AN EASY HABIT TO DROP.
It is a waste to light a big or little
cigar when none at all will do, and the
extreme ease with which the tobacco
user may abandon his habit is insisted
upon by Dr. Robert Abbe, senior sur
geon of St. Luke’s Hospital, New
York, in a paper read before the Prac
titioners’ Society of this city and
printed in the Medical Record (New
York, January 29). Dr. Abbe strong
ly opposes the use of tobacco. We
live, he says, in a temperate climate,
where the weed’s stimulating effect is
not needed, and the familiarity that
we have gained with it during the last
three centuries is responsible for much
of the “nervous overactivity,” as he
terms it, for which Americans are be
coming noted. Its use he classes as
a harmful habit, with “drinking, treat
ing, spitting, chewing gum,” and other
usages, incidental to life, but not es
sential to it. We had better all give
it up, he believes; and fortunately we
shall have no trouble in doing so. He
says:
“My experience has been to find
very rarely a man or woman who can
not easily abandon tobacco, especially
people of mature years. There is no
drug-habit which so lightly holds its
victims. It is essentially a social hab
it. It is fostered by association with
others who are smoking, or with cer
tain places which suggest It, or by ad
vertisements thrusting themselves in
the faces of the tempted. Every jour
nal, illustrated paper, newspaper, sign
board, or one’s very morning mail
brings alluring pictures of a face of
extraordinary cheerfulness pulling on
a pipe, or an Oriental woman of sur
passing attraction giving the tobacco
a name, or appealing to patriotism and
the necessity of tobacco to soldiers in
the trenches. One of the most beau
tiful views of our noble Hudson above
Grant’s Tomb is wholly obscured by a
huge house-top advertisement of a so
called ‘America’s greatest cigaret.’. .
“Fortunately, it is a habit that can
be easily given up. When fashion dic
tates, its decline will soon follow. Al
ready one sees more and more men
enjoy each other’s company after din
ner without smoking. Conversation
seems even more worth while when
men are not artificially put at their
ease by after-dinner cigars, which
would seem to level up the ordinary
man to the type of higher intellectual
ity by occupying his hands in smoking
and giving him an undue sense of im
portance. Pari passu with the recent
ly demonstrated deteriorating influ
ence of alcohol in all nations, followed
by a decline in social use of liquor and
wine, we all have noted the growing
feeling against tobacco. In business
there have been scores of mercantile
houses, notably in Western cities, who
have prohibited cigaret-smoking as far
as possible, and discouraged its use
by clerks and employees. Efficiency
has been increased, and the morale of
employees improved by it. In schools
accumulated statistics show that the
grading of boys, smokers of cigarets
and non-smokers, gives a large per
centage in favor of abstinence. This
seems to be more universal in colleges
and high schools, the more widely this
subject has been investigated. Higher
averages of work, less delinquency,
more prize-men are everywhere found.
“Fortunately, it is, as remarked be
fore, a habit so easily surrendered that
I have never seen a man in middle and
late life especially, who has not imme
diately responded to my advice that
he must be a quitter. Scores of men
I have known to throw an unfinished
cigar into the fireplace and say, ‘Never
again!’ Occasionally one begs to be
allowed to try it a little, but when no
compromise is permitted his will is
strengthened and he braces up to the
final complete decision.”—Literary Di
gest.
SPOTS BEFORE THE EYES.
The prevalence of this condition has
given rise to a great many curious
ideas. Almost everyone either sees
ixed or floating spots at times, or
hears some friend complain of these
conditions, so that it is not strange
that many popular misconceptions
have arisen. The commonest form of
floating spots are those which are
known by the name of muscae volit
antes, an old name which indicates how
iong the condition has been observed.
These are tiny transparent chains, or
strings, which are seen especially on
a white or brightly illuminated field.
They persistently float in the line of
vision, and though a shake of the head
may carry them out of the way, they
at once float back again. These spots
are probably caused by the remains
in the fluid part of the eye of certain
cells which should have been com
pletely absorbed in the development of
the eye. Thy never lead to impair
ment of vision, and, as before stated,
are perfectly transparent. Other float
ing spots are due to cobweb-like
masses of inflammatory material
which are thrown out into the fluid of
the eye by some low-grade inflamma
tion. These spots usually obscure the
vision, which is their preat point of
difference from the former ones. It
is, of course, very important to find
out in any case whether the spots are
due to inflammation or not, and this
can only be done by a skilled observer
It is a prevalent idea that the wearing
of a dotted veil may leave permanent
spots in the field of a vision. While
the dotted veil may be a source of
strain by causing the.wearer to pull
on the eye muscles in order to avoid
the obstruction of vision, it certainly
is not the case that the dots or any
other object seen, can be permanently
photographed on the nerve tissues of
the eye. There is only one exception
to this statement. Many people who
have carelessly looked too much at the
sun, generally in observing the eclipse,
have actually produced a slight in
flammatory change in the retina, so
that there is always a blurry spot
wherever they look. But it is doubt
ful if any light less brilliant than the
sun can produce a permanent spot, and
certainly a dark object can not do so.
—Journal of the American Medical
Association.
WHITE NIGHT RIDER IS
KILLED BY COLORED MAN.
Valdosta, Ga., March 17.—Barney
Newsome, Jr., a young white farmer
from Clyattville, was a member of a
white cap party on the night of Feb
ruary 10, attempting to run away
from the neighborhood Will Clark, a
Negro farm tenant. Will Clark fired
a load of bird shot into Newsome’s
body and Newsome died in a hospital
here on March 3 at 11 o’clock at night.
The shooting of Newsome was not
cleared up until his family made a
statement concerning his connection
with the white cap party. Newsome
was married and the father of one
child. Another member of the party
was wounded by Clark, who made his
escape and is still at liberty.
FROM NEBRASKA
TO TENNESSEE.
(Continued from first page.)
other distinguished gentlemen and la
dies of both races who occupied the
platform with “the Wizard of Tuske
gee,” gave him a Roland for his Oli
ver, by replying: “Yes, and EVEN
THE BEST OF THEM ARE.”
This pleasantry was enjoyed. It is
to be hoped that “EVEN EPISCO
PALIANS,” and all other Christian
folk of every name among will always
strive to be and stand for that which
is highest and best and makes for in
dividual and civic righteousness.
A people that love mercy, and do
justly and walk humbly before God
will hold their rightful place in the
world and can never be overthrown.
A Mission Explained.
Now, “Preaching a Mission” in the
Episcopal Church is a sustained ef
fort for several days, generally eight
or ten, by a series of services, very
simple in character, first to deepen
the spiritual life of those who are al
ready communicants of the Church,
“even Episcopalians,” if you please,
and to make them realize what their
privileges, responsibilities and oppor
tunities are; and secondly, to make
plain to others who may attend the
services just what the Episcopal
Church is, teaches and stands for.
From this you will readily see that
“Preaching a Mission” corresponds to
what many other Christian bodies call
a “Revival” or, as they were generally
called in my boyhood days and home
in Canada, “A Protracted Meeting.”
There is, however, this important dif
ference: A Mission does not appeal
primarily to the emotions; hut to the
intellect and will. All sentimentalism
is rigidly excluded. Emphasis is laid
upon simple definite teaching of the
Christian faith.
The program follows a schedule
something like this daily:
7 A. M. Holy Communion; 9 A. M.,
Morning Prayer; at that time or a
later hour, generally later, and de
pending wholly upon the circumstances
of the people, a brief instruction on
some articles of the faith or other
topic; 4 P. M., a children’s service with
a simple instruction; in the evening at
a convenient hour, generally 8 o’clock,
the chief service of the mission, con
sidered from the point of attendance,
is held. This consists of a brief open
ing service with the singing of a
familiar hymn, the Apostles’ Creed,
the Lord’s Prayer and a few other
prayers. A short time is given to
answering questions which have been
written and placed in a box provided
for questions and requests for prayers
and intercessions. Then another fa
miliar hymn is sung. This is followed
by the sermon which is a direct ap
peal for repentance, faith, etc., and
consistent Christian living. After the
sermon special intercessions are said
and the congregation is dismissed. The
missioner remains to talk privately
with anyone who wishes to see him,
and in addition to this he is within
call at special hours during the day
for anyone who desires his services.
“Preaching a Mission” means a vast
deal of work; but the missioner takes
a delight in doing it. You will readily
see a missioner has comparatively
little time for getting around during
the progress of the Mission. But
through the kindness of friends, I was
enabled to make good time of my lim
ited leisure, and really saw and learned
a great deal which will be of interest
to our readers. I visited banks and
business houses, and schools, and
churches, and professional men, and
public buildings, and parks and “even
cemetaries,” for even the bodies of the
dead must have separate burial places
for fear of “social equality,” I pre
sume, in the Southland. Of these I
must tell you later; but I really felt
that I ought to explain what “a Mis
sion” is, so that many of our readers
as well as “even Episcopalians” may
understand it. Next week you shall
have some facts about Memphis itself.
John N. Baldwin announces his can
lidacy for the republican nomination
ir police magistrate of Omaha, and
■espectfully solicits the support of
ill colored voters.—Adv.
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