Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-18

. 'hat IL Is difGor,.
70 breathe IN a room in which s;nu1
drop has been evaporated. The ns SINGLE
ton Of this substance contained in t Hh,opor'
leaf OF tobacco varies from one ~ 1e !arIy
per cent. In smoking a hundred e,ght
OF tobacco, therefore, say a Quarter STAINS
ounce, there may be drawn into tho VI, VI an
two or more grains Of one of the most to ot
tie OF all known poisons. Suo'
Tho empyreumatic oil is produooa,
burning the tobacco in the pipe. Its d :!
greeable to the taste, narcotic and no; U.s.
Gus. One drop applied to the tonopp o's ss
cat has brought on commissions, and IN va
minutes occasioned death. The Hn. Two
tots Kill snakes by putting drop Of il H.
their tongues. " ~ on
The form and construction If tbo
among other circumstances, inAnenopp 'pe'
proportion of these ingredients which t u'e
smoke contains. In Turkish and East Tue T
dian pipes the smoke is made to pass 1 ao ILL.,
ly, bubbling' through water, and tbnss ' as
vapors. The reservoir of the genpin so Gaa
man pipe likewise retains the grosser u ues
tons Of the burning tobacco. Tho } Pof'
stem Of the small Russian pipe has s iT,s
lar effect; while the cigar, especially f.
smoked to the end, discharges drectly IN
to the mouth Of the smoker everything tbat
is produced by the burning. The m na'
rapidly the leaf burns and the smoke !.
inhaled, the greater is the proportion ~
the poisonous substances drawn into tha
mouth. 1t is wise, therefore, to rememhe,
the lines, '''f
e Learn to smoke Slow The other pr,c. :.
Not to smoke in other peoples faces"
Persons who smoke short pipes are 81,
more or less affected by narcotic drunken
ness. The longer the stem, the greater i,
the absorption Of the poisonous properties
The absorbing power is what renders the
pure meerschaum so valuable to the con-.
slant smoker. The tobacco chewer is at.
ed upon more directly, and hence mora
quickly impairs his appetite and weakeps
his powers Of digestion. The same remark
applies to the taker of snuff. It is fact
worth remembering, that the proportion
of the poisonous aaacotiaa is smallest in the
best Havana and largest in the French to.
baccoes. Hence the preference given to
the former by smokers.
Tobacco is adulterated most commonly
by tue addition of sugar, molasses and
honey, because these articles add both
weight and sweetness. Vegetable leaves,
as those Of rhubarb, the beech and the
walnut, moses, bran, liquor, rice, rosin,
sand, saltpetre, common salt and sal am.
moniac are also among the authorizations.
An interesting point in connection with
the culture of tobacco, is the fact that it is
the most exhausting plant to the soil
known. Tie dried Leaf, when burned,
yields from nineteen to twenty-eight per
cent. OF ash, or on an average every four
pounds of perfectly dry tobacco contain,
one pound of mineral or incombustible
matter. It.is this which forms the ashes
Of our tobacco pipes and the ends of our
burning cigars. The ingredients of this
ash are derived from the soil, and they be-
long to the class of bodies which arc at
once most necessary to vegetation and
least abundant even in fertile soils.
+ When it IL remembered, therefore, that
every ton of perfectly dry leaves carries off
from four to five hundred weight of this
mineral matter-as much as is contained
in fourteen tons of the grain of wheat-it
will readily appear that the growing Of to.
bacco must be very exhaustive kind Of
cultivation. One main reason will be seen
why tobacco plantations have in past times
gradually become SO exhausted as to be
incapable in many instances of being cul-
tivated with profit, and why the fortunes
of tobacco planters, even in naturally ia
vored regions, have gradually declined
with the failing fertility of their wearing
ont plantations. 1t is one of the triumphs
Of the chemistry Of the present century,
that it has ascertained what the land loses
by such imprudent treatment, and by VIVA,
new management its ancient fertility may
be restored, and thus new fortunes extract.
ed from the same old soil.
GENUINE BENEvoLENoE For there is
no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon him'-Rom. 10;
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A late archbishop of Bordeaux was re-
markable for his tolerance, and enlighten'