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Show SERIOUSNESS OF TOBACCO HABIT Logan Missionary Gives Interesting In-teresting Treatise of the Subject. No vustml of feudal times was ever ev-er held In more abject slavery than a victim of the tobacco habit. His lifo Is spent In chalus which bear him down by their own weight; and even though his will power may sometimes help him to cast oft his fetters, their scars remain lu the form of shattered nerves and depleted deplet-ed physical powers Just ns a yoke of servility leaves its Imprint upon the body of tho escaped slave. No excessive tobacco user Is a ni)inal Individual. He probably iloeH not realize this, becaiiHo ho bns not means of knowing what his mental and physical capabilities would be wero ho froo from tbo blighting In-Ihienco In-Ihienco of tho poisoned weed which now holds dominion over him. But common sense tenches us that u pol-Hon pol-Hon which robs tho nerves of tho Intent In-tent vigor, which lessens tho functional func-tional activity of all tbo organs and vitiates thu blood and tobneco docs all of these things Is certain to dull the Intellect and to Impair tho health of tho body. Tho tobacco' habit Is obviously tho master of many men. Tho craving for a stimulant Is. with fow excop-tlono, excop-tlono, stronger than tbo will, nnd men must, thureforo, bear their yoko with humility, paying tho ponalty from their God given fund of energy nnd strength In order to nppenso the relentless demand for stimulation. Tobacco's Action Generally speaking tbo effect of tho tobacco habit upon tho avorago Individual Is to dull tho original luster lus-ter of his Intellect and to lessen tho natural vigor of his body; but to bo moro specific, thero nro a largo array, ar-ray, of derangements though often attributed at-tributed to other causes which could bo traced directly to tho tobacco habit. hab-it. A largo percentage of tho cases of Indigestion, gastlc troubles heartburn, heart-burn, dcllplent or unnatural appetite, nervous disorders, palpitation of tho heart, pains lu thu cardiac region, Insomnia,' etc, hnvo their origin In tho excessive use of tobneco. Tho reason Is both simple and rational. ra-tional. Tho nerves which control the various functions of tho body, exhausted ex-hausted by persistent over Btlmulnnt which the tobacco poison produces, becomo gradually weakened nnd on-fcoblcd, on-fcoblcd, rendering them Incapable of performing tho work that nature Intended In-tended thom to do; hence theso tunc tlons which aro controlled by these affected nerves becomo dornnged, producing 111 health. Now dear reader If you aro not a tobacco user do try and Influenco your friends to leave this deadly stimulant off, and teach them tho poisoning effects of tobacco. Thero Is Indeed moro to say of tho harmful effects of tho tobacco habit which spaco will not permit, but nearly ovoryono, If not all, know tho effects but can not see them so plainly on themselves as others. I hope to seo tho day when tho legislature legis-lature will pass a bill to prohibit thu salo of tobacco to smokers. Elder Ellas M. Larscn, Lognn, Utah. |
