

 ehewer or smoker do with his saliva? Did you 

 ever hear of "smoker's sore throat?" A great man 

 once died with such a disease. When, do 

 you think, did Gen. Grant learn to use tobacco? 

 Do you think he would advise other boys to do as 

 he did? If he had waited to begin until he was a 

 man, do you think he would have learned to use 

 it? Why? Did you ever know a full grown man 

 to begin the use of tobacco in any form? Besides 

 the evil effects of tobacco upon bone, lungs, stom- 

 ach, teeth, saliva, brain, and the thinking power, 

 it is well to give some thought to the pocket-book 

 side. 



