Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1884 — A Talk with Young Men. [ARTICLE]

A Talk with Young Men.

Observe that pale young fellow crossing the street. You see a good many of that kind just now. Some folks say it is the climate. The truth is, that the climate of America, with a fair chanoe, produces not only the best complexion but the best health in the world. Did you notice the thing he was carrying in his mouth? Well.it is that meerschaum which is doing the business for him. It is busy with three millions of our men. Let us study one of these meerschaum-suckers. We will take a young man. He shall have money and plenty of time for sucking. Pale, nervous, irritable, thin in chest and stomach, weak in muscle, he is fast losing his power of thought and application. Let us get near enough to him to tmell of him! Even the beast of prey will not touch the corpse of a soldier saturated with the vile poison. Nice bedfellow he is for a sweet, pure companion. Chewing is the nastiest mode, snuffing ruins the voice, but smoking, among those who have time to be .thorough, is most destructive. Young K. graduated at Harvard (no devotee of the weed has ever gratuated with the highest honors at that institution), and soon after consulted his physician with reference to his pale face, emaciation, indigestion, and low spirits. He weighed but one hundred and eight. “Stop smoking!” was the prescription. In four months he bad increased twenty-eight pounds, and become clear and healthy in skin, his digestion all right, and his sprits restored. One or two millions of our young and middleaged n en are in a similar condition, and would be restored to health and spirits by the same prescription. On the whole, the cigar is worse than the pipe. —Home Science.