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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 
chewer 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. 
