Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-23
T08sCO9 ASD TOBACCO sXOKISG.
Chemistry of the weed---EGects Of
smOking---CIgars, Pipes and Nicer
Sehaums.

Schaums.
One of the most interesting and move
of all speculstiUns on the use Of tobacc
was submitted 10 the British Association
for the advancement OF Science at lis lat
session, and the information afforded vii
be well received by that large class of per
sOns who indulge in the use of the weed
DR.. Richardson first contrived an sutoms
OnsmOker, into whose mouth pipes, cigsr
and meerschauuns were placed, and tht
smoke from them being caught and col
lected, enabled him to determine the pro
ducts of the combustion. These he deter.
mined as, l, water; 2. free carbon; 3, am
monia; 4, cerbonic acid 5, nicotine; g.
an empyrsumstic substance Of q resino
bitter extract. He says:
"The water is in the form Of VRpor, the
carbon, in minute particles suspended in
the water vspcr, and giving the eddies oi
smoke their blae co'or; the ammonia is In
the form Of gas combined with carbonic
/ acid; ana the csTbonic acid Is partly free
and partly IN combination with ammonia
| The nicotine, he says, being g non-volatile
body, remains in the pipei ths emPyreu-
matte substance is a volatile body of an
smmoniscsl nature of the composition Of
which the Doctor confesses himself unsc-
quainted, but which we have ventured to
consider as resin. Whstever it is, it Is
that which gives the smoke of tobacco its
peculiar odOr, and determines the favor
Of cigar. It sdheres powerfully to
wooden materials, and when concentrated
has 8 most obnoxious and intolersble
smell The bitter substance is resinous
and Of dark color, probably having an al
kRloid as its base. It Is not volatile, and
only leaves the pipe or cigar, by being car
ried along in fluid form"
The varieties of tobacco are innuHIsrRble.
Simple tobacco, that has not undergone
fermentation, yields very little free carbon,
much ammonia, carbonic acid, little water,
q small quantity of the empyrems and an
equally small quantity of bitter extract
The Letakia yields the same products uni
formly, the Turkish generally more ammo
MIA, and the Havana all these products
Csvendish varies considerably in its con-
stituents Pigtaii yields all very sbun-
dainty; the lutte Swiss cigars yield enor-
nous quantities of ammonia, and So dry
the mouth; Manillas give very little. The
Connecticut tobacco is comparatively mild
in taste, from the absence of the bitter ex-
tract.
EFFECTS. OF sMoKIEe.
The water .Yaper of smoke is not injur-
ious, but the carbon il it settles on the
mucous mem 5rans and irritates the throat
The narcotic effect of tobacco smoke, if
received into the lungs, resides in the car
bonic aold the ammonia causes dryness,
q biting of the mucous membrane of the
throat, and an increased flow OF saliys a
familiar to smokers. Absorb
ed into the blood, says DR.. Richardson, 1t
renders The fluid too thin, causing sn an
gularity ofthe blood corpuscles, suppress
sion of the hillary secretion and yellowness
of the skin, guickening and then reducing
the system Of the heart. In young smok-
ers it produces nausea. It is doubtful
whether all these cffscts are to be traced to
eral waters, SO freely drank, arc dreadful
poisons instead of being remedial agents
as they are generally esteemed
The empyreumatic substance seems to
have little effect except in giving the Pc
culisr tss.e 70 tobacco smoke, and after
while of making the breath of smokers
Nicotine Is rarely ever i'm
bibed BY the clssnly smoker" says DR..
Richardson It affects only those who
smoke cigars by holding them in the
mouth, or dirty pipes saturated with oily
matter. When absorbed, is effects are
injurious, such as palpitation Of the heart
tremor and unsteadiness of the muscles
and great prostration. 1t viii not, of it
self produce vomiting; it is the bitter eI-
trac. which Is the cause of this, impercep-
tibly swallowed and taken into the ston-
seh.
zow TO SMOKE.
The method of smoking makes all the
difference in the world. Thoss who use
the clean, long pipes of clay-as did cur
Old KnickerbOckers-feel only the effect
Of the gaseous bodies and the free carbon.
Wooden pipes and pipes with glass stems
are injurious. Cigars should never be
smoked TO the end; otherwise they are
more injurious than all, DR.. Richardson
says they should be cast aside as soon as
one-half is smoked, and always smoked
from 9 porous or absorbent tube. Pipes
are much less hurtfql than cigars. The
best pipe is long clay pipe; next to this
the meerschaum Is the most wholesome.-
All attempts at pipes to condense the oil
nave thus far failed. Every smoker
should be careful of the manner in which
he smokes. a short foul pipe is very IN
healthful.
The fashion of the meerschaum has
largely prevailed in this country of late
years. The msterial is now imported in
blocks, and manufactured here into vari-
Gus forms, some very handsome and costly.
The prices range as high as thirty-AVe
dollars. The proprietor OF good meer-
sehsum thinks as much almost as of him
self, If it is well colored, WHICH is the re-
salt OF absorbing the oil of the tobacco, it
not only becomes beautiful in MS eyes,
but tbs smoke is said to be gweeter to his
taste.