Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-09-14

employed by the principal firms there Is
little to be said except that notwith-
standing all sensational reports to the
contrary, the system of health, SANTA
ton and cleanliness is perfect, and that
only the finest quality of leaf is used,
combined with nothing but the neces-
sarv amount of moisture required to
work the tobacco. What method the
factories making the very cheap goods
NAV employ is immaterial, as their COM
bined output is very limited, but the
principal factories are above suspicion
in this respect. England gets her sup
plv from America. John Bull knows a
good article when he meets 1t.
As regards the paper used for wrap
ming cigarettes IL is not made OF rice,
but either of fine linen or the pith OF
plant. The cheaper grades are wrap
ned i'm a very common paper, made from
rye straw, etc. A new paper halllng
from France is called papier aux sells de
Vichy. or literally paper of Vichy salts,
and il is claimed that regular use OF
this paper will have the same moderate
but desirable effect upon the intestlnes
obtained by the water Of the Nlchy
springs. A wonderful machine in use
in Paris cuts the paper, counts them,
| fastens them into cardboard cases.
labels them. attaches the rubber bands
and delivers them ready for sale TO the
French consumer.
There has been much said about
opium in cigarettes, and il is as well to
set this idea straight right here. Aside
from the high price of opium there Is
one special reason why it is not put into
cigarettes and is never likely to be, that
| IL would not burn. but would fall OIL un-
consumed with the ash. When opium
is smoked it takes about one minnie TO
boil the opium for each pipe and get 1t
dry enough to be burned and inhaled at
one swift draught. If this were not
done Immediately il would absorb moist
ure from the atmosphere and would not
burn. Now place opium in cigarette
containing moisture until it is saturated
ard consequently il will not burn at all.
Apart from all other arguments OF rea-
son or policy, this one statement OF I'M
ldeniable fact should be sufficient to set at
rest the question Of opium in the cigar
cite.
Much has been said about the injur-
ious character of the cigarette. But as
matter of fact, our best medical eX-
pertS agree in regarding the cigarette
as the most innocuous form Of using
tobacco if used in moderation and with
out inhaling. When inhaled it is the
paper that deadens or kills the young
tissues and prevents them fructifyng
in natural way, and consequently the
stamina and general health of the smoker
fails by degrees. according TO his
physique.
If a pipe or a cigar were inhaled 1t
would be injurious in a smaller degree,
but the smoke of these is not generally
taken into the lungs. An absurd IDIOT
ic fashion has decreed that the smoke OF
the cigarette must be inhaled, and any
excess in this direction is generally to
be found among the peculiar type which
can best be spared i'm any community, II
being emncntly survival Of the iittcSt.
1t is especially worthy of note in this
connection. that IN the Turko-RuSSian
war. the men who fought so CALAMITY,
handicapped by insufficient rations and
clothing amid all the rigors of Balkan
winter were. TO Il man, confirmed cigar
cite smokers.