The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
A Few Points ON SauH.
detroit News.1

10eT6 are CuTe6 SEauGS Ol Suuu--buO
fine, poor and medium. The fine snuff
is made from the blade of the tobacco
leaf. the ribs and stems being rejected
and GROUND up into the poor grades.
The medium grade is composed of the
entire leaf, and is the quality of which
the greatest amount is sold. OF all
grades of snuff there are the moist and
dry varieties. The dry snuff is heaped
on earthen plates after it has been
ground, and is exposed to high degree
of heat. The term high toast" is used
to denote the article which has been
heated for q length of time. Moist
snuff is made by moistening the snuff
which has already been ground, with q
solution of common salt and allowing it
to ferment. The period of fermentation
determines the strength and pungency
of the snuff. After the fermentation
salt is mixed with the snuff to prevent
it's becoming moldy, rose water or other
perfumes are added, and sometimes
powdered orris root is used to increase
the pungency of the article. Snuffs are
often adulterated with chrome yellow,
lime and carbonate of potash, all of
which ingredients render the snuff un-
healthful. Such adulterations can
easily be detected with the microscope,
which reveals the peculiar structure of
the tobacco leaf as distinguished from
that of adulterations.
Much snuff used?" was casually
asked to-day of Woodward avenue
| dealer who sells several of the standard
brands of snuff. Said brands, by the
way, are nothing more than common
snuff with famous names.
"Not as much as was sold few years
ago." he replied. People still con-
tinue to use it for catarrh and similar
ailments, but as a method of using
tobacco, snufing is falling into disre-
pnte. In fact, it is worthy of note that
the introduction and widespread use OF
cigarettes marked the beginning of the
decline of snuff taking. Nearly all my
customers are old people who learned
the practice in the old country, and
who, while they detest it, are so habitu-
ated to it that they can not give up
their snuff-box and their maccaboy.
The young men who take snuff are
nearly all Scotchmen and Polish labor
! ers. These latter make their own
snuff, and they often produce very
fine article, which they consume in
large quantities. Every Polack of any
means has pestle and mortar in which
! he grinds his snuff, and as most of them
raise and cure their own tobacco, the
snuff is free from any adulteration.
They favor their snuffs with brandy.
Snuff taking has been practiced ever
since the introduction of tobacco into
Europe, and iJslpeculiar quality is said
to have been discovered by accident
At first only fops used it, and to de-
scribe fop without speaking of his
snuff-box was considered fatal omis
sion. Thus Hotspur, speaking of fop
says that between his fingers he held {
'pouncet-box, which ever and anon he
gave his nose" The custom of snuff
taking is evidently continuation of the
rage for odors and perfumes which was
prevalent in by-gone days, and like it
snuff taking is dying out.
sacred Cattle.
[Prof. Oswald in Cincinnati Enquirer.1
Yet the sanctity of the holiest reptiles
was exceeded by that of the sacred oxen
or Brahma bulls. The ancient Egypt
!
ing one bull calf at time; but in India
all black cattle are sacred, and the
huncnbacked kind of the species Bos
Brahmanus so unspeakably holy that
even heir uncouth caprices are accepted
as signs of divine favor. If Brahma
bull lies down on the sidewalk, the pro-
prietor of the next house sends ser.
want to fan his distinguished guest, OF
sprinkle him with scented Ganges
water. Hucksters must not drive him
away from their stalls, but anticipate
his des les by voluntary offering oi
garden greens. If he invades the gar
den itself, the owner must try by per
suasion first, and gentle force only as 9
last resort.
"Oh, my son, oppress not the poor I
Won Orlich heard Hindoo farmer ad
jure voracious bull, "Come, my child,
I will feed thee with honey if thou vii
follow me-" The bull continued to helI
himself. Provoke not the weak" re
sumed the. Hindoo. "Brahm is just
come, repent in time" The bull neve
budg ID, and the farmer at last sum
moned two companions. ssOh, my son,
they began again, but at the same tim
two of them seized the bulls horns lef
and right, and thus trotted him out
chanting passage from the Upanishads
while their assistant enforced the quota
tion by hammering board with sor
of mallet.
If an unbeliever should lift his han,
against COW the meanest Hindo,
would risk his life in her defense
About thirty years ago the nativ
soldiers ascertained that the pasteboar,
shells of their cartridges had beel
: fabricated with beef tallow instead O
wax, and that discovery led to the in
surrection that cost the lives of $50, 90
natives and $4,000 foreign soldiersl
Tbe S.rave of Jourualisu,