Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-07-10
"A Land Where Everybody, Men,
women ;and Children smoke

Burmah is the paradise of the
smoker, if the paradise consists in the
absence of all restraint on his favorite
habit. No preacher will here hint
That tobacco smoking is the first step
TO drunkenness, for, with rare excep-
TONS (and, alas! chiefly where the
European has brought his vices with
ms clVIlatlon), the people are water
drinkers. There is 10 fear of Offend
ing the sensibilities of the most del
icately natured lady, for the women
OF every rank are, if possible, more
lnyeterate smokers than the men. No
dread of his masters displeasure re-
strains the youngest school bov from
his segar or cigarette. Boys and
girls alike smoke as soon as they can
walk, and children are even said to
learn the habit before they leave their
mothers arms. The new conner to
the country IS often offended by the
freedom with which Burman who
has not been thrown much with Eu.
ropeans will continue to puff his se-
gar IN his presence in absolute in
nocence OF any breach of courtesy
and the indigenous school children.
even in class, only lay aside their Sc
9ars while their lungs are occupied
with lwllng out the trite texts of
the spelling book. A pipe is rarely
seen, but segars and cigarettes are
universal, and their manufacture and
sale form one of the commonest en-
ployments Of the women. Some ex-
ceedingly fine tobacco is grown in
parts of the province, notably in
Arkan, but the cultivation is limited,
and the tobacco of which the Burmese
seSar is made is almost exclusively
imported from tue ports of the Mala-
bar coast. The segars thus made are
not unlike the weIl-known Vevey
manufacture, and, rank and strong
as they. seem TO Il non-smoker, they
were highly popular with English
residents, and not the less so from
being remarkably cheap. Cigarettes
are however, even more common Than
segars, and are almost always smoked
in preference by women and girls
They vary in size. but the commonest
is huge cheroot- shaped cigarette of
almost torch-like dimensions rolled
in green leaf and containing, be-
sides tobacco, spices and chips of
scented wood. From these, which are
as mild as hay, an immense cloud is
drawn, and their only defect is that
the burning chips are continual fall
ing on the clothes of the unwary
smoker hence the graceful way in
which the Burmese girl, with apparen:
affection, but really with good reason,
turns back her slender hand over her
shoulder to keep the lighted end of
the cigarette clear of her silken dress.
At home Or in the streets, the boats
or in the bazaar, at every public
gathering even at those for devotion
at the pagoda, night and day, men,
women, aud children blow the tamili-
ar cloud, and the perpetual cigarette
adds not little to the unique picture
presented by burmese beauty.-Ea.
THERE is disease prevailing in
some parts of the country to a GER
tain extent among horses. 1t COM
mences with swelling on the chest,
extending like a knottcd chain along
the course of the jugular to the throat
latch, where the glands are enlarged
and hard. 1t has yielded to tho fol-
lowing treatment: When first discov-
cred, bleed freely; give '15-grair
doses of iodine of potash three times
day, and rub the swelling with crude
petroleum and spirits of turpentine.
THE North Carolina Press Conven-
ton has been postponed until the 10th
of August.