82 SUMMER IN A BOG. 



For tobacco is a poison. Its first symptom 

 is to render the user ill and nauseated. Even 

 the smoke in the atmosphere has this effect. 

 All the lines of travel, the air of the hotels, is 

 permeated with the noisome fumes of this dis- 

 gusting weed, so popular among our civilized 

 and enlightened ( 1) nations. 



The effect of the use of tobacco on the young 

 is to deteriorate both mind and body. Those 

 who use it are not as apt pupils as those who 

 do not. Frequently death results from its use 

 by boys. But this does not deter the boys of 

 the land from acquiring the tobacco habit. 

 They may often be seen sneakingly smoking 

 cigars, pipes, or cigarettes. 



As so many men use tobacco in some form, 

 boys imagine that it is a sign of manhood, and 

 hasten to copy their example. This it is which 

 makes it impossible to control the use of it 

 among boys. "When men begin to govern them- 

 selves in the use of tobacco there may be some 

 hope of reaching the boys, but not before. 



Among men the "tobacco heart" is preva- 

 lent. Many are unfit to pass the military test 

 in consequence. Hallucinations and strange 

 nervous symptoms accompany its use with 

 some. 



I was once walking with an old man from 

 the country on a city street. Smoke from a 



