HABIT OF SMOKING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1320, 6 March 1883, Page 2

HABIT OF SMOKING.

" I tell you,", said Colonel Holcombe, "that smoking is the worst habit that man can contract. : You ; know..that I lean very affectionately 'towards literature and that .'l'"write";, sketches occasionally, Several days', agbj: I received an, order-from ,;a literary paper for a story. Iwas flattered, ; by the compliment, and immediately began work. For years T have'' been.'Jan inveterate smqkcr, and knew thai;il)e effect of tqbaccq injurious to rmv brain, and. when I began' %'■ story' J resolved to quit. ■' I have 'a ssF|hjr;will let me remark, but I was surprised' at the ease with;which I crushed the habit. I wrote with a vigor which I had never felt before, and when night came I went to bed feeling like a hero. I thought of men who struggled with the habit; and smiled when Icontemplated my superior strength." Next day I began again. I wanted to smoke. ant} tyin| my mental-energies; tq tfte stqry, | soon conquered the dosire, and with almost nervous rapidity. Looking up suddenly I ; saw my,meerschaum pipe layingbrithbmantle-piebe,' : My victory was not complete, Ah,' I thought, ' I'll show myself that I am master of tl)e sltuatiqn, and, arising, I filled the pipe and placed/it on tlje <josk besj4e me, ''Npwl am master,' I. roused, 'Now-thfi enemy is under my very nosq and stilf;l ; rosistj' him; ;"The;' : viotory will soon-grow I took up tbo pipe. I would go further. I would light a match and hold it over the tobacco, I took the stem between my teeth.'-''and j: smiled again. Talk about conquering a desire, I struck a match and held it over the pipe." "Well," remarked one of the company, when the Colonel stopped., " I smoked," he; Who's got a match 5" — Arkdrim Traveller. ""