Show communicated abstinence AND REFORM it was said by an old writer that man ie a bundle of habitt and the experience of most persons would con firm arm this expression after a little on cn eide ration men do a great many thine good and bad things not primarily because they are evil or good but in an unconscious way from use and custom and it if a reason were asked it would be hard to supply they have become mechanical as it were asking a blessing at meals having family prayers uttering mentally supplication in all duty from sheer force of habit babit there is 18 an uncomfortable feeling it these usages usage are neglected or overlooked even if there to is but little warmth in iii the performance manoe thereof appetite is indulged on the same basis persons way may not care for or hanker banker after tea or coffee but they would miss the warm drink wonderfully and it where these beverages were there might be submission without thought or comment oam ment sod and yet all through the day there here would be a feeling as of something eom Mom ething lacking jacking which might or might not gradually die away this is evidence of the power of habit and its tenacious hold upon humanity if this bundle of habits were of an unwise or evil character each one would have to be broken singly apparently or the change would be beyond individual efforts efi orie by taking one at a time whatever the fault or habit it seems much easier to overcome save in the case of ual regeneration where alter resolve and obedience to prescribed law man ivan is assure i of divine aid in the labor salvation many men are in slavery to habits habit which irom from a lack of will power hold c masury mastery over them but com pulst ry restraint does not seem so or su so trying as they or others brothers might imagine once under we the discipline of a prison tot for instance the use of liquor is suddenly out off and no serious inconvenience veni veDi ence results while other vicious features 0 of f unreachable character may as we know continue in unrestrained activity men of years year where habit has become second nature are at timen timea to be pitied quite as much as blamed and probably some of these characteristics partake some way of heredity but young men can be found without number who have thoughtlessly or de literately libera tely acquired habits which are not only offensive but absolutely in in their ef feets the use of liquor and tobacco have this feature first indulged in as a matter of bravado to wile away a few idle mo ments from imitation or a mistaken idea that it was manly to drink or smoke without special proclivity they nave formed habits which in their gratification have dragged them down to deaubl the strange and increasing use of cigarettes is a case came in point contrary to older example against general counsel and even with some dis distastes taster this habit grows apace until all self respect is lost all shame at using all ail regard for those to whom it Is obnoxious at unseemly ui seemly times and in or near places where it is most of all a nuisance nuis anoe long buffering people wish that it could bo be abated or prevented somewhere into the billions of cigarettes are made and sold annually in these united states and many eminent men of observation obber declare that this habit is more fatal faial than even the use ol of alcohol and d liquors cost the nation ten times more than all that la is spent on education I 1 it Is ie claimed that the saloon keepers are as four to one in comparison with ministers and clergy of all denominations combined and the startling assertion is made that while sixty thousand of our population die annually of drunkenness there is more demoralization from cigarette smoking than even those appalling figures may imply leading newspapers have been investigating vesti gating the composition of this popular and apparently insignificant thing and chemical analysis has doter determined ter mined that they are all made of tobacco imperfectly fermented avd and that consequently nicotine one ot the most deadly poisons la is naturally natu raily in superabundance as a rule then in addition to this inherent Inbe reat quality nearly all brands bear evidence of having been steeped to impart one flavor or another saltpeter is generally used some are impregnated with belladonna or ex tract of jimson weed both dangerous narcotics and stupefying to the nerves other brands are mixed with opium and each brand analyzed contained nalore more or less sand dirt and sweepings sweeping need the world be surprised that the result of smoking those these articles is dele deje teri that there is unnatural thirst gnu and consequent ca catarrh tarria that the users thereof are morbid in their feelings feell and irritable in temper that their complexion becomes sallow and their countenance bradu gradually ily acquires that drawn and anxious look noted from time to time among cigarette emo amo bere kerL Is it a wonder that dyspepsia seizes bold of the victim of such a habit that there here to Is capricious appetite and unsteadiness of the hands bands that there is an increasing aversion to advice gnu anu a preference given to a lower grade of companionship and that after the nerve centers become demoralized from adulterated circulation the action of the heart becomes fitful until sudden suspension fits the suicide for a lamented la grave all these features fire are common among cigarette smokers and it is famen tab e that boys and young men in large numbers exhibit all the premonitory symptoms of 01 wasting vitality and early death hence there are laws in some places against selling tobacco or cigarettes to minors albeit they like some other regulations are not enor enforced ced in fact is powerless however weil wed meant unless there is 18 vigilant home training and supervision par and public school effort should go hand band in hand band in preventing or mitt rating eating this growing evil it may be said that utah need not loe be under any concern in regard to this feature in the habits of boys and young men probably however there is ignorance in regard to the extent of this practice and the money spent to sustain it there are several million cigarettes used need annually in utah and verta certainly not dot less 1088 than a quarter of a million pounds of cut tobacco of various grades gracea for amok ing purposes as an well to be sure this JP ir not nearly all consumed by the mormon youth of our territory but too much of it IB the great congregation of the tabernacle in thin city every sabbath has to pass through long lines of smokers to their homes particularly if there is an evening meeting then along the temple block itself as well as for blocks outside ever blodys nostrils are salute J with the ajor of pure or adulterated tobacco and the sparks shine out as thick as firt fireflies flies in their favorite haunts every evening ward meeting sabbath or otherwise seems to provide for a thoughtless crowd the opportunity of exhibiting their uncultured manhood and offensive as well as aggressive disregard for perso s and times and placed and the young daughters daughter and sisters in israel too often link arms with the users of the filthy weed as it if in acquiescence or significant approbation nor to Is this deleterious habit confined to this city imitation of this drift extends into the outer settlements more or less A friend handed the writer a dipping from a brigham city paper in which some proprietor of a store claimed that he be alone disposed of cigarettes a month or a year and it was further claimed as among the probabilities that the combined stores of that little model burg as we have esteemed it can claim an annual consumption of cigarettes which at five cents a package amounts to i the he rather starlit startling ng sum of fifteen hundred dollars dollare every year all spent in the gratification of an abnormal habit in many cases thoughtlessly acquired the old men mormon or otherwise ought to be if they have or still set the example and the younger victims to a dirty awl injurious practice should command the thought sod and counsel of the w ser and better elements of society nor should this thin frown come from the low plane of expense though that is a weighty con sidera tiou morality virtue purity and religion are each violated when disobedience to righteous luw haw prevails every man in authority should set his bis face as a flint against the spread of so pernicious a practice fathers and mothers should discourage the very beginning of it all a boys clothing should be publicly freshe ed or fumigated so that the odor may not pervade the house and bed rooms thereof every sweet pure girl should protest against the practice and should give preference I 1 in n society in the dance in all social entertainment to those whose breath and persons are clean from this or any other vicious habit this general frown would surely re dude duce to a an evil which thoughtful men are everywhere deploring pl the words of inspiration and the counsel of the elders would be honored through obedience and legle latigu deemed necessary essry elsewhere would be superfluous and uncalled for in the homes and by the saved or redeemed of the youth of our long looked for and assuredly coming zion I 1 |