Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13

smoked like tobacco. An extract d also OBJ
tanned from the tops by boiling them in alcohol
The effect produced by small doses is q mos,
pleasing exhilaration, large doses inducing
drowsiness and stupor. Cannabis relievO pain
and brinss sleep like opium. but, unlike the
latter, il does not diminish the appetite nor
cause constipation. The common American
hemp. prepared similarly, has like effects,
though they have not been studied sufficiently
to make more definite statement possible.
nAcHINEs FOR MAKING cIoARRrTEs
Within the last few years some very wonder
ful machines for making cigarettes have been
invented. One pattern will turn them out at
IN average rate Of a75 minute. The patents
Hammsystsin Of New York owns several II them,
on which he has been drawing royalties Of
e60, 900 month. One style, which may ss we'll
be described for the sake Of illustration, passes
along an endless strip Of paper, the width Of
which II just the length Of . cigarette. The
tobacco is fed from above into little scales.
They drop a. soon - they have received the
precise quantity required, emptying their con-
tents upon the strip Of paper, which is rolled,
chopped OF with knives and glued neatly, ali in
an instant Of time. OF course. great many
are made simultaneously, the machine count
ing them and conveying them into the pack
ages, which are likewise wrapped around them
by mechanical contrivance unaided by hands.
The Russians and Turks do not use any ma
chinery for the manufacture Of cigarettes. the
work being all done by hand. French cigar
cites are particularly mild, because the tobacco
h stepped in water to make it 80.
IT seems surprising to learn the fact that
twenty years ago Loco, 900 pounds of snuff per
annum were consumed in this country. Much
more astonishing is the Circumstance that dur
ing the fiscal year ended July 1. 1892, 10. 900, :
goo pounds Of snuff were used in the United
States. Yet how rarely is it that one sees q
pinch Of snun taken. The mystery was ex-
New York agent for great snuh manufsctur-
ing concern. Said he:
NEARLY all italian and German music teach
ers use snuff. Likewise the Roman Catholic
clergy. The priests say that they get into the
habit during long sessions in the confessional,
snuff In order to occupy themselves and keep
awake, avoiding sneezing. The true SNUFF
taker does not sneeze. Old-fashioned Ger
mans, who came to this country long time
ago, almost invariably take snuh. In beer
saloons where people Of their race congregate,
you will commonly see on the counter box Of
SNUFF for general use. 1t Is of black snuff that
have spoken thus fsr-highly scented with
rose, bergsmot and pungent odors.
sNUFT FOR DIPPING.
''But the snuf that is chiefly used and manu-
featured in this country IL Of the yellow or
brown kind. Some of it is salted and some
plain, but very little of it is scented. 1t is used
to an immense extent in the south BY negroes
and poor whites for dipping. The snuff dip
per moistens little stick in water or alcohol,
dips it in the snuff. makes little ball and puts
it between the lips and teeth. The habit is an
unpleasant one, but it is prscticed in the south
by women rs commonly as by men. In fact,
the consumption Of snuff in this country is
chiefly by dipping and the bulk of the tobacco
manufactured in this shape is consumed below
Mason and Dixon's line. Yellow snuff is used
largely by the Canadian French girls, who COM
pose a majority of the employees in the cotton
mills all over the United States, particularly in
New England.
''Snuff should be made from the leaf stalks Of
the tobacco plant only, though much inferior
material is mixed with the cheaper kinds.
Havana and Sumatra tobaccos are preferred.
The favorings employed are kept strictly Sc
cret. Much care has to be taken in the pro-
cesses of compounding, inasmuch no class of
tobacco consumers are SO fastidious as snuff
takers. The Scotch are great users Of snuff.
1t was Seotchman who once asked a big-nosed
stranger if he took snuff, and receiving a mega
tive reply remarked: What pity; you have
such grand accommodation