The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-15

THE TOBACCO HABIT REVIEWED


snuff box arose. on the continent. s.ufr
! had always been aristocratic. and
| leaders of fashion had rivaIled Zach
other in the costliness and beauty OF
/ their boxes. the exquisite flavor OF their
contents, and the grace with whica Inc
pinch was inhaled England never
quite attained these high levels OF ele-
gance and in the nineteenth century
went back to the cigar. The Crimean
war brought in the cigarette. the use
/ Of which the English had learned from
their allies and in late years the pine
has come once more into favor.
The forms of pipes are bewilderins in
their variety, but, FOR simplicity tand
we might almost say sublimity OF con-
ception), that of the Bechuanas surely
bears the palm. The native, wanting
a smoke. selects a patch of damp clay
soil. on which he lays a slender switch
and packs clay over it, after which he
draws out the switch. and the pipe is
made. All he has to do is to burn some
tobacco over one end of the tunnel and
apply his mouth to the other. The fav-
orite pipe at the present day seems To
be the brier, made from the root OF a
species of heath growing on the shores
of the Mediterranean. The wood has a
beautiful grain and color, imparts no
taste to the smoke. and is practically
incombustible. Smokers who have fine
briers will do well to cherish them, as
our author tells us that the supply Will
be exhausted in ten years. The meer-
schaum is the artistocrat of pipes. Ting
material is u tire magnetism cay
found in Asia MINOR, and the pipe must
be carved from the natural block, after
which it is treated with various fatty
substances which produce the mellow
brown tints dear to the smoker. Wen
ma is the headquarters of the manufac-
ture though it's birthplace is at Pesth,
where the cOloring effect of wax was
accidentally discovered more than a
hundred and fifty years ago.
The finest and costliest tobacco in
the world is grown in very limited
district in Cuba. According to Mr..
Penn, not more than 10000 cigars OF the
very highest grade are turned out ev-
cry year, to be the luxury of kings and
milliOnaires. a dazzling prospect,
however is offered us by German
chemist who has discovered that the
fiavors Of tobaccos are produced by
microbes associated with the process OF
fermentation, and that, by proper in
oculation, he can give the vilest mum
dungus the aroma of the choicest prod
uct or the Nuelta ADaJO.
Both those who use and those who
abuse tobacco will find entertainment
and information in this little book.
from which they may rise eitheF with
livelier gratitude for the bountIes OF
nature, or with keener regrets at tbs
perverSenesS of man.
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Such were the names We gave NO. ans
1 rose from my early couch,
And We drilled me in draughty gardens.
We reviewed me in marssy mead,
And | tramped to the distant ranges,
and We said l was marksmaR in
deed.
u Lord of the mildew'd musket, shooter
of bugs and blank"
Such are the names men give me, and
call me a lingo crank;
And they turn out to jeer at my drilling
(some know not, some suffered al
school;
And they all return to their 'Nzaud''
once more, both the oar and the ,
''fannelled fool"
Forty score playing at soldiers. r. X.
what a blessed sight!
Most of them play in the mud next
day. and engage in a less sham
fight;
4 the soldiers a noble lion, the athlete
a senseless sloth,
Say, Lord of Empty Windbags, how
can a man be both?