Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-03-25

Cigars were not known until about
1915. Previous to that time pipes were
used exclusively. Chewing had then
been In vogue to limited extent for
some time. while snufling dates back
almost as far as smoking. The first
p ackage sent to Catharine de Medici
was in fine powder. She found that
smelling it in the box affected her simi-
larly to smoking, which led her to fill
ont of her smelling bottles with the
dust. Her courtiers adopted the habit
of snuffing small portions of it up their
nOstrils, and as the precious stuff be-
came more plentiful the snuffing habit
became more general, until at last a
man or woman was not considered as
in proper form unless they snuffed.
This custom became so common in
England that a snuff box was no longer
a sign of rank. Then it was the law
prohibiting the culture of the plant,
except for medicine, was passed. About
the same time heavy tariff was placed
ON the imported article, thereby prac-
tically placing it beyond the reach of
the common herd and giving royalty a
complete monopoly.
Since it first began to be used as a
luxury there have been conflicting
opinions in regard to its effects. The
Roman Church once forbade its use
and the Church of England declalmed
against it. the Wesleys opposed it
hotly, and at one time it was considered
so uncle2n as to unfit men for MEM
bership in the Methodist Church. Blp-
tist and Presbyterian ministers preached
against it, and societies were organized
To oppose the spread of the habit, but
all to no purpose. Parents disOwned
and disinherited their children because
they used it, and husbands divorced
their wives on account of their having
contracted the habit of smoking.
1t is singular that when women get
into the habit of smoking pipe they
prefer a strong one. There are few
men who have nerve enough to smoke
a pipe such as woman likes when she
has become confirmed smoker. When
they first begin putting cigars they pre-
fer them very mid. but 1t Is not long
until they want them black and lots OF
them.
The first chew or first cigar is always
long remembered, for they almost in.
variably produce sickness only paral.
leled by that of sea sickness, and. like
the latter, the victim is not at all
frightened, but wants to die, or at least
does not care whether he lives or not.
As soon as the attack is over, hoWev
he is ready to try it again. BY patience
and persistence the enauseatingef effectsare
overcome and the deathly sickness gives
place to delightful sensations.
Spanish and Portuguese ladies of all
ranks smoke cigarettes-little segars.
not those vile paper things that pollute
the air, but fine favored little segars.
They are also used to a considerable ex-
tent in France, but the custom has
never prevailed TO any great extent in
either England and America. The
pipe is less popular among ladies in this
country now than it was fifty years ago
In the Southern States, however, the
women of the middle and lower CLASSES
nearly all either smoke or rub snuff.
and not a few do both. StOrekeeperS
in many parts of the South buy snuff
by the barrel and keep it under the
counter with the sugar and coffee.