Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
The Most Common Request Of
the English Tongue.
CHEwERS OF TOBACCO.
Nearly 2OO,O0O,OOO Pounds Producsd by the
United States In ie9i--Cwiosllies Of
The Tobacco Trade Stories Of
Famous Chewsfs.
ny wnG p Pond.

stated that during 1891 the inhabitants
OF the United States chewed eighty-hye
tons Of tobacco. This paper was. once
edited by Robert L. Porter. commissions
or OF United States census. AS mat
ter OF fact, we produced, and for the
main part consumed. not eighty-hve
tons, but $1,000 0DO,0OO Pounds and
the output for 1897 will exceed these
figures.
1t has been said that the American
- the. only nation to chew tobacco, com
parauvely speaking. but this is not 50;
aud furthermore the practice of chew
ing tobacco is much more widely spread
man the average man has any idea.
For instance, in the frozen North, the
Lnplander prizes tobacco higher than
any other necessary, and has done since
the earliest days, and away back In
liOt they used TO chew tobacco and
spit IN the palms of their hands, then
smelling OF the eXpectoration, and 50
reBaling nc once two senses, those Of
taste and smell, with one piece of to-
bacco. My authority goes on to say
tnat the richest OF the Laps used to
cihyW too,acco between meals, and espe-
,luIlH inter each meal as desert, the
'cud being used over aud over again
nud not chewed out nll mt once. and bc-
tween times II was carried in the chew
er ears, The Djour tribe in Africa
up 20 hiteen years ngo, used to place
pine Dark hbre IN their rude cigars, and
thls was not only 10 facilitate a draft
through the crude tobacco and rough
product, but also that the dry fibre might
absorb the oil, etc, during combustion,
ana then the end and fibres be- used as
q cQd for chewing. Native tribes In
the tlimnlyns measure distances, and
nave dole for years. by the number of
"cuds' necessary to cover h. nud reckon
so many "cuds' to the mile iustpnd Of
so many yards. I'm Europe the brown
bears used for dancing, and the pets In
CNCIN Alplne village are all trained
through their love for n piece of chew.
ilk lon9cco and the trainers chow with
the animals and so iuoculated the boast
WIN we human saliva. well known
hieulcal celebrity has recently printed
mis vRlion that the reason Of tla war.
nEe lEiganes being for generations free
from dlphthera and throat troubles is
upe Lo tnelr inordinutc love for and use
oil chewing tobacco.
In England chewing has increased with
giant strides during the past fen veors
| aud this fact is. to n certnin eStant on
uorsed by the Official table of exports II
was the English sailor who first brought
ihe haDlt 10 prominence. for its ORIGIN
/ ~ lOSt IN antiquity, and when the sniior
! became addicted TO the chewing of To-
uucc3' nc found the lonely hours of his
! GGTi,eHilg very long indeed without some
!
was not permitted to smoke Mt his post.
| rs, trlea chewing and found IL filled the
| Dlil Ills own ship-made plug tndoy
takes great deal of beating for pnrity
! ana mayor; to make il ne took tobacco.
| ulPpeu u m Jamaica rum mixed with
u!.GqiusSesi lald the elaves fiat. one on the
| Uthef' ana when he had sufficient uunn.
tity, he rolled them around lengtbiyisn.
then he took piece OF canvas ma
| wrapped that around IL In n paculior
way anu then cords, so that tbev conld
DC h{htencd from time 10 time, This
was huns up, and given n twist every
NV uuH again, and the result was n
| Iot ulhnndSome, novel and delicious
pug The great chewcrs I'm EngIanJ
| however, are the farm hands; they are
not allowed TO smoke around the stool
yards and building, und on many estoI.
hshments even the dry" smoking M nm
empty pipe Is torbiddcn; and SO i'm tba
IIUiiS n9urs OF the day, cold and often
hungry Tor nm hour or so, the farm bond
takes pinch of what Is called "bjari'
Shak' a rough fine cut. sold nj a 10 a
cents per ounce made for nine stnol,i,,,
ana places the pinch lin his tooth $ ~
ls' the SIDE of his mouth, nnd "a 6nJs
comfort Another class OF chewers arc
Luz Euluehers and the machnists. while
OF their cigars. Gnu
Coming over the Atlantic vo 9ne a.,
women Of Paraguay have been ~" F"i,o ,,,t
Ior years as great chewers of tobacco
ana Instances are recorded of ladies MI
coming guests, taking the tobacco ont -,
We mouth until they have kissed tbei,
Nlsit3rs, ana then replacing II. MANY ri
o,e eoutn american tribes actually EN-
pieces In the United States tho int'il
duetion of chewing is untrnceabIo '"ot ',
probably came from Virginin. where \
was introduced by the sailors o, ~
early settlers. At the present tina t'
practice Is ubiquitous. Stories are toi'
from tllne TO time about the practice I"
cue chewing habit dying out. but m,
hgures OF production keen pnce ,,,itL ~ ~
poulation, and there win not ho 'tm tn,
decrease during the life of tbe nrasa.i
generation of adult men. fTLo F'J9gu
generation Will not probably che
the same extent as their fntbere nv
have done, ana the reason Is nor o. "a, el =
seek III Is due to the terrible ciooratt,
TOT WnateVer be Its shortcomings or ~
virtues, Il has undoubtedly sto1noJ ~. ~
chewing habit with our voun, P'u tn
BOYS AT college twenty wears moo to,i, !.
the chew TO show their emancin9tio,, e.. y
+ | the apron strings ana Ia sbo,,, ~ ~
; tney were mon; today they take 10 a..
? | cigarette for the same reason. md 49,, ,n
/ OF young men may be found who bn',
never Sampled plug or fine cut. -"''
, Inc reported dying our of the bolif 4
, uge 10 lhe greater secrecy and prjvoc,
, OF tue users. Those whose inernor,, ~, -,
,aNe lnem PACK TO 1850, To 1866. ar ave-,
E later. VIII remember what n sen 80 - ~ -
] anu juice covered the floors of The far.,
! noats; and terry houses, and will rooai
q Wy n.,ue when no man at theater n
= entertainment would dare Ia Lo,'N y
Q his hat on the floor beneath III i've ~
+ fear OF the amber colored flnid 81 s stet 10
{ win ever increasing volume frS, tolit'
{ pack seats to the orchestra. aud n,oos ~
: tated the scrubbing Of the Aoor bo 1851
i each performance. Hhis Is an n t,in,, !
( lne past, ana although one now 80 y
y slohhly meets a cheWer who mol.
4 disgusting exhibition OF himself "a a.
S annoyance OF all around him. ba 4, ~
8 eAGrepuon-tar far from the ruie VII
Q w non men are worried they tnko NO..
4 Hn9y 70 chewing! Ask any proloino,,
g uealer located where busy men co,,,Srl
( gate, ana he viii tell YOU tbet
n pahics, etc, are In the air. and lilo ~
i ON hand, the smart business man 49,
= Y SneW. Watch the cigar stand NJ ~
:, fHth Avenue hotel any epenin, y.
n more especially at political crises ~
l. see wen dressed men, regular cnsto,, ~"
L OF we mousse, one after another str,ti =.
X 20 the stand, hold out their band
a never a word, receive the packet - ~
o CUT take "cud,' and hand h bacb ~
[, eharge madel Roscoe Conkling We, ~
I. nVeterate chewer, but he cbewsd ~ a
l. Henry Clay, aud those new nor s ,i.I
"a VINO Kept the death watch" m ~ , tue
n beneath his, al West T'wepry. ~
Is suee,t wn remember the cigars tba