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Show SJIHKINd. On the ruljcct of the use of tobacco II. 11. McDooalJ, of Ban Kranctsco, rubllshet tbe following In Interesting leaflets: Hmoklng, chewing and inuftlug are the chief watt of using tobatco, but tmoklng It the most prevalent rucftle, and by far the most hurtful of all. Tohecco amoke sends Its poison Into the lungs through the breath, and polsona tho blood of the smoker. It la like breathing poisoned air, and Ihe system fee-Is II Immediately, Bmoklng tobacco weakens the nervous nerv-ous powers, favors a dreamy and Imbe--cllo state of mind, sinking Its victim Into a state of maudlin Inactivity and self-erdoymrntot hit vice. The smoko cannot cscaira Ihe poison of tobacco; It gels Into his btuod and allecte every organ and fibre of his frame. lu consequence, excesstve smoking, long iiersitiej lu, Is lujurlout lu the hl-rheet degree, aud tho 1-i-rnlcLua practice, If begun early lu life, la enough to tap the etrcugtli of mind nud body, A simple proof of the polsotioui propertlt-s of tobacco tmjke It that If froga or blrda aro confined In It, they will die from Ita e fleet t lu a thort time, tellable physlclsnt atsert that young Infants liavn been killed lu the same manner by Ignorant parents. Iltirnlng tobacco does not destroy Ita poisons; Instead, II bclpe bring lliem out and distribute! them where they will do the moslharm. Tobacco smoke Is composed chiefly of nicotine, csrtionla acid, carboulo oxide and ammoula gases, and carbon or eonts. Nicotine Is a powerful poison. Car-bonla Car-bonla acid tends to produce drowsiness and lies lache. Carboulo ozlde causes a tremulous movemeut of the muscles, alio of tbe heart. Ammonia excites the salivary glands and makea the mouth, throat and tongue hot aud dry. .Nicotine lowers iho circuiatlou, quickens the bresthlug, weakens the heart and mutcles aud Is exhausting lothe vltll forces. It would kill boys and men when they first begin to smoke, except that It acts as an emstlo and the stomach becomes Inured to It, The effects of lobscco are similar to thosu of upturn; both soothe tho nervous nerv-ous system at nrst, but render It more feeble and Irritable In tlme,and requiring requir-ing the temporary quiet of the cigar or pipe. 11 therefore helps deaden the smoker't fee lings, and be govt onln-Jurlug onln-Jurlug Ills health until he It beyond bopenf recovery. T ubacco does not affect every one In precisely the same way, aa It ails moat strongly on the wtakeatorgans of the body. One victim ruty become blind or nearly to, another deaf, a third have tumors or cancer, a fourth have heirt disease, and a tilth may euddsuly bs-come bs-come helpless or die of (aralysls. The whole nervous system gets out of order, alcvp Is broken, the will lioweraml the memory lost or week-e week-e ned,roultlng lu softening of tbe brain or Insanity. Dr. Jamea C. Jackson, who had treated many tuousanJi of caret of to-taccoioltoning,tayttherelB to-taccoioltoning,tayttherelB no habit of the American ople ao destructive lo their physical vigor and their moral characte r as Ihe use of tobacco. Twenty thou. slid men and boys tile each 1) ear lu the United Btates from the eflecta of tobacco, and all who smoke are Injured In a greater or leas degree-. Of those V, bo are Injure! moderately we never hear, and In most catet the sufferers do not know the causo of their ale eplvltness, lots of appetlto or general feeling of werthlessuess. Yet It It without doubt the reason why to many promising boil make very ordinary men. ll takes the keen edge from their mlndt, It robs them of ambition, of uih,lnshoitoftheenergy necessary to success lu life. Dr. Humphrey ssyt: "Tobacco Ita narcotic plant which no brute will eat, which affords no nutriment, which every healthy eiomaoh loathes, till cruelly drugged Into submission. It stu!les the bralu, shatters thenervti, dcetrovt the coats of the atomach, creaba an Insatiable thirst for stimulants, stimu-lants, and prepares Ihe system for fatal dlsesse." Dr. Justin Kdwards declsres: "Nol much cau Ira doue In behalf of the temperance tem-perance cause until there la an an-tl-narcotlo movement, particularly against tobaico, thoally of lutcmrer-alile." |