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*r ipr; ' lanc % VOL. IX. f EVILS OF THE TOBACCO HABIT. Many States and Territories Have Laws Prohibiting the Sale ot Tobacco to Minors? This State 11 as a Similar l.aw in Regard to Cigaretts?But the Boys Still Smoke. Mr. Editor: Will you please allow me, through the medium of your paper, to give some of my views on the using of tobacco. Your correspondent has for some time been much impressed by the silence of the preHs and the pulpit on the evils of tlj.is habit. However this is not univeraally the case, for in some . /? parts of our country the press and / ' the pulpit, the two greatest mould ers of sentiment, are condemning theAising of tobacco in thunder tones. Many stales and territories have nnilRnil aliniTQMf luma F.. - I. wl. I:? g, V.UWW v. wviu^vu V I l? '? n I Ul U1UU I 11^, the furnishing of tobacco in any form to miuors under certain ages. Most of the states and ter ritories have laws requiring instruction to be given to all pup Is in the public schools on the nature and ejects of tobacco, as well as alcohol. The writer is of the opinion that were this instruction faithfully given it would tell largely on the next generation by the decrease in tobacco users and drunkards ; but he does , , not believe that a tobacco user 'H? will avail anything for good, by giving instruction to children on the injurioue effects of tobacco. Neither will a whiskey drinRer lessen the evils of strong drink. On the other hand a person teaches what he is. If he is dishonest, he teaches dishonesty ; if he is a liar, he teaches lying; if he is a drunkard, he teaches druukenuess, and if he is a tabacco user he teaches those over whom he has an inllueuce the vile tobacco habit, l'here is noth ing more true than the old maxim, "Actions speak louder than words." If the world is to he taken for God, preachers must practice jw what they preach ; and if the next generation is to he truly induced, teachers must practice what they ^ pretend to teach. To my mind, ' tlie best delinition 1 ever saw of Iffcfr education was, '* I'Jduration is the forming of good habits." l'erhaps some one is ready to ask "What is there about the tobacco halut to make it such a serious matter f" Allow me to answer?the authority of the eminent medica1 men of our country, together with the statements of public men of wide observation, that tobacco M-riou*ly elTeets the nervous system, im pairs the mental powers, creates f a craving for stong drink, lowers the moral tone, and lowers sehol arship, besides b jog expensive. Physiologists tell us that tobac co checks the development of the brain, and unables it, at all times, to do its best work. Eminent ed- , ucators, presidents and professors J|| of our highest institutions of learning say that of their pupils who make the most thorough pro gress, eighty-live per cent, don't . { use tobacco; while eighty live per cent, of their poorest scholars use it in some form or other. They tell us that pupils addicted to this habit are not only stunted in mind, but that boys, who begin f * * * f * % I /ASTE ? LANCASTER ith use at an early at.e never ar- I1 ! rive at normal bodily develop- j j ment. We are told by the highest au , I thority that tobacco creates a I thir?t to remove which alcoholic .drinks are often resorted to. It is ' farther claimed that ninetv-five per cent of the drunkards were | introduced to alcohol by the to. 1 bacco habit. Chas. II Stowell, M. D., author of our text books on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, | Bums up the effects of tobacco on th?- mind and body as follows: "Tobacco costs the mind its high ' est development, and its most 1 brilliant achievements ; the body Its best development and its per feet health." The authorities of otir naval military schools, desiring that our soldiers and sailors should posess a high decree of both mental and physical development, prohibit the using of tobacco in these institutions?a great many of our normal schools and colleges will not admit pupils who use tobacco. The theological schools of most, if not all, denominations take this ground. A prominet railroad man has recently thrown down the gage of battle to the cigarette. He is a general freight agent on a large railroad, and employs many young men as clerks. He has announced that in the futurehe will not employ any young men who are addicted to the cigarette habit, and further than this, he expresses his intentions of getting rid of all cigarette fiends now in his department. He given the following reasons for his decision: "Among the 200 in my service, 32 are cigarette fiends. Kightyfive per cent, of the mistakes occurring in the oflice are traceable to these 32 smokers, 'lhey fall' behind with their work, and when 1 transferred to other desks, which those who dou't smoke handle ' 'easily, get along just as badly, nhnwitlir that if ia twit tlin nt tw^v a v ?n Iiwb tuo n 111 U11 11 I | ' of work to be performed, but the i j inability or indolence of the performer. The natural conclusion M | is that the 32 young men are holding positions deserved by better M i men." From many indications 1 < I feel safe in venturing tlie predicI i . h hon that our coming preachers I and teachers will not be tobacco worms; but?that in the near future?intelligent Christians will, say to tiie would-be preachers, ,? , "Show your Illness lor this sacred calling bv abstaining from the i use o? tobacco ; then we will listen to your exhortations to others 1 to unit their sinful habits; and 1 . - . j school boards and patrons will ! say to the would be teacher,1> "1'iove your i|uali(icatioiis for the high and responsible work of training the children of our fair land by leaving oil the vile! t'd. Mvo habit; then we will consider your application.'' Anti tobacconist, Sept. 2d, *0!). Dwight. S. ('. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a scientific { | compound having the endorsement of I eminent physicians and the medical 1 press. It "digests what you eat" ami ' I positively cures dyspepsia. M. A. Ketron, Hlonmingdalc, Teiin., says it cured him of indigestion of ten years standing. Crawford llros. d-w-s K. K. Turner, Compton, Mo., was I cured of piles hy l>e Witt's Witch , Hazel halve after suffering seventeen yeara and trying over twenty reme- I dies. Physicians and surgeons en- j dorse It. Beware of dangerous counterfeits. Crawford Bros. dwa ; / En BRMI-WBELKLY. S. C., WEDNESDAY City Cotton Crop?0,000 Hales.! ilun. J. M. Kirk writes from j Moravia, Texas, to the Schu leuberg Sticker under date of April : 19th last: "My farmer friends,] look at every cotton platform as' you pass by and you will see the present (square) bale staudingon its head with from two to tour, great gaping wounds at the mercy ; id those who want to pilfer. The! number of bales in Texas taken! from the original runs up into] the thousands. 1 remainder during the session of the last Legislature, when the bill known as . the Compress Bill whr being dis- 1 cussed in the committee room, a | a gentleman from Galveston, wholj was opposing the measure, in an- | Rwer to a question asked by me ' (one of the Committee) how '< many bales of cotton were made i by the compresses in Galveston f that were taken from theoriginal bales compressed there. He an- 1 Rwered 'About six thousand j t> lea.1 " And yet there are those , who decry the American Cotton Company's Roundlap bale, from ' which there is not one ounce of i waste and which reaches the mill exactlv as it leaves the press. Sept. 27. A TIIOITSAXn TOItr.l'Eti Could not express the rapture of An- ' nie K. Springer, of 112."> Howard St., Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for , Consumption and completely cured i her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All ' other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure?"it soon removed the pain in 1 my chest and I can now sleep soundly, somethinir I r??n rcol tr i.umomK?. doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the Universe." So will every one who tries I)r. King's ( New Discovery for any trouble of the , Throat, f'best or I,lings. Price BOc and '. (1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Drug Store ; ever y bottle guaranteed < 5- I A Slight Misunderstanding. 1 This story is being told on I)ep- * uty Sheritr Gay Ellington, who was called upon to serve an at- ' tachment upon a handsome young ( widow. He called and said : { "I have an attachment for you, ?' madam." 1 "She blushed and said the at I tachment was reciprocated. p "You misunderstand," said the! deputy, "you must proceed to I court." She told him that as it was not leap year she would rather lit* j , would do t he courting He continued : I . 1 "This is no tune lor tr.llin^.i hjtliro Crafton is waiting." "(), I prefer a tni iu-tor," she sab!. "A s<j'.:re married me the j . last time and 1 hoi hi I luek."?' August i Herald. I KIDNEY .'nA,:1:.-,";,::,;: TDAIIDB C -ailiK leu- it I i\ 53 tni a lei ilt i n't know ' it. It' you want ijuirk results jnu ran | make no mistake by u?iri? I ?r. Kilmer'-' Swamp Knot, theepeat kiilney I remedy. At druggists in litty eent and dollar sizes. Sample liottle by mail ' free, also pamphlet telling you how to tlnd out if you have kidney tr<<uhle. Address, I ?r. Kilmer it Co., Bingham j ton, n. y. j . Mr. (ieor^e Yanderlnlt will ex* J In Int. a model dairy and llerk- ; , shire hoy;s and dairy cattle at the ; 1 IfGor^ia State fair in Atlanta. Colonel Cunningham, of Tear- | son county, N. C., is said to be j the largest tobacco planter in the < world. Ilia acreage this year con- 5 jiats of 3,000,000 bills, nearly a < third more than he planted last i pear. I < TERP r, SEPTEMBER 27, 18 ftO\A t Absolutely Makes the food more d WQVAL QAKINQ Pi Leaving Farms for Factory. Mr. Sam Aycock, of ()live, was n town Saturday and gave quite t gloomy account of tlie crops in hat section, says he will make ibout six bales of cotton on 40 icres of land where he has often nade 20 bales and more, lie says nearly all of the white turners have left their crops and jone to the Lockhart mill, lie my8 he is afraid the rabbits will ake the country, to which the reporter observed that cully would ittend to them if we had a 6how )r two this winter. Hut he says he difficulty will be that culTy will not have the shoes to wear lo catch them. "Rest on tlie market for cough* and colds and all bronchial troubles; for croup it has no writes Ilenrv R. Whit ford, South Canaan, Conn , of One Minute Couch Cure. Cruwfnul Bros. d-w-g "The Old Farm House on the Hill." We have just received a copy >1 t his pretty home song, one of the greatest ever written, and it can t>e played either on the piano or >rgan. The words and music are ay Mr. J. W. Lerman, the composer of the now famous "Couch?e (Jouchee Dance." The sons is aeiiiK snng in all the large the-' itres in the cities of New York, I Miicago, Boston, Philadelphia, I Me.. and it is received with great ipplause and making a decided tit. KIKST YKHSK. I'hrro Is i\ farm liou^t* ! rt tn-tuDrr. 'iwas my childhood's h ippy hoim*. And I'll never forget its si- n<-s while life sti ill last. >!?' I often wish that I could eros^ its threshold is of yore. A nil II v olive more tie- life that llo a is past iVith father, kind and 'entle, and dear sainte I tnoiiier. too. \\ h > always tried Mie.r dutv to fulfill, would that I were * earn? a.-tin and had them w i hme no a In that d- ar ol ! roomy ' trt?i hn >e the hill t'IIOKI s. I'o me it w as a l>aluCO of Ifratidi or ithsurpasse I: I 'n\ed i: w lo-n a id id. I : n . ,t st. !. \nd no greater joy I covet t!i III to v.sit once attain And live witldti that : ?rm house on the hill. The i'?'irni:ir |>rirf of this son;; s r?0 pfiiis. lint if utir n>.i?!t?rs will >r sure i<? meiiti<*ii ilit* nanif oi liis pitpfr. llifv will I'fffivt' :t |>||1 >>\ s it 1111 I m i > (('[IIS 11 > 1 I U' I nion Mutual Music Co., No. 20 Last 1 ttli St., Now Vork. There's always li<?|??* wliil?* there's Due Minute Cough ( lire. "An attack i?f pneuinnnia left my lungs in bad shape anil I was near the first stages if mnsiMiiptinn. One Minute Cough Cure completely cured me," writes ilenen Meilenry, liismark, N. I). (Jives instant relief. Crawford Itros. d-w-s Chicago uses 40,000,000 pounds yf soap every year. No wonder St. Louis objects to having the Chicago sluices turned into the river from which she draws her irinking water. RISE. ,99. NO 5 5 , Raking Powder Pure elicious and wholesome JWQgR CO., NEW YORK. I For The Knteupiuse. A Meeting the Farmers (.'ailed. A meeting of tho fanners and planters of the surrounding country is called, to assemble at lleath Springs, on Saturday, the 30th of September inst. The meeting win convene at iieatn springs school house at 3 o'clock, p. m. The marketing of the cotton crop; the renting of land, and other interests of farmers, will then be considered. It is desired that Liberty llill and surrounding country be represented as well as farmers ot Lancaster county. vVe hope a full meeting will assemble, and an organization will be effected, that will protect ? the interests of the farmers. S. N. Hammond, Magill's, S. C. Chester II. Brown, Kalamazoo, Mich., says: 'Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured me of a severe case of indigestion ; can strongly recommend it to all dyspeptics. "Digests what you eat without aid from the stomach, and cures dyspepsia. Crawford Bros. d-w-s Dr. Price, while persuading Governor Roosevelt to speak on President MeKinley's policy to the Methodists at Ocean Grove pointed out the rather remarkable fact that the presiding officer of the convention that nominated Mr. McKinley was a Methodist, that he himself was a local preacher ; that the man who nom inated him was a Methodist ; that the man who seconded the nom ination was a Methodist; that a j large number of the delegates were Methodists, and that when | the house ol representatives were chosen 2i?S of the members were Methodists.? Kx. I . I " A Hint to Delinquents. An exchange published a long (obituary ot a man who had died in 111?? community, closing with the statement that "a long pro cession of people followed the 'remains to their last roasting I place." The family real the j notice and discovered the sup | posed error and asked the editor .to make a correction in the word roasting," hut lie said he could (not do it untd seven years hack | subscript ion had been paid. The following are some of Da ' vid Ilarnm's quaint Raying?: "The's as much human nature in some folks as th' is in others, if not more." "Kv'ry hosfl c'n do a thing better 'n' spryer if he's hen broke to it as a colt." "A reasonable amount of ll oas is good for a dog?they keep him f'm broodin' on beiu' a dog." "I>o unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you? an' do it fust."