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The Mad King and Tobacco

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 30, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 25.

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The Mad King and Tobacco

It is stated by an African explorer that King John of Abyssinia is rapidly going mad. As a proof of this assertion, he states that the king "cuts off the noses of those who take snuff, and the lips of those who smoke." If the king is really mad, there is certainly method in his madness. He is taking a summary and effective way of abolishing the tobacco nuisance. If he continues mad long enough, the Abyssinians will excel any other nation in cleanliness and decency. Let us hope that other and less despotic rulers will also go mad.