TOBACCO SMOKING.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1678, 7 April 1883, Page 4

TOBACCO SMOKING.

Ifo the faeu of the /eftiHHUW/J philippics that are linrled by ' M irresponsible and ignorant; persons, agttitwlr smoking, we at a"l?lrift 'U .pMlfeh 'th? ftytfo^inil" W sensible -rchVaV-Hs; 1 wtficn'^J&AltfCm'guv nJithbfffall(eNith*W' T6folthe.T 6f0lthe. Bd»Ut :-* '• AWincnoe'fVbihrtheililsoiiof'tol/fKJco if one of tins forms of nibstAiriiiw which are tieingJJprWsed'iohi thctp'uWio 'witlt the (jncrgy of nn native and full'-bloM'n Anifttidism. 1 ' 'We dO"!iirit^lrai'c f -j'tUo'i string prejudice which finds its expression in this counterblast. Wei have condemned, dud' still Jeontinue td.dcnounfcc,>th*"ab.nse rtf tobacco by its excessive, . untimely, or tise. Man/ emak<}fB smoke too much, and take in too much of the smoke they ni&Kb; others? abuse Mbacco by using it at wrong times and sca»onsjvhile to'ttlihiMtdldsß^diUii^iAslkig the young and persons with- special susceptibilities^ Swbac'etSite fii jorjpi^ bJhany'jform or quantity, and at all times, because, Wing' to the Btage <oft flowelop»nent of uortid' idiosyncrasy "6f the drgiinisrtv/ithe [licotlnfe— whjch lt.is impossible to prpy.ent passing 1 off ' with ( t)he smoke— is fin all (loses hurtful and' 'ey'en poisonouet ,-.\Yp pmikotfi howevfs>]/ • join; \n ; , (^hp h qutcry« against tobaocO; ; ;in .ijis , i/»p,derfl,te a^qd ftppropvintei use, ;; our_,, reasons } j for maintaining this position, in which would .seem to .be recurrent, «will be most readily, ipadp eyideijijby »a e^iort review- 'o^ the ' physiological ,, e^pci^ of .tobacco, as that comjnodfty^is, known to 'the sinoken- (L'horje ■,]'»'. very., JH^tlo,; if anything, to be said aga;i;§t the., moderate 'use of tobacco in an average state of .'the 'organism. Those who. «ire unfayopably affected. by it should abstain, and jt is ! whblly inadmissible , in'! :yp'titli'.' "^We would go so far as',to f any that no' jniiin should smoke' before lie hasT attained majority, and it,^ would' be-'w^l if f he deferred tlie use 6f 'fobaccb ' altogether, • and in every, form, .until the extreme limits of development, "which may be placed; at the age.pf^., , It is impossible .to give any precept, as ( to^he tiih6 and' , mode of smoking. , Pev^onaJ'sen'sibilities diffei' so widely tljat no common premises can be laid down. Sp'eaidng^'g'crfe'fcdly, the points of caution should be to avoid irritation of the mucous membrane of the' mouth and fauces, loxs of the salivary secretion, ' and super-6.\citem'ent ■ of the nerves and nerve-centres. 'Cigars are better than pipes, and far better thaff cigarettes ; but no' cig«ir .should 'be smoked for more than three-fourths of its length even -with' a mouthpiece. The smoke Should be taken into the front of the mouth and ejected as rapidly as possible. Properly and moderately employed tobacco smoking is not a baneful habit, but one that may be reasonably enjoyed.

A few years ago an ingenious gentlemen wed to, get drunk lor nothihg almost daily .in 'the streets of London by falling down in a tit, with a small placard on his breast — "Don't bleed me, but give me a clam of hot' brandy and wntflr. '» The Chinese Ambassador in, Paris, the ijlarquese TSeng, has, declared that the views of his Government, with' regard to Tonquin/may be. summed up as follows: —First, the maintenance , of ■ the Anam territory as a Ueutml .country 1 , between Cochin China and the'Chipcße southern frontier) secondly, a friendly under, standing with tho Government of Pekin, previous to tho Bending of nny expedition j and thirdly, if franco should desire tho estftblirtemetit of her effective protectorate over Tpnquin, the Chinese Government would demand tb share that protectqrato w ith her, paying half the expenses and rcaping'halt the advantages. Mooki;, of tho Rural Sew Ynrht r, was; sitting in his office one af ternooon when a' fanner friend of his came in. "Mr Moore, I like your paper, but the times are so hard I cannot pay for it." "Is that so, friend Jones? I'm very sorry to learn that you are so hard run, I will give you my paper." "Oh no ! I can't take it as' a! gift." " Well, then, lot me see how, we can fix it. You raise chickens, I believe 1" " Yes, a few, but they don't bringanything hardly. " " Don't they ? Neither does 'my paper cost anything hardly !" Now I have a proposition to make to you. I will continue your paper, and when yoii go home you may select one chicken and call her mine. Take good care of her and bring me tho proceeds, whether in eggs or in chickens, and I will call it square." "All right, Brother Moore," and the farmer chuckled as he went out at what he thought a clever bargain. He kept the contract strictly, and at the end of the year found that, he had paid about four prices for hie papor. He often tells the joke on himselt, and says he has never had the cheek to say that he was too poor,to take his paper feince. Aijoitt a week ago , (writes iEgles in the Australasian) Spitfire lost his fox terrier— the precious one with the black , ears and golden lemon spots. . He advertised his loss, and offered £1 reward , Two days later, just after breakfast, he heard a whimper outside, and said,' " There's the dog." He opened the door, and the dog-finder (a person of benevolent aspect) said, "You advertised a lost-dog— do you think that is yours ?" " Certainly, that is my dog." " Are you quite sure," continued the dog-finder. " Can't you spe it is," said the owner captiously, " he wants to come in now." " Well, I'm glad .your sure he's yours. He has killed in my poultry yard thirteen hens, five ducks, twolgcese'and a turkey, and I shall require you to pay for them J" The dog-owner felt „his spirits a little dashed, but hp smiled a sickly smile, and undeitook to meet \ ajl lawful claims. " You're pleased to get him back," said 1 the bland dog-finder, " and, by the way, there's that £1 reward you,offered !" This was the climax. Not even the most sanguine promotor of the Suez Canal scheme—includ'lng M. DeLesseps himself — could have forseen the splendid rcsnlts, financially, of that great undertaking. We learn from figures just published, that the receipts last-year (1882) were- 60,523,815 francs. To duly estimate the growth the revenue to the fortunate shareholders, We need give only 'a few 1 data.' In the year of the opening of the Canal? in 187,0, the revenue was onjy a little over, 5,000, OQO ' francs. It had riiore than trebled two years later, being 18; 407,501 francs in 1872. From that time the receipts expanded rapidly, we might almost say '< by leaps and. bounds until they had' reached in 1877 the' sum <,■' of' 32,774,344 francs. Remarkable' as that increase was, it is exceeded' by' what follows. The receipts fell off in the following year to 31,089,229 francs, and' they stilt further declined in 1879 to '29,686,060 francs. But from that year their growth . was enormous. They were in ISSOt 39;540,487 francs ; rose in '? 1881 ]to51,274.352 francs, and'lalst year to the> sum above -statedj' That 'year' certainly was an exceptional one; 'dri'a'ceount jof> the increased traffic caused by the military OjJerStionß ;' 'but J*he c expansion i of, the revenue during the years that have gone before 1882 tends to proVe that tjie success Of the Suez Canal isiho'wi'well ejstablißhed—a success, hbw'everyrtve need hardly add, fully deserved.— Iron.^ j Buy the best sewing-machines, packed in boxes, carriage paid. 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