Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-08-05
TOBACCO PIPES.

- Mo0lcel authority ThAt says Cloy -
Preferable to Wool.
II tobacco smoking il justifable ct all
on hygienio grounds, says The Lancet,
1t is generally conceded that the pipe 10
the least injurious Q But tobacco
pipes differ considerably in material
and shapes, both Of which must be i'm
portant factors IN determining the char.
aoter Of the smoke. Thus there are the
clay, tho meerschaum and the various
wooden pipes. the brier, cherry or my
all. Next to the tobacco, therefore.
which should always be pure and free
from added flavoring, an expedient
which Ia resorted to far too commonly
nowadays. probably in many instances
to owe an inferior quality Of tobacco,
the best kind Of pipe 10 . point to be
considered. Even assuming that he 10
smoking good tobacco. the smoker knows
how different in character tho smoke 10
when drawn from q clay or q wooden
bowl. There is probably a scientific OK.
PLANTATION Of this fact which must have
some bearing OF the noxious or innocu-
u character Of tho smoke associated
with other products Of combustion.
A soft clay is invariably cool smok.
ing because tho acid oils obtained ON
the destructive distillation of the tobac-
co arc absorbed instead Of collecting In
q little pool, which must eventually
either by the volatilization or by me-
chanical conveyance reach the mouth.
A particular pipe smokes hot" not
necessarily because the temperature Of
the smoke is high, but because it favors
the passage by u Of these means Of
tho oils into the mouth. Meerschaum 10
another porous material. Again, an old
wooden pipe or brier. so dear to invet-
crate smokers, becomes "smooth emok-
ing" because the pores Of the wood
widen and SO absorb. as is the case with
clay or meersohaum, q large proportion
Of the tobacco oil.
Thus an old pipe caveats" u It 10
termed-that is. the oil intrudes into
the expanded pores of the wooden bowl
and at length exudes. Similarly a hook
shaped pipe must be better than Q pipe
the bowl Of which il on the same level
with the mouth, for the simple eason
that in the former u considerable guam
tity Of the oil is kept back in the o
shaped part Of the pipe, while in the
latter the oil travels easily down the
stem. Ebonite stems aro in general OBJ
jectionable because they commonly spoil
tho true flavor of tobacco smoke. This
IL most probably due to the sulphur Of
the ebonite combining with the volatile
oils in the smoke. We know instances
where ebonito stems have produced dis
tinctly Objectionable symptoms in the
throat, most probably for the reason
just given.
Bone Of real amber makes a much
more satisfactory stem. or the pipes
should be Of wood throughout. Amber
substituted, and especially celluloid.
should be discarded entirely a. danger
GUS, while the favor OF camphor which
these invariably communicate to the
moke forms q very unpleasant combi-
nation. Pipes of special construction
cannot be regarded with much favor,
such as those which are said to be by
gienic and usually contain . 90 called
nicotine absorber. Those smokers who
require such auxiliary. attachments had
better not smoke at all. As q matter Of
fact tobacco yields little nicotine in the
smoke produced IN its partial combus-
ton. 1t ia mainly to oils Of q tarry and
acrid character that the toxic symptoms
of tobacco smoking are due.