Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1890 — Boys and Tobacco. [ARTICLE]

Boys and Tobacco.

Strange as it may seem. I never yet knew a boy who habitually used tobacco to amount to much’ in after life. Tobacco grows worse even than ardent spirits in some people; it seems to take the vitality out of a boy. Yes, I have watched boys who smoke cigarettes along through the day and I have seen them, almost without exception, drop out of the race early. I don't pretend to account for this. I merely state the fact. If a boy at college persist In smoking you b«d better taka him out and mako a cab-driver, offaim. He will thus have plenty of fresh air ' and may possibly earn his Balt.