Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-18
MORE ABOUT CIGARETTES.
From AN Interview With q Mann.
fnctuTer In the Philadelphia

fnctuFer in the PHILADELPHIA
ssTimes.,,
There is certain brand OF cigarettes regard
ed as the most salable on the market, In which
enervating drugs are used to q frfghtful extent
Millions OF these cigarettes are sold annually.
one house In New York sells On an average OF
nVe hundred thousand a day, and the profits of
the proprietor OF the brand are said to be a
tnlrd OF million dollars year. Valeriau and
uncture OF opium are extensively used In the
manufacture OF cigarettes. The tobacco, which
Is virginia production, and naturally OF a
pretty straw color. is rendered dark, soggy and
greasy oy the process to which It is subjected.
AN experienced tooacconist can detect the
1mpart sweet and pleasant flavor and have
soothing effect that In a little time obtain
q Fascinating control over the smoker. The
10 smoke. just as is the case with one who uses
opium. The desire grows into a passion. The
smoker becomes slave to the enervating
habit. 10 the lnsfdious effect OF the drugs IS
attrlouted the very success with which this
particular brand has met Unfortunately that
success has caused an arGy of imiuaJors to
sSp an up; ana every day almost some new
Diand OF 0rugged cigarettes Is placed on the
marker. BY the use Of drugs 1t is possible to
make very inferior quality OF tobacco pleasant.
ManuiactuIers, therefore, put these vile things
on the market at price that makes iU easy for
the poorest to indulge In their killing del gnts.
ano boys ana youths 60 in SNarms for them
what Is called Havana fiavoring" has grown
sands OF barrels Of 1t are sold everywhere IL
Is extensively used in manufacturing certain
Klnd or cigarettes. 1t Is made from the TONGA
Dean. which contains drug called mellolotts
dog. Imagine the effect which must result
from putting that vile stun into the lungs hour
The paper coverings are also fruitful source
OF evll 10 the cigarette smoker. There are three
sOrts OF paper In common use, made respectively
from cotton and linen rags and rice straw.
ind ,lot,
solution OF tobacco that has lately been put on
the market. Cotton paper is made chiefly in
Trieste, AUSTRIA and the linen and rice paper In
Paris. The first kind is manufactured from
nlthy scrapings Of rag pickers. Vile as it is. it
is bought up In great masses by agents OF the
manufacturers, who turn 1t into q dingy pulp
ana Subject 1t to bleaching process to make it
used In bleaching have very harmful influence
upon the membrane of the throat and nose,
Cotton paper Is 80 cheap that thousand cigar
Rlce paper Is not so much used, as 1t is rather
more expensive. 1t is sometimes adulterated
with linen or cotton TO make it cheaper. The
the commonest and the best qualities Of paper.
One who knows something Of the trade can.
however. perceive the difference at glance.
'ToDacconized" paper is manufactured. 1t is
common paper saturated with tobacco and
marked IN such way as to initiate the veins
In the tobacco leaf very neatly, At first
glance It would pass for the genuine article 1t
arettes and to considerable extent for wrap.
ping the cheaper sort OF cigars By miners
Ing the paper In water the tobacco can be
readily separated from 1t.
.Arsenlcal preparations. 1t Is said are used In
bleaching most cigarette papers, and OIL of Gre
osote Is produced naturally as consequence OF
combustion. The latter has q most Injurious
erect upon the membrane of the throat and
upon the lungs, and Is said to accelerate the
development Of consumption in any one pre-
disposed to the disease. Papers used BY q
variety OF manufacturers were burned for the
satisfaction of the reporter; and a pungent.
sti1llng odor arose from all OF them One firm
claims to have discovered process of de-
nud1ng cigarette paper of It's deleterious
eHects Little faith, however. Is put In its
professions, and the paper used by iU smells
as vllely when ingnited as any other. A leading
TOBACCO merchant, speaking of the fact that SO
many thousands go on complacently smoking
paper covered cigarettes Notwithstanding their
Well known pernicious effects, said that cigar
cites wrapped In pure tobacco leaves, while less
injurious, would be much more expensive. and
That, besides, people In time grow to prefer the
pungent flavor OF the burning paper with the
tobacco to that OF the latter alone A number
OF tips or holders have been devised with a view
to overcoming the evil effects of tobacco In
some degree by absorbing the nicotine and pre-
venting the tobacco from coming into contact
with the lips. The result, however, has not
been satisfactory.