Objections to Using Tobacco.
THE following objections are respectfully referred to “lovers of the weed.” Read and profit thereby:— 1. It is filthy. It befouls the mouth, clothes, air, floor, and street. What decent young man would like to marry a woman addicted to smoking or chewing? 2. It is expensive. Many a church member pays more for tobacco than for his religion. Five cents per day and the interest in twenty-five years amount to over a thousand dollars. 3. It is injurious. Evil to body and mind. Nature at first repudiates it. It causes debility, depression, paralysis, cancers, and insanity. It injures the five senses. 4. It is slavish. How despotic the habit! A match for alcohol and opium. “Sir,” said one to a friend, “do you use tobacco?” “No, sir,” was the reply; “tobacco uses me.” 5. It leads to drink. Almost every tippler uses tobacco. Dr. Rush says: “It generates an artificial thirst.” The Indian said: “I wish for three things—all the rum, all the tobacco, and more rum.” 6. It is selfish. It pollutes my air and befouls my walk. How offensive some men are in stores, offices, and depots! How many fathers forbid their sons to follow their example! 7. It is useless; except to kill moths, ticks, potato-worms and vermin. Like arsenic, it is a poison. Like rum, it does more harm than good.—Plain Talk.