Evening journal., 1898-10-05
FROM THE SNUFF DISTRICT.

IHOM The ONlfF- Dio MIL
On a Delaware division train this
morning the Wayfarer had the good
fortune to meet ex-Representative j. A.
HAZEL, Of Smyrna, who has accepted
the position Of general manager OF
large snuf-mills at Clarksville, Tenn,
al a handsome salary. Two or three
weeks ago he went down there to take
an account Of stock, a thing which had
moi been done for twelve years. A care
ful examination of the thousands Of
hogsheads Of tobacco in the ware
houses demonstrated that everything
was as it should be, When his work
was completed he came home, and will
remain in Delaware until January !, at
which time he will remove 10 Clarks-
vile.
1T is a pretty little city Of about 12,-
900 inhabitants" he said. "The pike
leading from Clarksville, Tenn, to Rus
eellville, KY, is bordered by magnih-
cent farm lands and the houses are.
handsome and well appointed. Many
Of them have hot and cold water and
electric lights. Nearly all the snuff is
manufactured in Clarksville and Rus
eellvlle. The tobacco crop is the best
In quantity and quality that 1t has
been for thirty-eight years. A grower
bEought in a leaf measuring forty-eight
inches in length and twenty-eight
inches in width while / was there. The
wheat crop Is the best in years, and the
corn crop is excellent We employ from
seventy-nve TO eighty hands in our ee-
tablishment."
How is snuff nader" inquired the
Wayfarer.
"The leaf tobacco is put through a
sweating process and then chopped up.
Afterwards, while stin a wet mass, it
passes to the toastng pans, four in
number, and about as long as one Of
these passenger coaches. They are ar
ranged one above the other and heat
ed The tobacco is placed in the top
one and automatic machinery
shakes the pan, drying and toasting
the tobacco and gradually dropping 1t
from pan to pan until it reaches the
lower one. Ii then passes to cOnical
mulls, or grinders, and passes from
these mulls to the bolting cloth and
silk, through which Il sifts, just as
flour does in a grist mill. That which
does not sift through is taken back to
the mulls and ground over again. At
forwards it Is packed and ready foT
market" "
isn't there falling off in the con-
sumption Of snuff?" he was asked.
mo; to the contrary, it has just
about doubled" he said. "Women. dc
not use It as much as they used 10, but
where one woman drops out one or twC
a..Ia a.Ta .r.I.f. D. las
don't notice It's use as we do.
Coming home I had a most delight
full travelling companion in ex-Gover
nor Porter, Of Tennessee. He JOINED
me at Bowling Green and came OF
through to Philadelphia. When asked
his opinion Of the personnel of The
United States Peace Commissioners al
present in Pars,he said that one OF tn,
best men in the United States was OIL
the commission in the person Of Hon
George Gray, Of Delaware. In his opin
ion It mattered not about the commits
sion. II had man with them VIII
would keep them straight II his advic
was followed, and that was John Bias
sett Moore. The ex-governor said tina
he considered him the best-informe
man in his line in the United States
and that he was without a peer II
knew him very well when he was /
Mr. Bayard's office"
Mr.. HAZEL stopped off in Wilmingto
for a short time to-day.
DAUGHTER HAPPY; MOTHERDEA
Mrs. Nathan Warburton, of this cit.
sailed for Liverpool this morning
spend six months with her parents,
Manchester. The Wayfarer is informe
that terrible shock awaits her upc
her arrival. for about an hour befoi
her departure Mr. Warburon receive
a cablegram announcing the suddt
death of her mother, whom she WI
going particularly to see He refrain'
from imparting 10 her the sad INTEL
gence which the message contained +
the reason that he did not wish her
be grief-stricken and alone on Il
ocean for seven or eight days with no.
but strangers about her. She sailed
joyful anticipation Of a happy meetil
with her aged father and mother, al
not until she reaches Liverpool will s
learn the sad truth. The shock will
great, but she will be with relativ,
who can console and comfort her.
MICKEY AND HIS SPEECH.
The attention OF the Wayfarer W
recently called TO an incident viii
was both amusing and embarrassing
the chief participants, and which h
just been made public.
The occasion was a reed bird supT
given on the 10th OF last month by n
and Mrs. John Hubert, OF No. 1OMarl
street, to the Ruby Yacht Club, who
membership is made up OF police OF
GERS OF the district in which Mr.. HUB
resides, and which was given in {
probation OF the many kindness
shown him by the patrolmen.
AS this has been an annual aft
with Mr.. and Mrs Hubert, the offic,
concluded, upon this occasion, to D
sent him with a remembrance OF tn
regard, and accordingly a handso
dinner set was purchased, to be gi,
him.
AS IL IS necessary at affairs OF r