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Show The Trouble with Samuel. The Herald asks the forbearance of the public in its judgment of Sam Jones these days. It is a physiological fact that tobacco is a stimulant, and since Brother Jones abandoned the habit of chewing it he has necessarily suffered more or less depression. Particularly is plugT tobacco to-bacco a great tonic, imparting vigor and buoyancy to the mind and strength and suppleness to the muscles. A man who has used tobacco in the form of plug for many years comes finally to depend upon it as he would upon any other form of nourishment. When he is in a reflective mood he chews, and as the juice streams through the cavities of his teeth great ideas come to him. When he is weak and faint or half-hearted a piece of plug an inch square gives him the courage and power of a lion. Having deprived himself of this stimu: lant it is natural that Jones should be a little less entertaining than usual, but, once free from the influence, he will come out more brilliant than ever. Were it not for the confidence which the Herald feels in this it would never have advised the step that he has taken, and, seeing the immediate effects of it, it would not hesitate now to urge him to begin again. Chicago Herald. j |