The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-01-21
TOBACCO PICTURES.
BY META LANDER.

sert the forked ends of hollow cane
into the nostrils, and then apply the
other end to the burning leaves of the
weed, or to the dried and powdered to-
bacco, thus inhaling the smoke, or
snuff, as the case might be.
In Micronesia, all smoke-men,' wo-
men and children-though the habit
of sitting down alone to enjoy a smoke
is never practiced. On the assem-
bling of a crowd, chief calls for his
pipe. This is brought, filled, and
lighted by little boy or girl. who, in
the process, takes early lessons in the
fine art. When the lighted pipe is
handed to the chief, he passes it to a
chief higher in rank, and he again to
one still higher till the topmost man
is reached. This man takes q few
whifs, then hands it to another, and
SO on, till all the company are served.
DIR. Titus Coan, the venerated mis-
sionary Of Hawaii, says of the Pata-
gonians: "They would inhale the
smoke of tobacco, hold it for a time in
their mouths, then blow it out
through the nostrils, or swallow it
into the lungs and become deadly
drunk. I have been aroused at mid
night by the most fearful groans OF
savages in the wigwams near by, and,
on entering these huts, have been
struck with the CHASTITY and cadaver-
Gus look, and chilled with the agoniz-
ing groans Of the Indians, drunk with
tobacco fumes. The same was true
of the Marquesas group Of the Ha-
waiian islanders, Of the Polynesians
generally, and of all savage tribes, so
far as can learn"
Of the snuff-taking habit among
the Zulus, the Rev. Josiah Tyler, who
has been missionary in Africa over
thirty years, gives the following ac-
count:
"The Zulus make their snuff of to-
bacco, dry aloes and ashes, grinding it
very fine. 1t is exceedingly pungent,
causing tears to flow profusely down
their cheeks, which they wipe off with
snuf-spoon, made Of bone or horn,
this being their only handkerchief.
Old and young of both sexes carry
snuf-boxes made Of small calabashes
tied to a girdle around the waist.
Sometimes diminutive reeds, full of
snuff, are inserted in holes in their
ears.
"When they meet, after the. usual
salutation-'I see you, friend the
snuff is passed round, each one taking
a good pinch. It is nasty habit, and
their nostrils, after this operation, are
generally covered with filth, and it is
also injurious to health.
Zulu men, especially young men,
are becoming fearfully addicted to
smoking, and l perceive, after thirty
two years observation, that it makes
serious 'inroads on their constitution.
This is one of the unpleasant results
of European civilization!
81 am glad to say that, so far as my
knowledge extends, no American mis-
sionary in South Africa uses tobacco
in any form. We shall, ere long,
have anti-tobseco societies in all our
missionary stations, and shall fight
against this vile habit till we lay our
armor down"
DIR. Lizens relates that he once trav-
eled with a South American, "who
first filled his nostrils with snuff,
which he prevented from falling out
by stufiing shag-bark after it, and
this he termed plugging; then put
in each cheek coil Of pig-tail tobac-
co, which he named 'quidding'; lastly,
he he lit Havana, which he put into
his mouth. This gentleman was thin
as IA razor, and frightfully nervous.
What body Of living death!
Can any. picture be more revolving
than that of the miserable, snuff-dip-
ping women of the South? Their
life is not life, hardly existence, but
one continuous stupor; faculties, feel
ings, conscience, everything, dead, ex-
cept the single sense of snuff, snuff
But this dipping is not confined to
the poor whites. In other classes, cir
cles Of young ladies and married Ia
dies, meet expressly to practice it,
Each snuf-dipper carries her bottle Or
box, and also a swab, by which she
conveys the filthy stuff to her mouth,
afterward, perhaps, passing it to her
neighbor.
The ladies prepare this swab by tax
ing little stick of green wood, about
an eighth of an inch in diameter, and
chewing one end Of it till the fibers
are separated, giving it the appearance
of small broom. Saturating this
with saliva. the dip it in their box of
snuff, and then place it as far back in
the mouth as possible, leaving the
other end sticking out. Many walk
along the street with the dip in their
mouth.
Nor does this loathsome custom
stop at the South Careful investiga-
ton has proved that, for a number of
years, it has prevailed to considera-
BILE extent in the city Of New York,
the tobacconists, who call it dig
ging," admitting that a large part Of
the demand comes from fashionable
circles. These ''diggers," however,
conceal their performances, seeking
the privacy Of their own rooms when
giving themselves up to their disgust
ing debauch With a horn or spoon,
the abominable stuff is deposited in
side the lower lip, and thence, when
sufficiently moistened, passed round
the mouth.
Says the New York Journal, from
which most Of the above facts are ia
ken:
''That our readers may form some
idea of the enormous prevalence of
this habit in their midst, we may state
that one tobacconist, having IA small
store on Broadway, retailS one hun
dred pounds per week to his digging
customers alone. Another firm, which
keeps store on Broadway, and also
one down town, makes and sells three
barrels-seven hundred pounds-in
three days, all of which is consumed
by women of New York City. The
amount used by each digger varies
from one quarter of a pound to a
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