The Branding iron. [volume] (Atoka, I.T. [Okla.]) 1884-1884, 1884-03-01
: The Weed Among the Beers and chi.
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The Bocrs grow and manufacture n
tobacco OF their own which il of such n.
dctcstable odor 10 civilized man that T
remember during the Zulu war we used
to tip The kai,ir or Anikandcr drivers
oi mail-carts not 10 smoke evccpt dur-
ing tlic halts at stages, aud then always
10 iecWard. Ii was no use 10 oller
them our superior article. for tho
dreadful Dutchmcn scorned il as trash.
EQUALLY odious is the ordinary tobacr.
oi the Chinese. The Rocr stnll smells
rank and green and acrid; but the Cc.
lcstlal has u heavy, ciinging. cloggino
odor that suggests opium in the COM
position. snc South African leaf when
ready Tor consumption looks like
orumblcd hay. with miscellaneous dead
garden rubbish and the swccpings of a
con 'crvatory added 1t is full Of twirs
ana knots and threads of vegetable mat
ter and IS OF Il general grcenish-grav
TINT. Inc Chinese, on the other hand,
IS curiously soft; ii lifts up in silky sNcins
of cNquisitcly fine hair-iikc strands. and
j. OF deep chcory-color, and resem-
bleS some vegetable fiber stepped in
iaggcry rather than tobacco leaf. The
tocr toDa 60 blows out Of The pipe il
Is so dry and vagrant: but the other
pc s down into the pipe close and firm.
and thc bowl has TO be filed rs lightly
as possible ia order 10 obtain any
draught at MI. To smoke q pipe OF the
former is to scorch the tongue aud t.
20 about all day with the taste Of rur-
Key rhubarb in your mouth: to venture
on the latter Is to enjoy u cool, highly
aromatic pipe. with the subsequent pen
atty of g.ddness and sick-hcadache. as
after laundering administration of
i Ichloroform. 1t requires only an cf-
fort of the stomach to return To
Bocr tobacco n second time: to re-
turn 10 Chinese q second time YOU
must turn Chiuaman. In singular CON
tra.t To both these disagrceablc herbs is
the tobacco of the red Indian. which is
both light and fragrant when
there is no tobacco in ii. For the say
age can not always obtain the precious
leaf; and very often when he can. econ
omy and. il may be. taste leads him TO
adulterate il with various vegetable sub
stances of pleasant flavor. The mos,
usual is the inner bark of the red will
low, which have helped Navajo In
dians, in the valley Of thc Rio Virgin.
to prepare in the following way: The
young withes of the willow are cut
INTO lengths Cf aboutt two feet; the outer
bark is removed and the inner is then
peeled up in long strips. one end being
left adhcrinr 10 the withcs. These are
then stuck into the ground round
charcoal fire, and kept there till the
strips of bark. hanging down in u
fringe, shriyel up with the heat and
curl themselves into crisp ringlcts
round the upper ends When they
seem sufficiently dry they are crumbled
up in the hand into pieces of the size of
ordinary bran. TO this. if the shrub
grows in the vicinity, the smoked leaves
Of Il species Of sumach is added which
are simply prepared by roasting them
over the cindcrs and then .crumbling
them. II, finally, leaf of tobacco
be crushed up and mingled with the
willow and sumach. Il smoking mkt
IRE of an agreeable aromatic flavor
and fragrance and of harmless mildness
is obtained. II Is smoked, to correct the
heat, in 4 long-stemmcd pipe, ending in
Il capacious cylindrical bowl OF clay,
which, compared with the small reed
stcmmed opium pipe kind OF instru-
ment which the Celestial iavors, or the
villainously unclean dhulccen of the
Bocr, is rs much superior to both rs the
mixture smoked in il is superior 70
either of the others. 50. Jumc3' Gd-
.ctte.