How John Became a Man: Life Story of a Motherless Boy

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ome of the exhibitions. John's interest was at once captivated, and he felt that it would be great to join the company and to act the part of the clown; and he s

locality. But John seemed doomed to disappointment; the showman's life was not at all as he had pictured it. Instead of becoming fabulously rich in a fairy-like way, he was taken very ill and had so

to look on the bright side of things. Also, he explained to them that show life, on the outside and to the sightseer, was not at all what it wa

g, and dancing were his amusements, but tobacco and whiskey were his enjoyments; and as before, he was considered among his friends as a jolly g

the telltale cough and the stooping shoulders. The poisons of the tobacco and whiskey were doing their fatal work. His entire system was heavily charged with nicotine and alcohol; and the effect of these poisons constantly operating upon his nervous system and digestive organs had made him b

xamine what doctors have written about the use of these poisons, we find that alcohol as well as nicotine is a stimulant and a narcotic. As a stimulant, it excites the brain a

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ry inorganic food. Again, alcohol causes a rush of blood to the skin, which causes a sensation of warmth to be felt upon the surface of the body. However, the sensation of heat is, lik

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last destroy man

ands of ruined homes, the untold numbers of blasted lives, the sorrows, the sins, numberless crimes

ce and right is faint or quite extinct. There is no vice into which the victim of drunkenness does not easily slide; a

poison that is in tobacco. The constant use of either poison will impair the health of the strongest person. It saps the mind of its reasoning qualities; and in ni